Qwertyoruiop: “I don’t have a PS4 5.50 kexploit, and no plan to work on it short term”
Hacker Qwertyoruiop, who’s been one of the most productive hackers of the PS4 scene, has stated that he doesn’t have a 5.50 Kernel exploit for the PS4 at this time. He added he is not looking for one at the moment.
We recently gave a detailed explanation on the current status of PS4 Jailbreak in 2018, and that explanation still holds: if you’re on firmware 4.55 or below, great, you can hack your PS4. If you’re above 4.55, but on 5.05 or below, we know Qwertyoruiop (and probably others) has a kernel exploit, but no official word on a release. As for 5.50, the latest PS4 firmware, it’s confirmed again: there is no knowledge of a kernel exploit existing for that firmware at the moment.
With some major hacking groups such as Fail0verflow turning their eyes to the Nintendo Switch scene, and Qwerty just announcing he “doesn’t have time” for the PS4 currently, there’s a possibility that the hunt for kernel exploits on the latest PS4 firmwares could slow down dramatically.
As I’ve stated before, if you are not the lucky owner of a 4.55 PS4 or below, and are having a hard time finding one, your best option in my opinion is to buy a second PS4, and store one of your consoles on a shelf until a hack comes for it (disclaimer: this is what I did in 2016 with my – at the time – 4.01 PS4) . Owning two consoles nowadays is the only reasonable way to enjoy both hacking and regular gaming.
I currently am not in possession of a viable 5.50 kernel exploit and lack time to work on it short-term.
— qwertyoruiop (@qwertyoruiopz) March 17, 2018
Source: Qwertyoruiop
Yerp, air gap your PS4 now or risk the “my brother/girlfriend updated my PS4”.
Please stop it.
Already happened to me. “Hey you got a new update yesterday” – “What do you mean, a game update?” – “No, the PS4 I think” – “I’ve told you NEVER update anything without asking!” -“***, I forgot. I’m sorry” and she updated the switch too previously and knows about this stuff… Sigh
I don’t think we are gonna get a 5.05 exploit public until they have a 5.50. I think they want one private one just to test things….
But to test what? The exploit used in 5.05 was patched, and is not usable in 5.50. Under normal circumstances keeping an exploit private is either personal choice, or to keep it functioning in higher firmwares. In this case it’s not the case. Albeit he has full rights to keep it private as his personal work.
first he kept it private until it is fixed in new FW and now again until there will be another exploit? worst scene ever (golden PS3 times):
How much does Sony pay?
I’m on firmware 5.05 at the moment. I guess I will just store my PS4 somewhere on ashelf and use a ps3 instead for gaming. Don’t have money to buy another PS4. I will wait patiently.
You could hack your PS3 and game normally on your PS4… PS3 has homebrew and everything you need, PS4 only has “I rAn LiNux LuL” without any actual use…
Are you stupi d? You can literally Pirate PS4 games (many are on nextgenroms) and homebrew is already on its way. There are also several mod menus for the ps4.
What do you mean on its way? we have had homebrew for a couple months now, and @crzo if you dont know anything don’t talk, giving false information is just stupid
Sorry my man I meant to say more homebrew.
I’m on 5.05 too. Hope he releases kernel for that soon. Not updating to 5.50
he also stated that he has no intentions of releasing the 5.05 kernel exploit. basically,we are stuck with 4.55 for the foreseeable future.
Yep so basically it’s the same story as the PS3, we will be stuck on a certain firmware for a very long time. On the Ps3 it was firmware 3.55 . I can’t afford buying a new ps4 for firmware 4.55. They are quite expensive now aprox around 400 ~ 500 dollar. Where I live there are no options nearby. You have to resort to the internet and there it’s quite expensive. Older models are hard to find. Even if you find one they will charge you a ridiculous amount of money. I guess let’s just hope some kind soul will release an exploit for 5.05.
Where did he state that? Pretty sure he said he will release it but won’t give any ETA.
Indeed I did some research on my own and he never said he will not release a 5.05 exploit. Instead he’s silent about it and ignores such question. In other words he has his reasons for not make it public yet.
I found that Gamestop seems to have a lot of final fantasy 15 limited edition slim bundles. They come on 3.55, and there are at least 4 within 100 miles of where I live.
hello. is anything like save editing, or applying cheats, on the PS4 with just a usermode exploit possible? anyone?
Yeah! There are in fact 2 RTM, cw cheat for ps4 and ps4cheater. I preffer the 2nd because its easier to use and config, BUT you need a jailbeakable ps4 (4.55 or below) in order to use it
thank you! i will look that up right away. 🙂
Have it or not, who cares? Why is this news? He won’t release it either way, so it’s as good as not having one.
haha. Couple of days ago you have a news here with text “Qwertyoruiop has also said he updated to firmware 5.50, and confirmed it by showcasing the Webkit exploit. He strongly implied that he is now looking for kernel exploits on the latest firmware.”
http://wololo.net/2018/03/12/ps4-hack-latest-status-5-50-5-05-updates-qwertyoruiop/
he changes his mind like a woman 😉
PS3/x360 all over again…. Just put your consoles away for a few years or update to play…… Your choice, hanging on every exploit update only gets ppl, excited.
The Xbox 360 is one of the best consoles ever in my opinion. I’d love to see an equivalent of PS3Xploit on it!
Worst hacker ever
I’ll sit and wait for you to do better. *turns into a skeleton*
For the ones who own a 5..05 PS4 there is still hope, dude doesn’t confirm or deny that an 5.05 exploit is available. On his twitter he doesn’t respond to question weather he has it or now. While he did say for 5.50 there is none but for 5.05 he’s mysteriously silent about it. So have patience because I’m sure he has it but for unknown reasons he doesn’t want to make it public yet. give it time.
*Sigh* im on 5.05, but dammit next month, god of war comes out, unless an exploit is released before then, im going to end up updating, then what do you want to bet itll be released the next dam day..
-gets tired and updates-
-next day-
GREAT NEWS!!! THE PS4 CAN NOW RUN PS3 HOMEBREW COMPLETELY FROM USB OR THE INTERNAL HDD, USING A SOFTMOD!
I do have my old PS4 on 3.xx FW, but did not bother updating to 4.55 yet, because I have already completed such old games on my PRO either ways, so I just don’t see much point in this hack, until we can play new games.
Also, playing games without DLC and everything isn’t really that interesting these days, so for now I’ll just wait until there will be a better hack.
Heh. Eight days ago you said in PS4 Hack status news “Qwertyoruiop has also said he updated to firmware 5.50, and confirmed it by showcasing the Webkit exploit. He strongly implied that he is now looking for kernel exploits on the latest firmware.” So Qwertu he changes his mind like a woman
I hope you realise this guy is working for sony. They use him to boost old console sales.
Dumbest thing I have ever heard
why tease first, he tweeted ready to pwn himself and when people get crazy they get disturbed or annoyed. this is insane. release 4.55 and say this will be it for a few time.
Frog @HackerHimself that`s what i`m talking about…. I`m think he analyze new 5.50 i sony mess up with this firmware. I saw some tweet talking about but i forgot where. They said that sony strongly patched kernel access so i think 5.05 could be Last Jailbreak Firmware for long long time…
Ok so I’m on fw 5.50 on ps4, am I f*****?
hello bro please release jailbreak for 5.05 i poor gamer waiting here
*Sigh