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

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)
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@CapoCEO not sure about other members, but I've never had any problems with app2usb. I've used it with different HDD sizes (1tb-8tb) on all 3 PS4 models. Just make sure your .ini file is properly configured to how you want it to do stuff for you.
 
@CapoCEO pkg2usb is what this is based on but ive never used it, Ive had no probs at all with this app but im expecting a few of the new games on 5.05 wont work this way as ive found with NFS payback, Its the only one ive come across so far but the error is the same as if its playing a fpkg from an official formatted external so we know the kernel isnt patched to let fpkg run from external and it seems some games will know when run externally
 
I am wondering if you can just create the symlinks yourselves guys? At least while you wait. I've had experience tinkering with the Raspberry Pi 3 and RetroPie and used Symlinks all the time. I'm sure if you FTP in you can create one and see if it works.
 
There is no ftp command to make a symlink, we'd need something like ssh and that requires a shell of some sort which is also not present. Hopefully porting this is just a matter of a few memory location updates.

I'm in no rush to get to 5.05 so I'm going to wait it out, though I may just load the games on 4.55 first and move them to usb then upgrade to 5.05 so i can actually play those newer games. Does anyone know if being on 4.55 stops you from installing the pkg or is it just launching it after install that fails?
 
@dyers launch after install fails. You can install any version pkg on any fw, it just wont run without correct OFW version matching or higher than game was build with..
 
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