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Stevice10's homebrew app FBI, the popular title installer for the 3DS, just received an update. With it, TLS v1.2 support was added to the application, making it possible to download files from websites that no longer support older versions of the standards—a significant issue for many apps when GitHub announced it would only support the aforementioned specification from February of last year. On a more minor note, support for TitleDB, a way for users to download and install homebrew directly to their console, has been removed after the service was discontinued for unknown reasons last month.

While many were sad to see TitleDB go, TLS v1.2 support should be a welcome addition, restoring all available remote installation functions for many projects hosted on GitHub. Download speeds will be slower than usual when downloading from a website that doesn't support the older standards as FBI will use its own network stack instead of the one provided by Nintendo, however it will fall back to it whenever possible as it will provide better download speeds. Faster downloads for TLS v1.2 websites may come in the future as the author stated he's looking into what's causing the issue.

It should be noted that in order to install this update you must do so manually as the built-in update function is broken due to the old TitleDB servers being down.
UPDATE: TitleDB's servers have now been configured to serve updates for older versions of the app, allowing everyone to use the built-in update function again.

You can find the full changelog below:

• Remove TitleDB support.
• Add TLSv1.2 support.
  • In testing, speeds were ~70-80kbps, which should be good enough for homebrew downloads.
    • I hope to investigate the matter further and improve speeds in the future, but wanted to finally get something out for the time being.
  • Downloads from sources that support earlier TLS versions (i.e. not GitHub) will continue to use the 3DS's built-in HTTP stack, and thus should progress at the same speeds as before.
• Revert the built-in updater back to using GitHub.

Source: GitHub
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[SSG Vegeta]

You don't

I meant how do we access homebrew game downloads using FBI ?

 

[Deleted_413010]

I meant how do we access homebrew game downloads using FBI ?

Oh...well you could use its QR downloader if you have an QR code or just its downloader. You would have to manually input the link though.

 

[RattletraPM]

I meant how do we access homebrew game downloads using FBI ?

If you meant getting a nice app list like with TitleDB then @TheTechWiz25 is right - there simply isn't one anymore.

On the other hand, if you wanted a way to install homebrew directly from your 3DS there are always the other remote install features (in fact, the entire point of adding TLS v1.2 support is pretty much meant to make those work everywhere)
There are a few different options:

1. You can scan a QR code containing a URL pointing to a CIA file which will get automatically downloaded and installed
2. You can use Boop/ServeFiles.py/standard URLs to send CIAs to FBI over the network
3. You can manually input a URL

...And of course you can always copy over CIAs via FTP/SMB/etc. and install them manually.

 

[SSG Vegeta]

If you meant getting a nice app list like with TitleDB then @TheTechWiz25 is right - there simply isn't one anymore.

On the other hand, if you wanted a way to install homebrew directly from your 3DS there are always the other remote install features (in fact, the entire point of adding TLS v1.2 support is pretty much meant to make those work everywhere)
There are a few different options:

1. You can scan a QR code containing a URL pointing to a CIA file which will get automatically downloaded and installed
2. You can use Boop/ServeFiles.py/standard URLs to send CIAs to FBI over the network
3. You can manually input a URL

...And of course you can always copy over CIAs via FTP/SMB/etc. and install them manually.

I hope that more QR codes get released for FBI because navigating threw virus infested sites is such a pain

 

[RattletraPM]

I hope that more QR codes get released for FBI because navigating threw virus infested sites is such a pain

If you have a direct link to the CIA file (for example on the GitHub releases page) then you can generate your own. The only thing to keep in mind is that the CIA must not be compressed, so no ZIP/RAR/7Z/etc.

That aside, FBI uses standard QR codes so you can use whatever generator you want.

 

[CoolStarDood]

Well lets be honest here...does anybody really even use SpotPass anymore? Or even StreetPass for that matter? The 3DS may still be good and alive but that doesn't mean SpotPass nor StreetPass haven't died.

I have street pass on, but i hardly ever get tags

 

[ertaboy356b]

Huh?

https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/issues/450

 

[pressatoattack]

Just updated. See ya Titledb

 

[CaptainSodaPop]

Thank God, few days ago I was wondering what happened to downloading apps inside FBI and updating function... Then remembered all the stuff that happened with Nintendo answering. Didn't use my 3DS since then. I miss Freeshop, but at least I can download homebrew again.

 

[SSG Vegeta]

I tried using both options for urls to get the latest cias & I can't get either of them to work RattletraPM

 

[raxadian]

Okay, just gonna download the cia file update with FBI then exit and hope everything goes okay.

 

[Hiccup]

Why exactly? I kinda liked it..

I liked it too - it was convenient.
But it had a *lot* of crap, badly formatted entries and duplicates.

 

[RattletraPM]

I tried using both options for urls to get the latest cias & I can't get either of them to work RattletraPM

Sorry for not replying, I didn't get the notification because you didn't @ me.

QR codes work for me, I tried it both back when this update was brand new and now with a few links and everyting goes smoothly. Double check that you have a direct link to the file, otherwise it will not work.
For Boop/Servefiles a lot of time passed since I last used either so I wouldn't know exactly what to tell you but in case you want to try something else, this GUI for Servefiles was released yesterday.

 

[SSG Vegeta]

Sorry for not replying, I didn't get the notification because you didn't @ me.

QR codes work for me, I tried it both back when this update was brand new and now with a few links and everyting goes smoothly. Double check that you have a direct link to the file, otherwise it will not work.
For Boop/Servefiles a lot of time passed since I last used either so I wouldn't know exactly what to tell you but in case you want to try something else, this GUI for Servefiles was released yesterday.

It's ok my friend Ik you must have a busy schedule will titledb or something similar come to fbi ?

 

[RattletraPM]

It's ok my friend Ik you must have a busy schedule will titledb or something similar come to fbi ?

Sadly not. It's been already said that TitleDB itself won't come back and there doesn't seem to be any properly maintained alternatives yet. If there will ever be it'll be almost certain it won't have the same integration as the original, possibly relying on QR codes for installation.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Wasn't this already supported ages ago?

 

[SSG Vegeta]

Sadly not. It's been already said that TitleDB itself won't come back and there doesn't seem to be any properly maintained alternatives yet. If there will ever be it'll be almost certain it won't have the same integration as the original, possibly relying on QR codes for installation.

I definitely prefer QR codes

 

[RattletraPM]

Wasn't this already supported ages ago?

Most apps started adding support for TLS 1.2 ages ago, but not FBI.
One of the reasons was reportedly the slow download speed but it looks like Stevice10 decided that's not the case anymore (maybe due to TitleDB being shut down so users would still have a way to install homebrew directly from the app?)

 

[giordana]

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Como eu adiciono o TLSv1.2? Eu baixei a versão do FBI 2.6.0 e não sei o que fazer pq não tem esse title db.