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)

 

[wwywong]

Thanks @stooged for this crazy good app! Of course shout out to
@CelesteBlue and SiSTRo for the original too. Just curious, @stooged is this reversible?

I.e. if I want the game to go back to internal, is there a way to reverse it like ftp-ing the app.pkg back to the folder in the internal? Also, for the ini for ignore usage, would it be better if we can specify whether the ini is for ignoring usage or selecting usage? i.e.

;mode = 0: ignore list (ignore below games when moving pkg)
;mode = 1: select list (select below games when moving pkg - and ignore the rest)
mode=0
CUSAXXXX1
CUSAXXXX2
CUSAXXXX3

Just a suggestion. It's great already as it is!

 

[Docta]

Thank you so much @stooged!! It's awesome!

 

[Ryzemup]

Thanking you @stooged

 

[seanp2500]

So if I understand correctly one would copy their games to their usb using this app and can load them from usb. The app also deletes their internal data for them.

So it is now also usable to install more games or you can't have both launching games? Internal and usb? This would be an excellent contribution if so. Thanks much for your work and sharing it.

 

[Chronoss09]

@stooged : possible to make a v2 for USB ?

 

[RSG]

Thanks @stooged! Will the games run on another console?

 

[jad67tony]

hi Friend Stooged, I like to translate the notification of the work of all. Can I have your source files to compile notifications in French? Of course if not possible I understand, no worries I ask at random

 

[cedsaill4]

Good job thx for my 4.05

 

[lecisco]

"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."

I will try that

 

[Crazycrazu]

great great our @stooged!