Playstation Update Package (PUP)

Extraction

The PS VITA update files can be extracted using the "PS VITA Firmware xTractor".

Decryption

To decrypt the files which are unpacked using the tool, the key is available under PS Vita Keys

Structure

It is not complete but here you can see the basic structure:

Header

Offset	Length	Type	Information
0x0	0x8		Magic
0x6	0x2		Package Version
0x08	0x2		Image Version
0x18	0x8		File Count
0x10	0x8	??	UNKNOWN
0x20	0x8		Header Length
0x28	0x8		File Length

Regioning

If simular to PS3, then there is no regioning in the .PUP files, they are the same for all different regions.
The PS Vita however gets the psp2-updatelist.xml from different servers, depening on the region of that model.

Retail:

• Japan (jp)
• USA (us)
• Europe (eu)

<update_data_list>
  <region id="jp">
    <np level0_system_version="01.500.000" level1_system_version="01.500.000" level2_system_version="01.500.000"/>
    <version system_version="01.500.000" label="01.500">
      <update_data update_type="full">
        <image size="94496256">
          http://djp01.psp2.update.playstation.net/update/psp2/image/2011_1214/rel_f090a69bcf392b5c311b9e786c5cc0b5/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=jp
        </image>
      </update_data>
    </version>
    <recovery spkg_type="systemdata">
      <image spkg_version="01.000.010" size="56817152">
        http://djp01.psp2.update.playstation.net/update/psp2/image/2011_1214/sd_484243f3964158b38ad1adaac0332a3e/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=jp
      </image>
    </recovery>
    <recovery spkg_type="preinst">
      <image spkg_version="01.000.000" size="128837120">
        http://djp01.psp2.update.playstation.net/update/psp2/image/2011_1214/pre_24b5601c3b3aa63b51cf5eaeab718a4c/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=jp
      </image>
    </recovery>
  </region>
</update_data_list>

Shop:

• Japan (jp)
• USA (us)
• Europe (eu)

<update_data_list>
  <region id="shop">
    <np level0_system_version="00.000.000" level1_system_version="00.000.000" level2_system_version="00.000.000"/>
    <version system_version="00.000.000">
      <update_data update_type="full">
        <image>NA</image>
      </update_data>
    </version>
  </region>
</update_data_list>

Retail basic structure of the update URL:

http://d<TLD>01.psp2.update.playstation.net/update/psp2/image/<YYYY_MMDD>/pre_<md5>/PSP2UPDAT.PUP?dest=<TLD>
(TLD=2 letter abbreviation from above region, YYYY_MMDD is release date, md5 is 22-digits long HASH)

Revisions

1.03

SKU Release version in Japan

1.50

Update released online together with Japanese launch

01.500.000 PSP2UPDAT.PUP's (266.73 MB)