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Earlier today, Yifan Lu, a well-known member of the Vita hacking scene famous for the Rejuvenate hack for the Dev Assistants, has announced that a new (native!) Vita homebrew enabler for the latest firmware version, as of writing (3.60), will be arriving tomorrow at "9:00AM UTC".

The new hack, known as "HENKaku", will require the following:

• A Vita/PSTV running 3.60
• A memcard with at least 10MB of free space (internal memory is currently not supported!)
• An FTP client
• An internet connection**

**Offline support is now available! Launch the exploit straight from the email app without the need for internet access at all! See the unofficial release thread for more details. (Internet connection still required for installation)


This is a small paragraph of Yifan Lu himself explaining what the properties of this new homebrew enabler does:

HENkaku simply lets you install homebrew as bubbles in LiveArea. It is a native hack that disables the filesystem sandbox. It installs molecularShell, a fork of VitaShell that lets you access the memory card over FTP and install homebrew packages (which we create as VPK files). With vita-toolchain, developers have access to the same system features licensed developers have access to as well as undocumented features that licensed developers cannot use (including overclocking the processors).

The hack has been released at http://henkaku.me ~ Furthermore, the hack is said to be exclusive to 3.60, and there is to be no backports for the time being.

Source: http://yifan.lu/2016/07/28/henkaku-vita-homebrew-for-everyone/

 

[Lord M]

So its better now to leave 3.51 fw and update to 3.60 for HENkaku? Is 3.60 the last fw now?

 

[pikpol]

Do eboot files have a size limit?

 

[VitaType]

So its better now to leave 3.51 fw and update to 3.60 for HENkaku? Is 3.60 the last fw now?

3.60 is the latest version of the Vita FW.

 

[Lord M]

3.60 is the latest version of the Vita FW.

Ok. You think i must update to 3.60? Its better? HENkaku seems to have much potential...

 

[VitaType]

Ok. You think i must update to 3.60? Its better? HENkaku seems to have much potential...

I understand that everybody is hyped now, but if you have TN-V you shouldn't update now (using PSP and PSX backups isn't possible yet with the hack).

 

[Binebina87]

Ok. You think i must update to 3.60? Its better? HENkaku seems to have much potential...

It depends on your preferences. Do you want to play Emulators or do you want to keep your PSP/PS1 bubbles?
I'm on 3.51 too but I will wait till we get PSP/Ps1 bubbles with Henkaku (since nowadays I play those games more often than Emulatos)

 

[Lord M]

I understand that everybody is hyped now, but if you have TN-V you shouldn't update now.

Yes, i have TN-V and i love emulators, and HENkaku looks better in this, isn't?

 

[VitaType]

Yes, i have TN-V and i love emulators, and HENkaku looks better in this, isn't?

You can find everything HENKaku can expect VHBL here: http://gbatemp.net/threads/henkaku-homebrew-the-listing-of-all-vpks.436535/
HENKaku will have better emulators, yes. Because you have full access to the CPU power of the Vita.

 

[Lord M]

It depends on your preferences. Do you want to play Emulators or do you want to keep your PSP/PS1 bubbles?
I'm on 3.51 too but I will wait till we get PSP/Ps1 bubbles with Henkaku (since nowadays I play those games more often than Emulatos)

Yeah, i have ps1/psp bubbles and i like much emulators, but for waiting bubbles on 3.60 i dont want then to did somersaults for update offline if then got out a new fw...

 

[VitaType]

Yeah, i have ps1/psp bubbles and i like much emulators, but for waiting bubbles on 3.60 i dont want then to did somersaults for update offline if then got out a new fw...

Then you should be quick. Maybe the new FW comes these thursday.

 

[RitchieRitchie]

Appreciate any help, is there a free EUR demo for use with VHBL? Apologies for being such a noob, but even if there is and I use henaku to install it, it still won't work with psps/ps1 games? Is that correct?

 

[Scarlet]

Appreciate any help, is there a free EUR demo for use with VHBL? Apologies for being such a noob, but even if there is and I use henaku to install it, it still won't work with psps/ps1 games? Is that correct?

You can get Ape Quest on the UK store.

 

[BlondeTwintailTsundere]

I think Sony totally forgot that the PS1 was so successful because of the great piracy possibilities of these console...
What says the e-mail?

you meant the psp, right? because if you're trying to say that ps1 is so successful 'cause of piracy then you are dead wrong.

 

[RitchieRitchie]

You can get Ape Quest on the UK store.

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! Just checked, so that's the Ape Quest Starter pack, yeah? And do you know if this opens up psp/ps1 games?

cheers

 

[Scarlet]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! Just checked, so that's the Ape Quest Starter pack, yeah? And do you know if this opens up psp/ps1 games?

cheers

I have no idea, I don't think you can load PSP or PS1 games on 3.60 yet. And it's whichever Ape Quest is free.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! Just checked, so that's the Ape Quest Starter pack, yeah? And do you know if this opens up psp/ps1 games?

cheers

It's that. It allows you to run PSP homebrew. No ISO/CSO or official content though

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[VitaType]

I have no idea, I don't think you can load PSP or PS1 games on 3.60 yet. And it's whichever Ape Quest is free.

Its not possible yet. Thats correct.

you meant the psp, right? because if you're trying to say that ps1 is so successful 'cause of piracy then you are dead wrong.

I guess you want to teach me that cd bruner weren't commen back then.
There were enough (not everyone needed one you just needed to know someone with a cd burner).
There were videogame rental shops here in germany which where soley based on the fact that everyone was pirating PSX games,..
Later you could get a modchip-service in pretty much every small town.

 

[naughtyotsel]

hello not much new in the henkaku scene

 

[Deleted User]

hello not much new in the henkaku scene

Well have you taken a look at this?

 

[naughtyotsel]

yea i saw that thats exciting