I'm pretty sure that at least some metadata about installed titles is stored in the NOR flash. Otherwise Brazilian method could just work with swapping hard drives or so.
I really wonder why nobody made a dumper for the NOR yet. Would probably be helpful for many developers that tinker with...
Before I want to start with the PS4 exploiting I would like to have a complete backup of NAND/NOR/Hard Drive so that I can restore the PS4 back to "stock" if I ever want to update and go online again. Or also just to be able to restore everything in case something breaks.
I read some tutorials...
Can someone explain me how the direct USB Loaders work? What do I have to add to my source code to make my dol compatible with the channel creation of WBFS Manager?