Homebrew [RELEASE] TWLTool - DSi downgrading, save injection, etc multitool

[WulfyStylez]

Is it possible to use the SD card reader of a laptop to dump the CID?

Certain (mostly older) laptops are able to dump the CID. It's down to whether or not their readers are internally USB or not. There's a tool called ReadCID that can do it, though i can't find it atm.

 

[VinsCool]

Certain (mostly older) laptops are able to dump the CID. It's down to whether or not their readers are internally USB or not. There's a tool called ReadCID that can do it, though i can't find it atm.

Is there a known list of laptop compatible with this? Mine is from 2007, that's why I ask.

 

[WhoAmI?]

Is there a known list of laptop compatible with this? Mine is from 2007, that's why I ask.

Doubt there's gonna be a list dedicated to laptops that can dump CID's 0~0 Best bet is for you to try it yourself.

 

[WulfyStylez]

Is there a known list of laptop compatible with this? Mine is from 2007, that's why I ask.

Try running usbview and seeing if your device is on the list somewhere.

 

[VinsCool]

Try running usbview and seeing if your device is on the list somewhere.

I don't know if this is it, Unpluging and repluging the card in the reader changes nothing in this screen:

 

[mb2010]

I don't know if this is it, Unpluging and repluging the card in the reader changes nothing in this screen:

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Looks to be usb based so don't think it can be used for dumping CID. I'm no expert just going by what i've been reading.

 

[WulfyStylez]

I don't know if this is it, Unpluging and repluging the card in the reader changes nothing in this screen:

That looks like a reader for one of these things to me?

 

[Gadorach]

Maybe. Gadorach did it.
It all depends on what kind of reader it is.

I dumped the CID both with a copy of The Biggest Loser, and verified through RPU on my rPi.

Dump the nand yes but not the CID. CID dumping requires low-level sd access which a normal reader can't provide.

That's true, as most newer readers aren't designed for this. You would need a reader that operates on either the PCI bus, or was specialized for the task of low-level SD/MMC operations. I should check if my Alienware M15x has this capability in its internal SD reader.

 

[VinsCool]

That looks like a reader for one of these things to me?

I don't have such things on my laptop. It's a lenovo thinkpad t61

So, I can't tell if the built-in card reader is on the list.

 

[loco365]

@WulfyStylez Perhaps you can look into this, but if memory serves, one of the dsi software updates deleted cookhax if it was detected on My Healthy Cooking Coach. Do you think it's possible to modify cookhax as to not have it deleted when used and perhaps make it usable for CID dumping?

 

[WulfyStylez]

@WulfyStylez Perhaps you can look into this, but if memory serves, one of the dsi software updates deleted cookhax if it was detected on My Healthy Cooking Coach. Do you think it's possible to modify cookhax as to not have it deleted when used and perhaps make it usable for CID dumping?

Nope. It checks for a null byte where the max name length should end (or something similar to that), and if there's not one there it nukes the save. There's no real workaround for that. You can get around it by downgrading the menu, but at that point you can just do dsiwarehax.

 

[loco365]

Nope. It checks for a null byte where the max name length should end (or something similar to that), and if there's not one there it nukes the save. There's no real workaround for that. You can get around it by downgrading the menu, but at that point you can just do dsiwarehax.

Ah. I wasn't sure how it did the verification, but if it actually checks for any overflow and nukes it if it overflowed, you can't really work around that.

 

[OctopusRift]

Ah. I wasn't sure how it did the verification, but if it actually checks for any overflow and nukes it if it overflowed, you can't really work around that.

new icon? NOOOO

 

[loco365]

new icon? NOOOO

Probably not, no, considering that's ROM and you can't write to it

Edit: So I'm working on the first-ever DSi-specific game level viewer, which I call Trajectory. It's a level viewer (NOTE: Not an editor) for Trajectile/Reflect Missile. It's not quite finished yet, as I still have some graphics to rip and edit, but once I finish it to the point in which I'm satisfied, I'll probably be releasing my level documentation and the source code, as well as a binary, of Trajectory for people to look at and play around with. Once I get close to its completion though, I'll be opening a separate topic, however, if enough people want me to, I'll open a thread early with a checklist of things that I still need to finish and allow people to discuss it, as well as look at the current (messy) source code.

Edit: Take a look at the most current version:

 

[Thesolcity]

Grabbed the last BL copy from Walmart...lol

Dumped my CID now waiting for someone to offer the other service....

 

[driverdis]

I picked up Biggest Loser for $0.96 at GameStop. SCORE

 

[Duo8]

This is mostly unrelated, but more often than not my DSi will immediately shut down if I touch the R button. Any idea why this happens?

 

[Gadorach]

This is mostly unrelated, but more often than not my DSi will immediately shut down if I touch the R button. Any idea why this happens?

Did you mess with the camera app when you were working on your NAND? If not, there's a short. Pop off the back of the console, clean the contacts for the back-plate's IO, and put it back together. That'll probably fix it.

 

[Duo8]

Did you mess with the camera app when you were working on your NAND? If not, there's a short. Pop off the back of the console, clean the contacts for the back-plate's IO, and put it back together. That'll probably fix it.

I'm thinking it's a short too, since it happens whenever, not just at the menu. I tried cleaning it but nothing changed. It looked clean in the first place as well.

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I don't have such things on my laptop. It's a lenovo thinkpad t61

So, I can't tell if the built-in card reader is on the list.

In case this hasn't been solved yet, your T61 might have a Lenovo smartcard reader. That communicates through USB.
The card reader seems to be either Ricoh R5C843 or Ricoh R5C847, both communicates through PCI.

EDIT: Datasheet: http://www.e-devices.ricoh.co.jp/en/products/product_pcif/pcc/5c843/index.html
http://www.e-devices.ricoh.co.jp/en/products/product_pcif/pcc/5c847/index.html

It's likely that this device doesn't abstract memory card communications, since the OS needs specific drivers for it.

 

[mb2010]

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