Homebrew Removes Internet Connection Requirement for PS Vita File Transfer
Sony’s application for transferring files from a PS Vita to a personal computer requires the PC to have a constant internet connection. Sony’s Content Manager Assistant, or CMA, also requires that the PS Vita has the most recent firmware installed or it will also deny you the ability to transfer your own files.
This hard-line stance has of course raised some concerns over the past few weeks from the homebrew community. Virtuous Flame, a group of homebrew developers, have released OpenCMA to the masses. OpenCMA runs alongside Sony’s application and removes the need for a constant internet connection or the latest firmware version. Of course, the application isn’t approved by Sony and could brick your Vita, and is not recommended for use.
Sony’s stance towards homebrew applications on their platforms hasn’t exactly been friendly for fear of lowered security leading to piracy – something that crippled the PSP. Chances are the next PS Vita firmware or update to CMA will remove OpenCMA’s compatibility with the Vita, or at least put some blocks in the way.
What are your thoughts about Sony’s approach to file transfers?
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29 Responses to “Homebrew Removes Internet Connection Requirement for PS Vita File Transfer”
Screw this, in some countries internet bandwidth is expensive (cough South Africa cough),
how can they require internet connection?
I understand transferring Games, and non media (like Word documents) but seriously, REQUIRED internet connection?
There is obviously some form of DRM taking place if a live internet connection is required for a transfer. I hope they tear the Vita to bits personally, dumb restrictions/requirements call for harsh measures…
Good! Hate hackers on online games.
A constant internet connection is just a bad idea. Last time I checked my ISP did not guarantee 100% up time. I think it’s closer to 95.5555%. Constant internet connection is a bad idea. The closer the release of the Vita gets in North America the more bullshit restrictions I’ve started hearing. It’s starting to turn me against the product.
I’m sorry to say I’ve already canceled my order, for the reasons you’ve stated. I’m not always in a area with Internet connection. Some of the other restrictions turned me off to buying this, I’m wondering what they will do with next gen consoles.
it’s not really worth bricking your new handheld just for this. i can already see people crying there vita is broken because they tried to mess around with it. and of course sony is going to patch all this stuff up before us release.
At least someone is trying this. Honestly, needing an internet connection 100% of the time just to move your data and stuff? That’s stupid.
It is Sony’s right to do so. You own the “hardware”, not the “software.” If you don’t like Sony’s policies, they’re not forcing you to by it. We all have free will right?
You own the hardware, not the software. Correct. But you can modify both hardware and software. Once you modify the software, it’s no longer their software, it’s yours. You aren’t making a profit off of it, and you aren’t copyrighting it. So, you aren’t in violation of the EULA in regards to the software if you modify it.
While I might disagree with them doing this, I understand why. They are protecting their hardware / software and trying to eliminate piracy and hackers. Blame the pirate and hackers, not Sony.
I agree. Seriously, people’s fascination for using a product in a way other than what it was originally intended makes companies do whatever they need in order to secure it. People need to get a life and understand exactly who they should be directing their anger towards. If its too hard to figure out, ill make it easy for you… it ain’t Sony.
Do you understand the problem when Sony is asking a constant internet connection for a portable device?
It sounds like they’re overly complicating the PS Vita even more. It’s sounding less and less appealing. I don’t have any intention of running homebrew on it, but they’re just making it annoying to do anything on it.
Whats With all the Complaining? Don’t You Need a Internet Connection to Transfer Your Music Files From Your Computer To Your PS3? I use it all the time and when my Internet connection isn’t working i cant transfer files its nothing new…
if you want to play homebrew games use your computer. I’m getting really sick of people feeling they have the right to manipulate a company’s product to do other than what it was intended for…if you don’t think it is worth the $$$ for what it is advertised for then just don’t get it. Besides you know they don’t make these restrictions to stop homebrew anyway, homebrew is the gateway to piracy which Sony has every right to take every measure they can to prevent.
If you’re wondering…the reason I am so against the hacking, even if not for illegal reasons, of the Vita is because I don’t want it to have the same ill fate as the PSP. It was hacked so quickly it almost completely lost developer support and severely limited the number of great games we saw on the system. I would like the Vita to have a long healthy lifespan. Homebrew all you want, but it certainly isn’t your “right” to do so when you didn’t spend the time developing and manufacturing the product.
“for what it is advertised”
Do I have to refresh your mind about Sony and the way they constantly changes their “rules” after the “deal”?
The only problem I have with Sony, Giese is that when the whole scandal with the PSN Hack came out they were asking us to ounce again have faith in their company and I did because I felt that the PSN Hack wasn’t their fault. Sony should never have been blamed for what happened and didn’t need to give out free games to prove it.
But lately Sony has treated us like they don’t trust us back with countless differant methods of their’s they’ve proven they want our trust but they don’t want to trust us back with originally supporting SOPA, Firmware updates that attack our rights as consumers and designing handhelds that close up if we so much as think of homebrew. I want to trust Sony but the problem is why should I when they clearly don’t trust me? What does Homebrew mean to the PSVita? If I upload songs I legally bought will the system see it as homebrew? and what if Sony does something illegal to us? Does that mean we can’t sue them because of the update? So basically if Sony does do something bad to us we just have to take it.
That’s because everyone and their mom were game sharing and then complaining when something happen to their account or money was misplaced – do to the untrustworthy people they decided to share with.
When did I mention gamesharing? I’m talking about Sony showing how they clearly don’t trust us as consumers and have made some pretty big dick moves though Gamesharing shouldn’t be done away with just because some people are too stupid to realise they shouldn’t be doing it with complete strangers.
By that logic we should shut down banks because some people out there are stupid enough to give away their pin numbers or lose their credit cards. I don’t gameshare but if I even begun to consider doing it I’d only do so with my friends and at that the ones I know I can trust.
I fail to see where I stated , “You mentioned” game sharing. I thought, I was giving you a response to why they don’t trust us.
In addition it’s those “stupid people” ; of which you mentioned earlier, that try to sue Sony because of their own action backfiring
When the majority of the populous is stupid, the entire group is then considered a whole – similar to voting (Majority over minority)
Seriously? Dose no-one understand the word “OR” , seriously?
“Sony’s application for transferring files from a PS Vita to a personal computer requires the PC to have a constant internet connection. Sony’s Content Manager Assistant, “OR” CMA”
Translation you do not NEED internet connection at all, unless your planing to “Drag and drop”
If you use the program provided…everything is just fine.
The whole idea is to stop piracy; which isn’t so bad, because rather you understand it or not. The reason we are currently out the pocket 63.75 for a new game, is due to piracy.
If we keep getting everything free, then how will the company pay the game developers to get games made -( with the money they don’t have,) because they aren’t making anything back?
How will Game Developers know what game/series are popular and worth continuing , if there’s no income/sell’s charts.
Support modding and piracy all you want, but don’t “81+@#” about the measures taken against your actions.
seriously, i don’t make it a normal thing to insult people on the internet. but, did you finish 4th grade. the OR you are referencing is the abbreviation of the previously mentioned item. Sony’s Content Manager Assistant, or CMA. as in C Content, M Manager, A Assistant.
major reading comprehension fail.
Two-che I didn’t catch that. “Epic fail” on my behalf
Yet another stupid action that $ony requires. dumb. Glad to see people are fixing the product already.
OR OR OR – Can no-one comprehend written material
Yes we freakin get it you can stop shouting OR at everyone. This isn’t about piracy, trust me I don’t pirate video games. It’s about having yet another hoop to jump through because of how paranoid Sony is. I don’t want to use Sony’s content manager assistant, it’s only a matter of time before they begin some stupid charge or fee for the service on what will become a toll booth for content.
don’t sweat it timewarp. the guy has major reading comprehension failures. he apparently didn’t understand how the pc you use to transfer content needs to be connected to the internet WHILE (for his sake) sony’s CMA programs requires the PSV to have the most current firmware. perhaps next time he will fully read and not skim (hoping it was just skimming and not reading fail) articles before commenting.
It was a skim , I can’t stand to fully read crap about a device that has yet to hit the shelves. Still my fail, but…what I said still stands….They have good reason for what their doing…
Regardless if your not the one modding or not…your still the minority who doesn’t whilst everyone else does.
ok guys i’ve downloaded CMA onto my computer but STILL my vita says i need to download CMA onto my computer………. can someone please help me!!!!!