Hacking Debating about switching to CFW <-- Advise needed

[shinyquagsire23]

I know someone who wrote his own awhile back (not going to reveal names), but publicly, no. There is just the official firmware. rxTools, PastaCFW, CakeCFW, and all the other so called "custom firmwares" are just apps that apply on-the-fly patches to the official firmware. That's why everything is back to normal as soon as you reboot.

CFW doesn't mean it starts at boot, it means that the firmware was altered in some way, shape or form to change the user experience (hence "custom"). Granted, most current CFWs don't really add much aside from patching sigs but that's beside the point.

 

[JoostinOnline]

CFW doesn't mean it starts at boot, it means that the firmware was altered in some way, shape or form to change the user experience (hence "custom"). Granted, most current CFWs don't really add much aside from patching sigs but that's beside the point.

Nothing is changed. They are just apps that do OTF patches. Calling these apps custom firmware is like calling Priiloader custom firmware.

 

[Quantumcat]

Nothing is changed. They are just apps that do OTF patches. Calling these apps custom firmware is like calling Priiloader custom firmware.

How many consoles do you know of that have had new operating systems written for them? Every custom firmware will be based on an official firmware. With more or less changed.

 

[JoostinOnline]

How many consoles do you know of that have had new operating systems written for them? Every custom firmware will be based on an official firmware. With more or less changed.

Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it accurate.

This isn't even modifying the original firmware anyway. It just patches what's in the memory. They are apps.

 

[usernametaken]

I guess it's time to unfollow this thread...

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it accurate.

This isn't even modifying the original firmware anyway. It just patches what's in the memory. They are apps.

Technically all the Wii did too was patch what was in memory. They just happened to do it very early and near seamlessly. And even the Wii didn't patch much, basically just sigs and that was it. Don't forget though that emuNAND and whatever arm9 weirdness rxTools has going on is probably more than enough to classify things as CFW.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Technically all the Wii did too was patch what was in memory. They just happened to do it very early and near seamlessly. And even the Wii didn't patch much, basically just sigs and that was it. Don't forget though that emuNAND and whatever arm9 weirdness rxTools has going on is probably more than enough to classify things as CFW.

1) The Wii did have custom firmware. It was called a cIOS. It also had custom interfaces like postLoader, although those weren't actually firmware.
2) The creator of rxTools agreed with me, saying it isn't custom firmware. That's why he didn't call it rxCFW.

 

[Paladiex]

I've never actually read past most OP's on this forum. Is it normal to get into pointless arguments that only very loosely sort of relate to the OP?

 

[insidexdeath]

I've never actually read past most OP's on this forum. Is it normal to get into pointless arguments that only very loosely sort of relate to the OP?

Welcome to GBATemp

 

[JoostinOnline]

I've never actually read past most OP's on this forum. Is it normal to get into pointless arguments that only very loosely sort of relate to the OP?

That's the case on every forum. Sorry, I'll drop it.

 

[chris_247]

Getting back to the original topic of this thread. I also have an o3ds and a n3ds currently with gateway emunand. Do any of the current cfws allow you to play DS games? I know dsiware is a thing but I don't know if that's the same as original DS games

 

[JoostinOnline]

Getting back to the original topic of this thread. I also have an o3ds and a n3ds currently with gateway emunand. Do any of the current cfws allow you to play DS games? I know dsiware is a thing but I don't know if that's the same as original DS games

Not that I know of. If you have ninjhax and 9.2 or below, you can downgrade the whitelist to allow playing blocked NDS flash carts though.

 

[Arithmatics]

Jeez potayto potahto guys. -_-"

OT: Just to be completely and absolutely clear, After installing a CFW is it safe for me to technically throw away my Gateway cartridge? as in eshop spoofing, booting into CFW and .cia installing will no longer require me to insert my GW to get it to boot?.

 

[Quantumcat]

Jeez potayto potahto guys. -_-"

OT: Just to be completely and absolutely clear, After installing a CFW is it safe for me to technically throw away my Gateway cartridge? as in eshop spoofing, booting into CFW and .cia installing will no longer require me to insert my GW to get it to boot?.

Yes, but don't sell it unless you really need the money. It might come in handy later, you never know what the gateway team might come up with.

 

[dkabot]

Getting back to the original topic of this thread. I also have an o3ds and a n3ds currently with gateway emunand. Do any of the current cfws allow you to play DS games? I know dsiware is a thing but I don't know if that's the same as original DS games

To stack on what JoostinOnline said, if you use ThemeHax autoboot with a DS flashcart (or just Gateway Blue card since that's all it is) then upon exiting the game the system should automatically go back into EmuNAND (as exiting a DS game is a console reboot), which is about as seamless as you can get.
Additionally, the autoboot should remove the need for anything in the card slot, so you could keep a DS flashcart in there 24/7