(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Previously on Twitter, You must login or register to view this content. had shared some news discussing about how the Vita DevKit could be activated until the year 2020 with a method. He did explain to me stating that if the PS4 has a CP Board, this could be possible for Devkits for the Playstation 4 Console. I tried lurking around the internet to see if it had one, but for me I had no luck finding it anywhere.

Luckily, PS4 Developer You must login or register to view this content. (Z80) had tweeted at me some code on Pastebin that the PS4 may actually have a CP Board. This is getting interesting since if this may come out true, DevKits could be ran for a long time from now. Which can really benefit other developers working up on some projects / reversing the console.

I'll keep digging around, and gathering some data in order to see if it's fully functional. In addition, i'll see if I can get my hands on that method from Silica towards the Devkit Vita 2020 Activation.

This was found in TMServer-3_50_0_55.msi

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     internal class CpUpdatePlugIn : IPlugIn

    {

        public override string Name

        {

            get { return "recover-cp"; }

        }

 

        public override string Options

        {

            get { return "file [devkit ...]"; }

        }

 

        public override bool IsValidArgCount(int argc)

        {

            return argc >= 1;

        }

 

        public override string HelpString

        {

            get { return "Updates the firmware of the DevKit with the cpupdater.bin file specified."; }

        }

 

        public override bool Hidden

        {

            get { return true; }

        }

 

        public override bool Execute(List<string> args)

        {

            ORTMAPI tm = null;

            API.Instance(out tm);

 

            string path = Path.GetFullPath(args[0]);

            args.RemoveAt(0);

 

            bool success = false;

            List<ITarget> targets = TargetListHelper.TargetList(tm, args);

 

            foreach (ITarget tgt in targets)

            {

                try

                {

                    using (CtrlCHandler handler = CtrlCHandler.StandardCtrlCHandler(tgt))

                    using (RefCountedConnection rc = new RefCountedConnection(tgt))

                    {

                        ITarget23 tgt23 = (ITarget23)tgt;

 

                        CpUpdateProgressHandler ph = new CpUpdateProgressHandler(tm, tgt);

                        tgt23.UpdateCPFirmware(path);

                        success = ph.Success || success;

                    }

                }

                catch (COMException e)

                {

                    ErrorHelper.PrintError(tm, e);

                }

            }

 

            return success;

        }

    }

So ZiL0G86 will start testing it out very soon. We have got the method from ASSEMBler, and hopefully it ends up working when he gets his Devkit soon!

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Of course it's nothing PS4 Related. Pixel stated that to PSXHAX, because he put "PS4 DevKit Guide" when overall it wasn't a PS4 Guide.

What I said in this thread was that since we know now that the PS4 has a Control Panel Board (CP Board), we could actually copycat the Vita Method to see if it could work for the PS4 as well. Vita/PS4 has different kernels, and SAMU might get in the way, BUT even if this were to work, it wouldn't be that big of a deal.

Still would be nice to see it work, Z80 will test it out soon when his DevKit arrives! Hope I restated that well so you don't think I meant something else haha

I see, I will Test it on my Testing Kit too, when I get it in February!

It looks like my buyers are always happy with my products! hahaha

Haha, seems about so buddy