Homebrew ARM9Loader -- Technical Details and Discussion

[Billy Acuña]

@dark_samus3 What is your fork?

 

[Billy Acuña]

@dark_samus3 What is your fork?

 

[dark_samus3]

@dark_samus3 What is your fork?

https://github.com/dark-samus/arm9loaderhax

 

[Yudowat]

https://github.com/dark-samus/arm9loaderhax

Wait... if i want to get the shutdown if no SD is inserted and other things that arent arm9loaderhax.bin files like the 3dsx, do i need to be on 9.2? I just updated sysnand to 10.6 though

 

[Billy Acuña]

Wait... if i want to get the shutdown if no SD is inserted and other things that arent arm9loaderhax.bin files like the 3dsx, do i need to be on 9.2? I just updated sysnand to 10.6 though

Nope, just clone the repo or do a git pull, type "make stage2" put the resulting stage0x5C000.bin file on your SD card and use the updater I posted to install it

 

[dark_samus3]

Wait... if i want to get the shutdown if no SD is inserted and other things that arent arm9loaderhax.bin files like the 3dsx, do i need to be on 9.2? I just updated sysnand to 10.6 though

ehh, not really sure what you're getting at in this post, if you want the SD shutdown, you'll need to launch the .3dsx shutdown from a 9.2 system, yes, this is why it's recommended to keep an emuNAND at 9.2 with a9lh

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@Billy Acuña
Well, actually I made a mistake when I said that, sorry, but you actually need to update stage 1 as well which the updater will not do

 

[Deleted member 373223]

ehh, not really sure what you're getting at in this post, if you want the SD shutdown, you'll need to launch the .3dsx shutdown from a 9.2 system, yes, this is why it's recommended to keep an emuNAND at 9.2 with a9lh

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@Billy Acuña
Well, actually I made a mistake when I said that, sorry, but you actually need to update stage 1 as well which the updater will not do

I can''t manager to compile stage2, is it because i don't have otp?

 

[Yudowat]

ehh, not really sure what you're getting at in this post, if you want the SD shutdown, you'll need to launch the .3dsx shutdown from a 9.2 system, yes, this is why it's recommended to keep an emuNAND at 9.2 with a9lh

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@Billy Acuña
Well, actually I made a mistake when I said that, sorry, but you actually need to update stage 1 as well which the updater will not do

Ah, i see. I still have my 9.2 emunand, so it doesnt matter which nand its run from? i was gonna work on getting it onto a shitty 4gb microSD today so i can have my 2gb back on my main card haha

 

[dark_samus3]

I can''t manager to compile stage2, is it because i don't have otp?

no, you may need to do make screen_init first (sorry about that forgot that my usual setup already has it compiled for me)

 

[Deleted member 373223]

no, you may need to do make screen_init first (sorry about that forgot that my usual setup already has it compiled for me)

Ops, (so i type make scree_init and them make stage2?)

 

[dark_samus3]

Ops, (so i type make scree_init and them make stage2?)

yep, one relies upon the other

 

[Yudowat]

yep, one relies upon the other

Hey, is there a way to get your OTP.bin out of the 3dsx generated? I just lost my shitty laptop like a day ago RIP 2014-2016 but i've still got the 3dsx that works for my N3DS because i never took it off the SD card

 

[Billy Acuña]

this is why it's recommended to keep an emuNAND at 9.2 with a9lh

Ohh, but if I run this 3dsx on emunand, will this be applied or it needs to be on sysnand?

 

[Supster131]

Ohh, but if I run this 3dsx on emunand, will this be applied or it needs to be on sysnand?

It'll still be applied to sysNAND, even if you run it on emuNAND.

 

[dark_samus3]

Hey, is there a way to get your OTP.bin out of the 3dsx generated? I just lost my shitty laptop like a day ago RIP 2014-2016 but i've still got the 3dsx that works for my N3DS because i never took it off the SD card

Unfortunately, there is not... however you could get the sector.bin out of it which was encrypted with the hash of your OTP, and that most likely isn't going to change, you could also extract that from NAND quite easily as well

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Ohh, but if I run this 3dsx on emunand, will this be applied or it needs to be on sysnand?

Sysnans but ypu can downgrade removing the native firm CIA from the updates folder. Tested byme.

 

[dark_samus3]

Ohh, but if I run this 3dsx on emunand, will this be applied or it needs to be on sysnand?

well, the emuNAND patches only affect FIRM, when you launch an arm9 payload it doesn't rely upon firm, so it still patches the NAND on the console

 

[Deleted member 373223]

well, the emuNAND patches only affect FIRM, when you launch an arm9 payload it doesn't rely upon firm, so it still patches the NAND on the console

Ah, so it works in this way....

 

[Yudowat]

Unfortunately, there is not... however you could get the sector.bin out of it which was encrypted with the hash of your OTP, and that most likely isn't going to change, you could also extract that from NAND quite easily as well

But no matter how many things i extract from NAND or the 3dsx, I can't get my OTP.bin again without downgrading?

 

[dark_samus3]

But no matter how many things i extract from NAND or the 3dsx, I can't get my OTP.bin again without downgrading?

unfortunately

 

[Yudowat]

unfortunately

God damnit. How much would I miss out on by just leaving it how it is?