Hacking [RCM Payload] Hekate - CTCaer mod

[Alklas]

hello
i tried it on my 3.0.0
launch firmware
either it works, or it reboots, display is too fast to be read, a red line then several white lines, and i end on normal Horizon screen

 

[CTCaer]

hello
i tried it on my 3.0.0
launch firmware
either it works, or it reboots, display is too fast to be read, a red line then several white lines, and i end on normal Horizon screen

Thanks.
It probably can't read the files from the sd card and just reboots into normal mode.

Is it possible to take a photo of this?
The trick is to put your camera/phone camera, to lowest ISO and EV (exposure) to -2.0 or -3.0.
And take a screenshot right when you see the red lines.

If you can't, I'll cook up a version that waits for a bit when an error occurs.

 

[Neo_007]

Ok I'll check tonight, but both of them was erased by the switch

 

[CTCaer]

@Alklas
Try this payload.
I've added 2second delays after every error that can show up in the launch firmware logic.

 

[Alklas]

has anyone a link to a how-to, to setup the files on the SD, and the .ini file, to boot from SD card ?
hecate site is quite silent on this

 

[CTCaer]

has anyone a link to a how-to, to setup the files on the SD, and the .ini file, to boot from SD card ?
hecate site is quite silent on this

You just copy the sdfiles.zip content into the sd card root folder.
Any homebrew you want to launch through hbmenu, you put it inside "switch" folder.
So you end up with 2 folders (atmosphere and switch) and 4 files at root folder.

You run hbmenu by running the album app.

That's it actually. Copy paste procedure.

 

[Alklas]

ok
thanks
i thought i had to build atmosphere myself
( and i already use hbl since pegaswitch, to build a few graphic demos )

 

[CTCaer]

ok
thanks
i thought i had to build atmosphere myself
( and i already use hbl since pegaswitch, to build a few graphic demos )

So wait,
when you tried, you tried without the sdfiles?
Can you redo the test please?

 

[Alklas]

yes, i tried as i thought it might be a check to see if the original nand firmware booted fine.
will try tonight, i am currently at work

 

[kamo]

Thanks for the tool. How long should the backup take? I'm using a 64gb Sandisk formatted in FAT32 and I feel it's even slower as it should.

Oh and what about the other stuff (System/Boot) should I use the other backup options too?

 

[Alklas]

i did it yesterday, exfat is faster, and i had errors with fat32, i did not have once formatted in exfat
took 10 hours as i did it with 16 Gb card ( so i had to get the SD, copy file to PC and so on )

 

[kamo]

i did it yesterday, exfat is faster, and i had errors with fat32, i did not have once formatted in exfat
took 10 hours as i did it with 16 Gb card ( so i had to get the SD, copy file to PC and so on )

10 hours holy shit. maybe my card isn't that slow afterall.

 

[CTCaer]

Thanks for the tool. How long should the backup take? I'm using a 64gb Sandisk formatted in FAT32 and I feel it's even slower as it should.

Oh and what about the other stuff (System/Boot) should I use the other backup options too?

Takes a lot!
Best case scenario 20 minutes with a very fast sd card (u3).

You need to also dump the boot0/1 partitions. They are separate.

i did it yesterday, exfat is faster, and i had errors with fat32, i did not have once formatted in exfat
took 10 hours as i did it with 16 Gb card ( so i had to get the SD, copy file to PC and so on )

10 hours??

 

[Nemean]

I think I am missing something but can't figure out what. I have used the tool to dump RAW and it has split into 15 files how do I combine these as they are .01 and not the normal .001 so it seems to be causing issues with every program I use. As I say I'm sure I am doing something wrong here. Also once I have combined is there a way to check it has all worked correctly with no errors as the last thing I would want is for my backup to be corrupted.

 

[CTCaer]

i did it yesterday, exfat is faster, and i had errors with fat32, i did not have once formatted in exfat
took 10 hours as i did it with 16 Gb card ( so i had to get the SD, copy file to PC and so on )

Read OP.
I provide instructions and the download link also has scripts for Windows and Linux...

 

[Nemean]

Read OP.
I provide instructions and the download link also has scripts for Windows and Linux...

Thank you was trying to do it on my Mac and nothing was working so used windows like you suggested and seems to be working now.

 

[Stoned]

I Hope Support for 3.0.1 Soon.

 

[CTCaer]

Actually the Linux script works in mac

 

[Alklas]

ok, so i formatted back my SD in FAT32 ( 3.0.0 only knows FAT32 )
version 1.5 working fine, i was able to boot on CFW from sdfiles.zip and tried a few program i wrote, through HBL, all successful

 

[CTCaer]

ok, so i formatted back my SD in FAT32 ( 3.0.0 only knows FAT32 )
version 1.5 working fine, i was able to boot on CFW from sdfiles.zip and tried a few program i wrote, through HBL, all successful

Thanks noted!