Vita:Game Backups

Circumventing DRM mechanisms and/or creating backup copies of games and media for personal use is a right granted only in some countries. It is your sole responsibility to stay up to date with the law in your respective country. The information provided within this wiki is solely educational and its editors take no responsibility for the use or misuse of this information.

To run a game in emulators or install your physical games onto your Vita/PSTV, a dump of your game will be needed.

Follow the instructions on Vita:Installing Plugins to install NoNpDrm plugin and launch the game you wish to dump.

Backing Up Game Card to LiveArea

1. Launch VitaShell
2. Press and set [USB device] to [Game Card]
3. Press to enter FTP (see Vita:Transferring Files with FTP)
4. On your PC file browser, go to gro0: -> /app/
5. Copy your game folder /TITLE_ID/ to a location on your PC
6. Go to ux0: -> /nonpdrm/ -> /license/ -> /app/ -> /TITLE_ID/
7. Rename the .rif file to work.bin
8. In your PC game backup folder, go to /TITLE_ID/ -> /sce_sys/ -> /package/
9. Copy work.binto the /TITLE_ID/ -> /sce_sys/ -> /package/ folder on your PC
10. Transfer the game backup /TITLE_ID/ from your PC to the  ux0:/app/ folder on your PS Vita memory card
11. Press on your PS Vita to exit FTP/USB mode
12. Go back to the VitaShell root directory list
13. Press and select [Refresh LiveArea™]
14. Exit VitaShell and launch your game from the LiveArea