PS Vita Hacking Guide 2024 | Complete Tutorial + Common Q&A (No PC Required!)

[@Techcravers]

Hi everyone, thanks for watching my UPDATED tutorial! ❤ I have tried to answer as many questions as possible, check timestamps in video description! Also, here is a video on how to swap X & O buttons: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYS3nZafprx3f9U

[@germanydietz1984]

I love your video but I looked endless KZbin channels I need somebody to show us when it comes to retro art I'm not asking you the show was defined the the ROMs I want to know where you put every file the files emulators cores do a video breakdown where all these things go you don't have to show us where to download free games the show is where these files at so you know when you run retro art you know what cores you have what's you're missing like it's all it's a lot of information to understand I want a true video of that please

[@rebgedshaq06]

When I try to install Vitashell via copy past it stops after 30% and I get the error message Error 0x80010005. What should I do?

[@Marbites]

Couldn't get better timing. I just got my first PS Vita ever, and now I can get to know it better with this new video - perfect ^^

[@Techcravers]

Awesome timing indeed :)

[@steffenv.9969]

Sweet I bought my Slim Model today. Can't wait till it's here and i can start modding and playing.

[@Marbites]

@@steffenv.9969 nice, I hope it's gonna be great fun for you too 😁

[@Wiefis]

same! I bought mine recently at a yard sale for 6 bucks! and it WORKED after I charged it

[@kyrie9606]

Got mine yesterday 🎉

[@KadeElvin]

Tip: if you have an imported vita and the X and O buttons are reversed go into Settings/HENkaku settings/O Button behaviour and change it from "Enter" to "Cancel" then reset your console

[@bricklink5493]

Thank you my brother in Christ

[@SgtNibblerI]

Absolutly perfect guide! Used this with my PS Vita OLED that i picked up today and it worked a treat! Not sure if this will help anyone but i fully reset the system and updated it before following the guide so i could start "fresh".

[@HowToFlipBalis]

were you able to do everything without a PSN account or did you have to log in?

[@SgtNibblerI]

@ yeah, I don’t sign into my PSN account until I had finished the process :)

[@ve7693]

Just wanted to drop a comment and say thank you so much for uploading this guide. I pretty much had no problem following both written and video guide that you've provided. I did get some minor bumps in the road but it was easily fixable and not related to your guide. I also appreciate that you explained each and every single step and didn't make assumptions that your target audience knew what you were talking about, no matter how simple or common. Kudos to you and have a great day!

[@Techcravers]

Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Qspeezy273]

@@TechcraversI’m missing a umao folder did I mess up…

[@trevcdeal]

Might want to mention that if you do all of this WITHOUT the SD2Vita like I did and then a couple days later try to add the SD2Vita that you will be transferring like 50 Gigs into the SD2Vita and it will take forever. So if you plan on installing like 20 games, best wait until your adapter comes in the mail. I thought it would expand my storage, not replace it.

[@matteoiniguez8518]

I’m confused, are you supposed to have the sd2vita already in with the sd card before modding it or is it when your modding it you have nothing in and just add the sd card with the sd2vita adapter later or is it like you only have the sd to vita card in before modding then put it in the sd2vita and add it later on like in the video?

[@trevcdeal]

@@matteoiniguez8518 Yes. The SD2Vita is just a game cartridge with a SD card and you will point the PSVita away from the SD reader built into the system and at the game cartridge with will be a SD card instead of a game. So before you do the step telling it to redirect the ux0 and uma0 you will need to have it inserted. If you want to not use a SD2Vita and only use the internal memory + memory card you will skip 10:30 to 16:10.

[@pervywizard9118]

@@trevcdealso if I’ve already modded it and downloaded some games, am I still able to go back and do the storage expansion?

[@trevcdeal]

@ Yes, but it’ll take a while to transfer the content. I did the same thing. Took a couple hours because I had loaded up Vita with games and then got it in the mail.

[@pervywizard9118]

@ okay so I should wait to download any huge games, cuz I’ve only downloaded persona 1 and spelunky so far😭

[@MrBooyahmofo]

By far the best video for this on the web. I watched others and nobody really described the difference between the 1000 and 2000 3000 models so I kept getting stuck. Thanks for this!

[@Techcravers]

Glad you liked it!

[@momochiyoda2960]

because those are probably PSP models.

[@Yusuf-ok2cl]

No such thing as Vita 3000

[@MrBooyahmofo]

@Yusuf-ok2cl 5000?

[@Yusuf-ok2cl]

@@MrBooyahmofo only 1000 and 2000

[@R_K_S2401]

I just recently got a used PS Vita in good condition for an early Christmas gift for myself. Your guide was very useful and very easy to follow to hack my Vita. Thank you

[@Techcravers]

Glad I could help!

[@joeofcourse]

Just found my Vita in the garage. I'm so excited, thanks for the video

[@moonypto]

awwwwwww

[@unsightedrobin]

10/10 I got everything to work first try and I’m now enjoying my newly jail broken vita, you the GOAT bro

[@silentdenizen6903]

TIP: for a complete fresh start, shut down psvita, then hold R+PS Button+Power Button until the menu comes up. Then select Restore System

[@greenchile6554]

Great guide. Just ordered a pristine blue 1000 along with a SD2VITA and have a 1 TB sandisk ready. Sold my 2000 about back in 2016 and regretted it ever since. Glad to see PKGj is available too, it's been great for my PS3.

[@an9818]

Can you confirm the 1t card works with the hack?

[@zabuzainternal8258]

3 years of trying to mod it and I finally did it, thank you so much.

[@Techcravers]

@@zabuzainternal8258 Awesome, I’m glad it helped :)

[@Workaholic-2]

This guide this video deserves its respect just completed it thanks a lot brotha 🔥🔥

[@Techcravers]

Glad to hear!

[@noobjestorio]

Thanks for this tutorial!! Not only is detailed and easy to follow, but also presents concepts in a way that any beginner to both hacking and the PSVita itself can easily understand. Very good work!

[@MaddiePlushie]

Hi there, I'm really eager and interested to see the tutorial on how to install the mod that swaps the buttons x and o. I also got a Japanese vita and im so used to having x be the button that selects everything. Look forward to more content! you got yourself a new subscriber!

[@lindas4380]

thank you!! first time jailbreaking anything and this guide was so clear and helpful~

[@Joker56ace]

Directions unclear ps vita now turned into a Wii U

[@Techcravers]

In what way? That doesn't sound completely stupid ngl

[@lolvint123]

​@@Techcraversit was a joke 💀💀💀

[@Techcravers]

@@lolvint123 You. The joke.

[@Ardent-Games-Offical]

@@Techcravers he was only telling u it was a joke which was clear to everyone else but yet u say “u the joke” as he just embarrassed u hahahah

[@Techcravers]

@@Ardent-Games-Offical No, I said ”You. The joke”. As my reply, A JOKE, flew right over him. Just as it did with you obviously.

[@grahaamsibanda4306]

Went through the video and downgraded my device but once my device turned back on Vita to deploy was gone, and when I tried to go back to the website to install it, I get this error I get a Could not communicate using ssl error what should I do? 9:44

[@yaboiasante7207]

i had the same problem just now did you find a fix?

[@errymil]

Thanks for this. Very helpful. I have a problem with the vitadb downloader it downloads sharkfood and it just stops there and i could not start both. Any suggestions?

[@toriiam9800]

Hello! I have answers! Shark food needs to be 'updated' 1.DOITALLYT has a tutorial (installing homebrew and vitaDB downloader....) its a short not a video 2.follow everything he says (if you cant see the folders he says to make when back in vitashell. hit START and make sure its on SD2VITA & USB then remake folders) DONE

[@evelynlabustro7265]

TYSSMMM!!!😭😭😭😭 Only this video is the helpful one because I've been watching various videos but they did not helped. Plus, the way you instruct us is very calm and slow in a good way!.

[@Brunoxid0]

This is now the ultimate tutorial. Thanks a lot, man!

[@Techcravers]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@TheHypeman-w8r]

Thank you! Straight forward, simple, and easy 😎

[@lassmichda2976]

great job my friend - thanks so much for that!!

[@hoh_sweh5888]

Ordered a hacked vita on mercari and I messed it all up. This tutorial helped me fix it so thank you! Started from a factory reset 💪 I feel like a boss 😂

[@user-th5ln5ev8b]

How do u get vita db downloader to work please

[@hoh_sweh5888]

@ mine is not working I am looking online for a fix

[@GamerToons]

I dug out my PSVita when I saw this video... haven't touched it for years! Now I got retroarch and all of these great games 10/10 tutorial.

[@Techcravers]

Welcome back!

[@weeejrokissuper5353]

At 5:53 when it says no recovery if something goes wrong, does that mean not even a factory reset will restore the vita back to normal? Also with the ps 1000 not having an internal storage, does the replace near with vitadeploy bypass the “no ssd card/no storage” pop up?

[@niitez]

Downloaded vdep and formatted internal memory card and now when I open vdep it just says an error has occurred, any help? 👊

[@nazrul2153]

Thanks I will wait for my sd card

[@TheDaxter11]

Sorry for the probably stupid question, but does it matter if you're signed in or not when you do this? I'd imagine you'd want to do it while signed out of PSN but no guide I've seen has specified one way or the other. Another probably stupid question, after doing this, can you get rid of the proprietary SD card, or is it still best to leave it in the Vita?

[@Techcravers]

You can be signed out during the whole process if you want to, so no it doesn’t matter.

[@TheDaxter11]

@@Techcravers Alright, thanks. Looking forward to doing this.

[@jaredgarner921]

My first vita just came in the mail today and im mad i didnt order my sim and adapter when i bought the vita now i have to wait AGAIN but this video is the perfect sum all for the vita

[@tonyjimenez1860]

Thank you so much, guide is super clear with no nonsense. Again, thank you.

[@vivaSevyn]

could you please teach us how to download games or use games with adrenaline; thanks for all the guides ❤️❤️

[@martyb5200]

show how to use adrenaline for psp games or can you replay back please

[@hojo-was-right8175]

easy to follow walkthrough, nice work 👏

[@moonwizerd7630]

Super clear and concise. Thanks for the help!

[@those65]

For anyone stuck on the copy and paste step in vitashell, 1 If you don't see uma0 the vita isn't reading the sd card 2 he's using an empty vita so if you have games it will take longer, mine had bout 12 gigs worth of files Update: I see he brought part of it up in the QnA. If you could mention the error during the the step would be nice, nothing major of course.

[@Techcravers]

Good point.

[@loliprotecctor827]

Let me help you 19:54 One question,how do you play your old ps vita game cartridge, I had problem with it which make me re- hack my vita, (Things I did turn off the Vita, remove the sd2vita, turn on, insert game. And reversing is just the other way around) This coz my vita problem and make me uninstall hack and re-hack now How you doing it?

[@those65]

@loliprotecctor827 sounds like you need to either not make the mounted main and swap back to memory stick or just download a digital copy of the game since you own the physical you can technically download a free copy of it without feeling bad. I could be wrong of course, still new to this myself.

[@loliprotecctor827]

@@those65 Okay, thank you for replying, Maybe I need to research more about Yamt thingy, kinda sad coz I got many physical. Thank you btw

[@virsa12]

Hello, I use my previous memory card containing my old games data (including saving). However, when I re-install jailbreak using this tutorial and want to re-install my old games, pkgj stated that my old games have already installed but I cannot find them in the main screen. Could you help me? Thank you

[@nimnone]

Great vid! Are you like Norwegian or Swedish? You have that clean English with spikes in the intonation :)

[@Techcravers]

@@nimnone Thank you. Swedish indeed :)

[@nimnone]

@@Techcravers Cool. Full access to my Vita now, thanks!

[@ArtoriasNX]

Is it safe to use with my main account signed in? As I wanna play games from pkgj and get trophies and sync em and etc

[@Wiefis]

I was just telling my dad recently that im sure theres a way to get games on the vita for free and yup there is! thank you so much, now me and my dad can both play on our vitas :)

[@bestpoopevr345]

thank you so much i got my first vita and the tutorial was so quick and easy!!!

[@ramonfranca1976]

Worked like a charm! Thanks.

[@WolfmanX-X]

New Vita user here. Thanks for this guide, friend.

[@jhourdanfleming3878]

Thank you but I've run into a small issue! My Vita db downloader is trying to install shark food and shark food opens for a second and then completely closes. Anyway around this? I can't us Vita DB downloader.

[@joshuarodrigo3592]

same thing js happened to me

[@zereq4625]

Do I need to have the sd2vita? Or does it just give more space

[@madeupstory9510]

I happened to have a PS VITA SD card and wanted to skip the parts where you switched the storage to the uma0. It would be really appreciated if you could include the instructions in your next update.

[@thecaboss1476]

Vita deploy disappeared but I used henkaku rebot option to fix. I'm stuck on sd2vita at 99 percent.

[@mendyx2648]

what do you click 5:50 im confused q

[@4am555]

If I wanted to upgrade the storage to a 1tb microsd would I need to do the steps again?

[@anonymous57748]

No you just copy but don't use 1tb micro sd use 256gb or 128gb bc 1tb is too much for the ps vita

[@luisarocho5204]

Hey I was watching this and wanted to pick up a vita myself but I wanted to know when you said you could still unlock trophies, do you mean with the hacked vita games or just the actual games you own and bought? Any answers would be greatly appreciated!!

[@Kubilee06]

After i updated to 3.65 all my downloaded games were deleted and vitadeploy also got deleted

[@jennynguyen7421]

5:57 it told on my ps Vita that already Running on vs0. What should i do ?

[@toomuchmoneyalan5481]

After changing my spoofed version to 3.74 my vita deploy app wasn’t there

[@odendaisuke400]

Can i use original memory ps vita to expand internal memory on ps vita ? I Success instal henkaku but the internal still 1gb and I don't have sd2vita.

[@mattsolomon2777]

Thanks so much man. Ultimate power!!!

[@dripdropz1845]

You think this would still be possible with a 64gb?

[@Smokeybanjo]

guys! I'm stuck at 4:44. My vita is frozen after I pressed square to replace NEAR with VitaDeploy. Should I just wait a little longer?

[@afknoob3682]

What’s a good amount of gb space you recommend cause I was thinking of getting a 256gb sd card

[@Techcravers]

Sounds good! I don't have that many games myself so usually 128GB is enough for me :)

[@passthesriracha4765]

@@Techcravershow many games on average can u get on 128gb

[@Techcravers]

@@passthesriracha4765 if you consider a mix of small, medium, and large games, you might expect to fit around 60-80 games.

[@Reeleyespodcast]

I have 32 gb standard memory card. Is that ok?

[@passthesriracha4765]

@@Reeleyespodcast 15-25 games I reckon, depending on the size of them

[@yourtia472]

This was amazingly simple and helpful thank you so much.

[@Techcravers]

Glad it helped!

[@watervalla]

hey i opened pkgj and clicked on ''yes'' when the update screen appeared by accident. Then my psvita froze so i turned it off, and now i cant start it up anymore. It keeps loading in an endless loop. Do you have any solutions what i could do?

[@CaptainLazyJr]

Thank you for this tutorial. Quick question: if I have a ps vita with version 3.65, do I need to update it to the latest firmware or can I skip the update step?

[@aezdd]

thank u so much for the help!! this is very well appreciated tutorial and was super simple and easy. ur awesome!!

[@adm69420]

Edit: I was spooked about messing things up, but I agree, it was just a matter of copying exactly what is in the video. Hooray!

[@aezdd]

@@adm69420 for me, i followed his psvita modding tutorial where he modded a 1000 version and i did have trouble getting vitadeploy to download and show on the home screen, but as soon as i found this tutorial and ordered the SD card and SD2VITA adapter and i was able to follow this tutorial smoothly without any errors on my console :] i hope that when u get ur adapter in that u will be able to get it modded! it was honestly one of my favorite purchases i’ve made! (also if this could be an option for u [maybe sort of a last resort] i know of a couple good modding services that u can mail ur console out to and they’ll do it for ya :p)

[@Techcravers]

Glad it helped!

[@zabuzainternal8258]

Can you make an video of how you can use adrenaline, themes and games that aren’t available on pkgj app pls

[@jaythe1king584]

whenever its on the henlo-bootstrap its completely frozen how do i fix this?! i did a hard factory reset on it like 6 times, i followed all the steps before you go to the website and nothing just works omg

[@grahaamsibanda4306]

Help?!

[@Techcravers]

@@grahaamsibanda4306 Hi mate, thank you! :) What’s your problem?

[@kevron22]

Amazing work! Easy to follow.

[@Techcravers]

Thank you!

[@Bocchiloevr]

can you skip the sd2vita adapter part?

[@Trappin89]

I accidentally updated my pkgj now when i open the app, it's says, "Fatal error" is there any way to fix that error?

[@cheekypete4316]

When i try to expand the vita storage capacity at about and paste at around 15:15 in your video it starts to download but then gives me an error code 0x80010005. Do you know how I could fix this last problem? everything had worked perfectly until then.

[@TheHistoryDirectory]

maybe try copying over everthing except scelotrash folder

[@lukestradling6453]

The deploy isnt populating for me. I tried factory resetting and starting over but the deploy never uploads for me😢

[@JsgMichael]

The vitaDeploy app disappears after the software spoofing section :(

[@Vortexlil]

@@JsgMichaelyeah

[@reyy9220]

is it get a ps vita with no memory card can i do this and then add a card with sd2vita through the game slot?

[@Cbr1000melo]

I’m having trouble opening vita db. When I open it a window pops up saying downloading sharkfood complete the download, then try’s to open sharkfood and it closes it. Does it every time I open vitadb

[@bobbylouise2126]

How do you find out which games are okay to download in your region

[@dannyalvarado1970]

Quick question when I open VitaDB it downloads sharkfood i tried to look it up but I’m more confused with the different answers

[@solotheoneandonly]

Can you recommend the best Tb for micro as card by the way great video I just got ps vita and just order ps vita adapter it will be here next week give me time to rewatch your video on this

[@narufairy]

Hi! I have a problem with PKGJ. I could only download one game before it said "SceDownload change_state DC0 failed : 0x80103a0e". What am I supposed to do ? Thanks in advance for your help and your tutorial was really helpfull! + When I try to refresh it says "can't reload list : failed to parse line 3 : vector::_M_range_check:__n (which is 5) >= this->size() (which is 3)

[@axelwyd6199]

when i try to replace near with vita deploy it says failed how come?

[@eggi4443]

can I do all of that without an sd2vita adapter? I have a regular vita memory card

[@alcurist]

hey i have a question. i see some videos online of people using “ftp clients” to format cards greater than 128gb. would i still need to do this in 2024? or was formatting the sd card on the vita itself good enough?

[@Kainthemain]

Great video,thanks brother

[@picnicroom]

Im getting error c2-14900-4 (Could not communicate using ssl) after downgrading the os, and vitadeploy has stopped launching (it just launches near instead)

[@deverrordad]

Any help with the custom themes manager app not working? Thanks!

[@nomad7117]

I wouldnt mind a video on how to update PKGj. Its somewhat annoying to go into PKGj, have it tell me theres an update to install through VitaShell, but then VitaShell just show me file exploerer. Not too sure what to do from there.

[@Xenizs]

I have a question what happens if I lose the sd card or if it gets corrupted in the future? do I need to re do any steps after inserting a new one?

[@joemarksuitos6608]

Why can’t i download sharkfood? It always crashes need help thanks

[@edrielhaikal]

can you delete the original files from ux0 after moving them to uma0 ? Im trying to save space in my memory card by making my sd2v the primary one

[@cyanprotogen7510]

Well for me, it doesnt want to exit henkaku. any time i follow the steps and need to exit after installing NEAR, it just froze up and need to hard reset with the power button. Any help with that?

[@NBR1997_]

Is it required that I sign in to my PSN before I do anything? I got my Vita today and even though I’ve made a couple device setup passwords, QR prompted to sign in, it still won’t let me.

[@Techcravers]

Not required.

[@Martina2er]

Anyone know why when I open VitaShell it doesn't show uma0 ? Did everything up to this point. no error on formating(the second time after adjusting it)

[@stevenmaurer145]

After you expand the internal storage, does that mean that the SD2Vita adapter needs to be inserted at all times?

[@Maxvideos200]

So is ITLS just for official internet usage like PS Store or also downloading games Pkjg? So if i dont want to connect to PS Network, could i just ignore ITLS?

[@nick1892syd]

@techcravers the uam0 transfer is taking a little while for me... did you speed up the video?

[@Techcravers]

Yes and it can be extremely long if you have a lot there from before.

[@nick1892syd]

@@Techcravers I figured it out it was transferring data from PS Vita memory card to the new micro SD. DERP! Thanks for getting back to me mate, much appreciated.

[@joshuarodrigo3592]

everything works great accept for the custom themes manager it keeps sayings " unable to download the list from the online repo" what should I do

[@JPL-504]

I have a question, when u get a ps vita 1000, will it have any storage on it? And if it dosent, then will u still be able to install all the softwares like the file manager and stuff

[@ArtoriasNX]

Watch the video lmao

[@NieR1.2247]

Custom Themes Manager keeps telling me that an error occured, do you know what the problem could be?

[@SteliosElia-k9b]

Why does vitadb fail to open

[@jitenderdhami4940]

Hi thank you for the detailed guide. Quick question, when doing the hack on a vita 1000, do you need an official Sony SD in the memory slot? some reddit post say you need a Sony SD card to do the hack. Anyway I was able to follow the steps to hack my vita, I didn't even check the memory card slot, which had a 16gb Sony SD. I have a problem when sometimes I am booting the vita up, it says installing data base and then none of my apps or games are there, so I decided just to remove the Sony SD and just use the SD2VITA, it hasn't happened since. When I have just the Sony card in the memory slot, it does have the hack on there and vitashell and vita deploy, anyway going keep it like that, just in case my sd2vita messes up.

[@Techcravers]

For this specific method you need a official Sony memory card for PS Vita 1000 models since they dont have any internal storage. For PS Vita 2000 models you dont need one. If you don't have a Sony memory card, you can still hack your PS Vita using other methods, but you may need to prepare additional tools like using a PC connection to transfer the necessary files.

[@Galgaldas]

@@Techcravers But in your shown example you do not need original sony memory card? Im talking about your 1year old video when you used ps vita 1000.

[@user-dz6zd2sk5c]

Hi I followed your process everything worked EXCEPT vita db fails installation and then it tries to open shark food but that fails too. Anytime opening vita db it tries to load sharkfood and fails out over and over. Tried deleting everything and reinstalling but it never goes though the initial setup again only jumps to sharkfood and fails out again and again. Any help would be extremely appreciated

[@yensen2536]

Do you 100% need the extra space ? What if i dont have a extra micro sd?

[@filjimson5478]

I dont have the umao option at the vitashell stage? Have i missed something?

[@ecrazymaker1630]

Same here

[@filjimson5478]

​@ecrazymaker1630 its because I skipped the memory card install. Got a card, formatted etc and all good