"Why don't you just hack a Vita?"

[@WulffDen]

The first 1,000 people to use the link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: skl.sh/wulffden08221

[@BraxtonKovary]

Thanks Robert from Wolf Den

[@mekman4]

Vita is a slick machine, I wonder if Sony would ever create a new one? It would probably be much cooler if they simply re-released this one, though. Great Stuff, as always! Vita is pretty fascinating stuff!

[@X862go]

The vita is so underrated 💯

[@Mewtwo-xi5og]

Ok

[@Mewtwo-xi5og]

I certainly won’t

[@probablytaha]

Say what you want about the Vita, but that soft theme playing in the background while you navigate through your games and apps is a banger

[@PSVitaat2am]

It really is, especially that PS Vita store music! 🤩

[@Cyko..]

Where's the lie?

[@Bready-]

@@Cyko.. nowhere.

[@LoadingNPC04]

Doon Doon Doon burr derp derp ❤

[@RetroGameCorps]

Agreed, hacking the Vita is very easy and simple until it isn't. I've probably done it 10 times and every time some new hurdle will present itself. But that's the fun, right? RIGHT?

[@WulffDen]

We are here just to suffer

[@aliceinmansonland448]

I don't think he watched your tutorial or he wouldn't be complaining about it.

[@viruscure4677]

Honestly ever since devices like anbernic, Retroid, super console x to name a few....I mean these are devices MEANT for emulation.......I feel that there really isn't so much of a need to hack official devices and systems anymore at least imo, hell most of these devices come ready right out of the box you know.....of course there is still a bit of learning curve.... after all this is emulation, but I can safely say that emulation has become way more accessible for people nowadays.....

[@Rcmike1234]

@@viruscure4677 Playing supported titles meant for the console are a big plus. Especially as console makers sunlight support for them. Other argument is if you like the form factor. I very much love the psp go form factor and I'm not aware of something similar. If there is I'm intrigued.

[@tvirus9369]

@@WulffDen I think you are the only one here to suffer everyone's else can hack a video with no problem Ive hacked 3 vitas with no issue

[@BryceDixonDev]

As someone who's been into console modding off and on for about a decade, the reason people are such strong advocates for using text guides rather than video guides isn't out of elitism, but because text guides are *significantly* easier to keep up to date. If something in the process changes due to a system update or just the homebrew itself changing in a way that will cause the old process to either not work or damage your system, I guarantee you will continue to find the outdated video guides for the old method around for years since there's no way of updating them on KZbin. Old text guides will stick around, too, of course, but the likelihood of the primary text guide having updated links, descriptions, or even screenshots will always be higher than a video guide which requires recording, editing, voice over, and then getting stomped by the KZbin algorithm prioritizing the old, now outdated guides because they have more views.

[@oromain]

Can't stress this enough. EVERYWHERE in the console hacking community you see people making it very clear you should be relying on these sites first and foremost as they're the only ones where you can assure you have a fully accurate and up to date method. If you're new to this and don't know what you're doing, you really shouldn't be ignoring the advice of the community that know what they're talking about.

[@PSVitaat2am]

I will admit you do bring up some good points here. 🤔

[@genericjosh96]

@@oromain also vita hacking must have gotten worse or he messed something up. I don’t remember most of these issues. The sd2vita stuff can be a pain in the ass but I remember my hacked vita wasn’t tripping over itself constantly

[@jackbeknown]

@@genericjosh96 It hasn't gotten worse. If you follow the website guide instead of video guide (which outdates itself very quick) then the process is not that hard. It's updated regularly whilst a video guide can't be.

[@zvezdan__]

Also, the video guides are sometimes made poorly and just to keep up with the YT algorithm. Finally, no one will delete an old video if it still brings views.

[@zvb7311]

I actually just modded my Vita about 4 days ago (that's how I found your video). I didn't have any of these issues at all. To anyone wanting to do this, *definitely* use the written guide. Stuff is changing and improving practically every week, so it's much better to use an up to date written guide than a video a few months old. It is good to have a video in addition to the written guide to actually see how to do some things, but don't use it as the primary. A lot of the issues he had is very likely that the micro SD wasn't set up right or something along those lines. With that being said, it is *not* the greatest retro emulation device. Like he said, for SNES or other older consoles, this isn't it. What this is *amazing* for is PSP and PS1 emulation. In my experience, both have been flawless. It is also worth noting that there is an entire generation of Vita games, many of which will probably be new to you. So for those 3 consoles, this is a no brainer. It's unfortunate he had so many issues, because now people will automatically assume it will be a miserable experience. It wasn't any more difficult than any other console for me, but just like other consoles, you have to take some time to understand everything. I'm glad I modded mine. I also agree that the community can be very annoying about pretending it's the best emulator in the world. And yes, the homebrew browser that comes with it by default doesn't work anymore. There are new ones that actually work though. Wishing you all the best!

[@burger-enjoyer]

If you have new improvements and changes every week it means the hack is not mature.

[@JesusChrist-ky9lw]

​@RickJoystick nah bro you trippin

[@boomerthedingo2196]

Yeah it's literally that easy

[@Matt-jc2ml]

How? It works great for SNES. I love SNES and GBA games on the vita. Plays better than on original hardware and I can fit it in my pocket

[@undrwrldsk8fred]

Yeah, I didn’t have any issues modding mine at all. Like none whatsoever. This guy just sucks

[@Noah-ms5yw]

As an avid console modder, (modded Wii, Wii U, Vita, 3DS, and a Switch.) I can say easily that the worst thing you did was relying on the video guides, almost universally the written guides, and sub reddits for these communities will have the most up to date info on these things, also don't forget that most of these communities really do just have many people who could easily help you if you just reach out to them.

[@SweatyPotatoChip]

I just watched a video on how to hack my Vita, while also doing the hack last night. Did not incur any problems whatever. Although it's true the written guides are more informative, it's not necessary to read every detail.

[@TNTMusic5757]

@@SweatyPotatoChip Video guides tend to go outdated. If you use a video guide, you're only putting your console in unnecessary danger.

[@SweatyPotatoChip]

@@TNTMusic5757 anybody that knows a little about the modding scene and does research, knows not to follow a guide that's 10 years old. Videos get updated with changes made to the written guide.

[@Pro720HyperMaster720]

@@SweatyPotatoChip you said it anyone who know a little about X, but some people don’t, that’s what the guide is for, if you know little the best place to start off is the hacks guide (the difficult part is discovering the hacks guide or the equivalent for the X console), you may click the correct video but one click away you may find a wrong one, so if you have to start from somewhere for someone who doesn’t know should read the guide or watch a couple of videos to know how to love but ultimately follow the text guide, and don’t get me wrong I enjoy watching a good up to day video guide, but if you’re new and don’t know any better is quite risky by the chances you have to end up in the wrong place

[@SweatyPotatoChip]

@@Pro720HyperMaster720 i agree with you to an extent. If your a visual learner, then video guides are the way to go. If your a textual learner, then reading guides should be the way to go. Both, imo, should go hand in hand. Do both. When i first started modding, i watched videos first. Read afterwards, but ultimately followed the video guides only. I have yet to brick or mess up a console. As you mentioned yourself, watch multiple videos. If they all say the same thing, then theoretically you can follow a video guide and all should work fine.

[@jackbeknown]

"I don't want to read a wall of text, I'll just watch this video tutorial instead" Yeah that was your first mistake. Video tutorials are only worth following if they were brought out in the last few weeks at most. The hacking process changes constantly, so that's why everyone points towards the 'wall of text' to do it properly.

[@SMNFXCN]

this. because some of these issues could have been solved by looking online (especially certain common errors), and by using the more up to date guide. i hope some of these user errors don't discourage people from getting a vita themselves.

[@__Square]

that's what I'm saying lmao... VIDEO TUTORIALS ARE FOR THE WEAK

[@jackbeknown]

@@SMNFXCN Yeah that was my worry. Hacking a Vita is so easy and do-able, but stuff like this where people cut corners and then complain afterwards that it's a hard process doesn't really help.

[@HaikuOezu]

Yup. And all those .guide websites are actually great, straight to the point, easy to understand and give you a link that always works straight from the devs instead of some shady mediafire link that’s most likely dead by the time you try to click it

[@nosnitsttam]

The hacks guide is incredibly comprehensive. I point everyone to that. Even thorough sources like retro game corps pale in comparison. If you want it done right, use that guide. If you want a video resource to help reinforce the guide, then check out Russ at RGC

[@ricioly]

This was painful to watch. When I hacked mine I just had to go on a website on the vita browser and it would automatically install vitashell.

[@jsb1944]

I had the same thought. I modded mine years ago and it was a snap, everything I've done works well and most of what he is showing is entirely different than how I did it. For example, adrenaline is a psp. Not some janky emulator, it's a deadass psp.

[@xenooqq]

It depends on your starting version iirc,

[@TehhPatron]

Yeah, he said he has a good noggin but this video makes me feel he’s kinda slow

[@serphvarna4154]

It seems this guy was not the smartest kid in his class, i would not take his word about vita hacking

[@millennialgamer4719]

Sony fixed that exploit with a firmware update. The vita got harder and harder to hack unless you had a version with old firmware. I have a hacked vita, and I say just get a Google pixel 6a and a razer kishi.

[@mfRoge]

I hacked my latest Vita sometime last year and followed the Vita hacks guide. I feel like a lot of what you went through could've been avoided had you read the guide. I understand that you need the video guide but it was worth reading the hacks guide because it covers everything and is up to date. The homebrew shop IS broken though. At least for me it is but luckily you don't need it to install homebrew. Yeah, whoever said it was easy was definitely lying but i guess if you do stuff like that often, it won't seem very difficult.

[@DungarooTV]

He did just this - watched a possibly an outdated video guide then went to the text guide

[@chandlerbing7570]

I'm a visual learner too (mainly due to my dyslexia) and i watched Mr Marios tutorial on homebrewing a Vita. It was straight forward, untill it wasn't and reviewing the written guide really did help as Mr Mario and most people who make video guides only replicated what worked for them, not what could go wrong

[@fade2black001]

Hacking a Vita was pretty simple.

[@broughton1835]

It is easy tho? And the hombrew app does work but there’s a different one that works and one that doesn’t , this guy is clearly impatient and doesn’t want to do it properly and just wants to complain and get some clicks for his dying channel

[@roahnosh]

I haven't used any homebrew installer and I'm one of those people who was there day 1 when yifanlu released the hack. I agree 100% advanced users will definitely have zero issues and casual users when they read the guide they'll have no problem with hacking their PS Vita.

[@Lisa_Minci96]

I'll bet 99% of this would have been avoided if this guy would just read the text guide instead of following a video that's like three firmware versions outdated

[@atetraxx]

Yea, first rule of modding, never follow a video tutorial.

[@Y73Z]

I mean I’m a visual learner I’m about to mod my vita so should I watch a video?

[@3flowin]

@@Y73Z nope

[@weeposchweepo]

@@atetraxx theres a brandnew video from 7 days ago, its really good. Would you say its okay?

[@weeposchweepo]

@@atetraxx its from blaine lockair

[@Keanine]

It's interesting that you had so many issues with it. I have had a flawless experience with Vita hacking personally. The biggest issue used to be reliance on the PSP N64 emulation where only SM64 ran at full speed, but since the Vita version of Daedalus released it sorted out those issues and increased performance for a lot of games

[@Wormy0172]

Another tip: the emulation blurriness isn’t a Vita thing, it’s a Retroarch thing. The fidelity is why Retroarch has its “Filters” and “Overlay” features, to help out fidelity.

[@perpetualcollapse]

@MenaceInc Legitimately the first thing I change in RetroArch is turning on integer scaling lol

[@Dracossaint]

@@onlypuppy7 to be fair I didn't know that

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

Idk why Bob does these videos when he clearly doesn’t understand any of it on a technical level.

[@crestofhonor2349]

It's likely the bilinear filter that's on. Turn that off immediately and also make sure integer scale is on

[@PSVitaat2am]

Oh interesting I wasn't aware of that fact. 🤔

[@jtothebell]

The PSN password thing I'm pretty sure is Sony making your life difficult, not the hack. I ran into the same thing trying to buy a game for my vita a few weeks ago. The resolution was to go into my PSN account on a web browser and generate a single use password for my vita and then put that in on the Vita instead of my regular password.

[@deadair32101]

It kinda is and it kinda isnt. If he is on 3.60, he needs iTLS and the updated certs since the certs included with 3.60 have expired and will no longer function correctly, and sony recently changed vita's and ps3's to require device passwords with the last update they did to both systems, meaning even if you are on a lower firmware you still have to use a device password, login servers wont accept anything else anymore

[@Chronis67]

@@deadair32101 this is correct. I had the same issue and eventually found out that i needed new certs because I never upgraded to 3.65 OFW. If Wulff's Vita was updated and then he did a firmware downgrade, he'd have the certs and wouldn't have the log in issues. That said, when i first tried modding my Vita TV, i didn't know what i was doing and it was the worst. At some point, i scrapped it and completely started from the beginning again. Everything worked a lot better on the second go. The Vita Hacks guide runs through everything to get up and running in simple instructions. Following everything without skipping things you dont think you need is where things start messing up.

[@VexAcer]

It is. The recent updates Sony has pushed to the PS3 and Vita force you to use a generated device password now instead of your normal PSN password.

[@AlastorShadow0]

@@VexAcer yea, and I freaking hate it!

[@agc2801]

I wouldn’t use my psn on a hacked vita and risk getting banned or something even if i own pretty much all ps plus vita games still not worth it.

[@IYamJayJay]

I can always count on wulf to literally never turn off bilinear filtering for gba games. Its not scalin foo, its default on half of all emulators ever

[@Nick-cs4oc]

Yeah that hurts my soul.. hard to consider him an expert on emulation when he’s missing the basics

[@IYamJayJay]

@@Nick-cs4oc i know he doesn't want to get too technical but stuff like this is something any 13 year old with an emulator can figure out

[@GatorGamerDude]

@@IYamJayJay As a 13 year old with an emulator and a modded 3ds i can confirm that i was able to figure that out

[@IYamJayJay]

@@GatorGamerDude thats awesome, when i was 13 i wouldve killed to be able to hack my 3ds and put gba games on it

[@GatorGamerDude]

@@IYamJayJay thanks, years ago my mom modded her Wii to backup our game collection to a USB drive and I became really Interested in homebrew, so when I discovered 3ds homebrew I saved up for a micro SD card and modded mine.

[@MindofaMadman]

Guess I was one of the lucky ones. Found a few videos from the creator Robles Junior. Walked me through the initial mods, the PS2vita setup, then the downgrade process (needed to be on 3.60 Henkaku enzo to use Adrenaline Psp emulator which was main reason I wanted to mod mine), even the sharkfood setup to run games that need higher firmware and I don't run into any issues and still run and try new things.

[@area51wantedalien73]

You made this hard for yourself. When I modded mine it took about 10 minutes. After that I got the stuff I wanted and no issue.

[@bobREALOG]

Honestly

[@runescaper1333]

@@bobREALOG worksOnMyMachine™

[@visualdosage234]

@@runescaper1333 nah works for everyone, i got 3 modded vitas and the process is super easy, theres even an app that does the modding for you

[@BriefDark]

@@runescaper1333​​⁠You just go to a web page. It works for everyone. He DID over complicate this. The other guy you were talking about has 3 modded Vitas, I have 2. It works. KZbinr made this way harder than it needed to be.

[@MegaOverclocked]

Honestly the issues faced in hacking the Vita in this video seems like user error. The Vita was the first device I ever hacked and what got me fully into homebrew and emulation scene. Following the Vita Hacks guide site holds you hand to the point that its nearly impossible to find oneself in a position where they have no idea what went wrong. I get that watching a video guide can be more comfortable and helpful, but a lot of them work under the assumption that viewer have some knowledge going in which can lead them to leaving out information that may seem obvious to some but essential info for others to know.

[@ShinryuZensen]

Video tutorials don't go in details for Vita mounting points, for instance. Of course someone might get confused when you start messing with SD2Vita. Also, problems happen when PEOPLE DON'T READ. Starting with the "I don't wanna read a wall of text" was a very VERY bad premise.

[@heromedley]

oh yeah sure its the user thats jank not the entire process itself

[@santiagocapellan3245]

You're right. Text tutorials are more reliable, in my opinion.

[@Derpplup]

Do u expect hacking a locked down system to not be janky and weird ?

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

I’m sure he messed up at some point but when i modded mine i was VERY thorough and still had the bubble issues and connecting to pc issues he had. I guarantee you 100% I didn’t fuck up, it was just jank

[@IfeelKindaSick]

Gotta say: The Vita had the best Dpad and buttons I've had the pleasure to play with to date. I super wish someone would come out with a Controller in this style.

[@Dasaltwarrior]

I just wish they, and the whole thing was a bit bigger. A 1000 model is a must for me, because I cannot comfortably hold the slim and rest my thumbs on any buttons The D-pad is a thing of beauty though, and I'm baffled how they screwed up so hard with the Dual shock 4 and Dual Sense D-pads

[@mcgrog]

First console i ever 106% completed super meatboy on, Gpd make handheld pc’s that use this dpad, feels great playing modern platformers on it, got gpd’s win 3 and have an order in for their win max 2 - still chasing the dragon that is the crisp responsive feel of this consoles dpad, all other consoles dpads are now obsolete and inferior to me when i use them.

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

@@Dasaltwarrior agreed, the 1000 model with a grip is the perfect size for me

[@PSVitaat2am]

Yes the placement of everything just feels perfect.

[@mjc0961]

@@Dasaltwarrior I'm baffled how they screwed up so hard with the Dual Shock 4 and Dual Sense everything.

[@bdiddy1138]

I had literally none of these issues doing this on my Vita.. sorry it didn't work out for you Bahb, but I hope this doesn't discourage people from trying this. It's super rewarding when you get it set up properly, even though the use cases for it are outdated with all these super easy aio emulators coming out ✌️

[@ratofthecity6351]

i ran into a bunch of these problems after id set it up fully and i can say its incredibly frustrating dealing with your modded vita when something goes wrong and it doesnt say what happened. im on my 3rd or 4th sd2vita card now because they just seem to fail after a little bit

[@sjb3826]

Mine was a 10min thing tbh , no hassle at all , I've done them a few times and years ago the hack used to be a bit of a pain and alot of back and forth but now it's just so simple and takes no time at all

[@zroxnbolo5649]

ya, i had none of these either, my pc wouldnt connect to it.... so i just did it threw wifi anyway. not sure what happened to his psp emulation xD pretry sure i would shit myself if mine did that. should mention, this was my first ever councle hack, did it via video, took like an hour

[@souljastation5463]

I managed to hack everything correctly (it was a lengthy process though), but I couldn't manage to run GBA games without stutter (nor launch N64 games).

[@neogenesis7706]

Sounds made up

[@NoG-Inc.]

ok... bro you honestly made this so much more complicated then it actually is. i dont understand how you had so many issues with such a straight forward procedure. not all games work seamlessly but for the majority work great. im happy i hacked mine.

[@glitches911]

Did the Vita and PS TV with a simple program. Took 10 minutes each. Idk what props you had.....

[@antonmeyler4546]

After watching I can only say this was embarrassing…

[@chasethemorninguk]

Yeah… I’m gonna stick to watching MVG 😂

[@bryanx0317]

Dude I don't I don't know what you were doing wrong, but a simple KZbin video and a follow-up written guide had me running nicely 😂

[@paperjin7123]

It's so easy, im dumbfounded as to how he ran into so many problems.

[@SSGotenks650]

Can you point me to the guide you used?

[@bryanx0317]

@@SSGotenks650 Retro Games Corp. He also made a top comment here 😉

[@Mojo__]

Interesting. I couldn't imagine my vita not being hacked at this point its been hacked so long. 1000 model plus being hacked with literally any game I want on it and more, and that beautiful OLED screen? Chef's kiss.

[@bryanx0317]

I enjoy mine. It plays everything retro that I need it to play. It struggles with N64 and above. Yes, you have to overclock to get SNES up to 60fps. But everything else is great. 👍

[@simracingchannel7691]

@@bryanx0317 all my snes games ive tested so far ran 60fps easily without overclock on retroarch. Try the first or the oldest core, seems to run just fine for me.

[@PSVitaat2am]

That OLED screen was truly ahead of its time! 💪

[@alanscott2517]

@@yatoob What's the vibrancy hack called?

[@bryanx0317]

@@yatoob I have to disagree with this. At least with my 2015 Japanese OLED model. It's fantastic! Is it old OLED technology? Yes. You really shouldn't put the brightness past 70%. And be conscious about leaving it on a static screen for a ridiculous amount of time. Other than that, comparing this side by side to the LCD model is like night and day. The OLED model is far superior

[@kynkai]

Well, I'm in love with the Vita. The Vita was made by a tech giant and had years of engineering put into it, that made it so refined and nice. It's size makes it the best handheld and portable console for me. You can even toss it in your pocket if you want. In comparison, the Nintendo Switch feels more like a small tablet than a handheld to me. And the homebrew scene opens up so much possibility, it's crazy. If you're looking to get a Vita, I can absolutely assure you, you won't regret it!

[@himbourbanist]

These still go for $100+ on ebay. I remember playing my buddy's PS Vita back when it came out and being blown away by the console. I truly can't believe it wasn't more successful and that Sony never made a follow up, it's a really well made little console, I see why people jailbreak them nowadays

[@mat_max]

The reason why gba looked so bad on the vita is probably because you probably had bilinear filter turned on + non-integer scaling. The best thing to do with retroarch on handhelds if you don't want the letterboxing that comes with integer scaling is to use a shader preset called sharp-bilinear-simple found inside the interpolation folder in the slang shaders. It will first do a integer scaling to the closest multiple and then use bilinear scaling from there to fit the screen resolution. It will be just a little bit blurry while retaining pixel perfect ratio instead of the warped pixels. Also, did you tried the snes9x 2005 core for the snes or the regular snes9x (or bsnes) core? because the 2005 is the one with the best performance so is what people use for handhelds

[@FryKatarn]

Yes. Yoshi's island working with 2005 core, 99% of SNES catalog fully working On PS vita... You can play GB, GB color, GB avance, SNES, genesis, arcade like mame and fba games...

[@Chaosghoul]

Basically either 3DS or Vita, depending on whether you want NDS/3DS games or PSP/PSV, apart from that they both basically play anything "under" that, I kind of consider them Like A Pokémon Gold/Silver. I love both of them and modded my "Forever 3DS" and "Forever Vita". Currently waiting for my odin lite so I have GC on the go and then I'm basically settled

[@ReavenZero]

Wulff, I have to keep it real with you. I love your videos, but you really did bad on hacking your Vita and made crucial mistakes right from the get go. You should only ever refer to written text guides if you want to hack anything, since they are always most up to date, easy to maintain and will mention edge cases and possible problems. I should know; I installed CFW on two separate Vita 1000 Models with no issues, and got an SD to Vita for both as well and they work flawlessly. And whenever something did not work, it was due to me making an error. So in the End, everything works. Vita Games, PSP Games, Adrenaline, PS1. Emulators (even N64) and Homebrew Apps. And even Plug-ins, Tweaks and Game Loaders. And I believe this is the experience that most people had when installing Homebrew on their Vita. So, without pointing my finger at anything or anyone, your experience looks to be the unfortunate exception.

[@ReavenZero]

And I would like to mention that yes, I do believe 100% that it is worth to hack your Vita and the hype is justified. Mostly because of the nice Hardware and what Homebrew enables you to do on it. Heck, there is even a Sonic Mania Port out for the Vita! And the OLED Screen on the Vita 1000 Models just Make Games look so damn good.

[@gamekidd10ify]

Getting some mods and Homebrew applications on the Vita takes time and effort to figure it out. The Vita is a lot of fun, definitely worth looking into if you like all types of games. There are lots of great PSP games. Retroid pocket 2 for $100 or Vita at my local shop for 139.99? OLED VITA has a better screen but the slim model seems to have better speakers I hear such a difference when swipe through the menu on both.

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

@@gamekidd10ify The speakers don't matter much to me, I typically use headphones anyway

[@Nick-cs4oc]

I even messed up a bit with SD2Vita and managed to get it going with a little tinkering and reading. And I completely accept that it was my impatience that got me there. But I’m glad I did as the vita just feels soooo solid

[@Gigachad-hb7ji]

@@Nick-cs4oc Way more solid than those flimsy chinese trash handhelds that play ps1 and below

[@Rawdilz]

The current way you don’t even need to hook it up to a PC

[@crimmas]

What amazes me is how much easier it is to crack a PSP- I’ve done two now- and Vita compatibility with roms is so weak it doesn’t really sound like it’s any better. PSP is an amazing device for GBA, SNES, Genesis, and even arcade in a few cases.

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

The Vita can handle everything a PSP can with 2X the resolution. GBA, SNES, and especially PSP/PS1 titles.

[@gun5209]

"no I'm not gonna shave my head, I got a Vita right here" The betrayal

[@ivaniovinemonteiro7581]

You have a very well explained guide, up to date with everything you have to know. You deliberately ignore it because you didn't want to read it, they even tell you how to properly use SD2vita, so hacking it is not hard at all, you just made it hard for yourself. With that said, yeah, trying to play anything that isn't a vita, psp or ps1 game, is not gonna give good results ;-;

[@internalhavoc9008]

Quite literally the case, the dude ignores all the info that is there to babysit him through all the "struggle" He proceeds to ignore it and deem the whole process "too complicated". Well of course it will be.

[@mysticaxolotl8215]

I beg to differ. I have everything pre-2000 working just fine, and GBA games run flawlessly with mGBA

[@Nick-cs4oc]

It plays Gameboy and SNES games really well, better than my android in my experience. You just have to enable integer scaling (should do on all emulators) so it uses whole pixels instead of stretching across partial pixels which makes it blurry

[@deadmetalbr]

@@internalhavoc9008 Yeah, let's get really fuckin' real for a second here: It's the end of Q3 2022. FPGA consoles, competitively- priced Android emulation handhelds, Steam Decks and God knows what else are _everywhere_. If you just wanna play roms on the go, modding a 'real' console simply isn't worth the effort, and Bob's been spoiled by all those simpler options over the last couple years. He was a whiny, lazy bitch about it, and he only has himself to blame for not following a current, vetted community guide, but he's not wrong. You don't mod a console just to run roms. You go through the trouble because you're either a programmer or a 'hacker' interested in running unsigned code and finding out how far a system's capabilities go, or you're a pirate and the time invested in the modding process is paid back in the form of free games.

[@pac4games253]

As a Vita owner for 9 years now, I can say it definitely has its flaws. However, I found myself modding it relatively recently and I could do almost anything I tried on it, including playing N64 (DS unfortunately ran really, really bad though). But I say that the hype about jailbroken PS Vitas is totally justifiable. The amount of games you can play on it, and the amount of unique features it has... All of that and the fact that it's relatively small makes it my favorite handheld of all time.

[@pac4games253]

@J M You don't need to use the touchscreen to navigate the system though

[@genorpg20]

@@pac4games253 Personally I prefer the home menu of the PSP way more to the Vita's. I just don't find the bubbles all that attractive to look at and their staggered pattern kinda kills me to organize.

[@pac4games253]

@@genorpg20 I have grown to like them but I see your point

[@PSVitaat2am]

It certainly does open up a world of possibilities for the handheld. 😊

[@AlastorShadow0]

So not the PSVITA, but the Modded PSVITA is your favorite console of all time?

[@DaRoachDoggJrr]

I had my bubbles disappear twice too, in the same exact way. I also had issues connecting it to my computer, makes me feel better seeing a video showing these same problems when i had to search for so long to fix them myself about a year ago.

[@SickUserName]

I literally followed the vita guide like everybody should do and it worked fine no issues. Was downloading backups within 20 minutes of turning my vita on

[@johnc19891]

Yeah, the big mistake here was setting up hacks before setting up the SD2Vita. If you install all the homebrew etc. on the card, then you can seamlessly switch between carts and hacks.

[@TheBroadway14]

Hi! Vita owner here. Is setting up SD2Vita first before anything else the ideal way to hack the console? Would it mess up my ability to play my carts if I installed the homebrew and other hacks before SD2Vita? Thanks.

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

@@TheBroadway14 You need to learn to read documentation before “hacking”

[@jackbeknown]

@@TheBroadway14 It's like putting plates of food on a table before you put the tablecloth down. It just makes it much harder to handle and manage your content if you do a bunch of stuff before setting the groundwork first.

[@ShaneRounce]

For real. I was laughing hard at this one. If only he'd have not been stubborn and listened to his viewers on stream. This whole video just sort off comes of as a Ninty-fanboy anti-sony video to me.

[@johnc19891]

And the second question.... no it will not mess up the ability to play carts... just change the YAMT settings

[@pandoyo5752]

I had the complete opposite experience, modding my vita was 100% smooth, absolutely no hiccups, and I have 100+ GB worth of games on the system and I love it so much. However, I haven’t really touched emulation, only playing PSP and Vita games. If you are considering getting a Vita, my advice is 1) don’t even consider it if you don’t want to hack it, buying the memory cards and physical games is super expensive, and 2) only do it if you see a bunch of Vita exclusives that you are dying to play (especially since Vita games are still nearly impossible to emulate, you kinda need a Vita/PSTV to play them).

[@__Square]

I agree idk how wulf messed up so hard... I recommend Silent Hill for PS1 if you haven't played it before... perfect PS1 emulation on the go...

[@dwayneduphraine7024]

Yeah, on one hand, I absolutely would consider getting a Vita to play exclusive games, but on the other hand, do I really want to put down like $300 for a console plus a memory stick just to play, I dunno, Gravity Rush, Muramasa Rebirth, and maybe Soul Sacrifice or Touch My Katamari?

[@__Square]

@@dwayneduphraine7024 you can get a modded vita in good condition for like $100 today everything included

[@AlexVanChezlaw]

From my experience, you did EVERYTHING the really hard way. You don't need to disable the SD adapter to play game catridges, YAMT doesn't work that well unless you know what youre doing. The best option is the app that changes what SD card it will read (memory card or SD adapter) so you can change the current storage and play the catridge. You probably didn't downgrade the firmware and used the non permanent hack. 3.70+ are firmwares known for having issues with Adrenaline and can cause many glitches, errors and freezing the console. 3.60 and 3.65 are two firmwares that have almost no compatibility problems and is better to downgrade to them. With Peace Walker, you just had very bad luck or the eboot/bin was corrupted or even the saevfile was corrupted OR it was caused by the problem mention above The 2SA is Sony's fault and not the Vita's, it is very buggy and works half the time Retroarch isn't the best emulator for the Vita. There are better options for emulation on the Vita You didn't mention any of the games that are being ported to the Vita like Fallout 2, Sonic Mania or old games like Caesar III In short, you did everything wrong and just blamed the Vita. It isn't as easy as the 3DS sure, but you gave it little to no brain nor time.

[@Ramblinman26]

He watched a guide on how to Hack the Vita, and did it according to that guide. So when he keeps encountering issues, it makes sense that he would assume it was the Vita's fault. Besides, he's said in the past that he's not that good at this stuff.

[@Numbers257]

Agreed, one of the only few times where I disliked a video of his because he went through hell especially due to the fact he probably followed a bad guide. He fucked up in a lot of areas and the only benefit of doubt I will give is that finding the information is a bit hectic once you start out as it was for me. No one can fault him for that at all. But once you are able to follow the correct sources and give it the time of day to research things properly (like how he could've search up the error 404 for the homebrew browser and immediately find an explanation), he would've had a better time and wouldn't have made a video that felt both biased and filled with a bit of vitriol over the unneeded hell he went through.

[@charlesswansonii9319]

This is why YOU'RE ADVISED NEVER TO USE A VIDEO GUIDE for hacking these things. There are online, regularly up-to-date guides maintained by the 3DS, Wii U, DS, Switch, and Vita communities that have the proper, safe, community-curated information to follow.

[@perpetualcollapse]

@@charlesswansonii9319 Amen, always use the guides. 🙏

[@tggatsby3501]

The moment he brought up qcma I already knew he messed up 💀

[@wolfgangzoppelt3787]

I think a lot of people have covered this already, but the way you went about hacking your vita was all wrong. Like you I enjoy watching video tutorials because I like to visually see what to do, and that’s what I did for my first go of Vita hacking. I too had many problems with getting it to work right and eventually months later, I just flashed the system and restarted again. This time around I used the vita hack guide and it worked flawlessly, I had no hiccups in getting it to run because everything has been made fairly easy to setup. I don’t think it’s fair to call it a bad hack and say that you are disappointed in the people who recommended this hack to you because you’re the one who didn’t set it up properly. The vita is an amazing portable hack that allows you to play a wide variety of games with little problem.

[@Ujegdjej]

Dude I am an idiot teenager who has zero attention span. I just modded my vita today, using the text guide, only using the video for the extractor thingy. I found it relatively easy, anybody who wants to mod their vita, do it, just make sure to use the texts and it should be pretty easy. I understand wanting to use the video guide, but the wall of text works so much better.

[@TimGreenoe79]

I'm surprised you had so many issues modding your Vita. I did mine over a weekend watching tutorial videos and I'm an idiot. I overclocked it, enhanced the resolution, changed the boot screen, menu backgrounds and music, added an app that let's me download any Vita, PSP or PS1 game for free as well as adding a 512gb micro sd card unf the game slot to store them all while using the Vita 32gb memory card to store all my retro games. Easy peasy.

[@Channel_mod]

Yo im stuck. Can u share me the tuorials u followed ?

[@mctown972]

It's a shame Sony gave up and killed the Vita😔 their greed is what cause all of this due to their proprietary memory cards BS

[@MarxasThomas]

The "Irony" device!

[@TheOfficialOriginalChad]

What? The device failed because of low sales, advancing graphics technology, and lack of interest from developers. The MSDuo issue is easily resolved with a $7 adapter

[@crestofhonor2349]

It did very well in Japan and had tons of games on it. Everywhere else it was kinda forgotten about

[@Ffom177]

@@TheOfficialOriginalChad the fact that you need an adapter is a bad thing. I don't think regular people knew about the adapter

[@__Square]

I'm surprised wulf had this much trouble the modding scene has streamlined the process a lot to where you barely have to do any work now and somehow wulf managed to avoid all of that lol... while videos are good, the text guides are easiest and always up to date

[@faz323]

I agree with your comments. The important thing is to check your system version. Make sure you are on 3.60. If not, download 3.60 pup and upgrade. The permanent hack is a breeze and I don't understand why wulf was making such a meal of it. I'm 78 and missing a few brain cells but I've just hacked two Vitas, both previously on version 3.73. A hacked Vita can give a Anbernic RG 552 a run for its money even with a much reduced cpu clock speed/

[@__Square]

@@faz323 @John Farrant damn dude that's sick, and yeah I agree... I think it's great more and more people are getting into the modded vita scene, but videos like this will just turn people off

[@charlielyttle8576]

I did it a couple weeks ago and it was a hassle, if you don't run into problems, yes, it's smooth sailing, but I think you just got lucky dude as mine kept being annoying. and no it wasn't a skill issue haha

[@__Square]

@@charlielyttle8576 everyone's experience will be different ofc... I'm no expert either but going off even just the other people in this comment section I know I'm not alone as the vita modding community makes things pretty clear and straightforward when it comes to mods. Personally I've only run into issues out of ignorance... installing mods without reading ahead of time... that goes for all systems though

[@charlielyttle8576]

@@__Square yeah in fairness I think some of my issues were possibly with the quality of the Vita to USB cable I have and the quality of the SD2VITA card I have, so I think a lot of the issues stem from some shitty 3rd party hardware and not the vita itself.

[@averagechumbud5532]

this is more painful than knowing that sony will never do another portable system despite the Vita being 11 years old and still being my most favorite jailbroken device, just remember if you have a chance to get your hands on this system don't be a dope and follow the online guide, it'll be worth it

[@EkonGamesReal]

”around 30 to an hour if everything goes right but they didint, and they probably wont for you either.” Im sorry but the longest process of hacking my vita was Setting up an PSN account, while the hack itself took around 30 minutes..

[@alanscott2517]

The problems with Adrenaline surprise me. I've never had a single problem with any PSP or PS1 games played through Adrenaline and I've played a LOT of PSP games on my Vita. One of the things about hacking a Vita is that there are some really great Japan-only games that you can patch with fan patches and play in English. Of course the same is true for playing PC versions of, say, Trails in the Sky FC, but there's something nice about having it wherever I am. I would never suggest this for anyone who isn't going to get some enjoyment out of lots of dicking around and figuring out the ways things fuck up. Which, lemme say, I do NOT. I struggled with it. Thank god for the Vita piracy Discord.

[@astorMorisson]

I had severe slowdowns with very few PS1 racing games (e.g. some rally games) but PSP runs much better than on original hardware. I feel that most of his problems come from following an outdated video instead of the website. The vita scene is super active at the moment and things are changing fast (compared to 3DS for example).

[@VexAcer]

@@astorMorisson PSP performance on a Vita is identical to a real PSP though. The Vita can't push above the 333Mhz clock performance that's already possible on actual PSPs. The framerate in Wipeout Pure is still all over the place just like on original hardware. That said it is a better experience still. The higher quality Vita screen doesn't have the horrid ghosting most PSP models suffered from. The screen resolution is perfect for 2x integer upscale of PSP stuff. There's mods that let you use the second stick for games like Peace Walker, Birth by Sleep, Resistance Retribution, GTA, etc. Plus extra features like being able to pair a controller, use save states, screen filters, and stuff. It's awesome.

[@agc2801]

Guess i got lucky mine runs flawlessly but i did read a lot before doing it.

[@astorMorisson]

@@VexAcer the vita PSP mode runs essentially like an always overclocked PSP with awesome battery life. The PSP did not run at 333 MHz but 266 MHz (after firmware update, before even slower) without overclocking to save battery.

[@VexAcer]

@@astorMorisson The PSP is 222Mhz by default with only a select few games using 266Mhz and 333Mhz officially. Homebrewing it ofc let's you force 333Mhz on everything which is what I was referring to. Adrenaline on a Vita has the same clockrate settings you'll find on a modded PSP. You can use 333Mhz, but you're also still able to run games at 222Mhz or lower.

[@ronald7378]

Never had any of these issues with my Vita. I followed a few video guides and got it up and running with everything I wanted in about a day. That being said I only ever recommend this for people who already own a Vita, I wouldn’t go out and buy one to do this, theres plenty of options that will do what it does for cheaper and a whole lot easier.

[@DungarooTV]

What you mean - go buy one pre-hacked?

[@Regulo1d]

@@DungarooTV He means jailbreaking a vita is only really worthwhile if you have one already, since for the price a used PS Vita goes for nowadays, you could likely get a retroid pocket 2+ new for the same price, or just use an android if you have one on hand.

[@DungarooTV]

@@Regulo1d I actually think it's good to have a hacked Vita - still better than the other cheap knockoffs in my opinion.

[@Regulo1d]

@@DungarooTV It's definitely a nuanced point, especially since Vita emulation is still very much so in progress, so the only way to play many Vita games like Golden Abyss is on actual hardware. If you can find a good one on eBay that's in good condition and at a fair price, it would certainly be worth it to someone interested in the areas the Vita excels at, it's just that we live in a time where there are many portable gaming options, in addition to the Vita, that may give customers what they want in a package that they prefer, depending on the things they want/are willing to omit from a portable gaming device.

[@kutaoizumi4189]

@@DungarooTV For emulation? Hell nah, bro. An android phone can emulate Ps1,PSP, N64, GBA, DS and much more, way better than the PS Vita can rn. And if you have a REALLY good phone you can even emulate stuff like gamecube games flawlessly. For example my phone can run Pokémon Colosseum, not super well but at a playable state, so I can only imagine what a stronger device could do. Otherwise? Literally most PCs can run emulated games with better quality than a PS Vita AND have access to even more games through services like Steam or GoG. So no. I love my PS Vita but it's not something I would recommend to people for the sole purpose of emulating games. If you're not interested on the console and its games, and you're not ready to deal with a pretty much "dead" console, then a Vita is not for you.

[@trevlsteinberg5994]

i hope bob is ready to fight an entire awkward community of ps vita modders

[@saritie]

I'm definitely here for it.

[@CarkerVT]

THERES DOZENS OF US!!!

[@AndreaFrancoise]

pitchfork at the ready, captain!

[@danieldubrovin8813]

All four of them

[@ReavenZero]

Reporting in o7

[@ShaggyDabbyDank]

Maybe try an updated video now that Vita hacking is super simplified. Takes like 2-3 minutes. EDIT: This video is a great example on just how quickly videos go out of date when it comes to the vita homebrew scene.

[@dutchletters]

7:26 Homebrew browser isn’t down. It’s just awful. You have to leave it for about ten minutes after the error message and it will load like normal. Then use it to download VitaDB Downloader. It does the same thing without being slow.

[@luigifreak3456]

I modded my Vita back in like 2018 I wanna say, and it was definitely easier to do considering I just wanted to use it to play PSP and Vita games, but it was still a bit of a hassle to fumble back and forth between my Vita and laptop. Still was worth it in the long run tho, especially considering how the PS Store is handled now.

[@keyblader1985]

I've been modding systems for years, and I am SIGNIFICANTLY more intimated by 3DS modding than Vita modding. With the Vita it really wasn't difficult to understand; with the 3DS it was all I could do to follow it step by step, and I still don't feel like I know what I'm doing there outside of installing CIA files.

[@Nick-cs4oc]

I found the 3ds hack to be beyond me, I just followed the steps and hoped for the best. It felt like following instructions to enter a parallel universe It worked and I love the result but even still the whole thing is clunky and kinda frustrating (mostly due to terrible Nintendo UI)

[@hywel4767]

Im the complete opposite, 3ds was a complete doddle, vita is a mindfuck lol

[@naraydaniels7832]

@@hywel4767Same, the 3DS had like 4 steps, Crack (of your preference), hop on H brew, get Luna, GM9, and fbi (one dude even had a full zip setup), then install your games and patches, this becomes slightly modified with a japanese console

[@2012TwinFlame]

When i did my first 2 .. 2 3ds it took 4 hours. That was after i was familiar...it was just thatbmany steps

[@Mookie908]

@@fritzthecat8158modding constantly changes

[@stewartmacdonald601]

Wow. I don’t know how you managed to mess that up so bad. I haven’t had half these problems with my 2 vita’s. I was looking forward to seeing this video. And seeing you find how good the vita is for this stuff. But yeah, I suppose if you don’t follow a proper guide, you can have these problems.

[@chasethemorninguk]

The guy is an idiot 😂

[@craigdavidson5613]

I’m among the lucky ones to follow the instructions for jailbreaking the Vita, without headaches. Now it’s a very versatile system!

[@HartOre]

i had no idea it was possible but you did about every single thing wrong, congrats

[@Malek-bd6gl]

Like what

[@HartOre]

​@@Malek-bd6gl he started with using shitty (possibly outdated?) video guides and it's really all downhill from there. most problems could be avoided by using a decent guide and the rest could be fixed by simply googling the problem - default settings in some emulators suck so they have to be adjusted. biggest fuck up was using a guide for a completely different model of vita

[@Malek-bd6gl]

@@HartOre good point

[@zerohour20XX]

I get that he is more of a visual learner but someone like myself, who had never messed with modding consoles (or anything for that matter) did this as my first mod and had no problems whatsoever by watching a few videos of the process beforehand to understand what I was getting myself into and what all was needed before even starting the mod. I got all of my materials and followed the vita hacks guide while a video played picture-in-picture as a visual example for each section. Not a single problem or experience, though I use mine less as a retro emulator other than for PS1 and PSP games along side Vita games.

[@WTFA54]

As someone who's been using a modded vita for years, I think the hype was much more warranted back when most of your emulation handhelds were largely incapable of running anything more complicated than PSOne. At that point, having a handheld that ALSO played vita and psp games was incredible. Now, the vita and psp catalog is still awesome but you can have stronger dedicated emulation handhelds. It also takes forever to download games from PKGj, though it's still pretty sweet

[@Retrofire-47]

PlayStation Vita's hardware design will _always_ reign supreme, though - specifically the engineering prowess of Sony c. 2014. just the quality of the control system, the inputs, where they are located, the input response, etc... other handhelds might usurp the throne in every other way but if you care about controls then the Vita is going to be hard to dethrone

[@mattia1026]

Vita's got a lot going on. For starters, it's absolutely the most premium feeling piece of handheld gaming you can hold, everything from the looks to the build quality and the ergonomics just screams premium experience contrary to any modern handheld as it was something specific to Sony's hardware design . Then, you've got the OLED screen that wasn't even implemented on the Switch until a few years ago and still isn't on the Steamdeck or generally other major dedicated handhelds. Lastly, full compatibility with PSP library, something most handhelds can't guarantee, and with PSVITA library, which can't compare with PSP's but it's still got lots of gems - also, while VITA3K is improving, PSVITA emulation is still far from perfect.

[@yurithebrave]

I think you couldn't login to PSN due to user error. Recently Soyn introduced new login hurdles on old devices due to security concerns (better than killing them admittedly). The "Device Setup" password is something different than the regular 2FA password you might be used to. This is now confusing even without any mods. You can obtain it on the PSN website.

[@i-k-a-y]

this video is just user error after user error :D

[@SkyforgerCFW]

Half the video is issues that could’ve been easily avoided if he had just read what’s in front of him lol

[@Saber_Nico]

had this problem when I updated my slim ps3 to the latest firmware. turns out I need to login to sony's website on my pc and copy the one-time password to login to my ps3. it's so stupid.

[@yurithebrave]

@@Saber_Nico It's not stupid at all, it relegates authentication to newer, up-to-date software so that PS3 and PSV aren't as much of a vulnerability anymore. It's better than having PSN killed of on these playforms. There's no incentive for Sony to keep maintaining them and doing nothing would potentially open them up to more litigation, which they have enough already.

[@Saber_Nico]

@@yurithebrave it is stupid. ever heard of authentication apps like google uses for phones? hell, even phone number 2fa is better than sony's alternative shit. sony is too lazy to come up with their own authentication app and just went for an easy route that becomes useless when someone else has access to your account

[@riccardogranato1274]

Dunno man, didn't have all this issues you've experienced. Did one mistake that had me restart the process from the beginning but then again that was me not reading everything carefully and just skipping stuff.

[@TheSterlingArcher16]

I modded my Vita & installed the SD card adapter 3 years ago. I don’t remember the steps of the process but I recall it was pretty straightforward. Since then I’ve only used it occasionally to play PS1, PSP, & Vita games with resolution & overclock mods. I’ve never had an issue with it since, however I’ve also never fiddled with new mods and features since the initial setup.

[@chasethemorninguk]

I’m a complete novice to hacking and never done it before and I hacked the vita and added all the stuff needed, plus games and Roms etc. This guy just hates vitas 😂

[@BigFalconar]

Did this two months ago, first hack I ever attempted. Was on the newer model Vita and the process took no more than 30 minutes. Sucks you had such issues but I had the opposite experience - it could not be more simple to do. And I’m a tech n00b, legitimately only started in IT about 2 years ago. Did this following a friend’s advice. It was my go-to emulator until the Steam Deck arrived recently.

[@orbital1950]

The Steam Deck is legitimately not only the best Device for emulation currently, but one of the best devices released in the past 10 years. The unparalleled versatility it offers with it's Freedom granting Linux based OS and all of the games available natively on steam is incredible. Not to mention the power it packs.

[@MexiCooki]

⁠​⁠@@orbital1950The power is great no doubt, but it’s expensive, bulky, and ugly(imo). If you’re looking for the smoothest emulation experience possible it’s definitely worth it though.

[@TheKonamiMan]

I only did mine so I could actually fit all of my digital Vita games on a micro SD card because of Sony's awful memory card situation with the system. That alone hurt the Vita so bad.

[@RadikAlice]

It's like they didn't get enough from trying to push UMDs as the new CD format of sorts

[@PSVitaat2am]

Yes those overly priced proprietary memory cards were so much of a downfall for the handheld.

[@jonathanlisowski5618]

I believe Sony could make some serious $$$ by releasing their own "official" SD2Vita Cards, the # of people hacking their Vitas would have a noticeable drop, & they could reduce the amount of money they're pumping into updates that just create a temporary hurdle for the community. I also hacked mine primarily for the memory card issue & the white list issue. Everything else is just fluff for me.

[@thewinner4319]

@@PSVitaat2am THE WINNER wanna know how you're not verified yet THE WINNER says!😊

[@dylanparks2]

They're typically two people that I trust when it comes to modifications of any of my consoles or future hardware and that's Mr Mario and modded warfare they have really great tutorials and when I followed their tutorials I really never ran into any hiccups My adrenaline app runs my PSP backups of my personal collection perfectly My N64 ports do run kind of crappy but not not bad The Mario 64 port that I compiled was great it ran great and all the emulators I mean I don't really necessarily pay attention to picture quality but they ran perfect for me and I personally in my personal experience have not ran into any issues with games being too laggy regardless to the N64 emulator because that's kind of a given that you have to have high end hardware to successfully run every single N64 ROM so I'm not sure if yours is just a different experience than everybody else's but I've had a very positive experience with hacking my Vita

[@bryanx0317]

I like how you stipulated "backups of my personal collection" ...as if you didn't download everything from the PKGJ app 😂

[@toastablestrudel]

@@bryanx0317 why do you need to be rude.

[@DFisher5555]

I truly cannot even explain to you how much I love this video. I hacked my vita a couple years ago expecting greatness that everyone talks about. And as you said it was h*** it truly was not fun to do and after it was done it'd never worked great at all. Wasn't my 1st time with emulation wasn't my 1st time hacking anything and it just doesn't work right. I have seen a few emulation videos for these retro retro consoles and I always think the same thing as your video well why not just use a vita. Well it's good to know that the other consoles work much better than what I thought was the best which absolutely sucks. I appreciate your blatant honesty your bluntness and keep doing what you're doing.

[@SormonAusPol]

I managed to get vita roms to work on the system but everything else screws up. The amount of restarts is reidicuals compared to other systems I have jailbroken. For anything other than a PS Vita game I just uses the PSP.

[@alexarnold6773]

You went about this all sorts of wrong. The part where the icons disappear is normal, a step or so later you get them back as they were. Also, there is absolutely no need to connect it to your pc. You can transfer game files from it as that’s faster than downoading on the vita, but all the hacking necessary can be done from the vita using its own built in browser.

[@Jiroxys25]

I have fully never had any of these issues with my hacked vita. It's been a beautiful smooth process for me the whole way, and the easiest and best way to emulate PSP and especially PS1 games. Truly sucks that things didn't work well for you

[@mrterrychaos]

The password thing is specific to the latest firmware and not a hack related issue. You have to get Sony to generate a new passcode via the QR code specifically for the Vita and enter that into the Vita rather than your standard password. This is an issue on stock firmware too based on new measures by Sony.

[@Joeyohify]

I'm surprised he had issues about that. I did not know about this until today, but the Email informed me what to do and it states.. do not use your PS Account password... we generated one on the site.

[@marioysikax]

Yeah, this is exactly identical with PS3. There's a lot of stuff Sony did badly or doesn't want to invest in updating at this point anymore with older systems that they just constalty wish that everyone would stop using those and move on to PS4 and PS5, so that they could kill them off. One example is changing online ID (online name), because your account is your online ID, so changing that would be like changing accounts, they updated this with PS4 to be unique account identified unlinked from online ID, another is PSD2 compliant payment processing with stores where you would need to verify the payment through online bank website if using debit/credit card. And of course one is 2FA, because implementing that into login does require a lot of resources and updates to actually keep secure, so what they did instead is that you get single device useable password which you manage through website or app. Keeps your account secure as nobody can just use old hardware to login to your account without 2FA and if someone does actually steal that hardware the password can be revoked.

[@shiko9222]

I modify and repair PSPs and PS Vita's for a living and can tell you the PS Vita's are amazing devices, 1000 or 2000 models. The N64 emulation is great with all popular titles and can even run lesser known titles with a little tweaking. Retro emulation through Retroarch is amazing you just need to use the right cores for best emulation quality, with the cores a use everything is perfect. PSP and PS1 emulation is flawless. PS Vitas have built in emulation for the platforms due to the Sony Shop, where they sell the actual ports of the games, making the quality of emulation amazing. These devices are tricky to get set up sometimes, that is where I come in, though once set up these devices cannot be beat. Playing music, watching movies, and games can all be done with them. I use my Vita for watching movies mainly, because I have the OLED model the screen quality is the best that I own. Plus Vita emulation is not all too well on other devices, and the Vita has a fairly strong library of exclusives. Just sharing my two cent, however I am a little disappointed with this video due to my love with these devices.

[@Cyko..]

I'm running Daedalus X64 v0.6 (the latest) and what popular titles are you running that are great? Goldeneye 007 runs like ass. Super Smash Bros. stutters during the intro, and Conker's Bad Fur Day makes Daedalus X64 crash. So I wouldn't lie and tell people N64 emulation is great when it isn't. It's doable at best. Some games run great like Mario 64 and Super Mario 64, but those games have been tweaked for years so they better run great. Now on my little $120 Chinese retro handheld with dual analog sticks that can click in to have L3 and R3 functions (unlike the Vita), it runs 97% of my large Nintendo 64 catalog perfectly. Conker's Bad Fur Day runs at like 54 fps in some areas instead of 60 but still enjoyable.

[@shiko9222]

@@Cyko.. ​ If N64 emulation is all you want with a device the vita is not for you. With saying this, N64 emulation on the vita is not terrible whatsoever. Banjo - kazooie, Zelda, Mario and Mario parties, pokemon colosseum, super smash 64, f-zero, and diddy Kong racing to name just a few run totally fine in almost all of the gameplay scenes. It is not perfect, and I never claimed it to be. If you want your entire N64 library to play perfectly, play it on the N64. If you want a versatile device for many different mediums for entertainment, I am sure most will be very surprised and pleased to see how N64 games can run on a PS Vita.

[@radicalraccoon]

I jailbroke my Vita on 3.60 the day that Team Molecule initially released the means to do so and I still use my Vita regularly. I have never experienced any of the issues demonstrated here. The biggest difficulty I had was down to the fact that my Vita's memory card died (a common occurrence) and I needed to transition to an SD2Vita, but my Vita is also an OLED model and doesn't have internal storage. I hacked together a custom build of Henkaku that included the kernel plugin for SD2Vita and wrote code that would automatically mount the SD2Vita at an early stage of the bootstrapping process. It worked out perfectly well in the end and since Enso was available at this point, I haven't had to go through the jailbreaking process again since then. I don't like to use Retroarch, but there are multiple cores available for various systems and some are known to have more issues than others. Other issues with emulation stem from the Vita's GPU, which is notoriously difficult to utilize. There was no standard graphics library such as OpenGL or Vulkan for the GPU (the official SDK includes the means to facilitate this, but legally, no homebrew developer is allowed to use it), for example, and so achieving proper graphics acceleration has been a challenge for a long time. It has improved with the work of some developers that have become familiar enough with the GPU to be able to create an OpenGL wrapper library, but it isn't perfect and some homebrew projects haven't been updated to take advantage of the wrapper library. PSP and PS1 on the Vita are great, so I'm not sure why you faced issues with Peacewalker, but I didn't hVe any of those issues. The Nintendo 64 emulator is not perfect by any means, but it works wonderfully for most of the games I play and I've never had it crash on startup. Homebrew on the Vita isn't without its issues, but this really seems to be a classic case of PEBKAC. I would suggest reading the more up to date guides as opposed to following a KZbin video. Might be a good idea to try to drop all the negativity as well; you clearly went into this whole process with a negative mindset because of the comments you received, but that's just petty. Yes, there are cheaper and easier to use alternatives out there for retro emulation, but the Vita is a unique and fairly high quality device. It's the only device that can play the extensive library of games available to it, both natively and via homebrew, on a single device.

[@nftscreenshotter6436]

Modding my vita was the first console hacking I have ever done, and it was one of the easiest tech related things I've ever done. You can explain installing retroarch in four steps. 1. put h-encore on it 2. use h-encore to install vitashell 3. put vitashell in usb mode so you can drag and drop retroarch.vpk on there and a rom folder 4. use vitashell to install retroarch literally all you have to do. it's stupid af easy to do, and this video feels more like "I'm mad that I personally went about it in an ignorant way" rather than "hacking the vita actually sucks" like nah dude, you just didn't do it right💀 That's some DSP energy.

[@mugiwara1730]

How did he mess this up so bad? Hacked mine like 4 years ago and the only issue I had was getting the backend psn store thingy to download games. Probably the prettiest way to play GBA games though.

[@TheIrisCZ]

I've tried "hacking" basically all of the consoles that could be somehow hacked and I still stand by the fact, that Vita is the easiest one to run homebrew/retro games on. There is nothing else on the market with the same specs, excelent screen (1000 series) and support from the fans. Just don't be lazy and read a few articles and follow the guides. It takes an hour or two at the most and it's ten times easier to manage after hacking it than Switch or 3DS. Unfortunatelly the first video of yours that I've downvoted as half of the things you mention are half-truths. Especially when you metion that you need a computer to hack the Vita, so you could just go on and emulate the games on the PC itself? Sorry, but that's just stupid. You buy Vita for portability and superb battery life.

[@TheMeanJoeGreen]

I have a hacked switch and its way better

[@BokuNoDaddy]

id have to disagree with 3ds on up keep and easiness but much a muchness. Id rate vita higher anyway. Switch needs constant upkeep and it turned me off every using it. My vita is very much pick up and play when it was done.

[@TheMeanJoeGreen]

@@BokuNoDaddy my hacked switch doesn’t require upkeep?

[@NCozy]

@@TheMeanJoeGreen I think it depends. If you play new releases on your switch you have to keep it updated which is risky and also I've definitely had to reset my switch a couple times because of shit going wrong.

[@DungarooTV]

I don’t know the Switch is pretty up there in terms of ease but it will probably never get a permanent hack which gives the PS Vita extra points.

[@sadgsdhfd]

Sorry I usually love your videos but whenever it comes to modding/emulation devices like this you unknowingly spread misinformation because you actively choose not to listen to community and follow their advice. I feel like this happens way too often and you should avoid making this content lmao it just makes you look bad Most if not all of these issues would have been solved/not have happened if the guide was followed fr. For example I didn’t get my sdvita until a month later when I ran out of space and after reading a few reddit threads later (all written assumed you followed the .guide) I avoided all the issues that happened to you.

[@MouseCIick]

I just hacked my PS Vita and had everything set up the way I wanted and it's my favorite emulator device. For the most part, I didn't have any trouble hacking by watching YT guides. I mainly play Vita, PSP, PS1, and GBA games. I also have Half-Life, GTA 3, & Vita Fighter. The device is beautiful and has really good-quality software and hardware.

[@lepeepo]

holy crap how can you be so bad at hacking a VITA of all things, never ran into a single issue

[@fyre367]

You had an exceptionally bad time. It really shouldn't be that bad. That being said, I agree that you should only get the vita if you want to play vita games (it has a really good library of games). I used to tell people to just hack a vita a while ago too but they used to sell for far cheaper than they do now. Now it's hard to recommend to anyone who doesn't want to play the vita library. It's a great piece of hardware but definitely not something I'd recommend solely for retro gaming. For me, the retro emulators are a bonus. Also, it looked like you might be playing ps1 games in retroarch. You should be playing them straight out of adrenaline.

[@kylechavez5427]

Modding your vita is definitely worth a shot especially all the porting thats happening right now. Just CAREFULLY follow the intructions and your good to go.

[@CGN-fh9op]

I followed the video guides of Tech James multiple times. They always seemed to be up to date. I never ran into any issues or experienced the issues you had. But I a 100% agree to never get a Vita to play retro games and better get one of the awesome retro handhelds!

[@ShinryuZensen]

"Retrogames" is a bit too generic of a term. Vita is good for MANY retrosystems, but now every single one of them. As most devices.

[@drshrimppuertorico3460]

Why waste money when you have a viTa

[@liamwillick2059]

Jus modded an old vita i picked up i have 1/100 the experience of this guy yet i had 0 issues following the text guide

[@shawnheatherly9219]

I've never heard of someone having any issue modding a vita other than you

[@romann921]

Maybe I lucked out, cuz I didn't really run into big issues when I did mine lol Did you try using different cores on retroarch? Sometimes they can make a noticeable difference, though yoshi's island has always been a mess in emulation. And I think part of the reason why people like the hacked vita so much is because it can play retro games, along with psp/vita games, while on a solid handheld with great buttons and controls.

[@jgreenhalgh1]

The vita was a masterpiece still holds up today as one the best handhelds only beat by steam deck

[@reidft]

Skill issue tbh

[@smgofdvld]

I will fight back a little bit I always like the video mod guides because it shows you on screen what is happening and what things are supposed to look like generally. I recommend Mr Mario 2011 and mvg for the most part if the text guides aren't doing it or you are getting confused 👍

[@x86dayv]

Dear sir Wulff Den, please revisit this episode with an update as you can now perform the mod over a simple browser in 2023.

[@Koijn2K]

I know you went into this being salty, but i have modded several devices, including the 3ds which you liked and the vita was not notably more difficult or problematic. I think this is more a miss from you already being salty and not wanting to use the text guides rather than the hack being "bad".

[@disappr0val]

The vita taught me something. It’s never wrong and it’s always user error. yes every intersection is a 4 way when modding a vita but the ending is something cool. this guy prob reached 40% of its capability it’s disheartening to see. i have 2 separate 400gb sd2vita cards pretty much full and yes it was a lot of time to get ‘em right. i wont lie i actually have to sometimes restart system 2-3 times because of the 2 storage places it confuses the system or sum idk. i’ve never made a video but i want to now to give it some justice. seeing a vita full of every game from vita-ps1 and psp down this guy used wrong emulators and prob didn’t tweak settings (he uses retroarch) arguably the worst emu, showed no customization, didn’t show media, movies look like shit, audio is so so, front and back camera are horrible but that’s it’s charm. yes your phone has a better screen the vita is supposed to have a huge space for a huge library of whatever i have my favorite music and sopranos/podcasts on mine. i can watch/listen offline and be off my phone. or even better watch/play/listen and be on my phone it’s about as big as a phone already so it’s like having 2 phones one as a multi media device and one for calling n texting. but get this at one point in vita’s prime it could also call n text with 3G even skype. he def missed alot, us stranded on vita island know why we’re still here

[@disappr0val]

i’m younger guy i rarely play retro games. i have no nostalgia for them. i enjoy them i understand their importance but i know i don’t play as frequent as others. i didn’t but a vita for retro emulation, because your right other consoles/pc/android do it way better. Vita is its own beast it’s library are unique to it. i don’t know how you managed to mess up playing a psp game on there this vid is super biased because he won’t read written guides. if you take anything from this comment or this vid reading is fundamental

[@ChaseRogers2115]

Having been using a hacked vita for more than two years now. I can definitely say that you should only hack a Vita IF you know what you're getting out of it. The emulators are okay. RetroArch runs really good, but can get slow and tend to crash alot when you have alot of roms on it. I had around 20 gigs of roms on my SD2Vita and it would crash trying to even navigate through menus, had to scale back and really pick and choose what I needed. But when it does work. It's very comfortable. The real appeal for the Vita is really just the homebrew scene and the backwards compatibly with PSP and PS1 games. The Console itself is probably my favorite Handheld of all time, and really can be put to its full capabilities when modded.

[@Whatsup_Abroad]

Ive got 100gb of roms on mine and retroarch doesnt complain at all. Odd

[@ChaseRogers2115]

@@Whatsup_Abroad It might just be on my end. I probably should do a clean install of retroarch and go from there. Did slapdash it all together. lol

[@perpetualcollapse]

Maybe try overclocking for smoother performance in RetroArch

[@ChaseRogers2115]

@@perpetualcollapse Don't know why I never thought of overclocking retroarch. Thank you! I'll definitely try that out when I pick up my Vita next. :)

[@perpetualcollapse]

@@ChaseRogers2115 There’s many overclocking plugins for PS Vita, but the one I use is PSVshell as it’s the one some Vita homebrew devs use as it’s fully featured and user friendly. You could set up different overclocks for only specific applications/games or for everything on the Vita.

[@kamesaiyan1157]

RetroArch for vita is just no it. I’ve downloaded the standalone emulators from VitaDB and they run as smooth as you wanted, even the N64 (is a very early W.I.P and I can play 100 Mario 64). The community is the MVP for everything: -Ports -Homebrew -Emulators And everything gets better with time since they are very actively working on everything, so maybe we can get a part 2 of this video?

[@JohnDoe03784]

Weird, I've hacked both my 1000/2000 Vita's in about 20 minutes with no issues and added both 256GB storage and with no fuss. Emulation for me all ran smooth. Sorry you're having trouble.

[@JohnGatsbyThe3rd]

Huh, I never had any of the problems mentioned in this video despite using the same guide. Sounds like you have a skill issue Bob.

[@sonnyrynsaard3567]

Ah, another installment in 'Bob doesn't know how to use retroarch'. My favourite series

[@Parexus]

Or follow the steps in a hacking guide. Looks like he was lazy and followed an out of date video.

[@sonnyrynsaard3567]

@@Parexus like the 3ds one where he used retroarch emulators instead of VC injection

[@SmokeyPSD]

This...

[@sharksmate]

I honestly love Game Boy Advance emulation on my vita and I think with the proper filters and bios files in Retroarch, the games look even better than on the original GBA (which I do own). I thoroughly enjoyed playing several games like metroid fusion and mother 3 to completion, with no hang-ups in gameplay whatsoever. So for my personal experience emulating games on the Vita, I am totally in love with it and still use it to this day. My condolences though to anyone who has not had the same experience.

[@mactep1]

simply disabling bi-linear filtering makes gba look 10x better.

[@gungan5822]

I dunno bro. I literally just did it last night after hearing about it for the first time. It doesn't need a pc at all anymore unless you want to download homebrew with your pc. The actual hack itself took literally 5 minutes not including download time. I backed up my files, restored the system to factory settings, installed the hack, restored my stuff (it all still works), and with the exception of some OCD stuff like the occasional uncapitalized homebrew title, nothing very janky going on. I can download any Vita, PSP or PS1 game straight from one repository, and I've set up Retroarch so many times now, nothing phases me with that program. I'm not using sd2vita though. Just my normal memory cards. Edit: Oh, one thing that is janky is that you want your browser to go directly to the hack site when you start it, or it might fail. If it loads another site first it'll probably give you an error.

[@streamonbix]

Oh wow, this video has 4 month only and aged like milk. PS Vita has become the easiest console to hack EVER. Now, it takes 3 minutes and can be done all through the console itself, without the need of a PC.

[@-J-a-r-i-]

That kind of sounds like a skill issue ngl. I didn't have any problems.

[@jolyneansard8153]

there is the "vita deploy" method that i used and was pretty simple. I learned about this method on Retro Game Corps youtube channel

[@messiahmozgus]

Wait, you were using retroarch for ps1 games? Wtf why? Use the Vita's native Adrenaline PSP/PS1 method. You did a lot of things wrong here

[@harvyt257]

None of this is necessary now. You now mod the vita from the vita. No PC needed. When you do want to use your pc to move data over, it's easy because your vita will be already modded