Hacking Official [Release] CakesFW

[mid-kid]

Time for a post-birthday release.
Just an excuse for doing some work after a long hiatus.

New release: Cakes (19)98.

• No need to provide firmkey.bin anymore. Cakes will extract it from the cetk if available, which can be downloaded from nintendo's CDN.
• Autoboot now just loads firmware_patched.bin (and does no further patching, whatsoever), causing it to boot even faster.

NOTE: firmware.bin was moved to the cakes directory.
NOTE2: If you already have a firmkey.bin, you don't need to do anything with the cetk.

May the cakes be with you.

 

[coinblock]

I've tried switching over to this CFW from Gateway, but have run into a strange issue. I can boot into my GW Emunand just fine, but if I try enabling wifi through the home menu settings or even just touching the settings icon, everything locks up. Any idea what might be happening here? I'm on a 9.0.0.20 U N3DS launching the CFW through MSET. The same problem seems to occur on Reinand as well. Hope my emunand hasn't got all fouled up somehow.

Edit: Disregard this, the crash was not caused by wi-fi.

 

[mid-kid]

I've tried switching over to this CFW from Gateway, but have run into a strange issue. I can boot into my GW Emunand just fine, but if I try enabling wifi through the home menu settings or even just touching the settings icon, everything locks up. Any idea what might be happening here? I'm on a 9.0.0.20 U N3DS launching the CFW through MSET. The same problem seems to occur on Reinand as well. Hope my emunand hasn't got all fouled up somehow.

Edit: Better try the new release first and see if that remedies the problem.

Sorry, I have no idea what could be happening here (can't reproduce it either). But this is a weird bug report, since CakesFW doesn't touch anything that could make it lock up at that point (unless you're running th DHS branch, in which case... maybe?).
The new release doesn't do much different, so that won't fix it.

 

[coinblock]

Yeah. Damn. It's still happening, unfortunately. It's probably time I cleaned out my emuNAND anyway, don't need GW anymore.

 

[mid-kid]

Yeah. Damn. It's still happening, unfortunately. It's probably time I cleaned out my emuNAND anyway, don't need GW anymore.

If you end up reformatting your emuNAND, and it keeps happening, please tell me.

 

[DjoeN]

...

• No need to provide firmkey.bin anymore. Cakes will extract it from the cetk if available, which can be downloaded from nintendo's CDN

...

NOTE: firmware.bin was moved to the cakes directory.

May the cakes be with you.

Thanks for the update!
So we just have to place cetk file in the root of the SD? (just called cetk without extension)

 

[mid-kid]

Thanks for the update!
So we just have to place cetk file in the root of the SD? (just called cetk without extension)

No, in the cakes directory (read the OP next time, please). And yes, just "cetk".

 

[metroid maniac]

Thanks for the update!
So we just have to place cetk file in the root of the SD? (just called cetk without extension)

Looks like it goes in the cakes directory.

 

[DjoeN]

No, in the cakes directory (read the OP next time, please). And yes, just "cetk".

ow, my bad, didn't checked the OP :/

Thanks

 

[dark_samus3]

-snip-

• No need to provide firmkey.bin anymore. Cakes will extract it from the cetk if available, which can be downloaded from nintendo's CDN

So if I already have firmkey.bin on my SD card will I still have to use the cetk trick to get it working properly?

 

[mid-kid]

So if I already have firmkey.bin on my SD card will I still have to use the cetk trick to get it working properly?

No, if you already have the firmkey.bin, you don't have to do anything. Just move the firmware.bin, because it's location changed.

The cetk can be removed after the firmkey.bin has been generated (which happens when loading the Cakes menu).

 

[Zidapi]

All I gotta do is wait for cakes to have regionfree....
I can install this on an 8.1J N3DS, can I?

It already has GW setup, so shouldn't be too much of a hassle would it?
Cuz every other CFW needs a browser at least to start up.

A method to update your 8.1j to 9.2j is to be revealed shortly. But, you're going to need some extra equipment to make it happen.

Just FYI my method will require a 8.1 n3ds, a 9.0-9.2J n3ds, a gateway card and jpn cubic ninja

*builds hype*

 

[MassExplosion213]

A method to update your 8.1j to 9.2j is to be revealed shortly. But, you're going to need some extra equipment to make it happen.

*builds hype*

There's already a method, it's just complicated.

 

[Ronhero]

There's already a method, it's just complicated.

Says one of the people who I work hand and hand with who has seen my idea work in action

*builds hype*

There's some more hype for you

 

[MassExplosion213]

Says one of the people who I work hand and hand with who has seen my idea work in action



There's some more hype for you

Not that one. It involves SOAP responses.

 

[Ronhero]

Not that one. It involves SOAP responses.

You got that one figured out?

 

[MassExplosion213]

You got that one figured out?

I remember seeing it a while back. I'm looking for it again.

 

[Ronhero]

I remember seeing it a while back. I'm looking for it again.

I know me and another member came close and couldn't do it with the raw files on a private server with the correct SOAP to point away from NUS

 

[MassExplosion213]

I know me and another member came close and couldn't do it with the raw files on a private server with the correct SOAP to point away from NUS

Oh ok. I didn't know this was attempted.

 

[Ronhero]

Oh ok. I didn't know this was attempted.

Haha yea and when the person asked yellow8 they gave us a lecture on piracy