Hacking Pasta CFW - A CFW that allows unsigned CIA to be installed on Old and New 3DS! (required ninjhax)

[WhoAmI?]

My username is in the sauce

 

[Vappy]

Also, with this being open source, capito27 do you want to make a fork of Brahma on github to make it easier for others to contribute?

 

[MrJason005]

I fail to understand how I could install PBT on 8.1 or above without Cubic Ninja. I didn't follow the scene for a while, I have some reading to do.

PBT can only be installed in 4.5. Anything above that, and your only option is to downgrade to 4.5, or use Pasta CFW.

 

[kamo]

PBT can only be installed in 4.5. Anything above that, and your only option is to downgrade to 4.5, or use Pasta CFW.

I see, thanks again.

 

[Psi-hate]

Oh cool, I can wait.



I fail to understand how I could install PBT on 8.1 or above without Cubic Ninja. I didn't follow the scene for a while, I have some reading to do.

There will be a web exploit port in coming time. If you're on 4.5 just upgrade to 8.1-9.2 somehow and then wait until a web exploit is out. Then you can go and do it. (You may have to install the 9.2 web browser using PBT before updating if you're updating via a cart)

 

[mid-kid]

Yeah really, at least give it a few days for people to start building on it.

Not really. This CFW alone doesn't mean anything. It's just a few lines of code with a fancy menu built on top of an existing arm9 loader (Brahma).
What people may start building on is Brahma, a project which had gone unnoticed by me and probably a lot of other people until now. However, porting the existing code to MSET and the browser is hard (it's based on ctrulib, which does not simply work there). Maybe it's easier to start from scratch for those entry points.
The key part in all of this is the (now finally public) knowledge on how to patch signature checks, which was released in the pastebin.

 

[kamo]

There will be a web exploit port in coming time. Just upgrade to 8.1-9.2 somehow and then wait until a web exploit is out. Then you can go and do it. (You may have to install the 9.2 web browser using PBT before updating if you're updating via a cart)

I've downgraded my 3DS from 9.2 to 4.5. What is the safest procedure to update it?

 

[Nollog]

sounds cute, I hope you continue to develop this and make it even better.

 

[Psi-hate]

Do you have a NAND.bin of your 9.2 when you downgraded? If so, go to the gateway menu and reflash your nand.

 

[Deleted User]

....aaaaand Xenoblade doesn't work. So back to what I originally said. We still need 9.4+ keys for this to be the end-all and get rid of Waitway for good.

That sounds like a great idea .. except.. until 9.6 encrypted games are coming out for New 3DS (maybe they already are?). Then who will do it if not for the Gateway team? I don't want to use something crippled like this pasta cfw. I hope people will prove me wrong, but considering the lack of motivation from real 3ds devs to work on this.. I have my doubts this cfw will grow beyond what it currently is

 

[mid-kid]

I've downgraded my 3DS from 9.2 to 4.5. What is the safest procedure to update it?

Restore the 9.2 backup.

 

[MrJason005]

Do you have a NAND.bin of your 9.2 when you downgraded? If so, go to the gateway menu and reflash your nand.

Or use 3DNUS and sysUpdater to update to 9.2

 

[mid-kid]

Or use 3DNUS and sysUpdater to update to 9.2

Bad idea.
Never update your sysNAND with cias.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

No.
It's easy to patch FIRM, but it's NOT easy to patch more.

I see :/
Is there anything else in FIRM that would be useful to patch out then?
By the way, if you need more testers for the spider version, I'm in.

 

[weatMod]

Not really. This CFW alone doesn't mean anything. It's just a few lines of code with a fancy menu built on top of an existing arm9 loader (Brahma).
What people may start building on is Brahma, a project which had gone unnoticed by me and probably a lot of other people until now. However, porting the existing code to MSET and the browser is hard (it's based on ctrulib, which does not simply work there). Maybe it's easier to start from scratch for those entry points.
The key part in all of this is the knowledge on how to patch signature checks, which was released in the pastebin.

what about OOT?
and do you think this will this be able to work with rednand or emunand in the future?

 

[kamo]

I'm pretty sure I still have the backup of my Nand. If not I will try 3DNUS and sysUpdater. Thanks guys!

 

[MrJason005]

Bad idea.
Never update your sysNAND with cias.

Well, I'm sucesfully doing it with no problems.

 

[mid-kid]

what about OOT?
and will this be able to work with rednand or emunand in the future?

OOT has the same issues as the other entry points, just less convenient.
emunand support is possible, but only someone with the knowledge for that can do that.

 

[mid-kid]

Well, I'm sucesfully doing it with no problems.

On sysNAND?
I've heard apache thunder tried it a lot of times and it didn't work. He's got a NAND mod, though.
I won't try it because look ma, no hard mod.

 

[VerseHell]

I'm working on a Guide on how to play Pokemon and Smash, without Gateway. Just using PBT.

If you mean using pbt-cfw to install the legit cias tjen use rxtools (or simply update your console) to play them then you're late, we already know this.