I'm trying to free up storage space on my jailbroke ps4 by deleting some fpkg games, but I want to make a copy before deleting them. Can I just copy their app.pkg in /user/app directory to usb drive?
I believe that works, but Lapy made Easy PKG Extractor (lapygames . wordpress . com) that does just this as well.
Great. I'll try Easy PKG Extractor. BTW does it extract those backport patches?
Thanks for your recommendation, but do you know if those backport patches are also copied to usb drive?
I'm not sure to be honest. I see he added options to export the following combos, but I don't see anything said about backports particular.
- PKG+Patch+DLCs
- PKG+Patch
- PKG+DLCs
- Patch+DLCs
- PKG only
- Patch only
- DLCs only
- My understanding is if it's a base game that's backported with no patch updates. then a new fake patch update is created with just the backporting in it. So I would assume while using the tool you would be able to extract the base game and there would be a patch (where the patch is the backport).
- For games that do have patch updates the entire patch is backported, so when you extract you would see the base game pkg and a patch (which is the entire patch that was backported).
you are correct. though, in some cases, the entire game is backported without a small patch included. I've yet to encounter a game that didn't work with a small bp patch, but there could be some, which is why I think some exist.
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if you're running out of room, I recommend this: https://www.newegg.com/model-wdba3a0050bbk-wesn-5tb/p/N82E16822234385?Item=N82E16822234385
I liked it enough to buy a second one for my nvidia shield.
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I talked with @Hayato213 about this drive or rather the largest drive available that didn't need an external power supply. this may be it. I'm not sure. 5TB is a lot just powered through usb. neither the ps4 nor the the nvidia shield have issues with it. it's tiny too.
Personally I don't like the idea of external drives, especially when you have multiple consoles and each of them need one external drive, your TV stand could look very messy.
Anyway, I think 5TB is the largest 2.5 inch HDD size, unless you want to drop like $800 to get an 8TB SSD. I once tried to squeeze a 5TB HDD inside my ps4, but it barely fits and I had to remove HDD caddy and loosen up some screws securing the metal plate. Didn't like the result so I returned the HDD and been using a 1TB SSD since. Turns out 1TB is enough for me, holds 20-30 games and SSD reduces loading time significantly.
the ps4 requires the height be 9.5mm or less just like the ps3. I was unable to find an hdd that size that was larger than 2TBs. this is external hdd is small, so I assume they exist, but I'm not sure. it's not quite the size of a 2TB external hdd, but it's close. I don't have an external hdd for my cfw ps3, because the 1TB hdd is enough.
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I know you can fit a 12.5mm (possibly larger) without the caddie. the 360 is the same, but if you're using a phat, you can bend these four metal tabs bag 'til they break off (possibly with just your fingers), then fit a 12.5mm inside. that's what I did, and my internal hdd has been running strong for about 12 years.
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the hdd (1TB) that I installed in my new, legit ps3 is only 7mm, so there may be larger hdds (not sure).
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I know you can fit a 12.5mm (possibly larger) without the caddie. the 360 is the same, but if you're using a phat, you can bend these four metal tabs bag 'til they break off (possibly with just your fingers), then fit a 12.5mm inside. that's what I did, and my internal hdd has been running strong for about 12 years.
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the hdd (1TB) that I installed in my new, legit ps3 is only 7mm, so there may be larger hdds (not sure).
Found some disassembly picture of the hard drive you mentioned, and it seems to be a 12.5mm drive but with sata to usb adapter built in. Also almost all 2.5 inch drives you can buy now are SMR drives. Have a seagate 1TB SMR drive in my ps3 and performance really sucks, so another reason to move to SSD lol.
it would probably technically fit without the caddie. I know they make ssd drives that small, so they may have given up on hdds when it comes to height. I wouldn't want one without a caddie, personally. ssd drives can get pretty expensive once you reach 8TBs, and I've heard of issues with them that size and an exploitable ps4.
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