Homebrew Clarification Thread - What is going on?

[dark_samus3]

in moments like this, i don't even know who i must trust :'v

I'll help you out. The piece of code it was based off of was posted in this thread. All he's doing is using someone else's code, modifying the printf's and running it. I could have had the same code running on my 3ds on 10.3 the second homebrew supported 10.3. He did nothing useful and if you look above zoogie showed he wasn't even getting am:u services. Obvious bull

 

[failzers]

If only i had a bag of popcorn...

 

[TinchoX]

No, he said it was NOT a zip file, with a SHA-1 layer, from what i know. soo..its not just a "zip file". i had a chat with him on twitter about it. its not a zip file.

Not a ZIP file, but a RAR file!!


.... bad joke, I'm sorry.

 

[vlasp01]

Yes, I just don't find the heaps of praise and arguments are warranted. I've explained this, and I guarantee I know more about what's going on than you. It's just a bit grating to see "HE INVENTED A NEW FILE TYPE BY HIMSELF!" when its less than approximately 32 bits of header data.

Sorry if I came off like that, but what I actually meant was that he changed the file type so that n00bs would not use a .zip or a .cia file other than the 9.2/9.0 update cia/zip, and I was crediting him for that.

 

[Upstate]

Can we close this thread until release.

 

[DKB]

Can we close this thread until release.

I am getting annoyed by these posts.

 

[Stack3r]

Can we close this thread until release.

No, if you have a problem with the thread then i suggest you go somewhere else.

 

[TinchoX]

Can we close this thread until release.

For the first time, I feel this would be the correct course of action.

 

[demonotaku]

Can we close this thread until release.

Then the thread will multiply - The Hydra Effect.

 

[jernk]

For the first time, I feel this would be the correct course of action.

It's always been the end result of these "announcements".

 

[ShinLarc]

Doesn't 'Today' end in 'Y'? Therefor we should be expecting release today?

 

[vlasp01]

Can we close this thread until release.

Actually, with the way this is working right now, it acts like a stickied post, because it is always at the front of the forum. That way it helps n00bs and clarifies stuff for them.

 

[itsthenavy]

No, he said it was NOT a zip file, with a SHA-1 layer, from what i know. soo..its not just a "zip file". i had a chat with him on twitter about it. its not a zip file.

Okay look, it's a zip. Full stop. No arguing. That "SHA-1 layer" and "metadata" are the zip header. He can use all 29 bits in the header because he's not compressing the contents of the archive. He can tell you what he wants, but file formats don't lie. It's a repurposed and slightly rebranded zip is entirely synonymous.

Sorry if I came off like that, but what I actually meant was that he changed the file type so that n00bs would not use a .zip or a .cia file other than the 9.2/9.0 update cia/zip, and I was crediting him for that.

That's still not what he did, as I explained a few pages back when I directly replied to you. To reiterate, it's to verify file integrity and to prevent bricks from flashing incorrect firmware.

 

[Rizzorules]

It's always been the end result of these "announcements".

This is the worst thread i have ever seen in gbatemp sometimes people freak out and we achive to 1000 pages but this is wrong, this is full of garbage

 

[Upstate]

Let's just take this thread, and push it to the edge of the forum!

 

[PixelTheKWolf]

Okay look, it's a zip. Full stop. No arguing. That "SHA-1 layer" and "metadata" are the zip header. He can use all 29 bits in the header because he's not compressing the contents of the archive. He can tell you what he wants, but file formats don't lie. It's a repurposed and slightly rebranded zip is entirely synonymous.


That's still not what he did, as I explained a few pages back when I directly replied to you. To reiterate, it's to verify file integrity and to prevent bricks from flashing incorrect firmware.

See, thats what i meant. i failed at typing it..sort of..i guess, but its to prevent bricks and have checksumming to be sure it's the correct file.

 

[dark_samus3]

No, he said it was NOT a zip file, with a SHA-1 layer, from what i know. soo..its not just a "zip file". i had a chat with him on twitter about it. its not a zip file.

what he meant was they aren't JUST zips, they're zips with the stuff you are talking about added as a header

 

[BGC592]

Every time I look at this thread it's like a plane crashing into a nuclear power plant in slow motion. I want to look away but I can't.

Oh well. It's entertaining at least.

 

[DKB]

Let's just take this thread, and push it to the edge of the forum!

Came up with that idea like 2000 posts ago, it didn't happen.

 

[vlasp01]

Okay look, it's a zip. Full stop. No arguing. That "SHA-1 layer" and "metadata" are the zip header. He can use all 29 bits in the header because he's not compressing the contents of the archive. He can tell you what he wants, but file formats don't lie. It's a repurposed and slightly rebranded zip is entirely synonymous.


That's still not what he did, as I explained a few pages back when I directly replied to you. To reiterate, it's to verify file integrity and to prevent bricks from flashing incorrect firmware.

Oh. Sorry, I misunderstood what we were talking about the whole time. I guess adding a few more lines to a file and renaming it isn't that big of a deal, but I was using it in the context that it was better than what the troll was doing 10-15 pages back would ever do. That was the whole point of me starting that topic.