etaHEN changelog

etaHEN 2.5B Change log

• Added the option to choose cheats repo source when updating via internet (etaHEN or GoldHEN Repos)
• Added Unpause kstuff on game close option
• Added fewer notifications with new notification type with icon
• Added Manual Fan threshold setting to the etaHEN toolbox settings
• Added (Beta) Game/App dumper to the Game options menu featuring PS5 App Dumper 1.08 by @EchoStretch
• WebMAN Games rewrite with fixed M.2 Support including many different WebMAN Games fixes
• Added custom ★ Delete option to delete game/app patches and more
• Experimental PS4 FPS Section

etaHEN 2.4B Change log

• Updated to support the latest PS5 Payload SDK
• Fixed etaHEN and Cheats support for 8.40-10.01
• Added a Game Overlay menu to show CPU/GPU Temp and utilization, Local IP Address and other future states thanks to @OSM-Made
• Added a Kstuff menu for options like downloading the latest kstuff from github, turning off kstufff autoload and more
• Added a Custom Background Package Installer for installing PKGs from internal storage from any directory (Requires DPIv2 enabled for 5.50+)
• DPIv2 can now download local files via url example http://192.xxx.xxx.xxx:12800/data/etaHEN/etaHEN.log
• Improved Cheats support, cheats with or without 0 sections are now supported
• Added Fix by @theOfficialFloW to Improve 2.xx PS4 PKG speeds
• Replaced the donation links in the etaHEN credits menu with ones to github sponsers
• Removed the non-whitelist app jailbreak option and moved it to an optional Legacy CMD Server option in the etaHEN Settings off by default
• Game Decryptor has been updated for the Itemzflow Dumper
• Updated the Plugin loader System
• The Payload SDK ELFLDR is now REQUIRED for etaHEN to load
• Replaced HTTP2 with Curl for better compatibility
• Added timeout for ShellUI to receive a response (will stop it from freezing if no response is given)

etaHEN 2.3B changelog

Additions

• Added the option to Display Title IDs on the homescreen on retail consoles in the etaHEN Settings
• Added the etaHEN Cheats options in the game options menu so you can see if theres any cheats available for that game without launching it
• Added the option to disable the custom game options in the etaHEN Settings
• Added the option to auto eject discs after etaHEN Startup for BD-J and LUA exploits
• Added support for Payload ELFs to the etaHEN Plugins menu (with auto start support)
• Expanded the etaHEN About menu, added additional menus including donation methods and included projects list
• Added updated kstuff with FPKG DLC Support
• Added Full 8.00 and 8.20 Support with Kstuff [fully tested]
• Added 8.40, 8.60 and 9.xx Toolbox support [untested] (no kstuff yet)
• Added a new "[Debug] App Jailbreak Notification" option at the bottom of the etaHEN Settings menu (turned off by default)
• The Game error patches are now in etaHEN no plugin required and will be auto deleted from the plugins folder when detected
• PS5Debug by CTN updated to latest one (7.xx support)
• etaHEN Settings menu has been re-organized
• DPIv2 and Klog are off by default (delete your config to reflect new default values)
• Added extX (NVMe) support to the webMAN games menu
• etaHEN Plugins and shellui will be killed with the power of 1000 suns if injecting the toolbox fails (similar function to task manager on windows)

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the game icon would not show in the cheats menu for PS5 Dumps
• An bug that caused "not enough storage" to be incorrectly displayed while capturing screenshots on 7.xx has been fixed
• Improved Rest Mode stability with the Rest mode options menu in etaHEN Settings
• ShellUI will now be killed if the toolbox fails to inject after 10 secs (lowered from 30 secs)
• Fixed an error launching webMAN games if you didnt use itemzflow before with that game
• The PSVR Patches missing from the last release have been added
• Fixed an issue with certain PS5 Game titles in the WebMan games menu

New additions

• ALL PS4 cheats should now work now that ASLR is disabled
• Renamed Debug Settings to the etaHEN Toolbox in the settings menu and changed the icon
• Added a PS5 Game menu (named after webMAN) to the toolbox for those that dont want to use itemzflow
• Added a controller shortcuts menu with the following shortcuts (with more than one button combo option for each)
• Cheats Menu
• Toolbox
• PS5 Games menu
• Toggle Kstuff
• the Utilities menu has been changed to the Settings menu and is now below the Services menu
• Patched the systems game patch checker to not auto update games with etaHEN active
• Updated the Kstuff menu to include the option to pause the PS5 or PS4 sysents independently
• the download Cheats option will now check if its up to date instead of always just redownloading the whole repo everytime
• Added the ability to save remote play info to a USB if one is detected (both the encoded and decoded account ids)
• Added the option to disable the toolbox auto start in the rest mode options

Fixes and Updates

• Updated Kstuff to 1.5
• Updated PS5Debug to v1.0b4 (6.xx support) by @ctn123
• Fixed an Issue that would cause the etaHEN utility daemon to crash if malformed cheat .txt files were present
• etaHEN will now attempt to restart the home menu if loading the toolbox fails
• updated itemzflow self decrypter for 7.xx
• Improved etaHEN Startup time by 1-2 secs
• Updated & Improved lite mode
• Fixed an issue preventing people from enabling cheats after turning off lite mode
• Fixed an issue with Cheats not showing the full description for long descriptions
• [Dev/TestKits] the red activate banner will now only go away when the activation patches are present
• [Dev/TestKits] added activation patches for DevKit FW 3.21, 4.03, 4.51 and 5.50 and Testkit fw 4.03, 4.51, 6.50, 7.61
• Delete daemon crash logs on startup if available
• Updated the config.ini layout for the new additions
• Added ko-fi link to the startup message

• Added the ability to pause/resume kstuff in the toolbox (Utilities section)
• Updated kstuff and etaHEN for 7.xx support
• Improved stability when auto loading the toolbox (new loading method, should be 20x more stable) requires kstuff, old method will be used as a fallback where kstuff or byepervisor isnt available
• Added more in-depth errors to DPIv2 by @cragson
• Fixed kstuff unnecessarily changing *kit target ids (causing devkits to default to release mode)
• Added the DBG0 IP address to the Home menu panel for devkits
• Fixed klog auto starting even when its disabled via toolbox/config
• Fixed /data in sandboxes for fws that had issues with that option
• removed creating unnecessary files when starting etaHEN (should slightly speed up start times)
• Added an option to reload cheats cache and auto add new cheats to the cache files
• Updated PS5Debug by GHEN and re-enabled PS5Debug for 5.xx
• Added a check to see if an operations like downloading the Store/Cheats or reloading the cheats cache is already in progress before starting a new operation
• Added an option to load etaHEN without kstuff (ADVANCED USERS ONLY) i.e cheats or plugins (a file named "no_kstuff" on USB root or /data/etaHEN/ will disable loading kstuff)
• added back PKG Installer patches for 2.xx and 3.xx-4.xx

• Added support (and updated kstuff) for 5.xx and 6.xx
• Added menu in the etaHEN toolbox for cheats (/data/etaHEN/cheats)
• Added button to download cheats through the cheats menu when no game is open or no cheats were found for that game
• Added Spoofing features like installing higher fw fpkgs without actually spoofing the system version
• Added the ability to disable toolbox auto start through the toolbox itself or the config.ini in /data/etaHEN (re-enabling without rebooting requires Itemzflow 1.9+), you can also make the file toolbox_auto_start on your USB to disable the toolbox without editing the config
• Updated the toolbox injector to not freeze when being loaded without kstuff
• All internal payloads such as ps5debug and kstuff are now loaded by etaHEN itself instead of sending to the exploit
• Added The Direct package installer V2 (WebGUI version) to the services menu
• the PS5Debug option in the etaHEN toolbox can now load it on demand and without rebooting (disabling requires rebooting)
• PS5Debug was updated to 1.0b2
• PS5Debug has been disabled for 5.xx until a fix is released
• Added LZMA compression so the payload will fit on IoT devices with low storage like ESPs
• DPI by default is now disabled and instead DPIv2 is enabled
• Fixed a small issue causing the remote play menu to display 1 too more =
• Updated the toolbox loading message
• Fixed the /data in app sandboxes option for 3.xx/5.xx/6.xx Big thanks to #bestpig
• Added an optional experimental self decrypter for the itemzflow dumper
• Fixed an issue that would cause plugins to fail loading from USB
• Fixed rest mode (must disable the toolbox auto start BEFORE entering rest mode)
• Whitelisted FPKGi

Merry Christmas!

etaHEN 1.9B Change log

• the elfldr plugin is no longer required for loading plugins (or anything)
• Added Byepervisor (By @PS5Dev) to etaHEN for 2.xx (auto triggers rest mode too)
• [2.xx ONLY] Added Kernel patches for mprotect, the dir_depth limit and MMAP RWX
• Removed the No longer needed Syscore patches
• Added a Lite mode (kstuff or HEN ONLY) mode
• Removed the DB triggers from etaHEN and moved them to itemzflow for all fws
• etaHEN daemon loading time decreased from 5-6 secs to 1 secs
• Shellcore FPKG Required FW patches By @EchoStretch for 2.xx
• Added a Remote Play menu to the etaHEN toolbox (will activate the account for you)
• Added the external HDD menu to the etaHEN toolbox utilites section
• Added an Extras menu to the etaHEN toolbox utilites section which includes the NP enviroment and additional content manager
• Added a Plugin auto start menu (illusion cheats included with Itemzflow)
• etaHEN will now wait for kstuff to fully load before continuing
• Any Plugin not enabled via the Plugin auto start menu will NOT auto start when you load etaHEN
• Clicking the Install the Store button or loading plugins will no longer freeze until they are done, those are now done asynchronously
• after loading etaHEN the etaHEN toolbox will stop the home menu before injecting (see the notification)
• Improved stability when rebooting or shutting down the PS5
• Removed the Cheats menu to add it back later in the next update (ran out of time)
• Added React bundle (all FWs) & Self (only on 2.xx) decryption support to FTP
• etaHEN can now be loaded via Johns Elf loader (mostly for 2.xx since 4.xx requires kstuff being sent to 9020)
• Added support for the UMTX exploit
• Stability improvements for restarting and shutting down (without plugins enabled)
• a lot of changes made internally to etaHEN to focus on stability

• Added a Testkit menu which wont let retails in (for now)
• Console Info Overlay
• On [Custom]
• On + APU Temp
• On + Service Ports + temp
• Off

• Trial System Software Expiration overlay
• Off
• (ON) 1 Day left
• (ON) 2 Days left
• (ON) Expired

• Added TestKit privacy overlay, when etaHEN is active the serial number, model name, and MAC address in the overlay will be censored

• re-write (improved reliability)
• replaced debug settings with the etaHEN Toolbox
• Custom Plugin loader
• Improved overall stability
• Added various etaHEN toolbox options
• Added the following new settings, Klog, StartOption, Rest_Mode_Delay_Seconds, Util_rest_kill and Game_rest_kill (see the ReadMe for more info)
• Added the ability to install the Store straight on your PS5
• More for people to find

• Added a Direct PKG Installer service (port 9090)
• Added a setting to disable DPI in /data/etaHEN/config.ini

• Fixed 4.02 support
• Improved Rest mode support
• Added the controller shortcut for itemzflow
• Removed a dialog that would spam if libhijacker cheats was enabled while running a PS5 FG app
• Fixed a rare issue that could cause some apps not to be jailbroken when requested
• etaHEN will now remove the syscore hook after starting

• Libhijacker cheats now works with homebrew
• Added a setting to allow /data in apps sandboxes (enabled by default)
• (4.5x ONLY) Fixed an issue that could causes etaHEN to crash
• Fixed dumping patches from external drives (for itemzflow 1.06)
• Start-up Messages were consolidated
• Added an etaHEN log (/data/etaHEN/etaHEN.log)
• Disabled uploading to /dev via FTP
• Added a hidden setting to enable uploading to /dev
• Added mutexs for all the threads using a hijacker
• Added a null terminator to the IPC command messages
• Added a max wait timeout for jailbreaking
• Added Null checks for IPC commands

etaHEN 1.4b change log

• Whitelisted Lapy's Xplorer app
• Fixed dumping PS5 Game trophies
• Fixed the full config not being written when created
• Added a Testkit setting (testkit kstuff)
• Added detection for coming out of rest mode
• Added support for 4.00, 4.02
• made the config notification show after the etaHEN info
• Fixed some notifications to show the etaHEN WM and not the itemzflow one
• Added Discord RPC option by
• check the FTP setting when restarting servers
• Daemon name changed to etaHEN
• Crash log is now at /data/etaHEN/etaHEN_crash.log
• Added the IPC delete dir command
• Avoid a deadlock in check_addr_change
• ShellUI Patches will be applied after coming out rest mode
• Command server now checks the rest mode status
• Updated game cheats by illusion

• Kstuff for 3.xx added (3.00 tested)
• Support browser caching and no longer requires a network to be connected
• All IPC (Interprocess Communication) commands have been rewritten to not use the network
• Added an opt-in option in the etaHEN config to auto launch itemzflow (/data/etaHEN/config.ini)
• Supports resuming apps/games from rest mode
• Improved Klog server Improved Klog server (run with nc <PS5 IP> 9081)

key new features

• Custom System version
• config file
• adds IF back to the database if on m.2
• bug fixes
• payload server rewrite
• cheats are no longer a standalone payload

• Updated kstuff for 4.51