Hacking Forwarder CIAs?

[Dramamine!]

Hello.

The Wii has forwarder channels (stub application that redirects to an application on SD card). Has anyone developed a similar thing for 3DS? I see there are some apps that update regularly and I think it'd be easier to just replace the executable, rather than fully reinstall.

Thanks.

 

[teampleb]

Why? If you can install CIAs you can just install the homebrew itself as a CIA.

 

[hippy dave]

He said exactly why.

I don't think anyone's made such a thing, at least for native applications. Lua homebrew works that way tho I guess.

 

[teampleb]

He said exactly why.

I don't think anyone's made such a thing, at least for native applications. Lua homebrew works that way tho I guess.

Still. Is it so hard to launch FBI and install the CIA? I wouldn't be complaining over something so trivial if I had kernel access.

 

[daxtsu]

This would be situationally useful for things like GBA VC/DSiware games as well, have a small stub (< 1MByte) that calls AGB_FIRM or TWL_FIRM with the titleID desired, so then when it reboots, it just takes over from there. Would save some space when installing VC games on unlinked NANDs.

 

[Aroth]

Still. Is it so hard to launch FBI and install the CIA? I wouldn't be complaining over something so trivial if I had kernel access.

Because CIA installation is proportionally longer the bigger the file. For applications that update regularly and have any significant size, it can get to be a bit of a hassle to install a new cia file every few days. The more applications you use like that, the bigger the hassle.

 

[teampleb]

Because CIA installation is proportionally longer the bigger the file. For applications that update regularly and have any significant size, it can get to be a bit of a hassle to install a new cia file every few days. The more applications you use like that, the bigger the hassle.

I still wouldn't complain. I'd have kernel access!

 

[Aroth]

I still wouldn't complain. I'd have kernel access!

Trust me, yes you would. No one in the world will ever say "oh I got this one thing I wanted so I won't complain about how it doesn't work as well as I would like or make suggestions for ways to improve it"

Anyone who says otherwise is either disillusioned by jealousy or outright lying.

Either way "you have kernel access, stop complaining" is a pointless argument offered out of spite. You should consider that if people really did "stop complaining" just because they had kernel access, those of you without it would likely never see it because no one with any skills or knowledge would bother developing anymore since "we have kernel access".

 

[JoostinOnline]

Still. Is it so hard to launch FBI and install the CIA? I wouldn't be complaining over something so trivial if I had kernel access.

You missed several steps. You can't just launch FBI.

1. Copy the CIA to your SD card
2. Load Cubic Ninja
3. Load rxTools (or Pasta)
4. Load Cubic Ninja again
5. Launch FBI
6. Install the CIA

The whole process takes several minutes because of reboots. If you have forwarders, this is the way you update your app:

1. Copy the 3dsx file to your SD card

If there is a way to do forwarders, it will save a lot of time.

 

[Aroth]

The whole process takes several minutes because of reboots.

That's also assuming its a tiny file that can be installed in under a minute. Either way forwarders are a wonderful idea if they can be implemented.