PS5 Exploit Guide

ThePSGuy · 2026-10-04T09:24:46+0100

veggav said:
Not sure if this is of any help to anyone but there was a game I was only able to find in fpkg format.

So I was able to extract it with https://github.com/thanhsondev/PSVIETHOA-FPKG-Builder/
and build the .exfat file with https://github.com/pearlxcore/PS5PKGTool

Took me a few hours to find out the tool that would extract the fpkg.

PS5 PKG Tool can't extract fpkg files, while it seems to have this feature, it errors out everytime.

Thanks for the tip, might come in handy in the future as some of the new dumps are FPKGs first.

HS2005 · 2026-10-04T09:34:18+0100

Eva888 said:
So, do I understand correctly that you tested one game—where the folder/exFAT method (or something similar) caused issues—but the "fPKG" method worked without a hitch? That’s good news, because it confirms that "fPKG" method actually helps and isn't just for show.

What did you mean by "original disc"? I believe installing a game from an original disc is essentially a "PKG" installation too.

I have tested multiple games. I have just only written down one as an example. I'm a FF addict so that's one I'd like to test.
In terms of stability, speed and size (GB) fpkg rules above exfat and the other formats we have as of right now.

By original dics I mean that I own the original psyhical copy.

Post automatically merged: Today at 9:54 AM

PS5 Suite v7.1.5 — Complete PS5 Management Platform

All-in-one management suite for jailbroken PS5 consoles. One app — on Windows, Linux or macOS (Android build in progress) that does everything: high-speed file transfers, game mount/launch, decrypted save backup/restore, screenshots, live hardware monitoring, PKG streaming installs, full FPKG building on the PC, memory tools, fan control, kernel log and a remote shell.

The project has a new name, a brand-new cross-platform UI, and it's faster than ever file transfers now hit ~280 MB/s over Ethernet thanks to a parallel chunked engine and persistent connection streaming.

What's new:
Rewritten in Avalonia one app for Windows, Linux & macOS (Android WIP)
Dual-pane PC ⇄ PS5 file browser uploads, downloads, rename/copy/move/delete, NAS/SMB support
Stream PKG installs from PC no more copying 20 GB to the console first
Games: list, launch, mount/unmount, details
Saves: decrypted mount, browse, backup/restore (decrypted + raw)
Screenshots & media browser with thumbnails
Live system monitortemps, fan, per-core CPU, RAM, power draw
Shell, filesystem search index, fan control, memory scanner, kernel log
Convert to FPKG entirely on PC — full PFS/CNT/FIH build with fake-signing
Payload self-update + GitHub update checker
Tested with etaHEN & Kstuff.

Link: https://github.com/manos555555/PS5-Suite/releases/tag/v7.1.5

SonGoku78 · 2026-10-04T09:54:27+0100

@Eva888 thanks for trying to help, much apreciated.
I dont want to try and change things unnecessary though.
And i dont want to do trial and error as thats not good for the hardware with constant shutdowns.
So please can someone tell me what exactly are the prerequisites for fpkg, preferably with etahen, because i simply like the easy of cheats.
so echostretch kstuff lite v1.11 is indeed capable of fpkg ? or do i need a special for fpkg prepared kstuff lite ?
Because people writing "kstuff lite dr FPKG.elf" but the official repo labels it without FPKG, so that really confusing here.
i know dr is the drakmor version, so must it be kstuff special fpkg version of drakmor or is the echostretch lite v.1.11 good enough ?

and so is shadownmount+ 1.7beta2 good for fpkg? same question as for kstuff, do i need a sprecial fpkg version or only the official release is good enough?

etahen shouldnt prevent fpkg right ? i see no reason why it should...

could it be the 007 fpkg relase is bogus ? what game in fpkg (preferaby very small) is a definitive work on a 4.03 console ?
so i can beter understand if its my payloads or the 007 fpkg.

arson-tux · 2026-10-04T09:55:56+0100

Y2JB is a lot more stable than autoloader i have yet to see it hang.
Makes me wonder that it's a autoloader issue not a relapse issue.

MohammedQ8 · 2026-10-04T09:58:46+0100

HS2005 said:
I have tested multiple games. I have just only written down one as an example. I'm a FF addict so that's one I'd like to test.
In terms of stability, speed and size (GB) fpkg rules above exfat and the other formats we have as of right now.

By original dics I mean that I own the original psyhical copy.

Post automatically merged: Today at 9:54 AM

PS5 Suite v7.1.5 — Complete PS5 Management Platform
All-in-one management suite for jailbroken PS5 consoles. One app — on Windows, Linux or macOS (Android build in progress) that does everything: high-speed file transfers, game mount/launch, decrypted save backup/restore, screenshots, live hardware monitoring, PKG streaming installs, full FPKG building on the PC, memory tools, fan control, kernel log and a remote shell.

The project has a new name, a brand-new cross-platform UI, and it's faster than ever file transfers now hit ~280 MB/s over Ethernet thanks to a parallel chunked engine and persistent connection streaming.

What's new:
Rewritten in Avalonia one app for Windows, Linux & macOS (Android WIP)
Dual-pane PC ⇄ PS5 file browser uploads, downloads, rename/copy/move/delete, NAS/SMB support
Stream PKG installs from PC no more copying 20 GB to the console first
Games: list, launch, mount/unmount, details
Saves: decrypted mount, browse, backup/restore (decrypted + raw)
Screenshots & media browser with thumbnails
Live system monitortemps, fan, per-core CPU, RAM, power draw
Shell, filesystem search index, fan control, memory scanner, kernel log
Convert to FPKG entirely on PC — full PFS/CNT/FIH build with fake-signing
Payload self-update + GitHub update checker
Tested with etaHEN & Kstuff.

Link: https://github.com/manos555555/PS5-Suite/releases/tag/v7.1.5

hi is there a way to increase game installation speed from burned blu ray disk?

SonGoku78 · 2026-10-04T10:09:02+0100

SonGoku78 said:
@Eva888 thanks for trying to help, much apreciated.
I dont want to try and change things unnecessary though.
And i dont want to do trial and error as thats not good for the hardware with constant shutdowns.
So please can someone tell me what exactly are the prerequisites for fpkg, preferably with etahen, because i simply like the easy of cheats.
so echostretch kstuff lite v1.11 is indeed capable of fpkg ? or do i need a special for fpkg prepared kstuff lite ?
Because people writing "kstuff lite dr FPKG.elf" but the official repo labels it without FPKG, so that really confusing here.
i know dr is the drakmor version, so must it be kstuff special fpkg version of drakmor or is the echostretch lite v.1.11 good enough ?

and so is shadownmount+ 1.7beta2 good for fpkg? same question as for kstuff, do i need a sprecial fpkg version or only the official release is good enough?

etahen shouldnt prevent fpkg right ? i see no reason why it should...

could it be the 007 fpkg relase is bogus ? what game in fpkg (preferaby very small) is a definitive work on a 4.03 console ?
so i can beter understand if its my payloads or the 007 fpkg.

To add why i suspect the 007 fpkg is because its stated as backported but i dont get the usual backport message when starting the game.
How are backported fpgks to work/behave?
Must they show the usual backport message on game startup?
Or must the backport file be seperarely installed? But there was no extra file in the release zip.

Eva888 · 2026-10-04T10:16:53+0100

SkiDDeR said:
i tried multiple images, one from the youtube video, others from a github that for the bypass but without success. Also someone from the forum send me a clone from his drive thats its from later version but again without success

We’ll give it a try tomorrow without heatsink—so for that minute or two, I'll just hope it doesn't explode.

First, we’ll check without modification to see if PS5 detects the drive (both are gen3, 2242 and 2280), and then we’ll try it with image modification. I seem to recall that for some people, PS5 detects PCIe 3 drives even without any special modification... You mentioned 8.xx—what exact firmware version do you have? I’ve seen reports of it working on firmware versions higher than 8.xx

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-04T10:38:57+0100

SonGoku78 said:
To add why i suspect the 007 fpkg is because its stated as backported but i dont get the usual backport message when starting the game.
How are backported fpgks to work/behave?
Must they show the usual backport message on game startup?
Or must the backport file be seperarely installed? But there was no extra file in the release zip.

I have done only limited testing so far with fpkg on a 6.02 system. So just using latest Drakmor Kstuff + Shadowmount plus.

1) On backported games SM+ will show message when launching game.

2) That is not a guarantee game will work because on a Returnal fpkg, it froze during launch phase. I read comments and people said it worked on different fw but not for 6.xx. That includes my 6.02. Means that person who created backport made mistakes or other issue.

3) Other game I took had two fpkg files. One for the game and one for backport. I installed game first then backport file after.
Game worked fine after.

So your problem with 007 could be an issue with SM+ not launching backport message during launch OR the backport for your fw wasn't done properly so no sm+ message, frozen launch, kernel panic,etc.

I was lucky to figure out issue because people left comments on twitter. Otherwise I wouldn't know possible cause.

My next step would be to extract backport file from fpkg and see if I can fix myself but have no experience on this process and wonder if possible....

BleepToBleep · 2026-10-04T11:13:54+0100

veggav said:
I was wrong.

FPKG of Silent Hills (P.T.) (CUSA01127) do exist, found it.
installed and it works!

Hi, how have been able to make it work? I own PT on my PS4 and wanted to make it work on my newly jailbroken PS5. I followed the steps to add CUSA01127 to the file, rebooted, but getting the "Can't start this game or app" error message. I am not sure if I got the right version of PT. Would be interested in knowing how you got there

SonGoku78 · 2026-10-04T11:15:19+0100

AlphaBravo said:
I have done only limited testing so far with fpkg on a 6.02 system. So just using latest Drakmor Kstuff + Shadowmount plus.

1) On backported games SM+ will show message when launching game.

2) That is not a guarantee game will work because on a Returnal fpkg, it froze during launch phase. I read comments and people said it worked on different fw but not for 6.xx. That includes my 6.02. Means that person who created backport made mistakes or other issue.

3) Other game I took had two fpkg files. One for the game and one for backport. I installed game first then backport file after.
Game worked fine after.

So your problem with 007 could be an issue with SM+ not launching backport message during launch OR the backport for your fw wasn't done properly so no sm+ message, frozen launch, kernel panic,etc.

I was lucky to figure out issue because people left comments on twitter. Otherwise I wouldn't know possible cause.

My next step would be to extract backport file from fpkg and see if I can fix myself but have no experience on this process and wonder if possible....

Thats actually usefull info, thank you.
So the missing message is already suspicous enough for me to check other games/releases if fpkg generally works on my setup.
Maybe someone with 4.03 has a backported fpkg working and can give me the name of the game?

Edit: i even put the loose backport files in /data/homebrew/backports/PPSA11386/ according to readme of shadowmount+ and they still didnt get loaded.
Or has it to be PPSA11836-app ?

Practicum · 2026-10-04T11:33:11+0100

I've downloaded a PS4 game but, when I try to install it on my PS5, by using Onion, it says: ´No package found´. What can I do? I`m desperate!

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-04T11:44:57+0100

Practicum said:
I've downloaded a PS4 game but, when I try to install it on my PS5, by using Onion, it says: ´No package found´. What can I do? I`m desperate!

Sometimes it's a simple fix. Did you format your usb drive to exfat or fat32? Are you sure it's the game your installing or a dlc update? Easy mistake to make.
Try different PS4 games to see if same issue after trying other fixes.

Practicum · 2026-10-04T11:46:50+0100

AlphaBravo said:
Sometimes it's a simple fix. Did you format your usb drive to exfat or fat32? Are you sure it's the game your installing or a dlc update? Easy mistake to make.
Try different PS4 games to see if same issue after trying other fixes.

Thank you for your answer.

I sent the game to the PS5 by using Filezilla so it should be alright (at least it is with the PS5 games). It is the main game but Onion says: No package found.

Can someone please help me?

switchyplayer · 2026-10-04T11:49:13+0100

veggav said:
Not sure if this is of any help to anyone but there was a game I was only able to find in fpkg format.

So I was able to extract it with https://github.com/thanhsondev/PSVIETHOA-FPKG-Builder/
and build the .exfat file with https://github.com/pearlxcore/PS5PKGTool

Took me a few hours to find out the tool that would extract the fpkg.

PS5 PKG Tool can't extract fpkg files, while it seems to have this feature, it errors out everytime.

Hello. Did the exfat version work in the end, and which fw are youbon right now please?

Schweino · 2026-10-04T11:52:13+0100

SonGoku78 said:
Thats actually usefull info, thank you.
So the missing message is already suspicous enough for me to check other games/releases if fpkg generally works on my setup.
Maybe someone with 4.03 has a backported fpkg working and can give me the name of the game?

Edit: i even put the loose backport files in /data/homebrew/backports/PPSA11386/ according to readme of shadowmount+ and they still didnt get loaded.
Or has it to be PPSA11836-app ?

I just load kstuff and not shadowmountplus. All backported games work and don't show a message (b/c sm+ isn loaded).

AlphaBravo · 2026-10-04T11:57:15+0100

Practicum said:
Thank you for your answer.

I sent the game to the PS5 by using Filezilla so it should be alright (at least it is with the PS5 games). It is the main game but Onion says: No package found.

Can someone please help me?

Ah you said PS4 game.

I'm not person to troubleshoot unless format is fpkg. If your using game dump or different formats,I think shadowmountplus will mount most of them. But Scan path is important for where you place game:

Pick the one relevant to you and FTP game there...

/data/homebrew
/data/etaHEN/games
/mnt/ext0/homebrew
/mnt/ext0/etaHEN/games
/mnt/ext1/homebrew
/mnt/ext1/etaHEN/games
/mnt/usb0/homebrew .. /mnt/usb7/homebrew
/mnt/usb0/etaHEN/games .. /mnt/usb7/etaHEN/games
/mnt/usb0 .. /mnt/usb7
/mnt/ext0
/mnt/ext1
/mnt/shadowmnt/pfsc (mounted PFSC container scan)
/mnt/shadowmnt (mounted image content scan)

Also make sure to use latest Kstuff and Shadowmountplus.

Scheisssewasser · 2026-10-04T12:07:11+0100

Practicum said:
Thank you for your answer.

I sent the game to the PS5 by using Filezilla so it should be alright (at least it is with the PS5 games). It is the main game but Onion says: No package found.

Can someone please help me?

Just use "PS5 Upload" and your problem should be gone.
https://github.com/phantomptr/ps5upload
Filezilla is not the best for PS5

Scheisssewasser · 2026-10-04T12:07:33+0100

Practicum said:
Thank you for your answer.

I sent the game to the PS5 by using Filezilla so it should be alright (at least it is with the PS5 games). It is the main game but Onion says: No package found.

Can someone please help me?

Just use "PS5 Upload" and your problem should be gone.
https://github.com/phantomptr/ps5upload
Filezilla is not the best for PS5

solitaire4eva · 2026-10-04T12:11:35+0100

MohammedQ8 said:
hi is there a way to increase game installation speed from burned blu ray disk?

No disrespect, but WTF are you doing? Downloading FPKG and Game Folders to blu-ray then installing with the PS5 blu-ray player?

Eva888 · 2026-10-04T12:12:55+0100

Schweino said:
I just load kstuff and not shadowmountplus. All backported games work and don't show a message (b/c sm+ isn loaded).

Which kstuff? test version from Drakmor, or one from echo 1.11 lite beta? I know Drakmor created all those fpkg commits, but I'm a bit wary of using his test version.

And just a quick follow-up question: was ShadowMountPlus ever run on your console in the past?

SkiDDeR said:
i tried multiple images, one from the youtube video, others from a github that for the bypass but without success. Also someone from the forum send me a clone from his drive thats its from later version but again without success

Do you try this? I don't mean video, but text below it (Download & install HxD etc...)

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Thread 'Workaround to use lower than minimum-spec M.2 SSDs'

Jun 10, 2026

Jon Bringus shared a workaround discovered in a PS5 modding chat that allows using an SSD pre-gen 4 and under the required 5500 MB/s read speed only confirmed on firmware 4.x~8.x (direct video URL):

The procedure was shared in the video description. Note: I haven't personally tested this as I do not own a PS5:

~~~ Flashing my disk image ~~~

1. Insert your Gen2/3 NVMe drive into your PC (either on the motherboard or with a USB adapter)
2. Download & install Balena Etcher etcher.balena.io/ and download my dump...

PS5 Hack Status:

Preparing Your Console:

Select Your Jailbreak:

Additional Information:

Warnings:

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