PS4 PKG2USB: Fake PKGs on USB 4.05 / 4.55 Payloads by SiSTRo

Following the App.pkg Database Mod, PS4 4.55 Update Blocker HEN and recent PS4HEN VTX release, PlayStation 4 developer @CelesteBlue made available via Twitter PS4 PKG2USB to dump and run Fake PKGs on USB with both 4.05 / 4.55 Payloads by SiSTRo.

Download: PS4 PKG2USB (Latest Release) / PKG2USB 4.55_USB.zip / GIT

Available on the latest release page are a ps4-pkg2usb.cfg configuration file, ps4-pkg2usb_405.bin and ps4-pkg2usb_455.bin payloads.

Before getting overly excited, this is some PKG2USB Feedback by Stooged for those considering giving it a try.

Here's a brief usage guide from e✘treme-Modding.de, to quote roughly translated:

Today we present you PKG2USB, a Payload (based on Vortex’s Dumper) to dump and run Fake PKGs on USB.

1) works only with fpkg
2) game/app must be before installed as usally on internal
3) copy ps4-pkg2usb.cfg to usb root
4) edit config title_id with game/app title_id
5) always use the same usb port when you installed game
6) to reinstall game to internal hdd, remove and reinstall as usal
tip: if you still have the pkg and you want to avoid wasting time waiting for the file to be copied from the payload on the usb HDD, copy the pkg to X:\PS4\CUSAxxxxx\app.pkg

Download: ps4-pkg2usb_v1.0.7z (7.4 KB)

Coded by SiSTRo – Credits to XVortex & Anonymous

Thanks for the payload, have tested it on 4.05 and it works perfect. Keep in mind that the app.pkg must be on internal hdd, so it’s similar to my Database Mod but with this payload you don’t have to edit the app.db anymore. Great work !

Spoiler

And from the README.md, to quote: PS4 PKG2USB – Dump and run Fake PKGs on USB – 4.05/4.55 Payload by SiSTRo

This is a PS4 payload (based on Vortex's dumper) to dump and run fake PKGs on USB.

• USB drive must be formatted to exFAT
• works only with fpkg (not official pkg)
• game/app have to be before installed as usually on internal storage
• copy ps4-pkg2usb.cfg to usb root
• edit config title_id with game/app title_id
• always use the same USB port that when you installed game
• to reinstall game to internal hdd, remove and reinstall as usual

Tip: If you still have the pkg and you want to avoid wasting time waiting for the file to be copied from the payload on the USB HDD, copy the pkg to X:\PS4\CUSAxxxxx\app.pkg

External USB drive storage for 4.05 and 4.55 PS4 homebrews and games is now a thing ! exFAT drive is way easiest to manage, no encryption, so maybe faster than native USB, and works also on 4.05 !!! Credits go to SiSTRO and xvortex and anonymous. (not me)
I recall that I didn't do anything in this project except releasing it. I host source code so people will improve it.
Cheers to everyone who shared the news tips in the ongoing PS4 4.55 Holy Grail (PS4HEN) discussion thread earlier on!

 

[fabrebatalla18]

MrAss613 They mistakenly have not published the Exploit folder on their github correctly, so now that folder contains the files for 4.05 when they would have to be 4.55, you have to wait for them to fix it.

 

[MrAss613]

@fabrebatalla18
Thanks for the quick help. I always just assume I'm messing something up. I actually had just given up on it and was going to test it on my 4.05

 

[FFTHEWINNER]

if the maximum size of the internal hard disk is increased instead of the availible size,wouldnt that mean we will end up not having a clue about how much space is truly left on the internal HDD?

 

[mtnjustme]

@FFTHEWINNER nope, because it offsets the size.
for example, if you're 50/90 and u transfer 1 gb it'd become 51/91, therefore in both cases u have 40gb left in your internal hard drive.

 

[FFTHEWINNER]

@mtnjustme according to @fabrebatalla18
"- Before moving the game: 107.8 GB / 861.6 GB
- After moving the game with the connected external hard drive: 107.8 GB / 873.8 GB"

so the "empty size" wasnt changed too like in your example. only the "hard drive size"was.

also, if we need to edit the cfg with the title ID of the game, wouldnt that mean we can only move one game to the external HDD? or can we change it each time we move a game and the previous games we moved would still work?

 

[Mikeads]

i'm confused and wish we had a tut to explain are maybe it's me

 

[SuperMarioLang]

I'm Very Sceptical About PKG2USB atm.
I'll wait until scene has done something more serious external HD-fix

BUT big respect for the one who made it work.

 

[mtnjustme]

@FFTHEWINNER he said before moving, but he installed it before that, he just skipped the process.
the true process was like that :
873.8 GB - 861.6 GB = 12.2 GB (file size)
107.8 GB - 12.2 GB = 95.6 GB
so :
95.6 GB / 861.6 GB is what he had before installing anything.
107.8 GB / 861.6 GB is what he had after installing the pkg.
107.8 GB / 873.8 GB is what he had after moving the pkg.

size he had at the beginning = 861.6 GB - 95.6 GB = 766 GB
size he had at the end = 873.8 GB - 107.8 GB = 766 GB
@fabrebatalla18
correct me if i'm wrong.

 

[fabrebatalla18]

@FFTHEWINNER
Every time you want to move a game you have to edit the cfg and with the ID of the game, then run the payload and the game will move, but evidently the previously moved games will continue to work, I hope that in future updates of the paylod this will move more than 1 game at a time.

@mtnjustme
It is as you say, the size of before installing the game I have not specified, I have skipped that step, however the trick works and this does not consume space in the internal HDD, only in the external.

 

[tooretoo42]

There are some disrespectful and ungrateful comments This payload has just been released. We should thanks devs for that and give them some feedback like other members has already done.