Homebrew DSi Downgrading - The Complete Guide

[Deleted-394630]

Ignore.

 

[Deleted member 424658]

You can't brick as a result of using TWLtool unless you delete your original NAND image. That's silly. If you mod your NAND without a hardmod, that's on you. Keep a backup and get it hardmodded if it needs to be fixed.

TWLTool 1.1 has some bug or something that deletes parts of the nand. iirc the dev even said it had that problem. If TWLTool 1.1 was flawless, TWLTool 1.6 WOULD NOT EXIST. Just saying.

I've also seen a user decrypt and reencrypt their nand using TWLTool 1.1 and TWLTool 1.6. Two different md5s were generated.

 

[TheLegendofMario]

You can't brick as a result of using TWLtool unless you delete your original NAND image. That's silly. If you mod your NAND without a hardmod, that's on you. Keep a backup and get it hardmodded if it needs to be fixed.

This is BS, I have used TWLtool several times. Every, single time I used TWLtool 1.6 except for once and I used TWLtool 1.1 and that one time is when I bricked. Several others have bricked from using 1.1, this guide must be updated otherwise it Should be removed from GBATemp. This is the BRICK guide until it is updated.

 

[Gadorach]

I've used both plenty of times, though granted I've hardmodded every console I've worked on, so it's possible that you soft-modders are having issues as a result of the NAND being ripped via software and not hardware. I'm not sure what to tell you other than "works for me". When I get some free time, I'll update the guide. I'm sure it's grossly out of date by now anyway, considering this was written back when there was no way to rip and write the NAND via software, and TWLtool 1.1 was the only thing available. I'm making some quick-solder PCBs for the hardmod for myself anyway, so once they're done I'll have the chance to clean up the guide and put out my new stuff as well. You'll have to wait for then I guess.

 

[Deleted-394630]

Ignore me here, too.

 

[Gadorach]

For the time being, I've repacked and updated the package to contain TWLtool 1.6 instead of 1.1. I won't be updating the guide itself for a few weeks though.

 

[Deleted User]

I've also seen a user decrypt and reencrypt their nand using TWLTool 1.1 and TWLTool 1.6. Two different md5s were generated.

That might have been because the NAND stores the current date and time, so one backup taken a different time than the other would result in differing MD5s...
Though I do agree that TWLTool 1.1 is less safe than 1.6.

 

[Deleted member 424658]

That might have been because the NAND stores the current date and time, so one backup taken a different time than the other would result in differing MD5s...
Though I do agree that TWLTool 1.1 is less safe than 1.6.

The same nand backup, not two different ones.

 

[Deleted User]

The same nand backup, not two different ones.

Oh, whoops. I confused TWLTool with fwTool. Sorry about that.

 

[MarioMasta64]

You can't brick as a result of using TWLtool unless you delete your original NAND image. That's silly. If you mod your NAND without a hardmod, that's on you. Keep a backup and get it hardmodded if it needs to be fixed.

either way the tools should be updated :/ and course not but noobs exist

 

[PetaHD]

Dsi shop closed. Now what? You have the only option to harmod your formatted dsiware.

 

[Gadorach]

Dsi shop closed. Now what? You have the only option to harmod your formatted dsiware.

Good thing this guide assumes you need to hardmod your console, and covers the process step by step already then lmfao

Only change would be using the resigner to add the desired DSiware instead of using the DSishop.

 

[Arnold101]

2) You need to install an exploitable DSiWare game from the DSi Store. I recommend SUDOKU.


on my ndsi i have nothing installed. so i can't do anything here?

 

[incidentallyscribble]

2) You need to install an exploitable DSiWare game from the DSi Store. I recommend SUDOKU.


on my ndsi i have nothing installed. so i can't do anything here?

Yep, only thing you can do is hardmod.

 

[Arnold101]

Yep, only thing you can do is hardmod.

how? have a guide?

 

[thom_tl]

how? have a guide?

This is the guide, you just need to use an other dsiware, and then inject sudokuhax.

 

[Arnold101]

but i don't have any dsiware! and the shop is dead, so how i do?

 

[thom_tl]

Do you have the browser or flipnote studio?

 

[Barawer]

I'm in the same situation. I have only the stock system apps..

 

[Arnold101]

Do you have the browser or flipnote studio?

nothing