PS4 4.72 firmware released
“This system software update improves the quality of the system performance.”. A pretty usual description for Sony’s latest update to the PS4 firmware. PS4 4.72 was released a few hours ago, and is a mandatory update (if you want to keep PSN access).
Not much is known about this update, but it might have been solely released to patch an issue with Final Fantasy XIV. According to the official FFIXV website:
Regarding the issue where if the FINAL FANTASY XIV application is started up after the PlayStation®4 did not shut down properly (such as after a power outage), a version update of over 20GB in size occurs, Sony Interactive Entertainment has released a PlayStation®4 system update on Jul. 11, 2017.
We ask that PlayStation®4 users update their PlayStation®4 system software to the latest version.
There’s no indication at this point that this new firmware update patches any vulnerability that could be leveraged for a potential PS4 Jailbreak. In the meantime, the PS4 scene is eagerly waiting for a hacker to release a public Jailbreak for the console. The last publicly known PS4 Jailbreak was released for Firmware 4.76. Several hacking groups have confirmed they have working exploits up to firmware 4.55, and it is likely those work up to the latest 4.72, but nothing has been released yet.
1.76.. Don’t give people false hope. 😉
Typo in the article. 4.76 should be firm 1.76. got a guy looking now on private sploits to see if it might be patched.
As usual, if you want hax, don’t update unless you are told to.
Wow, 4.76 already after we just got 4.72? Sony must be churning these updates out at the speed of light. /s
Oh shoot, that was meant to be its own post. 😛
…and yet no one releases anything…
Well, the hackers intends to let the library increase first before releasing the exploit. This way, we can play more games before the exploit would be patched in the succeeding firmware updates
It’s a simply matter of not letting Sony know how there are exploiting the PS4. Once Sony patches the exploit, a release should soon follow. Why waste such a valuable exploit because the “people demand” it now.
this scene needs some drama and someone angry enough to release the work of someone else 😉
What are you waiting for?
So…It seemed to remove the PS4 System Activation. No one seems to have noticed this, but since 4.7, you were able to easily activate your PS4 without deactivating the previous one. It was really convenient, but clearly unintentional.
Besides maybe the FF XIV fix, this seems to have been the major change. Not sure if anyone else had ever noticed this, who could confirm, but after the update…It gives a warning, and prior it just activated it.
Keep in mind, I’m aware that before 4.70, you had to deactivate the primary before activating the new one. So again, this was some sort of bug/glitch that was unintentional by SONY.
It does suck though, cause the “glitch” just made switching between PS4s more convenient when playing with my brothers. We rotate between 2 PS4s, but one PS4 has to stay on my account. It wasn’t the case until the update, thanks to the trick.
On 2.50 since it was realeased for someone… ANYONE!!! To F^&*ing release anything meaningful… Linux atleast!!!
By the time they release something the lifespan of the PS4 will be over and the PS5 will be here…and then it won’t be worth it.