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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
The message was changed to say "''This DevKit/TestKit is Expired. See Activation Guide on DevNet''" on later firmware releases.


[[Neighborhood for PS4]], does not require any activation like the rumors and previous edit says. But an unactivated PS4 can't run fselfs.
[[Neighborhood for PS4]], does not require any activation like the rumors and previous edit says, but an unactivated PS4 cannot 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>

Latest revision as of 22:45, 25 March 2023

Location[edit | edit source]

(USB:)\ps4_activation.afv

Description[edit | edit source]

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."

The message was changed to say "This DevKit/TestKit is Expired. See Activation Guide on DevNet" on later firmware releases.

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

Gallery[edit | edit source]