Hacking 3DS Custom Firmware by Smealum

[liban100]

ok, i think it's clarification time again... wanted to wait until i had some cooler stuff to show but i don't want things to get too out of hand in the meantime.
so, where to start ? first off, yes, this is by all means a custom firmware we've got running. what does that mean ? essentially, that we can have our own code running concurrently anywhere, at any time. more practically, it means we should be able to add new features to the stock firmware, not only adding some sort of nice homebrew loader to the home menu (maybe), but also for instance taking screenshots, cheats (yeah we can also run code in games apparently), removing region locking and such.
now, what does this *not* mean ? well, mostly it's just not as nice a CFW as are available on say the PSP, the PS3 or even the wii. it's not persistent, which means that it disappears whenever you shut down your device, not unlike a tethered iOS jailbreak. (also pretty sure it disappears whenever you run a DS, DSi or GBA VC game... but pretty sure we could work around that for the most part)
so no, this isn't anything super revolutionary; it won't work on anything past 4.5 and is no more practical than GW's solution.
but it does mean we can do some really cool stuff. unfortunately, giving everyone the ability to do all that cool stuff could have huge downsides; pretty sure everyone would kill me if i released something that allowed people to cheat on pokemon. more or less fortunately though, no need to worry about that for now as this is still very much in its infancy and won't be seeing a release for a while !

but yeah no this isn't just a banner edit or string edit or whatever.

(also i only tweeted one pic but... http://smealum.net/f1.jpg http://smealum.net/f2.jpg http://smealum.net/f3.jpg http://smealum.net/f4.jpg )

Is it possible to firmware spoof so we can play retail games like Pokemon?

 

[williamcesar2]

show us a game running in your CFW !

 

[mkdms14]

As cool as that pic looks is still proves nothing. A video with many sources confirming it is the only way to verify something like this now days. To easy to photoshop or fake.

 

[the_randomizer]

No 4.5+ support, no me gusta

 

[Ennea]

As cool as that pic looks is still proves nothing. A video with many sources confirming it is the only way to verify something like this now days. To easy to photoshop or fake.

Smealum did this. Do you really require video proof? The DS profile exploit is already known. It is also known that there's a kernel mode entry exploit available in 4.5 and below (or between 4.1 and 4.5, anyway). I don't expect it to be rocket science to have some code write "smea" into the frame buffer/memory for the upper screen all the time. Heck, how do you think Gateway's method of transferring saves to the 3DS's SD card works? There's no way to get that to work without code running concurrently to the regular 3DS FW.

 

[Skeet1983]

I already updated to latest fw, am I screwed?

 

[the_randomizer]

I already updated to latest fw, am I screwed?

Welcome to the club

 

[pyromaniac123]

I already updated to latest fw, am I screwed?

Yes.

 

[Crimson Phantom]

As cool as that pic looks is still proves nothing. A video with many sources confirming it is the only way to verify something like this now days. To easy to photoshop or fake.

lol sure is 11 years old in here

 

[liban100]

lol sure is 11 years old in here

You can hardly say that when you just said "lol sure is 11 years old in here" ...

 

[mkdms14]

Smealum did this. Do you really require video proof? The DS profile exploit is already known. It is also known that there's a kernel mode entry exploit available in 4.5 and below (or between 4.1 and 4.5, anyway). I don't expect it to be rocket science to have some code write "smea" into the frame buffer/memory for the upper screen all the time. Heck, how do you think Gateway's method of transferring saves to the 3DS's SD card works? There's no way to get that to work without code running concurrently to the regular 3DS FW.

Forgive me for being skeptical but I have seen many more fakes than real 3ds hack. I have been around for a while and I have never heard of the "Smealum" person before. Not saying he is a fake, I am just saying don't jump to conclusions until further information is available. By the way don't tell me you created your account just to comment on mine? I mean if your new welcome.

 

[migles]

As cool as that pic looks is still proves nothing. A video with many sources confirming it is the only way to verify something like this now days. To easy to photoshop or fake.

i had joined less than 1 month in this forum, and i already know smea is a very reputable person on gbatemp which helped "hackers" before....

 

[Vappy]

I have been around for a while and I have never heard of the "Smealum" person before

He's the developer of Portal DS, he's one of the most proficient DS devs around. He's been working with neimod and yellows8 on 3dbrew for a short while now.

 

[chrisrlink]

let's hope it's released BEFORE nintendo patches it they should keep stuff secret until release not blab on 3dbrew >_> besides if it is new screw it i'm not updating (hopes it's SD Card based)

 

[mkdms14]

He's the developer of Portal DS, he's one of the most proficient DS devs around. He's been working with neimod and yellows8 on 3dbrew for a short while now.

Well now I know, up until now I never heard of the guy before. Beside I never followed the DS hombrew scene. I just bought a DSTWO and that was it. So now I am trying to be more inform on what is going on with the 3ds scene.

 

[Vappy]

let's hope it's released BEFORE nintendo patches it they should keep stuff secret until release not blab on 3dbrew >_> besides if it is new screw it i'm not updating (hopes it's SD Card based)

It's already been patched, confirmed to only work on 4.5 or lower with previously known exploits.

Well now I know, up until now I never heard of the guy before. Beside I never followed the DS hombrew scene. I just bought a DSTWO and that was it. So now I am trying to be more inform on what is going on with the 3ds scene.

And now you've got some evidence that he's a trusted developer. He, yellows8 and neimod are the three main names in 3DS hack development. I've seen 3dsguy contribute some too, but I'm not sure to what extend his involvement is.

 

[the_randomizer]

let's hope it's released BEFORE nintendo patches it they should keep stuff secret until release not blab on 3dbrew >_> besides if it is new screw it i'm not updating (hopes it's SD Card based)

No sense in following of having interest in the scene since the elitists with 4.5 or below will be able to use homebrew

So yeah, anyone who updated to 6.2 and/or no longer is on 4.5 before these breakthroughs were announced are forever f**ked

 

[kyogre123]

It's already been patched, confirmed to only work on 4.5 or lower with previously known exploits.



And now you've got some evidence that he's a trusted developer. He, yellows8 and neimod are the three main names in 3DS hack development. I've seen 3dsguy contribute some too, but I'm not sure to what extend his involvement is.

I would say 3DSGuy is the nicest hacker in the 3DS scene. He has actually released something the Rom Trimmer and it's incredibly useful.

 

[luigi90210]

Not to bash you but, wow, you rooted your phone!
Doesn't mean you're a "hacker" tho, just a modder.
But we can discuss that forever, so lets just leave it here.

That you code your own software is extremely neat tho.
I'd love to see some of your work, but since I got no Android/IOS device.

Twiizers, Failoverflow, Giantpune (don't think he'd support piracy) and others.
They don't support piracy.

Indeed, not everyone had a flashcard.
I also got a couple of flashcards but I also got a couple of games.

Same with me RGH 360.
I backupped every legit game I got (which is quite a few)



Please do.
I ofcourse can't demand it but that would give me the ability to play Hello Kitty for 3DS <3

hacker is a very loose term used nowadays, if it makes you feel better though i use to be the a*shole who would put rats on peoples computers and mess with them(literally hacking into their computer) but that was forever ago, anyhow yes its more modder then hacker, which is what everyone who modifies and finds exploits and uses them for non malicious purposes(so technically people doing this are modders, not a hacker as their intent is non malicious)

like i said though, i support it only because it is unavoidable unless you completely remove homebrew support and even then, just releasing the custom firmware, someone who knows how to code(like myself) could probably go in and add the feature

its best imo, to just release stuff with the ability to run homebrew/unsigned code, and let someone else deal with coding a rom loader

 

[DinohScene]

hacker is a very loose term used nowadays, if it makes you feel better though i use to be the a*shole who would put rats on peoples computers and mess with them(literally hacking into their computer) but that was forever ago, anyhow yes its more modder then hacker, which is what everyone who modifies and finds exploits and uses them for non malicious purposes(so technically people doing this are modders, not a hacker as their intent is non malicious)

like i said though, i support it only because it is unavoidable unless you completely remove homebrew support and even then, just releasing the custom firmware, someone who knows how to code(like myself) could probably go in and add the feature

its best imo, to just release stuff with the ability to run homebrew/unsigned code, and let someone else deal with coding a rom loader

True true.
If you can make custom code run on a console, you're a hacker in the eyes of the majority of people.
You got a point indeed.

Humm, Did Marcan code a USB loader in under 12 hours?
Yeh, as soon as you got arbitrary code running on a 3DS, people will make a ROM loader.

I'm not against piracy (cause it's unavoidable indeed)
But the readily availability of it via flashcards is what I don't want.
Companies exploiting people through the use of the works of hackers for their own profit.
Ironically, I recommend people to get TX hardware for their 360 hacking instead of cheap chinese knock offs/Maximus products.


Piracy is a "nice addition"
But to be completely honest, I couldn't care less about piracy.
I'm much more for the homebrew on consoles.
Shame that the 360 doesn't have that much.