Hacking [Release] Yellows8's Homebrew Launcher Loader for CFW users (.cia HBL Launcher!)

EridiumMiner · Feb 16, 2016

"The robpin menu is ready"
And then it crashes.

Wut

TecXero · Feb 16, 2016

daxtsu said:
My guess is yellows8 took the path of least resistance, since it'd be easier to set up a payload loader that does it. I would venture a guess that it's possible to install a service that runs in the background that can run 3dsx files, since CIAs can ask for anything, but it'd be a fair bit more work. Ninjhax 1.1b had a service that was installed that ran 3dsx files, if I remember correctly. Perhaps it can be adapted for CIA usage (install service when ran, load initial 3dsx file such as the homebrew grid launcher, and off you go).

Even if someone put in the work to do something like that, it'd probably still have issues down the line. The main ones that comes to mind are having to keep it up to date as the payloads receive updates and possible minor differences in the environment that would make an application not work properly when it works fine under the payload.

Sure, it's currently inconvenient for the end-user, but doing otherwise would be more inconvenient for the developers, who are doing this stuff for free, and if someone is worried about convenience, they probably shouldn't be poking at homebrew in general.

Punker · Feb 16, 2016

Can i install this CIA on ofw 9.2 sysnand?

tom2199 · Feb 16, 2016

Punker said:
Can i install this CIA on ofw 9.2 sysnand?

There is no point, it probably would work, but to start it you have to be in patched sysnand anyway (with minipasta or something like that). so you have to start minipasta and at that point you could just start hbl on its own.

Smoker1 · Feb 20, 2016

AWESOME!!!!! Just learned about this from sj33 and daxtsu

. MUCH better way of loading up Homebrew Loader

Giodude · Feb 24, 2016

so i edited the payload.... I opened with notepad and changed boot.3dsx to boot_hb.3dsx. Now it crashes every time unless i change it back.

ShadowOne333 · Feb 24, 2016

Giodude said:
so i edited the payload.... I opened with notepad and changed boot.3dsx to boot_hb.3dsx. Now it crashes every time unless i change it back.

You can't use a filename longer than four characters long (boot = 4 characters) or the payload will do that.
Change it to something like bthb.3dsx or anything that fits 4 characters only

tom2199 · Feb 24, 2016

Giodude said:
so i edited the payload.... I opened with notepad and changed boot.3dsx to boot_hb.3dsx. Now it crashes every time unless i change it back.

You can't change the length, it must be a name with 4 letters

EDIT: Ninja'd

Giodude · Feb 24, 2016

tom2199 said:
You can't change the length, it must be a name with 4 letters

EDIT: Ninja'd

tried renaming to b00t.3dsx. Still getting nothing

ShadowOne333 · Feb 24, 2016

Giodude said:
tried renaming to b00t.3dsx. Still getting nothing

You already corrupted the payload by bypassing the additional 3 bytes after "boot" with "_hb".
You have to get a new/clean payload and rename it there.

Giodude · Feb 24, 2016

ShadowOne333 said:
You already corrupted the payload by bypassing the additional 3 bytes after "boot" with "_hb".
You have to get a new/clean payload and rename it there.

Same thing. I deleted my payload, re-downloaded it, opened it up in notepad, and just in case i highlighted the 2 O's and hit Ctr+V to paste on the two zeros so that there wasn't a second where the size changed.

tom2199 · Feb 24, 2016

Giodude said:
Same thing. I deleted my payload, re-downloaded it, opened it up in notepad, and just in case i highlighted the 2 O's and hit Ctr+V to paste on the two zeros so that there wasn't a second where the size changed.

Use a hexeditor or notepad++
Btw, the Boot.3dsx is in there 2 times, you must edit them both

ShadowOne333 · Feb 24, 2016

Giodude said:
Same thing. I deleted my payload, re-downloaded it, opened it up in notepad, and just in case i highlighted the 2 O's and hit Ctr+V to paste on the two zeros so that there wasn't a second where the size changed.

Yeah, just like the guy above me said, don't use notepad.
I recommend always doing this kind of things with a HEX editor, I use HxD for example.
Try it out again with that software, hit a search of Text-string "boot" and rename it to "b00t", don't forget to rename the .3dsx file too to match that name.

Giodude · Feb 24, 2016

tom2199 said:
Use a hexeditor or notepad++
Btw, the Boot.3dsx is in there 2 times, you must edit them both

I only saw it once. Works anyway. Thanks!

Spagem · Feb 26, 2016

So... it says it's downloading the payload, but then when I check my SD card, it isn't there. Fixes?

EDIT: Disregard what I said. I was confused and thought I was supposed to hold down Y.

fr3quency · Feb 26, 2016

Spagem said:
So... it says it's downloading the payload, but then when I check my SD card, it isn't there. Fixes?

EDIT: Disregard what I said. I was confused and thought I was supposed to hold down Y.

Indeed, you would need to press Y IF you were on an older version. In the newest version, you don't have to. This is something that needs to be told as people don't bother with GitHub(and it's ok!) to see the changes.

TecXero · Feb 26, 2016

fr3quency said:
Indeed, you would need to press Y IF you were on an older version. In the newest version, you don't have to. This is something that needs to be told as people don't bother with GitHub(and it's ok!) to see the changes.

Why would someone bother updating if they don't know the changes? They might just be wasting their time as they wouldn't know if the changes benefit them or not.

fr3quency · Feb 26, 2016

TecXero said:
Why would someone bother updating if they don't know the changes? They might just be wasting their time as they wouldn't know if the changes benefit them or not.

Doesn't matter. Take for example the updates on Android. You don't know what the new Facebook/Messenger updates offer, but you still update anyway.

We are hardwired to want the latest and greatest stuff. New is always better. xD

TecXero · Feb 26, 2016

fr3quency said:
Doesn't matter. Take for example the updates on Android. You don't know what the new Facebook/Messenger updates offer, but you still update anyway. We are hardwired to want the latest and greatest stuff. New is always better. xD

I must be wired a bit different. I'm always wary of updates. I remember not long ago updates breaking things. Even now, since most of my devices are opened up in some form, updates could end up closing them back up. I generally don't update anything unless the update gives me something I want or fixes a problem I have. I also don't have a Facebook, manually choose what to update through my Linux based OS, and manually update stuff on my Android if an update is needed.

For the standard user I can understand, I guess. For anyone on here that dabbles in homebrew at all, though, I'd recommend checking what you're updating to first. Homebrew side, things are still being figured out and you're trying to get software from various people to play nice together, it wouldn't be that surprising for an update to break something. Official software side, Nintendo and other companies are trying to fight homebrew, so they try to deliberately break it. :grog:

PowerMiner · Feb 27, 2016

I'm using boot_ctr to load into emunand automatically, when I launch this from emunand I have to hold L, is there a way I can avoid having to hold L here? My L button is starting to break so I'm just trying to find ways to avoid using it as much as possible

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