Sony PlayStation Vita (sony-psvita)

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Sony PlayStation Vita
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Sony PlayStation Vita
Manufacturer Sony
Name PlayStation Vita
Codename psvita
Released 2011
Type handset
Hardware
Chipset Kermit
CPU Quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4+
Display 960 x 544 (OLED for PCH-1000 or IPS LCD for PCH-2000, 5.0")
Storage 1 GB flash memory (PCH-2000 model only)
Memory 512 MB
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software System software based on FreeBSD with LiveArea GUI
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no
This device is marked as not booting.


Contributors

  • xerpi

Users owning this device

  • 12brendon34 (Notes: Thought it would be funny to list)
  • Roboe (Notes: (second hand) PCH-1004 Wi-Fi (OLED); firmware: 3.65, storage: 16GB (memory card); without a PSN account; running HENkaku through the Ensõ payload)
  • Russanandres (Notes: 3.65 firmware)
  • TheSame (Notes: PCH-2008 v3.65 ensõ_ex; 8+256Gb; All sticks replaced)
  • UltrasonicMadness (Notes: PCH-2016, Lego Action Heroes Mega Pack)
  • Ungeskriptet (Notes: PCH-2000 Wi-Fi Black, Left stick replaced and jailbroken with Ensō)


Jailbreak

For firmware 3.65 - 3.74 h-encore² by Andy Nguyen must be used. For easier installation of h-encore² finalhe by soarqin can be used.

If you want a permanent jailbreak on 3.65 use the ensō installer

Downgrading firmware

Refer to modoru. This works on firmware 3.60 - 3.73.

Running Linux

Work is being done by xerpi on GitHub.

Linux loader: https://github.com/xerpi/vita-linux-loader
Kernel: https://github.com/xerpi/linux_vita

See also