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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)
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]] was expired, the PS4 shows the following (Error) Message on the Main Menu: "''This Development Kit is Expired. See DEVKIT_Activation-Users_Guide.''"
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.''"


[[Sony]] uses only one [[Activation Key|Activation Keys]], its for the Device itself
[[Neighborhood for PS4]], does not require any activation like the rumors and previous edit says, but an unactivated PS4 cannot run fSELFs.
 
[[Neighborhood for PS4]], does not require any activation like the rumors and previous edit says. But an unactivated PS4 can't run fselfs.


=== Gallery ===
=== Gallery ===


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

Revision as of 22:09, 28 August 2021

Location

(USB:)\ps4_activation.afv

Description

Only used by Nonretail, not to be confused with the Activation Disc for Retail consoles that Sony Consumer Services sends via regular mail on phone-requests for people without internet.

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

File is generated on request by Sony and tied to console internal serial

The activation key is a xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxx 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

  • Screenshot from the Activation AFV File

    Screenshot from the Activation AFV File

  • Ps4 activation 32284750110266.png

    Screenshot from another Activation AFV File

  • Activation File Context Menu Integration

    Activation File Context Menu Integration


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