CycloDS iEvolution: the first DSi mode flashcart!

[lincruste]

i wonder how long it will take to create some sort of customized firmware for the dsi with this

I may lack imagination, but what would be the point in writing a custom firmware if a new linker can already run homebrew code (and dumps) with a full access to the DSi hardware?

 

[gumbyx84]

i wonder how long it will take to create some sort of customized firmware for the dsi with this

I may lack imagination, but what would be the point in writing a custom firmware if a new linker can already run homebrew code (and dumps) with a full access to the DSi hardware?

While true, custom firmware would allow the lay man to backup his/her DSiWare titles. Also it would mean devs have full access of the DSi. I agree that there isn't much of a need for it beyond that.

 

[Tornadosurvives]

Looks like I actually have to ask Santa for something this year.

That's if the iEvolution comes out in time.
(and I have to deal with Finals Week...)

 

[TLSS_N]

They are not the only team that knows the common key....

I am not asking for the alternative team, I just wanted to know who cracked the key first, TC or the alternative team?

personally, My birthday is in January, so this will be my present

 

[gumbyx84]

They haven't given a release date yet. I'm guessing that it will come out no earlier then late January/early February unless they have been making/building/whatever-ing carts for the past few months.

 

[TLSS_N]

They haven't given a release date yet. I'm guessing that it will come out no earlier then late January/early February unless they have been making/building/whatever-ing carts for the past few months.

yea, I assume it will take a while to mass produce cards, I am more interested in who cracked it first, it won't effect my purchase I am just a real security nerd when it comes to consoles

side note, i g2g for a bit, I will be back on later OZ, I will read your post later

 

[WiiUBricker]

They are not the only team that knows the common key....

I am not asking for the alternative team, I just wanted to know who cracked the key first, TC or the alternative team?

None of them, it was an external dev who sold the key to flash cart manufacturers.

 

[Animal]

I really doent get all the hate in this topic!


For Supercard Haters!

Dstwo doenst died becouse of this, it will continue having exclusive stuff... but remenber it is just a eletronic device, you doenst need to hate it, just dont buy-it!

For Cyclo Haters

Its never to late to find a exploit, DSi will last for some time like the GBA did when DS was launched! and we doenst know how they did to work, maybe is something everybody can use, and maybe its a exploit that could be in 3DS too (i hope)! but remenber it is just a eletronic device, you doenst need to hate it, just dont buy-it!

Greta english

No reason to blame him.
It's not his native language, but everyone understands what is meant.

Your english isn't perfect too:
QUOTE(stylow @ Dec 11 2010, 07:07 PM)

Go to www r4ultra com there is akaio 1.8.1 for it and than you can play all games

 

[Cortador]

I wonder if in the future an exploit would permit us to run commercial games from the SD slot without any Carts inserted in slot-1. :/

 

[lincruste]

i wonder how long it will take to create some sort of customized firmware for the dsi with this

I may lack imagination, but what would be the point in writing a custom firmware if a new linker can already run homebrew code (and dumps) with a full access to the DSi hardware?

While true, custom firmware would allow the lay man to backup his/her DSiWare titles. Also it would mean devs have full access of the DSi. I agree that there isn't much of a need for it beyond that.

Thanks for your answer! Thinking about it, though, I do see the point in hacking the SD port to get it to run arbitrary code, which would require such a modified firmware (that would mean no linker at all, this hypothetical feature would certainly *not* come from those teams!). DSLite's firmware was read-only, the DSi is far less documented, alas. Well anyway I'm done getting out of topic, have a nice day all!

 

[stylow]

I really doent get all the hate in this topic!


For Supercard Haters!

Dstwo doenst died becouse of this, it will continue having exclusive stuff... but remenber it is just a eletronic device, you doenst need to hate it, just dont buy-it!

For Cyclo Haters

Its never to late to find a exploit, DSi will last for some time like the GBA did when DS was launched! and we doenst know how they did to work, maybe is something everybody can use, and maybe its a exploit that could be in 3DS too (i hope)! but remenber it is just a eletronic device, you doenst need to hate it, just dont buy-it!

Greta english

No reason to blame him.
It's not his native language, but everyone understands what is meant.

Your english isn't perfect too:
QUOTE(stylow @ Dec 11 2010, 07:07 PM)

Go to www r4ultra com there is akaio 1.8.1 for it and than you can play all games

It was a joke and yeah my english isn't good 2 but again it was a joke

 

[Knyaz Vladimir]

And... the forums give me a Chinese 404 error.

What the hell is wrong with TC?

 

[DeMoN]

@ all the excitement over this thing. People have tragically short memories, I must say. These guys drop off the face of the Earth for about two months, offer no real response to existing customers regarding support for the Evo, and people are ready to plunk down for a new card that will obviously be priced well above what's currently out there. For what? The possibility to play a few DSiware games maybe, or use the shitty extras in DSi-featured games?
You may be right. When the 3DS comes out, they'll probably try too hard to crack it and neglect updating this and the original Cyclo.
I expect them to budget their time and resources better. Besides, releasing firmware updates shouldn't be too troublesome. YWG does it in like one day.

QUOTE(Knyaz Vladimir @ Dec 13 2010, 10:09 AM) And... the forums give me a Chinese 404 error.

What the hell is wrong with TC?

Forums aren't supposed to be up yet.

 

[raulpica]

1) They've got the RSA signature that lets you sign carts as original DSi games.

RSA-1024 has never been bruteforced, so it's unlikely (it'd take years to do, I think).
Another possibility is that they are exploiting a flaw in the System Menu, when it performs the checks or boots the card. But I seriously hope that's not the case (it would be easily patched with a System Menu update)

That's why I said "got" and not, "brute-forced"

Maybe an inside source between Nintendo? Or they could've got it with another method, like maybe an hardware exploit, like the good ol' Twiizer's Attack?

Yeah, with an "inside source" it would be possible, but not from the console (only Nintendo has the private RSA key - which is used for signing; the public key - which is used to verify signatures - is in the console).
EDIT: with the Tweezer Attack they extracted the common key (the AES encryption key), not the RSA one obviously

Yeah, yeah, right

Sorry, was thinking of the common key when talking about the second possibility

 

[ThePowerOutage]

I just realized, that TC actually made a smart move. By releasing the Card so near to the 3DS's release, they have maximized the possibility of the vulnerability still been on the 3DS when it's release.
I wont be easy to reverse engineer this so it's possible that Ninty wont even now how to patch it until the 3DS comes out and therefore the 3DS could be hacked on launch day. :3DS:
My 2 cents

 

[Arm73]

WHAH HA HA HAH HA HAH..................

To all those NO sayers..............I've been saying it for months...DSi hack....the standard answer was " Get over it idiot , nobody cares "...
Now the iEvo comes out, and we already have nearly 250 replies in a few hours ...
So people actually care ?

Anyway this is great.
Imagine what happens if you run a plain DS homebrew in DSi mode ? I think it'll run faster on it's own !
A little update from the author, with a little optimization, and already the various MSX ? Amstrad CPC / C64 emulators should work waaaay better....!
Let alone the possibilities that the SD cards slot and the camera will offer.
I'm really excited about this.
I was wise not to buy a SCSD.
Why would I want an extra CPU if I can't even fully utilize the one I already have under the hood ?
Plus, whatever homebrew is made for the " external CPU " is bound to work only with that specific CPU. As widely as the SCDS is spread, is still a huge minority in the landscape of the DS flashcarts.
Now that homebrew will use the standard ' under the hood " hardware of the DSi, expect to see cross development and new, shiner and faster homebrew take advantage of the hardware regardless of the flashkit being used.
THAT IS GROUND BRAKING.

I'm sorry to say it, but I was right all along......., again

 

[Rydian]

Just when a useful flashcard soon comes out XDOzmodchips said it's not out for a month.

QUOTE(lordrand11 @ Dec 13 2010, 12:16 PM) i wonder how long it will take to create some sort of customized firmware for the dsi with this

AFAIK carts do not have NAND access.

 

[Lassik]

I love seeing the comments that say stuff like "Take that DSTWO fanboys!". You guys are morons. You think this new cart will be the end-all-be-all of flashcarts?

Groups will continue to release better carts and the new carts will continue to have their own set of "fanboys". It's only a matter of time before someone 1-ups this cart. Then what? "Take that iEvo fanboys!"?

It's cool that they claim that they're going to have all these new features but honestly the DSTWO is the best card out currently. When this comes out maybe it will be better but something else will come along to replace it. It's just the way technology works.

I currently own a DSTWO and as long as this iEvo does what it claims to do and has a reasonable price then I may pick it up as well. As far as the DSTWO "fanboys", can you blame them? DSTWO is an awesome card and the SC team is really good about updates for games (so far).

As far as the comparison between the two cards though, if it can't do the in-game menu like the DSTWO can then i'm not really interested. I like the potential that the DSTWO has with this feature.

 

[ninovalenti]

including the full CPU clock

does this mean games will run more smoother?

 

[mangatic]

what is that round usb thingie on the photos?