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)

 

[DEFAULTDNB]

@stooged is awol?

 

[stooged]

No just busy backing up my old 40tb server and building a new server to handle more capacity.

5.05 should spark some new life into things and im also looking forward to the homebrew tools that were mentioned something new to play with

 

[barelynotlegal]

just curious, i have done a lot of games this way, but one hdd refuses to help, instead of finding existing pkg and creating link, it just says processing cusaxxxx, and nothing moves. everything stays were it is. i have tried a few ini's from working hdd's but still nothing.. any suggestions?

 

[Lidor Baum]

@barelynotlegal you have probably got 2 USB devices connected to the PS4, and the payload processing on the USB you don't want it to process.

 

[BigWadger]

@barelynotlegal more likely the useless hdd have a hidden partition take a look with gparted or a winblows equivalent

 

[barelynotlegal]

@BigWadger will look into that I did notice it was set to cache writing and not quick release or whatever it’s called. I’ll take a look when I get home.
(Pretty sure I formatted it exfat twice now)
Lol it is a Xbox hdd (as in the green external)

 

[fabrebatalla18]

Anyone have plans to do por this payload in a pkg APP with a nice interface for the user where you can interact and select which games go to the external HDD? I think you could even create a list with names and CUSAID and make everything more enjoyable for the end user

 

[amcik]

i have a problem i opened the folder named ps4 and open another folder named CUSAXXX so after that i copied the pkg file and change the name as app.pkg this way is the fastest way what should i do with the patch files??

 

[Sovikos]

@amcik That's not the fastest way. If you are using the latest version, first install the games... 2nd edit the AppToUsb.ini file and remove the slashes // before CHECK_USB

So this: //CHECK_USB becomes this: CHECK_USB
Now just send AppToUSB and it will check all the PKG files on the root of your external drive and then move them itself to the PS4/CUSAXXXXXX folders. No need to drag and drop or rename anything.

 

[amcik]

@Sovikos i know but ps4 to hdd copying is very slow so i'm doing copying in my pc and app2usb doing the deleteing files from console but i don't know how to do the patch files copying myself