Hacking Official [Release] CakesFW

[Columbo2811]

Hi columbo. thanks for the reply, i get it now
I just checked again the cakes dir in my sd, and it does have now a config.dat, which I see contains the path to the patches directory within cakes dir.
there is also another file firmware_patched.bin, which I guess is probably the default firmware with the selected patch applied.

Yes cakes uses Encrypted firmwares straight from nintendos servers and cakes decrypts them on start up

 

[arabtm]

i see. ok, thanks again for the reply!

 

[pbanj]

If anyone is wondering yes cakes works with 10.7

 

[merdogHS]

If anyone is wondering yes cakes works with 10.7

I was indeed! Thank you friend!

 

[Gray_Jack]

Is it possible have more than one firmware.bin with different FIRM and chose one before launcher CFW?

 

[pikatsu]

Is there any cfw that suports ds flashcards on emunand?

 

[thesymbol]

Is there any cfw that suports ds flashcards on emunand?

You can use DS Flashcards on Cakes but if you are using an O3DS you have to disable the reboot patch.
I know that AuReiNand also works with DS Flashcards.

 

[Kingwad]

Is the "Block FIRM partition updates" patch necessary if you are running a9lh, but loading Cakes on emuNAND?

 

[pbanj]

Is the "Block FIRM partition updates" patch necessary if you are running a9lh, but loading Cakes on emuNAND?

No

 

[Sumea]

Is the "Block FIRM partition updates" patch necessary if you are running a9lh, but loading Cakes on emuNAND?

You will be bricked either way so what is the point.
the emunand firm can be fukt as much as you want so whatevs yeah. It really is for people who made sysnand the new main nand again for speed/space saving/whatever reasons.

 

[regnad]

Now that it's possible to natively patch home menu to region free, do you think this is a feature that could be implemented in Cakes in the future?

 

[tvall]

Now that it's possible to natively patch home menu to region free, do you think this is a feature that could be implemented in Cakes in the future?

just install the patched cia. otherwise, nothings changed on this.

 

[regnad]

just install the patched cia. otherwise, nothings changed on this.

I understand that it hasn't been implemented. The cia patch was released maybe 12 hours ago after all.

I'm just asking if it may be implemented in some future update.

Sorry if that was unclear.

 

[tvall]

I understand that it hasn't been implemented. The cia patch was released maybe 12 hours ago after all.

I'm just asking if it may be implemented in some future update.

Sorry if that was unclear.

the cia patch is the same patch that ntr and other things use. and apparently that has to be done from arm11, which cakes doesnt do. if it did, then it could do that.
but its the same patches as we had before. so nothing changed

 

[Katsumi San]

I do not update to 10.7 yet.. I follow Plailect guide to get cakefw... Perhaps I will update now.(cautious)

 

[Gray_Jack]

the cia patch is the same patch that ntr and other things use. and apparently that has to be done from arm11, which cakes doesnt do. if it did, then it could do that.
but its the same patches as we had before. so nothing changed

Well... Aurora Wright said that is possible:

You need a process to do said RAM changes (that code doesn't yet exist before launching FIRM - which is all AuReiNand currently does, so you need to patch FIRM to allow an extra ARM11 process then inject the process, before launching FIRM. Then the process will patch Home Menu or whatever you want it to).

This cannot be done in the CakesFW?

 

[tvall]

Well... Aurora Wright said that is possible:



This cannot be done in the CakesFW?

it can, the same way as aureinand, if they make an arm11 thread like she mentioned, which neither cakes nor aureinand do. and thats what theyve been needing the whole time to do that

 

[regnad]

Well... Aurora Wright said that is possible:



This cannot be done in the CakesFW?

In fact it was the comments from Aurora Wright, as well as Wurst Pistole in his lengthy tutorial, that prompted me to ask.

 

[Gray_Jack]

So... what is the name that I have to put in my pached AGB_FIRM in the cakes folder?

 

[Ace Koopa]

I happen to have the ambassador program GBA games and a few DSiware games downloaded on my emuNAND, but I can't seem to play them. I hear that you can get them working by patching the signatures, but how do you do that? Will they still play on emuNAND, or will they only be playable on sysNAND? And will my save data be preserved?