Release: PS4_db_rebuilder will repair your PS4 database (and not lose your fpkg in the process)
Official PS4 Safe mode screen. (not the actual tool)
Developer Zer0xFF released a pretty useful tool for hacked PS4 owners: PS4_db_rebuilder.
In some cases, your PS4 might crash and get your games database corrupted. The official way to fix this is to restart the PS4 in safe mode and do a “rebuild database”. Unfortunately, if you have a hacked PS4 and a bunch of fpkg files (homebrew or “backups”) installed, the official tool will not retrieve those, and although they’ll still use space on your hard drive, you’ll be unable to reach them in any way (formatting + reinstalling everything probably being the only option).
PS4_db_rebuilder addresses this issue by actually retrieving the fpkgs and fixing the database by including them as well.
From the developer, as to specifically who can benefit from this tool:
there seem to be a small level of confusion about this, especially from people that never had a db rebuild before, so to those lucky few, if your PS4 crashes just at the right time, it will corrupt your game list database and the next time the PS4 boot it will try to rebuild it. When that happens, the PS4 will ignore all your fpkgs, and so, they won’t show up in the the PS4 menu, nor the storage menu, so you won’t be able to play or remove them, but they are there and will still count toward your storage space.
This script, will find those games and add them to the database again. It don’t nothing else. If you’re upgrading your hdd, if you’re formatting your PS4, if you have your games on external HDD, if you’re restoring a previous backup, this does nothing for you.
Download and use PS4_db_rebuilder
PS4_db_rebuilder is a python script that you can download from the developer’s github here. (You’ll need Python to run this).
To use the script, from the tool’s readme:
- start FTP server on the PS4
- run the python script though terminal/cmdline
python3 fix_db.py PS4_IP - wait for the script to finish, then logout of the PS4 user without closing the browser
- log back in and all your games should be there again
Source: Zer0xFF
Oh thank god. I lost my *** when this happened the first time(Three times in total now ) and thought I updated it or something. Now I won’t have that problem again. Awesome.
Thanks…its very useful
Hi guys, the OFW is out. Any news about a hack ?
hmm makes me wonder to make nodejs rebuild xproject from transecript
witha nodejs module having xproject rebuild and some lighthost
server.js and build.js
npm install xproject-lightsserver
npm build run
can someone explain how to do this exactly?
OK this is how i did this.
Install Python
copy the files from the release into a folder
run cmd from within that folder.
type
py fix_db.py 192.168.x.xx (your ps4 adress)
This worked for me, hope it does for you to!
Thanks for this awesome release ive waited for this for a long time
I tried from two days but nothing happen.i use ftp from azif paylod 5.05 then filezilla in Laptop and connect both .after i open python 3.7 version and type, c:\ Fix_db.py 198.162.xx.xx nothing happen for me i dont know where i am wrong
Hi. I need a little help.
I have ps4 500gb on 5.05 but i want to put 1TB hdd in it. How do I put 5.05 fw on it?
Any tutorial??
Can the PS4_db_rebuilder rebuild DLC installed on external HDD?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ps4homebrew/comments/8yym9y/dlc_on_external_hdd_disappear_after_a/
I tried from two days but nothing happen.i use ftp from azif paylod 5.05 then filezilla in Laptop and connect both .after i open python 3.7 version and type, c:\ Fix_db.py 198.162.xx.xx nothing happen for me i dont know where i am wrong
Ok guys let’s go simple
Download python and download the rar file from github
Extract the rar file to desktop in a folder and name this folder fixdb
Run hen 1.8 in Ps4 and then run FTP on the PS4
open CMD in windows and type CD desktop\fixdb
Hit enter
Now type
Py fix_db.py 192.168.0.101
Or whatever your FTP PS4 IP address
Is. The one above is an example
Hit enter
Let it complete and then log out of Ps4
And log back in