PS4:Blocking OFW Updates

• With the possibility of new exploits being found on your current firmware, you can disable automatic updates to prevent your console from automatically patching any existing exploits with firmware updates.
• When going online on your low firmware console be it while exploited or not these things will help prevent firmware updates and game updates from downloading or installing.

Basic Settings

• Navigate to Settings → System → Automatic Downloads and Uploads, and uncheck "System Software Update Files" and "Install Automatically".
• Turn off Internet connection while in stand-by mode by navigating to Settings → Power Save Settings → Set Functions Available in Rest Mode and uncheck "Stay Connected to the Internet".

Ways to avoid Game and Firmware updates

Changing NP Environment

• First enable debug settings by going to Goldhen>Debug Settings> Enable Debug Settings and choose Full Menu.
• Navigate to Settings → Scroll to the bottom and find Debug settings → PlayStation Network → NP Environment, and simply change it from np to Sp-Int.
  • Do note that for both NP value switch and Nomadic's DNS, some homebrew like Itemzflow which uses Sony/PS connection to download and install retail updates will stop functioning as a result (not many homebrew are like this however).
• Additionally things like Remote Play will not work when the NP environment has been changed.

• This setting stays after reboot and is a alternative to DNS. In some cases of bad kernel panics, it may get switched back to "np", so be sure to check it after some time.

Update blocker payload

• Navigate to your exploit host and run "Update Blocker" payload. This payload will create 2 folders in /update/ called PS4UPDATE.PUP and PS4UPDATE.PUP.TEMP that prevents them being replaced with the real files.
  • (folders cannot be replaced with files with the same name or vice versa - fundamental/technical limitation). The user can also create the same folders in the same directory via FTP or PS4Xplorer and replicate the payload manually. Note that this payload only blocks firmware updates, not game updates!

A handy alternative way to running the update blocker payload

• Grab the latest ps4 payloads release from > Here and using a payload sender from > Here via the Goldhen binloader.
• To load the update blocker payload locally along with any other desired payloads in the future via the same method.

Using a DNS

• Nomadic's DNS

Primary DNS: 62.210.38.117
Secondary DNS: Should be left as it is.

• which blocks both firmware and game updates (all PS/Sony connections). Some ISPs (Interne Service Providers) will block all DNS and will not allow the user to use these DNS addresses
• (a quick way to check is to go to Settings → User's Guide/Helpful Info → User Guide and see if it redirects you to the exploit page). Do use * the first point above if you are in that situation.

• Do note that for both NP value switch and Nomadic's DNS, some homebrew like Itemzflow which uses Sony/PS connection to download and install retail updates will stop functioning as a result (not many homebrew are like this however).
• To continue using them, switch value back to NP and/or remove DNS, use the homebrew and, when done using, turn them back on.