VitaShell 1.96 released – Faster file viewing with L/R triggers, moving files between partitions and more!
TheFlow never quite gets bored of updating VitaShell to make it a little better and now, he’s released VitaShell 1.96 for that exact purpose. VitaShell 1.96 brings some little tweaks to make the experience better and some bug fixes.
What is VitaShell?
VitaShell checks for updates and prompts you to install the latest version whenever it detects that you’re connected to the internet (via Wifi/Ethernet). Theme used is the Hatsune Miku one by Acemad
VitaShell is the TheFlow’s famous file manager that’s installed on almost every HENkaku/taiHEN-enabled PSVita/PSTV console. TheFlow didn’t just stop at making it a great file manager but kept on adding features to make it even better.
Among these features, we find:
- An FTP server and the ability to use your PSVita like a pendrive to copy data to/from it
- Theme support
- Image, SFO and music viewers
- Ability to refresh LiveArea for use with NoNpDrm
- Ad-hoc support for transferring files between two PSVita consoles that are near-by
- Many other features including a QR code reader, an auto-updater and a text editor
What got updated/added in VitaShell 1.96?
VitaShell 1.96 brings along:
- The ability to skip between pages (17 on-screen items) in the file browser and SFO viewer by using the L/R triggers
- Ability to move files between partitions by executing a ‘copy and remove’ command
- A bug was fixed in which VitaShell forgot whether the user wanted to disable the VPK install warning dialogue
- Some changes relating to USB mass device file transfer were undone due to issues with VPK installation
If you like the QR code feature found in VitaShell, it’s better if you hold off updating for now
- Hopefully, the memory card corruption fixed in VitaShell 1.95 doesn’t re-emerge
- The QR code reader/downloader no longer works because the way to trigger it (holding the L/R trigger) has been reassigned to something else (see point 1)
As you can see, this update brings some welcome changes and bug fixes but also takes away a feature. If you regularly use the QR reader and have no problems with VitaShell 1.95, you shouldn’t update just yet.
For those who don’t use the QR reader, it’s safe to update to VitaShell 1.96 right now. However, I personally think it would be useful if TheFlow or somebody else release a VitaShell 1.95 VPK with another ‘TITLEID’ for those who want the QR reader.
Conclusion
If you find any issues, it’s important to report them to TheFlow on the Issues tab of the GitHub link below. You may also donate a buck or two to TheFlow via Patreon.
VitaShell 1.96 manual download page: https://github.com/TheOfficialFloW/VitaShell/releases/latest
TheFlow’s Twitter (further updates): https://twitter.com/theflow0
TheFlow’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOfficialFloW
Thanks theflow
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So, I just tried to ‘Update’ after a long time, but it seems I can’t install this from Vitashell (A previous version) itself?? Does anyone know what do I have to do for it, then?
Download the VKP from the site above. MAKE a Folder(“ux0:/VPK”) PKG or VPK or W/E in your Vita. Open the USB, and transfer the VPK to what ever folder your made. Install. Simple. Leave the folder there for further uses of any other VPK’s you might want to save or just transfer over.
Uhm, no, I KNOW how to do that, I just get an error when I try to install it, so I’m guessing it can’t be installed from an older version of VitaShell, unless that’s not why it is failing?
1.96 breaks uma0: read and write. Trying to revert back to 1.95 but gives Error 0x8010114. Serious problem. Thanks for solution. Running 3.68 with h-encore.
Sorry, problem solved. Took 3 reboots. Now reading ur0: and sdcard. Thanks. Panic over !!
The latest Vitashell update has caused my USB devices in PSTV to have created bad sectors when writing but not reading.
I recommend to everybody that once they update the version of Vitashell they check errors in their USB devices to recover bad sectors and damaged files.
It is due to a bug when restructuring the file system due to a problem in version 1.95 of Vitashell.
Regards!
Updated to vitashell 1.96 and now when i try to connect my vita running 3.68 to my computer the vita does not show up in my files on windows 10. Anyone know a fix or reason why I cannot connect my h-encore vita to my computer via usb after updating to vitashell 1.96? Thanks for any help you can offer!