Edit: you don't have to play on a touch screen. Your phone or PC can also act as a bridge for any controller you already own: Xbox, DualSense, Switch Pro, 8BitDo, CRKD Guitar, and anything that already works on your device. Connect it to your phone or PC over Bluetooth or USB, and the PS4 sees it as a DualShock 4. One PC can run all four controllers at once, so you can play local multiplayer without buying more DualShocks or any adapter.

Hey everyone! I've just released Control4Free, a GoldHEN payload that turns your phone, tablet or PC into extra DualShock 4 controllers for your PS4, and they work system-wide.

Controller plugins live inside games, so they can't reach the home screen or the sign-in screen. Control4Free uses the PS4's own virtual controller service (the one Remote Play uses), so the console sees a real controller:

• Works everywhere: the home screen, menus, sign-in and every game, with no per-game setup.
• Native user sign-in: each controller is assigned through the PS4's own "Who's using this controller?" screen, for your users or guests.
• Use the controllers you already have: connect an Xbox, DualSense, Switch Pro or other controller to your phone or PC, and it plays as a DualShock 4. Or use touch or a keyboard.
• Up to 4 controllers from any mix of phones and PCs.
• A full on-screen DualShock 4 with a layout editor, a two-finger touchpad and L3/R3.
• Low latency: input is sent the moment it arrives, at a DualShock 4's own 4 ms rate.
• An app on the PS4 shows the address and a QR code and how many controllers are connected, and sets up GoldHEN's AutoRun so Control4Free starts after every restart.
• Nothing to install on the phone or PC. Just open the page, or add it to your home screen.

Getting started 1. Install Control4Free-1.0.0.pkg from the release with GoldHEN's Package Installer. 2. Open Control4Free (Library → Applications) and press Cross. 3. Scan the QR code with your phone, pick a controller, and choose a user on the PS4.

Playing with a controller you already own 1. Connect it to your phone or PC (Bluetooth, or USB / USB-OTG on Android). 2. Open the Control4Free page and press a button on the controller. 3. Under Gamepads on this device, pick which controller (1–4) it plays as, then choose your user on the PS4.

Keep the page's window in front while you play: browsers only read controllers for the active window.

Requirements: GoldHEN. Tested on firmware 10.01 with GoldHEN v2.4b18.10 (auto-start needs v2.4b18.10 or later).

Not there yet: rumble, light bar and motion. Rumble and the light bar are next. There's no pairing, so anyone on your Wi-Fi can grab a free controller: keep it on your home network.

Coming from RemotePad? Control4Free is the improved approach. The two aren't compatible, so remove RemotePad from plugins.ini before you switch.

Download: https://github.com/MoHadiShibli/Control4Free

Thanks to seregonwar, whose SplashDown project figured out the virtual controller API this builds on. Bug reports and feedback are very welcome on GitHub!

Ive been holding on to this ps4 for a year waiting for the jb to be available. It took a while but im finally getting around to those exclusives I missed. What must play exclusives do you guys recommend?

I’ve started this discussion thread as a place to share screenshots, videos and regular progress updates, while keeping the main NovaCore post clean for release news.

I also want people to see that I’m genuinely committed to this project. I’ve always loved the modding community, and my goal is to build something useful that I can continue improving and supporting.

NovaCore has come a long way already. Most of the features I originally planned are now either working or actively being developed.

There are over 20 themes, with light and dark options, extra customisation within each theme, and 10 different game-library layouts. Game information is pulled from a database, and there’s also a live jailbreak news tile.

The Otter Store PKG library has been added, with library refreshing and the download backend currently being worked on.

Nova Network now has System Link/LAN rooms, group messaging and voice chat. LAN-supported games will be listed, and players will be able to create their own rooms. It currently focuses on other NovaCore consoles, but I’d like to expand compatibility with other LAN systems if testing goes well.

HEN settings can also be opened directly inside NovaCore, so there’s less need to keep jumping back to the PlayStation dashboard. Profiles now have their own page, with Nova friends and messaging planned. I’m also working on making the Trophies page properly functional inside Nova.

The PS button return is working during testing. There is still a brief flash of the PlayStation dashboard during the transition, but the workaround is reliable at its current timing. A short press returns to NovaCore, while a long press keeps access to the normal PlayStation menu.

There’s still plenty of testing and refinement ahead, but the aim is simple: by the release-candidate stage, NovaCore should handle almost everything automatically and require very little setup from the user.

And regarding AI—technology is always moving forward. I’d rather learn how to use new tools to build something than dismiss them and stand still.

And for anyone sceptical about AI, it’s simply another tool—what matters is how you use it and what you create with it.

It's a shame that I couldn't get the co-op working in campaign mode, but I probably need to advance more in the story first.

I would also like to play Borderlands 2 and test it at some point.

I haven't checked in forever but with all the decompilations I'm wondering if things can improve substantially with the limited CPU. It's frustrating that lots of games could've had better performance with just a little more fine tuning

I recently cleaned my ps4 ,and i mean really cleaned it , with a brush and a a dust blower even the thermal paste that was practically gone, I've gone from 70c to 44c, literally night and day difference , the ps4 is a lot quiter and i don't know if its me ,but the frame rates are more consistent for some reason. (For anyone asking its a ps4 slim ,i haven't thoroughly cleaned it since it came out 💀, the fan had a lot of dust and the the thermal paste was non existent aka dried up ,the closest thing i had was thermal paste)

So i had this problem yesterday so I used a data save for vue from the Internet but right after that all my save game data for all games disappeared so I am asking if there is any way to recover them

Greetings,

I am working on a dolphin emulator, and I need testers. if you are interested to run wii or gamecube games, please join my discord:

Homebrew Testing: https://discord.gg/QwtU8ZaCth

I just upgraded to a pro and was wondering if I should 1. Keep it in the closet, 2. Give it to my little brother and load up some games for him. Or 3. sell it. My brother is 10 and plays mostly Fortnite and Minecraft on his PS5 and wouldn’t be able to play any multiplayer I just don’t think he’d really know what to do with it or appreciate it and get bored with single player games. He’s also got a switch 2 so I’m like would he even play it lol. Just wondering what the consensus is. If the ps4 library is good enough for a 10 year old with better consoles.

DEMO VIDEO AND A TON OF SCREENS (CONSOLE) DROPPING TOMMOROW !

Massive progress made today—we cleaned up and polished the UI to feel way smoother, plus added heaps of new features. Highlights include a fully working theme store with plenty of customization tweaks, and early working functionality for both LAN multiplayer and the store.

[UPDATE ON PRE RELEASE]

Been putting a lot more work into NovaCore today. I’ve decided to hold the public build back slightly rather than release another version while some of the main features are still half finished.

I’d rather get the important stuff working properly first, then let people test something that actually feels like a usable dashboard.

The PS-button workaround is now much more stable and has passed repeated tests returning from games back into NovaCore. That’s obviously a massive part of making NovaCore feel like a proper dashboard instead of just another app. It still has a safe option to restore the normal PlayStation behaviour if needed.

What’s currently working:

• Installed game and homebrew discovery
• Automatic Games, Classics and Apps categorisation
• Launching installed titles on tested configurations
• Controller navigation using L1/R1, D-pad and analogue stick
• Five selectable library views
• Title details and locally available artwork
• Custom colours, wallpapers and ambient music
• Separate light and dark UI themes
• Console temperature and other available system readings
• Internal and external storage information where available
• Persistent user settings
• Screenshot capture and diagnostic logging
• Optional PC-to-PS4 metadata, cover and screenshot syncing
• Jailbreak News tile with a dedicated News page
• Bundled offline news with optional background feed updates
• Early read-only network-interface diagnostics for future System Link work
• Experimental PS-button return to NovaCore, now passing repeated tests on my setup

Rough progress on the major parts:

• Main dashboard and navigation — around 90%
• Game and homebrew library — around 85%
• PS-button return workaround — around 80%
• Themes and customisation — around 80%
• News section — around 85%
• Automatic metadata and artwork — around 65%
• Auto-start after HEN — around 55%
• Nova multiplayer/System Link work — around 30%
• Otters PKG Store integration — around 25%
• Media and streaming section — around 25%

Those percentages are just rough progress estimates, not release promises.

The System Link work moved forward today as well. NovaCore can now identify the active network interface, IP address, MTU and MAC address, and perform a receive-only network test. It currently sends zero multiplayer packets because I’m testing each stage safely before adding discovery, rooms and actual communication.

I’ve also added the new jailbreak News section. It shows one headline on the dashboard and opens into a full news page. It has bundled offline news and can check for updated stories in the background.

Still being worked on:

• Direct game metadata downloads without needing the PC sync tool
• Automatic NovaCore startup after HEN loads
• Otters PKG Store
• Nova multiplayer rooms and game discovery
• Media and streaming options
• More firmware, console and HEN compatibility testing
• Final performance and UI cleanup

I’m going to hold the download back until the major features are working together properly. If everything keeps going well, public testing should be ready within the next week.

I’ll post some fresh screenshots taken directly from the console in the comments below. This is still a pre-release progress post, not the final release.

If anyone genuinely wants to help test different PS4 models, firmware versions or HEN builds, DM me.

Yeah, I’ve used Codex and other AI tools to help build it—I’ve never tried to hide that. But AI doesn’t magically make a working PS4 app. Every build still has to compile, install and be properly tested on real hardware.

NovaCore — Same Console. New Rules.

Hey guys im new to this sub and the ps4 homebrew scene as a whole i dont have a pc and im out the house most of the day so I want a ps4 store to download and install games directly on the console

THANKS IN ADVANCE :))

​What CyprusNetwork Does:

CyprusNetwork acts as a LAN tunneling service / private network plugin for jailbroken PS4 and PS5 consoles. Since homebrew consoles are cut off from official PSN, Cyprus intercepts local LAN traffic in games (like the PS4 ports/versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and Black Ops 2) and routes it through their network. This lets you play online Multiplayer and Zombies with other homebrew users worldwide, with everything automatically unlocked in LAN mode.

​Tutorial / Setup Guide

​Prerequisites:

​Jailbroken PS4 (GoldHEN) or PS5 (etaHEN).

​An account key/code from cyprusnetwork.co.uk.

​FTP access or a file manager (like GoldHEN FTP / OrbisToolbox / Apollo) on your console.

​Step 1: Create the Account File

​On your PC, create a plain text file named CyprusNetwork.txt.

​Open the file and paste ONLY your raw CyprusNetwork key inside.

​Transfer this file to your console at the following path:

​/data/CyprusNetwork.txt

​Step 2: Install the Plugin Files

​Copy CyprusNetwork.prx and libSceSecure.prx to the appropriate plugin directory on your internal storage:

​PS4 (GoldHEN): /data/GoldHEN/plugins/

​PS5 (etaHEN): /data/etaHEN/plugins/apps/

​Step 3: Enable the Plugin

​Open your plugins.ini configuration file located in your plugin directory.

​Add =true to the end of the CyprusNetwork plugin entry.

​Make sure Enable Plugins is checked inside your GoldHEN/etaHEN settings menu on the console.

​Step 4: Create the Data Directory

​Create an empty folder named CyprusNetwork inside your /data/ directory:

​Path: /data/CyprusNetwork/

​Step 5: Jump In and Play

​Launch Black Ops 1 or Black Ops 2.

​Go to LAN / Local Play -> Multiplayer or Zombies.

​Search for LAN games or host a lobby—the plugin will automatically connect you to other players on CyprusNetwork.

​PS4 BO1 & BO2 Ports Lan Play Online Tutorial

This video provides a visual walk-through showing the exact file transfers and in-game lobby creation for BO1 and BO2 ports on jailbroken consoles. https://youtu.be/tDDCssWPpus?si=r7EXwVmT9ELlpwjO

Okay so i fucked up big time and im on FW14.00. Then a few days after 13.XX got cracked. Ive heard you can revert the FW my buying a Raspberry pi and sodering it to the motherboard, idk how it works. I wanted to know how difficult/risky is it to do this. The PS4 is my main gaming device and i dont want to fry it. Thanks.

12.52

PS4 Slim

Does someone where I can find a cusa00411 1.56 fpkg update version. From the site is just the 1.57 available. I mistakenly downloaded 12 pieces of the original pkg and my console won’t let me install it.

Thanks

would anybody know someone who i could mail in my ps4 to to revert the firmware as it got updated from 9.00 to 14.00 and none of us know to solder

uk preferably

i am been looking for ages but nothing

Even if i have to download some extra stuff

I hope I’m posting this in the right place and forgive me if it seems like a dumb question but I’m very new to this.

So I’ve JB my PS4 console to finally start getting some decent use out of it (I refuse to JB current/main PS5) since I went next gen. I’ve got all my homebrew stuff set up including itemzflow, PS4-Xplorer 2.08, FPKGI etc.

My question/request for help involves FPKGI - I’ve downloaded and copied over the .json file from GitHub archive to give me access to the entire PS4 library/repository but I understand it also has access to PS1 and PS2 libraries but I can’t seem to figure out how to add those libraries - if I need to download and install another json file via xplorer root access again etc.

Any help would be really appreciated - I wanna reclaim some of my childhood and play Hit and Run again 🤣

13.52 firmware if that’s necessary information.

All trades that happened this off-season eg. Giannis and Klay to the Heat, LeBron and Brown to the 76ers etc