All you have to do is head over to the official HENkaku website on the Vita, tap on the install button, and then sit back and let the hack work its magic. Dubbed HENkaku, the jailbreak exploit not only works on the latest 3.60 Vita firmware, but also requires very little user intervention to execute. Despite some early efforts, the best anyone had come up with was an exploit that only worked on an older version of the Vita firmware, and that required it to be tethered to a PC-hardly ideal for a portable console.įinally, though, some clever folks at the hacking collective Team Molecule have come up with a solution that fully unlocks the Vita hardware for homebrew developers.
Unfortunately, the Vita has been a much tougher nut to crack. There was hope that the follow-up to the PSP, the PlayStation Vita, would be similarly hacked, with the improved hardware and additional analogue stick allowing for the emulation of more sophisticated consoles. This was due to the ease with which it was hacked, the quality of the hardware, and a steady stream of unofficial software and emulators. Sony's trusty handheld might not have been the sales sensation the company had hoped for, but-despite the company's best efforts-the PSP became the handheld to own if you were into homebrew software or retro gaming. If you see someone still playing on a PSP, chances are it's because it's been hacked to hell.
