PS4 Hack: Hacker Mathieulh recommends to buy a 3.70 Pro and to “not update it”
Famous PS3 Hacker Mathieulh recently recommended on Twitter to buy a PS4 Pro while those are still on firmware 3.70 and to not update it.
When asked for more details, he said “Anything lower than 4.06 is fine”.
This statement confirms what has been revealed a few weeks ago: the PS4 Jailbreak revealed for firmware 4.01 was recently patched by Sony in Firmware 4.06, meaning any PS4 up to 4.05 should potentially be jailbreakable.
The reason Mathieulh recommends to get a PS4 Pro now is because new PS4 Pro models on the market today are pretty much guaranteed to ship with firmware 3.70. Firmware 3.70 in itself probably doesn’t have anything special except that 1) it is below 4.06 and 2) you always want to stay on the lowest firmware possible if your goal is to jailbreak. As a reminder, new PS4 Slims today ship with firmware 3.55 and should be good as well. My personal plan, which I executed around black Friday, was to buy a PS4 Slim (and update it to the latest firmware for gaming purposes), and keep my original PS4 on firmware 4.01.
PS4 Pro 4.05 and below have been rumored to be jailbreakable
PS4 4.05 Jailbreak – When do we get a release?
No hacker has announced any release for a PS4 4.05 jailbreak. All we know at this point is that several trusted hackers from the PS3/PS4 scene seem to have access to this jailbreak.
Mathieulh in particular, despite his deep involvement with the PS3 scene, has rarely seen his name associated to any release in the past. I have discussed with Mathieu a few times in person, and unless he has changed his point of view recently, he is one of the hackers who believe in the “with great hacking powers comes great responsibility not to release your work” motto: hackers can have fun but should not share their findings as people will always use that for copyright infringement, which is ultimately the responsibility of the hacker. I personally disagree with this point of view, but Mathieu gets the credit of being consistent on that topic since the PSP days. I’d be more in agreement with something along the lines of: “If you don’t plan on sharing it, don’t even talk about it”.
In line with his past decisions, Mathieulh confirmed he did not want any involvement in PS4 hacking.
Nevertheless, with growing confirmation that several hackers have access to a jailbreak on 4.05, this could surely bring hope to the people expecting to Jailbreak their PS4.
As always, if you have any interest in homebrews or running unsigned code on your PS4, it’s better to have a plan: Either get a second PS4 that you’ll keep on a low firmware, or ensure your main PS4 stays on a low firmware (which, nowadays, means pretty much unplugging the console from your network)
Stay tuned on our PS4 Jailbreak page for further details.
Source: Mathieulh on twitter
Hey,
i’m selling a PS4 in firmware 1.76, if someone is interested
Lol they work for Sony they want to sell more ps4 pro.they have nothing that why they will not release a jailbreak
As far as i remember my ps4 is in 3.55 , it’d be amazing to see this scene flourish.
Mathieulh is a joke and a hack, no pun intended. That this name’s still relevant today (after all this article bears his name) is absurd.
Usour grapes make for a *** wine
I still remember that lying *** from the ps3 era drama LOL
F$%^ !! I want to buy ps4 pro then get the ff15 pro update :(((
should I really worry about another ps4??
I got two.
my up to date fw and one on 3.15…
should I really shelve out another 300$?
would I he missing anything if I don’t get a ps4 pro?..
ill have a PS4 waiting on 4.01
Bring it on 😀 its been ages since i kept it at that firmware
People still hold any faith in this clown? lol Ya, think I’ll curb my enthusiasm until something or someone reputable has anything to show.
Mathieulh is legend!
Time to get a second ps4….primero, mono, uno…first!
Damn dude, there were no post when I submitted my comment. Then pow….I’m not first
Does anyone know why the Retroarch Vita and PSP nightlies are gone?
That *** didn’t do anything relevant in years, why the heck should anyone listen to him?
I have a ps4 1100 series and used it for naybe a year with 2tb drive if anyone interested
They said the same thing for 1.76… “Buy the Uncharted bundle” they said… Where’s my backups at? Oh, wait, you can’t run backups. There’s no CFW, no loaders, nothing. But LOOK! It can run Linux! Oh, joy! Now I can play emulated games that I can play on my phone!
The PS4 “scene” is pathetic.
Hacking scene will never bear guarantees, deal with it
yeah, buy a PS4 slim/pro with lowest firmware possible so that you can play gba games and run linux on it.
hope those devs aren’t like failovefl0w that only teases hacks, “look what I can do with my ps4 and you can’t”
smh..
Guys, guys, guys…there is no confirmation of anything in the most basic form of it – a literal one. Even more, no one claims nothing. For example if I have proof I will shoot video and share it, and in the end I will release nothing, simple as that! (f0w in that case, but I’m not talking about Linux) But for now we only have “buy this, sell that, wiat for it” and nothing.
100 percent agree.They suck
My PS4 Slim shipped with 4.00. My Vita is “jailbroken” on 3.60 and I’ve seen bugger all come from the jailbreak. So, while I’ms till not updating it, I did update the PS4 to 4.70 just because I expect the lack of anything interesting so.. Meh
It is my personal opinion that this is a waste, the 1.76 hack has been out for ages and nothing has come of it. Its not worth missing all the online oferings from sony, unless you have a second ps4. Id love to be proven wrong
Not many people have access to a 1.76FW Ps4 – A Jailbreak on pre 4.06 opens this up to many more developers, you’ll see an explosion of activity if this happens.
You already have, if you read the forms at psxhax you would know that people are running steamOS and package manager with debug settings. Not only that but peek and poke is now possible which if u remember made running backups possible on the ps3
I do not know I’m suspicious because every year end advertising for sony comes back as a hack ‘buy a ps4 and do not update it’ ‘
The guy hasn’t done anything relevant in forever. I wouldn’t trust him, he just says stuff to try and stay relevant.
Its logical not to update if you happen to have one. Anybody into the scene knows this i dont see what makes him so special on tweetle deeing about it
I bought a PS4 Pro off of Amazon this weekend and just received it this evening. It is on OFW v3.70. Anyone interested, I suggest picking one up ASAP! =)
Just bought a ps4 slim and came with 4.01. it’s the one bundled with Uncharted 4
I’ll be happy to run linux on my slim. I loved my old fat ps3 with yellow hat I was only able to run very simple emulators but the fact that Sony let you do was astonishing till the *** took it away and the worst part was I updated without reading the part where it said it would be removed epic fail
It’s the same Mathieulh that teased PS3 scene back in the day and never released his stuff.
ps4 pro:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-PlayStation-4-Pro-Latest-Model-1000GB-Jet-Black-Console-FIFA17-/142212680075?hash=item211c89498b:g:SWwAAOSwImRYUZgB
math is a liar guys don’t believe the hype
this is confusing, do we update to 4.05 below or stay 3.70..
Dude stay at 3.70. You can manually update (by usb) later on
From what I understand, stay on 3.70 for a PS4 Pro. I have been playing Final Fantasy games since I was 10 and am passing on FFVX currently to do this. If I can do it, you can too. Stay below 4.06 for all other PS4 models.
I meant FFXV.
Naahh. My PS4 is for playing PS4 games. I don’t care about any homebrew or other such nonsense. Anything it can do modded, my PC can do better.
Good to see a bunch of *** whiners as usual. if you want a more solid hack, either get a different system, pay enough of a bounty to get some serious experts on it or shut the *** up and wait until the people who actually do the work release it. Or, god forbid, if it matters that much to you, you can start from square one and try developing your own hacks.
jesus.
“If you don’t plan on sharing it, don’t even talk about it”.
I agreed. There is no point in even wasting your time hacking the device, if you are not going to put it to use.
Well.. To be honest i not believe in this. Yes! Maybe there is a chance to jailbreak PS4. But i not believe that PS4 Pro will be first.. Especially when this console is new and who made it don’t be stupid and do not create bug after console can be jailbreak. Yes! I want to believe in this because i waiting it. But.. If talk only about this news i think this is only advertisement to buy PS4 Pro. Well.. If this in future will be true.. Then we will be donkeys 🙂
Just an FYI: I just got both a PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro a couple of days ago. The Pro is indeed on 3.70, but the Slim has 4.00 on it. Still should be good if anything ever gets released, but definitely not 3.55 🙂
What for ı buy 3.70 pro?
Backup or homebrew or both?
Mathieulh is a clever guy but never contributed, he teased everyone (PS3 cfw days)
Long live Graf Chokolo!!!!
Hm but why is he credited in some homebrew if he never contributed?
he is someone who act behind the scene and a math genius.
SLim watchdogs 2 500GB pack ships with 3.55 FW!
only lies…..best hackers are gone 🙁
Just bought a PS4 Pro today from GameStop and it was at 3.70. Now I’m happy as a clam. Now I can update my old Phat PS4 to 4.06 and play some games.
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