Homebrew ARM9Loader -- Technical Details and Discussion

[Toiry921]

shhh, he fell for the bait.

I wanna have fun sometimes also Meanwhile Still playing with bricks, should I build a Fortress in the woods or a castle in the sky

 

[OctopusRift]

I wanna have fun sometimes also Meanwhile Still playing with bricks, should I build a Fortress in the woods or a castle in the sky

Enjoy brick cry castle!

 

[Supster131]

I wanna have fun sometimes also Meanwhile Still playing with bricks, should I build a Fortress in the woods or a castle in the sky

How dare you not invite me!

hehe, at least I got my Legos <3

 

[Toiry921]

Enjoy brick cry castle!

last time I check water isn't good for holding things together

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How dare you not invite me!

hehe, at least I got my Legos <3

Lincoln Logs are better

 

[Trill Spector]

once i extract a firmware.bin from 2.1 will it run on all 3ds's? cuz if so that needs to be added to the guide

 

[Dayfid]

Installed this earlier on my O3DS Xl without a hard mod. The 3DSX file compiled with ease and launched/installed on my first attempt.

Thanks for everyone who made this possible!

 

[Urbanshadow]

For the screeninit issue, We can not just copy how the 3ds does it, stub or modify the pertinent methods and jump into a payload? Afterwards a sw reboot could do the trick.

 

[einhuman197]

Aaaand profit!
Arm9loaderhax runs like a charm reinand directly from coldboot.
Thanks to @JacksonS for building this installer with My otp!

 

[Mazamin]

Installed on 2DS 9.0.0-20E, resulting in a brick(the installer was created two times from two differents pc, and they have the same crc32, so I don't think this is a building problem)

 

[Toiry921]

For the screeninit issue, We can not just copy how the 3ds does it, stub or modify the pertinent methods and jump into a payload? Afterwards a sw reboot could do the trick.

Last I checked it loads kernels before Screen Init so it would defeat the purpose of A9LH, I could be completely wrong though.

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Installed on 2DS 9.0.0-20E, resulting in a brick(the installer was created two times from two differents pc, and they have the same crc32, so I don't think this is a building problem)

Try Loading from Sysnand 9.2 might just be 9.0 issues, Happened to me with browserhax for some reason

 

[Mazamin]

It's only that now I don't have an hardmod, but I have a nand backup so I'm safe
Enyway safe mode doesn't load

 

[Toiry921]

It's only that now I don't have an hardmod, but I have a nand backup so I'm safe

RIP, did you check your ARM9Loaderhax.bin file

 

[Urbanshadow]

Last I checked it loads kernels before Screen Init so it would defeat the purpose of A9LH, I could be completely wrong though.

Then I understand why it's so hard. They are trying to get screen init without starting the kernel. If I'm not mistaken, some I/O is needed for screen init and if they want that without starting Ninty's kernel they're gonna have to write their own mini-kernel which provides that functionality from scratch, and then try the screen init with that. Not cool.

 

[Mazamin]

RIP, did you check your ARM9Loaderhax.bin file

It's the reinand payload. Another question: what should happen when the sd card is not inserted?

 

[einhuman197]

I forgot: I want to say THANKS to all guys who helped me, especially @Mrrraou!

 

[Mazamin]

Do you know an user that makes hardmod to italian users? (So from Germany, France, in order to not pay too much for the shipping)

 

[urherenow]

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I re-dumped my OTP for my N3DS, to make sure I got it right the first time. I re-cloned the arm9loaderhax GitHub and re-built it. I had someone else build it for me with my OTP.bin. I deleted menuhax from my system. I tried using menuhax->ctrbootmanager->arm9loaderhax.3dsx, same thing but HBL->a9lh, Directly from browserhax to HBL, and from browserhax->gridlauncher.

Every time, it gets to "Install Firm1" then the screen goes blank (it never shuts off or reboots... it just freezes on a black screen). Forcing a power off, I am bricked (I'm hard-modded, so don't worry).

N3DS, 9.2 USA sysnand

 

[Sgt. Lulz]

It's the reinand payload. Another question: what should happen when the sd card is not inserted?

I tried this myself. It'll just freeze and not shut down on its own.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

I tried this myself. It'll just freeze and not shut down on its own.

while if it does not find the .bin file it will instantly shut off

 

[Toiry921]

It's the reinand payload. Another question: what should happen when the sd card is not inserted?

Try loading the AuReinand, Last I checked Reisyukaku made it so you had to remove the splash manually