Henkaku Ensō teased on PSVita – With Video!
HENkaku is taking a step in a new direction; with Team Molecule working on it again. This time around, quite a major thing will happen. Think of it as an untethered jailbreak in which you don’t have to reapply HENkaku every time you load up your Vita.
What do we know about it?
Right now, not much is known but enough is out there to generate some hype; that’s for sure. The main thing we know right now is that HENkaku no longer needs to be reapplied because it’s automatically injected at boot time. While this may not seem so great considering that the taiHEN applying process is pretty stable; it opens a whole bunch of possibilities. This means that Team Molecule have delved deeper into the PSVita’s closed off boot process. Apart from not needing you to reapply taiHEN, this version of HENkaku can lead to many great developments and may turn taiHEN into a full CFW (a la the CFW’s in the days of the PSP). One thing the video confirms is that HENkaku Ensō is running on FW 3.60 so that means that an exploit on a higher FW may not be any closer. A cool feature that HENkaku Ensō seems to include is a custom boot logo you can see in the video!
Conclusion
Assuming the date on the HENkaku Ensō page is the release date of it; it’ll be released exactly one year after HENkaku landed. That means that it’ll land on the 29th of July 2017. It’s already more than 9 months since HENkaku landed so of course Team Molecule has surprised yet again. Development is currently in the hands of Team Molecule that is developer ‘Davee, Proxima, Yifan Lu, xyz’ as per the YouTube video. The video and the official site (which is quite barren right now) are linked below:
DISCLAIMER: NOT A WHOLE LOT OF INFO IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW SO A LIMITED DEGREE OF SPECULATION WAS EMPLOYED IN THIS ARTICLE.
Henkaku Ensō page: https://enso.henkaku.xyz/
Video link: https://youtu.be/KmZeDn5hpos
Wow, like the first PS3 CFW when I didn’t have to use a calculator 😛
Haha. I loved that method of getting in with the Calculator. I actually did a college project showing that off and explaining what it was doing. Wish I would have kept my modded PS3 but it wouldn’t be getting much use at this point anyway. Between the PS4, Xbone, Switch, and Vita… I don’t have enough time.
LOL. I did that too with Calculator.
I also got Teensy board too
damn that was a waste of money. Hahahaa
we did it!
I am so excited
This is amazing , can’t wait for version 1.0 . Respect to the man who managed this !!!!
Don’t bother checking if your own website or Twitter likes transparent images.
Dreamcast Emulator?Cps3 Full speed?
it can even run nintendo switch bro.
pizzarelli Xbox 1 and Ps4 at the same time! loool
Its more powerful than switch but not powerful enough to emulate switch unless some magic is involved.
WOOOOOOSH
Vita has a modified Tegra 4 with 512MBs of RAM .. Switch has a modified Tegra X1 with 4GBs of RAM .. So …
Nope, its not more powerful than Switch ..
Damn! I wanna this now 🙂
It would be great if it had boot sound and you could change the boot image.
Thanks team Molecule 🙂
what is the wire sticking from the top of that vita in the video? what’s its purpose?
awesome! excited to see what comes of this!!
nice, hope we can play games that require 3.61+
Otherwise I’ll have to buy another Vita for Bloodstained when it comes out…heck, I should buy one sooner than later before it skyrockets in price.
the vita fat are quite rare but is fair priced here in my area, still cheaper than a vita 2k lol..
If you don’t mid you can always get a vita TV..
That’s what I’ve done. Got myself a PS TV so I could use Henkaku and my old games, and kept my portable vita2000 up to date so I can play the games that actually matter to me
I’d probably buy a Vita TV and keep that one up to date for playing newer games rather than my 1k. Either way, I recently pre-ordered a N2DS XL. That basically was my budget :p
Fat chance though
That unfortunately won’t happen. Newer games need files that are present on newer firmwares. They aren’t technically needed to run but Sony have done it this way so people update. A simple spoofer probably wouldn’t work 🙁
If they aren’t needed to run, then what’s stopping hackers from spoofing those files? I’m sure it would be more involved than just spoofing a firmware version, but I would think it would be possible to do this.
You can’t simply spoof files full of programming code. Newer games requiring firmwares beyond 3.60 look for programming code within those files so that they will run. It’s essentially the only thing holding back new games from running on any firmware we please.
The only solution that would work is being able to decrypt the ps vita update file for firmware 3.65, and scour over the entire contents of it to find what is in that firmware that isn’t in any other firmware, and possibly modify them, and repackage them into a 3.60 firmware update file. Then hope it works. Outside of that there would be no other way to make games running on firmwares 3.61+ work on firmware 3.60.
its not that hard. We can decrypt and edit the eboot so the game act like a 3.60 game. It was done on ps3 too before the newer cfw’s came out. So please…
Hans if Im reading ZeroSbr right it sounds as though he wants to run physical games, which would make your solution a moot point. Yes your solution is do-able for those who want to “pirate” games, but for those of us wanting the actual game cart with its case, art sleeve, and any other inserts then what I stated is the solution…..so to quote you Hans…..please……
What is the yellow thing at the top right of the Vita?
I think it’s just a switch to use R trigger (as you can see this Vita doesn’t seems to have triggers anymore) cause its needed to access recovery. Well that’s what I think about.
read the video article, it will contain the answers you seek
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check the video description, it will contain the answers you seek
So you felt the need to post three times to enforce your uselessness? I hope you are such a waste of space only in online situations.
He provided information and clarified a mistake since you cant edit posts here.
You on the other hand were just condescending.
I hope you are such a waste of space only in online situations.
At least I am not a triggered keyboard justice warrior, is that how you spend your time? What a pathetic existence you are, other loser.
tonbro, pages wouldn’t load so tried posting again. Simple as that, you sad man.
Schwiiiiiiiiiiing.
Team Molecule, take as much time as you need with this. This will be the hack to end all hacks on the Vita. Go for that touchdown.
Thank you for the article, Wololo. Looking forward to future updates.
Just in case someone is curious, henkaku means change or reformation, and ensou means musical performance.
Weird keywords, I would say.
Article is AURORA
No you don’t understand, I am thanking the website as a whole.
Why do you care anyway.
And henkaku is made by team molecule atleast give the devs a thanks you ingrate f.
None of your business, second lame loser.
Hey Tonbo !@$% off. >_>
Thanks for the comment, Wololo.
i can not w8 9 month to see this :((
Great work Team Molecule, but please I wish you guys should include SIM unlocker for lock phat vitas
Guys this hack will change the world of PS Vita!!!!! Go team molecul!!!!!
Guys this hack will change the world of PS Vita!!!!! Go team molecul!!!!! Great thought…. Scientists in gaming technology that’s what we the team that has made PS vita and other gaming utilities cooler should be called!!! Thumbs
Awesome news!
My number one wish is that 3.60 can improve compatibility with ps1 games. I still keep my pstv on 3.20 for perfect ps1 and psp emulation! E.g. final fantasy XIII is really laggy using adrenaline and freezes momentarily at times. I dont think this ever really happened in 3.18/20
You’re a cool guy Erik, if I was a hacker I would work so hard to let you play your games.
Alas, I am not a hacker, I am sorry Erik.
HECK NO you’re not a hacker! Lololololol. Nope you’re not a hakkkkkkr either. ;P
Have you used the latest revised version of adrenaline PS1 works great? What compatibility issues are you having?
I am using V4 of adrenaline. Some games work flawlessly while others exhibit slowdown.
In FFXIII the game shows slowdown and frequent game freezes (mostly when interacting with NPCs) that last for two or three seconds.
That’s only in v4. If you go back to v3.1, it doesn’t have that problem.
Have you compared v4 and v3? What do I lose on the vita portable if I go back to v3?
Thanks for the suggestion!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/adrenaline-v4-released.468074/
Tbh , I can’t wait 😀
Nice guys! keep up the good work…
Wow , nice , great 😀
thanks guyz , keep up the good work
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Can you guys do something productive this useless Henkaku is only on 3.60 do an exploit for higher firmwares for once. If not i’m going to do an exploit sooner or later that will be better than any other exploit. It will run on all firmwares and will be free to anyone. It will be called WS55. I will do it faster than these guys who take years to simply exploit a console. It will do what any of the other exploits do but better. This will be be in development very soon. Who’s excited for WS55?
Obviously a troll.. at least be grateful towards them + if they took years , at least they released it.. unlike you. If you think you’re better then why not release your “exploit” within a month?
Me me me! I am! That definitely sounds like a thing you can both do and deliver! You’re the best!
Does your pa and ma know you are online again ?
Just a couple of days to go..?
Yeah bro…. ITZ Gonna be exciting!!!
Hope you are ready coz I am
Counting down! 20 hours to go
unfortunately, When I’ve heard of this “henkaku”, my ps vita was already updated to 3.65 version !!!