Homebrew ARM9Loader -- Technical Details and Discussion

[daxtsu]

It's recommended for the regular user to use Delebile's version.

I'll second this, updating A9LH is kind of a big deal (even if it is very simple to do), and shouldn't be taken lightly. Know what you're doing, and why you're doing it; being on the latest experimental commit isn't always the best idea, especially when it's not really bringing anything for the end-user to the table.

 

[democracy]

I'll second this, updating A9LH is kind of a big deal (even if it is very simple to do), and shouldn't be taken lightly. Know what you're doing, and why you're doing it; being on the latest experimental commit isn't always the best idea, especially when it's not really bringing anything for the end-user to the table.

Which ver are you using?

 

[daxtsu]

Which ver are you using?

FIX94's. It gives a nice clean reboot with arm9select and a splash screen on AuReiNand (by this, I mean if I use Quick Reboot or exit a GBA/DS game, it doesn't have that weird screen flash of the backlights coming on for an instant and then turning off). I see the splash once on boot, then never again until I hard power down.

 

[Lumince]

Ok so ive been using dark_samus's arm9hax, but i believe. Is it as simple as just compiling the .3dsx file with my otp again and rerunning it? Should i run it in sysnand 9.2 or emunand 10.7? Probably 9.2 im guessing though.

 

[FenrirWolf]

You'd need to run it on 9.2, and you'd need to boot the sysnand with a 9.0 FIRM so that the installer can exploit arm9.

 

[Lumince]

You'd need to run it on 9.2, and you'd need to boot the sysnand with a 9.0 FIRM so that the installer can exploit arm9.

am i able to compile it with makefile for windows? Or do i need something else with it to compile it? And it looks like im switching to aureinand for a few to do this xD

Also, does this have a brick chance? Since its alreadt installed it seems like it shouldnt

 

[FenrirWolf]

Sure. If you have Make, Python, and PyCrypto, you should be able to compile it in Windows.

And probably devkitARM too. I forget.

 

[Lumince]

Ok so i got all of that and i tried to compile it. And it only spit out firm0.bin and firm1.bin

 

[Ekaitz]

I want to remove screen_init from Arm9LoaderHax. Does someone have the Stage0X5C000.bin from the first Arm9LoaderHax release?

 

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

I want to remove screen_init from Arm9LoaderHax. Does someone have the Stage0X5C000.bin from the first Arm9LoaderHax release?

checkout bootctr9's master branch, the only 2 thinks it should have changed is the payload address and the payload name.

 

[Lumince]

So i get this while compiling arm9 now... any idea on what im doing wrong?

 

[FenrirWolf]

You need python 2.7 and not 3.whatever

 

[Lumince]

You need python 2.7 and not 3.whatever

My cmd doesnt see python 2.7 :/ so i tried 3.5.1 and it recognized that but it doesnt work with that. and i already did PATH=%PATH%; "path to python" so idk

 

[FenrirWolf]

It won't work with python 3 so you'll have to get python 2 working. Chances are you need to reboot the computer after installing it and setting it up in your PATH.

 

[Lumince]

Disregard this

 

[Lumince]

I finally got the arm9loaderhax.3dsx! But when I boot sysnand on aureinand it just red screens and auto exits

 

[Supster131]

I finally got the arm9loaderhax.3dsx! But when I boot sysnand on aureinand it just red screens and auto exits

You can only run the installer on 9.0-9.2 with the 9.0 FIRM.

If you don't have an emuNAND on 9.0-9.2 anymore, then use @dark_samus3's updater instead.

 

[Lumince]

Yup, sysnand is on 9.2.0-20U and I built the emunand an hour ago (took that long because I'm trying to save sysnand stuff including smash and other programs). Nothing should've happened between the emunand creation and my attempt to run AuReiNand in it but the copying of the files back to the SD card

You can only run the installer on 9.0-9.2 with the 9.0 FIRM.

If you don't have an emuNAND on 9.0-9.2 anymore, then use @dark_samus3's updater instead.

Well i am trying to run it in 9.0 firm. I have the fimeware90.bin in my rei folder and it seems like its running in 10.2 anyways. And for the updater, do i just put the firm0/1.bins, sector.bin, and stage0x5C000.bin onto the root of my sd card or just the stage0x5C000.bin?

 

[Supster131]

Well i am trying to run it in 9.0 firm. I have the fimeware90.bin in my rei folder and it seems like its running in 10.2 anyways. And for the updater, do i just put the firm0/1.bins, sector.bin, and stage0x5C000.bin onto the root of my sd card or just the stage0x5C000.bin?

Are you pressing L or R?

 

[Lumince]

Are you pressing L or R?

R, L brings me to emunand