Editing Activation AFV

= Location =

(USB:)\ps4_activation.afv

= Description =

Only used by [[SKU_Models_Nonretail|Nonretail]], not to be confused with the Activation Disc for [[SKU_Models|Retail]] consoles that [[Sony#PlayStation_Support|Sony Consumer Services]] sends via regular mail [http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/10/30/ps4-the-ultimate-faq-north-america/#sect1 on phone-requests for people without internet].

Activation expires in 90 days, reducing several development functions of a TestKit/DevKit

File is <abbr title="ps4_activation_&lt;YYMMDDHHMMSS&gt;.afv">generated on request</abbr> by Sony and tied to console internal serial

The activation key is a <abbr title="[length 8 string][hyphen][length 8 string][hyphen][length 8 string][hyphen][length 8 string][hyphen][length 8 string]">xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx</abbr> string (where x = hexadecimal)

If the Activation Key is expired, the PS4 shows the following message on the Main Menu: "''This Development Kit is Expired. See DEVKIT_Activation-Users_Guide.''"

[[Neighborhood for PS4]], does not require any activation like the rumors and previous edit says, but an unactivated PS4 cannot run fSELFs.

=== Gallery ===

<gallery>
File:Ps4 activation 20140420135367.afv.png|Screenshot from the [[Activation AFV]] File
File:ps4_activation_32284750110266.png|Screenshot from another [[Activation AFV]] File
File:Activation File Context Menu Integration.png|Activation File Context Menu Integration
</gallery>


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