PS4 Jailbreak news – PS4 “games are easy to pirate” rumors keep pouring from Brazil and the scene
We recently reported about the growing rumors of a PS4 Jailbreak (or, rather, a technique to run pirated games rather than a way to install a PS4 CFW) coming from Brazil.
After we investigated the initial source of this PS4 Jailbreak news, the facebook page of a small Brazilian modchip store, several things happened: The store in question pulled all information off their facebook page, claiming the high level of publicity could lead them to trouble, and a bunch of people contacted me to let me know they either knew about the technique, or had seen it in action.
More PS4 Jailbreak news coming from Brazil and the hacking scene
Hackers from the PS3/PS Vita/PS4 scene have been in touch with me to describe to me a process that is being used on PS3s to copy licenses of a game. The trick involves activating a console for an account, making a copy of its NAND with a raspberry pi, deactivating the console, then copying back the previously saved NAND.
A similar technique is also being used on the PS4, it seems. According to the hackers who have contacted me though, the tricks known for this have been patched by Sony on 2.51 and could brick the console, as mentioned recently by cfwprohpet on Playstationhax.it. The Brazilian modchip stores, however, seem to imply their technique works on 2.51.
Here’s what one commenter, Keko, from Brazil, had to say about this PS4 Jailbreak news in our comments section. The comment below aligns with most of the emails/tips I have received so far on this technique:
Hey bros! The hack is real, and it is not a real hack, but a real bypass, they are using a very simple and old technique from the MSX age, just simple rewrite eeprom, the quite and simple way to say GO. They arent decrypt or crypt anything. When sony tried to safe secure the PS4 they forgot to hardlock inside the CPU/APU the real hashcode for the bios, this is intent to not allow bios to be exchanged or rewrite, so, as they failure to do it, what the Hackers are doing is just simple running the real software inside one console, you can do it as psn/accounts, so the PS4 add $$$ game info inside the rom! So, they only need to stuff original games and matches run bios roms, so, the ROM/GAME will match and so will execute in the console. Remember that ROM can run a FOREVER SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON IT, so, all the games are REAL ORIGINAL and the PS4 arent hacked at all. The Hack is a bypass of ASM code for follow ROM/BIOS reading using a PI, YES SIMPLE AS BRAZILIAN WAY.
But all further games will depend on matches or DUMPS of BIOS/GAME, REMEMBER PS4 GAMES HAVE IT OWN HASH CODE! So, you cant decrypt it like in the PS3 default key, each game has it own key and it must match yo your BIOS coded hash, so, PS4-GAME tied forever! This only doesnt happen in a CD environment, where the hash authenticate the drive and return to PS$$$ that authenticate the BIOS and return with authenticate game, so, it is impossible to use a BYPASS in CD/SATA as no key extraction is possible in a 4 way schema.
BUT THE WAY BRAZILIAN DID IS POSSIBLE, SIMPLE AND WILL RUN!
They just simplified the way to do it!
PI is just to enable flashing/reflashing/ontimeflash/simulation of BIOS.
Only publicly know solution apparently dangerous, and patched in 2.51
Other people have contacted me with similar explanations, or to tell me they have seen the technique work on their own machine.
Cfwprophet’s explanation seems to confirm the technique. He however says that attempting this on the latest PS4 firmware (2.51) will brick your console:
- Buy a PSN Game on Master Console and download it
- Connect Slave Console to PSN, create Account from Master Console, activate Slave Console and download the game
- Dump the NOR Flash of Slave Console with Tools like Teensy++ or the Pi (let us call that dump from now on ActivatedDMP)
- Boot Slave Console, Connect to PSN and Deactivate the Console
- Write the ActivatedDMP back to the NOR of Slave Console
- Profit, the Process can now be repeated on any other PS4 without reaching the “three consoles max” official PSN Game Share limit
No public PS4 Jailbreak solution yet, stores in Brazil are keeping the secret to resell pirated games
Tiny electronics stores in Brazil charge somewhere between $100 and $150 to install about 10 recent games on a PS4 with their technique. They are, of course, keeping the technique a secret, in order for it to not get patched, but also so that they can run a profitable business reselling pirated games. If this is the same technique as the one described by sceners above, then it is dubious it would work on 2.51. Because of this, it is difficult to get a clear confirmation, or proof that this fully works. One can only rely on the reputation of these shops, which in general is quite high based on the reviews on the eBay-like sites where they operate.
After the “first” store to claim they had access to this PS4 jailbreak decided to keep quiet about it, a few others surfaced again in Brazil. Some stores are selling a bulk of 10 games for a fee on eBay-like marketplaces. Others are basically doing the same, and announcing they are in possession of the PS4 Jailbreak, showcasing the results for their clients. This was recently uncovered by maxconsole, who made a copy of the video on youtube to ensure it doesn’t magically disappear:
The video above is from a shop “Razer Extreme”, and the facebook comment basically states:
To Thiago Faria your PS4 is ready. I know that you not like football lol, but I added it anyway… Come this afternoon.
PS4 Jailbreak news happen on a regular basis, even if their often unclaimed or purely hoaxes. But this is not the first time we are seeing people selling pirated games on the PS4. Some of our members reported a few months ago that China has a booming market for PS4 games resellers. It seems their technique however is to buy games on a specific account, then share that account with as many people as possible, for a fee. Something that’s technically easy to understand, but also that Sony can spot and put to an end extremely easily.
It is still unclear if the technique actually works on 2.51, if it is different from the one that was described by cfwprophet and others, if it is even real, and how widespread it is. So far, most sources are coming directly from Brazil (whether they’re on facebook or other places). It’s difficult to know if this PS4 Jailbreak is really happening in Brazil, or if it’s just a bunch of pranksters capitalizing on the recent PS4 Jailbreak news from Brazil.
As it’s been stated a few times, even if the technique happens to work, it is not really a PS4 jailbreak, but apparently just a way to run pirated games.
As always, we will be keeping our PS4 Jailbreak page up to date with the latest PS4 Jailbreak news, so you can be aware as soon as a valid technique exists that doesn’t solely rely on the greed of a few pirates.
first and ps4 is ***. get a pc with i7 4770k and gtx 980
Which costs abot 3 times what you pay for a PS4.
I’m a PC gamer but i think there is a place for consoles. However this is a boring old debate!
Btw, with the 4790k availabe, i don’t see a reason to go for the 4770k. And for most users, the 4690k has a much better value anyway.
I always see how people type about console being the cheaper route… It’s not, 1st party peripherals are VERY costly and 3rd party peripherals are junk. Games are very costly even when they’ve been on PSN forever! With PC you have a larger variety of FTP games and ebay sells Steam game codes for under $10. So yeah I might have spent $800 on my PC but I won’t pay as much as a PS4 user in the long run replacing damage prone peripherals, expensive games, and online expenses. Anyway, to try and stop a flame war, consoles are a decent method to game, but don’t tell me how it’s “cheaper”.
First of all, there is no difference with the peripherals. On PC every peripheral is a third party product, which can vary in quality, or you can (and most likely do) use the very same peripherals, you would use on a console.
And you have to look at the game-prices from a different perspective: On the PC, big triple A games, are about 20 bucks cheaper at launch (And there are those middle-east keys, that are even as cheap as about 10-15 bucks, but I wouldn’t take those anymore, as EA sometimes mailed me, saying they couldn’t verify the origin of my ME3 key and thus banned it a few months after I bought it). You also have more indi-games, as almost every indi game comes to PC and those are really cheap. And thanks to steam, you have those deliciously cheap sales.
But on the downside of things, you have by far less triple A games to begin with, the ports are poorly optimized for PCs and features like split-screen gaming are stripped. You can’t resell or share games from platforms like Steam or Origin (Even retail games mostly require such a platform), which is why you need to support platforms like GOG.
On consoles on the other hand, you have far more triple A games and more exclusives, especially when it comes to Japanese games, which is where my main interest lies. Services like PS plus and XBL Gold offer quite a value for very little money. For example, with PS Plus you pay about 36 – 50 $/€ for a year subscription, which offers 72 high-quality games, which vary between triple A and indi titles, not even counting multi-platform licences, so you can play the games on home consoles and on your vita, which also adds great value to it. On top of that you get 10% better deals on most deals. And the deals themselves are not to underestimated. For example, I bough Rayman Legends on Steam and PSN when it was in a spring sale on both platforms and you may not guess so, but on PSN it was about 2€ cheaper compared to the 75% discount on Steam. I know it’s not typical, but sometimes PSN and XBL offer deals just as good as on steam. And the reasons, why games are so cheap on steam is pretty obvious in most cases.
But apart from the money, consoles save time. The same cannot be said about PS3 or Xbox One, but installing a game on PS4 takes about 5 or 15 seconds from inserting the disc until you can start and download/install patches in background, which is a standard there. On PC, some publishers like Blizzard, do similar things, but most PC games take a lot of time to install and there are also issues with drivers, controllers, etc. to be solved. It’s not always like that, but every PC gamer has at least spent a few evenings measuring stuff around gaming, without being able to just play. It just belongs to PC gaming and may even be fun at times to tinker around with mods, etc. But the net-playtime is by far bigger on consoles.
Overall, I don’t think PC gaming nor console gaming is absolutely cheaper or more expensive. The kind of investment is just different on both sides and depends on your personal philosophy and taste.
For my example: I live in Germany, which is the Nr.1 PC gaming-country and even started as a PC gamer (after my childhood with Nintendo of course). I even modded games myself and still always try to keep my PC up to date. But when it comes to gaming, I mostly prefer consoles now. I can totally see the point of the lower purchase price, am a bigg fan of Japanese games, use my Vita for commuting to work, like most of the games which came to PS Plus and, most of all, see the net-playtime as a big factor for consoles.
“pay as much as a PS4 user in the long run replacing damage prone peripherals, expensive games, and online expenses.”
LOL, way to go to use selective evidence. The truth is even though the RRP of a console is $399, in reality $399 already includes 2 or so games, so you’re already ahead. Then there’s the fact, as you said, Ebay sells PSN game codes for cheap, like The Last of Us for $15. And PC peripherals aren’t also expensive? sure try $50+ for decent quality keyboard and mouse.
I don’t need to tell you how console are “cheaper”, because it’s a well known fact they are. But myself with a gaming spec PC would think, PC gamers aren’t concerned about the value proposition.
yep, apparently some idiots only play shooters shooters and shooters
If that’s why they love to play I don’t know why that would make them idiots… If you buy 5 games from 5 different genres doesn’t mean you get anything better that someone that buys 5 shooters… If that person loves to play another shooter and is happy with it, why would you call them an idiot? I guess to each their own right?
Amen
PS.I’m not one of those “idiots”, I just agree to the comment above
Errrmm why would you go with an intel 4000 series processor?
Those are faulty by default, got an nice little bug in their TSX engine which needs to be deactivate in the bios/uefi… kinda like amds TLB bug.
So why again go with an old faulty model? (Which is as costly as some current broadwells)
Better wait for the newer broadwells where TSX is fixed.
lol dont waste money on nvidias fake 4gb vram and 256bit bus when u can get a r9 290x better color depth wider bus and all for a fraaction of the price xD and real 4gb vram rofl
also dont waste money on an i7 model u wont tell the different in performance. Just typical of pc noobs, “imma go buy all the recommended things for a overpriced cost because newegg and a forum said so” i have a gaming pc thatll run circles around what u have above and hint it isnt intel or nvidia(who i am a big fan of). a ps4 is a 4th of the price of the cost of a recommended gaming pc and can keep up and out perform on some spectrums because it is a dedicated gaming system.
YOU are the stupid one here
>real 4gb
The 980 isn’t gimped, unlike 970
Buying i7 makes more sense than it did a year or two ago – not because games are more demanding, but because their optimization sucks more and more – just like in GTA V’s case
Besides – recommending 290x when 3xx series are just around the corner isn’t a great idea
Ummm an amd/ati 290X is between a bad and an abysmal decision… NVidias flagship, the gtx 980 eats only half the power than an amd/ati 290x… and to further expand this, an amd/ati 295X2 eats 500 WATTS, that is three times as much as ONE gtx 980… btw. the amd/ati drivers suck… since amd barged in and somehow since then NVidia has drivers have gotten much much better.
That is by far the most stupid comment I’ve seen on a post for a while. Tell me, how do you play games on only a processor and graphics card?
No, you don’t get it. God of War do not released for PC so I will stick with PS4. 🙂
I hope I’m first x_x
NOoooooo…..
>The trick involves activating a console for an account, making a copy of its NAND, deactivating it, then copying back the previously saved NAND.
I am doing this on my PSPs to activate all of them at once, opposed to be restricted to “only 3 devices”.
You just have to watch out that you don’t use internet on these “shadow activated” devices.
hi i dont think so in iran we had this bulsh88 one year ago the resseler buys a game whith an account and copys that game to 4 ps4 systems and you cant have the password of that account it is a win win situation but i dont like it because the resseler barely washes his face or theeth but claims to be expert hacker for this legal job .
hope that PS4 scene doesn’t end up like the 3DS one, where hacks/homebrews are via DRM hardware and kept away from public. And devs are on a *** contest and are just big show-offs and doesn’t actually share..
I know peoplewill just say that “why don’t code it yourself”, If I could I would have..
Sorry for the long rant haha..
sorry dude,, this is not even near homebrews.. it’s just total piracy trick..
>Tiny electronics stores in Brazil charge somewhere between $100 and $150 to install about 10 recent games on a PS4 with their technique.
This is disgusting. I hope the method gets patched, the devices get banned/bricked and the stores get closed.
disgusting indeed, I’ll just buy the games instead and admire them from my shelves.. haha..
All I want to able to play my PS4 games without needing to re-insert the discs again 😀
me too ;(
People are already bricking their PS4’s :p
Pirates giving everyone else a bad name
Still cheaper than 10 original games
That you cant play online 😐
hahah damn right.
You can tho. Just like UOL games reported here
http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2015/05/12/por-precos-a-partir-de-r-300-pirataria-chega-ao-playstation-4-no-brasil.htm
i hope it gets released far and wide. sorry but game makers and sony dont take when we take a hit for the *** they pull. so I do not care if they do for us to jailbreak a console. I say bring it on
Pirating is one thing, but selling another developers work? Really?
same goes for some country in Southeast Asia, i remembered they install the game from stolen account.
disgusting practice..
Well it’s easily tracked as those PS4 gets online..
“That one account with so many PS4 IDs”
actually this is a very very good and beautiful thing, maybe it will force greedy devs and big greedy companies to charge non-outbu-llshi-tingly-rageous prices which are currently way overpriced to the point of stupidity.. i for one am extremely proud to see that at least some humans have the ballsto fight back against greed!!!
I don’t feel that reselling somebody’s else work because it’s overpriced is really fighting greed.
It’s just somebody else playing middleman – it’s as much selfish as noble.
someone is mad because they paid full price for their games while people are paying 1/8th rofl get *** nerd
like!
They will blame the ps4 pirate if their financial loss keep going
LOL if it was in Europe or North America nobody would think it was a prank. Man, this is real and is happening in a lot of stores.
I’m Brazilian ad unfortunately, the price of ps4 games here in brazil are overwhelming. 1 single game gets to be priced at around 40% of the Brazilian minimun wage, which is what many of us earn.
I’m usually totally against piracy and I really like having original stuff, but with the overpricing which has been practiced in Brazil, I’m sad to say I would gladly pay to have my PS4 jailbreaked.
MAYBE, with the incoming news of a Jailbreak in Brazil, games would get a little cheaper and I would be able to increase my humble collection =D
thank’s for the news master !
I think I knew how they doing it 🙂
Boa tarde caras! Confirmo que o método de destravamento do ps4 é real e existe. Sou de S. Paulo e tenho a minha ps4 destravada. Não vou dar detalhes sobre o método, visto que o poderia comprometer, apenas posso dizer que não envolve abrir o console, soldar chips ou reprogramar o nand. O método apenas usa “software”.
Onde fez e como cara? To afim de destravar o meu
Please, write in English, so that others in this community understand what you write.
I’m from Brasil and this method is REALLY REAL!
I don’t know as they do. I left my PS4 with the guys and the games are installed. Even opened my PS4 and THERE IS NOT a raspberry pi into it, probably the raspberry pi is used only to install the software.
I’m from Brasil and this method is REALLY REAL!
I don’t know as they do. I left my PS4 with the guys and the games are installed. Even opened my PS4 and THERE IS NOT a raspberry pi into it, probably the raspberry pi is used only to install the software.
Im possuble!!Good luck!!
Yeah, you could do that easily once every 6 month by activating games from an account that isnt yours and then revoking the primary access from the main website. It has been patched as of 2.51 tho, so if you log on the ps4 with internet access, it locks back the games that comes from the account that was deactivated. Still pretty useful for those who arent playing online, but who doesnt?
For now, I don’t care much of PS4 jailbreak because I owned most of PS4 games so much (including PS+ freebies and discounted games), that I don’t think I really want to have my PS4 hacked to play free pirated PS4 games. If there’s a hack that allows backward compatibility; playing PS3, PS2 and PS1 games, then I might be interested to know at least. At this point, I rather yet to wait for good news of Vita hacks that allow native homebrews or emulators.
Boas povo, vcs ainda perdidos nesse metodo ai que nem é da forma descrita ai, ja da pra fazer sem ler isso ai, so no hd do ps4, tem 15 particoes la, só saber como fazer que nem abre o ps4. tudo por software.
see, that’s what i said.. piracy and no CFW.
Its “copyright infridgement” not piracy…
If one of those appears, then the other will follow.
Então explica como faz esse truque ai Luiz! Tem a ver com os pkgs que dá pra baixar direto da PSN?
sim, os jogos tem que ser comprados na psn. como fazer nao posso dar mais detalhes do que disse, veja que esse os metodo citado acima está incorreto e o correto por hardware é vendido em media a 3k, já o de software é 15k. o metodo de hardware existe desde começo de 2014, so veio a publico por vacilo de alguns que resolveram postar em facebook, o de software só existe apartir da 2.50, já falei demais, quem entende já pegou kkkkkk
“PEXPLOIT PS4 EDITION” im right?! 😉
A JAILBREAK IS NOT PIRATING GAMES.
PIRATING GAMES AND A JAILBREAK IS NO WHERE CLOSE TO BEING THE SAME THINGS. HOW TO PIRATE GAMES IS NOTHING TO DO WITH JAILBREAK NEWS.
ps.. whether or not they know what there doing is just and good is besides the point, this kind of thing will inevitably make the world of software a better place – long live pyre ates and ..ing
Ps4 jailbreak? Really?
You see the video? The one who run the camera isn’t using any ds4 to control the ps4 and no one beside him run the ds4 also, so ps4 jailbreak main feature is ‘your ps4 can operate by itself’ I think it’s a masterpiece creation!! Whao!!
im tired of all this.
NP-34993-8
please should i stay on 2.50 to have a jailbroken ps4 ???
lol. for that much, with a chances of a bricked consoles…i think i’m better off buying games than getting these “dongle” because you might end up relying on them to update their software. don’t anybody remember “Cobra” and some other small businesses that ran the d0ngle business?
and as for the person recommending the pc spec…either you’re a n00bs in building pc or you buy pre-build and upgrade. you forgot to mention the cost of those, not to mention, the electricy bills from running a desktop, multiple monitors and some other stuffs you’re running. also, the heats…the heats generated from that if you went the cheap route…and if you’re a REAL gamers, you own all systems
“Buy a PSN Game on Master Console and download it”
Wait what, so we’re trying to pirate right?
LOL
A matter of time before someone monetize it, and start selling drm devices, and if what i read is true, then, the 2.51+ has a different method, but it still works, either way, people will turn this around and capitalize on it.
more DRM butt plugs… -.-‘
Article from well-known brazillian games news site.
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjogos.uol.com.br%2Fultimas-noticias%2F2015%2F05%2F12%2Fpor-precos-a-partir-de-r-300-pirataria-chega-ao-playstation-4-no-brasil.htm%23fotoNav%3D5&edit-text=
Here a report about piracy ps4 in Brazil, from a popular local website. Use google translate. http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2015/05/12/por-precos-a-partir-de-r-300-pirataria-chega-ao-playstation-4-no-brasil.htm
My topic on this subject in a Brazilian forum.
There you will find how it goes around here and even a website specializing in games ordered the service and approved.
http://forum.outerspace.terra.com.br/index.php?threads/entenda-como-é-o-desbloqueio-do-playstation-4-no-brasil-tutorial.420805
A lot of info about the piracy scheme has made the front page of Brazil’s biggest news site. Apparently, you can still use your PSN account, delete games (but not install them back). And you can come to the store anytime to install new games (at the cost of $10-15). AND they say the Hack came from Russia and is around (in secrecy) since 2014.
http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2015/05/12/por-precos-a-partir-de-r-300-pirataria-chega-ao-playstation-4-no-brasil.htm
These *** suckers from brazil are ruining everything the scene is about.The same method we use on the ps3 is a legit way to keep your license if you have more than 2 ps3s not just in the same house but you may have another house and not such a good internet to obtain the license. Or you may not feel the need to bring your ps3 with a license already because the 3rd ps3 is at your country home. Those greedy stinky ***.
I’m from Brasil and this method is REALLY REAL!
I don’t know as they do. I left my PS4 with the guys and the games are installed. Even opened my PS4 and THERE IS NOT a raspberry pi into it, probably the raspberry pi is used only to install the software.
http://jogos.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/2015/05/12/por-precos-a-partir-de-r-300-pirataria-chega-ao-playstation-4-no-brasil.htm
I am brazilian, and a friend of my have The jailbreak, and its is real, you can play online to.
The method used in Brazil requires not open the console and nen dumpar nor the Brazilian station just trolling you guys