Homebrew [Release] NTM - NAND Title Manager for DSi

[DougalLeateo22]

Cool app! I've used it on SysNAND and I've noticed that Mario Clock doesn't install on the DSi menu. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Pk11]

Cool app! I've used it on SysNAND and I've noticed that Mario Clock doesn't install on the DSi menu. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

Do you have Unlaunch with launcher patches enabled? If not, incorrect region or missing TMD file could both make it fail, though if you have Unlaunch with launcher patches enabled that shouldn't be an issue...

 

[DougalLeateo22]

Thanks for the reply! I don't have Unlaunch so I have to find the right TMD file. Region is probably the problem. I did find a Australian release of the Mario Clock .cia file, but I unfortunately can't find the matching TMD file for the AUS release.

I also found ClubHouse Games: Card classics in the AUS region and some other DSiWare Games, but I can't find the TMD code on the "3DS DSiWare Titles - 3DSBrew" site. If you could help with finding some more TWL TitleID's that would be greatly appreciated.

- Thanks for the reply as well!

 

[Pk11]

Thanks for the reply! I don't have Unlaunch so I have to find the right TMD file. Region is probably the problem. I did find a Australian release of the Mario Clock .cia file, but I unfortunately can't find the matching TMD file for the AUS release.

I also found ClubHouse Games: Card classics in the AUS region and some other DSiWare Games, but I can't find the TMD code on the "3DS DSiWare Titles - 3DSBrew" site. If you could help with finding some more TWL TitleID's that would be greatly appreciated.

- Thanks for the reply as well!

Attached the TMD, from the Python script linked on the wiki. All the files are still up on Nintendo's servers.

 

[DougalLeateo22]

Thank you so much! It works! I know my questions might not be too advanced and the answers are so simple, but thanks for taking the time to reply! It is greatly appreciated! I didn't know it was as easy as dragging and dropping a .nds file over a python file! I installed Mario Clock, ClubHouse Games: Card Classics, and FlipNote studio, they all work! Thanks again!

 

[DougalLeateo22]

Apologies if this has already been answered, but would NTM for the 3DS be possible? By installing .cia eShop files onto the CTRNAND. Just a thought...

 

[chrisis685]

Apologies if this has already been answered, but would NTM for the 3DS be possible? By installing .cia eShop files onto the CTRNAND. Just a thought..

You can use either godmode9 or FBI to install .cia files, either of these apps should mostly do what NTM does on DSi (also there is really not much need for an emunand on 3DS (but if you want you can still make one with godmode9) as it natively allows installing stuff to the SD card...

 

[4d1xlaan]

Apologies if this has already been answered, but would NTM for the 3DS be possible? By installing .cia eShop files onto the CTRNAND. Just a thought...

dsiware goes on twlnand, you're not going to install any 3ds games on ctrnand because 1: very limited space, and 2: most software probably isnt designed to run fron ctrnand and you will have issues

there are some things that can go on ctrnand and cia installers these days automatically detect if the content should go on ctrnand or sd card

 

[DougalLeateo22]

You can use either godmode9 or FBI to install .cia files, either of these apps should mostly do what NTM does on DSi (also there is really not much need for an emunand on 3DS (but if you want you can still make one with godmode9) as it natively allows installing stuff to the SD card...

Thanks, could I run FBI without installing CFW, I do not want to fully modify my 2DS's system memory. I just want to do what NTM does as you can run it without Unlaunch. Sorry if this doesn't make sense..

 

[4d1xlaan]

you can run cfw temporarily with ntrboot to run fbi, install what you want, and then shut down. but you can only install games with legit tickets. most of the good nintendo first party games have legit tickets, plus some others, but you wont really be able to play many games that way

it works for every game that was available preinstalled at some point in a bundle, you just need to know where to find them

 

[DougalLeateo22]

you can run cfw temporarily with ntrboot to run fbi, install what you want, and then shut down. but you can only install games with legit tickets. most of the good nintendo first party games have legit tickets, plus some others, but you wont really be able to play many games that way

it works for every game that was available preinstalled at some point in a bundle, you just need to know where to find them

Thanks! If you could go through the trouble, could you explain to me how to do this? Or direct me to an instructional link? Thank you so much!

 

[4d1xlaan]

Thanks! If you could go through the trouble, could you explain to me how to do this? Or direct me to an instructional link? Thank you so much!

https://3ds.hacks.guide/ntrboot.html

https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/releases/download/2.6.1/FBI.3dsx

put fbi.3ds in 3ds folder of sd card, put all the legit cia you want to install anywhere you want on the sd card

at the "installing boot9strap" step, in section 1 ignore safeb9sinstaller, instead copy the boot.firm and boot.3dsx from luma to the root of the sd card

in section 2, do everything it says there, it will boot into luma instead of safeb9sinstaller

skip section 3 because you are already booted into luma

in section 4, skip steps 1-5 (you're at step 6 already)

in luma, run download play, then press L+Down+Select to open rosalina menu. go to miscellaneous options, select "switch the hb title to the current app"

press home and close download play, then reopen it and it will run homebrew launcher and fbi should be on there

in fbi you go to sd card, select the .cia you downloaded, and select them with A to install

some games need a seed to work, in fbi go back to the main menu after installing your games, go to Titles, press A on each game one by one, and select import seed. you need to be connected to the internet for this, if you're not connected to the internet then you can download the seeds directly from nintendo's server

example: https://kagiya-ctr.cdn.nintendo.net/title/0x0004000000164800/ext_key?country=US

replace the title id with the specific game's title id (the 16 digits after 0x) and replace US with the game region (JP, US, GB, TW, KR, HK), if the page can't be found then there is no seed for that game and you don't need to import one

it will download a file called "ext_key", rename this to [title id].dat and put them in /FBI/seed/ on your sd card

your games need to be legit cia. if the ticket is not legit signed, or the game is modified (tmd not legit signed), then your games won't work once you shut down and restart without cfw. but with legit cia, you can shut down, cfw will be unloaded with no permanent changes besides installing your games, and you can restart in clean ofw and play the games you installed


alternatively


if you can't do ntrboot, then you might be able to use super skaterhax on new 2ds xl, but overwrite boot.firm on the root of the sd card with luma boot.firm. it should just run luma that way instead of running the installer for b9s, and then you can open fbi like normal. I havent tried this though so I dont actually know if luma will work if you try to run it this way

on old 2ds you might be out of luck, mset9 is specifically designed for running safeb9sinstaller and nothing else. if luma had a .bin release that could maybe work, but it doesn't

if you're on an older firmware then you might have other options though

 

[DougalLeateo22]

https://3ds.hacks.guide/ntrboot.html

https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/releases/download/2.6.1/FBI.3dsx

put fbi.3ds in 3ds folder of sd card, put all the legit cia you want to install anywhere you want on the sd card

at the "installing boot9strap" step, in section 1 ignore safeb9sinstaller, instead copy the boot.firm and boot.3dsx from luma to the root of the sd card

in section 2, do everything it says there, it will boot into luma instead of safeb9sinstaller

skip section 3 because you are already booted into luma

in section 4, skip steps 1-5 (you're at step 6 already)

in luma, run download play, then press L+Down+Select to open rosalina menu. go to miscellaneous options, select "switch the hb title to the current app"

press home and close download play, then reopen it and it will run homebrew launcher and fbi should be on there

in fbi you go to sd card, select the .cia you downloaded, and select them with A to install

some games need a seed to work, in fbi go back to the main menu after installing your games, go to Titles, press A on each game one by one, and select import seed. you need to be connected to the internet for this, if you're not connected to the internet then you can download the seeds directly from nintendo's server

example: https://kagiya-ctr.cdn.nintendo.net/title/0x0004000000164800/ext_key?country=US

replace the title id with the specific game's title id (the 16 digits after 0x) and replace US with the game region (JP, US, GB, TW, KR, HK), if the page can't be found then there is no seed for that game and you don't need to import one

it will download a file called "ext_key", rename this to [title id].dat and put them in /FBI/seed/ on your sd card

your games need to be legit cia. if the ticket is not legit signed, or the game is modified (tmd not legit signed), then your games won't work once you shut down and restart without cfw. but with legit cia, you can shut down, cfw will be unloaded with no permanent changes besides installing your games, and you can restart in clean ofw and play the games you installed


alternatively


if you can't do ntrboot, then you might be able to use super skaterhax on new 2ds xl, but overwrite boot.firm on the root of the sd card with luma boot.firm. it should just run luma that way instead of running the installer for b9s, and then you can open fbi like normal. I havent tried this though so I dont actually know if luma will work if you try to run it this way

on old 2ds you might be out of luck, mset9 is specifically designed for running safeb9sinstaller and nothing else. if luma had a .bin release that could maybe work, but it doesn't

if you're on an older firmware then you might have other options though

Thank you!!! I will be sure to take a look at this, thanks for taking the time to do this! So just to confirm, the CFW affects will be removed once I eject the flash cart?

Also, will I need to decrypt the.cia?

 

[4d1xlaan]

Also, will I need to decrypt the.cia?

no, encrypted is how the games come normally, and decrypting will kill the signatures anyway

 

[DougalLeateo22]

no, encrypted is how the games come normally, and decrypting will kill the signatures anyway

Thanks! Also, just one more question, if was to follow the proper guide using MSET9, and replaced the safeB8Sinataller files with Luma3DS files with matching extensions (.firm), would it just temporarily run Luma3DS and be removed on shutdown? Thanks!

 

[4d1xlaan]

Thanks! Also, just one more question, if was to follow the proper guide using MSET9, and replaced the safeB8Sinataller files with Luma3DS files with matching extensions (.firm), would it just temporarily run Luma3DS and be removed on shutdown? Thanks!

that's not going to work. mset9 runs the .bin release of safeb9sinstaller, not the firm release. there is no .bin release of luma

the boot.firm included in mset9 download is just a copy of luma (an outdated luma too, 13.1.2)

cakes has a .bin release, you could maybe possibly run that through mset9, but there is no built in way of running homebrew on cakes. you would have to inject fbi in the health and safety app, which defeats the purpose if you dont want to make modifications

even if that worked though, mset9 works by messing with some of the storage data (in laymans terms) which makes your existing games temporarily stop showing up, and it's possible fbi might not like mset9, or that the games installed while mset9 is active might not necessarily work correctly. but I guess you cant know without trying

if you just dont want permanent modifications, and you cant do ntrboot for temporary cfw, then you can just install b9s as normal with mset9, run luma, install the legit cia in fbi, and then uninstall b9s. this should be fine as long as you don't make any other changes and that your cia are properly signed. you can test booting unmodified ofw before removing b9s just to be sure

 

[DougalLeateo22]

that's not going to work. mset9 runs the .bin release of safeb9sinstaller, not the firm release. there is no .bin release of luma

the boot.firm included in mset9 download is just a copy of luma (an outdated luma too, 13.1.2)

cakes has a .bin release, you could maybe possibly run that through mset9, but there is no built in way of running homebrew on cakes. you would have to inject fbi in the health and safety app, which defeats the purpose if you dont want to make modifications

even if that worked though, mset9 works by messing with some of the storage data (in laymans terms) which makes your existing games temporarily stop showing up, and it's possible fbi might not like mset9, or that the games installed while mset9 is active might not necessarily work correctly. but I guess you cant know without trying

if you just dont want permanent modifications, and you cant do ntrboot for temporary cfw, then you can just install b9s as normal with mset9, run luma, install the legit cia in fbi, and then uninstall b9s. this should be fine as long as you don't make any other changes and that your cia are properly signed. you can test booting unmodified ofw before removing b9s just to be sure

Ok then. Thank you so much for your time. I will eventually figure and probably use the steps you explained before. Thanks again! Is there a .bin release of GodMode9 or FBI? I don't think there is, but if you could find one that would be great! Could I compile the .bin using the source code? And... If I run FBI.cia from gateway 3DS, it would also work, yes?

 

[4d1xlaan]

Ok then. Thank you so much for your time. I will eventually figure and probably use the steps you explained before. Thanks again! Is there a .bin release of GodMode9 or FBI? I don't think there is, but if you could find one that would be great! Could I compile the .bin using the source code? And... If I run FBI.cia from gateway 3DS, it would also work, yes?

the last .bin release of gm9 is 1.2.8, you can't build it anymore because it was removed from the source after that. I guess you could try and see if that version can run firms, but probably not

fbi isn't the same kind of software as luma or gm9, you cant run it just like that. there is probably a way on 11.17 to elevate privileges and just run fbi, like was done years ago to install legit cias with only arm11 kernel access, but I don't

you're not going to be able to run gateway on unmodded 11.17 so that's not an option

 

[DougalLeateo22]

the last .bin release of gm9 is 1.2.8, you can't build it anymore because it was removed from the source after that. I guess you could try and see if that version can run firms, but probably not

fbi isn't the same kind of software as luma or gm9, you cant run it just like that. there is probably a way on 11.17 to elevate privileges and just run fbi, like was done years ago to install legit cias with only arm11 kernel access, but I don't

you're not going to be able to run gateway on unmodded 11.17 so that's not an option

Ok... Thanks again for going through the trouble to reply to my questions! I'll probably try your instructions above or just go for Luma3DS, it can uninstall easily from what I read.