PS4 Flash memory dumped by developer Criscros
If the PS4 follows the path of the PS3 and the Vita, we shouldn’t be expecting a “true” hack for it anytime soon. Nevertheless, this doesn’t prevent hackers, tinkerers, and hobbyists from digging into the internals of the device. Two days ago, Italian developer -Criscros- announced he was able to dump the contents of some of the internal Flash memory chipsets on the PS4.
Don’t do this at home kids! The process involved unsoldering the chips from the PS4 motherboard, a step that can go bad in so many ways if you’re not used to hardware modifications…
He was then able to read the content of those chips with a Teensy++ dev board, coupled to SPIway.
The screenshots are impressive, and not for the faint of heart especially if you just bought a PS4 with your very first salary.
Of course, the chances of this leading to any sort of hack are really slim. It is safe to assume most of the content on these chips is encrypted, except maybe the headers of some data structures (as can been on the screenshots, some of the data mentions Sony Computer Entertainment INC, in plain text). Nevertheless, that’s not preventing people from trying, it seems: Yesterday, Spanish developer JaiCrab had also released a piece of software (JAISPI) to read those chips with a raspberry Pi.
The developer only showcased some screenshots and pictures of the tortured hardware, but not an actual dump of the Flash memory.
Source consoleopen via psx-scene
With it’s the x86-64 architecture, the PS4 surely is attracting a lot of veteran devs.
Step by step, just like the Vita.
http://yifan.lu/2013/12/12/i-need-your-help-to-fund-vita-hardware-analysis/
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is this for real????
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yifan was asking to do hardware analysis??
looking good! this is outright digging for clues…albeit a rally hard one.
this guy has guts! makes me wonder what else he is gonna strip from the board…..
This news is really something.. but can you check out this huge problem facing gaming on youtube: http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/12/11/youtube-official-statement-contentid-claims/
***, that’s just simple eeprom chip, surely it may contain some data, but that’s not a flash file or it’s dump. I call that just simply hoax.
EEPROM chips is what the bios is typically stored on and after you get to that every thing becomes easier to work with.
Whatever the case, the interest is there.
Those who unite, will achieve.
Where cani get that program for arduino that will let me rip memory off of chips. I got a mega think of the things I could get with one of those
You dont need any arduino *** those chips can be read with any eeprom programmer, search for ebay, for willem programmer. Still this has nothing to do with flash memory.
Ok did u not hear me LEAVE THE PS4 ALOOOOOONE your ruin a great piece of hardware. Wololo I recommend u go back to the ps3 and stay on it before I tell Jack Trenton and mark your messing with there system
Who said Wololo is the one who is trying to hack it?
Please leave the site, idiot. Plus, read the article again before you leave. Tell me if Wololo was trying to hack it.
Where can I download ps4 games (or backups for u hippies) so I am ready when they hack the system
You can get them from the Playstation Store 😉
Playstation Store.
can’t wait to do this to my new PS4
they will try but they will fail
http://yifan.lu/2013/12/12/i-need-your-help-to-fund-vita-hardware-analysis/
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is this for real????
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yifan was asking a bit of support to do hardware analysis??
Wololo it seems I’ve been banned from /talk. When I try to login I get an error message. I haven’t been misbehaving there or done anything wrong. Can you shed some light on this?
when did spammers and idiots start coming to this site?
This is why I gave up completely on waiting for ps vita hacks, a newer fw for ps3 and more so the ps4… (hacks/mods in general)
ITS BECAUSE THE SCENE IS FLOODED WITH CHILDREN THAT ALL EXHIBIT A SUGAR RUSH OVER SOME SMALL NEWS.