microSD to PSVita game card adapter – PoC
It’s very important to mention one thing first and foremost. This is a PoC till now but that doesn’t mean that it couldn’t become a reality sometime.
What’s this game card adapter?
Yifan Lu, in a video released a few hours ago, showed us all a microSD adapter via the game card slot. Credit for this adapter goes to xyz and motoharu.
This is a great thing for people who own a Fat PSVita without 3G or a Slim PSVita as those weren’t able to get the miniPCIe adapter that Yifan Lu crowdfunded a short while ago. In the description of the video, Yifan explains that this is just a proof of concept, which means there are no plans to produce as of yet.
That being said, it means that it’s possible to expand your storage via the game card slot and possibly still keep your expensive Vita memory card that you already own! The proccess is demonstred on what looks like a stock Vita Slim so it shows that no extra hardware is needed for Team molecule’s PoC. The PoC uses some extra software to get it to work and the adapater looks pretty make-shift so it means that this is in very early stages so don’t hold your breath as it won’t be released any time soon if ever.
Conclusion
While Yifan has said there are no release plans right now, that doesn’t mean that we’ll never have this adapter come to light. Eventually, someone may decide to pick up this work or team molecule may decide to do another crowdfunding run. If something does get crowdfunded, it’s recommended you pledge your money quickly as the Vita 3G MicroSD adapters sold like hot cakes! Stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled 🙂 Below is the video to feast your eyes upon!
Article image is from TechnoBuffalo via Google Images
Update from wololo: the article initially stated this was Yifan Lu’s work. This is actually work from xyz with software patches from motoharu.
First
realy dude ‘first’ could you say somthing else for change
u ask the impossible from simple minded ppl..
Nice… thank you
Jail break for psv 3.65 please..
It’s never gonna happen, Yifan Lu already said noone was working on it. If I were you I wouldn’t wait for nothing and go to a pawn shop or something like that buy a used PS Vita or PSTV.
No, it’ll happen for sure…in a year or two.
Waste of time, just buy a second Vita and don’t update it this time like some kind of idiot
Nice , awsome news
This guy is just simply amazing!!!!
For what it seems, they “swap” the ux0 partition. Anyway, it’s wonderful!
Just wishing for a production run! 🙂
sunds good
He also added source on how to make it in the youtube video: https://github.com/xyzz/gamecard-microsd
Checking it and if its too hard for me i hope someone will produce it in mass 🙂
I have a model 1004, it works for me?
works with all ViTA i guess since it uses the gamecard port.
Yes, it works for any Vita model (1000 or 200). However, you NEED to be on firmware 3.60 with Henkaku installed because it does software patches that can only work with Henkaku.
https://github.com/xyzz/gamecard-microsd
That’s pretty cool. It would be nice to expand the Vitas memory this way someday. I know it takes up the game slot but if you use it with PSTV (I know pstv has usb storage) then there could possibly find out how to use the usb port on the pstv with usb arcade sticks.
It uses the slot, but you can copy all your games and put it on the SD card. This way you have all of your games on one card plus a lot of storage. You never have to change the gamecard.
You do know USB hubs are a thing right? just because the console has a single port it doesn’t mean it can only support 1 physical device, get a powered hub like you would on a PC 😛
Just cause there are usb powered plug and play hubs doesn’t necessarily mean it would work on a pstv like it would on a pc. The pstv with henkaku combination only allows for right now a unknown amount of usb plug and play drives to be from the drive. There isn’t anything yet to give the port more usb device compatibility outside of that. That and if a plug and pay hub were to work before this even happens you’re not guaranteed every device plugged into the hub will be picked up. You’re looking at something that essentially is a ways off if it ever happens.
This is nice and pretty simple to use rather than taking out the 3G hardware for Fat PS Vita
Hackers doing what Sony should have done since the begining….
They make fat margins on Vita memory cards. Since the Vita’s price was quite low at release, this was a way to make some money.
isn’t this the same type of thing that RichDevX was trying to produce?
Sorta yes tho he is trying to make one For the Memory card Slot
That was a memory card micro SD adapter
RichDevX was going with the sony memory card slot where this is using the game cartridge slot all in all hope this works out 🙂
RichDevX is a faker, he has been called out by Yifan Lu for his *** but failed to show proof of work even after that. Don’t except anything from him apart *** PCBs that cost him 5 USD yet he sells them 10 USD.
I mean it’s 2 USD for 10 PCB, check it here on the right panel if you don’t trust me: https://easyeda.com/order
RichDevX is a faker, he has been called out by Yifan Lu for his buIlshlt but failed to show proof of work even after that. Don’t except anything from him apart shltty PCBs that cost him 2 USD for 10 PCB yet he sells them 10 USD. Check the price here if you don’t trust me: easyeda.com/order
Nice to see a coward hiding behind a name he normally does not use, because he is too afraid to be called out himself.
RDX is no faker, he has done plenty in the console scenes, more than you will ever accomplish or do, so stay there talking *** behind a fake name, because that is the only thing you will ever accomplish…
Yifan Lu comment because of the notion of “Healthy Skepticism” on a reddit post concerning RichDevX. Which is believe is warranted because of the lack of proof…but i believe it’s way too early to label someone as a scam or a fake. Only time will tell, and i do hope he does show us some actual evidence, and a final product.
Too early?! This guy has been bragging about his hypothetical adapter for more than half a year. He has been repeatedly asked to provide proof, and it was really EASY TO DO. Yet, he only posted videos of a vita booting and showing “memory card needs to be formatted” without showing his vapordapter plugged in. Any competent people in the scene will tell you that his ‘adapter’ is fake and this farce has been running for too long.
I won’t answer to GregoryRasputin because he literally provided 0 argument whatsoever, yet didn’t fail to gatling Argumentum Ad Hominem at my face, and without any basis. I’ve no reason to waste my time with unconditional fanboys who can’t question themselves and their beliefs.
masterpiece omg…..im speechless, I remember back then something like this was impossible, the vita is opening up in a serious rapid pace. holy *** guys I *** love you please produce this. holy *** this is godlike
I had posted this to Youtube but for some who do not look at the Video… “Also for all of u wanting to Get your hands on some of these then Visit the link shown in Description [ https://github.com/xyzz/gamecard-microsd ] then get the Files from Folder “Board” and add them to https://circuits.io/eagle/make/ Then Hit the “Start Crunching” Button once that is finished will show another page with a picture of the board, Scroll down and u will see a “Download Gerber” now .. well download it and save on Desktop for easy access or anyplace u can find it. Will be Called “adapter.zip” unless u renamed.. now head to https://easyeda.com/order and drag the “adapter.zip” To the box that says “Drag and Drop”. once its done loading Set the PCB Dimensions Width “22” mm and length “31” mm Also Set PCB Thickness to 1.0mm .. now order them. Next is the microUSB Ports. https://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20170630190526&SearchText=microsd+socket and pick one .. .. now to wait for all the stuff to come and put it together.
😀 we need a cartridge such as Gateway3DS or Sky3DS+ for PSVITA.
It’s not as easy as the 3DS. The Vita has an authentication mechanism that works as follows: the Vita sends a unique challenge, the game card solves it and send the response to the Vita, the Vita checks that the response is correct. The only way to solve the challenge is to transfer it to a real game card, that’s what the Cobra Blackfin does: when it receives a challenge, it sends it to the Internet so that a game card connected to the network solves it. The thing is that Sony patched it in 3.60: in addition to checking that the response to the challenge is correct, it checks that the response is sent FAST ENOUGH, in the order of milliseconds, so the Cobra Blackfin doesn’t work anymore because it takes to much time to answer to the challenge. Long story short, we will never get a cartridge such as Gateway3DS or Sky3DS+ for the PS Vita.
Thank you for this very clear explanation. But, as we can see that this PoC works, may we assume that xyz and motoharu succeded in bypassing the “challenge” mechanism, or in mimicking it to trick the Vita firmware ?
Will this work on all firmwares or just 3.60
Just 3.60 because it needs software patches to work.
Is there a twitter feed worth watching for any future news of this being produced?
twitter.com/yifanlu
xyz is: twitter.com/pomfpomfpomf3 but he rarely does status updates.
do you have to solder something to the vita or its just pluging the adapter in?
Once the PCB and the SD slot are soldered together, you only need to insert it into the gamecard slot. You can also remove it with tweezers. So nothing soldered to the Vita.
Thanks.
Oh yeah, FIRST too!
no u r not
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Orale!
What is the largest microsd GB that these adapters will handle?
this will not work on a non-hacked vita? am i right?
Yes. Only for Vita’s with Henkaku.
Congratulations yifan lu, now do it for sale
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