ps4relink – PS4 Remote Play on PS Vita without PSN sign-in, now automated via a homebrew
A couple days after Yifanlu published a tutorial to enable PS4 Remote play on your PS Vita without the need to sign-in to PSN, Developer TheoryWrong just published ps4relink. PS4relink is a PS Vita homebrew that basically automates the whole process: enter your PSN ID in the homebrew, and you’re set.
Hacked Vitas running on firmware 3.60 do not have PSN access, and are therefore losing access to several services available to the console, including PS4 Remote play. This is now a problem of the past with this tool which will let you run PS4 Remote play on your hacked PS Vita.
Download ps4relink
You can download ps4relink from the developer’s github here.
Disclaimer: Please note that the homebrew modifies your file ur0:user/00/np/myprofile.dat without much of a warning. It is also a homebrew that requires “unsafe” access enabled given that it touches a file on the ur0 partition. I have not tested the software yet at the time of publishing this article. Use at your own risk, however the source code is available as well for those who’d rather confirm things are working as designed.
Those who’d rather do this manually can follow YifanLu’s tutorial.
Source: TheoryWrong on twitter
If only I had a ps4 now
Just to be clear, this allows it to work over the internet? Or this just locally?
Locally.
Hello, the ps4 needs to sign to psn and to be at last firmware?
I have a psvita 3.60 and a ps4 3.55
Thanks
I just read the source code, and all this app does is asks you for your PSN ID, converts it to UTF-8, and writes it in myprofile.dat…
sceIoOpen(“ur0:user/00/np/myprofile.dat”, SCE_O_WRONLY, 0777);
sceIoWrite(fd, data, 328); // <– data is a pointer to the string containing your username
sceIoClose(fd);
So it seems legit… I don't know if there's any other info that could be lots by re-creating this file, and I don't know what happens if you input someone else's PSNID…
no problem if the online id is not good, I also put a limitation of 16 characters (max for an playstation id) ^^
you’re so awesome thank you. i can now play ps4 in bed again on my pstv.
Oh great, I waited so much on this ! Thank you !
Need to try this with DS4Vita, it could be almost like having a portable PS4
i installed the vpk. when i open the bubble and change my online id from “yourusername” to the one im planning to use on my ps4, then open up the remoteplay bubble, it still asks me to do a system update.
You have just to cancel the message.
Or install this plugin https://github.com/yifanlu/netcheck_bypass 😉
I have the same issue
Same here. It just keeps asking to update as always.
Using PS4 Link
When you use PS4 link, the Vita will attempt to log-in to PSN and prompt you to update. If you cancel out, then it will still work. If you don’t want to be annoyed by the prompt again, you can install https://github.com/yifanlu/netcheck_bypass
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same problem here on sweet aqua blue vita,just keeps reverting back to yourusername and asks for update when trying the link
I installed ps4relink and change my online ID to my PSN ID. Rebooted the PSVita and re-installed henkaku. I am still unable to connect to remote play and everytime i launch ps4relink… it keeps defaulting back to yourusername for current online ID. I am now unable to transfer anything to ux0: via filezilla as well. Any solutions?
I am now also only able to access ux0: on vitashell… all the other directories like ur0: just shows an empty page… any one encountered the same thing?
Soooooo…..does anyone care about the poor souls who are on psvita fw 3.63? Hook us up, we know yall can! Just give us whats on your hacked vita so we can be cool to. Im about to just by my 4th vita and a ps tv with tax money! I cant take it any more!
Is anyone working on or is there existing way to remote play games that block remote play?
they need to hack ps4 to enable remoteplay for all games like what happened to ps3
I will try this weekend, but i guess you could connect via VPN to your local network and then make a wifi hotspot with that device (that is connected via vpn to your local network), then connect to that wifi hotspot with vita and theoretically you should be able to play remotely. 😕
I think he is talking about games like the original db xenoverse and others that got away with no remote play.
Does this works in PSTV?
it worked for me big thanks to Yifanlu and to TheoryWrong
how did you get it to work? can you give us a step by step.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I was planning on buying a 2nd vita just for remote play, works perfectly!! Big Thumbs Up!!
Hello im really a noob at alot of hacking and coding and such but would you be able to like some decyrpt the ps4 firmware or motherboard or find keys in a firmware if a psvita is hacked and everybody been trying for that contest it would be really amazing if they could produce a jailbreak or hack with a hack psvita since yoy can use remoteplay
One does not simply decrypt ps4 firmware.
If anyone is still having problems connecting to remote play. Try this When you enter your username and reboot on ps4link Dont activate henkaku after reboot just go to Ps4 link it will give you a error but it will work it did for me hey let me know if this worked for any one of you
keeps telling me to perform system update.
Not working with my PSTV, so either it’s not compatible or the app expects you to have established a PS4 remote connection in the past for it to work.
Do I need TaiHenkaku or Henkaku is ok to use PS4relink?
Either doesnt work form me i even reactivated my account for the vita but it still says i have to update my vita
this still needs connecting the ps4 to PSN right? and thus needs making the PS4 update to latest FW.
Hope there’s something for the PS4 part too.
FYI It doesn’t work on non local network. It only works if your PS4 and your Vita are on the same network, in other words at home. Making it completely useless since you would not need remote play a home anyway. If your Vita is on another network I.E at work, it will still ask for an update and if you cancel the update, you will get an error.
If you really wanna play your PS4 at work or someplace outside of home, the remote play app on Laptop works perfect and is free and streams games in HD.
Also there are inherent dangers to using this trick that can show its head later. By changing your PSN Id in your profile dat you open yourself up for getting that PSN ID banned for ToS violation if Sony finds out somehow. If that ID is a PSN Plus subscription you risk losing a lot more than just a simple account ID.
Be warned this trick is completely useless as it allows only remote play via local network and its potential ban inducing.
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For those who ps4relink didnt work trying doing manually, i only could get remote play working with this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsahSsTi3aU
FEBRUARY 2018
Couldnt do with relink. Change my id, reboot, and after that the id changes to default one. When trying to use LINK MY PS4 app, it keeps me asking to sign in playstation network. why this?
it does work online with blk ops 3
Hello,
I have a psvita with Enzo 3.60 and a ps4 in ofw 4.55 and the 2 consoles haven’t a psn account…
my question is : is it possible to use my psvita like a ps4 controler and if is possible, how?
thanks
ps:sorry for my poor english
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