PS4 Pro ships with firmware 3.70
Early buyers of the PS4 Pro have been confirming that the Playstation 4 Pro launch bundles ship with firmware 3.70. This has been confirmed by several PS4 Pro owners, across all regions (NA, EU, Asia).
Takeaway notes from this article:
- PS4 Pro launch bundles ship with firmware 3.70
- PS4 Slim launch bundles ship with firmware 3.55
PS4 Pro Firmware: Why should you care?
Homebrew and tinkering enthusiasts are typically looking for lower firmware devices, which increase the chances of the PS4 Pro being hackable. Recently, a PS4 Jailbreak was demonstrated on firmware 4.01, and, although that Jailbreak is apparently not going to be released publicly, this gives PS4 Pro owners some hope that their PS4 might be hackable at some point.
Of course, to enjoy all of the actual benefits of the PS4 Pro, you will need to upgrade to the latest firmware, at the time of this writing, 4.05. In particular, firmware 4.00 introduced many PS4 Pro specific features such as 1080p streaming for Remote Play, youtube, and twitch. More generally, being on the latest firmware is usually the only way to connect to the Playstation network, to download games and play online. Proxies exist to get access to the PSN on firmware 4.01 right now, but it is suspected these techniques will stop working whenever Sony release a future firmware update.
PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim, PS4 Phat: which one should you get for homebrew?
My personal opinion is that it would be a waste at this point to get a PS4 Pro and hold it on a lower firmware in hopes of a future hack: the chances of a PS4 Jailbreak release for firmware 4.01 are slim at best, unfortunately. It would sound much more cost effective at this point to get a used PS4 on a lower firmware, and wait with that one. Better yet, if you have the funds, get yourself a PS4 on 1.76, a firmware on which tinkerers can already run Linux today.
The PS4 Slim launch bundles ship with firmware 3.55. My personal plan is to get a PS4 slim as my gaming PS4 moving forward, and keep my current PS4 “Phat” on firmware 4.01.
Nevertheless, at this point if you buy a new PS4 Pro or PS4 Slim for this holiday season, you are guaranteed that it will ship with a firmware lower than 4.01. For details on PS4 Pro Firmware at launch, also see this reddit thread.
Whatever your purchase plans are for this holiday season, if you think there is hope for firmware 4.01, make sure at least one of your consoles is below that firmware, and follow the steps to update to PS4 4.01 here.
I haven’t turned my Ps4 on since I built my gaming rig 2 years ago. I’m somewhere in the 3.** firmware. Hoping something comes along!
But I definitely won’t be spending my money on a new ps4 pro. Would rather that 1070-1080 GPU.
Sell me that ps4
psproxy stopped working a few days ago.
Proxies exist to get access to the PSN on firmware 4.01, how can we do that? I have the PS4 pro with 3.70 firmware updated to 4.00 and currently can’t connect to PSN as it requires latest 4.0.5 I guess
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It already seems the proxies to access psn on 4.01 have stopped working.
I tried to get it work last few days to no success, and people on forums have reported it has stopped working for them.
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There is a article on PSXHAX talking about people that decrypted SAMU, but they won’t release it since they are affraid they will get sued just like GeoHot was. So i think no CFW/JB on PS4 Pro :d
“PS4 Jailbreak release for firmware 4.01 are slim at best” what is up with that? you told us to expect is soon!
I don’t mind buying a ps4 pro and wait if someone trusted can confirm backup game installing
To wolo or anybody with education on this but what can i do in order to have access to psn while on 4.01>?
You can’t, it stopped a few days ago
When you see the decryted iso’s coming out you’ll know the jailbreak will be relea s ed soon. They say it’s already been hacked and the are not releasing it because they are scared. More like waiting for the $$$ from someone to sell it to. Why bother wasting there time if they are not going to release the jailbreak. There just waiting for a share of the $$$$ to make a PS4 Dongle. What a bunch if sell outs. Oh I forgot. They don’t like piracy. Lol and that’s what they have been working on. Ha ha ha
What about the upcoming stuff from TRSi? You’d think that has something to do with 4.01 kernel exploits.
I’m on the fence. My wife would be agitated but it wouldn’t be the end of the world if I went out and bought a Pro to replace the LoU bundle unit, but I don’t think she’d be as on board with keeping two, especially since the first gen unit is 4.00 right now anyway. I conceptually like the 4k idea but we haven’t had a need to up the TVs in the house from 1080p
Work on github for 3.11 has also slowed down or come to a halt. Last change was 3 months ago. This is gonna take a while
They have the exploit for 4.01 and are able to install games via package manager. They haven’t released it or are holding out for $$$$$. Wont see it until TRSi releases dumps
I lost my faith on hackers.Don’t waste your time waiting ps4 pirated games They will never release it
It will get released. Someone will want the fame or get greedy
Its possible to install pkg on 4.01?
No.