Homebrew [release] QR Web Installer (cia installer)

[dankzegriefer]

Neither of us wrote quirc, it's a third party QR lib. It's the utter lack of attribution on where the first implementation came from. I provided @Steveice10 multiple GitHub pulls about core concepts for doing this, and didn't get any credit for the work what so ever. Hence why I stated that I'd lost ambition on continuing work on the app.

Boo hoo, show me code under the US Copyright Law that is similar enough to FBI to make FBI a copy.

 

[putti]

What does this do?

 

[MegAmi24]

Tried using it
It gave me an error message
Gg

 

[Giodude]

has anybody successfully gotten this or fbi to work with google drive links?

 

[ksanislo]

has anybody successfully gotten this or fbi to work with google drive links?

Google drive does some fancy things with their URL redirection, while you can spend the effort to make a QR that will successfully link and install a file, it will only work for a brief time (~10 minutes or something) before the link expires and starts redirecting back to the HTML/JavaScript instead of the file itself.

Effectively this means that it's not worth the effort to try to link to google drive files, it's better to host things elsewhere that are more standards compliant.

 

[MrHaqs]

How do I get direct links from mega.nz?
@ksanislo

 

[ksanislo]

How do I get direct links from mega.nz?
@ksanislo

You'll have to generate the QR link yourself.

Just find a mega.nz link to a CIA file directly from the source of your choosing, and copy/paste the whole URL (e.g. https://mega.nz/#!meganode!encryptionkeygoeshere ) into a QR generator such as https://webqr.com/create.html and then scan the code it displays to install the linked CIA file.

 

[MrHaqs]

You'll have to generate the QR link yourself.

Just find a mega.nz link to a CIA file directly from the source of your choosing, and copy/paste the whole URL (e.g. https://mega.nz/#!meganode!encryptionkeygoeshere ) into a QR generator such as https://webqr.com/create.html and then scan the code it displays to install the linked CIA file.

I did that but the installation failed

 

[Giodude]

I did that but the installation failed

You didnt use fbi right? Also sometimes it doesnt work you just need to try again.

 

[ksanislo]

I did that but the installation failed

If you can PM me the QR tag you're using, I'll tell you why it failed. Most likely it's either bad key data or it's not a direct link to a CIA.

QRWL doesn't try to do anything to understand folders or any sorts of compression on the file itself, as support for the more advanced things has gone unfinished due to my free time being better spent on the TitleDB rewrite instead.

 

[MrHaqs]

You didnt use fbi right? Also sometimes it doesnt work you just need to try again.

i used fbi

 

[Giodude]

i used fbi

Fbi doesn't work with mega, use this app

 

[MrHaqs]

Fbi doesn't work with mega, use this app

the app crashes when i boot it up

 

[Giodude]

the app crashes when i boot it up

The qr code reader standalone app?

 

[MrHaqs]

The qr code reader standalone app?

Nevermind it was working, it was the url that was incorrect so it crashed and now its working perfect. However I solved the problem with my computer that I didnt want to get out in the first place, I think now a days using a phone is much easier but thanks a lot anyways.

 

[Sizednochi]

I don't know why doesn't this get more support. It works wonders. Installed DQM3D and it went well.

I'm planning on using this for Pokemon Sun and Moon, as I won't have 6GBs for it free on my SD. Any chances the download's going to fail or is it stable as long as my connection's fine?

 

[ksanislo]

I don't know why doesn't this get more support. It works wonders. Installed DQM3D and it went well.

I'm planning on using this for Pokemon Sun and Moon, as I won't have 6GBs for it free on my SD. Any chances the download's going to fail or is it stable as long as my connection's fine?

As long as your internet is semi-stable it should work as expected. The only known bugs all involve http context setup; where too many connection failures can lock things up before they even start downloading. Once it's ticking along it shouldn't give you any trouble.

The big draw for this app over FBI with socketpunch (FBI didn't have http install until a few months after this was released) was that since it makes standard tcp based web requests using the system's internal http functions, it's far more tolerant of packet drops and retransmits. It's effectively as reliable as downloading with a browser on PC.

 

[mariosonicfan123]

how could i upload a cia file? i made a gba sonic advance 3 cia file but i don't know how to upload it to any qr code generator.

 

[wurstpistole]

how could i upload a cia file? i made a gba sonic advance 3 cia file but i don't know how to upload it to any qr code generator.

You need to upload it on any given web space and then turn that URL into a qr code with any qr code generator.

 

[mariosonicfan123]

You need to upload it on any given web space and then turn that URL into a qr code with any qr code generator.

Would google drive work for this?