It's "possible" right now with A9LH, but Android out of the box doesn't support 3DS hardware. Someone would have to write drivers for everything, and considering the fact that Android wouldn't run too well with 256 MB RAM (New3DS), there's really no point.
There is no difference, as far as running Linux or Android goes, between sighax and k9lhax.
Nothing sighax brings is going to allow Android to be ported quicker or easier. The Linux kernel already runs on the 3DS (albeit inefficiently), so it's just a matter of someone actually building a device tree and making it happen. Not near as easy as it sounds. Quite difficult, actually.
Is entirely true.
think about how running android on a 3ds would make your life easier! you could have a game console that's also a horribly inefficient phone that can't even make calls! there would be no need to spend hundreds of dollars on phones anymore!
i would honestly love this, even if it didn't work very well it would still be cool
For science, my boy! This is the wonderful world of hacking, where we don't ask why, we ask how!
a9lh uses the 3DS firmware to run and has the 3DS OS running in the background. With sighax you should be able to replace the firmware and OS entirely from the ground up.
A9LH does require the original FIRM to be present, but it isn't actually run. It's copied into memory, and then ARM9Loader runs the (corrupted) code in FIRM1, which jumps to the A9LH payload. The 3DS OS isn't used at all. For instance, when running GodMode9 or Hourglass9 from A9LH, the 3DS OS isn't running. If you chainload from A9LH to Luma3DS, then it starts the 3DS OS normally.
Er, what does this even mean? First you're talking about quagsire, then jump to the conclusion that they are both the same. He's a developer and reverse engineerist. I work with his tools a lot lol.
I understand how a9lh works. The payload is limited to a few mb in size and only can jump to the actual 3DS OS afterwards as a cfw, which in itself isn't a cfw but merely a set of patches. With sighax none of this needs to happen since the 3DS recognises anything you throw as it with a valid signature, so you can replace the actual OS itself from the bottom up.
