Homebrew SigHax Updates and Discussion Thread

[Kyubnyan]

3ds.guide the most idiot/noob proof guide that the world has ever seen. if yo are interested in how it works from a technical view, feel free to ask me or the other people on the temp.

But when sighax comes out you won't need to downgrade.

 

[tunip3]

But when sighax comes out you won't need to downgrade.

yes unless nintendo release a new firmware that patches fast hax

 

[Kyubnyan]

yes unless nintendo release a new firmware that patches fast hax

At least not to 2.1

 

[tunip3]

At least not to 2.1

what do you mean

 

[Kyubnyan]

what do you mean

Sighax unlocks the otp.

 

[tunip3]

Sighax unlocks the otp.

true but with the update it would block fast hax and subsequently agb firm making sig hax unachivable to people withount a9lh, 9.2 or a hardmod

 

[Slattz]

true but with the update it would block fast hax and subsequently agb firm making sig hax unachivable to people withount a9lh, 9.2 or a hardmod

agb firm literally has nothing to do with current exploits. Also, it's people ≥ 11.2 that can install it. Not just people who are ≥ 9.2.

 

[tunip3]

agb firm literally has nothing to do with current exploits. Also, it's people ≥ 11.2 that can install it. Not just people who are ≥ 9.2.

agb firm is used to gain arm 9 access from arm11 to gain full sys access sorry for that mistake though you are right about it being >11.2

 

[Kyubnyan]

agb firm is used to gain arm 9 access from arm11 to gain full sys access sorry for that mistake though you are right about it being >11.2

Pretty sure it is safefirm now.

 

[tunip3]

Pretty sure it is safefirm now.

last time i checked it was agb firm been calling that ever since

 

[Slattz]

agb firm is used to gain arm 9 access from arm11 to gain full sys access sorry for that mistake though you are right about it being >11.2

You do realize agb firm is essentially the gba emulator, right? What's used is the safefirm and Nintendo can't really update it since it's kinda like the recovery partition of an Android phone; imagine the manufacturer updating the recovery part but then you pull out the battery. This results in bricking the recovery part of the phone. Which Is NOT Good! Same concept for 3ds.

 

[proflayton123]

Just to clarify, the AGB firm is for GBA backwardness comparability.. has nothing to do with the security processors of ARM9/ARM11

EDIT: Please, don't try and state something which isn't true for without supposed factual evidence, just as as being literal user error, my bad not GBC

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[Wolfvak]

last time i checked it was agb firm been calling that ever since

No, and it never was.

You do realize agb firm is essentially the gba emulator, right? What's used is the safefirm and Nintendo can't really update it since it's kinda like the recovery partition of an Android phone; imagine the manufacturer updating the recovery part but then you pull out the battery. This results in bricking the recovery part of the phone. Which Is NOT Good! Same concept for 3ds.

This is bullshit, SAFE_FIRM can be pretty easily updated by Nintendo in a system update. The closest thing you'll get is the firmware backup partition, FIRM1.

Just to clarify, the AGB firm is for GBA/GBC backwardness comparability...

Only GBA, not GBC lol.

 

[proflayton123]

What do GBC things come under?

 

[Wolfvak]

What do GBC things come under?

Nothing. If you mean GB(C) VC, they're running under an emulator in the ARM11 CPU(s), much like any other regular application/homebrew program.

 

[proflayton123]

Nothing. If you mean GB(C) VC, they're running under an emulator in the ARM11 chip, much like any other regular application/homebrew program.

Thanks for the clarification ^^

 

[Slattz]

This is bullshit, SAFE_FIRM can be pretty easily updated by Nintendo in a system update.

Never meant to mean that it isn't easily update-able, just that they might not do it. Otherwise, it would have been updated long ago to patch the bugs Native FIRM had, such as firmlaunch-hax. And I doubt Nintendo devs are stupid enough to forget about updating SAFE firm to fix bugs Native FIRM had. Also my point about SAFE firm being a fallback and by updating it, its exposed to bricking is still valid.

 

[adrifcastr]

At least not to 2.1

you still need arm9 access for Sighax, keep that in your mind. but its very unlikely that SAFE_FIRM gets updated but just go for a9lh

 

[tunip3]

You do realize agb firm is essentially the gba emulator, right? What's used is the safefirm and Nintendo can't really update it since it's kinda like the recovery partition of an Android phone; imagine the manufacturer updating the recovery part but then you pull out the battery. This results in bricking the recovery part of the phone. Which Is NOT Good! Same concept for 3ds.

sorry i meant safe firm and i have bricked the recovery partion several times on my phone but always fix it by reflashing the recovery

 

[adrifcastr]

sorry i meant safe firm and i have bricked the recovery partion several times on my phone but always fix it by reflashing the recovery

how can you mistake agb with safe?