Can't the clone card devs just swap out the GW logos and version numbers with their own, and keep all functionality the same..?
But once decrypted, you can edit everything you want and re-encrypt with ease... I fail to see the difficulty in this. It seems no different than editing something like isolinux menu entries on an Ubuntu ISO image, saving it, and running it with the changes applied.
So, are all the pins on a game cart not used then? As there are spares left over for gateway jtag programming, or do they double up for another function when the cart is just used normally.
But once decrypted, you can edit everything you want and re-encrypt with ease... I fail to see the difficulty in this. It seems no different than editing something like isolinux menu entries on an Ubuntu ISO image, saving it, and running it with the changes applied.
Can't the clone card devs just swap out the GW logos and version numbers with their own, and keep all functionality the same..?
Iirc, an FPGA's logic arrays can not reprogram themselves, they require an external device -- they can by themselves 'reprogram' the on-board SPI flash, however.With the right software and design implementation the FPGA can literally program itself.
Oh no no, they reverted to 1.2, far too scared to stick with EmuNAND (despite there still being no 2.0b1 brick reports, excluding one very questionable Spanish forum member).They attempted to and caused a bricking fiasco and reverted back to 2.0b1, but pretending it was an "update".
Oh no no, they reverted to 1.2, far too scared to stick with EmuNAND (despite there still being no 2.0b1 brick reports, excluding one very questionable Spanish forum member).
SOON !!! XD will it be the same soon as gateway? Even then I would also like to think ( I'm not THAT desperate for a 2.0 tho , it's just to laugh on some people ) that an answer instead of just ignoring may mean something
Yes, it means that they don't want to lose sales.
By the way, the MT-Card has been out for a while...
A couple of community members traced where the FPGA's JTAG pins lead to on the corresponding PCBs for both the Gateway and the Clone Carts and even posted pictures to show exactly how one could trace where these pins terminated.
On the Gateway, they lead to contacts placed facing towards the front of the cart. These were clearly meant to connect to the contacts on the cart slot of the 3DS when the Gateway Red Cart was inserted into the console.
In contrast, clone carts had these JTAG pins lead to contacts facing the back of the cart. These would not come into contact with anything when the clone cart is inserted into a 3DS. The contacts could, however, could possibly have been designed to be accessible through a separate, unknown specialized device.
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The GW secret sauce is in the FPGA and that is protected. Even with the updater the FPGA programming data is encrypted.
Iirc, an FPGA's logic arrays can not reprogram themselves, they require an external device -- they can by themselves 'reprogram' the on-board SPI flash, however.