PS4 exploits: the status for 5.5x and 6.0x owners (5.50, 5.53, 5.55, 5.56, 6.00, 6.02)
PS4 6.02 Jailbreak?
People running on the latest PS4 firmware (6.02), or some semi-recent ones (5.50 and the likes) have been wondering: When is a Jailbreak coming up for PS4 6.02?
The usual suspects of the hacking scene have been awfully silent about the prospect of a 5.5x exploit, let alone a Jailbreak for PS4 6.00 or 6.02. A while ago, hacker Mathieulh had confirmed a group of hackers have access to kernel exploit (or better) on firmware 5.55 at least, but explicitly stated there was no intent to release anything publicly at this point. This statement has not changed as far as I know.
Disappointment with the 5.05 scene
In general, the hackers behind the 5.05 exploits and associated tools have been discontent with the poor health of the homebrew scene on PS4. For example Kiwidog said recently:
Homebrew is still being worked on, although slowly since it’s a 2-3 people doing ALL the work. since everyone wanted newer exploits for homebrew we gave it to them, and look at all this “homebrew” that we got. Wew
Although piracy has been vibrant on the platform, we can’t really say the same about homebrews.
I’d personally blame the lack of tutorials or a “user friendly” platform to build PS4 homebrews at this point, although it seems everything’s been available for a while now, thanks in part to the work of psxdev.
PS4 6.02 jailbreak: what’s next?
Understandably, the public reaction of hackers is that they don’t see the point in releasing more hacks until something “more” is done of the platform, than piracy. In practice though, that has historically not prevented other groups from releasing hacks when nobody was expecting it, so who knows what can happen next. I wouldn’t hold my breath, though, having not heard even rumors about an upcoming hack at this point.
Of course, nothing’s impossible. My experience on the hacking scene tells me a PS4 exploit for 5.5x and 6.0x will happen eventually, but it’s hard to tell “when”. Given the lack of exploit hints from the scene so far, my personal opinion would be that people who want to jump on the hack bandwagon sooner than later should try and get a PS4 running 5.05. If those are getting too expensive for you, my second suggestion is: buy a second PS4, and keep one on a shelf until the firmware it’s on gets hacked. That’s what I did for 4.05 (it waited on a shelf for about 16 months).
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Well its an article that got me excited… sad to see that most homebrewers will just release it if they can make something more out of the console.
I can wait for as long as it takes.
I took one single quality from Evil. The ability to wait patiently. In other words – I am Michael Myers of piracy :3
Thank you Wololo, for all your work and for bringing all of this info to us. Keep up the good work 😉
Beat Saber actually made me falter but I realized I could just buy PC VR whenever I want to play that.
If you have money to “just buy” PC VR I’ve got no idea whatsoever what you’re doing here XD
I too blame the lack of documentation of how everything works and where to get started. I really want to go into this but I struggle really hard to even compile examples against the non official SDK. I even asked for help multiple times on multiple Discords, Twitter or Reddit. No one seems to want to help others, which is sad because this topic is really lacking information. (If you are a dev who’s not familiar)
Reach out to me if you want to help, I would really love it. And who knows, if I can get it into my head and fully understand it (with help) I am just one more person to share information, which is always better.
Reach out: keksautomat at mail ru
Ps4 scene is dead and hackers who have somthing are so greedy about it. I have a console on 5.50 and another on 5.55 i was so damn unlucky buyin those and im stuck on these damn fw for a long time hoping something eventually will come. I wish ps4 scene was like switch. Somtimes i miss Good old ps3 days…
Do you wanna change one of your ps4 with one of mine 5.05 ps4?
I’ll continue pirating on my switch until an update for my PS4 comes out so I can play red dead (legally of course, I like buying physical copies on PS4).
How can you not mention PS4 Aux Hax (the new way to get code exec on the Southbridge over HDMI-CEC)?
+1 on this. Hard to title this the “status” without the latest developments.
Honestly who cares anyway? No decent homebrews because all are on switch, i recently updated my 5.05 ps4 and gave it to a friend, there is no homebrew and no pirated games so *** that.
There is a shop in Brazil that sells and claims they have 5.55 CFW and that all games can be played online in PSN with HIDE ID.
https://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-1117903356-ps4-desbloqueado-hd-6tb-novo-v555-460-jogos-online-_JM?quantity=1
http://specialgames.com.br
Is PS4 going to be first console in history without having released a hack in it latest firmware in all its history?
Short answer: they havent figured out how to fully pwn the ps4. They could release a new exploit for current fw only for sony to fix it overnight.
Lol They’re afraid of releasing because they scared that the console will be discontinued.
Why are they so surprised? Noone gives a f about homebrew on big consoles nowadays. Well, except for a few individuals. Everything homebrew provides you can do better on PCs/notebooks. Even emulators are supereasy now: just plug your DualShock 4 in the USB port of your computer, launch Retroarch, and here you have every emulator you will ever need. 99% of people interested in “homebrew” are interested in piracy. Stop cosplaying white knights or ***. Portable consoles are another story… Emulators are really useful there.
Pretty much this (also if your computer has BT you don’t even need to plug it in!… well after pairing). I don’t think the majority of people are hardcore enough to buy a 2nd PS4 model and have it sit on the shelf (assuming they have the means to begin with) in the hopes that it will be hackable one day (especially when we know we are getting the PS5 sometime in the next two years).
The guy has an IQ of room temperature, if he thought that hacking the GAME CONSOLE, waiting for homebrew…
What do they expect if the exploits aren’t more up to date?
It’s a “chicken and an egg” situation… hackers want more homebrew before releases are made (which sounds a bit like an excuse) and homebrew devs want a wider audience (they might not an exploitable system themselves).
I would point out that a 4.74 kernel exploit was released and psxhax has been showing quite a bit of “smaller” work for the scene. I know it’s not a 6.x exploit, but it’s something. I went the route of upgrading my ps4pro to play RDR2 to 6.00 and keeping my ps4 ‘classic’ at JB 5.05 🙂
More and more hackers are holding onto exploits for an end of cycle release so the entire game catalog can be dumped without the need for an unnecessary cat and mouse game .
I expect the same for PS4 scene. Expect a eventual 6xx exploit released when Sony begins to pull the plug on PS4 and most if not all PS4 games have been released.
The scene has evolved to hold onto exploits for a bigger catalog, its smart.
Bullsh*t , is just ego from devs because they don’t wanna make new hacks because Sony can *** them with new fw.
Enjoy 5.05 until a dev outside of jerking circle of mathius and kiwifags post the hack.
Hold up, hold up. No. Kiwidog can *** and sit back down. I had been following the scene for a very long time. The problem isn’t lack of tools, tutorials, etc. Unity for PS4 exists and is leaked in a way that anyone can track it down and with a bit of time can easily learn it. Not to mention the ps4 api of it is actually sane to learn unlike unity for other consoles.
The problem in the scene stems from a few issues.
People aren’t comfortable missing out using an expensive device when the hacking scene does nothing but tease and troll leaving the end users left in the dark. Why should I with only a single unit sit on a half usable system for months at a time? We are talking 4-6 months, not just 1 or 2. This tends to leave the remainders of one mindset. Free games, aka piracy. It is worth it for them because they don’t have to pay for new games, so they can just bide their time.
If the handful of hackers had not been so keen at stroking their ePens, the scene might have turned out different. Don’t blame the whole *** on just o e group when everyone *** in the koolaid.
Mathieulh is normal scene troll, writing about him uselles.
Mathieulh is the original man who released the dangle source code that helps hacked the PlayStation 3.
Cut the *** we know Sony is behind all those exploits leaks to sell more and more old ps4 and untill now it is not satisfied and want to get rid off all ps4 5.05 left in the market,there are no hackers or scene and your homebrews excuse is just ridiculous!
If they wont release the newer exploit… ill start doing homebrew on the ps4… that’ll brick things. BWAHAHAHAHA
make us a present fro 2019 and release the exploit!!!:)
These devs are taunting Sony w/ JB’s.. They actually look like fools. I can come online and say I have a exploit for any firmware. Seeing is believing and Sony are probably laughing their *** off. If you have an explot, release it. If not ***..