VitaShell updated to 1.5, provides USB Mass storage access
Developer TheFlow delivered on his promise way earlier than expected, with an update to VitaShell that now gives PS Vita HENkaku users USB Mass storage access. In other words, you can now copy files to and from your PS Vita directly from your system’s built in features rather than using QCMA, Sony’s official CMA, or an FTP connection.
As one of the people who most prominently complained against Sony’s mechanism to copy files to and from the PS Vita (The Content Manager Assistant), I am super excited to see this feature coming to VitaShell.
Under the hood, the USB Mass storage functionality is enabled through a kernel plugin that patches some of the I/O functions related to the memory card. Technical details can be found in VitaShell’s source code.
In addition to USB access, VitaShell 1.5 brings the following updates, according to the changelog:
- Added USB mass storage transfer support.
- Added RAR archive support (by Mayoshiroi).
- Added coredump viewer.
A few tips and known limitations with this release:
- To get this to work on Linux, you’ll need the exfat drivers working properly. People recommend to sudo apt-get install exfat-fuse exfat-utils. On Archlinux however, other people have recommended to install exfat-dkms-git instead of exfat-fuse and exfat-utils.
- On windows, make sure to uncheck Hide protected operating system files in your explorer options (or check show all hidden system files). Otherwise some of your Vita’s folders will not appear in your interface.
- The USB Mass storage functionality is not available on PS TV/Vita TV
- The update brings a new feature not mentioned in the changelog. According to theFlow: you don’t need to copy VPKs anymore. You can copy the content to ux0:YOURFOLDER and on VitaShell, click /\ (triangle) and choose more->install folder
- Some people are reporting issues installing VPKs with this new update (app freezing). A workaround is to used the feature mentioned above: open the VPK with a utility such as Winrar or 7zip on your PC, extract it into its own folder, copy that folder to your Vita and use the “install folder” functionality.
Overall reception for VitaShell 1.5 is positive on social media, with people reporting fast transfer speeds and ease of use.
Download and Install VitaShell 1.5
If you already own VitaShell, the update should install automatically on your PS Vita. If you don’t have VitaShell yet, or for some reason the auto-update did not work, you can get the latest version of VitaShell from the developer’s github here.
Please note that you will need a PS Vita running HENkaku on firmware 3.60 in order to install and run VitaShell.
If you like TheFlow’s work, details on how you can support his work can be found here.
Source: TheFlow on Twitter
Made my day…
Thanks flow , thank u for everything
Can you install and run software on the usb stick?
Yes……..but when press select error
this guy is a million times better than fail0verflow
want to ask.. how can transfer video on psvita using vitashell 1.5? using qcma it might update.. sad case..
I have 2 problem with molecular shell first problem with creating folders Error: 0x8001000D, on Vitashell I previously enable unsafe mode, restarted and after that vitashell returns please wait message… I was deinstalled the vitashell and molecular shell, then I suddenly molecularshell prompted me to install latest revision of vitashell. And same problem throughout
GREAT NEWS! I LOVE HOMEBREW 😀
First thought:
I hope now the great Software “vitaorganizer” will be able to remote install over USB (over WLAN+FTP was ok also, but USB should dramatically increase install speeds ->great for users with smaller Memory).
Second thought-> It would be awesome if we could have installed games on a remote (USB) data storage i.e. HDD or thumb drive or Card Reader+(micro)SD card. Could have also advantages over a (also awesome) custom made Homebrew alternative to the Sony memory or Vita game cart.
Use a USB device as installation direction and play games from it would be totally awesome, for normal Vita and PSTV aswell.
finally,
all people does need to pay game again to play. LOL
the flow release stuff before the date he gives lol btw great feature !!!! now all of the trouble of qcma and other stuff is gone
Best news I’ve heard all year!!!
R.I.P qcma. Nice knowing you. Have a nice trip
Qcma will still be useful for installing 3.60 firmware modified XML files.
Awesome update, thanks! 🙂
woah, thats great! but the transfer speed are faster tha FTP? (my ftp speed is 1.2mb-1.6mb)
and that install method is AWESOME, it could even kill Mai (?)
Hi i have a vita on 3.18 firmware and never installed vita shell. Can anyone help me with how to install this on the vita?
Do a manual update to 3.60 first. There is an easy way to do it involving only a minimal effort. You can find the tutorial on that on here. Then install Henkaku which can be done easily by visiting “https://henkaku.xyz/” on the Vita’s built in browser. After that, installation of Vitashell is brain dead easy.
Thanks will try to tonight hope I don’t mess up.
I really hope the next USB related news will be PSP’s USBhostFS equivalent for the PS Vita giving an end to the ridiculously expensive PS Vita memory cards.
*wishes* PS TV with a USB HDD attached to it …
You forgot to mention that this doesnt work with PSV TVs 😛
Really great!!!!!!!!! now i am stuck mi vita gets an error c1-9649-8 after update now i can not open Molecular or Vita shell so no ftp and chance to go back to another version.
I got henkaku r6 and think this is the problem. Would be great to mention this !
My VITA just suddenly can’t re-install HENkaku R7 from the offline installer after i shut it down for a few hours, it always ended up in error when using the offline email exploit, i fixed it by re-installing HENkaku R7 and using the VPK for VitaShell 1.5 instead of updating online, now it’s working perfect again even after i shut it down, why in the world are you still on R6?
@bigbow
Clear your cookies on the browser
Was working perfect, but now can not transer … i can see card and content but windows asking to format drive first , or to scan for system error…( there is no delete option in dialog box * right click mouse on some file*) dont know why, hope i didnt f*uck*d up my card… btw… vita working fine … app and games works normal … o/ Gl all
Yes, me too. I have the same problem
Is there a reason for no VitaTV support? Is it a limitation of the hardware or has it just not been implemented/figured out yet?
i have windows 10 and i installed this vita shell 1.51 and i have the usb mode but i dont see app folder !!!!!!
all the folder are there except app folder
plz i begin you tell me way i dont have that folder and how i can solve my problem and see access to that folder
heck yesssssssssssssss i founded
its been say in this article i should see the protected fils 😀
its is great
it is asowme :))
tanx guys keep up to good work
10 mb per each secound read and 5 mb write speed it is alot beter then ftp
omg am i dreaming or i am awake ?!
wooooooooo. thanks for making it work the way it’s supposed to
I CANT INSTALL GAMES!!!!!!!! EVRYTIME I INSTALLED A VPK USING A VITAORGANIZER OR COPY PASTE VIA USB THEN INSTALL I CANT GO TO HOME SCREEN IT POP A STOP ICON!!!!!!! WHEN PRESSING THE PS BUTTONG WHEN I PRESS START AND REBOOT, EFFING GREAT MOLECULAR AND VITA SHELL ARE ALL GONE EVEN THE GAMES WHAT A FREAKING BOOGER
Just askin guys.. i currently have a 4gb mc with henkaku and adrenaline installed as well as a psp demo installed, how can i transfer all of my items to a new mc.. im planning on upgrading to 32gb mc.. thanks in advance
please work in remote game
remember ps2 console and the remote game in pc to play 😉
Great, thanks to theFlow. btw what about adrenalin much faster and have good quality did you still work it.
Thanks for this huge gift TheFlow,much appreciate it.
i have updated to version vitashell1.51 to try using usb for transferring files. but when i hit select.its showing me “USB connection requires extended permissions please activate ‘Enable unsafe homebrew’ First.
go into the molecule launcher
press select
find the option and enable unsafe homebrew.
Hey man just letting you know that doesnt work and using /github.com/dorimanx/exfat-nofuse
and manually loading the packages worked for me on ubuntu 14.04
make sure you unistall the fuse exfat drivers too otherwise it will keep using them
so noone is going to talk about how to “enable unsafe homebrew”
or is this that show system files part they talked about? and if so then how?
its nice to see the fact that things get released but people are super slow at showing you how to do everything. havent seen any vids yet either.
I mean if you release something take the time to show a proper tutorial and answer a few questions someone will have or that they have while the release is out. sheesh
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE
go to the molecule launcher
press the start button or select one of the two
you will see a menu that freaking says “enable unsafe homebrew”
It is literally one comment up from yours
so i figured it out by someone elses comment, you got to molecule app.
Pretty risky to do this, since youre messing with system files and whatnot, it tells you you can permanetly damage your vita.. soooo is it worth it? i mean man, doing this you may brick your vita, who knows when it will get fixed if you do. Back in psp days it was a *** to fix, and vita doesnt have an external battery to pop out this time.
oh lastly i wana thank the flow guy, great work bud. I had my 3rd system i used just to hack and i hacked before for a while and sold it, i picked up another vita so once again i have 3 total lol.
I cant wait to hack, this time around i got a 64gb card. (60gb useable) should be fun. + you can USB things over instead of FTP, god thank you for that. You got no idea how slow it was with FTP
Ok. So here’s the deal. I bought a henkaku vita without official mem card. But with sd2vita installed. Accidentally format system. Been searching aroundgoogle to install henkaku without official mem card and no internal memory either. Used mlthaku but stumble at no molecular shell installed. Have henkaku, have vita shell, have enso but no molecularshell. Put pkgj inside encounter many errors. Can someone help me. Do i really need official mem card or using mlthaku worksjust fine but i need to tweak the config or some folder a bit