Homebrew Clarification Thread - What is going on?

[guitarheroknight]

ntrcardhax - Do I smell a new Sky3DS on its way?

 

[dark_samus3]

Well, not for me.

We can probably install n3ds SNS with memchunkhax 2

 

[The Minish LAN]

I'm confused.
So memchunkhax2 doesn't allow piracy?

 

[Ripper00420]

That's beyond the point since you can downgrade to 9.2 you can use rxTools regardless.

But to be able to cold boot CFW on N3DS 10.3 AMAZING!!...lol! On a serous note though, it should be easy to buy a system with 10.1 and below now.

 

[Rosselman]

I'm confused.
So memchunkhax2 doesn't allow piracy?

Not by itself, but it can downgrade your 3DS to 9.2

 

[The Minish LAN]

Not by itself, but it can downgrade your 3DS to 9.2

sysNAND, just to clarify?

 

[dark_samus3]

I'm confused.
So memchunkhax2 doesn't allow piracy?

Not directly, it can only be used to install legit CIAs (which means downgrade)

 

[DarknessMonk]

We can probably install n3ds SNS with memchunkhax 2

I see, but i was thinking that the workaround would make the SnS exploit self-sufficient, even in the o3Ds

 

[Rosselman]

sysNAND, just to clarify?

Of course.

 

[JustPingo]

We can probably install n3ds SNS with memchunkhax 2

That would be so useless.

 

[dark_samus3]

That would be so useless.

Yeah

 

[The Minish LAN]

Of course.

Oh.
So, final question.
Is there, with this news, any way at all to pirate if you upgraded to 10.3?

 

[JustPingo]

Yes. memchunkhax2 then downgrade or memchunkhax2 then ntrcardhax (harder).

 

[Rosselman]

Oh.
So, final question.
Is there, with this news, any way at all to pirate if you upgraded to 10.3?

No, not yet. But when this exploit is released, you will be able to downgrade to 9.2 from 10.3.

 

[Jiro2]

Isn't this subject to the same problem mentioned in other contexts, including Wii-U hacking? Namely, the hackers should keep the exploit secret, because as soon as you publish it, Nintendo is going to patch it, and that's bad in the long run. It only makes sense to release the exploit if Nintendo already patched it (some of these were already patched but others were not), or if there's a second exploit the hackers can keep hidden.

It would be nice if, like the PSP, the 3DS was discontinued in a state where every 3DS in existence was hackable.

(Of course, at some point Gateway will probably find the exploit themselves anyway, so you can't really keep it hidden forever.)

 

[Uziskull]

And now, us O3DS owners wait for the snshax workaround (or the memchunkhax2, although that'll be a longer wait, I think).
:'c

 

[Rosselman]

Isn't this subject to the same problem mentioned in other contexts, including Wii-U hacking? Namely, the hackers should keep the exploit secret, because as soon as you publish it, Nintendo is going to patch it, and that's bad in the long run. It only makes sense to release the exploit if Nintendo already patched it (some of these were already patched but others were not), or if there's a second exploit the hackers can keep hidden.

It would be nice if, like the PSP, the 3DS was discontinued in a state where every 3DS in existence was hackable.

(Of course, at some point Gateway will probably find the exploit themselves anyway, so you can't really keep it hidden forever.)

We don't know if these are the only vulns that have been discovered. For all we know, some vulns are being saved from the EoL of the 3DS.

 

[Jiro2]

Also, a question: Isn't there an old kernel9 exploit which was patched, but above 9.2? If so, could menchunkhax2 be used in combination with this to give full access on whatever version didn't patch it?

 

[Deleted User]

It is a bit obvious tbh.

Do you plan on implementing it (for the old3ds I mean)?

 

[JustPingo]

Do you plan on implementing it (for the old3ds I mean)?

No. For many reasons.
memchunkhax2 will be better.