Hacking Whats frankenfirmware?

[adrifcastr]

i´m in this Scene since years, (N3DS A9LH + Luma3ds SysNand 11.1) But I have no clue what the heck "frankenfirmware" is, I´ve read that in multiple threads, well I´m German and I live in Oberfranken but that doesn´t helps me understandng what the heck frankenfirmware is

 

[Deleted member 373223]

have you present that frankenstain is a mix up of things? well a frankenfirmware is a mixup from system cias from different version. for example a 9.2 everything except 4.5 system setting

 

[adrifcastr]

have you present that frankenstain is a mix up of things? well a frankenfirmware is a mixup from system cias from different version. for example a 9.2 everything except 4.5 system setting

okay so I think I have understood, but it seems unlogical that this happens

 

[Deleted member 373223]

okay so I think I have understood, but it seems unlogical that this happens

not when you downgrade from 9.3+ or higher or if you are on o3ds and want to downgrade the browser to use them with fort42 AR3DS

 

[metroid maniac]

Depends on context. "Franken" as a prefix is a reference to Frankenstein's monster.

As an example, if you DSiWare downgrade 11.2 so it has 10.4 FIRM, you could call the result a frankenfirmware.
Or if your console crashes while downgrading to 9.2, that might also be a frankenfirmware.

 

[Deleted User]

I think it's when you stick to a firmware like 10.3 that can downgrade but you basically dont and take advantage of the other exploits on it like being able to install legit cia's and trick the firmware to go into the eshop but remain on 10.3 without a emunand or a9lh.Think of it like a 3.55 ps3 for example where you remain on that firmware but you can spoof higher ones without updating.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

I think it's when you stick to a firmware like 10.3 that can downgrade but you basically dont and take advantage of the other exploits on it like being able to install legit cia's and trick the firmware to go into the eshop but remain on 10.3 without a emunand or a9lh.Think of it like a 3.55 ps3 for example where you remain on that firmware but you can spoof higher ones without updating.

that's not it

 

[Deleted User]

that's not it

Well damn,I thought I was atleast close.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Well damn,I thought I was atleast close.

it's basically if you have system titles from different system versions. for example if you have some titles from 10.7 on 9.2 after downgrading

 

[Arkansaw]

it's an unintended mix-up of titles that don't belong to the same firmware version, usually happens when the downgrade process is interrupted and incomplete. This may render the original entry point un-usable if the related title has been downgraded (but not other titles), hopefully the title has an alternate entry point on the lower version.

 

[Zidapi]

i´m in this Scene since years, (N3DS A9LH + Luma3ds SysNand 11.1) But I have no clue what the heck "frankenfirmware" is, I´ve read that in multiple threads, well I´m German and I live in Oberfranken but that doesn´t helps me understandng what the heck frankenfirmware is

Here's the perfect example of a frankenfirmware.

As mentioned already it's usually the result a system update failing to install completely.

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[Deleted-394630]

Here's the perfect example of a frankenfirmware.

As mentioned already it's usually the result a system update failing to install completely.

Thanks for using my misfortune to help others.