Homebrew (Discussion) What we still haven't been able to achieve in 3DS hacking WIP

[EmuAGR]

The wifi and Internet has been accomplished from @d0k3's payload tester. I think the creator of BootCtr9 is working on .3dsx support from Arm9 access but I haven't heard if that's progressing

Oh my, this is really interesting.
EDIT: Looking at the replies I think my request stands.

I've been thinking about more things aren't acomplished yet, AFAIK, and I think they should be possible:
- Full Mii specification (and editor).
- CIA xorpads server to convert .3DS effortlessly from a computer (without relying on Nintendo's servers).

@SirBeethoven: I think you should write the concepts before the explanations. We don't know what are you explaining until we reach the end.

 

[d0k3]

The wifi and Internet has been accomplished from @d0k3's payload tester. I think the creator of BootCtr9 is working on .3dsx support from Arm9 access but I haven't heard if that's progressing

You mean A9NC? Nope, that's just a companion app, it runs from userland, not A9LH.

 

[hacksn5s4]

He's never written a WiFi driver for A9LH.
His A9NC project is just an ARM11 payload that receives the a9lh payload over WiFi, writes to SD and hopes you were smart enough to set up a bootloader that boots the written payload. Still pretty damn useful if you use a n3DS and you have to eject and reinsert the SD all the time.

And .3dsx support from ARM9 isn't possible, you'd have to rewrite ctrulib without an underlying OS, it'd be far easier (and Stabler(tm)) to make the FIRM autoboot the HBL CIA

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Oh and the GC controller was just a hid module mod; shinyquagsire modded it to read from a different location rather than the HID register.

EDIT: He even made a writeup of the whole thing http://douevenknow.us/post/139673444953/redirecting-3ds-input-over-wifi

could you use that for things other then a controller such as botting like auto wonder trading but idk how the bots going to know what its doing you could have a web cam hooked up to the pc facing on the 3ds or have it scan to ram

 

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[A_Random_Guy]

could you use that for things other then a controller such as botting like auto wonder trading

Yeah it is possible, read his writeup and try to understand it

 

[nl255]

Not a whole lot, in all honesty. Also, it may not nessacerily be faster, as it would still have to (more likely than not) hit against the SD card at boot time and patch stuff.

We could get all the keys which would make decrypt9's cia/3ds decryption obsolete and allow emulators like Citra to play encrypted games such as those downloaded by DTK/funkeycia. Not to mention convert 3ds to cia with only a PC.

 

[hacksn5s4]

Yeah it is possible, read his writeup and try to understand it

i think the ntr devs should know about this cause you could do a whole bunch of cool things with it

 

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[Metab]

I think we have achieved pretty much full customization, you just need both a good knowlege of hex editing, and how/where to modify the correct CIA files.
We havnt had anything drastic but its all very possible, probably not approriate for this list.
The only thing waiting on this is a program for menu customization so its more accessable for the general public

 

[Quantumcat]

Full understanding of, and ability to edit, the Activity log

 

[MsMidnight]

Where's system stability

 

[Urbanshadow]

5. (Heard that the creator of BootCtr9 was working on this but that could be just rumored or misinterpreted) Homebrew access directly from Arm9LoaderHax
8. Wifi driver written for Arm9LoaderHax

Yeah this two won't happen, specially 5. Has been stated already more than a couple of times. A9LH is able to run before firmware. Firmware initializes arm11 cpu. Arm11 cpu runs homebrew. No firmware = no homebrew.

 

[Wolfvak]

Yeah this two won't happen, specially 5. Has been stated already more than a couple of times. A9LH is able to run before firmware. Firmware initializes arm11 cpu. Arm11 cpu runs homebrew. No firmware = no homebrew.

It was a misunderstanding. He's actually working in an API that allows you to use the ARM11 processor easily from ARM9 payloads, but everyone just assumed it'd be 3dsx-compatible.

The WiFi driver might happen, but there isn't much demand for it (yet), but I guess maybe it could be ported from libdswifi? (After a MAJOR overhaul ofc, and REing the WiFi chip)

 

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[YugamiSekai]

I'm sick of having to rebuild my romfs each time I want to test a mod.

 

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

Thanks for clearing that up! By the way, what would the API be able to do?

At least It should be possible to enable, disable and configure the screen. I'm thinking about other thinks, but I wasn't able to work much on it in the last time.

 

[Urbanshadow]

It was a misunderstanding. He's actually working in an API that allows you to use the ARM11 processor easily from ARM9 payloads, but everyone just assumed it'd be 3dsx-compatible.

The WiFi driver might happen, but there isn't much demand for it (yet), but I guess maybe it could be ported from libdswifi? (After a MAJOR overhaul ofc, and REing the WiFi chip)

I'm not a fan of letting regular users dwelve very much into a9lh. a9lh is and is meant to be a delicate yet powerful context for recovery/backup and hacky things.

Don't get me wrong, ofc i'm up to arm11 support for a9lh context, it will be a huge improvement on computing speeds. But still, it should not allow (be meant to allow) any homebrew.

But I'm, by far, more up to provide devs with makefiles to output homebrew in a more baremetal format (just arm11 instructions, no ROP'ing or things) and provide some sort of Homebrew Channel (instead of launcher) as an unsigned CIA. Without ROP,payloads or intermediate programs, 100% bootrate, no funky colored screens, full permissions on everything. Need AM? check. Need PXI? check. No drama. Home Button support! Because I can have signatures disabled and still be against piracy (which i'm not really against, but meh).

Of course this means getting libctru forked and heavily reworked. No one wants to do this, because it already works as is.

 

[Elveman]

I'm sick of having to rebuild my romfs each time I want to test a mod.

Doesn't LayeredFS redirect all operations to unpacked RomFS on the SD card?

 

[TR_mahmutpek]

Why we need bootrom?

Edit: Sorry for this €&@&#&@ question.

 

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