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

[Gadorach]

I am having a hard time with injecting the Biggest Loser save with Gateway menu. I am just getting a FFFFFFFF error.

Back up the game first, so you know the correct name. Rename "faultUS/EU.sav" to the save name GW wants, and then try to inject it again.

 

[atkfromabove]

Hmmm it won't even let me dump the game

 

[Gadorach]

Hmmm it won't even let me dump the game

Guess it's unsupported then. The only pain of Wifi R/W is setting your wireless access point to WEP while you're doing it.

Oh, and it only works on the DS/Lite.

 

[Apache Thunder]

So I got my hands on Pictochat finally. One interesting thing to know is that it will boot from a DS mode flashcart.

Wondering why that is. Only other one I know of that does is the DS Download Play DSi SRL from TWLN partition of 3DS.

It boots on my WoodR4 firmware on Gateway flashcart (the blue one for DS mode stuff). I set save type to none but otherwise used normal settings to boot it.

 

[nastys]

So I got my hands on Pictochat finally. One interesting thing to know is that it will boot from a DS mode flashcart.

It's not even in .nds...
The only way to have PictoChat in a 3DS using only a DS mode flashcard is with this game: 漢字(かんじ)(かんじ)そのままＤＳ楽(らく)(らく)引辞典(じてん) (romaji: Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS)

EDIT:

It boots on my WoodR4 firmware on Gateway flashcart (the blue one for DS mode stuff). I set save type to none but otherwise used normal settings to boot it.

Really? How did you convert it to .nds?

 

[Apache Thunder]

Well the .app file dumped from DSi works as a DSiWare app installed to TWLN (by building a CIA of it using make_cia. makerom fails to built it for some reason) and as a DS mode NDS file for DS flashcarts. The interface is in english, so I'm pretty sure it's the PictoChat everyone is familier with.

 

[nastys]

Well the .app file dumped from DSi works as a DSiWare app installed to TWLN (by building a CIA of it using make_cia. makerom fails to built it for some reason) and as a DS mode NDS file for DS flashcarts. The interface is in english, so I'm pretty sure it's the PictoChat everyone is familier with.

You mean... you just renamed it to .nds?

By the way, the command to make the CIA is:

./make_cia --srl=00000000.app

It worked, but I haven't tried to install the CIA yet...

 

[Apache Thunder]

Yes. But make_cia doesn't care what extension or filename it has when you build the CIA from it. makerom seems to have more strict standards to what you give it perhaps. PictoChat was the first one I had makerom refuse to build a CIA from.

EDIT: Yes DSi SRLs are very similar to NDS files. They just have an extended DSi header and some extra DSi only stuff. Otherwise, the file format from NDS rom dumps are very similar.

 

[nastys]

Will PictoChat run from Sudokuhax?

 

[WhoAmI?]

Will PictoChat run from Sudokuhax?

Nope, already tried

You'll have to replace Sudokuhax with Pictochat (assuming you injected it into DSiInternet).

I also accidentally bricked my DS(i) functionality - AWESOME! XD

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[Apache Thunder]

Nope, already tried

You'll have to replace Sudokuhax with Pictochat (assuming you injected it into DSiInternet).

I also accidentally bricked my DS(i) functionality - AWESOME! XD

Well at least now we know you can ***k up TWLN partition somehow and it won't brick the console. You just can't use TWL mode until you fix TWLN partition.

 

[WhoAmI?]

Well at least now we know you can ***k up TWLN partition somehow and it won't brick the console. You just can't use TWL mode until you fix TWLN partition.

Yup Haha. I dunno the details of why it does it. Even if I restore a clean/original TWLN partition, the 3DS basically tells me to go screw myself ;_; Maybe if I uninstall the Pictochat CIA and restore the backup, it'll work again.

 

[nastys]

Nope, already tried

You'll have to replace Sudokuhax with Pictochat (assuming you injected it into DSiInternet).

I also accidentally bricked my DS(i) functionality - AWESOME! XD

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I think I'll just use the CIA I made
Anyway... how did you brick your TWLN partition?

 

[WhoAmI?]

Here's how I bricked it:

1. Injected Pictochat into TWLN DSiInternet
2. Installed Pictochat as a .CIA
3. Restored a TWLN backup which had Sudokuhax instead of Pictochat

Follow those lovely steps and you'll bum your TWLN to death

 

[nastys]

Here's how I bricked it:

1. Injected Pictochat into TWLN DSiInternet
2. Installed Pictochat as a .CIA
3. Restored a TWLN backup which had Sudokuhax instead of Pictochat

Follow those lovely steps and you'll bum your TWLN to death

TWLN backup? So, if I restored a 3DS NAND backup, would the TWLN NAND be restored too?

 

[WhoAmI?]

TWLN backup? So, if I restored a 3DS NAND backup, would the TWLN NAND be restored too?

Yeah. A NAND backup is just an image of the 3DS's internal storage, bit for bit. Everything is copied.

 

[zoogie]

Yes. But make_cia doesn't care what extension or filename it has when you build the CIA from it. makerom seems to have more strict standards to what you give it perhaps. PictoChat was the first one I had makerom refuse to build a CIA from.

EDIT: Yes DSi SRLs are very similar to NDS files. They just have an extended DSi header and some extra DSi only stuff. Otherwise, the file format from NDS rom dumps are very similar.

Makerom twl cia's are broken.

 

[Gadorach]

Made some vids, in case anyone had any doubt, and to showcase @WulfyStylez work.





PS. I'll be modding that indigo DSi next.

 

[nastys]

Yeah. A NAND backup is just an image of the 3DS's internal storage, bit for bit. Everything is copied.

Then restoring an old backup should fix it.
But how you bricked it doesn't make sense...
Probably your TWLN backup is corrupt.

 

[ipwndeveloper]

Wow, I am impressed. nice work!
time to break out the soldering iron and go used game hunting...


edit, I found my DSi and it turns out I already have grtpwn(dsi haxx). If memory serves me correctly, from this exploit NAND was read only. Would it be possible to get around this and write to the NAND?