PS5 Exploit Guide

SkiDDeR · 2026-09-25T15:31:42+0100

Rasa39 said:
Just install them to the system storage. I have mine on an m.2, but they default installed to the system storage so my testing was all done from internal storage. It works fine.

If the fpkg files get wiped from a database restore, that will happen regardless of where it's installed, there's a homebrew to restore fpkg games in that happens, it was posted a few pages back I think.

I tried to bypass the gen4 check but without success and now my gen3 is useless except if someone make a payload for that

Kanarico · 2026-09-25T15:31:47+0100

TheStonedModder said:
That’s exactly what it is! You hit the nail on the head

I was specifically told by another dev that I “was never supposed to have them”

Hence why no one helped me or gave me hints I was on my own and they got pissed

That's wild. Someone saying that you shouldn't have them sounds like they are a Sony sympathizer, or a Sony spy.

hsaitou · 2026-09-25T15:36:51+0100

TheStonedModder said:
That’s exactly what it is! You hit the nail on the head

I was specifically told by another dev that I “was never supposed to have them”

Hence why no one helped me or gave me hints I was on my own and they got pissed

Thats funny because Jordy and Sonic have it and no one seem to mind.

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T15:38:38+0100

hsaitou said:
Thats funny because Jordy and Sonic have it and no one seem to mind.

Jordy is the only one who didn’t care

Sonic may or may not have started the initial bs about it and gate keeping

I’m not trying to start shit or talk shit but Jordy is the only one of the names you can think of pretty much who didn’t talk shit…

BobaFett_UK · 2026-09-25T15:46:07+0100

solitaire4eva said:
No there is no stuttering in Spiderman 2 on FPKG. That was the first thing I checked before going 100% all FPKG LOL. I done ran out of space while stealing I mean storing PKGs on my external drive to be able to install when needed.

Nice one..... thanks for the heads up...

So what updates are needed to get FPKG's up and running... Think i'm still on shadowmount 16xx and ktuff lite 1.10 or older

Been a good couple of months since i turned on the PS5!

bamboocappucino · 2026-09-25T15:59:27+0100

TheStonedModder said:
Jordy is the only one who didn’t care

Sonic may or may not have started the initial bs about it and gate keeping

I’m not trying to start shit or talk shit but Jordy is the only one of the names you can think of pretty much who didn’t talk shit…

I have a original disc on fw 2.00 and am holding off updating due to the mysterious keys exploit. Absolutely no idea what exactly that means in terms of usefulness, despite reading basically every post on here since the first public HV exploit came out years ago (bypervisor). Not sure if i'm braindead, or its all just a bit unknown.

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T16:08:19+0100

bamboocappucino said:
I have an original disc on fw 2.00 and am holding off updating due to the mysterious keys exploit. Absolutely no idea what exactly that means in terms of usefulness, despite reading basically every post on here since the first public HV exploit came out years ago (bypervisor). Not sure if i'm braindead, or its all just a bit unknown.

Keys will allow us to control the whole system

Sign our own pkgs
Sign our own saves (no save wizard, htos, or garlic manager required) completly offline
CFW

And some more things … essentially you’re Sony as far as your console is aware

cearp · 2026-09-25T16:15:18+0100

TheStonedModder said:
Keys will allow us to control the whole system

And only HV is needed to get them?
Or you need a low firmware?

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T16:17:50+0100

cearp said:
And only HV is needed to get them?
Or you need a low firmware?

Low FW, HV defeat, and A53

5.x is technically patched according to everyone I’ve talked too. But I had some success by modifying the Linux loader for that firmware. However it quickly got annoying because I had to boot into and out of rest mode to get my dumps every single time

Then reboot the system back to normal and try again if I messed up. Assuming no kernel panic

2-3.0 FW you can do it all right from the xmb no Linux or rest mode shenanigans needed

Because of that rest mode dance I didn’t mess with 5.50 for long. But that gives hope for future I think

bamboocappucino · 2026-09-25T16:20:23+0100

TheStonedModder said:
Keys will allow us to control the whole system

Sign our own pkgs
Sign our own saves (no save wizard, htos, or garlic manager required) completly offline
CFW

And some more things … essentially you’re Sony as far as your console is aware

Cheers for the clearest explanation so far. I'll continue to be patient.

One question though, what is the link between the low 2.xx FWs and the keys exploit? *ignore my question, saw you just answered it above as i was replying*

AlphaBravo · 2026-09-25T16:20:57+0100

TheStonedModder said:
Keys will allow us to control the whole system

Sign our own pkgs
Sign our own saves (no save wizard, htos, or garlic manager required) completly offline
CFW

And some more things … essentially you’re Sony as far as your console is aware

Likelihood is that Ark Sama is just flexing with there access to root keys? Already said that no CFW will come from this. Assume this means no plan to share their work?

On different news;

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T16:24:27+0100

AlphaBravo said:
Likelihood is that Ark Sama is just flexing with there access to root keys? Already said that no CFW will come from this. Assume this means no plan to share their work?

On different news;

You also gotta keep in mind. These keys are Sonys and can get someone into legal trouble

So any tooling or firmware made with those are technically warez

Like ik he’s helping with piracy but that’s a whole other level of legal bs if he makes a CFW with it

That being said I do not talk to ark. So maybe he does have future plans I’m just making an educated guess

AlphaBravo · 2026-09-25T16:38:35+0100

TheStonedModder said:
You also gotta keep in mind. These keys are Sonys and can get someone into legal trouble

So any tooling or firmware made with those are technically warez

Like ik he’s helping with piracy but that’s a whole other level of legal bs if he makes a CFW with it

That being said I do not talk to ark. So maybe he does have future plans I’m just making an educated guess

To be frank, with arrival of fpkg, WebKit, SM+, autoloaders, etc im not sure i can tell the difference between current setups and CFW anymore. "Signing own saves" would be great though.

TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T16:40:38+0100

AlphaBravo said:
To be frank, with arrival of fpkg, WebKit, SM+, autoloaders, etc im not sure i can tell the difference between current setups and CFW anymore. "Signing own saves" would be great though.

You’re not wrong

Especially on 2-5.x where Jordy shared auto redis. 90% of the time my consoles cold boot with zero issues

Once you get your autoloader setup you’re usually good to go with no KPs as well so you can’t ask for much more

That being said I do acknowledge the benefits and am not saying CFW would be useless

bamboocappucino · 2026-09-25T16:41:19+0100

AlphaBravo said:
To be frank, with arrival of fpkg, WebKit, SM+, autoloaders, etc im not sure i can tell the difference between current setups and CFW anymore. "Signing own saves" would be great though.

Offline jb is the real benefit isnt it? Bit like ps4 9.0 (albeit that isnt cfw). Arent the autoloaders slow and clunky, and involve self-hosting or something?

Adam512 · 2026-09-25T16:46:05+0100

SkiDDeR said:
I tried to bypass the gen4 check but without success and now my gen3 is useless except if someone make a payload for that

What firmware do you have? Why is it useless now?

For example, I have a 512GB Gen3 NVMe drive and firmware 6.50... based on the description, I figured it would work for me... I even saw a video where a guy compared the speed of the official NVMe drive against a Gen3 one using this tool... there was almost no difference; in fact, according to the video, it didn't cause any problems at all...

Right now, I have the drive in a USB NVMe enclosure (10Gb/s); to put that Gen3 NVMe drive into my PS5, I’d need to buy a heatsink... I'm wondering if it's worth it or not.( I want to put an M.2 SSD in my PS5, but I have to buy a heatsink) —what do you think guys?

I don't know why your drive is useless, but it occurs to me that you could ask someone to back up their standard drive and then use that... but isn't it enough to just format it using a PC?

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bamboocappucino said:
I have a original disc on fw 2.00 and am holding off updating due to the mysterious keys exploit. Absolutely no idea what exactly that means in terms of usefulness, despite reading basically every post on here since the first public HV exploit came out years ago (bypervisor). Not sure if i'm braindead, or its all just a bit unknown.

I recommend holding firm for a little longer and not updating.

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TheStonedModder said:
Keys will allow us to control the whole system

Sign our own pkgs
Sign our own saves (no save wizard, htos, or garlic manager required) completly offline
CFW

And some more things … essentially you’re Sony as far as your console is aware

bamboocappucino said:
Cheers for the clearest explanation so far. I'll continue to be patient.

One question though, what is the link between the low 2.xx FWs and the keys exploit? *ignore my question, saw you just answered it above as i was replying*

TheStonedModder said:
You also gotta keep in mind. These keys are Sonys and can get someone into legal trouble

So any tooling or firmware made with those are technically warez

Like ik he’s helping with piracy but that’s a whole other level of legal bs if he makes a CFW with it

That being said I do not talk to ark. So maybe he does have future plans I’m just making an educated guess

I think this allows for signing custom packages—meaning you wouldn't need to run the jailbreak after a console restart just to launch a custom app. So, I don't think it necessarily implies anything illegal. It also enables better save editing, various tweaks involving M2 or trophies, and so on. I don't think anyone will release a CFW, even though there are plenty of ways to do so safely and anonymously.

It would actually be better to find out which firmware versions or units are affected—whether it's just 1–3.xx, or perhaps 4.xx, 5–13.xx, and so on.

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AlphaBravo said:
To be frank, with arrival of fpkg, WebKit, SM+, autoloaders, etc im not sure i can tell the difference between current setups and CFW anymore. "Signing own saves" would be great though.

The difference would be vast... Something like the difference between a god and an ant

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TheStonedModder · 2026-09-25T16:49:05+0100

Adam512 said:
What firmware do you have? Why is it useless now?

For example, I have a 512GB Gen3 NVMe drive and firmware 6.50... based on the description, I figured it would work for me... I even saw a video where a guy compared the speed of the official NVMe drive against a Gen3 one using this tool... there was almost no difference; in fact, according to the video, it didn't cause any problems at all...

Right now, I have the drive in a USB NVMe enclosure (10Gb/s); to put that Gen3 NVMe drive into my PS5, I’d need to buy a heatsink... I'm wondering if it's worth it or not.( I want to put an M.2 SSD in my PS5, but I have to buy a heatsink) —what do you think guys?

I don't know why your drive is useless, but it occurs to me that you could ask someone to back up their standard drive and then use that... but isn't it enough to just format it using a PC?

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I recommend holding firm for a little longer and not updating.

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I think this allows for signing custom packages—meaning you wouldn't need to run the jailbreak after a console restart just to launch a custom app. So, I don't think it necessarily implies anything illegal. It also enables better save editing, various tweaks involving M2 or trophies, and so on. I don't think anyone will release a CFW, even though there are plenty of ways to do so safely and anonymously.

It would actually be better to find out which firmware versions or units are affected—whether it's just 1–3.xx, or perhaps 4.xx, 5–13.xx, and so on.

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The difference would be vast... Something like the difference between a god and an ant

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If you use Sonys keys to sign that custom app and distribute that app. That’s when the trouble comes into play

You don’t own those keys they do

SkiDDeR · 2026-09-25T17:00:04+0100

Adam512 said:
What firmware do you have? Why is it useless now?

For example, I have a 512GB Gen3 NVMe drive and firmware 6.50... based on the description, I figured it would work for me... I even saw a video where a guy compared the speed of the official NVMe drive against a Gen3 one using this tool... there was almost no difference; in fact, according to the video, it didn't cause any problems at all...

Right now, I have the drive in a USB NVMe enclosure (10Gb/s); to put that Gen3 NVMe drive into my PS5, I’d need to buy a heatsink... I'm wondering if it's worth it or not.( I want to put an M.2 SSD in my PS5, but I have to buy a heatsink) —what do you think guys?

I don't know why your drive is useless, but it occurs to me that you could ask someone to back up their standard drive and then use that... but isn't it enough to just format it using a PC?

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I recommend holding firm for a little longer and not updating.

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I think this allows for signing custom packages—meaning you wouldn't need to run the jailbreak after a console restart just to launch a custom app. So, I don't think it necessarily implies anything illegal. It also enables better save editing, various tweaks involving M2 or trophies, and so on. I don't think anyone will release a CFW, even though there are plenty of ways to do so safely and anonymously.

It would actually be better to find out which firmware versions or units are affected—whether it's just 1–3.xx, or perhaps 4.xx, 5–13.xx, and so on.

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The difference would be vast... Something like the difference between a god and an ant

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I tried the way he says on the video but without success. They said after 8.xx something changes to the header. My firmware is 8.40.

Adam512 · 2026-09-25T17:18:04+0100

TheStonedModder said:
If you use Sonys keys to sign that custom app and distribute that app. That’s when the trouble comes into play

You don’t own those keys they do

What if people learn to sign things themselves? That everything would be just as it is now, except that people would be able to sign things on their own.

AlphaBravo · 2026-09-25T17:24:56+0100

Adam512 said:
What if people learn to sign things themselves? That everything would be just as it is now, except that people would be able to sign things on their own.

Modded warfare could teach us

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