Hacking Things with 3ds flashcarts gettin online

[YourHero]

I think what people need to do is sell headers with the game. Get a really cheap sub 10 dollar game, dump the header, sell it for 10 dollars with the game + shipping. Help people out who cannot use GW launcher. I'd do something like that but I don't have the means. This would be so much cheaper than buying a powersaves. It's pretty useless to buy a device for one thing that you probably won't ever use again.


Ontopic:
You just need a private header, short and sweet. Sky3DS works, but you need a private header that you will copy into the sky3ds template with a tool found here on the forum. Sky3DS doesn't care about bans. Their product works and it isn't their problem if you get banned. Same with any other. I personally use the header from one online game that no one even plays online anymore. Never banned once.

 

[Megaben99]

I think what people need to do is sell headers with the game. Get a really cheap sub 10 dollar game, dump the header, sell it for 10 dollars with the game + shipping. Help people out who cannot use GW launcher. I'd do something like that but I don't have the means. This would be so much cheaper than buying a powersaves. It's pretty useless to buy a device for one thing that you probably won't ever use again.


Ontopic:
You just need a private header, short and sweet. Sky3DS works, but you need a private header that you will copy into the sky3ds template with a tool found here on the forum. Sky3DS doesn't care about bans. Their product works and it isn't their problem if you get banned. Same with any other. I personally use the header from one online game that no one even plays online anymore. Never banned once.

Powersaves is totally rewarding lol. I was curious so I picked one up to dump a header for Sky. It does do the job and they run about $19 on Amazon or $25 in store. Youre right though, not much else to do with one unless you're interested in applying a cheat or backing up a save to a retail cart.

Any header will work with Sky, and you only need one header to use with any game. It also does not have to be a game that is capable of going online.

 

[Jaggent360]

OK ok okay. Things that I got right: if I buy a retail legit copy of smash, and rip the header off, don't go online with the retail smash, and apply the header to all the games on my sky? That means, 1 game header for all the games? And also going online with that 1? Jezuz, things are going up and down

 

[usernametaken]

1 Header to rule them all. Only thing you need to worry about is your header not being online on another 3ds at the same time you are. So, use your own header dump and you should be golden. You can still go online with Smash & your other games.

That's pretty much the info that i've come across while searching myself. Iirc there was 1 report of a ban from using a .cia, but it was unconfirmed or followed up(?), I don't think anyone has reported a ban with a private yet. Keep in mind though there can always be false bans or people who think they're banned when they aren't. So while you can be skeptical, I wouldn't completely avoid something if you can only find one person reporting issues.

 

[Megaben99]

OK ok okay. Things that I got right: if I buy a retail legit copy of smash, and rip the header off, don't go online with the retail smash, and apply the header to all the games on my sky? That means, 1 game header for all the games? And also going online with that 1? Jezuz, things are going up and down

You can still go online with retail smash - you just can't let that cart be on line at the same time as a game with your header. So if you use your own game no worries (you can't be playing your SKY and your Retail Cart at the same time).

What you don't want to do is borrow your buddy's Smash, take that header and then go online -- if you are playing the same time as him you'd risk a ban.

 

[Ericzander]

Is it possible to just inject any header? i remember with 3dz games on the gateway, id just inject the mgs3d header for everything

Nobody responded to you, but yes this is possible and you should NOT do this. People get banned for using publicly distributed headers, including the stock Sky3ds ones. (Assuming you mean the header that was publicly posted on GBAtemp some time back. If you ripped your own, it's fine.)

To get a private header, you will need to dump your own game somehow, so find someone with a gateway to do it for you, oooooor go with the gateway and not sky3ds.

/endthread

Basically if you wanna play Sky3DS online, you're gonna want to get a private header to be safe.

I think what people need to do is sell headers with the game. Get a really cheap sub 10 dollar game, dump the header, sell it for 10 dollars with the game + shipping. Help people out who cannot use GW launcher. I'd do something like that but I don't have the means. This would be so much cheaper than buying a powersaves. It's pretty useless to buy a device for one thing that you probably won't ever use again.

This is pretty much what I've been doing lately for the handful of tempers and redditors who ask. They pay me to buy the game and then I rip the header and send it off to them. I'm willing to help anybody out with this since I have a gateway and the ability to rip headers because I wanna give back to the community which helps me a lot.

 

[Megaben99]

Eric grabbed mine for me before I got the powersaves!

 

[dan80315]

Bans happen when the same Card ID is seen online multiple times. So, you want to replace the Card ID with one you know to be unique.

You can get a Card ID by ripping the header from a retail game you own (since that way you know nobody else will be online with it, since it's yours), or obtaining one from someone trustworthy.

Options for ripping one on your own include either using the Gateway launcher or Powersaves. There are guides for the Powersaves method available on the forum.

Once you have one header, you can use the same header on every game. There doesn't appear to be anything tying the headers to specific titles, there have been no reports of banning using private headers from different titles.

I believe Gateway blocks ...

Thanks so much for your replies and everyone else. So every single legit game cartridge comes with a different private header? What if I buy a used game and use it online? How does this not flag me and the previous owner of having used the same cartridge/header to go online? Did you mean private headers that are used online simultaneously?

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Nevermind, I just read that you indeed only get flagged if your private header is online at the same time in another 3DS console. (i.e. 2 or more users using the same private header at the same time while online).

 

[innercy]

Thanks so much for your replies and everyone else. So every single legit game cartridge comes with a different private header? What if I buy a used game and use it online? How does this not flag me and the previous owner of having used the same cartridge/header to go online? Did you mean private headers that are used online simultaneously?

yup, that is the risk. just go buy a new game and dump your own private header.

 

[Typhin]

Thanks so much for your replies and everyone else. So every single legit game cartridge comes with a different private header? What if I buy a used game and use it online? How does this not flag me and the previous owner of having used the same cartridge/header to go online? Did you mean private headers that are used online simultaneously?

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Nevermind, I just read that you indeed only get flagged if your private header is online at the same time in another 3DS console. (i.e. 2 or more users using the same private header at the same time while online).

Yes, the two people using the same ID have to be online simultaneously. So, a used game isn't 100% safe as the previous owner COULD have ripped the header and be using it, but it's highly unlikely that it happened. After all, if they are using the header from that card, they generally won't get rid of the card without destroying it, so that the next person doesn't get them banned. I'd say it's probably around 99% safe. (I'm using the header from my copy of Etrian Odyssey 4, so even if I did intend to sell it in the future, I'd have to make sure it goes to someone who can't/won't try to extract the header from it.)

Glad I could help answer some questions for you.

 

[Jaggent360]

If I rip off a header from my buddy's offline game, it will work on sky smash?

 

[Megaben99]

Any header works on any game. Don't know if N will ever notice that 'offline' games are suddenly able to go online, but yes taking a header from a game that can't go on line should be safe.

 

[Typhin]

If I rip off a header from my buddy's offline game, it will work on sky smash?

As long as your buddy doesn't rip the header from the same offline game, apply it to his own roms, and go online with them at the same time you do, yes.