You must run the installer each time you reboot the device before you can launch any homebrew application. You do not need to reinstall when you place the device into sleep mode. If you press the power button once, you are in sleep mode and do not need to reinstall HENkaku. If you hold the power button and then choose the option to Power Off, then you do need to reinstall HENkaku. You also need to reinstall if the battery runs out. Installing HENkaku requires an internet connection.
The first time you install HENkaku, a new bubble named “molecularShell” will show up in LiveArea. This application allows you to install other homebrew bubbles. However, once you reboot the device, molecularShell and any other homebrew bubbles you installed will not be able to be launched until you run the installer again.
It is important that you never update your Vita past 3.60 if you ever wish to use HENkaku now or in the future. If you do update, all your installed homebrew will no longer work and you cannot install any homebrew in the future.
Hint: If you've installed HENkaku before, you can install it again directly from molecularShell's LiveArea. Just open the "shell" bubble and use the orange "install" button.
You must run the HENkaku installer again. Follow the directions above.
This is normal. Just wait for it, eventually it should load the page and trigger the exploit.
Press “OK” and try again. If the browser crashes more than three times in a row, you can quit the browser (Press the PS button and swipe the LiveArea page from the top right corner or hold the “O” or “X” button depending on your region). Then you can re-attempt installation.
If you quit the browser and this still happens more than three times in a row, you should reboot the system and try again.
If the web browser keeps crashing, and you’ve already rebooted your Vita at least five times in a row, try the following:
If the device froze, hold the power button for 15 seconds to manually power off the device and then press the power button again to restart the device. You can then attempt to install again.
That is the expected behavior. HENkaku should now be installed. You can launch homebrew applications including molecularShell (see usage directions below).
Press the home/PS button and close the browser manually. Installation should be successful.
You can force all configuration to be reset by pressing R at the prompt when the bootstrap installer is launched. This is reset your taiHEN config.txt file as well as HENkaku settings.
We now have a solution for people who do not have constant internet access. The HENkaku Offline Installer will hijack the Email application such that you can install HENkaku after reboot using the Email application instead of visiting the website. More details about this here.
The first time you install HENkaku, the molecularShell bubble will be added to your LiveArea. This will be your portal to installing homebrew.
You must run the HENkaku installer again. Follow the directions above.
Check if you have a firewall on the host computer. Also make sure you’re on the same network as the host.
You need to enable unsafe homebrew mode. Open molecularShell and press Start. Then choose the option to enable unsafe homebrew. Back out of the menu, quit molecularShell, and relaunch it again.
Once you installed HENkaku, running homebrew is as simple as launching the installed bubble directly from LiveArea!
Since only firmware 3.60 is supported, you can upgrade any Vita on a lower firmware version to 3.60 with these instructions. Be careful not to update to the latest version through official means or you will not be able to use HENkaku!
Set your DNS to 212.47.229.76 and choose to update from Wi-Fi. Proceed only if the message says “A new version of the system software is available. Firmware 3.60 (変革 Compatible)”. That’s it!
Running into problems? You can find us on FreeNode IRC at #henkaku. Community support will also be provided in the forums.