PS Vita: Installing the Package Installer on firmware 3.60
/Talk member xXDarkCodeXx has released a technique to install and run the Package Installer on retail PS Vitas. The technique does not require to run the PS Vita in IDU mode.
What is the PS Vita Package Installer?
The Package Installer is an official Sony app for the PS Vita, that allows to install official DRM Free apps (such as Netflix, or game demos, etc…). It is useful for example to install Netflix on a device that is not supposed to support it such as the PS TV.
It’s been known for a long time that the package Installer runs on retail PS Vitas (it’s probably required for the PS Vita to install the content you get legitimately from the PSN), but with each firmware upgrade, Sony have made it more and more difficult to run. This time, the trick is to replace it with a version acquired from a Devkit Vita.
xXDarkCodeXx credits the following people for this technique:
- Silica – for giving me some infos and Ideas AND testing
- PixelButts and The Dark Lord – for files (Dark Lord’s files has been deleted)
- Bajunan – for ideas
- Team molecule – for HENkaku
- TheFlow – for VitaShell
- major_tom – for VitaRW
How to run the Package Installer on PS Vita firmware 3.60
From xXDarkCodeXx:
Explanation
As you know since 3.36 we can no longer open PKG Installer, as sony patched it, but the app is still there. Why? I think that PSVita still uses that for installing PKGs, in silent mode or something like that. Silica found that it is called FAKE package installer. So we tought that there would be a REAL pkg installer. Well, kind of. On DEX vitas the PKG installer is bigger than the CEX one, and the DEX one actually works! So we replaced the CEX pkg installer with the DEX one, and it works!
How to get it
Well, you need VitaRW (You can find it on internet) and HENkaku with vitashell. Then you need the DEX package installer which can be found at the source. And any FTP manager on your computer.
- Visit go.henkaku.xyz or use offline installer.
- Then open VitaRW and when you read 0x000000 close it.
- Open VitaShell and press select to open a FTP server. Connect via FTP to your vita from your pc. Browse to “vs0:app” and backup NPXS10031. Extract the file that you have downloaded and copy the extracted folder in your “/app” folder.
- If you already got the PKG Installer bubble you can already open and enjoy it, else follow this guide or use this site
Source: xXDarkCodeXx on /talk
More: To see what packages you can install with this tool, head over to this Community PSN links thread on our forums.
To install & run, please note that you will need to have a PS Vita running firmware 3.60 with the HENkaku hack. To install HENkaku, please check our PS Vita CFW page.
Looking for more? We have a full list of Emulators for the PS Vita, an up to date list of Homebrews for the PS Vita, and an All in one guide for Vita 3.60 describing everything you can do with your hacked PS Vita.
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Introducing… The Chocolate Starfish!
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Countdown till CFW.
Countdown till ePSP
wont happen for a very long time.
With the progress their making, it probably won’t be that long. I could care less bout pirated Vita games, I only care about having everything that the psp can do with its cfw, AND PS vita homebrew apps which open the possibility for better emulators, such as the nintendo 64, if anyone ever wants to attempt it
im with u 100%
my friend made a ps4 emu for vita, will be releasing soon…
seriously…
the emu will be able to run ps3 emu in itself, and that emu will run n64 and snes, which will run all mini emu (ds, gameboy etc) in that emu itself……its the biggest chain emu collection for vita….
CHAIN:
Vita -> PS4 -> PS3 -> N64 -> SNES -> DS, Gameboy, Turbo etc……..
beep beep beep….wtfbooooom!!
Don’t say that… I’m SURE that we’ll get it in less than a month
Circumcision For the Win?
2nd @ actually late post
Firssssst! more than likely this is not the first comment and then my life will spiral downhill full of depression until the very end where i shoot myself 🙁
better luck next time 😉
Any chance you could shoot yourself now? Preferably through the left eye?
why the left eye?
Im such a failure, i shot my right eye before finishing reading ur comment
Actually you can’t use this release on PSTV as it requires an USB connection with pc. Host0: is missing
PSTV dont use Host0:
You can use it with wifi and QCMA
Host0: is for debugging on testkits
Does wifi work? On vita only usb connection…
There’s literally a folder called “PVita Packages” created by the CMA.
I’m not quite sure but cant you do the same with the PSP Emulator to get back at playing PSP Games?
I mean like taking the Emulator from a DevKit Vita?
Last
The Vita scene is advancing so fast now! I can’t wait to be able to play PSP and PSX games on it. I think I’ve paid enough times for those games.
I did the tutorial but no “host0:/package” to me. Why?
it’s not needed, for PSV use USB, for PSTV use VitaUpdateBlocker (for 3.60) and connect via wifi.
Not fully tested but I read it from hackinformer.
Noob question : what is DEX and CEX ?
CEX is retail units, normal vitas that most likely me and you have. DEX is development units , designed for debugging and stuff. There is also IDU which is demo units.
boa galera Desde que eu instaled vita IDU quando eu voltar do modo de demonstração com L + R + UP + START o meu dispositivo desliga depois de um tempo automaticaly.plz me ajudar.
Existe uma maneira de desinstalá-lo?
entra no idu_vita e aperta O . Desliga e liga o Vita e o modo IDU estara desligado
Sadly I cant even get it to show up… The database shows Package Installer in there both on sqlite editor and that bubble studio thing, but the vita just wont show it.
dumb question but did you to remember to restart your vita?
I think something may be wrong with Bubble Studio… The savegame archive contains an empty NPXS10031 directory and then the files (bubblestudio.json ICON0.PNG PARAM.SFO)
Shouldn’t the files be in the directory?
I see. They are supposed to be outside the directory, but everything should be in a directory called bubblestudio for CMA transfer.
http://youtu.be/1CLRBAlskZY hope that will help you.
http://youtu.be/1CLRBAlskZY hopes that will help you.
http://youtu.be/1CLRBAlskZY hopes that video will help you.
ALELUIA,ALELUIA MEU PAI FINALMENTE O DEMO MODE SAIU MUITO OBRIGADO VITA VALEU MUITO MAN
can any one give me vitarw download linke
md5 of one of the good VitaRW.vpk circulating is 0cb0ba9899a5be56c33ee9a5d8d05005
Be very careful, do what you need to do, and then reboot your Vita to secure your system partitions afterwards.
You have been warned!
Everytime I Run VitaRW it still doesnt enable read/write permissions for me :\ I tried so many times but it wont let me transfer or delete the NPXS10031 folder in vs0:app/
me too 🙁
Close EVERY app and retry
Any way to convert this in VPk format for easy installation and permanent, because can be deleted on rebuild database. (sorry for poor english)
i got the pkg installer working on my vita, unfortunately it is no use as I cannot get either opencma or qcma to connect to my vita to transfer the pkgs 🙁
Just followed your method but when I start package installer connect PS Vita by USB I cannot see any of the package files.
Checked location on PC and its OK. Also when I press the bottom right tab on the PS Vita Package installer I get the following message.
An error occurred in the following application. (C2-12828-1)
Does my Vita need to be activated before I can transfer files?
If yes is there any app for that?
What version of CMA PC, should I be using?
Ta
im super intrested in this (specially cuz i can try games im intrested in and see if i should really buy them or not) but is this invasible on the vita? because you have to edit one file right? if i want to, can i revert those process? like if i where to update my vita, what would happen then?
HI! I can install a YT with this?? Someone have a .pkg for it??
I restored my Vita to factory settings then put in my PSN detail on start up.
Then ran PS Vita activator.
My PSN on my PC now shows Vita activated.
When I try to connect to QCMA all I get is connecting for about 10 seconds then fail to connect.
Ta
OK after about 7 hours trying to get this to work with no joy. This is how I finally got it to work for me. (May/May not work for you).
(Make sure not to update your Vita to 3.61 by mistake)
I have a new blue slim PS Vita that came with the firmware 3.52.
Sony had already released 3.61, so I had to use QCMA to manually update to 3.60.
Created a PSN account using my PC, then reset the Vita to factory settings then on start up put in my PSN account details into my Vita.
(When you Vita has loaded up to the start screen make sure to go into settings and turn of auto update download)
Loaded PS Vita update blocker and PS Vita activator to get my PSN account on my PC to show PS Vita now activated.
I used the post guide also you-tube guide to install the package installer.
(I used the post DEX installer file instead of the you-tube guide CEX file)
Removed all CMA and QCMA programs and files from my PC.
Installed QCMA then used (zadig_2.2) to replace the driver file.
Installed CMA.
Checked that update blocker still running then lunched QCMA and all is working now.
As I said probably don’t have to take all above steps but if it works for you then Cool.
Turns out my problem was 64bit winblows 10. Tried it on 32bit win7 and QCMA worked first time
NOW we need an PS1 and PSP package creator!
I had installed package installer this way, however after installing enzo i was made to reinstall firmware. And I no longer have package installer. Is this still safe to do on am so? And why is But are even required? I cannot just install package installer com and then swap the DEX files?
I had installed package installer this way, however after installing enzo i was made to reinstall firmware. And I no longer have package installer. Is this still safe to do on Enzo? And why is VitaRW even required? I cannot just install package installer VPK and then swap the DEX files?
The Z need pkg “game one” app for psvita (EUR) plz help me no activate my vita for store lol