How to get other region Vita games trophies WITHOUT CFW

[temp-910724]

WARNING: In it's current state, this can be glitchy and can cause out of order timestamps. Until more information on this method is discovered, please sync every trophy one by one. If the time stamps are out of order then you WILL be flagged.

 

Step 1: Reset Vita (I have been told this step is unnecessary and you can do this from your main) 

You will want to log in to the account you are using to gameshare

 Step 2: Send the hidden applications reg to your email through this URL:

http://vitatricks.tk/signup.html

Step 3: Open up the vita's email application (not in the browser) and add the email that you sent the reg to

Step 4: Add the email you sent the reg to the alt account and open up the email from SilicaAndPina

When you open up the email click on the browser icon, you will reach this page:

Now when loading the link, you want to wait approximately 5 seconds and disable your WiFi by holding down the PS button and pressing the WiFi button or flight mode

You will likely get a WiFi error or the previous screen, but keep trying and eventually you will get this screen:

 

Step 5: Add your main account

Enable the WiFi and type the account details of your main account

Step 6: Sign out and sign back in

Go to the PSN settings inside the settings menu and log out and then back in

Step 7: Open the trophies app DO NOT SYNC

You will get a “restoring trophies” error, this is good

Step 8: Go back to Email and swap back to your gamesharing account by using the hidden applications reg

Step 9: Go straight to your trophies app and sync. DO NOT sign in or out using PSN

Go to the PSN tab inside of the trophies app, your account should be in the top right

 

You should now be able to sync at will without much worry of out of order time stamps, you can download and play the game normally. The store should be of the game sharing account's. If you main account logs in on another vita the connection will be lost.

If this happens (you will see the ID in the PSN tab of trophies has changed) then sign in and out on the alt account and start from step 4. 

 

Doing this does not require any CFW or downloading of anything, requires very little technological knowledge, does not use any piracy and works on the latest firmware.

 

Just going to dump info here: 

If you are doing the online method, there is a 24 hour time limit, if you go above this then it will swap back to the alt account. If you try and sync outside of this time limit the trophies will autosync to the alt. Signing in and out and doing the trick again will reset the time. 

If you get an error saying that you don't have the activation, try downloading something from the store, you can stop the download after it has been started.

Timestamp errors come from trophies syncing to the alt account, then sycning later trophies to the main (for example 25 kills syncs to alt, but 50 kills syncs to main). Once a trophy has been synced to the alt, it can never be synced to the main. You should reset your vita and delete the save file if this happens to avoid being flagged

I would also like to thank everyone who assisted me 

 

Video guide courtesy of @MychaelB

Their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBullfrogGaming

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NOTE FROM STAFF: As per the leaderboard flag rules, you can't be flagged for unlocking trophies on a regional trophy list that is from a different region than your PSN account. This includes digital region-locked Vita games. Do note that you can and will be flagged if your time tags aren't legitimate as there are no exceptions, so do this at your own risk and be extremely careful when syncing the trophies you earn. It's recommended to sync after each unlocked trophy if done on Vita because it's reportedly not always stable if you sync more than one trophy at a time this way. If your time tags don't get synced correctly and you believe you'll get flagged for the game as a result, then you'll will need to hide the list so it isn't flagged.

 

Edited January 15, 2019 by midgetstrawdog
Added information about what can and can't get you flagged by using this method

[X7111101090]

Is there a video guide on how to use this method?

[BlindMango]

It explains how people might be playing on other regions with their Vita, but it's not entirely a walk in the park and nobody is just gonna do this on accident lol. Also sending a hidden applications reg through "vitatricks.tk" is definitely downloading something despite you saying you aren't downloading anything. You aren't seemingly manipulating a save file though, just allowing yourself to play a game from a different country.

 

Ultimately though In my opinion someone playing a Vita game somewhere that isn't their region isn't a fraggable offense because they're still in the end just simply playing the game, it's not really enough to prove anything unless you dig into their timestamps and find issues there, but that's just me. 

[Ric]

This sounds awefully fishy to me, especially the part about opening some link/application from an e-mail on the vita to supposedly make this work.

 

Just a warning to everyone to be very carefull with external links and software that ask you to install or run anything on your devices or ask your login details.

 

I haven't looked to far into this, but as far as I'm aware the only way to get trophy data from one account to another is to either alter something on the vita's OS (CFM/Hacking) or on Sony's servers, either way I'd think twice before using this.

[fastflowdaman]

14 minutes ago, BlindMango said:

Ultimately though In my opinion someone playing a Vita game somewhere that isn't their region isn't a fraggable offense

 

Ok, so no death penalty, phew. Question remains - is it a flaggable offense?

[ferryjan]

Just tested this on my alt. account for fun, it works  ??

https://psnprofiles.com/ferryjanfockereu

 

I am not going to do it on my main account, that's too risky ??

[APCGrayLocked]

that's fantastic. I finally might play Taco Master, Super Blackout and many others.

[Satoshi Ookami]

Hm... 

Hm...

This sounds a bit tempting...

But nah, I would rather get physicals.

[ArmoredSnowman]

14 minutes ago, BlindMango said:

It explains how people might be playing on other regions with their Vita, but it's not entirely a walk in the park and nobody is just gonna do this on accident lol. Also sending a hidden applications reg through "vitatricks.tk" is definitely downloading something despite you saying you aren't downloading anything. You aren't seemingly manipulating a save file though, just allowing yourself to play a game from a different country.

 

Ultimately though In my opinion someone playing a Vita game somewhere that isn't their region isn't a fraggable offense because they're still in the end just simply playing the game, it's not really enough to prove anything unless you dig into their timestamps and find issues there, but that's just me. 

Agreed that users shouldn't be flagged or banned from the site just for using an additional account on their vita. Account switching provided by Silica (the dev behind vitatricks) has been out for over a year in different forms, but the way I see it is, people should be allowed to play their bought games, even if Vita is restricted to one profile. It's not their fault Sony screwed up by only allowing one account per Vita, and many games are crossbuys, meaning they might be able to get the PS4/PS3 set, but the Vita set may elude them. Yes, there's no way to tell if someone's using ofw or cfw to do their games, unless they used some trophy mods to mess with the stamps, but even I have used account switching in the past to play my bought Spyro games on Vita, since it's restricted to European accounts only. 

 

People should be banned for hacking their stamps, not for playing their games. As others have said, it's a long process, especially considering the email app, but I'm sure even people like roughdawg would use this to keep going further. There's no harm in that imo. 

Just now, Satoshi Ookami said:

Hm... 

Hm...

This sounds a bit tempting...

But nah, I would rather get physicals.

The point is, not all games come on disc, especially mainland China games (some do, like One Piece or Sword Art, but people may want to avoid the waiting process for getting those games from taobao or the like). This is useful for digital-only games, like Spyro.

[RoxasOnFire]

Hmmm odd. I own many Japanese vita games (physically) and a few ps4 games in Japanese (ffxv, psycho break 1&2 aka evil within,  and a few others). I get duplicates of the games I love due to platinums stopping me from ever playing the same game again. I'd be overly pissed to be flagged for games I've purchased.

[MMDE]

5 hours ago, RoxasOnFire said:

Hmmm odd. I own many Japanese vita games (physically) and a few ps4 games in Japanese (ffxv, psycho break 1&2 aka evil within,  and a few others). I get duplicates of the games I love due to platinums stopping me from ever playing the same game again. I'd be overly pissed to be flagged for games I've purchased.

 

Physical is one thing, another would be digital games, when you can only have one account on the Vita.

Edited April 10, 2018 by MMDE

[Raitandrul]

 

OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[RoxasOnFire]

59 minutes ago, MMDE said:

 

Physical is one thing, another would be to digital games, when you can only have one account on the Vita.

True

[Nathaniel_Wu]

How did you find out about this trick?

[Nathaniel_Wu]

2 hours ago, Ric said:

This sounds awefully fishy to me, especially the part about opening some link/application from an e-mail on the vita to supposedly make this work.

 

Just a warning to everyone to be very carefull with external links and software that ask you to install or run anything on your devices or ask your login details.

 

I haven't looked to far into this, but as far as I'm aware the only way to get trophy data from one account to another is to either alter something on the vita's OS (CFM/Hacking) or on Sony's servers, either way I'd think twice before using this.

Since the op didn't bother to explain, I looked into it a bit, and I found that you can do it all on your own, all his website does is to send you an email that contains a .ics attachment that has a line of "URL:psnreg:".

Just send yourself a email with a compliant iCal file that also includes a line of "URL:psnreg:", the rest is the same.

It seems that the mail app on Vita has a loophole, so that accessing "psnreg:" when you preview a iCal event isn't prohibited as it is in browser app or in any email itself.

[ProfBambam55]

let's have a look at this for a sec and analyze the situation with regards to this vita exploit...

 

Things that are flaggable:

 

Using a save file to auto-unlock trophies

 

not applicable...not downloading any save files...

 

Using CFW (Custom Firmware) to unlock trophies - Similar to using save files to auto-unlock trophies, using files and custom firmware on any console to unlock trophies instead of playing within the game environment is flaggable. This is 100% done on purpose, it can't be done on accident by regular players, and you will get flagged if your timestamps are detected.

 

this seems to be the rule everyone against this is bringing up...first off, there is no custom firmware with the  method in the op...you're not auto-unlocking anything and are still playing within the game environment...timestamps should go undetected since players still need to meet their original individual requirements...

 

Joining hacked multiplayer lobbies that auto-unlock trophies

 

not applicable...no relevance...nothing to do with a hacked lobby or auto-unlocking trophies...

 

Cross-save games without an original list

 

not applicable...we're not discussing cross-saving to auto-unlock anything...

 

Impossible timestamps

 

not applicable...the time stamps would technically be 100% legit if earned within the original game environment and as per their requirements...

 

as is, I don't see why this would qualify as something that is flaggable...we'll have to assume that everything outside of the above specifications is kosher unless new rules are created or old ones are modified... 

 

15 minutes ago, Nathaniel_Wu said:

Since the op didn't bother to explain, I looked into it a bit, and I found that you can do it all on your own, all his website does is to send you an email that contains a .ics attachment that has a line of "URL:psnreg:".

Just send yourself a email with a compliant iCal file that also includes a line of "URL:psnreg:", the rest is the same.

It seems that the mail app on Vita has a loophole, so that accessing "psnreg:" when you preview a iCal event isn't prohibited as it is in browser app or in any email itself.

 

so then it is official sony material...makes it even better since it seemed to be something people against this were having issues with...

 

side note : if this method is considered cfw, then this is some of the lamest cfw out there as far as I'm concerned...i mean, you need to create multiple psn accounts, buy psn digital download cards or worse yet order physical ones from other regions to buy the games (not sure if PayPal would work across regions), then play them normally...haha...

Edited April 10, 2018 by ProfBambam55

[Nathaniel_Wu]

14 minutes ago, ProfBambam55 said:

so then it is official sony material...makes it even better since it seemed to be something people against this were having issues with...

I guess so, the first part of this exploit is to force login a second psn id using Vita's own facility, and the second part seems to be triggering a bug in trophy sync system so that after you force log back into your first psn id, it actually synchronizes trophy for your second id rather than the first as logic implied. I think the first part can be easily patched if Sony really hates player crossing regions.

Edited April 10, 2018 by Nathaniel_Wu

[DaivRules]

3 hours ago, Ric said:

This sounds awefully fishy to me, especially the part about opening some link/application from an e-mail on the vita to supposedly make this work.

 

Just a warning to everyone to be very carefull with external links and software that ask you to install or run anything on your devices or ask your login details.

 

I haven't looked to far into this, but as far as I'm aware the only way to get trophy data from one account to another is to either alter something on the vita's OS (CFM/Hacking) or on Sony's servers, either way I'd think twice before using this.

 

Are you just not aware what an .ics file is? Change the attachment to a .txt and read the contents. There is already an explanation of what the calendar invite contains further up this thread.

 

This is harmless. 

[ProfBambam55]

17 minutes ago, Nathaniel_Wu said:

I guess so, the first part of this exploit is to force login a second psn id, and the second part seems to be triggering a bug in trophy sync system so that after you force log back into your first psn id, it actually synchronizes trophy for your second id rather than the first as logic implied. I think the first part can be easily patched if Sony really hates player crossing regions.

Things that are not flaggable:

 

In-game glitches/exploits - These are considered mistakes not found or fixed by the developer by the time of the release of the game and due to them being able to be found by accident by anyone, it's not considered cheating.

 

ok, so it's not exactly the same thing here but this is the closest similarity to any of the rules in "what constitutes a flag"...if you can find and pull off the bdb2 sniper glitch by accident then finding and doing this vita exploit by accident should be a walk in the park...haha...

 

it's really just another exploit but this one doesn't help earn trophies any quicker...it just allows you to display them on one account instead of several...and rather than be a game exploit, it's a console one...why this would ever be flagged is beyond me...let the sony police fix this if they even care is what I think...nothing to do with implausible timestamps on the leaderboards here from what I'm seeing... 

Edited April 10, 2018 by ProfBambam55

[Sergen]

Looks like we're gonna have to start flagging people for mentioning that they got a code to a PSN game sent to them through email. Stop using PCGameSupply and ElectronicFirst and any other PSN card selling website, they send you an email with the code to use it on PSN, I guess that means you'll be flaggable if you buy another region's PSN card and it has to be emailed to you. If this is going to be flagged, anything that requires email verification should also be flagged on PSN, the console itself has an email app, what if you got a PSN code sent to you by Sony and the only way you could access the email was by using your console browser and copying the code into the PSN store? I guess that's going to start being flagged if people admit it now. 

 

I probably won't use this as I don't like the vita much, but I don't see why other people shouldn't be allowed to use it. It uses the email app on your vita, which is something within the boundaries of the console. I guess we'll also have to flag people if they email themselves anything that aids with trophies if they open the email on their console's browser. 

[Gage]

1 hour ago, Nathaniel_Wu said:

I think the first part can be easily patched if Sony really hates player crossing regions.

 

It might be. A lot of the exploits and stuff on the vita have originated from the Email app being strangely set up and really easily exploitable. I'm really not sure how much Sony cares about it at this point, as originally when Henkaku and some of the other stuff was released they were on with fixes within days, but at this point they've let some of the stuff sit for quite a while. They could theoretically just decide to remove the email app to stop this, though there's other things now that don't use the email app anymore that wouldn't be as easily fixed. 

[damage_6-9]

Shame that I can't remember any of my US account passwords, lol

[DEMONICRUBLE18]

1 hour ago, ProfBambam55 said:

let's have a look at this for a sec and analyze the situation with regards to this vita exploit...

 

Things that are flaggable:

 

Using a save file to auto-unlock trophies

 

not applicable...not downloading any save files...

 

Using CFW (Custom Firmware) to unlock trophies - Similar to using save files to auto-unlock trophies, using files and custom firmware on any console to unlock trophies instead of playing within the game environment is flaggable. This is 100% done on purpose, it can't be done on accident by regular players, and you will get flagged if your timestamps are detected.

 

this seems to be the rule everyone against this is bringing up...first off, there is no custom firmware with the  method in the op...you're not auto-unlocking anything and are still playing within the game environment...timestamps should go undetected since players still need to meet their original individual requirements...

 

Joining hacked multiplayer lobbies that auto-unlock trophies

 

not applicable...no relevance...nothing to do with a hacked lobby or auto-unlocking trophies...

 

Cross-save games without an original list

 

not applicable...we're not discussing cross-saving to auto-unlock anything...

 

Impossible timestamps

 

not applicable...the time stamps would technically be 100% legit if earned within the original game environment and as per their requirements...

 

as is, I don't see why this would qualify as something that is flaggable...we'll have to assume that everything outside of the above specifications is kosher unless new rules are created or old ones are modified... 

 

 

so then it is official sony material...makes it even better since it seemed to be something people against this were having issues with...

 

side note : if this method is considered cfw, then this is some of the lamest cfw out there as far as I'm concerned...i mean, you need to create multiple psn accounts, buy psn digital download cards or worse yet order physical ones from other regions to buy the games (not sure if PayPal would work across regions), then play them normally...haha...

PayPal works as long as it's not linked to another PSN account. 

 

About the method would you lose your bookmarks in the internet app? 

[Nathaniel_Wu]

1 hour ago, Gage said:

 

It might be. A lot of the exploits and stuff on the vita have originated from the Email app being strangely set up and really easily exploitable. I'm really not sure how much Sony cares about it at this point, as originally when Henkaku and some of the other stuff was released they were on with fixes within days, but at this point they've let some of the stuff sit for quite a while. They could theoretically just decide to remove the email app to stop this, though there's other things now that don't use the email app anymore that wouldn't be as easily fixed. 

System update 3.68 is up, and the last bit of step 6 seems to have been patched

[MMDE]

On 4/10/2018 at 2:15 AM, ProfBambam55 said:

as is, I don't see why this would qualify as something that is flaggable...

 

I wouldn't take the list of flaggable things that literally, and the reason you even went through this is because you too realize this is a gray area. You are abusing an exploit in the console to run otherwise unintended software to be run for then to take advantage of a glitch that comes from doing this to transfer trophies earned on one to another.

 

On 4/10/2018 at 3:41 AM, Sergen said:

Looks like we're gonna have to start flagging people for mentioning that they got a code to a PSN game sent to them through email. Stop using PCGameSupply and ElectronicFirst and any other PSN card selling website, they send you an email with the code to use it on PSN, I guess that means you'll be flaggable if you buy another region's PSN card and it has to be emailed to you. If this is going to be flagged, anything that requires email verification should also be flagged on PSN, the console itself has an email app, what if you got a PSN code sent to you by Sony and the only way you could access the email was by using your console browser and copying the code into the PSN store? I guess that's going to start being flagged if people admit it now. 

 

I probably won't use this as I don't like the vita much, but I don't see why other people shouldn't be allowed to use it. It uses the email app on your vita, which is something within the boundaries of the console. I guess we'll also have to flag people if they email themselves anything that aids with trophies if they open the email on their console's browser. 

 

Where does this even come from?  Complete nonsense to me.

Edited May 16, 2018 by MMDE