Tutorial  Updated

Installing Sudokuhax on 3DS 4.x-9.2

So yeah... Title says it all. Ever heard of the DSi exploit named Sudokuhax? You want it? Okay! Here's some info:

  • DSiWare does NOT have access to game card, slot 1.
  • DSi Homebrew Channel ONLY supports a maximum SD card size of 2GBs, because of libnds? (If anyone want's to fix that problem, go ahead).
  • Does not support DLDI patching (sucks, right? Can't even run moonshell or a lot of legacy homebrew with that -_-)
  • You need a NDS mode flash card, so ROP Multiloader can be installed. (New method, doesn't have this requirement :D)
  • DSiWare already installed on the console (it must be at least 4MB's in size!) UNLESS you use the NEW method.
  • Ninjhax or Spiderhax (browser, O3DS) is currently required for the NEW method. The old method, requires a NDS flashcard or other method of installing the ROP chain for MSET.
NOTE - QUOTES ON FREEZING:

It works on my 32gb fat32 32k cluster. I used the modified boot.nds from zoogie link.

Yes cluster size is the issue with hbMenu. If it's anything beyond 8192K on 16+ GB size SD cards (not sure if this counts for anything smaller) then hbMenu won't start anything. You just get that white screen. But the problem was I had screen buffer bugs with GBA games when I had my 32GB SD card formatted to 8192k cluster size.

The ROM

1.) Google "DSiWare SDATs" - click on the link with the domain "hcs64".
2.) Scroll down to the bottom and select "page 3" - you'll see a post by "CaitSith2", posted on "March 27, 2015".
3.) Click on "nomodcrypt" and download the archive.

I can't post a direct link to the files, as it isn't allowed here. Sorry.

PC Utility

1.) Search that ISO site for "Play DSiWare in your 3DS!".
2.) Click on the link and go to page 6, post 59.
3.) Download "DSiWare_Injector.zip".

Good! That's the PC utilities downloaded.

Edit: For those of you who can't find the post, I uploaded the injector to my dropbox. Here it is: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/8pjwmgyiwg5bil4/DSiWare_Injector.zip

DSi Homebrew Channel (Mileage may vary)

1.) Download this: http://filetrip.net/nds-downloads/applications/download-dsi-homebrew-channel-1-0-f25356.html

OR Download this modified version, by @zoogie : http://gbatemp.net/attachments/boot-zip.18916/

OR the latest release (also credits to Zoogie): http://gbatemp.net/attachments/boot-zip.21417/

You don't need a 2gb card. just use nds_hb_menu.
Freshly compiled build attached for your homebrewing pleasure. :P

That's pretty much all you need :P Okay, now for the messing about.

***New Method: 4.x-9.2*** (Concept by Zoogie)

1.) Download a copy of Decrypt9, from either of the two links:
OR try @zoogie 's tool:

Here's a version of TWL_PADGEN that includes a browser-launchable decrypt9 -- no cubic ninja needed.
Use gateway firmware for nand dumping and reinjection and such.
Press select to create xorpad.

http://gbatemp.net/attachments/twln_padgen_spider_launcher-zip.21674/

2.) Place the file in their respective places (Launcher.dat, goes at the root of the 3DS SD card. "Decrypt9", goes in the "3ds" directory, if you're using Ninjhax).
3.) Launch the payload.
4.) Select "Decrypt Nand Partitions" then press "x", to backup.
5.) Once finished, shutdown the console.
6.) Rename "SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc..nds" to "00000002.app".
7.) Rename "dsiware.sav" to "public.sav" (this file is located in "DSiWare_Injector".
8.) Remove the 3DS's SD card and insert it into your computer. Navigate to SD:/Decrypt9 and open "TWLN.bin" with a piece of software such as WinImage.
9.) In WinImage, go to "\title\00030005\42383841\content" and inject the "new" 00000002.app. You can inject the new file by clicking on "Image" then "Inject".
10.) Go to "\title\00030005\42383841" and create the directory "data" (Image -> Create Folder).
11.) Open the "data" directory and inject the "public.sav" file.
12.) Go to File -> Save.
13.) Remove all files from "SD:/Decrypt9", EXCEPT FOR TWLN.bin!
14.) Eject the SD card and put it back into the 3DS.
15.) Re-launch D9, then click "Decypt Nand Partitions" then press the restore button (y).
16.) Accept the confirmation (if any) and wait for it to finish.
17.) Reboot the console, then go to System Settings -> Internet -> Nintendo DS Connections.
18.) Sudoku should load. Press start and Sudokuhax should load. It'll show an error about boot.nds
19.) Power down the console, eject the SD card and put it into your computer.
20.) Transfer the DSiHomebrew channel (boot.nds), to the root of your SD card.
21.) Reinsert the SD card into the console and relaunch Sudokuhax.


***BELOW INSTRUCTIONS ARE 4.x ONLY!***

3DS Injection Tools

1.) Download ROP Multiloader here: http://filetrip.net/3ds-downloads/homebrew/download-ropmultiloader-1-1-f32981.html

Getting your DSiWare Title ID's

1.) Go to system settings ---> Data Management ---> DSiWare.
2.) Copy the DSiWare that you want to be "Sudokuhaxed" to the SD card (make sure no other DSiWare is on your SD! It'll make things easier).
3.) Shutdown the 3DS.
4.) Remove the SD card and insert it into your computer.
5.) Go to "SD:\Nintendo 3DS\<ID1>\<ID2>\Nintendo DSiWare" - you'll see a title with a name similar to this: 4B344856 (This is just an example).
6.) Make sure it's at least 4MB's in size.
7.) Note down the name of the file (don't bother about the file extension - you don't need this).
That's the ID's sorted! Great! :vul2:

Sorting out the stuff

1.) Extract "SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc..nds" from "decrypted_titles_nomodcrypt.7z" (requires 7Zip or any other archive handler that supports the .7z file extension).
2.) Extract "DSiWare_Injector.zip".
3.) Copy/Move "SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc..nds" into the "DSiWare_Injector" directory so that it is with it's pals "dsiware_InjectTitleIDinMset.py" and "MsetForBoss.dat".
4.) Rename "SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc..nds" to "dsiware.nds".
5.) Open "dsiware_InjectTitleIDinMset.py" with a text editor, so that the title ID can be changed.
6.) Change this:
title_ID="xxxxxxxx" # 8 characters or die.

to this:

title_ID="<THE TITLE ID THAT YOU SHOULD'VE NOTED DOWN EARLIER!" # 8 characters or die.

7.) Save the changes and run "dsiware_InjectTitleIDinMset.py" (You must have Python installed!).
8.) Copy "dsiware.nds", "dsiware.sav" and "MsetForBoss.dat" to the root of your 3DS's SD card, (NOT THE NDS FLASH CARD!).
9.) Extract the DSiHomebrew channel and copy "boot.nds" to the root of your 3DS's SD card, just like the previous step.
10.) Extract "235679-ropMultiloader 1.1.zip" and copy "rop_multiloader.nds" to your flashcards SD card (NOT 3DS's!)

You're almost done!

11.) Eject all SD cards and put them back where they belong (don't ask stupid questions. You know where to put it, hehe.)

Installation onto the console


1.) Launch ROP multiloader from your flashcard and install the MsetForBoss exploit.
2.) Go to system settings ---> Profile ---> Nintendo DS profile - you'll see a magical menu, hehe.
3.) Select the option to inject the DSiWare. Wait for it to finish and shutdown the console.
4.) Turn the console back on and launch the DSiWare that you had injected Sudoku into.
5.) The exploit will load after the start menu.

You're done! I've only found this useful for installing the profile exploit, on the go without the need of carrying a flashcard with me. This lets you play NDS games and you could just re-install the exploit with Sudokuhax. Just copy any ROP installer to your 3DS's SD card and rename it to boot.nds.

Would be great if Moonshell2 could be ported to work with this :) Or even better - have a DLDI patch that lets you use more homebrew (nothing is impossible), though I doubt someone would be willing enough to make this happen -_-.

Any errors in this tutorial? Let me know and I'll correct them.

DISCLAIMER: If you break your console, I am not responsible for that. You do these sort of stupid things at your OWN risk. ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP! Don't come crying to this forum if you've bricked your 3DS and don't have a backup of your NAND - it's just plain sense to have backed up your console, you're an idiot if you don't have one.

Special thanks to a certain user on this forum, for helping me out with the details. He prefers not to be mentioned as he'd rather not receive nooby PM's.

Credits/Info

I do NOT take credit for anything other than taking the time to write this tutorial. All files/tools mentioned in this thread belong to their respective owners - you already know where to go if you want to thank them.

Video evidence



 
Last edited by WhoAmI?,

d0k3

3DS Homebrew Legend
Member
Joined
Dec 3, 2004
Messages
2,786
Trophies
1
XP
3,896
Country
Germany
With this, I was able to load the rxTools ROP installer. It's possible that it could be freezing because of your SD card size, which was reported a few pages back, by @Apache Thunder . Sudokuhax is supposed to load any homebrew that does not use DLDI.

If you look in the NDS Homebrew section, I believe there was a custom homebrew launcher, released. Perhaps you could try that?
I compiled the NDS HB Menu afresh, and still nothing. Guess it has to with one of those odd factors (cluster size, EmuNAND/SysNAND, etc...). I think this is not intended to run commercial stuff, though, correct? I also tried my Decrypt9 NDS ROP (included in the latest release, check my signature), but there might still be something wrong with that. When just renaming that Decrypt9 NDS ROP to boot.nds and using it instead of HB Menu, it loads, though (unsure if it actually works, though, cause I don't know hw exactly it works XD).
 
  • Like
Reactions: WhoAmI?

WhoAmI?

PASTA's dirty animal
OP
Member
Joined
Mar 15, 2015
Messages
1,276
Trophies
0
Location
Poké Ball
Website
lavanoid.github.io
XP
1,279
Country
I compiled the NDS HB Menu afresh, and still nothing. Guess it has to with one of those odd factors (cluster size, EmuNAND/SysNAND, etc...). I think this is not intended to run commercial stuff, though, correct? I also tried my Decrypt9 NDS ROP (included in the latest release, check my signature), but there might still be something wrong with that. When just renaming that Decrypt9 NDS ROP to boot.nds and using it instead of HB Menu, it loads, though (unsure if it actually works, though, cause I don't know hw exactly it works XD).

If by commercial, you mean "Roms and stuff that wasn't made with libnds", then yes. It's literally just homebrew only. It's likely just one of those random factors, like you've stated. I'd test the D9 ROP installer for you but my O3DS is just a piece of crap, atm xD (I bought a new O3DS but I accidentally bricked it. I must've had some serious brain fart as the mistake was both obvious and stupid! Dx)
 

realWinterMute

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Feb 24, 2011
Messages
117
Trophies
1
XP
558
Country
  • DSi Homebrew Channel ONLY supports a maximum SD card size of 2GBs, because of libnds? (If anyone want's to fix that problem, go ahead).

I'm not sure this has ever been true. hbmenu worked fine for me on cards up to 8GB even before the recent changes.

Latest (0.4.7) definitely works on the more recent 16GB & 32GB cards I have. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on whatever cards work in DSi/3DS now. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/devkitpro/files/hbmenu/. You should probably prefer that link, it will always have the latest hbmenu available.

  • Does not support DLDI patching (sucks, right? Can't even run moonshell or a lot of legacy homebrew with that -_-)

Sadly it's not possible to make this work. The DLDI code runs on arm9 which doesn't have access to the DSi emmc controller.
 
  • Like
Reactions: WhoAmI?

WhoAmI?

PASTA's dirty animal
OP
Member
Joined
Mar 15, 2015
Messages
1,276
Trophies
0
Location
Poké Ball
Website
lavanoid.github.io
XP
1,279
Country
I'm not sure this has ever been true. hbmenu worked fine for me on cards up to 8GB even before the recent changes.

Latest (0.4.7) definitely works on the more recent 16GB & 32GB cards I have. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work on whatever cards work in DSi/3DS now. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/devkitpro/files/hbmenu/. You should probably prefer that link, it will always have the latest hbmenu available.



Sadly it's not possible to make this work. The DLDI code runs on arm9 which doesn't have access to the DSi emmc controller.
Been meaning to correct that 2GB limitation quote but I honestly CBA.
 

anonymoose

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2015
Messages
179
Trophies
0
XP
231
Country
Germany
Hi gbatemp,
I've recently managed to successfully set up 10.3. emuNAND with rxTools on my 9.2. sysNAND old3ds. I've also installed a cia version of the exploitable SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc. game on my emuNAND for using sudokuhax. But I don't know how to inject the save. Since emuNAND is all stored on the SD card would it be possible to inject the save file over SD card management like just accessing it over the PC or would it be possible to convert the cia version of SUDOKU-Electronic_Arts_Inc. back .nds (because the .nds download link was taken down)?
Any ideas on how to inject the save?

I'm also not sure about editing and injecting my whole TWLN partition :(
 
Last edited by anonymoose,

Deleted member 370283

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2015
Messages
496
Trophies
0
Age
22
XP
1,021
Country
United States
For my 9.2 sysNAND, I followed all of the instructions in the OP with no problems.
However, when I go into System Settings and try to go into the DS Internet Connections, the 3DS crashes and forces me to power down.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, have they been able to resolve it?

EDIT: It's worth noting that I am using the new method.
 
Last edited by Deleted member 370283,

zoogie

playing around in the end of life
Developer
Joined
Nov 30, 2014
Messages
8,560
Trophies
2
XP
15,000
Country
Micronesia, Federated States of
For my 9.2 sysNAND, I followed all of the instructions in the OP with no problems.
However, when I go into System Settings and try to go into the DS Internet Connections, the 3DS crashes and forces me to power down.
Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, have they been able to resolve it?

EDIT: It's worth noting that I am using the new method.
Go back over and make sure your directories are all exactly correct and the .app filename is the same as the one you replaced.

And check the hashes while your at it. There is an incorrect version floating about.
File: Sudoku (USA).nds
CRC-32: 7e5ea8c7
MD4: 6c5cf782ff1fd9067f713ee5fe4f4e54
MD5: 0184664c20cbe570549690fa4c254f11
SHA-1: b049df37106e14313a9bf95f89e807c3e4557458


The INCORRECT one will have this crc: 136cee9c
 
Last edited by zoogie,

Deleted member 370283

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2015
Messages
496
Trophies
0
Age
22
XP
1,021
Country
United States
Looked over the tutorial again, checked the hashes, and just generally checked for mistakes to no avail.
I've uploaded my TWLN.bin file here for you to take a peek at, and see if you can find anything wrong, as I don't see anything.
 
Last edited by Deleted member 370283, , Reason: Link removed for reasons.

zoogie

playing around in the end of life
Developer
Joined
Nov 30, 2014
Messages
8,560
Trophies
2
XP
15,000
Country
Micronesia, Federated States of
Looked over the tutorial again, checked the hashes, and just generally checked for mistakes to no avail.
I've uploaded my TWLN.bin file snip for you to take a peek at, and see if you can find anything wrong, as I don't see anything.
Ok that's good.
 
Last edited by zoogie,

zoogie

playing around in the end of life
Developer
Joined
Nov 30, 2014
Messages
8,560
Trophies
2
XP
15,000
Country
Micronesia, Federated States of
You didn't check the hashes. The sudoku there is the wrong one. The OP tells you where to find the correct one under "The ROM"
The pack with the incorrect rom is also on that page so pay attention. ctrl F "nomodcrypt"

Everything else looks ok, but make DATA lowercase to be on the safe side.
 

Deleted member 370283

Well-Known Member
Member
Joined
Aug 19, 2015
Messages
496
Trophies
0
Age
22
XP
1,021
Country
United States
What program do you recommend for injecting files then?
I ask, because using Winimage, the 'data' folder is showing lowercase on my end, and I've replaced the .app file with the correct one and nothing has changed.
 

zoogie

playing around in the end of life
Developer
Joined
Nov 30, 2014
Messages
8,560
Trophies
2
XP
15,000
Country
Micronesia, Federated States of
What program do you recommend for injecting files then?
I ask, because using Winimage, the 'data' folder is showing lowercase on my end, and I've replaced the .app file with the correct one and nothing has changed.
OSFmount. You need to open the image as read/write, make your changes, then save as a different filename. Then inject that new image back. You can't modify a mounted image in OSFmount (i think)

I really think you can skip the lowercase issue. FAT isn't case sensitive i believe.
 
Last edited by zoogie,
D

Deleted User

Guest
Okay, so I'm on that iso site. Page 6. Post 59. There's no link... what do I do from here?
 

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
    OctoAori20 @ OctoAori20: Nice nice-