PlayStation 4 News: TheFlow advises to stay on FW 6.20 or below if you want to hack your console – kxploit currently in the works!
One of the biggest gripes in the PlayStation 4 scene is that the newest hacked firmware (5.05/5.07) is more than 2 years old. This makes finding a hackable PS4 quite difficult and you’ll not be able to play games released after January 2018 bar a few backports using debug executables. Now, the situation in the PlayStation 4 scene seems to be changing because TheFlow has just announced to stay on FW 6.20 or lower as a kxploit is coming!
Isn’t there already a public exploit for FW 6.20? Why is a kernel exploit important?
While it is true that there are public exploits for FW 6.20, these are WebKit exploits meaning that they only exploit the user-land.
As a result, these exploits of which there are at least two, one by SpecterDev and one by Fire30 are not powerful enough to create a full jailbreak similar to that found on FW 5.05 or below since such jailbreaks require a kernel exploit (kxploit). From a user point of view, WebKit exploits won’t deliver much except a ray of hope since they do provide an entry point from which a kernel exploit can be chained later on.
Unfortunately, public kernel exploits are far and few between for a magnitude of reasons with one being that they allow for piracy in a console that’s still considered as current for which numerous games are still being released.
TheFlow advises not to update past FW 6.20
Moving on to actual news bit, TheFlow has announced that he’s working on a kernel exploit (kxploit) for PlayStation 4 Firmware 6.20 and that you shouldn’t update past it meaning that a public release is to be expected further down the line.
TheFlow is a name synonymous with the PlayStation Vita hacking scene as he did various contributions to that scene including h-encore and h-encore2 which hack PSVita FW 3.65+, Adrenaline and VitaShell among many others including a recently released save state plugin.
As a result, it could be said that TheFlow is known to deliver meaning that it may not be too long before the PlayStation 4 gets hacked up to and including Firmware 6.20. Furthermore, TheFlow managed to get his hands on a FW 6.20 PlayStation 4 meaning that development/testing efforts will probably see a boost soon.
Conclusion
Finally, it’s important to state that TheFlow has given no ETA so it’s futile to ask him on Twitter or elsewhere when he’ll be releasing his work as you’ll only be risking a ban from his social media accounts. You may donate to TheFlow via the Patreon link below on which he sometimes shares status updates/releases before releasing them publicly.
TheFlow’s Twitter (further updates): https://twitter.com/theflow0
TheFlow’s Patreon (donating): https://www.patreon.com/TheOfficialFloW
Finally some good news.
Yaaay! Even though mines is hack already.
“… not able to play games released after January 2018”.
This is incorrect. God of War 2018 came out in April 2018 and it required 5.05 “out of the box”, with a day-1 patch that required 5.50. That’s the latest game you can play on a 5.05 PS4.
I know because I deliberately held off on playing this game after reading some of the reviews that played it without any game updates. I said “no, thanks”. Today’s developer mentality is “release now, fix later.” You get a significantly inferior product if you don’t update your games, and when the online services will be cut off (like what happened to the Wii Store), your disc-based games are gonna be buggy messes.
That’s why I usually wait 6-12 months to play a game. Not to mention you almost always get a “deluxe edition” or a “GOTY” (game of the year) edition, obviously with the latest patches included.
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Is there any bundle ps4 which “should” come with firmware 6.20 or less?
usually,w when THE FLOW says soon, he means soon.
frick already updated *** flow
well fugg, i’m already at 7.0 with my ps4 pro since i didn’t think there would be any news >_>
You mean I might actually be able to play my copies of Spiderman and Valkyria Chronicles 4? That’s the best news I’ve heard in two years!
Yay more games to play.
Is there any particular bundle PS4 which should come with firmware 6.20 or less?
Already sold my OG PS4 5.05 for PS4 Pro (latest version)
After two years, I’m convinced that no hack will ever come for PS4 anymore lol.
But I’m sure TheFlow will deliver.
Don’t expect a 7.1 kexploit not even a web exploit. My PS4 in 6.20 has been sleeping for several years because I was waiting for this so we will have to wait 3-4 years for the 7.1 and by then it will be like the PS3 it will be obsolete and everyone will talk about the PS6 but the PS4 will be out of date at all!
Bought it on n it was 6.20 n i kept it on 6.20. the vita scene taught me not to update anything else the is something for that firmware. Bought my vita on 1.05 updated to 3.01 without understanding anything about the scene but i kept it there until the big leak then updated to 3.18
Anybody know the best way to update from 5.05 to 6.20? Which games shipped with it?
You can update via USB stick.
safe to say 6.51 won’t be making the cut?
I juuust got one and haven’t updated yet and not holding my breath
buttttt I honestly thought the webkit went up to last firmware before 7.00
or was that the public CVE patched that was never actually exploited
“2018/12/12 System Software Update 6.20 for PlayStation 4 Systems – 2019/03/07 System Software Update 6.50 for PlayStation 4 Systems”
Straight from Playstation website. Likely anything released up to April 2019, should run on 6.20 before 6.50 was mandated.
I have two PS4, one pro version and other older version. I kept PS4 pro up to dat it’s now on firmware 7.0. The older one is still on Firmware 5.05 haven’t touched it for more than a year now. Soon I will be able to take the dust out of it. Glad I didn’t sold it.
Well, this was to be expected since last year, since the kexploits that have been private had to be released before PS5 release. What would be the point to hold onto them?
Imm grabbing the 6.20 PUP now just in case lol
You will find 6.20 PUP everywhere my friend
Sony updated my firmware despite that setting having been turned off for over a year w/o any interaction from me. So now my PS4 Pro is on 6.51 or some ***. I guess it auto-installed because my power went out and came back on? *** me that’s wonderful.
Which PS4 Pro versions are still available on 6.20 or lower from retail?
i personaly dont much care cos i have a modern pc – plain cracked games, hav ps4 with 6.00 almoust 2 yrs now
good
YES! But oh man i’m waiting for 6.72 kernel exploit
Anyone know which PS Pro bundles are on 6.20 or earlier?
spidetman limited
Oh man, i think my pro is 6.51 when i buy it second hand. Crappy luck, should i sell it?
Sell that, and any PS4 you have if you are waiting for an exploit. Not going to happen.
All firmwares are exploited in private. They will be released eventually, so really, if you have a good PS4 Pro, just keep it and eventually, you will be able to run HEN in the future.
im still playing my ps4 5.05, so much games i never played on that firmware, glad to hear for 6.2 now i can play more games