PS4 Guides and Tutorials

Following his previous tutorial and other recent text guides, PlayStation 4 developer @XeXSolutions let us know on the PSXHAX Discord that he's added some new video tutorials to his YouTube Channel for those with a 1.76 PS4 console.

As time progresses the process becomes easier to follow, and below are two videos covering How To Run The Elf Loader Locally For 1.76 PS4 and How To Run PS4 Game Backups As Full Version 1.76 to help simplify things.

From the video's caption, to quote: How To Run The Elf Loader Locally For 1.76 PS4

• Node.js Download: NodeJS.org
• Elf Loader: Hitodama
• Song Name: RetroVision - Campfire

Credits to everyone in the PS4 modding community, too many to list here. Be sure to follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/XeXSolutions

For an awesome modding community join http://www.xpgamesaves.com/

Skype: xex.solutions


More videos on there way...

How To Run PS4 Game Backups As Full Version 1.76

• Socat for Windows: socat-windows-master.rar
• Netcat: NETCAT.rar
• Elf Loader: ELFLoader.rar
• Payloads for Game Disc: SCE.Party
• FileZilla (FTP Client): Filezilla-Project.org
• Song Name: LFZ - Popsicle

Credits to everyone in the PS4 modding community, too many to list here. Be sure to follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/XeXSolutions

For an awesome modding community join http://www.xpgamesaves.com/

Skype: xex.solutions

More videos on there way...

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Since the initial Zecoxao Tutorial, 1.76 BurtE Guide and most recently the Video Guide by Modded_Warfare today PlayStation 4 developer @0x199 made available a noob-friendly Socat mod called PS4KernelHooksHelper via Twitter to easily send kernel_hooks to your PS4 and grab the logs alongside a condensed guide on SCE.Party for how to run PS4 backups games.

Download: PS4KernelHooksHelper.rar (87 KB)

To quote from his new PlayStation 4 hacking site SCE.Party: How to Run Backup Games

In this tutorial I will explain how to run backup games using tools to make the process easier.

First you will need five things:

• 1.76 PS4
• FileZilla installed on your PC
• A backup of a game (you can find them here)
• PS4KernelHooksHelper (you can find it here)
• Local ELF loader

Now you have that ready, let's get started.

Preparing the PS4

1. Load FTP + Debug Settings from a playground on your PS4.
2. In FileZilla, go to the /data/ folder and make a new folder called CUSAXXXXX
3. Put the backup game in the CUSAXXXXX folder.
4. Reboot the PS4.

Loading the backup

1. Load up your local ELF loader and let it get to stage 5.
2. In your PS4KernelHooksHelper folder, run PS4KernelHooksHelper.bat
3. In the dialog, type S and press enter.
4. When it doesn't give you an error message, type L to grab the logs.
5. When it says "succesfully started" in the logs at the very bottom, load up The Playroom.

All done! Your backup is now running on your 1.76 PS4.

Also below from @ZeraTron (Twitter) is a another tutorial via...

Following his last update, the PlayStation 4 fixed payload, tutorial and KOTF releases today @MODDEDWARFARE posted a How to get Free Trial/Demo Games on a 1.76 PS4 video guide on his YouTube Channel with an updated version 1.1 codebase for PS4 backup games / PS4 homebrew patches by @zecoxao on Twitter below.

Download: code-1.1.tgz (1.3 MB)

How to get Free Trial/Demo Games on a 1.76 PS4

From the video's caption: It's finally happened! 1.76 PS4's can now run games from the HDD without a disc and even run homebrew applications without custom firmware. In this video I will show you how to get a game rip running on your 1.76 PS4.

Download links:

• elf-loader-master.rar
• socat-windows-master.rar (with Kernel Hooks file already inside)
• NETCAT.rar
• FileZilla
• Node.js

Cheers to @SSShowmik in the PSXHAX Shoutbox and @raedoob on...

Over the weekend we saw a P.T. Game Backup Running on PS4 1.76 OFW, and similar to Zecoxao's Tutorial here's another by BurtE of the NGU FAM that may be easier for those struggling to follow.

Download: socat-windows-master.rar (1.7 MB) / NETCAT.rar (13 KB) / elf-loader-master.rar (82 KB)

To quote from BurtE on: How to play your game backups on retail 1.76!

Hi guys, Today I have a little tutorial for you 1.76 users shared by a friend of mine, in this tutorial you'll learn how to run you own game backups via The Playroom.

What you will require:

• 1.76 console
• socat
• elf loader
• cmd
• filezilla
• ftp payload
• netcat
• decrypted game modules of the game you're using
• filesystem of the game you're using
• kernel hooks patch

1. Replace the encrypted game modules with the decrypted modules
2. Turn on your PS4 and enable FTP Payload
3. Go to data and make a folder called CUSAXXXXX
4. Drag and drop the game filesystem that you're using with the decrypted modules into CUSAXXXXX
5. Once it has finished switch off console to clean memory
6. Switch on PS4
7. Start ELF loader on PC
8. Open cmd and cd to socat directory
9. Open the browser on PS4 and go to ELF loader
10. Once it has got to stage 5 and its stabilized then execute this command in your socat cmd window
11. If it executes correctly without out of memory error then run listener with
12. If a cmd window comes up and says started successfully at the bottom then minimize browser with ps button and run the playroom

List of games for firmware 1.76 by...

Since the announcement earlier this week via Twitter, PlayStation 4 developer @zecoxao released a proof-of-concept (PoC) guide on playing the Minecraft Trial on a Retail PS4 console.

Additionally, he revealed the next game they're working on is P.T. (many may recall Playable Teaser was also decrypted, extracted and mined by PS4 devs) and even hinted that some people are working on PS4 homebrew also!

P.T. (Playable Teaser) on PS4 1.76 Retail Demo, Homebrew Coming!

To quote from zecoxao: [Tutorial] How to Play Minecraft Trial on your Retail PS4 (POC)

Requirements:

• Minecraft Patch (eboot_plugin) (36.16 KB)
• Kernel Hooks Payload (kernel_hooks) (421.02 KB)
• code-1.0.tgz via Hastebin.com (1.30 MB - eboot_plugin / kernel_hooks sauce aka source code)
• CUSA00265 decrypted eboot named as eboot_dec.bin
• CUSA00265 filesystem (minus sce_modules)
• The Playroom encrypted sce_modules
• Playground that supports Code Exec and Elf Loader / Extreme-modding.de playground / etc
• Filezilla Client (Transfer mode MUST be binary)
• NetCat...