Hacking Install CIA's To Specific Folder?

GLloyd303 · Jan 8, 2019

This may have been asked before, although I couldn't be sure from one of the topics I found - BUT, is there a way when installing VC games via FBI to install them into a specific folder rather than having to drag and drop each game/icon when installed to main homescreen?

Thanks :-)

TurdPooCharger · Jan 8, 2019

use FBI to unpack a .cia to a folder on 3ds

GLloyd303 · Jan 8, 2019

TurdPooCharger said:
use FBI to unpack a .cia to a folder on 3ds

Okay, thank you - that answers my question nicely. I presume you cant 'save a template' of a homescreen layout to mirror on different 3DS/2DS consoles either?

TurdPooCharger · Jan 8, 2019

GLloyd303 said:
Okay, thank you - that answers my question nicely. I presume you cant 'save a template' of a homescreen layout to mirror on different 3DS/2DS consoles either?

Not that I'm aware of using a homebrew app.

[3dbrew.org] Extdata

Depending on the region, the HOME Menu extdata is saved on the SD card in:

Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/00000000/000000XX/00000000/00000003
- JPN = 82, EUR = 98, USA = 8f

For HOME Menu saved theme layouts, all three regions share:

Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/00000000/0000165c/00000000/00000003

You can't simply cut and paste these files over from one SD card onto another between two different 3DS systems due to encryption.

It might be possible to decrypt these files with GodMode9 and swap them if you navigate in the [A:] SYSNAND SD drive.

Edit - Forget the above idea. I just tried it between my niece's n3DS and my n3DSXL. Her layouts from her SD card didn't transplant onto my card when navigated in [A:] drive. Also, there are CMAC corrections for those two files.

How I came to determine either or both 00000003 files control layouts was through a hash comparison between a set of Nintendo 3DS folders. The only change from one of them was saving an additional HOME Menu layouts.

GLloyd303 · Jan 8, 2019

TurdPooCharger said:
Not that I'm aware of using a homebrew app.

[3dbrew.org] Extdata

Depending on the region, the HOME Menu extdata is saved on the SD card in:

Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/00000000/000000XX/00000000/00000003

JPN = 82, EUR = 98, USA = 8f

For HOME Menu saved theme layouts, all three regions share:

Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/00000000/0000165c/00000000/00000003

You can't simply cut and paste these files over from one SD card onto another between two different 3DS systems due to encryption.

It might be possible to decrypt these files with GodMode9 and swap them if you navigate in the [A:] SYSNAND SD drive.

Edit - Forget the above idea. I just tried it between my niece's n3DS and my n3DSXL. Her layouts from her SD card didn't transplant onto my card when navigated in [A:] drive. Also, there are CMAC corrections for those two files.

How I came to determine either or both 00000003 files control layouts was through a hash comparison between a set of Nintendo 3DS folders. The only change from one of them was saving an additional HOME Menu layouts.

Appreciate the response and you trying that out for me. Stylus and bottom screen action it is!

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