Homebrew DS(i) Mode hacking progress thread

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

I just booted a CodeBreaker on my 3DS using a converted DSiEnhanced game! That's big! Because this means super old stuff like the original R4 can get around the integrity checks from CTR mode!

Is it this way in the dsi enchanced mode?
would be interessting, if it is

 

[Krakatau]

My build of rxTools: https://mega.nz/#!UFkUAZgT!XdFdsR4VI-am3asgXXwQFpKVX0-SQMRZJcjZJMa-2bc

Stuck at the pixelated screen after menuhax, any ideas?

 

[Apache Thunder]

I don't know....All I know is my CodeBreaker booted and appears to work just like it did on the DS.

 

[Ekaitz]

I just booted a CodeBreaker on my 3DS using a converted DSiEnhanced game! That's big! Because this means super old stuff like the original R4 can get around the integrity checks from CTR mode!

Dude, if you save my original Supercard DS One v3... I will love you

 

[RednaxelaNnamtra]

I don't know....All I know is my CodeBreaker booted and appears to work just like it did on the DS.

you could try to boot a dsi game, from what I know there is atleast one dsi only game, if it boots propperly, it should be in dsi mode, if not it could be, that the flashcard firmware loads it wrong, or that it bootet into the normal ds mode.

 

[Nintendo4DSXL]

I just booted a CodeBreaker on my 3DS using a converted DSiEnhanced game! That's big! Because this means super old stuff like the original R4 can get around the integrity checks from CTR mode!

How did you do this?

 

[Deleted member 370283]

How did you do this?

He did what I had done before, basically directly converting a DSi-Enhanced ROM to a CIA.
According to a PM he sent me, he used Sonic Classics Collection.

 

[laharl22]

Nothing nds games launch or yes?

 

[Deleted member 370283]

Nothing yet.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Actually I used Mario vs Donkey Kong. I don't think it really matters what game though. I may just modify a normal DSiWare app to do this instead since I believe the game type in the NDS header section that fools it into booting slot-1 is what's doing this. What ever content the DSIWare game had is irrelevant after that.

 

[Sitri]

Actually I used Mario vs Donkey Kong. I don't think it really matters what game though. I may just modify a normal DSiWare app to do this instead since I believe the game type in the NDS header section that fools it into booting slot-1.

I've been skimming through the past few pages after last night, and I'm not 100% sure of how this works. Does this load through emuNAND, or are you installing the cia directly into the sysNAND?

 

[Apache Thunder]

Currently the DSiWare app must be installed to sysnand. You can boot it from emunand. But you need a CFW that doesn't break TWL mode and that you have to install the DSiWare in question to both emunand and sysnand before it will boot.

 

[Krakatau]

R4i BOOTS!

Gives system date error...

 

[AtlasFontaine]

Mine boots full white screen without a SD card, I'll test it with a SD and its kernel.

 

[TuxSH]

Someone should test the DSiWare app trick with a old DS Supercard, or anything else that has a proper banner and does not forcefully autoboot.

 

[Apache Thunder]

Yeah it doesn't seem to work with the really old R4 and Action Replay that didn't have a valid icon/banner. (if your flashcart forces DS to auto boot it, it probably won't work with this method)

 

[CeeDee]

So I guess we tried to figure out DS title booting in DSiWare... and got something completely different - a DS cart booter. That's actually really damn cool!

 

[TuxSH]

So I guess we tried to figure out DS title booting in DSiWare... and got something completely different - a DS cart booter. That's actually really damn cool!

Provided it behaves like one (e.g CodeBreaker)

 

[CeeDee]

Provided it behaves like one (e.g CodeBreaker)

That's still cool! A multitude of blocked DS carts should work now!

 

[AtlasFontaine]

@Apache Thunder @TuxSH Is it possible to convert a .NDS flashcard Firmware update file to .Cia and update the flashcard firmware with it?