Homebrew ARM9Loader -- Technical Details and Discussion

[Supster131]

If I were to swap my 9.2 sysnand and 10.6 emunand after installing a9l, won't I run into problems when Nintendo issues an update? How would I update my 10.6 sysnand w/ a9l so that I won't lose the a9l?

AuReiNAND blocks FIRM0/FIRM1 when updating sysNAND. So when Nintendo pushes out an update, you should be unaffected. I updated my A9LH 10.5 sysNAND to 10.6 with no issue.

 

[Just Passing By]

If I were to swap my 9.2 sysnand and 10.6 emunand after installing a9l, won't I run into problems when Nintendo issues an update? How would I update my 10.6 sysnand w/ a9l so that I won't lose the a9l?

AuReiNand has a patch that patches the updates so firm0 and firm1 aren't updated so you'll be able to keep a9lh.

 

[OLineGuy]

You can just type in "make stage2" if you sync from my repo and then use the updater that was released awhile ago to update using the stage0x5C000.bin file that is produced

I was able to install the initial update for screen init fine, but now when i try and load the updater, the screen just turns off immediately.

edit: got it to load and pressed A to install, but upon bootup without SD, does not turn off

 

[Deleted member 373223]

ok, thanks!

But, what does mean to sync a repo?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

can someone just give me the up-to-date stage0x5C000.bin to update my a9lh? i can't manage to compile.

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can someone just give me the up-to-date stage0x5C000.bin to update my a9lh? i can't manage to compile.

also, how the heck am i supposed to sync a repo?

 

[democracy]

@dark_samus3' build has more features, but is not certified to be 100% stable/brickfree.
I would recommend you to keep using delebile's unless dark_samus3 confirms that you can use his repo without worrying about bricking.

But isnt delebile using some of dark_samus3 screen init code?

 

[Vappy]

Is that true? I only ask because as of recent I thought I read here that delebile is using some of dark_samus3 screen init code.

dark_samus3's fork has a couple of extras, namely Python 3 support and shutting down when no SD is inserted instead of locking up.

 

[Mrrraou]

Is that true? I only ask because as of recent I thought I read here that delebile is using some of dark_samus3 screen init code.

The screen init was merged, because functional and because it wasn't causing any issues.

 

[OLineGuy]

dark_samus3's fork has a couple of extras, namely Python 3 support and shutting down when no SD is inserted instead of locking up.

I couldnt get the shut down when no sd card working for some reason

 

[democracy]

The screen init was merged, because functional and because it wasn't causing any issues.

Okay, thanks. So being that I don't have a hard mod setup yet, should I switch?

 

[Mrrraou]

Okay, thanks. So being that I don't have a hard mod setup yet, should I switch?

You can use the new payload from the main repo. @dark_samus3 posted an updater on the thread to do this, IIRC.

 

[Earth97]

Hello guys, is screen_init of any use to date? I mean: is there anything else other than CFW and Decrypt9?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Hello guys, is screen_init of any use to date? I mean: is there anything else other than CFW and Decrypt9?

Cfw and decrypt9. And emunand9. And uncart.

 

[Sachi]

Hello guys, is screen_init of any use to date? I mean: is there anything else other than CFW and Decrypt9?

umm Decrypt9 requires screen init

 

[Earth97]

Are you planning on making innovative homebrews out of A9LH?

 

[Sachi]

Are you planning on making innovative homebrews out of A9LH?

I think the main goal is to port brahma payloads before creating any a9lh-specific homebrew, because unless it's a special case, why would you develop an app that only works for a9lh and not brahma/hbl?

 

[Earth97]

This means there are no real advantages in installing A9LH as we're able to do everything we could do by it using ThemeHax, am I correct? No special permissions, emulators, more RAM, etc...?

 

[AtlasFontaine]

This means there are no real advantages in installing A9LH as we're able to do everything we could do by it using ThemeHax, am I correct? No special permissions, emulators, more RAM, etc...?

Nothing for now, but this will become the BootMii Equivalent in the future (Or probably even more).

 

[Sachi]

This means there are no real advantages in installing A9LH as we're able to do everything we could do by it using ThemeHax, am I correct? No special permissions, emulators, more RAM, etc...?

You're able to use brahma privileges on boot. You can load Decrypt9 without the Nand system ever being loaded, meaning sysnand restores.

 

[Hakujou]

Nothing for now, but this will become the BootMii Equivalent in the future (Or probably even more).

It is already like BootMii... Using Decrypt9 for A9LH, you can backup/restore Sys/EmuNAND without booting it, so this is pretty much the same thing as BootMii...