Hacking Gateway 3DS 3.0 ULTRA exploit WITHOUT GW POSSIBLE!!!

[AquaX101]

Short answer is no. ORAS is a Card 2 game, so while you can backup the save file by backing up the entire ROM, you can't send it back. You'd need a CyberGadget/Powersaves dongle to send it back to a physical cartridge, or have a GateWay cart to play a ROM with the altered save.

So gateway doesn't have ability to restore to physical cartridges?

 

[VerseHell]

I know, but the point was using just the launcher.dat without a GW, which seems to be impossible.

Oh nvm then. :/

So gateway doesn't have ability to restore to physical cartridges?

Only for card1 games.

 

[dontay0100]

working flawlessly here!

 

[Codename]

If a Gateway card is no longer needed to execute custom code, aka launching the exploit menu, then I believe that some great devs will be able to do some great things. Someone should write their own launcher.dat that allows us to run homebrew!

 

[Codename]

That is assuming the browser exploit gains kernel access on its own, maybe the launcher.dat has code in it that does the kernel exploit?

Is it possible to reverse engineer the launcher.dat so we can view the code?

 

[DarklyKnight]

This only allows you to install .CIA right? Not actually playing the .3ds files right?

 

[Duo8]

That is assuming the browser exploit gains kernel access on its own, maybe the launcher.dat has code in it that does the kernel exploit?

I think it's only enough to reach the sd to continue. Rest is done by launcher.

Is it possible to reverse engineer the launcher.dat so we can view the code?

It is but very difficult.

 

[AquaX101]

another weird question, is there any specific way to leave gateway menu or can you just turn off the system normally?

 

[Rinnux]

Oh my goodness there is so much misinformation in this thread... Yes you can get into the gateway menu. NO YOU CANNOT USE GATEWAY MODE. i.e. no kernel mode rom loading for you.. The browser exploit is just merely an entry point, nothing more nothing less.

 

[Vappy]

Browser exploit gets you through the front door of the bank, but you'll need to reverse engineer the launcher if you want to get into the vault

 

[Zidapi]

Browser exploit gets you through the front door of the bank, but you'll need to reverse engineer the launcher if you want to get into the vault

Well said. That's a pretty good analogy for those here with only a very basic understanding of what's going on.

 

[lisreal2401]

You CAN have kernel access without GW if you downgrade. The files aren't out. If you downgrade, you can use custom firmware and go from there.

 

[Rinnux]

You CAN have kernel access without GW if you downgrade. The files aren't out. If you downgrade, you can use custom firmware and go from there.

I wouldn't be surprised if it required the red card to downgrade.

 

[Vappy]

You CAN have kernel access without GW if you downgrade. The files aren't out. If you downgrade, you can use custom firmware and go from there.

Still waiting for someone to make a better CFW for that to be an attractive option. And there's no guarantee the downgrade will work without a Gateway card inserted.

 

[Kohmei]

I wouldn't be surprised if it required the red card to downgrade.

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason for all the secrecy and delays isn't because GW team is protecting what is essentially a softmod from going softmod, and making all of their cards worthless.

The GW card seems like nothing more than a DRM dongle at this point, ironically enough.

 

[N00b Smasher]

I wouldn't be surprised if the reason for all the secrecy and delays isn't because GW team is protecting what is essentially a softmod from going softmod, and making all of their cards worthless.

The GW card seems like nothing more than a DRM dongle at this point, ironically enough.

It's not like it's just a pointless DRM dongle, it offers a hardware-based feature. Namely the microSD slot for loading .3ds roms. Would it be possible to load them off the 3DS SD? Maybe. Maybe not. But even if the answer is yes, some of the roms would have to be splitted, and if you have multiple systems, you would have to buy a large SD for holding the roms for each one. Swapping the SD between systems wouldn't work because each emunand works in only one specific 3DS. By loading the roms off the microSD in the GW card, you can use the same card on multiple 3DS. Plus you can have multiple microSDs for holding many games and quickly swap them. Having to swap the 3DS SD would be a pain in the ass, with the emunand and any files stored in it. Not to mention that having to install the emunand partition in each SD would make you lose multiple GBs of storage.

 

[New3ds]

Any guide for the installation?

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Edit: never mind, I found it. It goes with the download pack

 

[AlexaC]

Any guide for the installation?

So far there's no any guide for you, New3ds. Just for old 3ds at the moment

 

[New3ds]

^

Thanks for the response, but I'm just curious about the installing process.

I'm new to gateway, btw.

 

[jagerstaffel]

another weird question, is there any specific way to leave gateway menu or can you just turn off the system normally?

I am also wondering about this. I have to hold power for several seconds to quit, but I'm sure there is another way, right?