Here it is, the first DSi CFW!

Video by Alex S (with TWiLight Menu++ (previously known as DSiMenu++ and SRLoader) installed):


Video by @Apache Thunder (When RocketLauncher was planned for a release. With WarioWare Touched (DSiWare version) installed.):


(NOTE: Since hiyaCFW has been released a few days ago (as of posting this), and no official thread has been made, I decided to go and make it, despite not making the actual patches for it. )

With this CFW, you can run custom DSiWare, alongside region free and 3DS-exclusive DSiWare (WarioWare Touched), on your SD card, via NAND to SD redirection!
You can also run blocked flashcards (such as R4 Ultra).

GitHub repo

FAQs
Q: Can I use a custom splash for hiyaCFW?
A: Yes you can. Place it at "sd:/hiya/" and name them "splashtop.bmp" and "splashbottom.bmp". Make sure they're actually saved as .bmp files, with the size of 256x192, with no color space info, and is 16-bit (A1 R5 G5 B5, or X1 R5 G5 B5). .gif files will also work instead of .bmp files.

 

[Koksi__]

Hello DSi Community.
I wrote this Guide in German (you can translate it with google, but i think i will translate it to english this year) :
https://psxtools.de/index.php/Thread/76539-Tutorial-DSI-Hardmod-mit-Unlaunch-Hiya-CFW-und-SR-Loader/
So i if you need to bruteforce your CID or Console ID it is the right place.

PS:
I'm sorry, but it's already a bit old now

If you need some help, pm me here.

 

[hoodi]

Can someone help me? Loading Hiya.dsi with unlaunch just loads a white screen on both screens. Sorry if this question was asked before.

 

[DubMonster]

Can someone help me? Loading Hiya.dsi with unlaunch just loads a white screen on both screens. Sorry if this question was asked before.

I remember doing just basic check of all files. I had some missing files when i hacked my first DSi , there was white screens but nothing else

 

[Razor83]

It has to be 2GB or less, because that's the limitation of Launcher (DSi Menu).
Also, it can be either FAT16 or FAT32.

How is it possible that Launcher (DSi Menu) is limited to 2GB, when SanDisk released officially licensed 4GB and 8GB SDHC Cards for DSi?

 

[RocketRobz]

How is it possible that Launcher (DSi Menu) is limited to 2GB, when SanDisk released officially licensed 4GB and 8GB SD Cards for DSi?

I mean it's a limitation of Launcher when using an SD card as NAND.
To work around the limitation, add more files so that there's little space left, or make a big dummy file.

 

[Working_Goose]

After flashing it my dsi has no sound.
But in the camera app the trigger sound works perfect.
UNlauch, Twilight++, Hiyacfw whatever.
1.4e

 

[RocketRobz]

After flashing it my dsi has no sound.
But in the camera app the trigger sound works perfect.
UNlauch, Twilight++, Hiyacfw whatever.
1.4e

The no sound issue (or unchangeable feature) in the DSi Menu comes from Unlaunch, not HiyaCFW.

 

[hoodi]

I remember doing just basic check of all files. I had some missing files when i hacked my first DSi , there was white screens but nothing else

Still white screens on both. Thanks for trying to help though.

 

[DubMonster]

Still white screens on both. Thanks for trying to help though.

Hmm, have you asked help in the discord channel? There is people almost all day long knowing how to proceed

 

[hoodi]

Hmm, have you asked help in the discord channel? There is people almost all day long knowing how to proceed

I'll check it out.

 

[Working_Goose]

The no sound issue (or unchangeable feature) in the DSi Menu comes from Unlaunch, not HiyaCFW.

Oh jesus, did u know how i can fix it please?

 

[RocketRobz]

Oh jesus, did u know how i can fix it please?

Like I said, it's an unchangeable feature, so you can't "fix" it.

 

[Working_Goose]

Like I said, it's an unchangeable feature, so you can't "fix" it.

Oh, unchangeable feature. I didnt read that, my english is not so good.

Sorry and thanks

 

[heiki]

I'm looking for help with an error in step 9 of the guide to installing HiyaCFW.

Namely, the helper program completes decrypting, then gives an error of "mounter failure". I think somebody in page 32 of the discussion has reported this as well.

I am guessing this has to do with OSFMount. OSFMount on its own seems to run, so probably something about how the helper relates to it?

 

[KaRBoN85]

I'm looking for help with an error in step 9 of the guide to installing HiyaCFW.

Namely, the helper program completes decrypting, then gives an error of "mounter failure". I think somebody in page 32 of the discussion has reported this as well.

I am guessing this has to do with OSFMount. OSFMount on its own seems to run, so probably something about how the helper relates to it?

Try to uninstall and reinstall ofsmount. Also you may want to try a different sd card.

Sent from my EVA-L19 using Tapatalk

 

[heiki]

Thanks KaRBoN85!

Tried OSFMount reinstalling (including the beta version which the helper does not detect at all). No change there.

Also, SD Card does not seem to be an issue as I get the same error when I direct the output to an empty directory on a hard drive.

 

[Alexander1970]

I'm looking for help with an error in step 9 of the guide to installing HiyaCFW.

Namely, the helper program completes decrypting, then gives an error of "mounter failure". I think somebody in page 32 of the discussion has reported this as well.

I am guessing this has to do with OSFMount. OSFMount on its own seems to run, so probably something about how the helper relates to it?

Hello
Do you use another mounting Tool (DaemonTools,Alcohol etc.) ? If yes maybe they conflicting.

 

[heiki]

Hi alexander1970! Thanks for the reply.

I do use another virtual mounting tool, actually! Very interesting idea as I have never had a conflict there. I use MagicISO. But disabling / killing it doesn't seem to affect the problem I'm having. I do have several physical drives and volume letters up to G.

In the meanwhile I tried running the helper on a old mini PC that I had in the cupboard. The same error

So far I have the following additional ideas:
1) If there were a more detailed writeup as to what steps the helper goes through, maybe I could do them myself.
2) Try more computers. Will ask family members for their laptops etc Also have an old Linux machine somewhere that might still be operational.
3) OSFMount has on its website a discussion about problems with code signing (both computers I tried were running Win 7 and I have had some errors before based on this). While there was no explicit error message this time, it might be worthwhile trying a more modern OS.

For the helper it would be best of course to get this bug fixed.

 

[mondul]

the helper program completes decrypting, then gives an error of "mounter failure".

Please report this issues at the helper's thread. This happened to me when testing on a Windows box, happens when the OSFMount driver has not been properly loaded by the OS. You can open OSFMount and keep it open while the helper does its thing and it should complete.

 

[heiki]

Please report this issues at the helper's thread.

Apologies, I got here via web searches and did not realize these were separate threads

Edit: am I correct in that there was a "helper-less" guide once but that has been removed?