Hacking Gateway v2.0 Part 2: NAND Emulation

[the_randomizer]

the_randomizer if you are worried about a buyer on ebay not paying then require them to pay when they buy it. Also you can just not ship it to them until you have received the payment. Also you can easily sell a newish xl on amazon for $170-$190 ish

Hmmm, I don't know yet, I guess I can hold off and see if will eventually support newer firmware. Like Foxi4 said, no system, not even the 3DS, is perfectly safe from exploits. If they team can pull this kinda stuff off, then they can sure as hell support new firmware, but at the same time, it might not be for a long time.

 

[esmrjones]

Ok guys I don't fully understand what this update means so I need some to dumb it down for me. I want to play Pokemon off its retail cart which requires 6.1. Is this possible some how with this update or no? Also does this update fix the games that wouldn't work because of NAND sav files ?

 

[esmrjones]

Double post.

 

[Askedforthis]

Ok guys I don't fully understand what this update means so I need some to dumb it down for me. I want to play Pokemon off its retail cart which requires 6.1. Is this possible some how with this update or no? Also does this update fix the games that wouldn't work because of NAND sav files ?

Maybe and no. There is no fix for the NAND save games yet, only for MH4 which was just AP patched and didn't use a NAND for saving. Gateway is "officially working on XY" as they said.

No one knows if it will allow you to play retail carts like normal, but possibly yes. They did say you'll be "allowed to run up-to-date firmware, without the need for spoofing!", what is involved in that, no one really knows yet. Gateway is bound to get mails about it and answer accordingly soon.

 

[UltraMew]

They did say you'll be "allowed to run up-to-date firmware, without the need for spoofing!"

Does this mean it can run on my 6.3 3DS, or spoof a 6.3?

 

[the_randomizer]

Does this mean it can run on my 6.3 3DS, or spoof a 6.3?

The status of 6.3 is unknown

 

[Armadillo]

Does this mean it can run on my 6.3 3DS, or spoof a 6.3?

You run a virtual 6.3 nand. You still need to be on 4.1->4.5 to use it at all.

 

[the_randomizer]

You run a virtual 6.3 nand. You still need to be on 4.1->4.5 to use it at all.

Which I think is...never mind, I won't say that here.

 

[mrtofu]

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[bikewow]

This is a brilliant update. I am reminded of the initial progress of the Wii homebrew scene - Pretty soon I imagine we should be able to install homebrew to our emulated NAND a la the Homebrew Channel, or maybe even get a CFW

 

[esmrjones]

Would running the virtual 6.3 require the gateway be in the drive during operation thus preventing using a retail game cart ? Or is it like an install thing then switch to retail cart if you want?

 

[Rizzorules]

Hi, so there wont be multiple roms ? What is "wip".

Please answer me

 

[IronClouds]

The way I imagine it working is that the NAND is being emulated by running from the SD card, which is being accessed by the Gateway card. You remove the Gateway card, you remove the virtual NAND emulation, and you're back to your 4.x firmware.

Edited to add: In other words, this would mean no support for retail carts that require updating to a higher firmware.

 

[inuyasha555]

Hi, so there wont be multiple roms ? What is "wip".

Please answer me

No multi roms yet, no.

WIP = Work in progress

 

[Snailface]

I don't really understand how it works. Can someone explain?

More or less, this is my understanding of how nand emulation works. Someone please feel free to correct/humiliate me if I'm wrong.

It...
1. Makes an exact copy of your 3DS nand (firmware 4.5) to the SD card.
2. Applies patches to the SD copy of your nand to make it 6.3 compatible.
3. Runs the patched v6.3 off your SD so you can play new backup games and access online features.

 

[Xexyz]

The way I imagine it working is that the NAND is being emulated by running from the SD card, which is being accessed by the Gateway card. You remove the Gateway card, you remove the virtual NAND emulation, and you're back to your 4.x firmware.

Edited to add: In other words, this would mean no support for retail carts that require updating to a higher firmware.

If it is emulating a NAND it would support updating.

 

[Rizzorules]

No multi roms yet, no.

WIP = Work in progress

Thanks

 

[Huntereb]

WHAAAAT!? YEEESSSS!!!!

 

[Nosmoth]

Ohhh Damn! Out of all the features I thought they could of added this by far trumps them all.

 

[Huntereb]

Wait, how does this work exactly? Do you download a 6.0+ Nand from the internet and it's able to emulate it? How exactly... What?