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whatdahopper edited this page Jul 29, 2026 · 29 revisions

!! PLEASE READ THE WHOLE PAGE BEFORE CONTINUING, YOU WILL BE LAUGHED AT IF YOU IGNORE STEPS AND COMPLAIN TO US ABOUT ISSUES !!

Warning

There is a risk of bricking your headset by jailbreaking it, while we've done our best to make sure the jailbreak is as safe as possible (in testing, we haven't seen any bricked or damaged hardware as a result of using the jailbreak utility normally), there is always risks with this kind of thing. Please do not paste random commands into the shell of the headset if you are unaware as to what they will do. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICKED OR DAMAGED HARDWARE THAT MAY HAPPEN OR OCCUR BY USAGE OF THIS UTILITY.

Note

The jailbreak is NOT PERSISTENT, this means that each time the headset is shut down (red LED on the headset), you will have to RUN THE JAILBREAK AGAIN when you power on the headset before launching SteamVR. We have plans in the future to make this more seamless, but for now, you will have to do this manually.

Prerequisites

  • The latest release of PSVR2Updater (download build-release-windows-latest.zip for Windows or build-release-ubuntu-latest.zip for Linux, and extract it).
  • The latest release of vr2jb.
  • A headset running firmware version 6.00, as the jailbreak only works on firmware version 6.00.
    • If you don't know what firmware version your headset is running, there is a guide below to check.
    • If your headset is running a newer/older firmware version, you will have to downgrade/update to firmware version 6.00 (respectively).
      • This means that if you use your headset on PS5, it will automatically update the firmware again. You should either stop using your headset on PS5, or buy another headset, downgrade each time you connect it back to your PC, or don't jailbreak at all.
        • Updating the firmware has the risk of making downgrading impossible (if Sony patches it) in the future, while currently this is not a problem, you should try avoiding firmware updates. You have been warned.
      • You will need to acquire PS VR2 firmware version 6.00 (if you don't have it, you can download it from here).

Checking your firmware version

If you already know the firmware version of your headset is 6.00, you can ignore this guide entirely.

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