PS5 Exploit Guide

Haunted5 · May 19, 2025

Haunted5 said:
Hello all,

I wonder if anyone can help. I have been struggling to get the lua exploit to work on my 7.61 ps5. I have CUSA16229 and have followed the tutorial for modded_warfare. I restored the PS5 using the backup provided by him, but sadly when i load the game, PS5 find the save data as corrupt and deletes it. I found another backup online but it had the same issue. Now I'm trying to make my own savefile with a ps4 on 9.00. In apollo save tool, when trying to export a decrypted save I get the error ' DLC database rebuild failed'. and hence cannot get a decrypted save to add the exploit to. I tried the discord bot to decrypt the save, but that didnt work either. Im stumped to be honest. Any ideas?

Thanks

Hi again,

I have now been able to create my own lua save from a 9.00 ps4. I had recently followed modded_warfare tutorial and used a ps5 backup that he provided to restore it on my ps5, but the save files were coming up as corrupted. I have since reverted back to my own backup of the ps5 with the activated psn profile on it. Now when i try to copy the save file from a usb it is asking me to connect to the internet, if i connect to the internet it wants to connect to PSN which will then likely want to update my ps5. Any idea how I get around this. I want to copy the ps4 save over via USB but i can no longer do this since I restored my PSN activated backup. Any ideas?

Thanks

madbrainx · May 19, 2025

@Haunted5 Modded Warfare explains in this tutorial how to do it:
But I got corrupted savedata when copying with FTP. I had to use Xplorer for PS5 instead with encrypted savefiles on a USB drive.

Wolf85 · May 19, 2025

madbrainx said:
@Haunted5 Modded Warfare explains in this tutorial how to do it:
But I got corrupted savedata when copying with FTP. I had to use Xplorer for PS5 instead with encrypted savefiles on a USB drive.

I was having that same problem, thought my ps4 was too high firmware for the ps5 to use the data but with the xplorer app I was able to copy the save data from my ps4 and load it on my jailbroken ps5. Thanks for the info.

Haunted5 · May 19, 2025

madbrainx said:
@Haunted5 Modded Warfare explains in this tutorial how to do it:
But I got corrupted savedata when copying with FTP. I had to use Xplorer for PS5 instead with encrypted savefiles on a USB drive.

But my Ps5 isnt jailbroken, so i cant install any packages on it. I guess I will need to JB it some other way before i can try the lua exploit. But the info you provided, i will need it once i have a way to run the xplorer app. Thanks

TheBeardedGamer · May 19, 2025

madbrainx said:
It’s just the first step in finding exploitable vulnerabilities and devs have most firmwares dumped already. Missing ones: 4.00, 4.51, 5.00, 5.02 and 6.00. If you have one of those send the dump to Echo.

I have 6.02….never mind.

madbrainx · May 19, 2025

@TheBeardedGamer they already got them all from 4.xx-7.xx I think

Haunted5 said:
But my Ps5 isnt jailbroken, so i cant install any packages on it. I guess I will need to JB it some other way before i can try the lua exploit. But the info you provided, i will need it once i have a way to run the xplorer app. Thanks

Try to restore a backup from @Master-s9. If it works, you can create another user account on your PS5 and use OffAct to set its user_id to the same account on your PS4. Then proceed with Modded Warfare's tutorial.

If it doesn't work, you could try to get a bd-j disc just to copy the lua save files.

@AlphaBravo reported success with it Master-s9 backups.

Haunted5 · May 19, 2025

madbrainx said:
@TheBeardedGamer they already got them all from 4.xx-7.xx I think

Try to restore a backup from @Master-s9. If it works, you can create another user account on your PS5 and use OffAct to set its user_id to the same account on your PS4. Then proceed with Modded Warfare's tutorial.

If it doesn't work, you could try to get a bd-j disc just to copy the lua save files.

@AlphaBravo reported success with it Master-s9 backups.

Thanks for your help, I have already tried master-s9 previous backups. I got corrupted save with it. I'll try the one you have posted. If it doesnt work, I'll see if i want to fork out more money for a bd burner or buy a bd jb on ebay or something like that. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it

Wolf85 · May 19, 2025

Haunted5 said:
Thanks for your help, I have already tried master-s9 previous backups. I got corrupted save with it. I'll try the one you have posted. If it doesnt work, I'll see if i want to fork out more money for a bd burner or buy a bd jb on ebay or something like that. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it

What lua game do you have? Modded Warfare mentioned that one of them won't work with the master backup so he included one of his own. Maybe try that one

AlphaBravo · May 19, 2025

Haunted5 said:
Thanks for your help, I have already tried master-s9 previous backups. I got corrupted save with it. I'll try the one you have posted. If it doesnt work, I'll see if i want to fork out more money for a bd burner or buy a bd jb on ebay or something like that. Thanks for your help. I appreciate it

Restore Backup method was my only option. Had same issue with modded warfares backup. Many did. Never had a save or corruption error, I just couldn't send payloads after elfloader launched successfully. The link madbrainx included is to an older Master-s9 backup. That's v4.0. I have Hamadashi creative (CUSA27389) and had success with v9.0 and their latest v.11 release. Never had a chance to try other version but sure most work as our LUA game is one of the original releases...

Haunted5 · May 19, 2025

madbrainx said:
@TheBeardedGamer they already got them all from 4.xx-7.xx I think

Try to restore a backup from @Master-s9. If it works, you can create another user account on your PS5 and use OffAct to set its user_id to the same account on your PS4. Then proceed with Modded Warfare's tutorial.

If it doesn't work, you could try to get a bd-j disc just to copy the lua save files.

@AlphaBravo reported success with it Master-s9 backups.

I just tried the restore backup that you provided, still getting the corrupted save data problem.

Wolf85 said:
What lua game do you have? Modded Warfare mentioned that one of them won't work with the master backup so he included one of his own. Maybe try that one

I have Aikagi Kimi to Issho ni Pack CUSA16229. This is the one that should work with either of the backups.

AlphaBravo said:
Restore Backup method was my only option. Had same issue with modded warfares backup. Many did. Never had a save or corruption error, I just couldn't send payloads after elfloader launched successfully. The link madbrainx included is to an older Master-s9 backup. That's v4.0. I have the Hamadashi creative (CUSA27389) and had success with v9.0 and their latest v.11 release.

I have tried the latest v.11 release, but I still got the same corrupted save data problem. Not sure what im doing wrong.

Thanks guys for the suggestions

AlphaBravo · May 19, 2025

Haunted5 said:
I just tried the restore backup that you provided, still getting the corrupted save data problem.

I have Aikagi Kimi to Issho ni Pack CUSA16229. This is the one that should work with either of the backups.

I have tried the latest v.11 release, but I still got the same corrupted save data problem. Not sure what im doing wrong.

Thanks guys for the suggestions

I spent a week experimenting before info started to trickle out about MW backup. Even then I stumbled on a random Reddit comment about the solution.

It could be that specific LUA game that is an issue over every Master_s9 backup but unlikely as should have been a few reports by now. I would try to message him in one of their posts and ask them directly.
I tend to find it easier to get a reply if I message in a recent post rather than an older one...
And while you wait for a solution, use the BD-JB method if you can so at least you can get started...

madbrainx · May 19, 2025

autumns · May 20, 2025

does anyone know if psvr2 forces/requires updates to use on higher firmwares? i’d like to get one to use on both my homebrewed and updated consoles but i’m worried that i’d have to update the headset to use it with newer games on the updated one.

AlphaBravo · May 20, 2025

Not sure if this is any indication of the most "practical" ps5 firmwares but the first four to get a a53 MP4 dump seemed to be:

4.03
5.50
6.50
6.02

Many others followed within 30mins though (up to 7.61). 2.xx and 3.xx took 24hrs. Not surprised with earlier fw as not many people have it and not as much can be done with either in spite of HV on 2.xx. Just me thinking out loud

iguanoPT · May 20, 2025

madbrainx said:
The a53 dumper doesn't work on 2.xx-3.xx yet.

I updated my PS5 firmware without any PS4 games installed. I installed the regular system update to keep my save data. Now there's about 30GB showing under "other" and I'm not sure if that's normal. I'd use the recovery PUP to wipe and reinstall, but that would erase everything. If only we had Apollo for PS5...

It's pretty bad, even Kotaku talked about it and asked Sony to clarify, but of course Sony played dumb

. It's seems to be related to PS4 backwards compatibility, and even if you are using an USB drive, some game data always go to the internal SSD and might become trapped in "other" limbo

https://kotaku.com/the-ps5s-confusing-other-storage-leaves-users-less-room-1845783636

Wolf85 · May 20, 2025

iguanoPT said:
It's pretty bad, even Kotaku talked about it and asked Sony to clarify, but of course Sony played dumb . It's seems to be related to PS4 backwards compatibility, and even if you are using an USB drive, some game data always go to the internal SSD and might become trapped in "other" limbo

https://kotaku.com/the-ps5s-confusing-other-storage-leaves-users-less-room-1845783636

That makes sense. It's like "system" files that are required to run the applications. Kind of like how windows programs have different folders it installs to.

Mc_Kuc · May 20, 2025

AlphaBravo said:
Not sure if this is any indication of the most "practical" ps5 firmwares but the first four to get a a53 MP4 dump seemed to be:

4.03
5.50
6.50
6.02

Many others followed within 30mins though (up to 7.61). 2.xx and 3.xx took 24hrs. Not surprised with earlier fw as not many people have it and not as much can be done with either in spite of HV on 2.xx. Just me thinking out loud

I got out the 2.70 PS5 yesterday to dump the mp4 and was really surprised how fast the Idlesauce UMTX2 exploit is. 2 sek and that was it. Respect!
DNS: 62.210.38.117 redirects from the users guide to es7in1.site

Looks like it is not that easy to extract it on FW 1.xx.

Hope that we can somehow get the 2.70 recovery.pup

FateNightroad · May 20, 2025

Mc_Kuc said:
I got out the 2.70 PS5 yesterday to dump the mp4 and was really surprised how fast the Idlesauce UMTX2 exploit is. 2 sek and that was it. Respect!
DNS: 62.210.38.117 redirects from the users guide to es7in.site

Looks like it is not that easy to extract it on FW 1.xx.

Hope that we can somehow get the 2.70 recovery.pup

Even if you were able to extract it on FW 1.xx, I doubt it can be used as an exploit.

KiiWii · May 20, 2025

autumns said:
does anyone know if psvr2 forces/requires updates to use on higher firmwares? i’d like to get one to use on both my homebrewed and updated consoles but i’m worried that i’d have to update the headset to use it with newer games on the updated one.

You can update it on your newer PS5 and use it on a jailbroken PS5 thanks to the new bypass in kstuff by AlAzif.

KiiWii · May 20, 2025

Mc_Kuc said:
I got out the 2.70 PS5 yesterday to dump the mp4 and was really surprised how fast the Idlesauce UMTX2 exploit is. 2 sek and that was it. Respect!
DNS: 62.210.38.117 redirects from the users guide to es7in.site

Looks like it is not that easy to extract it on FW 1.xx.

Hope that we can somehow get the 2.70 recovery.pup

2.70 is factory firmware. That’s very unlikely.

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