After cracking the PlayStation Vita wide open, and providing a litany of useful homebrew tools, it appears that TheFlow is looking to move onwards and upwards to the next Sony system: the PlayStation 4. As those in the PS4 scene are likely aware, there is a current webkit exploit for consoles on firmware 6.20, thanks to SpecterDev. According to a post made by TheFlow on Twitter, it appears that he has an exploit in the works for OFW 6.20 as well. Those interested in homebrew are being told to stay on that system version, with a vague comment of, "Also don't update past FW 6.20 if you want a kxploit". What makes this tease even more notable though, is the fact that it isn't just a webkit exploit--the term "kxploit" was specifically mentioned. While a webkit exploit is useful, a kernel exploit would allow modders to do more with a theoretical softmod, and would be the first possible kexploit available since OFW 5.05/5.07. There is very limited information as of just yet, but with a track record like TheFlow's, it'd be wise to stay on 6.20 if you're on it. As of December 2019, the latest PlayStation 4 system software version is 7.02.

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UPDATE: Well, it appears he didn't actually have a vulnerability in mind when he made his first Tweet above, but after receiving a PlayStation 4 from a fellow hacker, TheFlow has confirmed he indeed does have a vulnerability for OFW 6.20.

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[playstays_shun]

there are many uses i have stated earlier in thread. Just a basic one would be linux. Look if you don’t want a jailbroken ps4...why are you here?

Just trolling?

Inquiring, as someone who isn't familiar with the scene. And who has expressed favorability towards Vita modding, for example.

Don't be offended by my lack of knowledge. I obviously support the modding community in general (and the flow who I've already stated is like a god) else why would I be on GBA?

Also respect Luca (qwerty), with his iOS Yalu and checkra1n bootrom exploit jailbreaks

Just because *I* don't see value in this particular use case, doesn't mean others don't. I'm not blind to that

 

[Deleted User]

Inquiring, as someone who isn't familiar with the scene. And who has expressed favorability towards Vita modding, for example.

Don't be offended by my lack of knowledge. I obviously support the modding community in general (and the flow who I've already stated is like a god) else why would I be on GBA?

Just because *I* don't see value in this particular use case, doesn't mean others don't. I'm not blind to that

Alot of people visit threads like this just to troll.

personally love my vita. I even took out the 3g card and upgraded it with 256gb of internal memory. But yeah. Haters gonna hate trolls gonna troll. That is gba for ya!

 

[playstays_shun]

Alot of people visit threads like this just to troll.

personally love my vita. I even took out the 3g card and upgraded it with 256gb of internal memory. But yeah. Haters gonna hate trolls gonna troll. That is gba for ya!

Thats fine, but I aint trolling just asking.

 

[chrisrlink]

i can see two responces by sony 1) they buy out theflow like they did octo or 2 more likely force the flow to stay quiet or face a massive lawsuit

 

[skinnyBIGGS]

Awesome . Good to know theflow has something up there sleeve .. they release they dont tease and keep.. great job guys i havent played my ps4 since spiderman and rdr2 came out wasnt gonna update to play those games my discs will finally be used soon still in the wrapper hahahahah

 

[chrisrlink]

curious question though are their any bundles in stores still that are 6.20 or less might sell mine locally and buy a pro

 

[onibaku]

I was previously waiting for the 5.05 exploit but then my cousin updated it to 5.50 to play fortnite.. so i missed it but i have kept it on 5.50 since then and hopefully now i will finally have homebrew access

 

[LightBeam]

UPDATE: Well, it appears he didn't actually have a vulnerability in mind when he made his first Tweet above, but after receiving a PlayStation 4 from a fellow hacker, TheFlow has confirmed he indeed does have a vulnerability for OFW 6.20.

Wtf ? So he just had this a day after his tweet ? He's quite fast

 

[DinohScene]

Guess I'm glad I got at least 1 system under 6.20 : D

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Wtf ? So he just had this a day after his tweet ? He's quite fast

3 days, but yeah. I suspect he knew about a potential entry point before receiving the PS4, but needed one to actually test it on to be sure

 

[stanleyopar2000]

i can see two responces by sony 1) they buy out theflow like they did octo or 2 more likely force the flow to stay quiet or face a massive lawsuit

Do you have the source for response 1?

 

[Xzi]

With FF7R already pre-ordered, Ghost of Tsushima is the one and only PS4 exclusive left that I care about playing. Not much point in hacking my PS4 now with a physical library that's essentially complete.

 

[The Frenchman]

LOL, don't update!! From a firmware that's been outdated since the last pope died....

 

[|<roni&g]

Never had a PS4 but this would be a reason to pick 1 up. I miss how it was in ps2-360&ps3 days, downloading games days sometimes a week before release, good times

 

[Delerious]

6.20 has been out since late 2018. I can only keep the wifi off on my PS4 for so long before I need to watch Netflix on it. I don't really use my PS4 enough for gaming to warrant jailbreaking it. And I have CFW on my PS3 and Switch if I want to run emulation.

 

[urherenow]

As already pointed out, RA is available everywhere. If I need to use Linux, NOTHING beats simply running it on a PC/Laptop. Vmware to the rescue, if you just want to compile homebrew real quick... 2 reasons to jailbreak that keep getting passed around, that are actually NO REASON AT ALL to jailbreak.

converting PS2 games to .pkg and playing them, however... sounds like a good reason. Maybe I'll look into that. Probably won't anytime soon though, until more cool/useful homebrew is made.

 

[medoli900]

Finally I'll be able to play Spiderman and KH3.
As for the reason to hack your PS4, I like to backup my game, so that I don't risk breaking the CDs (happened way too often to me before), and playing Monster Rancher 4 by scanning Blu-ray disk is surreal.

 

[titan_tim]

Great news! That means Red Dead 2, Spiderman, and (hopefully) the final release of FF7 will be playable.

 

[Dinomite]

Neat, still on 5.05 myself and didn't plan on upgrading unless a new hack came out, so that's good news for me I suppose.

I'm in the same boat, is there a method for updating to 6.20?

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I'm in the same boat, is there a method for updating to 6.20?

I wouldn't update just yet, not until the exploit is actually released to public and homebrew is ported to it.

But updating would be as simple as finding the 6.20 PUP and installing it via USB, nothing tricky or hacky required since Sony officially supports manual updates via USB.