Homebrew Has anyone made a tool to create valid DSi SD card .bin files, to import titles from SD to NAND?

[Hiccup]

I assume using homebrew, you can dump the "console specific key" mentioned here, https://dsibrew.org/wiki/Tad, and then you'd be able to create a valid .tad for a title, right?

 

[Firexploit]

Actually its impossible to install dsiware to nand without a nand write tool.

However you can still create valid .bin files using system settings from hyja cfw sdnand, you just wont be able to restore these to sysnand without nand access.
First you need a valid tmd for the dsiware title, then you need to create a valid ticket for it too.
Otherwise system settings will not create a .bin file.
(This guide tells you how to create valid tmd and ticket files: Photo guide to installing DSiWare backups on real hardware and emulator | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community)

After that copy the files to sdnand
ticket file goes to: SD:/ticket/00030004/xxxxxxxx.tik
tmd file goes to: SD:/title/00030004/xxxxxxxx/content/title.tmd
(xxxxxxxx are the last 8 digits from your dsiware title id)

Then go to system settings (sdnand)
and create a backup .bin

After that you need to copy the dsiware ticket from sdnand to sysnand using a nand write tool

Then go to system settings (sysnand)
and restore the backup
(without the ticket in sysnand its impossible to restore the backup .bin, even when its valid. It will throw an error without ticket)

 

[Hiccup]

Well I'm talking about a PC tool to create bins that are encrypted/signed to work on an unmodified console, using the console's key(s)/ID(s). Then you'd just use the retail system settings to transfer from the sd card to the NAND. Unless you are saying that system settings checks to make sure you have a ticket (or something) on the NAND, before allowing the transfer?

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Well I'm talking about a PC tool to create bins that are encrypted/signed to work on an unmodified console, using the console's key(s)/ID(s). Then you'd just use the retail system settings to transfer from the sd card to the NAND. Unless you are saying that system settings checks to make sure you have a ticket (or something) on the NAND, before allowing the transfer?

Exactly this. No ticket on NAND → no importing.

 

[Hiccup]

Ah right. That defeats my whole idea then. I guess then the only PC-side tool that would work would be one that edits a NAND directly...

But all the methods for editing NANDs to add titles I've seen have been lengthy, manual and unreliable.