Hacking Official [Release] CakesFW

[democracy]

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[OctopusRift]

Here's my rendition of a somewhat minimal logo for Cakes

View attachment 37267

Dude that's wonderful.

 

[mashers]

Dude that's wonderful.

Thanks buddy The devs are welcome to contact me if they want to use it for any reason. I have the original vector saved on my Mac.

 

[Ekaitz]

v128
n3DS 9.2E and 10.5E emunand. Works perfectly on reiNand, can't boot CakesFW.
I reinstalled everything three times, each time it fails, just a black screen when I try to boot.

Any suggestion?

 

[_Belial]

I've got cakes running on n3DS and n3DSXL with 9.2E + 10.5E with no issues at all. How are you launching cakes? Have you tried removing the config and starting again, making sure you have the boot emunand and enable patches set?

 

[FEAR_1337]

Why when I select the patch "Survive reboots when launching some titles" GBA titles don't run? The screen goes black and the 3D light lights but nothing happens. Yes, the AGB_FIRM is patched and everything works fine without enabling the .cake patch.

 

[Ekaitz]

I've got cakes running on n3DS and n3DSXL with 9.2E + 10.5E with no issues at all. How are you launching cakes? Have you tried removing the config and starting again, making sure you have the boot emunand and enable patches set?

I launch it using BootCTR. (with the right offset and delay=100. It works flawlessly with Reinand) I can successfully reach the menu but with or without Cakes' autoboot, it just does not boot. I deleted the config and started again, I even removed every files and tried 3 times. Did not work.

For the options and patches, if I'm right I only selected:
Emunand
Sig patches
Autoboot

 

[_Belial]

I launch it using BootCTR. (with the right offset and delay=100. It works flawlessly with Reinand) I can successfully reach the menu but with or without Cakes' autoboot, it just does not boot. I deleted the config and started again, I even removed every files and tried 3 times. Did not work.

For the options and patches, if I'm right I only selected:
Emunand
Sig patches
Autoboot

What build are you using? I'm running 1.08 and not the nightlies that people are having some issues with.

 

[Ekaitz]

I'm using the v128 (nightly I assume), found it in a very convenient package on that iso website.

 

[mid-kid]

I'm using the v128 (nightly I assume), found it in a very convenient package on that iso website.

Please don't. Use the stable.
Also get the firmware.bin and cetk files from the links in the OP.

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

v128
n3DS 9.2E and 10.5E emunand. Works perfectly on reiNand, can't boot CakesFW.
I reinstalled everything three times, each time it fails, just a black screen when I try to boot.

Any suggestion?

Erase every files and make a clean copy, this works fine for me.

Edit: cakes 128 works really fine in me new3ds.

 

[Madridi]

Out of curiousity, I'm just wondering what's the purpose of having cakes.dat and code.bin. Is the later useful in any way that the first one isn't?

 

[dark_samus3]

Why when I select the patch "Survive reboots when launching some titles" GBA titles don't run? The screen goes black and the 3D light lights but nothing happens. Yes, the AGB_FIRM is patched and everything works fine without enabling the .cake patch.

That's normal behavior

 

[OctopusRift]

Why when I select the patch "Survive reboots when launching some titles" GBA titles don't run? The screen goes black and the 3D light lights but nothing happens. Yes, the AGB_FIRM is patched and everything works fine without enabling the .cake patch.

That's the point of it not being "the standard"

 

[thegameksk]

Newbie here. I am currently running rx tools 9.5 on my N3ds. I want to update to 10.5 to access the eshop. With Cakes, can I do this?

 

[dark_samus3]

Newbie here. I am currently running rx tools 9.5 on my N3ds. I want to update to 10.5 to access the eshop. With Cakes, can I do this?

Yep, you just need the slot0x11key96.bin file and the 10.2 firmware.bin (the firmware.bin can be found in the OP)

 

[thegameksk]

Yep, you just need the slot0x11key96.bin file and the 10.2 firmware.bin (the firmware.bin can be found in the OP)

Are there any main differences between Cakes and RX?

Im a little confused. Wouldnt the 10.2 firmware not be the most recent?


Im assuming the OP also has a guide for doing this?

Would the current CIA's I have installed still work with Cakes or do I have to reinstall them?

 

[dark_samus3]

Are there any main differences between Cakes and RX?

Im a little confused. Wouldnt the 10.2 firmware not be the most recent?


Im assuming the OP also has a guide for doing this?

Would the current CIA's I have installed still work with Cakes or do I have to reinstall them?

Well the differences are that Cakes is generally more modular, so you don't have to update the whole firmware to update parts of it or add a new feature to it

There's 10.4 firm which is currently only supported by nightlies (which aren't stable) and 10.3 uses 10.2's firm, so if you want a stable experience then use the 10.2 firm (to be clear you can still update to 10.5 with it) OP doesn't have a guide for it but it isn't hard (just place the files where they need to go, enable the correct patches and go from there)

you can keep all of your CIAs, they're installed on the SD card so they're safe

 

[daxtsu]

Are there any main differences between Cakes and RX?

Cakes is pretty much an emuNAND and nothing else. It's coded to be simple, flexible, and get the job done. RxTools is a toolkit with a lot of features, and has emuNAND as a secondary function (i.e. it's lower priority, afaik?). If you switch to Cakes, you're not locked to 9.5 like you are with RxTools for now, on N3DS (on O3DS you can go to any firmware on RxTools). Also, tools like @d0k3's emunand9 tool and decrypt9 provide pretty much the exact same extra functionality that RxTools offers, so if you need decryption tools or emunand backup tools, grab those. They just lack a "pretty" menu (though I think @Shadowtrance provides GUI builds of both now). The only real thing Cakes is missing in terms of emuNAND functionality that RxTools has is region-free, but Free multi Patcher, NTR CFW, and my fork of FMP (called Region Free Patcher, it's just a bit simpler than FMP, it has no config options and auto exits) all provide region free at the cost of needing to run one CIA after you boot (big deal).

 

[Shadowtrance]

Cakes is pretty much an emuNAND and nothing else. It's coded to be simple, flexible, and get the job done. RxTools is a toolkit with a lot of features, and has emuNAND as a secondary function (i.e. it's lower priority, afaik?). If you switch to Cakes, you're not locked to 9.5 like you are with RxTools for now, on N3DS (on O3DS you can go to any firmware on RxTools). Also, tools like @d0k3's emunand9 tool and decrypt9 provide pretty much the exact same extra functionality that RxTools offers, so if you need decryption tools or emunand backup tools, grab those. They just lack a "pretty" menu (though I think @Shadowtrance provides GUI builds of both now). The only real thing Cakes is missing in terms of emuNAND functionality that RxTools has is region-free, but Free multi Patcher, NTR CFW, and my fork of FMP (called Region Free Patcher, it's just a bit simpler than FMP, it has no config options and auto exits) all provide region free at the cost of needing to run one CIA after you boot (big deal).

Correct, i do.
And you forgot one thing in regards to Decrypt9 and Emunand9... they both do everything better than rxtools and do it right.

But yeah just use Cakes (or Reinand if you wish) in combination with Decrypt9 / Emunand9 and you're set imo (plus FMP / RFP or NTR for regionfree).