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.

 

[RealYoti]

Any way to add wallpaper to the top screen?

 

[Pk11]

Any way to add wallpaper to the top screen?

Do you mean the splash images? Yeah, just make sure you're on the latest version, then the details are here: https://wiki.ds-homebrew.com/other/hiyacfw#custom-splash-screens

 

[RealYoti]

@Pk11 no, the wallpaper image. Like in TWLMenu++

The custom image(s) goes in "sd:/_nds/TWiLightMenu/dsimenu/photos/", must be 208x156, and must end in the .png format.

 

[Pk11]

@Pk11 no, the wallpaper image. Like in TWLMenu++

Ah, those go in "sd:/photo/DCIM/100NIN##/HNI_####.JPG" (where the # are numbers) and need to be correctly signed from the DSi Camera, I think there's tools to make images work somewhere, though I've never tried personally so I don't know what they are.

 

[banjo2]

@Pk11 no, the wallpaper image. Like in TWLMenu++

Ah, those go in "sd:/photo/DCIM/100NIN##/HNI_####.JPG" (where the # are numbers) and need to be correctly signed from the DSi Camera, I think there's tools to make images work somewhere, though I've never tried personally so I don't know what they are.

That would be SignaPic DSi, and I can confirm that it works

 

[RealYoti]

need to be correctly signed from the DSi Camera

It will be great to have signature bypass in the CFW.

 

[banjo2]

It will be great to have signature bypass in the CFW.

I think it would still have to be formatted correctly, but I'm not completely sure how flexible it is

 

[Forget]

HiyaCFW Helper error api.ms bla BLA BLA missing from your computers.try to reinstaling the program to fix the problem
I tried to reinstaling HiyaCFW Helper but it don't work
Any help thanks
*My English are not great sorry

 

[Megadriver94]

What does the latest version of HiyaCFW add anyway? its been quite a while since I last checked what version I have on my DSi XL.

 

[RocketRobz]

What does the latest version of HiyaCFW add anyway? its been quite a while since I last checked what version I have on my DSi XL.

https://github.com/RocketRobz/hiyaCFW/releases

 

[chronoss]

Hi @Robz8

HiyaCFW is already used ? I only use Unlaunch and Twillight directly...

 

[RocketRobz]

Hi @Robz8

HiyaCFW is already used ? I only use Unlaunch and Twillight directly...

The only reason to use hiyaCFW nowadays, is to have the original System Menu on your SD card.

 

[chronoss]

The only reason to use hiyaCFW nowadays, is to have the original System Menu on your SD card.

Ok i see, HiyaCFW need HiyaCFW_Helper 3.6. It's a old methode for me. Now i use the real sysnand with twilight

 

[retrospect]

Is there any plan to get this working as a 3DS custom firmware?

 

[chronoss]

Is there any plan to get this working as a 3DS custom firmware?

You can use this to plays NDS rom on your 3DS

 

[retrospect]

You can use this to plays NDS rom on your 3DS

Thanks, I know but it doesn't work on EmuNAND.

 

[chronoss]

Thanks, I know but it doesn't work on EmuNAND.

Sorry, i nevers use emuNAND

 

[CoolMe]

Hey! @Pk11, i'm not sure if i should ask this here, but here it is anyway.. i use Hiya to boot into sdnand (emunand) made from my sysnand, everything works fine, though it seems i can't edit or change some settings, like profile username, color or location.. Etc. I assume those details should stay the same, as they were when first made from the sysnand dump. I can change those settings on sysnand without issues, just not on sdnand..
Is there any way to make them change, other than dumping a new nand image with the specific details i want?
Which leads me to my next question.. I have some DSiWare titles installed with TMFH, and some have save files that i care about, can i dump those saves with some homebrew software? and can i expect those saves to work with a .nds version of the (DSiWare) game launched from TWilightmenu?
Thanks!

 

[Pk11]

Hey! @Pk11, i'm not sure if i should ask this here, but here it is anyway.. i use Hiya to boot into sdnand (emunand) made from my sysnand, everything works fine, though it seems i can't edit or change some settings, like profile username, color or location.. Etc. I assume those details should stay the same, as they were when first made from the sysnand dump. I can change those settings on sysnand without issues, just not on sdnand..
Is there any way to make them change, other than dumping a new nand image with the specific details i want?

Check that the files in sd:/shared1 are not read-only. The guide used to recommend making those read only to prevent the SDNAND randomly dying, but that bug was fixed long ago so now all that does is prevent system settings from saving.

Which leads me to my next question.. I have some DSiWare titles installed with TMFH, and some have save files that i care about, can i dump those saves with some homebrew software? and can i expect those saves to work with a .nds version of the (DSiWare) game launched from TWilightmenu?
Thanks!

Both TMFH and NTM can make backups of DSiWare installed to SDNAND including saves. I'd recommend using NTM as I redid the backup making so that it makes a [ROM name].pub/[ROM name].prv file instead of simply a copy of the folder so all you should need to do is make a backup with NTM and copy the .pub/.prv files from sd:/_nds/ntm/backup to your DSiWare "saves" folder for TWiLight, renaming if necessary.

You can also simply copy them out of the sd:/title folder, but that'll require knowing it's title ID in hex so it's easier to use NTM/TMFH.

 

[CoolMe]

@Pk11 Thank you! Also for some reason there's no sound on the sysnand's DSi Menu, there's sound on the system settings and other installed titles too, not a big deal but would like to know what's going on with it.
I'll try your suggestions when i get the time. Thanks!