I bought a jailbroken PS4 two months ago. It worked perfectly fine but now I can’t get into VUE it tells me I have Internet problems. It tries to update itself, but it can’t because it’s blocked. What can I do?

This was my cousin's earliest try at custom painting his PS4 Controller back when he was around 10 years old. As you can see, he did a horrible paint job, applying multiple thick layers of different spray paint on it. He gave me a couple dead controllers for my newly acquired PS4 that came without controllers and I've been able to fix most of them. I've also developed a hyper fixation on different versions and colors and so on. Now I have one extra motherboard lying about that would work, just without a fitting top shell. And, well, this was the one that is "supposed" to be on it. I'd also really love to have a white Controller and this top shell WAS of a white one.

As you can see, I've tried scraping the top right off with fine grained sand paper which, while cumbersome, did work. This wont work for the inner part tho. I've also tried blasting the thing with pressured water, to no avail. I'm now looking for a chemical solution that won't dissolve the shell itself (so no acetone). Do you guys happen to have any ideas?

I'd really love to rescue this shell in particular and also where I'm from white replacement shells are super hard to come by. I also won't buy a second used controller because first it would be way too expensive and second, I don't need the controller itself because I have everything there apart from this top shell. Hope someone will be able to give me some good ideas

Im on version 9.00 I tried every pkg cusa version nothing worked any idea how to fix?

FIX: TURN ON AIO PLUGIN FROM THE GOLDHEN SETTINGS

Hey, I'm looking for a mod to make the airflow more efficient on my ps4 pro CUH-7116B without disrupting completely the original airflow system because I've heard it isn't good on the other components other than cpu in the long term. I'm thinking about making some little holes on the plastic cover of the console, just where the fan is supposed to intake air to make it suck more air in. Is it a good idea or I'm gonna mess something up? I'm looking at the left side of the console and there are already small holes to let air enter but I don't think they're enough. Any recommendations?

Introducing the PS4 Xtreme v1

Ps4 Slim 11.00 JB with 4TB SSD & 8TB HDD
CPU cooler with in game temps of 55c-65c
2 high speed controllable fans. One for the heatsink the other keeps the motherboard, hdd, ps vr, and power supply cooled.
All in a lian li case with one power cord

Front panel easy pop off for bluray, VR, power access.
2USB front ports direct to ps4 , 4USB in back for power

Would have put in a ps4 pro if i still had one. Maybe for the ps4 Xtreme Pro Ultra v2.2

Got my hands on a 13.02 PS4. For reverting to the previous firmware, you need something to read/write into syscon and NOR chips. Did not want to spend any money to teensy. So i made a research and found out there is a tool made by 15432 (known from x360 scene) for dumping syscon with pi pico. Gave it a try and it worked perfectly. You can use 2 picos like me if you don't want to flash it again and undo the wiring multiple times.

The guide is not written extensively. Better to read it along with a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E1RGbFGzuw

Hardware requirements:

• Raspberry Pi Pico
• 200-500ohm resistor
• N-Channel MOSFET (With a low Vgs threshold (preferably < 2V) for pico to trigger it)

Software requirements:

• pico-serprog: SPI flashing firmware for pico to flash NOR
• ReneSos: (from 15432, u/pryiness) Pico firmware and PC software to read/write syscon
• Flashrom: PC software for flashing the NOR chip
  • The link above is for the 1v.4 Windows build. It is better to use on linux, arch repo has the latest build
• PS4 Wee Tools: For patching the syscon and NOR

Steps

1. Unlocking/Dumping the syscon

• Go through the steps explained by the author: https://gbatemp.net/threads/ps4-exploit-guide.497858/page-1418#post-10818701
• Make sure to dump twice and compare them each other with MD5 hash or compare tool from ps4 wee tools

2. Dumping the NOR

• Flash the pico_serprog.uf2 file into the pico. Remove the syscon wiring
• Do the wiring for your motherboard. Mine was SAC-001 in the first picture. SCK, SI, SO, CS, VCC, GND is enough. No need for WP and RESET. You can find the soldering points on nor wiring section of modded warfare's video
• PS: i had no issues but WP# pin floating may cause problems. you can solder a 10k or high enough resistor to 3v3 to disable write protection the proper way
• Launch powershell/cmd within the same folder as flashrom and execute this command: (Replace COM5 with your respective pico port name, you can check on device manager)
• ​./flashrom.exe -p serprog:dev=COM5 -r nordump.bin
• It may take up around 10-15 minutes. Windows version does not have progress bar. On linux; you can add --progress parameter
• Do it again with changing nordump.bin into nordump2.bin or sth else and compare them both. If they are the same, you're good.

3. Installing recovery firmware on PS4

• Disconnect the pico from PC and remove VCC and GND wires from pico side.
• Go to safe mode and install the SAME OFW recovery firmware from USB.

4. Dump the NOR again

• Go through the same steps as 2 with different output file name
• ./flashrom.exe -p serprog:dev=COM5 -r nordump_update.bin

5. Legit CoreOS Patch

• On wee tools, select file browser(1) and select your first nor dump (nordump.bin).
• Select Legit CoreOS Patch
• Press y and select your second nor dump output from 4th step (nordump_update.bin)
• Press enter and go back. Now you have your patched dump in the same folder as first nor backup (nordump_legit_patch.bin)

6. SYSCON Patch

• On wee tools, select your syscon dump and select Auto SNVS patch. Choose the recommended method.
• Now you have your patched syscon file in the folder (syscondump_patch_A.bin).

7. Write the patched NOR

• Copy the patched NOR into the same folder as flashrom and execute this:
• ./flashrom.exe -p serprog:dev=COM5 -w nordump_update.bin
• It takes longer than dumping because of the verification

8. Write the patched syscon

• Flash the relay.uf2 and do the syscon wiring again.
• You don't need the mosfet after you have unlocked the syscon chip in the first step. 3V3, GND, TOOL0, RESET wiring is enough. 2nd image for example
• Press ProgMode->CodeFlash->Write and select your patched syscon file (syscondump_patch_A.bin). Press yes if prompted for force debug in the future

9. Install the lower firmware

• Turn on the PS4 with safe mode. Select firmware update from usb, and it will ask you to update X.XX or higher; X.XX being the previous one

What does the ps plus mean next to the pkg file I installed the GTA game, but it doesn’t pop up on my xmb it says I need to install something else and then I click on it. It says update later or update now so it’s trying to force my console to update for some reason. This was download from andrew2007 I’m still new to the PS4 scene so like to know what this means or I just can’t use pkg with the ps plus
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But I can delete the game/left over files if I click on the notification where it wants me to update it