1.61 Firmware now released

[jcpantola]

I'm surprised when I connect my psvita today (2/21/2012 Here in the Philippines)to my pc it gives me this message "A new system update". I guess SONY is trying to patch the exploit. this is only a heads up. Don't update yet, guys...

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[PsPsiR1]

Additional info:

In preparation for Wednesday’s wide release of PS Vita, tonight we’re making System Software Update (v1.61) available for download. If you are just turning on your PlayStation Vita for the first time, this
update will add the following features:
A new application, (Maps), has been added to the home screen.
In addition to photos, you can now take videos using the Photo application.
You can now publish stories about the products that you rate in PlayStation Store to Facebook.
In near, players’ information is now displayed on the Discoveries screen. On this screen, a list of the online IDs of up to 100 players that you have encountered, and the number of times that you encountered each player, are displayed. Tap an online ID to display that player’s profile screen.

The Mac OS version of Content Manager Assistant for PlayStation has been released. The Windows version has also been updated.

You can download Content Manager Assistant from here. Refer to the website to find out how to install the application.
If you have already updated your PS Vita to 1.60, 1.61 will improve certain aspects of the system software.
There are a few ways to update the firmware on your PS Vita:
Select “System Update” under the “Settings” menu and download the firmware directly to your PS Vita over Wi-Fi.
Connect your PS Vita to a PS3 or a PC/Mac and update via Content Manager.

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[jcpantola]

i don't see any difference between 1.60 and 1.61 UNLESS sony have something up to their sleeves. i'll keep my psvita under 1.60 just to be safe. good thing i installed openCMA.

[pirep]

It's the same here in the U.S. guys, apparently they just released it a couple hours ago. Don't really think they patched the exploit if they don't even know what it is yet, from what I can see it's just an update fix to make 1.60 work as it should.

[Dutt]

Australia has the 1.61 update aswell and still no PSN..

[senas8]

Here in the U.S. still on 1.60 and connected to PSN. .. So far.

Edited: weird. I went to "Friends app" and is now asking me to update.. but not if I wanted to use PSN. .. come on VHBL!

[jcpantola]

if V-HBL will work on 1.61 then i will definitely update as well.

[senas8]

if V-HBL will work on 1.61 then i will definitely update as well.

I don't think we have a choice... if we want to use VHBL we need to download the game.. to download the game we need to update vita.

[jcpantola]

I don't think we have a choice... if we want to use VHBL we need to download the game.. to download the game we need to update vita.

you have a point there, bro. it's hard to decide whether we update or not. i'll wait further until someone can confirm if it's safe to update.

[pirep]

I say give Wololo and Teck4 a day or so to confirm that the exploit will work on 1.61 for us so we can update.

Teck4 just confirmed 1.61 still hasn't patched the exploit. https://twitter.com/#!/teck4/status/171802148277981184