Vita:VitaShell

VitaShell is an advanced file manager, package installer, text editor, and video/photo player. It has built-in FTP, allows mounting Vita as a flash drive, and allows mounting a USB flash drive as a drive on the Vita. This homebrew was an entry of the Revitalize PS Vita homebrew competition and won the first prize. HENkaku's molecularShell is also based on VitaShell.

Installation

Instructions for 3.65, 3.68, or 3.74

VitaShell is included with VitaDeploy. However, it is recommended to also install it standalone, both for easier access & to get an newer version that supports refreshing PSM and PSP/PSone content to the LiveArea.

1. Download the latest build of VitaShell.
2. Install VitaDeploy through henlo_jb.
   • If you already have VitaDeploy, skip to the next step.
3. Start the VitaDeploy application and select File Manger to access its built-in VitaShell v2.02.
4. With USB or FTP, transfer the VPK of VitaShell to a folder inside the ux0:/ partition.
5. Navigate to the location of the VPK while on the Vita, select the VPK file, and press to install it.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md

Transferring Files with FTP

Files can be transferred to and from your PS Vita using File Transfer Protocol (FTP) programs.

1. Open VitaShell.
2. Press .
3. Press twice to button option.
4. Make sure the option is set to FTP, if it isn't press .
5. Press or to back out to the main menu.
6. Press to enable the FTP service.
7. On your choice of FTP Browser, enter the provided IP address with the port as 1337.
8. You now you have an FTP connection to your PS Vita.

How to use a USB flash drive as Memory Card on a PS TV

• Format your USB flash drive as exFAT or FAT32.
• Launch VitaShell and press ▲ in the home section.
• Select Mount uma0: and attach your USB flash drive. You can now copy stuff from/to your USB stick.
• Once uma0: is listed under the partitions, press ▲ again and choose Mount USB ux0:. This will copy important apps like VitaShell, molecularShell, and other files.
• Your USB flash drive is now acting as a Memory Card.
• To sync all your apps on your USB flash drive, press ▲ and choose Refresh livearea. This will NOT refresh PSP games unless you have NoPspEmuDrm.
• If you wish to revert the patch, press ▲ and select Unmount USB ux0:.
• Note that this patch is only temporary and you need to redo the procedure every time you launch your PS TV.

Customization

You can customize those files:

File	Note
colors.txt	All colors adjustable
archive_icon.png	Archive icon
audio_icon.png	Audio icon
battery.png	Battery border icon
battery_bar_charge.png	Charging battery bar
battery_bar_green.png	Green battery bar
battery_bar_red.png	Red battery bar
bg_audioplayer.png	Background for audio player
bg_browser.png	Background for file browser
bg_hexeditor.png	Background for hex editor
bg_photoviewer.png	Background for photo viewer
bg_texteditor.png	Background for text editor
context.png	Context menu image (Can be any size. Suggestion: It will look great if you add alpha channel to your image)
context_more.png	Context menu more image (Can be any size. Suggestion: It will look great if you add alpha channel to your image)
cover.png	Default album cover
dialog.png	Dialog menu image (Can be any size. This image file will be stretched by VitaShell to fit the dialog box. Suggestion: Don't use motives, as it will not look good with wrong proportion)
fastforward.png	Fastforward icon
fastrewind.png	Fastrewind icon
file_icon.png	File icon
folder_icon.png	Folder icon
ftp.png	FTP icon
image_icon.png	Image icon
pause.png	Pause icon
play.png	Play icon
settings.png	Settings icon
sfo_icon.png	SFO icon
text_icon.png	Text icon
wallpaper.png	Wallpaper

Theme setting: VitaShell will load the theme that is set in ux0:VitaShell/theme/theme.txt (THEME_NAME = "YOUR_THEME_NAME")

General info: You don't need to have all these files in your custom theme, if one of them is missing, the default image file will be loaded instead.

Dialog and context image: If these files are not available, the colors DIALOG_BG_COLOR and CONTEXT_MENU_COLOR from colors.txt will be used instead.

Multi-language

Put your language file at ux0:VitaShell/language/x.txt, where the file must be UTF-8 encoded and x is one of the language listed below:

• japanese
• english_us
• french
• spanish
• german
• italian
• dutch
• portuguese
• russian
• korean
• chinese_t
• chinese_s
• finnish
• swedish
• danish
• norwegian
• polish
• portuguese_br
• turkish

VitaShell does automatically load the language that matches to the current system language. If your system language is for example french, it will load from ux0:VitaShell/language/french.txt.

Languages files are available in the l10n folder of this repository.

Credits

• Team Molecule for HENkaku
• xerpi for ftpvitalib and vita2dlib
• wololo for the Revitalize contest
• sakya for Lightmp3
• Everybody who contributed on vitasdk

Useful tips

• The Start button opens the menu options. See "SELECT button" option in the menu to switch between FTP or USB mounting (Wireless or using USB cable)
• The Triangle gives you options on the current file/folder
• The X Button goes into a folder, the O Button goes back up. Square allows selecting multiple folders/files.
• Menu contains options for Reboot, Power off and Standby