INSTALLING BETA OFW WITHOUT INVITE

INSTALLING BETA OFW WITHOUT INVITE

WARNING: THIS IS ONLY FOR OFW USERS, NOT 5.05 OR BELOW.
Sony sets MINVER praxis to the OFW version before the BETA version you are updating to, so if you update to 6.10 BETA the lowest OFW you can "roll back" to will be set to 6.02. This is no good for downgrading.

Required: USB stick fat32/exfat formatted, the latest BETA FW PUP (links change frequently so not listed here), the latest RELEASE OFW PUP from Sony's site.

Instructions:

• Hold power on start up to get into safe mode, select option 3 (UPDATE), select option 1 (USB), insert USB with latest OFW on (PS4/UPDATE/PS4UPDATE.PUP), and let it copy data until you get the update prompt.
• Remove the USB, select UPDATE, and after it reboots but before it gets to the UPDATE screen: immediately POWER OFF THE SYSTEM by unplugging the power.
• Copy the latest BETA FW PUP to the stick, hold power on start up to get into safe mode, select option 3 (UPDATE), select option 1 (USB), insert USB with the latest BETA FW PUP on and let it copy data.
• Remove the USB when done, press OK, then select option 1 (RESTART PS4) to boot into update mode where the beta will now install without error.