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★ Older Vita Firmware Survival Guide ★
If you found your way here you most probably just recieved a Vita with lower firmware and don't know what to do, right? To update or not to update! If you want to learn more on how to stay and survive on an older firmware, this guide is for you!
Everything from activating, linking, getting new content and manually updating will be covered here if available.
Some facts first:
On a lower firmware you normally can't connect to the PSN, sync trophies, play online and so on! So depending on what is more important to you, you'll need to decide for yourself if you want to stay or update. (depending on firmware and hacks, spoofing might be available)
If you decide to stay on a lower firmware the custom content manager .
Currently the best 'golden' firmware to be on is to make use of almost all hacks and tricks. Why that you ask? Check out the unofficial patch notes for everything newer..
| What you can do: | What you might can do with hacks: | What you can't do: |
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| - update games | - connect to PSN, download games & play online | - activate and link to a PSN account |
| - sync trohies & use friends or messages etc | - play games that need a specific firmware to run | |
| ..and everything else you could normally do |
How to avoid the forced update on the first-time-setup
How to link to a different/new PSN account
How to manually update to a specific higher firmware
How to use Netflix
If needed you can find a full list of all available exploit games here!
FAQ & Troubleshooting
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What happened to the PS3 method??
Sony patched this after HENkaku released. A PS4 doesn't work.
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