Hacking Official SaltFW - "Slim Alternative Firmware"

[Shadowhand]

Also, new release: https://github.com/RShadowhand/SaltFW/releases/tag/1.2b-LTS

SaltLite stays at 1.2-LTS, but SaltRegular had to be updated to 1.2b-LTS due to a bug in firmware.bin loading, making NTR incompatible.

 

[yardie]

.1 second faster?
2kb smaller?

This has to be a joke

 

[hobbledehoy899]

This has to be a joke

It isn't, that's what makes it funny.

 

[Wolfvak]

.1 second faster?
2kb smaller?

This has to be a joke

This is all groundwork for another project @Shadowhand is working on. One that actually does change a lot of stuff and deserves to be called something different than a Luma clone, unlike this one

 

[The Catboy]

.1 second faster?
2kb smaller?

This has to be a joke

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• 0.5 less kilobytes over v1.1b!
• 0.1s faster boot speed over v1.1b!

Troll confirmed

You've posted the same thing twice and both of them ended being the start of a new page.
That note aside. Are you going to do this with every single update? Because you are clearly ignoring the entire thread and multiple times Shadow has stated his intention. SaltFW is not it's own "CFW" it's a "Slim Alternative." It's meant to be a trimmed down Luma3DS that only sticks with the must-have patches and trimming it down to the most bare-bone you can get well still keeping Luma at it's core. This is not meant to replace Luma, but compliment it.
SaltFW is meant to be for those who want the Luma patches, but only want a slim CFW that they can install once and forget about. This has been established multiple times.

 

[Deleted User]

I love this FW! I use this for my Old 3DS!

 

[astrangeone]

Gah. Should have installed this to a 3DS that I sold a couple of days ago. Guy bought this for his kids, and I'm afraid they might do something extra stupid like accidentally format the card.

 

[izy]

Gah. Should have installed this to a 3DS that I sold a couple of days ago. Guy bought this for his kids, and I'm afraid they might do something extra stupid like accidentally format the card.

Of all the things this FW does it wont stop that

 

[astrangeone]

Of all the things this FW does it wont stop that

I mean, opening EmuNAND and then using it to format the card. This firmware is great for people who are intimidated by this kind of thing, or don't need something complicated as hell.

I think I will install it onto my friend's o3DS - all she needs is a machine to play cias and I can give her the same decrypt9/emunand9 capabilities through hbl.

 

[izy]

I mean, opening EmuNAND and then using it to format the card. This firmware is great for people who are intimidated by this kind of thing, or don't need something complicated as hell.

I think I will install it onto my friend's o3DS - all she needs is a machine to play cias and I can give her the same decrypt9/emunand9 capabilities through hbl.

Like I said

Of all the things this FW does it wont stop that

They can still format from system settings

 

[ihaveahax]

I mean, opening EmuNAND and then using it to format the card. This firmware is great for people who are intimidated by this kind of thing, or don't need something complicated as hell.

I think I will install it onto my friend's o3DS - all she needs is a machine to play cias and I can give her the same decrypt9/emunand9 capabilities through hbl.

Like I said

Of all the things this FW does it wont stop that

They can still format from system settings

best thing to do would probably be to not include EmuNAND9/Decrypt9/etc . on the SD card at all. only put it on when required.
set up Parental Controls to prevent formatting via system settings.

 

[astrangeone]

best thing to do would probably be to not include EmuNAND9/Decrypt9/etc . on the SD card at all. only put it on when required.
set up Parental Controls to prevent formatting via system settings.

Yeah, pretty much, but the guy whom I sold it to is "tech illiterate" so...yeah. I basically told him not to mess with the files on the SD card.

 

[The Catboy]

SaltFW works just fine with the 11.0.0-33. All features work without hassle.

 

[Sonansune]

LTS? and how long?

 

[The Catboy]

LTS? and how long?

I am guessing by LTS, he means this will be the only version for a long period of time. For how long? Most likely this is going to merge with his other project "ShadowNAND." So that's a great question.

 

[Sonansune]

I am guessing by LTS, he means this will be the only version for a long period of time. For how long? Most likely this is going to merge with his other project "ShadowNAND." So that's a great question.

ok....

 

[The Catboy]

ok....

Sorry, that was a brainfart.
I am not sure how long this is going to be LTS since I am not Shadowhand. But since the main feature of SaltFW is to install once and forget about, it's most likely not going to be updated for a long time since there's no reason to update it. Right now it even works with 11.0.0-33 without a single hassle, so there's no reason to update it now.
Second, he's working on ShadowNAND right now. So there's a chance this might just fuse with that project instead.

 

[Deleted User]

Luma was updated to having a smaller byte size a couple commits ago @Shadowhand could make SalfFW even smaller! Take a look!

 

[Wolfvak]

Luma was updated to having a smaller byte size a couple commits ago @Shadowhand could make SalfFW even smaller! Take a look!

If only you provided a commit id, maybe I could take a look and apply the same changes to SaltFW

 

[Deleted User]

If only you provided a commit id, maybe I could take a look and apply the same changes to SaltFW

Aw shucks, one second

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If only you provided a commit id, maybe I could take a look and apply the same changes to SaltFW

Poop. I can't find it. It was recent though.