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PS4 CFW and Hacks       Thread starter stooged       Start date Mar 5, 2018 at 7:10 PM       920      
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I will post this as a separate thread from the PS4 PKG2USB as the 2 payloads vary and it saves confusion.

Original Post: I was playing around with the ext0 mount and recreating the file structure that would be there if the pkg was installed to external storage.

There is a trick I found where if you copy the CUSAXXXXX folder from /user/app to /mnt/ext0/user/app and then unplug the hdd and plug it back in it causes the ps4 to do a repair and then the game is recognized as installed on external storage and from there there are other issues.

BUT with the great work SiSTRo has done in PKG2USB with the symlinks its a lot easier to manage with exfat and just normal USB.

So building on his PKG2USB and symlinks I modified what I was working on for the ext0 mount to work with the usb0 or usb1 and symlinks.

Downloads:
:arrow: Changlog via dbsuarez

This payload searches the entire /user/app folder and copies all installed fpkg games to usb from the system drive and creates the symlinks like SiSTRo has kindly shown us the ability to do.

If you want to target a single game not the whole folder use PKG2USB.

If you install more games just run the payload again and it will copy any new games to the USB and so on.

With symlinks you are making a link to a directory so you want to pick which USB port to have the hdd on and keep it on that same port or the links will point to the wrong directory. USB0 is what I use.

Thanks again to SiSTRo, xVortex, Anonymous, CelesteBlue!

PS4 JAILBREAK 5.05 How To Use APP2USB by seanp2500
Running PS4 Games From a USB with App2USB (5.05 Jailbreak)
Download: app2usb.rar (726 Bytes - configured to export app+update+dlcs to external disc, includes app2usb.ini)
AppToUSB by Stooged A Modification of PKG2USB for PS4.jpg
 

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first, thanks stooged for the great app. my question is, is there any limits to the size of the external drive this app will recognize?

i just got a 8tb seagate but if i am understanding this correctly its not seeing the full 8tb (or whatever the real size truly is 7.3tb or something like that) instead it looks like its only seeing 5tb. when i go to storage i see 1.70tb/3.69tb on the storage bar. it seems space is missing but on the windows side on the pc it shows the full drive. it was formatted in exfat. i kept the default allocation size.

forgot to add i am on 4.55 on fat ps4

thanks again
 
what you see on the storage settings page it is calculated: Original internal hard drive capacity + Size of the apps on the PS4 folder on your external HDD. you won't see 8TB or something like this.
In free space you see the space left on your internal.

@skullz23
 
Hi, it happen a strange thing to me.

It moved all my instaled games to the external disk, except the Order 1886...

There is any reason to ignore this game? I have no ignore games on the ini file...
 
@stripnwild

thanks for the link.
i actually did see that before i posted my question. its a little confusing but i think i got it. i guess i can keep moving things until i get that out of space message.

thanks again
 
I am wondering if anyone else notices a big difference in load times when running games off of an external hard drive? I have noticed games tend to take longer to load up, load cutscenes and even save game sometimes.

Anyone have any tips? I just grabbed a spare external drive I had lying around. I am sure it is 5400 RPM. Would getting a 7200 RPM help at all, or am I basically limited by the USB speeds. (It's a PS4 original).
 
Yes I noticed that too. It's just the same with PS3. What I did, all games that I think loads really slow like GTA V, I kept them in my internal sshd. All other small random games, in my external hdd.
 
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