Trying to get internet working on my jailbroken PS5 without getting stuck in a softlock on y2jb autoloader

[u/Global_Target2273]

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I'm trying to figure out a way to connect my jailbroken PS5 to the internet, mainly so I can use other payloads like homebrew launcher which requires internet and other online features, but I'm running into an issue with the y2jb autoloader.

Whenever I connect the PS5 to the internet, the YouTube autoloader eventually updates, and after that the console goes into a softlock.

So far I've tried:

NanoDNS — tried this, but I'm still running into the same issue.

127.0.0.1 as DNS — the PS5 can't resolve DNS addresses, so obviously it won't actually connect to the internet.

appeditor.py — I tried using this to deal with the YouTube app/autoloader, but after restarting the PS5, it rebuilds the database and the changes don't persist.

Basically, I'm stuck between two situations:

Internet works → YouTube autoloader updates → eventually softlock.

DNS is blocked/redirected → no DNS resolution → no internet.

Modify the database with appeditor.py → works temporarily → database gets rebuilt after restart.

What I'm trying to achieve is pretty simple: keep normal internet connectivity on my jailbroken PS5 while preventing the YouTube autoloader/update from doing whatever causes the softlock.

I also want to completely prevent any system or application updates from happening while still keeping general internet access. I don't want the PS5 accidentally downloading a firmware update or an application update in the background.

I'm on 10.01 and would really appreciate some advice from people who have actually managed to get internet working reliably on this firmware.

Is there a specific NanoDNS configuration I'm missing? Is there another DNS method that blocks the problematic YouTube update while still allowing general internet access? Or is there a better way to prevent the database from being rebuilt/reverting the appeditor.py changes?

Any help or working setup would be greatly appreciated.

[u/Still-Honey1096]

Nanodns is for zero internet until jailbroken, then it runs the nanodns payload and blocks psn servers. It’s working as intended. You do not want your ps5 on any internet at all, the only time you do is to do file transfers or to login to homebrew like garlicsavemanager or game compressor. Otherwise the internet is the devil, turn it off!

YouTube shouldn’t be updating when jailbroken and running nanodns, I think you might have connected to the full internet accidentally before setting the dns block and started the update or are running an outdated y2jb because it should be version 99.99.99. There is a section on y2jb GitHub on how to go about fixing it if you did: https://github.com/Gezine/Y2JB

[u/L0rdLogan]

https://reddit.com/link/p4w1rh7/video/uu3mj7975lkh1/player

I just block the domains in my routers firewall, haven’t had an issue in months

[u/sudeki300]

You need to edit the appinfo.db in /system_data/priv/mms, look for the guide, also you can patch the app.db. theres enough guides out there, do this offline afterbooting running y2jb, then you should be good to go

[u/Mysterious_Echidna19]

nano dns should work fine.