This all happened on a Sunday, so Sony’s phone support wasn’t open, and I was forced to use the text chat. Both consoles that regularly access the account are in my home, so that’s a form of proof, and because Sony doesn’t let users change their user names, no email changes could alter my gamertag.
Unlike a PS3 or PS4, a PS Vita can’t be removed from the account by Web, it can only be deactivated from the device itself.įortunately, social hacking your way through tech support tends to be a double-edged sword, and I knew I would be able to wrestle my account back by providing the right info. In the meantime, they added a device to my account, a PS Vita. Once an attacker has your password, they can chat with Sony tech support, explain that they don’t have access to that email anymore, and use the visible info in the account to verify their identity, changing the email on the account to prevent recovery by its rightful owner - in this case, me. Payment info, or at least a portion of it, is visible in the web interface for a PlayStation account. While I was sleeping, someone locked me out of my own account.īut PlayStation requires you to confirm an email change by clicking a link in an email sent to the old account first, right? Wrong.Īs it turns out, hackers have an easy way around this problem. The email wasn’t opened, nor had any odd devices accessed my email account, but another message less than a minute later confirmed the email change. The first asked me to confirm a change to my PlayStation account’s email. While I was sleeping, someone locked me out of my own account. This is a really great homebrew for everyone with more than just one account who doesn’t want to go through all the hassle to do all the steps manually or is too lazy to otherwise do it. The App.db will also be rebuilt every time you switch. This will restart your Vita every time you switch and the original registry and Activation will be restored. Now if you want to switch between those PSN Accounts just select the Account you want to switch to and press “” to change the account data. If you’re done setting up the new PSN Account open up the Account manager Homebrew and press “X” to save your new Account Data.ħ. When the Video stopped and you can access the LiveArea, boot Henkaku and then add your new PSN Account.Ħ. Just go through it and don’t add you Account yet (You don’t have Henkaku and the Spoof running yet) so choose “Add Later”ĥ. You’ll be greeted with the Vita’s first-time set-up menu. All content on the Memory Card will stay.Ĥ. After you confirmed this the App will restart your PSVita. This will reset your Vita’s registry, app.db and activation. To add a new account press “O” to delete your current account. Open the App and Press “X” to save your current account data.ģ.
(If you have TheFlows Download_enabler plugin you can directly download this to your vita)Ģ.
Download the latest VPK and install it on your Vita.
Sadly since this always only changes the currently used PSN Account and the Activation files this doesn’t allow for true Multi-User functions and Game sharing like with the PS3 and PS4 but hey, at least we can finally use more than one account on our Vitas with ease.ġ. This is something that many people with more than one account hated and thanks to Henkaku and Account Manager by BaltazaR4 this is now a thing of the past.
When people first got their Vita they may have soon noticed that you can only use one PSN Account with your Vita and if you want to have another one you need to completely format your Vita and set up the new Account.