TheFlow publishes announcement about native PSVita FW 3.69 / 3.70 hack – It’s coming in 6-8 weeks and REQUIRES you to have a PSP game/demo installed!
If you have a PSVita or PSTV on FW 3.69 or 3.70, then your wait will soon be over as TheFlow has given us an ETA along with some important information regarding his upcoming hack! Without further ado, let’s look at what TheFlow has in store for us this time.
TheFlow’s Public Service Announcement (PSA) regarding his upcoming FW 3.69/3.70 hack
Earlier today, TheFlow published an important announcement regarding his upcoming hack, which works on the latest PSVita FW (3.70). In the announcement, the following important points can be found:
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While this hack uses the PSP emulator as its start point, it’s still a native hack like HENkaku/H-Encore so you’ll be able to install all the PSVita/PSTV homebrew and plugins you want!
Unlike HENkaku for FW 3.60 and h-encore for FW 3.65-3.68, this hack runs from the PSP emulator rather than WebKit/savedata
- That being said, the hack is still a native hack like those for FW 3.60-3.68 so you’ll still be able to run all of your favourite homebrew and use plugins
- The hack is set to be released in 6-8 weeks which means it’ll be out in mid/late May 2019
- To use it, you must have a PSP game installed on your PSVita that can be opened; your device must be activated as well. Obviously, the exploited game must not ever be deleted from your system
- This is because the exploit chain that makes the hack possible escapes the PSP emulator in order to execute native ARM code
- Currently, the hack has no name and TheFlow has stated that it’s his last one for the device or at least for the time being
- Finally, TheFlow stated that he’ll be using his Twitter account for InfoSec-related tweets so don’t do stupid comments on his tweets and don’t retweet/like such tweets if you follow him for PSVita-related news only
How can I get a PSP game for my PSVita? Can I back it up so I can reinstall it if I accidentally delete it?
Yet again, device activation is a pretty important thing so make sure you activate your FW 3.69/3.70 PSVita/PSTV as Sony can decide to disallow FW 3.69/3.70 devices from activating whenever it feels like it
Getting a PSP game on your PSVita is pretty easy but obviously, you must be on the latest firmware to get it since you need access to the PSN store. This is because Sony bars older firmwares from accessing the PSN store in order to force people to update although there are ways around that.
In a nutshell, these are the steps to get a PSP game on your device:
- If your device is on FW 3.69, either update to FW 3.70 OR set your DNS to 212.47.229.76
- Log in with a PSN account and activate your system with it
- Activation is crucial because without it, you won’t be able to open any digital content downloaded from the PSN store
- Don’t ever unlink your PSN account or deactivate your system
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If your PSN account is tied to a region without any PSP demos, you should think about buying Persona 3 Portable (costs around $20/25) if you don’t want to create a new account.
Go the PSN store and look for a free PSP demo, the demos you can get vary depending on the store and some stores don’t have one so you have to buy a PSP mini/game or create a PSN account with another region
- Available demos include Ape Quest (EU store), LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (NA/SG store) and YS seven (Japan)
- If you can’t find a free demo, I personally recommend buying Persona 3 Portable if you don’t mind spending $20/25 (depending on region) which I personally think is one of the best PSP games
- PSOne (PS1/PSX) Classics don’t work with this hack!
- Make sure you can open the game
For some peace of mind, you should also back up the game through QCMA on your PC so that if it gets deleted or your memory card dies, you can still have access to your PSP game/demo.
Conclusion
While TheFlow’s announcement is pretty exciting, you shouldn’t nag him for an earlier release as May will eventually be with us! To follow the TheFlow on Twitter, check out the link below and you can also donate a few bucks to him through Patreon as a token of appreciation for his excellent work in the PSVita hacking scene!
TheFlow’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/theflow0
TheFlow’s Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheOfficialFloW
I bought a psvita game on my ps3 forever ago and transfered it over, would that work?
yes
No, it has to be PSP. Read the article
I try to download psp game demo to my ps vita but cannot download with vita.. anyone can please help?
When i buy my psvita i accidentaly updated it 3.69., can i still hack it when 3.69-3.70 hack is release., hope someone answer., thanks
Yes, read the article. You need to log in to PSN and buy a PSP game.
yes
After this, will we be able to use moduro to lower the firmware?
You certainly will.
It is worth noting that this hack will not support China mainland region Vitas. Because they are region-locked to the Chinese PSN, which does not include *any* PSP game for download or purchase.
Thats bad.
who cares about chinese vitas anyway?
He’s just saying in the rare case some people here have one.
lol. It was worth being said. I specifically have a china mainland board.
ape quest isnt available as a demo in the uk can any demo work
Any demo will work. Ape quest is just one of them.
thank you toasty i was a little confused i thought it was only 1 demo thank you again
Yeah it is. Ape Quest Starter Pack.
it doesnt categorically say its a demo will this work even though its a starter pack
It’s under the Demo section on Store. It is the only one that will look if you check the other PSP demos you cannot install to Vita.
i found the starter pack and installed it to the vita its runs now do i wait uk doesnt have a demo store its shoved in psp games im a little confused
Quite new to this, but would be happy if someone could answer:
Do I need to run this psp demo Everytime I want to run Homebrew or is it only to install the hack?
Nice pick on the Persona 3.
It’s my personal favourite of the series, and one of the top PSP games as well.
what do i need to activate out the 3 options i chose game activation have i done it right
I’m still in the TN-V 3.18 version with Patapon 2 and Tekken , playing PSP and PS1. If this hack can exploit Vita from PSP, will it be possible to older exploited versions to use this from psp and access homebrew? Thank you!
Thanks for these info.
So my permaban VITA1000 is f*****.
Time to send it back to the store.
for most important.. what`s differences between 70hack and 60\65enso?
Hi all. I cannot seem to find an Ape Quest demo, I see the full games and then an “Ape Quest Starter Pack”. Is the starter pack the demo? Should I install it? Don’t want to install the wrong one and then be out of luck in a few weeks.
I got locoroco demo on my ps vita. The problem that I “used” it in order to get VHBL (emulators). Do I need to download it again, so as to get this henkaku?
Do we need to update the locoroco demo for it to work (there is an update for it when you first start it)
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