Hacking m3sakura is almost here!

[Densetsu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3moLHWrOmmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKktshqwRA

It says that those videos were posted 3 months ago.

QUOTE(iamanobody @ May 31 2008, 10:12 AM) someone with a japanese m3 real please try this program and report the results
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5W65J02C

*insert usual disclaimer* i am not responsible for whatever happens if you run this program

I'm going to try it as soon as I back up my card.

*EDIT*
I just tried it and I got the following:

The top screen was white.

The bottom screen was black with the following text:

alive...
fat init and arm9 owns card
calling asm
response = A4

 

[Chrono_Tata]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3moLHWrOmmU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiKktshqwRA

It says that those videos were posted 3 months ago.

The person who posted the videos joined 3 months ago. The videos were posted 30th May.

 

[Densetsu]

The person who posted the videos joined 3 months ago. The videos were posted 30th May.

I stand corrected. I think I'm going to hide in shame at my n00b mistake now

 

[halomasta]

I forgive you because your the master of translations

 

[Densetsu]

I forgive you because your the master of translations

*Comes out from hiding under table curled in fetal position*

My bad

 

[iamanobody]

ok how i have the jp firmware booting on english m3 reals. i also got gba roms loading

all the loaders seem to be region locked too. the gba loader also has weird tricks (multiple check functions and some disguised check functions). IDA Pro also can't find a lot of the xrefs

by the way, here's an example of a disguised check (the command for check is 0xCD)

RAM:023C7F88ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ STMFDÂÂ SP!, {R3,LR}
RAM:023C7F8CÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R0, #0xAA
RAM:023C7F90ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R1, #0
RAM:023C7F94
RAM:023C7F94 loc_23C7F94ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ; CODE XREF: getlang8+1Cj
RAM:023C7F94ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ADDÂÂÂÂ R0, R0, #1
RAM:023C7F98ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ADDÂÂÂÂ R1, R1, #1
RAM:023C7F9CÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ CMPÂÂÂÂ R1, #0x23
RAM:023C7FA0ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ANDÂÂÂÂ R0, R0, #0xFF
RAM:023C7FA4ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ BCCÂÂÂÂ loc_23C7F94
RAM:023C7FA8ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R3, #0
RAM:023C7FACÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ STRÂÂÂÂ R3, [SP,#8+var_8]
RAM:023C7FB0ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R2, #0
RAM:023C7FB4ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R1, #0
RAM:023C7FB8ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ BLÂÂÂÂÂÂcard_cmd

 

[dsrules]

COOL!!! So, are you going to release a modified firmware so people could test and try out Saukra on an english m3real? Even if it cant fully play games yet, it's still nice to try it out

 

[halomasta]

@iamanobody

You only mentioned GBA roms...does this mean it plays NDS games and homebrew flawlessly?

 

[iamanobody]

NDS ROMS WORK!!!

however, most homebrew doesn't work

still looking...

@halomasta each loader has to be patched

 

[Toni Plutonij]

Wow, congratulations to you..You're very close now..
I hope you'll get it soon, and post patched version here..By the time you're done, there will probably be a translated Sakura skin too (but I can't promise it, NeoGunKuruma is busy, and I'm waiting for him to complete it)..
So, with a little luck, we'll have english Sakura in a day or so..

 

[airpirate545]

no offense but i noticed some of you tempers are kind of impatient lol

 

[Toni Plutonij]

Well, some are impatient, some are curious, and some are bored..
I've been keeping an eye on this whole "hacking" process, and tried my best to contribute to the scene any way I could..
I have no problem waiting, but if theres a way to speed up the whole process, I don't see why not, it's a big fun to me, and it's nice to see how many people (that are actually complete strangers) could work together on something..
Either way, we are all going to end up using official English release, and this is something to keep us busy and entertained until then..
Some of us even learned few stuff about how this things work..
I wouldn't call it impatience, but curiosity..

 

[BoosLee]

This sounds interesting, my m3 real is coming in the mail next week, maybe i'd be able to play around with Sakura by then...or not...

 

[iamanobody]

my mistake. most homebrew does work, but some do not. dsorganize and dslinux do not. the homebrew loader seems to be built into g6dsload so it won't be easy to hack. does anyone know how to do nds-gba linkage in sakura?

@toni: i am very impatient too

 

[Toni Plutonij]

The only person I could think of, and that could possibly know GBA to NDS linkage, would be Densetsu3000..(he's currently logged in, so maybe he'll read this and replay)..

What more stuff do you have to do now, until you would think of it completed? Only homebrew, or something other, more?

And, congratulations on your effort, it's really amazing you actually managed to hack it..keep up the good work....

 

[Densetsu]

The only person I could think of, and that could possibly know GBA to NDS linkage, would be Densetsu3000..(he's currently logged in, so maybe he'll read this and replay)..

Yesterday I found out that the documentation for the M3 Sakura is included in the firmware and that you can access it through the image viewer. It makes no mention of GBA-NDS linkage, and I've tried the usual method (pressing Y to load the GBA ROM onto memory) and it doesn't work. Pressing Y in M3 Sakura only lowers the volume. I'll keep trying different things and post if I find out anything new.

 

[Toni Plutonij]

Well, we know we can count on you..

Is Sakura completely translateable via skin translation, or does it have some inner text that has to be translated too?
You mentioned documentation included in firmware, I'm guessing that it's on Japanese..So it's translateable only by hacking?

 

[Tharen1234]

iamanobody is it possible for you to post a DL link so we can try it out

 

[habbah]

ok how i have the jp firmware booting on english m3 reals. i also got gba roms loading

all the loaders seem to be region locked too. the gba loader also has weird tricks (multiple check functions and some disguised check functions). IDA Pro also can't find a lot of the xrefs

by the way, here's an example of a disguised check (the command for check is 0xCD)

RAM:023C7F88ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ STMFDÂÂ SP!, {R3,LR}
RAM:023C7F8CÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R0, #0xAA
RAM:023C7F90ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R1, #0
RAM:023C7F94
RAM:023C7F94 loc_23C7F94ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ; CODE XREF: getlang8+1Cj
RAM:023C7F94ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ADDÂÂÂÂ R0, R0, #1
RAM:023C7F98ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ADDÂÂÂÂ R1, R1, #1
RAM:023C7F9CÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ CMPÂÂÂÂ R1, #0x23
RAM:023C7FA0ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ ANDÂÂÂÂ R0, R0, #0xFF
RAM:023C7FA4ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ BCCÂÂÂÂ loc_23C7F94
RAM:023C7FA8ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R3, #0
RAM:023C7FACÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ STRÂÂÂÂ R3, [SP,#8+var_8]
RAM:023C7FB0ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R2, #0
RAM:023C7FB4ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ MOVÂÂÂÂ R1, #0
RAM:023C7FB8ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ BLÂÂÂÂÂÂcard_cmd

FOR REAL? omgzzzz you l33t haxor xD cant wait for you to release it!

EDIT: any chance of a video?

 

[sboi]

wow congratz. haha!