App2USB / AppToUSB by Stooged: A Modification of PKG2USB for PS4

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:

• 455 Source GIT
• 405 Source GIT
• AppToUsb 5.05 (Latest Release)
• AppToUsb 4.55 (Latest Release)
• AppToUsb 4.05 (Latest Release)
• PS4 App2USB (Scene Collective)

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)

 

[edrix2004]

@Sovikos I'm using 4TB Seagate Backup Plus and 4TB Seagate Expansion. I guess the difference in loading speed that I'm seeing is because my internal hdd is a hybrid drive (2TB Seagate Firecuda).

 

[zerodevide]

i saw, there is v14 on github.
anything new ?

 

[WarCoZes]

@zerodevide
Rename app.pkg to ID+GameName.pkg
Added command RENAME_APP in the ini.

 

[stooged]

@zerodevide

I changed how the pkg files are named from app.pkg to the content id so they are like this now EP9000-CUSA07875_00-UNCHD4LOSTLEGACY.pkg

it just makes it easier to identify and manage the pkg files on a computer.

you can uncomment RENAME_APP in the ini and that will cause the payload to rename all the existing linked pkg files from app.pkg to the new name format.

when moving a new game to the hdd you can still make the CUSAXXXXX folder on the hdd and put the pkg file in the folder with the app.pkg name and the payload will find it and rename it to the new name format and link it without transferring it from the ps4 internal drive.

 

[WarCoZes]

@stooged
Thanks for changelog.

 

[Lidor Baum]

@WarCoZes Amazing!

@stooged Thank you! Tried v14, but the namechange is working only for games I linked with v13(those with images) , how can I make the namechange for all games in PS4 folder?

 

[BigWadger]

you can uncomment RENAME_APP in the ini and that will cause the payload to rename all the existing linked pkg files from app.pkg to the new name format.

 

[Lidor Baum]

@BigWadger I did this but it renamed only the games I created in v13 and not v12

 

[stooged]

@Lidor Baum

If you have games specified in the move/ignore list the payload will still obey those conditions.

 

[Lidor Baum]

@stooged I uncommented the rename and put in the list ALL the games i have linked to the external, but the rename command applied only to the games the linked via v13, and not via v12