Things to look forward to – PSVShell and Ultimate VSH Menu
It’s quite hard to believe that the homebrew scene of the Vita has ended up so big in just a few months. Thanks to hard working developers, the portable got some life back by appealing to people that like homebrew on their device. With developing scenes, there’s always stuff to look forward to such as PSVShell and Ultimate VSH Menu; both by ‘Joel16’.
What’s PSVShell?
PSVShell is an alternate file manager for the PSVita. It’s relatively sleek and shares the UI of Android’s Material UI, more specifically CyanogenMod’s (now Lineage OS) design. With this file manager, you can do all the usual file manager things such as copying and pasting files and even MP3 playback which is a plus since the stock Music app requires you to import music via QCMA. PSVShell, in my opinion, has one advantage over VitaShell and that is a sleek UI that allows for a cleaner and more pleasing GUI. It may be a tad simpler but sometimes simpler is actually better, in my opinion at least.
Viewing file proporties in PSVShell
What’s Ultimate VSH Menu?
As the title suggests, it’s a version of the PSP’s iconic VSH menu that many of us remember. Right now, it’s not really functional but hopefully, it’ll be a thing in the future 🙂 Joel16 is known to be a hard worker so let’s keep our fingers crossed that Ultimate VSH Menu sees the light of day!
The good ol’ days of PSP CFW
How do I follow up on them?
It’s relatively simple, just press on the links below and check them every now and again. An article is bound to be up when they get released so you can be assured you won’t be missing anything. On other news, the first wave of HENkaku Ensō builds have been distributed and you can read more about people’s experiences in the Reddit link below.
PSVShell /talk post: https://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=48119
Ultimate VSH Menu /talk post: https://wololo.net/talk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=48089
HENkaku Ensō build experiences: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/6bzd3b/seems_the_first_wave_of_enso_beta_tester_invites/?utm_content=title&utm_medium=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=vitahacks
N.B: DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR WHAT’S MENTIONED AREN’T AVAILABLE YET SO BE PATIENT!
Good that devs keep on making stuff for us
No hate here, but lately I see a lot of things we already have, but handled like it’s something REALLY big.
It’s no shame if you just write nothing, if there is nothing.
A lot of things we already have on the PSP, yes. However, now we have them on the Vita. That’s cause for celebration. Every step the Vita takes toward being more like the PSP in the homebrew scene is a good thing.
Thanks for the article, Aurora!
No, I mean just that: Things we qlready have for the vita.
PSVshell = VitaShell
ShellBat = VitaBatery
Media Importer was already possible with VitaShell.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but this is how it looks/described.
I guess you’re right. I haven’t really bothered with plugins. The only hacking I’ve done to my Vita is install Henkaku and a few emulators that I don’t really use much. Unfortunately, I’ve since forgotten how I used a FTP client to get that stuff on my Vita to begin with, and so it’s doubtful I’ll be in the know about these things beyond the articles I read here.
Julien I noticed this too, but far be it for me to complain. More versions encourage growth. McAfee was the first virus scanner, JPCSP the first playable PSP emulator (for me), etc. I wouldn’t worry too much. 🙂
We need anew article with a question of what people would like to see on their vita going forward. I personally would like to be able to transfer content back and forth freely from my ps3, or even just being able to plug the vita in as a usb drive and store/install content on the ps3
Thank you for the article, Wololo. looking forward to future hacking scene updates.
The other day I tried out a ppi calculator, and put psp resolutions (480 x 272) on vita screen (5-inch) and the results were 110 ppi, so Adrenaline mode still has way better ppi than both larger models of 3ds (95.59 ppi). Weird, I would say.
Thank you for the comment, Wololo.
Looking forward to future stupid comments.
Are you begging for my attention now, is that how damaged you are
It has been well known for a while that the PSP actually has a better screen than the 3DS. It’s pretty sad.
What’s really sad is that you take the psp screen and stretch it over the larger screen of Vita and the image will still be sharper than my old large 3ds model.
Really pondering replacing mine for the smaller model now.
As in the regular, non-XL model? That’s great if that’s an option where you live, but the country I live in only has the XL. It sucks.
I hear you. After having the original xl, the smaller new 3ds is a vastly superior model. It’s way more comfortable and portable and the screen resolution is really just meant to be on a smaller screen. This is the reason. Why the pstv never looks right, and I’m really not sure why people prefer xl model portables.
Any possibilities for a working PSN proxy bypass for PS4?
Glad to see Aurora keeping us up to date this accurately and with well written articles, keep up the good work 🙂