There have been a few developments in the scene over the past week as you may be aware of: TheFloW announced more PSPemu stuff and 3DS got some more stability (TM). One thing we didn’t report on however, since we thought it wouldn’t amount to much in the long run, was that users found out that the PS Vita has 2,5GB of internal space on 1000 models and 1,5GB for 2000 models contained inside the ur0: partition. It is likely this is used by downloads and patches so we assumed it was better to probably not report since it is a system partition and bad things happen when people who don’t know what they are doing mess with system partitions. Consider this your warning.

This however hasn’t stopped developer Lupo511 from developing a tool that allows you to move your applications to this newly found internal memory. It is still very handy to be able to do this, but remember you should be careful when doing this. The application edits your app.db file and makes the necessary edits to make sure they work from the new location. However, a warning comes from the developer himself:

Keep in mind that this hasn’t been 100% tested and some apps MIGHT not work when moved to the internal storage. I’ve only tested it with homebrews and not with games. I take no responsibility for any harm this might do to your console.

What is Application Storage Manager?

Application Storage Manager is an application developed by wololo forums user Lupo511 that allows you to move homebrew applications and games to the free space contained within the ur0: partition of your PS Vita. It also does the necessary editing to your app.db file to make sure that the newly moved applications’ bubbles on your live area keep working no problem. As with anything that messes with internal partitions, don’t use it unless you are confident of what you are doing. Neither we or the developer take any responsibility for harm that comes to your consoles. Future versions of this application will come with a GUI.

Changelog/Features Application Storage Manager v0.01

It basically does the following:

– Copy the files from ux0:/app/<TITLE_ID> to ur0:/app/<TITLE_ID>

– Modify the app.db to point the bubble at the new location

– Delete the old files if everything went correctly

How-to Use Application Storage Manager

Use DPAD UP and DPAD DOWN to change the selected option

Use DPAD UP and DPAD DOWN to change the selected option Use X to select/confirm

Use O to go back/cancel

The confirm button will be binded to X even if your console uses the O-to-confirm bindings because I had some problems while trying to check the actual system confirm button. I’ll make it work as intended once I fix it. It’s an unsafe homebrew because it needs access to the whole filesystem (ux0:app/, ur0:app/, ur0:shell/db/). The source is also linked below, so you may build from source if you want.

Download Application Storage Manager

To download Application Storage Manager, just click this link. If you wish to report anything to the developer (bugs, non-intended behavior) just click here to go over to the forum release thread where you can let the developer know about it.

Take care when using this and happy experimenting if you are going to use this!