La PS5 scene It is advancing at breakneck speed, to the point that backups can now be executed with astonishing ease. The secret lies, as always, in a certain version of the operating system, since a security hole is what allows the exploit necessary to inject the magic code. If you have an up-to-date PS5, forget about trying anything.
One-click hacking
Those years when you had to open an entire console and solder complicated chips to run homemade code have been completely forgotten. Today's methods are based on software, and such perfection has been achieved that currently anyone is able to inject code into a PS5.
That is what is currently happening with the Sony console and certain firmware versions, since it is possible install homebrew following a series of numerous, but simple, steps. With the process carried out, the following things can be done:
- Run PS5 backups
- Run PS4 backups
- Apply custom tricks and settings
- Install homemade applications
- Install a web browser
Can you play any game?
This is where the key to the entire process is, since unlike what happens on other platforms, in the case of PS5, it is not enough to get run unsigned code. The games also need to be decrypted and have access to certain Sony libraries, so it is not limited to making a copy to the usual disk.
For that reason, not all games can be run today, and for this reason the scene maintains an updated spreadsheet with all the games that have been run today, with details such as whether they run from a USB external or from the console's main memory.
How to hack a PS5
Today, only consoles with firmware 4.51 or lower They are vulnerable, so if you have a console with a higher firmware it will be impossible. The console must be disconnected from the internet and have automatic updates disabled (make sure you do not have pending update downloads either).
To know exactly what version of firmware the console has, you just have to open the system settings, enter System, Console Information, and check the System Software section, where we will see some numbers. It will be enough to review the figure after the first dash to check the exact version. For example, in number 21.02-04.03.00.00-00.00.00.0.1, the installed firmware version would be 04.03.
The versions compatible with the exploit are the following:
- 04.51
- 04.50
- 04.03
- 04.02
- 04.00
- 03.21
- 03.20
- 03.10
- 03.00
After all these checks, you will be able to connect the console to the internet, since you have to enter the User's Guide to activate the built-in browser in the console. Once you have the guide open, you have to find a way to get to the Google search page, and this is achieved by finding any login button with Google. In the video of Modded Warfare You have several examples starting at minute 3:15.
The objective is none other than to visit the es7in1.site website, which is a portal from where the exploit idlesauce directly in the console without doing anything else. Once that is done, you will get a list of the available Payloads, which will be responsible for loading unsigned code into the console, with etaHEN being the most complete and the most used so far, as it activates the Debug mode and other very useful functions. .
From here all that remains is to install things like the homebrew store, the browser and other utilities that must be copied to an external drive to be installed on the console.
The problem will be that every time you restart the console the jailbreak will disappear, so you will have to run the jailbreak again every time you turn on the console. It is the limitation that exists today.
As you can see, the process does not entail too many complications, and the level of access and possibility of execution that has been achieved on the console after a few years on the market is quite surprising.