[Release] HiyaCFW - World's FIRST Nintendo DSi CFW!

Here it is, the first DSi CFW!
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Video by Alex S (with TWiLight Menu++ (previously known as DSiMenu++ and SRLoader) installed):


Video by @Apache Thunder (When RocketLauncher was planned for a release. With WarioWare Touched (DSiWare version) installed.):


(NOTE: Since hiyaCFW has been released a few days ago (as of posting this), and no official thread has been made, I decided to go and make it, despite not making the actual patches for it. :P )

With this CFW, you can run custom DSiWare, alongside region free and 3DS-exclusive DSiWare (WarioWare Touched), on your SD card, via NAND to SD redirection!
You can also run blocked flashcards (such as R4 Ultra).

GitHub repo

FAQs

Q: Can I use a custom splash for hiyaCFW?
A: Yes you can. Place it at "sd:/hiya/" and name them "splashtop.bmp" and "splashbottom.bmp". Make sure they're actually saved as .bmp files, with the size of 256x192, with no color space info, and is 16-bit (A1 R5 G5 B5, or X1 R5 G5 B5). .gif files will also work instead of .bmp files.
 
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I have a problem with twilight menu++ where i can't use lan connection/ local play because the wireless connection doesn't work. Is there a way to fix this
 

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I have a problem with twilight menu++ where i can't use lan connection/ local play because the wireless connection doesn't work. Is there a way to fix this
Do you mean DS Download Play, Multi-card, or online/WFC? And, which game?

In the future, use this thread for questions relating to TWLMenu++
 
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Oh sorry for posting in the wrong thread, i'll try to avoid that next time, my problem is with DS Download play where i can't play with other owners of games or play with those who don't have the game. (I would've quoted in this message but since i'm a newbie i can't do that yet)
 

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Do you mean DS Download Play, Multi-card, or online/WFC? And, which game?

In the future, use this thread for questions relating to TWLMenu++
I'm late, but that's the wrong thread to point to. TWLMenu++ doesn't handle game stuff
Please use the nds-bootstrap thead instead (which should be moved to this forum)
 
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i have lost my original nand . now that i have unlaunch twilight and memory pit . will i have issues inmstalling hiwacfw ? what should i be carefull about ?
 

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Is there still no way to turn off wifi? Even if I turn it off in the main system menu, the wifi light stays on when using Twilight stuff. It's a drain on the battery and even the light being on annoys me haha

oh and how do I know which version of HiyaCFW I'm on and how do I update it?
 
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Been out of the loop for a while, but is hiya still necessary to play DS backups? I have an old dsi xl with hiya plus an old unlaunch as well as twlmenu and it plays backups and all. I took another dsi that only had sudokuhax installed and booted up unlaunch 2.0 with the latest twlmenu++ and it plays backups and all.

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What's the benefit of hiya vs unlaunch+twlmenu++?
 

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Been out of the loop for a while, but is hiya still necessary to play DS backups? I have an old dsi xl with hiya plus an old unlaunch as well as twlmenu and it plays backups and all. I took another dsi that only had sudokuhax installed and booted up unlaunch 2.0 with the latest twlmenu++ and it plays backups and all.

TL;DR
What's the benefit of hiya vs unlaunch+twlmenu++?

Hello.:)

Hiya needs longer to Boot TWiLight.:D

If you only want to play Games/Emulators on your DSi your Choice should be TWiLight.

Benefits of Hiya:
https://dsi.cfw.guide/installing-hiyacfw.html

Thank you.:)
 

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v1.3.3

What's new?
  • You can now have both top and bottom splash screens!
    Call the .bmp files `splashTop.bmp` and `splashBottom.bmp`, and put them in `sd:/hiya/`.
  • If the Launcher .tmd is detected as larger than 0x208 bytes, the extra data will be trimmed out.
  • The blue and red colors have been added to the config menu!
  • `Robz8` has been changed to `RocketRobz`.
Known bug
  • When (custom) splash is enabled, after exiting config, the splash screen has some partially overlapping tiles.
 

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v1.3.3

What's new?
  • You can now have both top and bottom splash screens!
    Call the .bmp files `splashTop.bmp` and `splashBottom.bmp`, and put them in `sd:/hiya/`.
  • If the Launcher .tmd is detected as larger than 0x208 bytes, the extra data will be trimmed out.
  • The blue and red colors have been added to the config menu!
  • `Robz8` has been changed to `RocketRobz`.
Known bug
  • When (custom) splash is enabled, after exiting config, the splash screen has some partially overlapping tiles.
dark mode for dsi menu when?
 

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v1.3.3

What's new?
  • You can now have both top and bottom splash screens!
    Call the .bmp files `splashTop.bmp` and `splashBottom.bmp`, and put them in `sd:/hiya/`.
  • If the Launcher .tmd is detected as larger than 0x208 bytes, the extra data will be trimmed out.
  • The blue and red colors have been added to the config menu!
  • `Robz8` has been changed to `RocketRobz`.
Known bug
  • When (custom) splash is enabled, after exiting config, the splash screen has some partially overlapping tiles.
how can i update?
 

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v1.3.3

What's new?
  • You can now have both top and bottom splash screens!
    Call the .bmp files `splashTop.bmp` and `splashBottom.bmp`, and put them in `sd:/hiya/`.
  • If the Launcher .tmd is detected as larger than 0x208 bytes, the extra data will be trimmed out.
  • The blue and red colors have been added to the config menu!
  • `Robz8` has been changed to `RocketRobz`.
Known bug
  • When (custom) splash is enabled, after exiting config, the splash screen has some partially overlapping tiles.
Dimension for splashBottom.bmp ?
 

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