Editing Non Volatile Storage

The PS4 Non Volatile Storage (NVS) is, like in PS3 and PS Vita, a storage that has two properties: it remains accessible after electricity shortage (unlike RAM) and it is non-removeable (unlike HDD). NVS is mostly used for storing tokens and flags.

On PS4, there are 2 Non Volatile Storages, one in the [[Serial Flash]] and one in the [[Syscon]] EEPROM. On PS3, NVS is stored in Serial Flash (NAND or NOR) whilst on PS Vita, NVS is part of Syscon EEPROM. There is also the Secure NVS (SNVS), which is a secure area of the Syscon NVS. SNVS is encrypted with some SAMU keys and can be accessed only after doing a handshake.

= Syscon NVS =

See [[Syscon]].

https://fail0verflow.com/blog/2018/ps4-syscon/

Syscon NVS is accessible from EMC but only after doing the handshake to unlock EMC functionalities.

= Serial Flash NVS =

PS4 [[Serial Flash]] NVS is usually stored at offset 0x1C4000 (it depends on the Serial Flash MBR). The size of the whole Serial Flash NVS is 0xC000 bytes.

Serial Flash NVS can be accessed from Kernel by calling the function icc_nvs_read. It can also be read by calling IO functions, with System privileges, to open <code>/dev/sflash0s0x34</code>.

== Serial Flash NVS Banks ==

A total of 7 blocks exist in 2 banks: main bank and backup bank. The kernel makes use only of the bank 0 block 4 and the bank 1 block 1, even though it is possible to read/write the other 5 banks. Indeed, <code>/dev/sflash0s0x34</code> access is provided to System applications and to Kernel.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Bank # !! Block # !! Start Offset in /dev/sflash0s0x34 !! Start Offset in Sflash !! Size !! Notes
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0x1C4000 || 0x3000 || emc region
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0x3000 || 0x1C7000 || 0x1000 || pd region
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x4000 || 0x1C8000 || 0x800 || ds region
|-
| 0 || 3 || 0x4800 || 0x1C8800 || 0x800 || cs region
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x5000 || 0x1C9000 || 0x3000 || active/inactive os region 1
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0x8000 || 0x1CC000 || 0x3000 || active/inactive os region 2
|-
| 1 || 1 || 0xB000 || 0x1CF000 || 0x1000 || unknown region
|}

== Detailed Serial Flash NVS Structure ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Bank # !! Block # !! Start Offset in /dev/iccnvs<block> !! Start Offset in Sflash !! Size !! Notes
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0x1C4000 || 0x8 || Platform ID (e.g 04 01 01 01 01 01 04 01)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x21 || 0x1C4021 || 0x6 || Unknown (e.g 02 BC 60 A7 28 83 66)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x27 || 0x1C4027 || 0x6 || Unknown 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x4E || 0x1C404E || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g 25 16)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x50 || 0x1C4050 || 0x5 || Unknown (e.g 12 FF 00 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x60 || 0x1C4060 || 0x5 || Unknown (e.g 04 02 01 01 02)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x73 || 0x1C4073 || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g 01)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x76 || 0x1C4076 || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g 01)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x7A || 0x1C407A || 0x6 || Unknown (e.g 00 00 00 00 00 38)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x80 || 0x1C4080 || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g. 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x82 || 0x1C4082 || 0x3 || Unknown (e.g. 01 01 01)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x91 || 0x1C4091 || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x96 || 0x1C4096 || 0x3 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x9A || 0x1C409A || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g 02 02)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x9E || 0x1C409E || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0xA0 || 0x1C40A0 || 0x3 || Unknown (e.g 01 01 01)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0xAC || 0x1C40AC || 0x4 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0xC5 || 0x1C40C5 || 0x3 || Unknown (e.g AA AA AA)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x204 || 0x1C4204 || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x20B || 0x1C420B || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x210 || 0x1C4210 || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g 49 42)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x7FE || 0x1C47FE || 0x2 || Unknown (e.g AF 31)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x801 || 0x1C4801 || 0x1 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x810 || 0x1C4810 || 0x12 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x84C || 0x1C484C || 0x2 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x854 || 0x1C4854 || 0x2 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x870 || 0x1C4870 || 0xC || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x8A0 || 0x1C48A0 || 0x1C || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0xFFE || 0x1C4FFE || 0x2 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1000 || 0x1C5000 || 0x4 || soc wakeup source (Only one possible value 00 07 FF 07)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1004 || 0x1C5004 || 0x4 || eap wakeup source (Only one possible value 00 07 FF 07)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1008 || 0x1C5008 || 0x4 || soc wakeup source beep (Possible Values 00 03 0C 04) or (anything between 00 00 00 00 and FF 03 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x100C || 0x1C500C || 0x4 || eap wakeup source beep (Possible Values 00 00 00 04) or (anything between 00 00 00 00 and FF 03 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1030 || 0x1C5030 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1034 || 0x1C5034 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1038 || 0x1C5038 || 0x8 || dbi_time 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1040 || 0x1C5040 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1044 || 0x1C5044 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1048 || 0x1C5048 || 0x8 || dbi_time as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1050 || 0x1C5050 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1054 || 0x1C5054 || 0x4 || NumberOfBootShutdown as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1058 || 0x1C5058 || 0x8 || dbi_time as well
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1220 || 0x1C5220 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1240 || 0x1C5240 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1260 || 0x1C5260 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1280 || 0x1C5280 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x12A0 || 0x1C52A0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x12C0 || 0x1C52C0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x12E0 || 0x1C52E0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1300 || 0x1C5300 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1320 || 0x1C5320 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1340 || 0x1C5340 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1360 || 0x1C5360 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1380 || 0x1C5380 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x13A0 || 0x1C53A0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x13C0 || 0x1C53C0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x13E0 || 0x1C53E0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1400 || 0x1C5400 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1420 || 0x1C5420 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1440 || 0x1C5440 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1460 || 0x1C5460 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1480 || 0x1C5480 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x14A0 || 0x1C54A0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x14C0 || 0x1C54C0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x14E0 || 0x1C54E0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1500 || 0x1C5500 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1520 || 0x1C5520 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1540 || 0x1C5540 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1560 || 0x1C5560 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x1580 || 0x1C5580 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x15A0 || 0x1C55A0 || 0x18 || 
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x15C0 || 0x1C55C0 || 0x18 ||
|-
| 0 || 0 || 0x2000 || 0x1C6000 || 0x8 || 
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0x0 || 0x1C7000 || 0x40 || 
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0x18 || 0x1C7018 || 0x1  || Wlan5GHzInfo (00 Not Supported 0C Supported, some reach 8C Supported, max reach (ac?) ) 
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0x40 || 0x1C7040 || 0x10 || trsw_attach (e.g 1F FF 00 00 07 FF FF 07 FF FF 00 00 00 00 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xA0 || 0x1C70A0 || 0x2 || VrmOcp
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xB0 || 0x1C70B0 || 0x1 || ????
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xB1 || 0x1C70B1 || 0x1 || rtc info.corrMode
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xB2 || 0x1C70B2 || 0x1 || rtc info.corrValue
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xB3 || 0x1C70B3 || 0x1 || rtc info.corrValueExt
|-
| 0 || 1 || 0xC0 || 0x1C70C0 || 0x1 || ????
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x0 || 0x1C8000 || 0xE || KibanID (e.g 33001D00836391) 
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x10 || 0x1C8010 || 0x10 || SOCUID (e.g DA 24 7A 4C FB AB D3 CA D0 95 53 7C 7B F1 45 A9)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x20 || 0x1C8020 || 0x10 || ViopData
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x30 || 0x1C8030 || 0x11 || Used in FW 5.05. Unique identifier of console, hw_info (e.g 00TS4DB00K2180050)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x41 || 0x1C8041 || 0x1F || Used in later firmwares. Unique identifier of console, hw_model (e.g DUT-DBW00JK-S0ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ) aka Product Name 
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x60 || 0x1C8060 || 0x38 || Unknown 
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x98 || 0x1C8098 || 0x8 || Unknown (e.g A8 32 2A 40 67 9E 01 30)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0xA0 || 0x1C80A0 || 0x8 || Unknown (e.g 07 4C 11 63 6E B6 72 03)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0xA8 || 0x1C80A8 || 0x4 || Unknown (e.g 07 8F 31 51)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0xAF || 0x1C80AF || 0x1 || Unknown (e.g C2)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0xB0 || 0x1C80B0 || 0x8 || Unknown (e.g 01 01 01 01 06 06 06 06 FF FF)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0xC0 || 0x1C80C0 || 0xD || (e.g 0000027452252) Product Code (first 5 zeroes are Product Code Branch Number)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x100 || 0x1C8100 || 0x20 || (e.g 00 02 F4 C1 64 E6 83 41 0C D0 8D 91 38 56 50 AE 15 3E 60 9E 70 16 17 1A 1C 18 26 25 1B 1B F5 F7)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x7D0 || 0x1C87D0 || 0x20 || Manufacturing Process Flags (01 enabled, 00 disabled) (e.g 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00)
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x7F0 || 0x1C87F0 || 0x2 ||  (e.g 01 FF) -> Disc Boot Time
|-
| 0 || 2 || 0x7FE || 0x1C87FE || 0x2 ||  (e.g FF FF) -> Disc Boot Time
|-
| 0 || 3 || 0x7B0 || 0x1C8FB0 || 0x1 || CS Config Mode
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x0 || 0x1C9000 || 0x20 || DIP Switches (see below)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x0  || 0x1C9000 || 0x1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_DEVENV_TOOL_boot_param (FE Development Mode) (FB Assist Mode) (FF Release Mode)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x3 || 0x1C9003 || 0x1 || Memory Budget (0xFF Normal, 0xFE Large)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x5 || 0x1C9005 || 0x1 || Slow HDD Mode (0xFE ON) (0xFF OFF)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0xB || 0x1C900B || 0x1 || Unknown (0x87 on prototype DevKit)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x10 || 0x1C9010 || 0x1 || vsh_4K Mode (0xFE ON) (0xFF OFF)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1F || 0x1C901F || 0x1 || ??? (e.g 7F)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x20 || 0x1C9020 || 0x1 || init_safe_mode flag (e.g F1)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x21 || 0x1C9021 || 0x1 || sysctl_machdep_cavern_dvt1_init_update
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x30 || 0x1C9030 || 0x1 || trsw_probe (01 for [ WLAN mode : FT ], else [ WLAN mode : OFF ]) also bt_sdio_probe
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x38 || 0x1C9038 || 0x1 || gigabit ethernet (gbe) related
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x50 || 0x1C9050 || 0x1 || is_extra_clock_available_rtc_status
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x60 || 0x1C9060 || 0x4 || SMI SDK version (e.g 00 00 50 02 (2.50)) (minimal version)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x64 || 0x1C9064 || 0x1 || ?????
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x65 || 0x1C9065 || 0x1 || CsBackupMode
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x67 || 0x1C9067 || 0x1 || ?????
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x68 || 0x1C9068 || 0x4 || Current SDK version 2 (e.g 00 00 05 05 (5.05))
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x70 || 0x1C9070 || 0x4 || manu_mode related (sdk version?)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x74 || 0x1C9074 || 0x4 || Unknown (e.g. 84 72 4E 57)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x7C || 0x1C907C || 0x4 || manu_mode related (sdk version?)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x80 || 0x1C9080 || varies (0x68-0x6C) || acf token <- checked by sceSblDevActVerifyCheckExpire
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x100 || 0x1C9100 || 0xF0 || sce_cam_error_put
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x200 || 0x1C9200 || varies (0x40-0x60) || scrambled/obfuscated eap hdd key <- checked by g_crypt_deferred_init, also checked by read_idstorage
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x300 || 0x1C9300 || 0x30 || sam/liverpool flags (see below)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x301 || 0x1C9301 || 1 || unknown (01 = enabled) (only available for prototype)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x310 || 0x1C9310 || 1 || sam_memtest (01 = enabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x311 || 0x1C9311 || 1 || unknown (01 = enabled) (only available for prototype)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x312 || 0x1C9312 || 1 || sam_rngtest (01 = enabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x31F || 0x1C931F || 1 || extra UART. 0xFF - extra UART disabled, 0x00 - extra UART enabled when ???, 0x01 - extra UART enabled
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x320 || 0x1C9320 || 1 || lvp_configure_get_gddr5clk (0x14 = 500Mhz) (whatever value here is multiplied by 0x19 to get final value) (0xED max value, 5925Mhz) (500Mhz will semi-brick the console with DCT errors, however for some stupid reason BwE's lets user pick ranges from 400 to 2250MHz)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x322 || 0x1C9322 || 1 || lvp_configure_tccds
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x323 || 0x1C9323 || 1 || sam_boot_flags (anything other than FF for enabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x329 || 0x1C9329 || 1 || related to lvp_config (likely gddr5DebugFlag, 1->Read DBI disabled, 2->Write DBI disabled, 4->ABI disabled, 8->Force auto precharge enabled, 0x10 -> Bank swap disabled, 0x20-> Bank swizzle mode disabled, 0x3F -> Everything set)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x3B0 || 0x1C93B0 || 1 || ???? 
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x400 || 0x1C9400 || 0x800 || dev/qaf/utkn region (see below)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x400 || 0x1C9400 || 0x210 || token???
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x150 || 0x1C9650 || 0x290 || qafutkn_ioctl?
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x900 || 0x1C9900 || 0x100 || acf RSA signature
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0xA00 || 0x1C9A00 || 0x190 || token???
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0xC00 || 0x1C9C00 || 0x3C || HDD Info (byte swapped ASCII) (e.g "GHTSH ST4501019A6E08                    613081DJ0124FZD129SN" for an HGST HDD)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0xC3C || 0x1C9C3C || 0x04 || Unknown (e.g 05 C6 0A 00)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0xC40 || 0x1C9C40 || 0x130 || setPupExpirationStatus
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1000 || 0x1CA000 || 0x300 || Registry Manager NVS area 1
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x100E || 0x1CA00E || 0x1 || Unknown (Not Regions)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1040 || 0x1CA040 || 0x1 || Circle Button Behaviour (0x01 for Circle as Go Back) (0x00 for Circle as Accept)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1300 || 0x1CA300 || 0x300 || Registry Manager NVS area 2
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1600 || 0x1CA600 || 0x20 || Registry Manager Entitlement Key NVS area (see below)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1600 || 0x1CA600 || 0x1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_SYSTEM_SPECIFIC_idu_mode (0x01 enabled, 0x00 or 0xFF disabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1601 || 0x1CA601 || 0X1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_SYSTEM_update_mode (0xFF or 0x00 disabled) (0x10, 0x20, 0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x50 enabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1602 || 0x1CA602 || 0x1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_SYSTEM_SPECIFIC_show_mode (0x01 Enabled, 0x00 Disabled) (TestKit only)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1603 || 0x1CA603 || 0x1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_REGISTRY_recover 
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1604 || 0x1CA604 || 0x4 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_SYSTEM_soft_version (deprecated) (DevKit only?)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x1609 || 0x1CA609 || 0x1 || SCE_REGMGR_ENT_KEY_SYSTEM_SPECIFIC_arcade_mode
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x2C00 || 0x1CBC00 || 0x20 || manufacturing mode (all zeroes for enabled, all FFs for disabled)
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x2C40 || 0x1CBC40 || 0x20 || 
|-
| 0 || 4 || 0x2CC0 || 0x1CBCC0 || 0x20 || srtc_modevent
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0x0 || 0x1CC000 || 0x1000 || Equivalent (active/inactive bank) of NVS region 0x5000-0x5FFF. First 0x1000 bytes are usually a 1:1 copy.
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0x1000 || 0x1CD000 || 0x1000 || Equivalent (active/inactive bank) of NVS area 0x6000-0x6FFF
|-
| 1 || 0 || 0x1000 || 0x1CE000 || 0x1000 || Unknown
|-
| ? || ? || ??? || 0x1CF000 || 1 || ?? FF disabled, 00 enabled
|}