An explanation to what ReNpDrm is and why you should be excited about it
If you’ve been following the Vita scene for the last few weeks, you’ve probably heard of ReNpDrm by CelesteBlue. Unfortunately, there isn’t one concise thread/post about what it actually is and what it achieves so this article is here to clear up what ReNpDrm exactly is.
What is ReNpDrm? What does it do?
ReNpDrm is a kernel plugin for HENkaku/taiHEN-enabled PSVita/PSTV consoles by CelesteBlue (ePSP Bubble Installer and co-developer of Firmware Reinstaller). ReNpDrm constantly refreshes the system’s activation files so that it achieves its purpose of granting unrestricted access to PSN.This plugin will bring along the following:
- Activation for unactivated consoles (or consoles that Sony rudely deactivated..) so that you can play your legally purchased digital games again!
- Full access to PSN will be restored without the possibility of losing your activation files.
- You will be able to purchase and download games from PSN again so you needn’t pirate games if you want to run them off your memory card! This is particularly great if you wish to benefit from the somewhat regular PSN sales!
- Applications such as LiveTweet can also be downloaded so you can get access to the slim suite of smartphone-esque applications again!
Unrestricted PSN access will soon be a thing again!
This plugin doesn’t bring this stuff along:
- You won’t be able to run games that require FW 3.61 or above but you can download them.
- It won’t let you download games you don’t own (just in case you thought you could steal off PSN..)
Conclusion
This plugin should be available on the 25th of December (Christmas day, duh) so don’t ask CelesteBlue to release it before! After you get the games/apps you want, make sure to back them up via QCMA just in case Sony releases an update forcing ReNpDrm to stop working!
In a few words, this plugin lets you access PSN without any restrictions as if you were on an OFW console!
Source: https://twitter.com/CelesteBlue123/status/936717831646916612
Source 2: https://mobile.twitter.com/CelesteBlue123/status/936722045718626304
ReNpDrm countdown website (+ videos): http://renpdrm.customprotocol.com/
Info Update
After reading some of the reader’s concerns, I spoke to CelesteBlue and sorted out the following.
ReNpDrm consists of two plugins:
- restore.suprx which patches SceStore/SceSettings/SceShell
- renpdrm.skprx which pathces SceNpDrm
CelesteBlue states that you could only run a chance of getting banned while activating your console so I wouldn’t suggest using this with your main account but you only need to activate if your act.dat isn’t valid. This means that if your act.dat is valid, you run 0 risk of being banned according to CelesteBlue (neither I nor Wololo take responsibility for bricked consoles)
CelesteBlue can’t confirm whether online multiplayer works or not as he hasn’t tested it out.
Great news!
Someone test this way https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V-O85buvuhc
am I the only one who is not excited at all?
woohooo first
its a big thing for unactivated users
other than thats its not a really big deal
will it alow me to play games online?
Yes, I think it should. I’ll ask for you tho 🙂
cant u already do that? works fine for me
Working fine for me as well..
There’s a very high chance we’ll get banned from using this, or it will get patched again for psn downloads from working..
Well, not discounting Sony’s stupidity, but it would be a bad move for them to block access to the store again. Online Multiplayer I can see them banning, but kicking people out of the store who are willing to give you money for your products, is not the best way to encourage them to forgo piracy. Especially when most of the game library is online exclusive.
tbh i think sony is more concerned about their security in general than actual piracy or they never would have patched it.
Considering they’re banning people’s PS3s AND PSNs due to “violation of terms and services” and effectively shutting them out of all their purchases, I doubt they care if it’s a “stupid move”.
Yeah. It’s a small stupid move, so they wouldn’t feel the impact either way.
I’m in Japan, my Vita TV is in the UK. I hope I can get to use this plugin when I return in Feb!
what about psn accts that were banned and have vitas connected to those banned accts? will this allow us to connect to psn for games, updates, etc…?
Meh.
but what if sony bans my account and i cant use my ps4?
And more people will be banned just like me
“or consoles that Sony rudely deactivated..”
What is this referring to?
Sony started deactivating ps vitas that connected to psn using 3.60, they deleted or atleast changed the activation code in the ps vita.
Someone said by using a special tweak vpk, you can flash a PSVita developing kit’s firmware into a ordinary PSVita and it will never be deactivated. I know there is the tweak that can change the firmware, but I don’t know whether it will stop deactivating.
Isnt that to be expected when you go online with a hacked system?
Thanks for Vita love. I don’t know if I’d ever feel comfortable buying games from PSN via a Henkaku Vita though.
These troll usernames are funny. especially considering that Sony remastered the entire PS1 line up lol
Not entirely as Gran Turismo 1 nor 2 is on psn, also the driver 2 is not on store, careful with what you write
I thought there already was a solution for those with unactivated Vitas?
3.63 user here, can only watch you people from the distant…
Yeouch. 😛
Is there any way for Sony to detect the fact that a Vita is running henkaku with this plugin, i.e., is there any chance to get your psn account banned? What do you think?
It’s likely Sony can detect your running Henkaku and could ban you. I don’t want to risk it so my vita has been logged out for a loooooong time
I’ve been logged in for months with no problems.
A stupid question; Can this be used to reactivate a banned ps3 on psn? or is vita exclusive?
If your banned on ps3 then you’ll need a new PSID or something like that, its possible to extract a PSID from any PSP I think, so with that you’ll b able to swap out your consoles I’d to get online again.
this is cool and all but i’m not excited, but i will be when someone finds out how to run 3.61+ games on 3.60
UNDERTALE
My question: Will this allow people to sign up on PSN 3.60 again? Or will we still have to wait? Well, I guess we’ll find out Christmas Day.
IF THIS PLUGIN IS TRUE… then it is the most awesome piece of software after freeshop for the 3ds.
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I’m sorry… I might be misunderstanding, but didn’t we already have these features? I have had my PS Vita hacked on 3.60 and able to access the store. I even bought Terraria and play it often. What does this add?
Recently Sony started deactivating PS Vitas on 3.60, and locked activation around July 29th (Enso release date) so users who were deactivated couldn’t download or play any legally purchased games.
Hey wololo i do have one question, when you say that it constantly refreshes system activation files, do you mean it keeps writing over them? If thats the case, should we be concerned about burning out our memory? How frequently does it Refresh?
Good question.
CelesteBlue might want to look at some type of way to get by on a manual trigger. Because you have a good point about solid state drives only have so many write cycles.
Refreshing NpDrm is the fact to restart SceNpDrm kernel module to make it load and decrypt the FAKE act.dat.
nice, something news worthy 🙂
So cool ! I’ve bought games for PS vita after it was blocked (completely forgot about it) and now i can download them 🙂 Thank you Celeste Blue
I was almost happy that I would be able to buy some games like God Wars and Utawarerumono, but as we can’t play 3.61+ games, I’ll have to wait 😛
Excellent utility!
Thank you CelesteBlue.
I am newbie. Am I right that better to have 2 accounts:
– 1st for purchased games
– 2nd for everything else?
And activate Vita only for 1st account? Activation gives any other advantages than multiplayer?
What better to change accounts? Install some app, or buy a new card?
What if i want to activate recently created account ? Will it work ? Current account have ps4 games on it, i don’t want to loose it, that’s why i need to activate new account on vita.
Hi, CelesteBlue have some internet problems, so he couldn’t upload the good « about.php » file and the plugins.
In the meantime, here is another gift from him:
φ CelesteBlue φ
@CelesteBlue123
Sorry I have some internet problems.
I give you this present while you are waiting :https://mega.nz/#F!KltEWCjb!NtQEFrM7bcl3UFmx5O9WfQ …
This is a storage plugin.
Please give me feedbacks.
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Sorry for the inconvenience, everything should be good tomorrow!
Fake??
strange this story is not #1 on Wololo since it is now Dec.27th 2017 — was this an attempt by @CelesteBlue to garner some ‘h4cker pr4ise’ in hopes of non-refundable Paypal donations?
You wont get banned because….. it doenst work anyway!