Jailbreak Info PS4 & PS5

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Jailbreak Status July 2026

Jailbreak for PS4 works up to 13.00

Jailbreak for PS5 works up to 12.70

There is NO jailbreak for PS4 13.02, 13.04, 13.50, 13.52

There is NO jailbreak for PS5 13.00, 13.20, 13.40, 13.42

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PS4: Online Multiplayer Games for Jailbreak Overview (2026)

On a jailbroken console you can't connect to PSN and thus have no way to play online. Luckily smart people made their own online for a few games! Its good to keep in mind you can't play with your non-jailbroken friends as these servers are only accessible with a jailbroken console. Huge advantage however: its completely free! No PS Plus subscription needed to play online anymore :) Server list:

Grand Theft Auto 5 Online (LSO)

Fortnite (EZFN)

Friday 13th The Game

Little Big Planet 3 (Bonzai)

Minecraft Legacy Edition (Nightfall)

1. GTA 5: Los Santos Online

A free custom server for GTA Online. It allows for normal AND modded play. You can run either disc or fpkg of GTA 5 starting from update 1.52. Be sure to follow instructions on the site for the setup. Join https://lossantosonline.com/

2. Fortnite: EZFN

Custom server for Fortnite that replays old seasons of the game and gives access to all cosmetics for free. Join https://ezfn.dev/

3. Friday the 13th the Game

Back in 2023 this game got delisted digitally from all stores and servers for it shutdown the year after. In response its fanbase setup a custom server so that everyone with the game can continue enjoying multiplayer. It now works on both jailbroken consoles (with mod support) and on retail consoles on latest firmware (without mod support). Follow instructions on their Discord to set it up. Join https://discord.com/invite/hAUKFVTeG

4. Little Big Planet 3: Bonzai

Custom server for LBP3. Still under development. Join https://discord.gg/littlebigrefresh-1049223665243389953

5. Minecraft Legacy Edition: Nightfall

The classic console edition has been revived! Requires game update 01.95 and the EU copy of the game. Either retail or fpkg. Follow the Discord for instructions Join https://discord.gg/sDAXh7YUsr

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PS5: P2JB - LUA Jailbreak Guide

Note: This guide is for firmwares 10.20 - 12.70* *Step 29 is only for 12.00 and lower

You must also have a logged-in activated PSN account.

Keep your PS5 offline during this process until your told otherwise.

Required: One of the Japanese LUA games (disc or digital), USB stick & PC

Downloads

Modified Save: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UkwvIAgBt2agA3vT7skp8HPx_yuVIgJh

Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/latest/python3.16/

PS Remote Loader: https://github.com/Master-s/Send-Payload-to-PS/releases/download/3.0/PS5_Payloads_windows.zip

LUA Pyton file: https://github.com/notmaj0r/remote_lua_loader/blob/main/payloads/send_lua.py

P2JB file: https://github.com/notmaj0r/remote_lua_loader/blob/main/payloads/P2JB.lua

BD-UN-JB: https://github.com/Gezine/BD-UN-JB/releases/download/1.1/bdj_unpatch_1320.elf

BD-J: https://github.com/Viktorious-x/ps5-bdjb-modified-ISOs/releases/download/Modified-ISO19/Auto_Jailbreak_all_in_one_PS5v24.iso

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RESIGNING THE SAVE

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1. Download the modified save from the folder corresponding with the name of your game.

2. Go to https://www.psntools.com/psn/checker/ and click in the online name of your PSN account that you are logged in with on your PS5 and let it search it.

3. On a new tab go to https://garlicsaves.com/ and make an account.

4. Copy the Account ID from PSN Tools and paste it in the Garlic Saves site aswell type in a random name for the profile. Create profile.

5. Click on Resign in the sidebar and choose your new profile.

6. On your PC extract the Modified save and place the savedata and its bin file in the drop files section of the site. Click Start Resign.

7. Download and extract the files (re-download if fails).

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RESTORING SAVE

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8. Plug the empty USB stick into the PS5 and turn it on.

9. Navigate to Settings > Saved Data and Game/App Settings > Saved Data (PS4) > Copy or Delete from USB Drive

10. Copy a random PS4 save (create one by starting a game if you dont have one) from the PS5 to the USB stick.

11. Unplug from PS5 and put it back in the PC

12. Navigate to the PS4 folder on it and keep opening folders until you reach the CUSA one. Replace this one with the one you downloaded.

13. Plug it back in the PS5 and redo steps 9 and 10 but copy from USB to PS5.

14. After finishing that you can unplug the USB ----------------------- NETWORK SETUP ----------------------- 15. In PS5 settings navigate to Network Settings > Settiings > Connect to the Internet. Turn this on. 16. Click Set Up Internet Connection. Click your current network and choose Advanced Settings.

17. Now set up your DNS settings like in the picture to 127.0.0.1 and click OK. It should now do a network test and give an error. This is good. 18. Now startup your LUA game. 19. A black screen like this should pop-up

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LOADING P2JB

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20. Install Python.

21. Now download the P2JB.lua and the send_lua.py files from the download section and put them in the same folder.

22. Rightclick on the folder background and click Open in Terminal

23. Type in the terminal this command but with the ip address shown on your PS5 and then click enter. This popup should now be seen.

24. Now the infamous 2~ hour wait happens. Make sure your PC and PS5 stay awake during it.

25. If it succeeds itll show three boxes like on the image

26. Once its done send the BD-UN-JB elf file with PS Remote Loader.

27. If a pop-up confirms it working on the PS5 you succeeded. You can close the LUA game.

28. Your PS5 may crash now. Dont worry, thats normal.

29. Now your PS5 its BD-J is unpatched and you can use the BD-J ISO above to jailbreak your PS5.

This however does require a Bluray Burner (NOT DVD) and a BD-R disc.

To do that make use of my previous BD-JB guide but with the ISO provided here. Alternatively you can let someone else burn it or buy a pre-made disc from places like Aliexpress and ebay.

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PS4/PS5: The Luac0re Situation Explained

New to jailbreaking? Read THIS first! Developer Gezine has finished and released his much anticipated his userland exploit Luac0re.

This userland was created and forked from Mast1core to get the notoriously hard to implement kernel Poopsploit to work on the PS5 so that firmwares 10.20 - 12.00 could be jailbroken. He succeeded and then some! Just as Mast1core we can do some interesting stuff with it on non-jailbreable firmwares (like on current latest firmware 12.70)

"Native homebrew" and "backup games" are the possibilities.

Lets break that down. Native Homebrew is likely referring to John Törnblom's homebrew apps which can be ran without EtaHEN. These homebrew apps include ftp server and emulators for a bunch of consoles. This'll no doubt lead to further developments of apps. One im personally hopefull for is a dumper payload that allows us to get access to game files from latest firmware which we then can backport. Game backups is the big one and the most "might" one ive ever seen. This is literal piracy of PS5 games on latest firmware which Sony won't allow at all and thus can bring trouble to the scene. The coming period is gonna be really interesting to see what is possible here. Now to use this exploit to jailbreak you NEED a physical copy of the game and a working disc drive while being on 12.00 or lower Sadly the game was already a bit rare and this news has scalpers out in force which shot up the prices by ALOT

Updating to latest to get the game digitally is NOT THE SOLUTION Instead wait for further developments or sell your PS5 and get one on 10.01 or lower to jailbreak with Y2JB (free). So everything summarized in lil FAQ:

I'm on PS4 13.04 or PS5 12.70. Should I buy this game digitally? Yes. You should. Get the normal version. NOT the PS Plus version. For PS5 Slim/Pro digital users: buy a disc drive and activate right away before 13.00 drops if you haven't have one already.

Can I download games with Luac0re?

You mean pirating? No. You need jailbreak for that.

What is needed to jailbreak my PS5 with this? Two things: - A PS5 disc edition (Digital is screwed unless you had the game already) on 12.00 or lower - The Star Wars Racer Revenge game disc or the digital version I'm on latest firmware what should i do? Buy the game digitally. Do NOT get the PS Plus version. Its not a permanent license so you will lose it and the game gets locked. Further then that go into system settings and disable everything related to updates. To be extra sure that Sony wont remove the game from your account just disconnect internet on your PS5.

What can I do with this on latest firmware? Run the homebrew apps that are made for this. Currently a NES/SNES emulator works with it.

I'm on a firmware between 10.20 and 12.60. Should i update to 12.70? 10.20 - 12.00: DO NOT UPDATE. YOU HAVE JAILBREAK ALREADY 12.01 - 12.40: DO NOT UPDATE. YOU HAVE Y2JB 12.60: Its up to you if you want to update to 12.70. Since the jump is that small and the gains may be greater then waiting for a jailbreak it could be worth it. If you don't have an activated disc drive on 12.60 then yes an update to 12.70 is needed to pair it and you WILL need it for a future jailbreak. Can other games be used for this exploit like Fahrenheit? Sadly no, the dev looked at all of them and they miss the requirements for it to work. Star Wars Racer Revenge is the sole game compatible. What about the other way around. Can the SWRR game be used for Mast1core? Yes it can! The exploit is called "Lua"c0re. Does that mean the LUA games like Hamadachi Creative work with it? Nope, LUA is a completely different exploit that just happened to use the same codinglanguage What does all this mean for PS4? For jailbreaking? Nothing. It just adds an extra userland to the list of userlands the PS4 already has. PS4 already has the ultimate userland called Vue which doesnt require an expensive game like luac0re. Its a free app. The native homebrew and game backups part could however be game changing for non-jailbreakable firmwares like the current 13.02 and 13.04. Its too early to tell yet. Can Sony patch this? Possibly and if the game backup thing is real then for sure but if you stay offline and have the game they can't do anything to you! Can Sony ban my PSN account over this? Nope

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PS4 Guide: Cornholio Store (OUTDATED)

Notice: This guide is outdated. The store has been completely revamped. It now only requires installing 2 files from here: https://ko-fi.com/s/3b1963f246

So we all know why you wanted to jailbreak your PS4. This app here is what you're looking for. All FREE to use unlike that other store that starts with a G. Now lets start setting it up. Requirements: PC or Tablet/Phone & a jailbroken PS4 1. Go to https://ko-fi.com/s/ad9ea12dac

2. Type in 0 or if you wanna support the dev any amount you like and click "Get Now"

3. Type in fake info in the boxes and click "Checkout Now" 4. You'll be taken to the next page where you click "View Content" and then "Download". This'll download the app in a rar format. 5. Install 7zip or WinRAR. If you don't have one of those already. On phone you can use any File Manager and choose extract. 6. Extract the Cornholios Store PS4.rar file to a folder. 7. Now go to your PS4. Jailbreak it. 8. Enable internet. Preferably with a wired cable. 9. Open the GoldHEN menu thats on your home menu left, click Servers Settings and click Enable FTP Server. Write down the address code you see in the notification. 10. Back to PC: Install FileZilla and open it On phone install any FTP app from the Play Store/iOS store.

11. In FileZilla or the app of your choice fill in the fields Host and Port with the info you wrote down earlier and then click Quickconnect

12. You'll be greeted by the internal folders of your PS4. Double click on the data folder. 13. Create a new folder in there named pkg 14. Now copy the ED1633-CORN13337_00-0000000000000000-A0100-V0101.pkg file from the Cornholio Store rar to the new pkg folder.

15. Now go back to the GoldHEN menu and click Debug Settings.

16. Click Package Source and choose Hdd [ hdd:/data/pkg/ ]

17. Now click Package Installer and click the just copied pkg file. 18. It will now install the Cornholio Store app. After its done open it.

19. After its loaded you should close it and go back to FileZilla.

20. Navigate to data > FPKGi

21. Copy the config.json file from the extracted Cornholio Store rar to the FPKGi folder and overwrite the one thats there.

22. Now you're done with the FTP part. You can close your PC/Phone and disable FTP Server in GoldHEN Servers Settings.

23. Start up the Cornholio Store app on your PS4. It takes 10 - 15 seconds to fully load so don't be scared by the blank screen.

24. Once its fully loaded you can select anything from it and download it with controller button X. The list may seem small but don't worry. More stuff is added regularly and hey its free so why complain? Special thanks to Darren for setting up this store.

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Beginners Guide for Preparing for PS4 Jailbreak

Are you finding yourself regretfully on the latest firmware? Read this guide.

You can't jailbreak. That's a fact.

So what can you do? Here's a few options:

Wait for jailbreak. This means staying offline when a new firmware arrives. Thus you'll be waiting 3-5 years without access to online gaming, the PSN store and the newest releases. These features are ONLY available on the latest firmware which you can't be on if you want jailbreak.

Downgrade your PS4. This really depends on the current situation. Like for example at the time of writing 13.02 has no jailbreak but 13.00 has been confirmed to get one soon so downgrading makes sense! It isn't for the faint hearted however. I made a guide you can follow here: HERE

Selling your PS4 and buying one on a lower firmware. Ofcourse you can also keep your current PS4 and use it for online play while you buy the jailbreakable one for jailbreak. It depends on your financial situation. With buying look preferably for a Slim or a Pro between 5.00 - 12.52.

This guide is for people who choose #1 Waiting for jailbreak

First things first read this to understand the terms we use here in the community read THIS POST

Most of the videos you'll see here is the process of how you can jailbreak with these userlands which obviously you can't do BUT it'll give you a view on how you will do it once your firmware is supported by them. Try setting them up as far you can to verify the userland part works for you, the jailbreak part (GoldHEN and such) WONT work for now.

Step 1: Install the Auto PKG Installer

This is a really handy tool you'll be using. I made a guide for installing it here: HERE

Remember after the whole process to log back into your account and use Remote Play once to activate it.

Step 2: Install LUA

To jailbreak in the future you NEED an userland. One of those is LUA and it's one of the few ones which is free if you set it up NOW. You can't set the free LUA demo up anymore once a new firmware releases.

This video explains how to get the demo however ONLY Hamadashi Creative Demo is still online. The publisher purged ALL other LUA games so it's vital to get this one before it disappears too. Here's the LINK if you have trouble finding it.

Remember after the whole process to set the Japanese account as Primary by going into Settings > Account > Activate as Primary to ensure the demo won't get locked later.

Step 3: Install Mast1core

Now this is a special userland. It has an extra feature that can be used without jailbreak: Run any PS2 game within it.

As can be seen in the video this one does come with a price tag. Thankfully the game usually is on sale for $10 or less. It's important to actually buy this game and NOT get the PS PLUS version as that one will not work later. There's no disc of the Okage: Shadow King game so it's important to get the digital version ASAP while you're on the latest firmware.

Do know support is quite slow so it's possible you can't set it up yet but that's alright. It'll be added later. You should still get the game now though.

Step 4: YARPE/Renpy (OPTIONAL)

This one is basically LUA but a western one! It however can only be done with an EU/PAL version of the game Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers.

The game A Year of Springs can also be used across multiple regions.

I advise reading the GitHub page

Step 5: Media Apps

You might have already heard but certain media apps like YouTube and Netflix have been successfully used to make an userland off to jailbreak with.

On PS4 however to do that they need a license which means you need to have downloaded them.

For the exploit and the download you don't need accounts/subscriptions to any of these services. You only need to have the free app they offer in the PSN store. So download Netflix & YouTube first but after that any other free media app the store has! Theres always a chance they can used later for jailbreak.

Download them also on the Japanese account you made for LUA. Always good to have a backup due to Primary account shenanigans.

Step 6: Protecting the PS4 Sony's new DRM system makes it so that ANY digital item you buy on PS4/5 will have a 30 day timer after which if you were to stay offline it expires and locks said games making them unusable. This however can be avoided if you stay online 15 days after the purchase and start the game on the final day. Then youll get a permanent license. There's however a possibility a new firmware releases during that time window and that your connection to PSN gets blocked and thus you can't receive you permanent license. Nothing to do against that except doing this guide ASAP to be ahead of that. Existing purchases from prior March 2026 arent affected by this new system btw.

Once that a new firmware arrives your console will try to update which we absolutely do not want.

First we wanna do is go into Settings > Power Saving > Features in Rest Mode and DISABLE ANYTHING that that downloads/updates from the internet. Just dont let it connect to the web at all in rest mode.

Second (After you gotten your permanent licenses) is setting up a DNS that prevents PSN altogether. That way new firmware updates can't even reach your console. This'll also however disable game updates, access to the PSN Store, PS+ and online play so that's why I saved it for last. These things won't work anymore anyway once a new firmware arrives so it's best to get used to now anyway.

Still, before you do this go download any games / DLC to keep you busy with in the time while you wait for jailbreak.

Setting up the DNS: Settings > Network > Set Up Internet Connection > Use Wifi or LAN Cable (depending on what you use) > Custom > Your Wifi Network or cable > IP Adress: Automatic > DHCP Host Name: Do Not Specify > DNS Settings: Manual > Set Primary to 165.227.83.145 and Secondary to 192.241.221.79 > MTU: Automatic > Proxy server: Do Not Use > Test Internet Connection. If the IP Adress succeeds and PSN Sign in fails then you've set it up correctly!

Third and finally if you're reading this and a new firmware just came out and is trying to download you should disable internet NOW and go to Notifications to delete the new update. After a restart you also won't have that pesky update pop-up anymore anytime you start a game.

So that's all! Be patient and just enjoy games on disc meanwhile. One final tip: if you're buying new games they won't work on older firmware so always be sure to check https://orbispatches.com/ and look at the lowest update to see what the lowest firmware the game supports!

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PS4 12.50 - 12.52 BD-JB Guide

This jailbreak works for firmwares: 9.00, 9.03, 9.04, 9.50, 9.51, 9.60, 10.01, 10.50, 10.70, 10.71, 11.00, 11.02, 11.50, 11.52, 12.00, 12.02, 12.50 & 12.52 Do NOT update to anything higher if you're on one of the listed firmwares here. Are you on 8.xx or lower? Check the other guides on this blog. For people on 13.00 or higher: This exploit has been patched by Sony and thus it doesnt work on there at all. Wait for the new BD-JB release in 2026.

Now to start you need a couple of things:

A PC with internet connection, a Blu-ray burner and an empty BD-R(E) disc. ATTENTION: THE JAILBREAK CAN'T BE USED WITH AN USB STICK. A BURNED BLU-RAY DISC IS REQUIRED

Store links:

For USA:

Burner: https://a.co/d/5sbw9rx - $57.99

Discs: https://a.co/d/0aZ1fDV - $37,77

For UK:

Burner: https://amzn.eu/d/i4r0ZSA - £49.10

Discs: https://amzn.eu/d/cBfDWOw - £15.99 Note: BD-R discs can only written to ONCE while BD-RE discs can used MULTIPLE times.

Download links:

ImgBurn: https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

BD-JB ISO: https://github.com/GoldHEN/henloader_lp/releases/tag/1.0

1. Download ImgBurn and install in.

2. Download the BD-JB ISO. Choose the henloader_lp.iso

3. Connect the Blu-ray Burner and install its drivers if needed.

4. Insert the BD-R(E) disc

5. Open ImgBurn

6. Choose "Write image file to disc"

7. At source select the henloader_lp.iso from your download folder.

8. Click the Write button and then Yes on the popup.

9. Now wait for it to write to it. Notice: from my personal experience it happens with BD-R discs that it needs to ''Empty'' the disc first. Depending on type of burner you have this process can vary in time. Mine was an old USB 2.0 one and took 1 hour and 30 minutes to do so. With BD-RE no Empty-ing was needed. 10. After the process is done and the disc is thus written. Eject it.

11. Switch to your PS4.

12. Insert the burned BD-R(E) disc.

13. Start up the disc.

Notice: if THIS message appears due to never having used the bluray movie feature before do NOT update your firmware.

Simply connect to internet it will let you pass this. PSN access is not required for this.

Be sure to disable internet right after running the disc.

14. The process will take awhile. Let it do its thing.

15. If this message shows it means it failed. Restart your PS4 then and try again.

16. Once GoldHEN message appears you can press the PS guide button and return to the HOME menu and close the disc app.

Congratulations you're now jailbroken! Do mind once you shutdown the console the jailbreak will disappear thus meaning you'll need to run the disc at every startup to gain back your jailbreak. Keep the burner as new updates will come with extra features and performance boosts like faster loading of the disc and autoclosing the disc app and that sort of stuff so you'll need to reburn a new disc or the same disc (BD-RE only) to get the updates.

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PS4 Guide: Auto PKG Installer

Works on ALL PS4 firmwares

Requires: A PC and an USB stick (32GB or bigger).

This app has no GUI so simply install and opening WON'T WORK. READ THIS GUIDE CAREFULLY TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.

Retail PKG = Official games on disc and digitally from PS Store. FPKG = Pirated games.

This app is capable of installing Retail PKG's (NOT FPKG) of games you own digitally, updates, shortcuts and IDU demos. (NOT LUA demos)

As it can't install FPKG and Retail PKG's are locked if you don't own them (Missing license) this tool can't be used for piracy.

Best used in cases that:

- You're waiting for jailbreak but since you're firmware is no longer the latest you cant access PSN anymore and thus neither your digital games. If you can get hold of the PKG this tool will allows you to gain those games back.

- You have a new disc game but its on version 1.00 and its newest update is on a firmware past yours so installing that would brick the game. This tool allows you to install ANY update for any game you have.

This guide will explain the process step-by-step but i wont provide game PKG files since that's illegal. I will however make a separate guide later on how to find those yourself and how to gain update pkg files since thats a whole topic on itself. Just be sure to get all this done in preparation for that.

Downloads Premium Backup: https://www.mediafire.com/file/g5vbmctwmxpfe83/Andrew2007%20Premium%20Backup.rar Auto PKG Installer: https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/xs3236fkpevxdvx/Auto_PKG_Installer.rar/file

The video below shows how the installer is used however here its used in combination with a jailbreak so that's how he installs FPKG with it. My tutorial under the video is for consoles WITHOUT jailbreak.

WARNING: INSTALLING THE PREMIUM BACKUP WILL FACTORY RESET YOUR PS4. ALL YOUR SAVES, TROPHIES, SCREENSHOTS, ACCOUNT ETC. WILL BE DELETED OFF THE CONSOLE. (Your PSN account will still exist but will need need to be logged back in later. Not possible on older firmware btw)

For safety reasons we'll make a backup. Got an empty PS4 or dont care about losing your stuff? You can skip part 1.

---------------- Part 1: Personal Backup -----------------

Grab an USB stick. (Make sure it doesnt hold any important files) and stick it into the PS4.

Go into Settings > System > Backup Up and Restore > Back Up PS4. (If a popup about trophies shows up just click Yes)

Only the selection only choose Saved Data, Captures, Themes and Settings. Deselect Applications.

Click Next > Back Up. Let it do its thing. Once its completed you can return to the main Settings menu.

Here you go to Application Saved Data Management and saves all your saves on the USB. This might seem redundant but its good to have a different way of restoring your saves.

Save the files from USB stick on a safe place on your PC.

---------------------------------------------- Part 2: Installing the downloaded Backup ----------------------------------------------- 1. Download the Premium Backup from the link above in the download section.

2. Format your USB stick. Exfat is fine.

3. Unpack the Premium Backup rar and copy its files to the USB stick

4. On your PS4 navigate to Settings > System > Back Up and Restore.

5. Now plug in the USB stick

6. Click Restore and then choose the Premium Backup.

7. Let it do its thing and after its you got it installed!

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Download the Auto PKG Installer files from above.

Format your USB stick. Exfat is fine.

Unpack the PKG installer rar and copy the files to the USB stick.

Also copy your PKG file (Separate guide on finding those coming soon.) to the USB stick.

This is what your USB stick should looklike. Delete any files not present here. 5. Now Plug the USB stick into the PS4. 6. Now boot up the Auto PKG Installer app. Should be present in your Library on any of the profiles from the Premium Backup. 7. Click the * star app next. It'll now install the PKG file from the USB stick.

Let it install and that'll be it! You've now successfully used the Auto PKG Installer!

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PS4 9.00 - 12.02 BD-JB Guide

Follow up to https://www.tumblr.com/consolefacts/791678529316306944/ps4-bd-jb-new-entrypoint-for-up-to-1250

With this new entrypoint you can use Lapse through the use of a burned blu-ray disc.

This exploit works for firmwares: 9.00, 9.03, 9.04, 9.50, 9.51, 9.60, 10.01, 10.50, 10.70, 10.71, 11.00, 11.02, 11.50, 11.52, 12.00, 12.02

Note: there seems to be a problem for 9.00 and 9.03. The dev advises to use the remote JAR loader iso instead of Lapse.ISO for those firmwares. Can be found on the same page as the Lapse.ISO

Do NOT update to anything higher if you're on one of the listed firmwares here.

Are you on 8.xx or lower? Check the other guides on this blog.

For people on 12.50 : This entrypoint works on it but it doesnt load GoldHEN since 12.50 has no jailbreak. Check the previous post on what to do then.

For people on 12.52 or higher: This exploit has been patched by Sony and thus it doesnt work on there at all.

Now to start you need a couple of things:

A PC with internet connection, An USB stick, a Blu-ray burner and an empty BD-R(E) disc.

Store links:

For USA:

Burner: https://a.co/d/3w0pyP5 - $46.99

Discs: https://a.co/d/8t8DnTo - $23.67

For UK:

Burner: https://amzn.eu/d/dvywF8z - £49.74

Discs: https://amzn.eu/d/cBfDWOw - £14.99

Note: BD-R discs can only written to ONCE while BD-RE discs can used MULTIPLE times.

Download links:

ImgBurn: https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html

GoldHEN: https://github.com/GoldHEN/GoldHEN/releases

BD-JB ISO: https://github.com/Gezine/BD-JB-1250/releases

1. Download ImgBurn and install in.

2. Download the BD-JB ISO. Choose the Lapse.ISO

3. Connect the Blu-ray Burner and install its drivers if needed.

4. Insert the BD-R(E) disc

5. Open ImgBurn

6. Choose "Write image file to disc"

7. At source select the Lapse.ISO from your download folder.

8. Click the Write button and then Yes on the popup.

9. Now wait for it to write to it.

Notice: from my personal experience it happens with BD-R discs that it needs to ''Empty'' the disc first. Depending on type of burner you have this process can vary in time. Mine was an old USB 2.0 one and took 1 hour and 30 minutes to do so.

10. After the process is done and the disc is thus written. Eject it.

11. Now insert your empty USB stick. (if not empty please save any files from it to your PC)

12. Download and install 7zip

13. Download GoldHEN. Open it with 7zip.

14. Copy the goldhen.bin file from it to the USB stick.

15. Rename the file to payload.bin

16. Eject the USB stick

17. Switch to your PS4.

18. Insert the USB stick first, then the burned BD-R(E) disc.

19. Start up the disc.

Notice: if THIS message appears due to never having used the bluray movie feature before do NOT update your firmware.

Simply connect to internet it will let you pass this. PSN access is not required for this.

Be sure to disable internet right after running the disc.

19. The process will take awhile. Let it do its thing.

20. If this message shows it means it failed. Restart your PS4 then and try again.

21. Once GoldHEN message appears you can press the PS guide button and return to the HOME menu and close the disc app and disconnect the USB stick.

Congratulations you're now jailbroken!

Do mind once you shutdown the console the jailbreak will disappear thus meaning you'll need to run the disc at every startup to gain back your jailbreak. The USB stick isnt needed anymore though. Only the disc.

Keep the burner aswell as new updates will come with extra features and performance boosts like faster loading of the disc and autoclosing the disc app and that sort of stuff so you'll need to reburn a new disc or the same disc (BD-RE only) to get the updates.

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PS4 BD-JB: New entrypoint for up to 12.50

New entrypoint accidentally released by Genzine

This is NOT a new jailbreak on its own. Its a new way to access existing jailbreaks.

Genzine already submitted another Bluray exploit to Sony that works up 12.52 but release of that one wont be till over 8 months to a year.

TheFlow has also submitted his own version of a bluray exploit that also works up to 12.50. Further details unknown. Release also unknown. Genzine tried guessing what TheFlow did to get his and then TheFlow responded with this:

So then we reached the point we now have 3 different Bluray exploits. With 1 already being released. https://github.com/Gezine/BD-JB-1250

This entrypoint can and has been chained with Lapse making it possible to jailbreak with a burned bluray disc up to 12.02

12.50 and 12.52 CAN'T be jailbroken using this since there is no known kernel exploit for those firmwares and there wont be for years to come

Follow Genzin's advice:

For people on 12.02 or lower: DON'T UPDATE.

I'll make a guide once an ISO with Lapse fully working on it is released. In the meantime buy yourself a Blu-ray burner and a pack of BD-R(E) discs. For USA: Burner: https://a.co/d/3w0pyP5 - $46.99 Discs: https://a.co/d/8t8DnTo - $23.67 For UK: Burner: https://amzn.eu/d/dvywF8z - £49.74 Discs: https://amzn.eu/d/cBfDWOw - £14.99 Note: BD-R discs can only written to ONCE while BD-RE discs can used MULTIPLE times. Keep in mind that after the ISO is out it will be still be updated with improvements regarding crashes and newer versions of GoldHEN which means you'll need to burn a new disc everytime that happens. Thats why its cheaper and better to get your own burner.

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Jailbreak Guide PS4 9.00

Exploits Available: PSFree, LUA, Mast1core, Exfat Exploit, Pppwn & Lapse

For this guide we'll use PSfree+Exfat exploit and then PSFree+Lapse

The video above only uses the PSFree+Exfat exploit.

To start check your console's firmware by going to Settings > System > System Information. If its on 9.00 this guide is for you.

You'll need is to change your DNS. This will prevent firmware and game updates. (A good thing since updating your game through the normal means will lock the game if the update its firmware is higher then yours)

You can change your DNS by going to Settings > Network > Set Up Internet Connection > Use Wifi or LAN Cable (depending on what you use) > Custom > Your Wifi Network or cable > IP Adress: Automatic > DHCP Host Name: Do Not Specify > DNS Settings: Manual > Set Primary to 165.227.83.145 and Secondary to 192.241.221.79 > MTU: Automatic > Proxy server: Do Not Use > Test Internet Connection. If the IP Adress succeeds and PSN Sign in fails then you've set it up correctly!

If a newer update has been downloaded and is nagging you for installation every time you boot up a game. Just do this:

1. Go to Notifications

2. Scroll down to the downloaded firmware update.

3. Click Options and click Delete. It'll delete the update.

4. Now restart your console and the nag should be gone.

----------------PSFree+Exfat exploit--------------

Requirements: USB stick, PC/Laptop

Downloads:

https://github.com/GoldHEN/GoldHEN/releases

https://rufus.ie/en/

https://github.com/ChendoChap/pOOBs4/blob/main/exfathax.img

Open Rufus

2. Burn the exfathax.img to your USB stick

3. After the process eject your USB stick

4. Return to your PS4 (DONT put the usb stick in) and go to Settings > Users Guide/Helpful Info > User's Guide This'll open the site: https://cthugha.exploit.menu/

5. Click the button that says PS4 (9.00) and click [Cache All] and then Binloader

6. It'll load and then show a pop up message saying "Insert USB now. do not close dialog until notification pops. Remove usb after closing" this is when you plug in the USB stick.

7. Wait till the "unsupported" message appears and click "Ok". Remove the USB stick then.

8. GoldHen will be loaded and you can click the PS button to return to the Home menu.

You're jailbroken now!

----------------PSFree+Lapse exploit-------------

Modded Warfare made a video on how to install said plugin but i also made a written guide below it

Requirements: PC or Laptop or Phone

Downloads:

https://github.com/GoldHEN/GoldHEN/releases

https://github.com/GoldHEN/GoldHEN_Plugins_Repository/releases/

1. Go to your browser and go to https://nazky.github.io/PSFree/

2. Click on the big PS button on the page.

3. Either GoldHEN will now load or your PS4 will crash. If the latter happens. Unplug your console from power and let it sit for 15-30 seconds. Then replug it and let it boot up. It'll go through a repair stage. Don't worry about that. Just let it do it's thing and lead you back to it's Home menu. Repeat step 1 and 2 until you succeed.

4. After you've seen GoldHEN being loaded click the PS button which brings you back to the Home screen of your playstation.

5. Click on the golden GoldHEN button.

6. Now go to Servers Settings and look at "Enable FTP Server" if enabled disable and then re-enable, if already disabled then enable it.

7. A notification pops up with the IP address and the port number. Write that down.

8. Switch to your PC and download & install FileZilla.

9. Start it up and type the IP Address numbers in the Host and then 2121 in the Port field. After that press Quick Connect. If a popup shows up click its confirmation button.

10. Now navigate within the folders to data/GoldHEN/plugins if the latter two folders dont exist within data feel free to create them.

11. Now on your PC outside Filezilla download the zip file from the GoldHEN_Plugins_Repository link.

12. Extract the zip on your desktop and open the plugins.ini file with Notepad.

13. Under the [defeault] theres a path to game_patch.prx. Now under that paste this: /data/GoldHEN/plugins/aio_fix_505.prx.

14. Save it and copy the plugins.ini aswell as the plugins folder to data within Filezilla.

15. Now you can close Filezilla and switch over to your PS4.

16. Open the GoldHEN menu and navigate to Plugin Settings and check if "Enable Plugin Loader" is enabled. If not, enable it.

17. Thats it! From now on everytime you enable the jailbreak through the Nazky site the plugin will be activated and you won't have black screen anymore on certain games or save corruption. Do mind that loading these games will take awhile but that should be fixed once the plugin is integrated into the exploit by the devs. Happy jailbreaking!

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Jailbreak Advice PS4 7.02 - 8.52

For firmwares 7.02, 7.50, 7.51, 7.55, 8.00, 8.03, 8.50 and 8.52 it USED TO BE advised to update to 9.00

Firmwares 7.xx had an extremely unstable jailbreak.

Firmwares 8.xx didn't have any working jailbreak.

THAT HAS CHANGED NOW Lapse+PSFREE has been fully updated to work on those firmwares.

Lapse+LUA also works but is harder to do since it requires a LUA disc.

The way to jailbreak these firmwares with Lapse+PSFREE is by following its corresponding section in the 9.00 guide

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Jailbreak Guide PS4 4.05 - 6.72

Exploits Available: Kernel + Webkit

Check your console's firmware by going to Settings > System > System Information. If its on 6.72 or below this guide is for you.

To start things off you need is to change your DNS. This will prevent firmware and game updates. (A good thing since updating your game through the normal means will lock the game if the update its firmware is higher then yours) You can change your DNS by going to Settings > Network > Set Up Internet Connection > Use Wifi or LAN Cable (depending on what you use) > Custom > Your Wifi Network or cable > IP Adress: Automatic > DHCP Host Name: Do Not Specify > DNS Settings: Manual > Set Primary to 165.227.83.145 and Secondary to 192.241.221.79 > MTU: Automatic > Proxy server: Do Not Use > Test Internet Connection. If the IP Adress succeeds and PSN Sign in fails then you've set it up correctly!

After all of that just go to Settings > Users Guide/Helpful Info > User's Guide This'll open the site: https://cthugha.exploit.menu/ Where you can click on your corresponding firmware and the jailbreak process will start. Do note that after a reboot/restart your console it won't be jailbroken anymore. You'll need to access the User's Guide again and click your firmware button to activate the jailbreak again. You wont have to redo DNS setup unless you change Wifi networks or connect a LAN cable. If a new firmware update already downloaded. Be sure to delete it by removing it from Notifications after you've set up the DNS and then after the removal of the update restart your console so that the update nag will disappear.

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Downgrading / Reverting

Downgrading is a method that lets you go from one firmware to a lower one.

This is ONLY possible for PS4. PS5 CANT be downgraded.

Downgrading is ONLY possible through soldering. Theres NO method that only requires an USB stick.

Do not mistake the System Restore/Backup feature present in Settings the PS4/5 have for downgrading. A backup does not contain firmwares.

Downgrading works by using the backup chip Sony put in place incase current firmware is corrupt. It allows the direct previous firmware to be installed again.

This is why this method is also limited in that you can't go from 12.52 to 9.00 if you were on 12.50 or others before updating to 12.52.

Dont know what firmware you were on prior? Watch this vid to see how you can find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcyZyF8e7Wg

All PS4's have Automatic Updates on by default in Power Saving Settings which means that 99% off people who play normally and never even touch Settings go from update to update which is why for those people who are now on 12.52 this method be useless until 12.50 gets a jailbreak. This counts for future firmwares the same like 13.50 be useless to downgrade to 13.02 unless that firmware got a confirmed jailbreak.

The video made by the talented Modded Warfare will guide you through the process and what you need to buy to make it work. Do keep in mind that you need to be EXPERIENCED IN SOLDERING to even attempt this otherwise there's a high chance you will break something that bricks your console.

In some countries there's repair shops that are capable of doing this process so go to them if that's an option for you. Be aware that Nuvoton branded syscons manufactured from 2017 have been patched by Sony and thus CANNOT be reverted.

Resources:

Reddit Syscon Info | Mirror

New Syscon found

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Jailbreak Terms Explained

Firmware: The system update version of the PS4/5. Can be found in Settings > System > System Info.

Vulnerability: a weak point in the system that could be exploited.

Exploit: a found weak point thats been confirmed to make into something usable (not always a jailbreak)

Userland Exploit: an exploit that can be activated through the system UI or through a game of the PS4/5. Think a settings page or webbrowser.

Kernel Exploit: an exploit that leverages critical system functions. The most important exploit.

Hypervisor Exploit (PS5): Gives PS4 level of acces to kernel functions. Allows native PS4 homebrew, PS4 Fpkg and Linux on a PS5. Only has been released up to 4.51 but there is a private one that works up to 12.70.

A53/MP4 Exploit (PS5): An exploit for the chip that handles PS5 games. Gives us native PS5 Fpkg and homebrew. Works up to 2.70.

Jailbreak (PS4): a combo of an userland and kernel exploit that gives the end user access to homebrew and backups.

Jailbreak (PS5): JB for PS5 comes in various degrees:

1. Userland + kernel: you get homebrew access and debug settings.

2. Userland + kernel + Kstuff: gives acces to playing PS5 backups by folder and PS4 fpkg without DLC.

3. Userland + kernel + hypervisor: Full PS4 fpkg game compatibility.

4. Userland + kernel + a53: Full PS5 fpkg compatibility

Retail PKG (Pkg): Official game files. Always needs license to run.

Fake PKG (fpkg): (installable) Custom game files. Can be played only with jailbreak. Main way to play game dumps.

Fake Fake PKG (ffpkg) (PS5): Loading PS5 game dump as a file instead of a folder. This method compresses them into a single file that can be mounted (not installed) and then loaded through Dump Runner or Itemzflow. The compression doesn't make the dump smaller however, it instead increases the folder dump size by ~20%.

ExFAT (PS5): Successor of ffpkg. Keeps the same size as folder dump. Let some game that didn't work as folder dump on the internal drive work! Works on Dump Runner & Shadowmount Plus.

License (Rif): Official file containing entitlement info. File can't be injected or edited through FTP. Only extracted but it's useless like that. Official way to get them on your console is through PSN Store. Discs contain them aswell but those can't be transferred to the console.

Kstuff (PS5): Workaround that allows loading of higher level homebrew and PS4 fpkg/PS5 game folder loading without need of hypervisor and a53 exploits. However this method is very heavy on the system and can cause crashes aswell needing to be disabled manually for a large sum of PS5 games to be able to be run without problems. It's not ideal but it's still genius they thought of this otherwise we STILL be stuck without game backups.

WebKit Exploit: an userland exploit that can be accessed through the browser. Very hard to find on higher firmwares. Can very easily be patched by Sony.

PSFREE: a WebKit exploit. Only works on PS4 up to 9.60 and PS5 up to 5.50.

Y2JB (PS5): Userland exploit that uses the YouTube app of the PS5. Requires app version 1.03 but can easily be downgraded to or have another region version installed next to your own one. Works up to 12.40. Sony patched the exploit 0n 12.60 by giving media apps a license requirement.

LUA: For PS4/5 this term is referred to certain Japanese games that use the Artemis Engine. Through LUA code in the save file these games can be used as an userland exploit. Works on every firmware.

Vue (PS4): Discontinued video stream system app from Sony. Has been hacked to be used as userland. Can be installed using extended storage. Works up to 13.04

BD-JB (PS4): an userland exploit exclusive to the PS4. Requires a burned BD-R(E) (Blu-ray) disc to use. CD or DVD's CANNOT be used for this. Works from 9.00 up to 12.50 but with the bdjstack fix can also work up to 13.02.

BD-J (PS5): an userland exploit exclusive to the PS5. Requires a burned BD-R(E) (Blu-ray) disc to use. CD or DVD's CANNOT be used for this. Works up to 7.61 to but with the bdjstack fix can also work up 12.00 this is called unpatching. You can currently also unpatch up to 12.70 but there's no use for it.

IPV6 (PS5): a kernel exploit exclusive to PS5. Works up to 4.51.

UMTX (PS5): a kernel exploit exclusive to PS5. Works up to 7.61.

Exfat Exploit (PS4): kernel exploit exclusive to PS4. Requires an USB stick. Works up to 9.00.

Pppwn: userland & kernel exploit in one. Exclusive to PS4. (Though theoretically could work on PS5) Requires an Ethernet cable & and a PC or the P4 Tool. Works up to 11.00.

Lapse: kernel exploit. Works on PS4 up to 12.02 and PS5 up to 10.01.

Poopsploit: kernel exploit. Works on PS4 up to 13.00 and PS5 up to 12.00. Not very stable and doesn't work with all known userlands with the exception of WebKit, Mast1core and BD-J. Luac0re has been specifically made to get this kernel this work on PS5. On PS4 it's advised to only use this kernel on 12.50 - 13.00. For 12.02 and lower use Lapse. It's much more stable.

P2JB (PS5): Kernel exploit thats exclusive to PS5. Short for "Patient to jailbreak" and you definitely gonna need it since it takes 2 hours to load this one. Everytime. Chained with LUA it can be brought back to 55 minutes. Works with every userland up to 12.70.

Mast1core: userland exploit. Requires the PS2 Classic game Okage: Shadow King (Digital only). Has the added bonus that it can run every PS2 game and PS2 homebrew without jailbreak. Works up to PS4 13.04 and PS5 7.61. On PS5 it has been largely patched so a workaround is still in progress by Gezine.

Luac0re (PS5): Custom version of Mast1core specifically made to get Poopsploit to work on PS5 10.20 - 12.00. Can run a NES emulator. Requires the PS4 (not PS2) Star Wars Racer Revenge disc and works as userland up to 13.20.

Yarpe/Renpy: userland. Uses the games Arcade Spirits: The New Challenger and A Year of Springs to load jailbreak through a save exploit. You don't need both games. Either one will work. Works on both PS4 and PS5 starting from PS4 9.60. Hasn't been patched.

HenVTX (PS4): homebrew environment. Can be used to install fpkg and homebrew, load cheats and more.

GoldHEN (PS4): homebrew environment. More expanded version of HenVTX.

etaHEN (PS5): homebrew environment. Can be used to load Plugins and now has added WebMAN which gives a quick menu to PS5 backup folder loading. Has loads of other features.

IDU/Kiosk Mode: a mode that turns the PS4 into one you see displayed in stores basically. It factory resets your system and brings you into a limited environment that only allows the installation of demo games. (This does not allow you to install LUA demo games).

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Welcome to the FAQ off all things related to jailbreaking the PS4 & PS5