Hacking N3ds 10.3 EMUNAND testing

[Aroth]

been following the thread with interest @Aroth

i think you should create a new thread to detail the progress you make with your theory you have detailed above, i think your defo onto something

The problem with my idea is that in the end its basically a franken-firmware still. I am hoping I can make it so that we just have to delete a single title from the update package though. If I can accomplish that then it becomes relatively viable as an option since its far easier to trouble shoot a 10.3 system with a 9.5 home menu than a system with half and half 10.3 and 9.5 titles.

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photo really does not prove anything, that's something you can also do either, I'm waiting to see what my MP said.

Unfortunately all of his "proof" is pretty suspect. The photo is easily accomplished with CVer and NVer. He appears to load rxtools from the hbl, but no splash screen appears on the top screen which heavily suggests he did not actually load rxtools. Someone else suggested he possibly swapped the cart for a red card and quickly selected the rom from the menu during the section of the video where it shakes, but if he loaded GW we would have seen the GW dragon splash on the top screen (same as with the rxtools splash).

 

[VerseHell]

video uploaded for everyone calling fake

Spoiler: Video

Not a valid proof, you can do that by just installing the latest CVer. Why don't you try a game with the new AP check, or try to download something on the eshop without any spoof?

 

[Ra1d]

I would say the 2nd video he posted is pretty convincing, and for some reason I believe the OP, too bad it was probably something silly like a bad downgrade or something which can't be replicated.

 

[Aroth]

Not a valid proof, you can do that by just installing the latest CVer. Why don't you try a game with the new AP check, or try to download something on the eshop without any spoof?

Actually you can't.

CVer just bypasses the update check, the game still has an exheader version check that is separate.

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I would say the 2nd video he posted is pretty convincing, and for some reason I believe the OP, too bad it was probably something silly like a bad downgrade or something which can't be replicated.

Video is not convincing.

He loads rxTools, but no splash screen? That is highly suspect if you ask me.

 

[Mrrraou]

I would say the 2nd video he posted is pretty convincing, and for some reason I believe the OP, too bad it was probably something silly like a bad downgrade or something which can't be replicated.

If that's real, he just has to post his emuNAND dump and his emuNAND xorpads... So, it can be replicated... but hey, that's not.

 

[Aroth]

Quick side note, can someone tell me the proper size for a sysnand or emunand dump?

I'm looking at the collection of dumps i have from mine and my cousin's sysnands and emunands, and some are 1.8 GB and some are 1.2 GB.

That seems off to me.

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Apparently all of mine (sys and emu) are 1.2 and all of his (sys and emu) are 1.8.

Really weird.

 

[Mrrraou]

Quick side note, can someone tell me the proper size for a sysnand or emunand dump?

I'm looking at the collection of dumps i have from mine and my cousin's sysnands and emunands, and some are 1.8 GB and some are 1.2 GB.

That seems off to me.

There are 2 types of NAND chips for N3DS, IIRC.

 

[Ra1d]

Video is not convincing.

He loads rxTools, but no splash screen? That is highly suspect if you ask me.

His 2nd video has a splash screen, I never used RXTools (GW user), but he does have some kind of a splash screen there that asks to load emunand or sysnand.

 

[Aroth]

There are 2 types of NAND chips for N3DS, IIRC.

Ah. Makes sense I guess. He has a black n3ds and i have a mm n3ds.

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Both are first run, with 9.0 factory firmware.

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His 2nd video has a splash screen, I never used RXTools (GW user), but he does have some kind of a splash screen there that asks to load emunand or sysnand.

He never posted the second video.

 

[Ra1d]

Ah. Makes sense I guess. He has a black n3ds and i have a mm n3ds.

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Both are first run, with 9.0 factory firmware.

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He never posted the second video.

You just quoted my post with that 2nd video, he did post it...

 

[Aroth]

You just quoted my post with that 2nd video, he did post it...

I mean he never posted it here. Or at least I never saw the post.

 

[Ra1d]

I mean he never posted it here. Or at least I never saw the post.

Link to his post : http://gbatemp.net/threads/n3ds-10-3-emunand-testing.409228/page-7#post-5949180

 

[Aroth]

Link to his post : http://gbatemp.net/threads/n3ds-10-3-emunand-testing.409228/page-7#post-5949180

Notice the edit?

He added it after the fact, thus why I never saw the video

 

[Ra1d]

Notice the edit?

He added it after the fact, thus why I never saw the video

That's not the point, the point is there's a splash screen.

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

Not a valid proof, you can do that by just installing the latest CVer. Why don't you try a game with the new AP check, or try to download something on the eshop without any spoof?

I like the music from video, opening of the anime serie HighSchool apocalipsis XD

anyway, DBZ is not a game AP

 

[Aroth]

That's not the point, the point is there's a splash screen.

Actually my point was that I never saw the second video. And in the first video there was no splash screen.

 

[Ra1d]

Actually my point was that I never saw the second video. And in the first video there was no splash screen.

But now you saw it and there's a splash screen, wtf ?

 

[Aroth]

But now you saw it and there's a splash screen, wtf ?

In the first video no splash screen is shown at all. Which is still suspect because rxtools always shows the splash screen.

In the second video (which i never saw until you updated your post with a link to it), he very clearly loads into rxtools menu and then rxmode and runs the game.

So he definitely did something. Problem is i can assure you it is not a full upgrade (he cant download 9.6+ games from the eshop for one thing) and it was done via fluke of a borked downgrade process most likely.

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Everyone cross your fingers and hope i don't get a black screen.

 

[Ra1d]

In the first video no splash screen is shown at all. Which is still suspect because rxtools always shows the splash screen.

In the second video (which i never saw until you updated your post with a link to it), he very clearly loads into rxtools menu and then rxmode and runs the game.

So he definitely did something. Problem is i can assure you it is not a full upgrade (he cant download 9.6+ games from the eshop for one thing) and it was done via fluke of a borked downgrade process most likely.

I assume RXTools works the same as Gateway and the splash screen appears only when you hold the "L" button.

About the e-Shop, I don't think he mentioned yet whether he can download games or not.

Crossing fingers.

 

[Ninoh-FOX]

No, this is achieved by simply installing the firmware 10.3 in emunand with sysupdate, everything is installed, removing modules and home applications, eShop, settings, internet, Miiverse and nnid.

He has done nothing beyond what I did, at least to my knowledge. Behold my signature.