PS4 Guides and Tutorials

Following his previous guide, PlayStation 4 developer @Thisismrnameles returns today with a PS4 Debug Settings / PKG Installer Re-Tutorial that includes a handy 1.76 File Pack with everything you need to get started!

Download: 1.76_PS4 Files / 1.76_PS4.rar (Mirror)

From his YouTube Channel video's caption, to quote: Re-tutorial on PS4 DEBUG SETTINGS / PKG INSTALLER

I have been getting a lot of message lately about debug settings, and what not, hopefully this video answer your questions.
Another from Tralala LS:
And here's one more video from MrMario2011 on How to Activate Debug Settings on PS4 1.76 & Below, and from the caption to quote:

This video shows how to easily activate Debug Settings temporarily on a PlayStation 4 running firmware 1.76 and utilizing the PS4 WebKit Playground and a special payload file. Conveniently enough, we will be utilizing a different PS4 WebKit Playground which already has a payload file available right on the page to enable Debug Settings!

Thanks to both @Thisismrnameles and @raedoob for the news tip in the PSXHAX Shoutbox!

Following his previous demos and the PS4 UI Modding Database, today PlayStation 4 Modder @Thisismrnameles shared a PS4 Custom UI video demonstration HERE showcasing changes in the system app icons for PS4 Firmware 1.76 consoles.

Below is a brief guide from the demo video by Hydrogen, as follows: How to Mod Your Own UI Application with FTP 1.76 PS4

Pre-Requisites

• 1.76 Firmware PlayStation 4 Console
• Eyes
• FileZilla

Hand Typed Tutorial by Hydrogen:

1.) Turn on your PS4 Console.

2.) Connect your PS4 to a FTP Server (FileZilla).

3.) On FileZilla, go through your directories from the following and find the game/app you want to change: User > appmeta

4.) Drag the game folder or application folder into a brand new folder. Open it there, and you should see all the meta data for it. From here, "icon0" is the image of the application.

Quick Note: The images have to be 512x512 size, or this will not work. Also, 1st icon0 is a .png, and the 2nd icon0 is a .dds. Pic1/pic2/pic3/etc are always 1920x1080.

5.) Now get your image you want, and make sure you re-edit them to a .png file, and a .dds file. Afterwards, drag and drop them in.

6.) Drop the folder you were editing back into your game applications from FileZilla on your PS4.

7.) Restart your PS4, congratulations you have now created a UI Mod on your applications.

Thanks to @raedoob in the PSXHAX Shoutbox for the tip and @HydrogenNGU on Twitter!

Previously we reported on the PS4 1.76 Permanent Internet Browser Mod Payload, and recently PlayStation 4 modder MODDED WARFARE shared a video tutorial on enabling the PS4 1.76 Internet Browser without signing into PSN.

The guide uses the PS4 WebKit Playground, which can also be accessed in several flavors courtesy of e✘treme, and to quote:

How To Enable The Internet Browser on a PS4 Without PSN

How to enable the Internet browser on a PS4 with firmware 1.76 while not signed into PSN. With the Internet browser enabled you no longer need to use the user guide method to access the web kit playground.

PS4 Browser Patch: WebBrowserPatch.bin

PS4 Debug Settings Injector: ps4debugnetcat.zip
Thanks once again to @MODDEDWARFARE and @HydrogenNGU on Twitter for the heads-up of this video tutorial.

Following his Custom UI PS4 Mod (BETA) and the Resigning PS4 Trophies Guide, PlayStation 4 modder ThisIsMrNameless (Twitter) shared a PS4 Trophy Modding demonstration video today followed by a Real-Time Modding (RTM) guide by HydrogenNGU.

To quote from Hydrogen's guide on How to Mod Your PS4 Trophies via Real Time Editing:

Pre-Requisites

• 1.76 Firmware PlayStation 4 Console
• Eyes

Hand Typed Tutorial by Hydrogen

1.) Turn on your PS4 Console.

2.) On your web browser / manual, go into the PS4 WebKit Playground. (Can be found at eXtreme's Website, and many different places as well.)

3.) Move down where you find FTP Server + Debug Settings, and click Enable.

**Note** Once enabled you will be able to connect on your PS4 using Port 1337
(User/Password are not checked) and this will unlock Debug Settings.

4.) Make sure you have any FTP Server on your PC; Filezilla is the best for this. You can download it here: Filezilla Download.

5.) Connect via FTP on your PS4 IP on Port 1337.

6.) From here, just follow ThisIsMrNameless YouTube Video I will provide down below. Good luck on your editing!

From Pastebin.com:

This weekend PlayStation 4 developer @zecoxao shared a guide inspired by this code to enable more logs on retail PS4 1.76 consoles with help from @oneman123 aka z80 complete with a MemPatch payload and ELF for Hitodama's Playground.

Download: mempatch.zip (18 KB) / mempatch_retail.elf (68.33 KB)

To quote from zecoxao: How to Enable More Logs on Your Retail Console Tutorial

Credits to:

z80 (https://twitter.com/ZiL0G80) for finding the patches to enable more UART | /dev/klog logs on his console

You will need:

• Retail Payload
• elfldr / extreme-modding.de playground's elf loader (elf loading)
• UART Soldering Skills / FTP Server (to grab logs from /dev/klog)
• PS4 on 1.76

Steps:

• Fire up your own elfldr or extreme-modding.de one (it needs to go all the way to step 5 without out of memory!)
• Listen to the payload:

• Send the payload:

• Launch a game or a system app
• [Extra UART] If you have UART connected, listen to the logs while the game or app is being loaded
• [Extra klog] If you're not a soldering guy, just grab the...