Hacking First Homebrew Channel?

[SLiV3R]

considering theres 10 gba games running on 3ds, snes should be jokingly easy, right? smaller roms, better known and supposedly less complicated architecture.

Im not sure about that. I would say snes is more difficult to emulate than gba. Snes had many different fx chips and higher resolution...

 

[the_randomizer]

Im not sure about that. I would say snes is more difficult to emulate than gba. Snes had many different fx chips and higher resolution...

GBA uses an ARM CPU while the Snes uses a Ricoh 5A22 series CPU, so ARM would be easier in theory for the 3DS since that too uses an ARM CPU.

 

[gamesquest1]

yeah but i think it down to just snes being older and "simpler" i know there is different chips and stuff that can cause issues, but i think in development terms the snes has been "done" way more so its easier to get info and code to base your work on, idk but i would presume the snes would be easier to get going than gba.

 

[UltraMew]

yeah but i think it down to just snes being older and "simpler" i know there is different chips and stuff that can cause issues, but i think in development terms the snes has been "done" way more so its easier to get info and code to base your work on, idk but i would presume the snes would be easier to get going than gba.

fine on nds

perfect/near on 3ds

 

[mr. fancypants]

yeah i can edit apps now; icon, name, code, you name it. first step towards some sort of homebrew channel !

so smealum can edit the visible data but the the app itself is untouched?

 

[Huntereb]

so smealum can edit the visible data but the the app itself is untouched?

If he can edit the title data, he can probably edit anything he wants, if he puts his mind to it.

 

[mr. fancypants]

If he can edit the title data, he can probably edit anything he wants, if he puts his mind to it.

haha looks like cyan found your banner

i guess that smelum didnt say which app he was using...

 

[Huntereb]

i guess that smelum didnt say which app he was using...

For the picture he gave us, he was using the Mii Channel. But for what app he will use in the future, no he did not say. It won't be the Mii Channel though, wouldn't that suck.

 

[gamesquest1]

Well he showed he had injected different roms into VC games so seems he can edit anything he wants, not just icon and description

 

[Duo8]

He can practically make a CFW for himself now

 

[Deleted User]

While I can't wait to have a permanent CFW on my 3DS, I don't think it will ever be possible.

 

[the_randomizer]

While I can't wait to have a permanent CFW on my 3DS, I don't think it will ever be possible.

I don't have any hope of ever seeing a public CFW on the 3DS for a variety of reasons.

 

[tomiga]

He can practically make a CFW for himself now

"For himself" being the keywords there. Smealum isn't going to release anything because it'll cause piracy, and he's going to try to make some way to prevent it if he does. As much as I hate to say it, creating an anti piracy solution is pointless, as people will just find a way around it. Pirates will be pirates.

The best thing that can be done IMO is to just not make anything that's able to load ROMs to begin with, don't code anything to enable that. At least then, if anybody wants to enable piracy, they will have to code it themselves.

 

[T3GZdev]

i dont want to be shallow , but doesn't a channel require content?
this appears to be merely a change of the icon, name, & info. lol jk

 

[Foxi4]

While I can't wait to have a permanent CFW on my 3DS, I don't think it will ever be possible.

I don't have any hope of ever seeing a public CFW on the 3DS for a variety of reasons.

There's absolutely no reason as to why a CFW for the 3DS wouldn't be possible, and if not a CFW then an LCFW via emuNAND - live patch injecting in emuNAND is already a thing as we speak, so there you go.

Fig.1 - Clearly "live-patched" firmware, the "GW3D" string has been appended to the firmware number

The only real obstacle is that it would murder the flashcart business overnight, so the hackers involved in flashcart teams are not exactly keen on sharing their loader tricks. That being said, eventually there will be this one guy who just won't care and will do it.

Homebrew is already possible, as seen numerous times, a backup loader is only a matter of time. The more the system is explored the closer we are to a full-blown custom firmware.

 

[Mr_Pichu]

The homebrew dev scene on the 3ds is in its infancy, but boy is this kid growing up fast.