Hacking GATEWAY 3DS IS PREPARING A BIG UPDATE IN APRIL!!

[Quantumcat]

It's not even that. It depends on what people DO with their 3DSes too.

For example, someone who never uses cheats has no reason to use a Gateway nor NTR, and Luma is enough. Someone who uses cheats *sometimes* has no reason to wait for Gateway's support for 11.4 when Luma+NTR covers their needs.
But someone who uses cheats *everyday* (for example a cheat that displays the monster on the map on MH in solo because the game is called "Monster Hunter" and not "Map Explorer") has no reason to wait for NTR to boot a game when Gateway does it faster.

And I'm not talking about the operations needed before running the game, I'm talking about loading times. When I wanted to stream Smash to record a replay with NTR, it spent more than 4 minutes on that stupid "Accessing the SD Card" loading screen. And I really mean "more than 4 minutes", I was so bored after some time that I started recording it with my phone and the video lasts for 4 minutes. Meanwhile, Gateway does not have any impact on loading times. Guess who I'll chose if Gateway's secret feature is "screen streaming".

And same, I have a9lh (probably had it long before that fanboy) and Luma, but I still have my Gateway lying around somewhere.

Best post on the topic to date

 

[Spider_Man]

one thing i can say about Gateway is that those who purchased a cart on day one have still been given support after all these years, Gateway could have easily released a new cart to improve features like Sk3DS but Gateway are loyal to all its customers.

end of the day the cart still works a treat, its getting tiring listening to people bitch about them because people forgot to follow the day one 1 and never perform a console update.

its not Gateway's fault people cant follow simple rules or understand the common fact that console updates have always been to block exploits.

over the years Gateway have brought its users features such as cheat codes and I understand that yes this new update is taking some time and delaying emunand updates(1) but id rather have them delay this crap to ensure its new features are tested before releasing(2).

(1) end of the day you are pirating, if you want full access and online gaming then how about buying your games and playing on a legit system - this way you will have 100% access
(2) you'd all be bitching if Gateway rushed this update and its features had bugs that broke your system, its bad enough people blame Gateway when they cant follow the Fastboot guide or other guides and brick the console.

 

[urherenow]

(2) you'd all be bitching

Nope. I hard mod my systems as well, so I have a zero chance of bricking with software. I'd have to smash it or drop it in a toilet while it was on...

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Nope. I hard mod my systems as well, so I have a zero chance of bricking with software. I'd have to smash it or drop it in a toilet while it was on...

Or close the lid on a 2.1'd N3DS.

 

[urherenow]

Or close the lid on a 2.1'd N3DS.

Unrecoverable with a hard mod? How is that possible?

 

[gamesquest1]

Unrecoverable with a hard mod? How is that possible?

It can cause a MCU brick, to he mcu is basically the thing that controls various things on the 3ds such as LED states etc, apparently the 2.1 firmware can cause a bad state to be pushed to the MCU which bricks the MCU itself, which means the system cannot power on

 

[linuxares]

Unrecoverable with a hard mod? How is that possible?

Different part that gets corrupted.

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It can cause a MCU brick, to he mcu is basically the thing that controls various things on the 3ds such as LED states etc, apparently the 2.1 firmware can cause a bad state to be pushed to the MCU which bricks the MCU itself, which means the system cannot power on

Is the MCU a seperate chip or is it all baked in to the sysnand chip?

 

[gamesquest1]

Different part that gets corrupted.

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Is the MCU a seperate chip or is it all baked in to the sysnand chip?

Separate chip
https://www.3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware#Auxiliary_Microcontroller_.28MCU.29

 

[linuxares]

Separate chip
https://www.3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware#Auxiliary_Microcontroller_.28MCU.29

In theory, since you know these stuff heck of a lot better than I, would it be possible to exchange a MCU from a donor 3DS?

 

[gamesquest1]

In theory, since you know these stuff heck of a lot better than I, would it be possible to exchange a MCU from a donor 3DS?

Yeah probably, although most people would probably just swap out for a replacement mainboard (it's a bga chip so not something you average hobbiest tinkerer could do)

 

[linuxares]

Yeah probably, although most people would probably just swap out for a replacement mainboard

True, it would just be intresting to find out if it's actually possible. Probably wouldn't be worth it however.

 

[urherenow]

Yeah probably, although most people would probably just swap out for a replacement mainboard

I have access to a broken N3DS mainboard though (de-soldering accident... ripped off a solder pad that apparently had a micro-via attached to CLK) so the MCU swap would be the first thing for me to try. But I'd hate to do it with a soldering iron... I need to order a reflow station. The one I had my eye on a few days ago was out of stock

 

[gamesquest1]

I have access to a broken N3DS mainboard though (de-soldering accident... ripped off a solder pad that apparently had a micro-via attached to CLK) so the MCU swap would be the first thing for me to try. But I'd hate to do it with a soldering iron... I need to order a reflow station. The one I had my eye on a few days ago was out of stock

Mcu swap would only really fix a mcu brick, have you tried bridging the 2 clk points, that has worked for a few people who ripped the clk points, if just depends on which pad was ripped etc, but always woth a shot

 

[McWhiters9511]

lol do people honestly think gateway is dead because its 2 firmwares behind? it can easily be updated. its really annoying how people take every opportunity when most are totally idiotic to piss on gateway.

 

[Lumince]

lol do people honestly think gateway is dead because its 2 firmwares behind? it can easily be updated. its really annoying how people take every opportunity when most are totally idiotic to piss on gateway.

Its not that its dead, its just slacking a shit ton. They didnt even put firm protection for A9LH at all?!?!? Thats just crazy. Hopefully they see how much its needed and adds it for gods sake. If not, im not touching it.

 

[McWhiters9511]

Its not that its dead, its just slacking a shit ton. They didnt even put firm protection for A9LH at all?!?!? Thats just crazy. Hopefully they see how much its needed and adds it for gods sake. If not, im not touching it.

i doubt they will. they dont have to. everyone just uses normal a9lh then side boots gw and they know that.

 

[Zaphod77]

a9lh doesn't have the firm protection. it's the cfws that have it.

 

[honyo29]

if they're able to RE NTR cfw and integrate its features to their launcher...

 

[Spider_Man]

if they're able to RE NTR cfw and integrate its features to their launcher...

what features would that be?

 

[Hayleia]

what features would that be?

Screen streaming, screen dimming and blue light filter, screenshits, screen everything