Non Volatile Storage

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Short for NVS, holds some information about the console, including console unique identifiers, tokens, flags, and registry flags, as well as some semi-permanent ones.

See also PS4 Non Volatile Storage.

Bank # Block # Start Offset in /dev/sflash0s0x34 Start Offset in Sflash Size Notes
0 0 0x0000 0x1C4000 0x3000 Unknown region. Probably EMC area like on PS4.
0 1 0x3000 0x1C7000 0x0200 Unknown region
0 2 0x3200 0x1C7200 0x0200 pdcs region
0 3 0x3400 0x1C7400 0x0C00 Unknown region
0 4 0x4000 0x1C8000 0x3000 os region
1 0 0x7000 0x1CB000 0x3000 backup of os region
1 1 0xA000 0x1CE000 0x2000 Partial backup of 0/0 Region (+0x1000)

Mapping of the detailed area (NVS service) 0/0 - Unknown Area[edit | edit source]

Bank # Block # Start Offset Start Offset in Sflash Size Notes
0 0 0x0 0x1C4000 0x8 Platform ID (e.g 30 02 01 01 04 01 05 01)
  • 04 01 01 01 01 01 04 01 = a PS4 (for comparison)
  • 30 02 01 01 04 01 05 01 = CFI-1014A 01X EDM-010
  • 30 02 01 01 04 01 05 01 = DFI-T1000AA EDM-010
  • 30 02 02 01 01 01 05 01 = CFI-1115A 01X EDM-020
  • 30 02 03 01 01 01 05 01 = CFI-1215A 01X EDM-030
0 0 0x1900 0x1C5900 0x700 ??? (encrypted garbage in prototype PS5 DevKit dump)

Mapping of the detailed area (NVS service) 0/2 - PDCSAREA[edit | edit source]

Bank # Block # Start Offset Start Offset in Sflash Size Notes
0 2 0x0 0x1C7200 0x10 Kiban ID (e.g 40002B02184672A0)
0 2 0x10 0x1C7210 0x11 hw_info (padded with 0xF FFs) (e.g. AI81376321) aka Product Serial
0 2 0x30 0x1C7230 0x20 hw_model (e.g CFI-1014A 01X) aka Product Name
0 2 0x50 0x1C7250 0x13 Model Code (e.g 0000027418886) aka Product Code (first 5 zeroes are Product Code Branch Number)
0 2 0x60 0x1C7260 0x10 "SocCuid" (e.g 36 62 27 2D 9B 6C D2 B9 F8 CC 23 52 AB 65 8D D3) Soc Unique ID
0 2 0x70 0x1C7270 0x12 Viop Data (Split into Multiples of 2)
0 2 0x90 0x1C7290 0x?? SSD Diag Done State
0 2 0x1B0 0x1C73B0 0x8 CARLO Board ID (DEV Only) / Sub Kiban ID
0 2 0x1C0 0x1C73C0 0x6 WLAN Mac Address
0 2 0x1C6 0x1C73C6 0x6 BD Address 1
0 2 0x1CC 0x1C73CC 0x6 BD Address 2
0 2 0x1E0 0x1C73E0 0x8 ImagePackageId (this determines which firmware is going to be installed at factory)
  • PKG-0384 = DFI-T1000AA
  • PKG-0711 = CFI-1015B 01X
  • PKG-0911 = CFI-1014A 01X
  • PKG-1246 = CFI-1115A 01X
  • PKG-1407 = CFI-1115A 01X
  • PKG-1459 = CFI-1115B 01X
  • PKG-1146 = CFI-1116A 01Y
  • PKG-1590 = CFI-1215A 01X
  • PKG-1590 = CFI-1215A 01X
  • PKG-1591 = CFI-1215B 01X
0 2 0x1F0 0x1C73F0 0x10 Manufacturing Process Flags (01 is enabled, 00 is disabled) (e.g 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00)
0 2 0x1F1 0x1C73F1 0x1 KouteiFlagPI2
0 2 0x3FC 0x1C75FC 4 EAP Magic (e.g. E5 E5 E5 01)

Mapping of the detailed area (NVS service) 0/4 - OSAREA[edit | edit source]

Bank # Block # Start Offset Start Offset in Sflash Size Notes
0 4 0x11 0x1C8011 1 Coldboot (0x01 ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x12 0x1C8012 1 EAP UART (0xEF ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x17 0x1C8017 1 GpuPacket (0xFE OFF, 0xFF ON)
0 4 0x20 0x1C8020 1 FirstImageWriteMode (0xFF ON, 0x00 OFF)
0 4 0x22 0x1C8022 1 HddKernel (0xFF ON)
0 4 0x30 0x1C8030 4 Controller USB Connection / Wlan BT Related
0 4 0x34 0x1C8034 1 Wlan BT related
0 4 0x66 0x1C8066 1 Unknown
0 4 0x68 0x1C8068 4 Current Firmware Version? (little endian, upper half)
0 4 0xF0 0x1C80F0 0x10 PasscodeStatus
0 4 0x140 0x1C8140 1 bapm table
0 4 0x141 0x1C8141 2 bapm table
0 4 0x143 0x1C8143 2 bapm table
0 4 0x1FC 0x1C81FC 4 EAP Magic (e.g. E5 E5 E5 01)
0 4 0x300 0x1C8300 1 BootMessageMode (0x02 Debug, 0xFF Default)
0 4 0x301 0x1C8301 1 Mp0MemoryTest (0x01 ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x304 0x1C8304 1 AblDebugPrint (0x01 ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x310 0x1C8310 1 BiosMemoryTest (0x50 CachedAndUncached, 0xFF Default)
0 4 0x321 0x1C8321 1 UmaSize (0x10 4GiB, 0xFF Default)
0 4 0x322 0x1C8322 1 CpuClock (0x01 ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x3C7 0x1C83C7 1 GfxClkDfllDeterminism (0xFF Default)
0 4 0x400 0x1C8400 0x300 QA FLAG TOKEN (see sample here -> https://pastebin.com/fvA8iKWq)
0 4 0xC10 0x1C8C10 8 Factory Firmware Version? (little endian)
0 4 0xC18 0x1C8C18 8 Factory Firmware Version TimeStamp? (little endian)
0 4 0xC20 0x1C8C20 8 Minimum Firmware Version? (little endian)
0 4 0xC28 0x1C8C28 8 Minimum Firmware Version TimeStamp? (little endian)
0 4 0xC30 0x1C8C30 8 Current Firmware Version? (little endian)
0 4 0xC38 0x1C8C38 4 rtc related?
0 4 0xC70 0x1C8C70 0x20 Unknown (related to otprsrvaccess)
0 4 0xD72 0x1C8D72 1 Unknown
0 4 0xF80 0x1C8F80 1 Manufacturing (0x00 ON, 0xFF OFF)
0 4 0x1000 0x1C9000 0x300 regmgr_readynvs
0 4 0x1300 0x1C9300 0x300 regmgr_readynvs
0 4 0x1600 0x1C9600 0x1 IDU MODE (0x00 OFF, 0x01 ON)
0 4 0x1620 0x1C9620 0x300 regmgr_readynvs
0 4 0x1920 0x1C9920 0x300 regmgr_readynvs
0 4 0x1C20 0x1C9C20 0x20 regmgr_readynvs_manumode

Mapping of the detailed area (NVS service) 1/0 - BACKUPAREA[edit | edit source]

Bank # Block # Start Offset Start Offset in Sflash Size Notes
1 0 0x0 0x1CB000 0x1000 Equivalent (active/inactive bank) of NVS area 0x4000-0x4FFF (part of OSAREA).
1 0 0x1000 0x1CC000 0x2000 Maybe equivalent to another NVS area.