Homebrew Sighax for dummies: An FAQ for the rest of us.

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It's kind of too bad the update guide doesn't include a few steps for Hourglass9.
Hourglass9 is something everybody really should still have to backup/restore sysnand.
Anyhow there is a firm version of Hourglass9 and if you put it in the luma/payloads folder you will be able to choose godmode9 or hourglass9 when booting while pressing start.

It's better to learn godmode9 first than to get comfortable with hourglass9. If you practice and learn a more advanced tool, you'll be much better off than having to transition from something as basic as hourglass9. Besides, godmode9 has many more features and is more supported than hourglass9 from what I've read from the github pages.

i know that i was just wondering if in the future we were going to get the same thing with a free game from the eshop

If and when they bring back 4 swords anniversary edition, that will be a free option. It's been a free game each time it has been available.

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Point 5 is a bit misleading ...
If you are on 11.3 or below you won't need A9LH at all since we have an arm9 exploit up to 11.3.

Good Job in making this FAQ and gather some information for people who don't know anything about 3DS Hacking.

Going through a9lh on an 11.3 or below system is much easier if you don't have an additional system with cfw to systransfer. Hardmod runs a heavy risk, dsiwarehax traditionally requires a second 3ds, which leaves a9lh as the best option for single system owners. I'm going to specify that when I get a chance to edit the OP.
 
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It's possible for other games to be exploited, but someone has to be interested in doing it first

Not necessarily. There are certain aspects to the games that are exploitable, and since pretty much all development on dsiware is done, there's not that much to look for, since the majority of dsiware games have been inspected by now, and nothing new is coming out.

My recommendation is to just grab one of the cheap exploitable games off the eshop, since some about 2 dollars. You never know whether or not ninty will pull them off, and once all the exploitable games are gone, we're gonna have to wait on new kernelhax, which could take a while if there's any exploits left to find.

wow stickied, amazing.

Ayy thanks mate! :D

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If anyone is here, please help me out with the Sighax installation error I just ran into, My N3DSXL failed to install sighax due to the installer not being able to backup the current firmware, which is rather annoying. Can someone help me fix this problem? I just followed the onscreen instructions just fine up until I ran into an error.
 
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Nevermind, I took care of the Luma Sighax issue. Went with the B9S method instead.

Boot9strap IS Sighax, and you still get "Luma sighax" with Boot9strap. Sorry I was late with my response though, and glad it's working!

Just a quick question, did the sighax get the private key of nintendo?

Nope, Sighax has nothing to do with Ninty's pgp keys. The keys that Sighax gets are the keys used to decrypt 3ds games. In a way, they're Ninty's private keys, but we aren't going to be able to decrypt any secret messages they're sending within their network with them.

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are they working on other ways to install CFW on 11.4 (one that does not require another 3ds) ?
 
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are they working on other ways to install CFW on 11.4 (one that does not require another 3ds) ?

As far as I know, no. Kernelhax are pretty difficult to find, and if we follow recent trends, we'll probably see 11.4 kernelhax be released after 11.5/12.0/whatever next version.
 
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7. Why won't we get the bootrom?
Previously, it's because that would be illegal, because the bootrom is copyrighted code, and unleashing it upon the internet is a pretty major crime. Now, sighax will allow you to dump your own bootrom! You probably won't need it, unless you're gonna do a bit of tinkering, especially since all the necessary keys are just out there on the internet now. Happy hunting!

In Europe you cannot copywright code :D Code is protected by author's wrights only and not copywright :D
 
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In Europe you cannot copywright code :D Code is protected by author's wrights only and not copywright :D

Um, no? The only difference between code copyright between the rest of the world and Europe is that in Europe it has to be classified as a literary work, and is still protected under copyrights. In the US, software copyright is defined under the same laws as Literary works, but they are separate classifications. Read here and here for more info about that.

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Here is the page from the EU copyright offices. Here's a quote from the page:

Copyright protection of computer software is established in most countries and harmonized by international treaties to that effect. The law relating to the patentability of software is still not harmonized internationally, but some countries have embraced the patentability of computer software and others have adopted approaches that recognize inventions assisted by computer software.

tl;dr: In general, code can be copyrighted, but not patented. Some countries allow code to be patented.
 
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Um, no? The only difference between code copyright between the rest of the world and Europe is that in Europe it has to be classified as a literary work, and is still protected under copyrights. In the US, software copyright is defined under the same laws as Literary works, but they are separate classifications. Read here and here for more info about that.

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Here is the page from the EU copyright offices. Here's a quote from the page:

Code:
Copyright protection of computer software is established in most countries and harmonized by international treaties to that effect. The law relating to the patentability of software is still not harmonized internationally, but some countries have embraced the patentability of computer software and others have adopted approaches that recognize inventions assisted by computer software.

tl;dr: In general, code can be copyrighted, but not patented. Some countries allow code to be patented.

Oh, ok, got lost in translation there. But I don't think anything stops you from reverse engineering, should be fair use as long as you don't comercialize it or give proper credit.
 
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Oh, ok, got lost in translation there. But I don't think anything stops you from reverse engineering, should be fair use as long as you don't comercialize it or give proper credit.

The resources that I'm going to cite are going to be from the US copyright offices, but they should be either effectively or conceptually the same no matter the country.

FIRST: The Definition of Fair Use

Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—as examples of activities that may qualify as fair use.

The reason we were dumping the bootrom was for pretty much none of those things. Maybe it could have fallen under research, but Ninty would crack down hard with legal battles to make it seem like it's only going to be used for piracy.

SECOND: All Four Copyright Records

See how these are all registered as "computer file". Under 17 U.S.C.A. § 102, computer programs are literary works, and are subject to the same treatment for protection.

THIRD: What does copyright protect?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
Wikipedia said:
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html#protect
U.S. Copyright Offices said:
Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture

FOURTH: Common Sense

Computer code has a specific use and purpose, especially in the case for something like a bootrom or other hardware level code. Unless you're developing for Ninty, you don't need access to the bootrom unless you're doing something they would classify as "shady", which is pretty much what the entirety of gbatemp is for. We're loading custom firmware, software that isn't approved by Ninty, into their hardware. We're decrypting games for uses that they have stated that they do not like one bit. "Fair Use" doesn't apply when you're emulating a piece of software that is either A.) Illegally distributed (Roms, ISOs, etc) or B.) Illegally Obtained (ripping, decrypting, etc). The bootrom falls under B, and it can enable more of either A or B depending on how it's used.

tl;dr: It doesn't fall under fair use because we're not creating new content with it, and in our case "reverse engineering" does not fall under research, especially since we aren't modifying the code, and if we somehow AREN'T violating Fair Use, since Ninty is only allowing the bootrom to be distributed and used as part of the SOC for a 3ds, getting access to it on computer, or torrenting, or using it for sighax, or decrypting games with it is a big no no. Yet we do it anyways because it's fun poking in places you don't belong.
 

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Boot9strap IS Sighax, and you still get "Luma sighax" with Boot9strap. Sorry I was late with my response though, and glad it's working!



Nope, Sighax has nothing to do with Ninty's pgp keys. The keys that Sighax gets are the keys used to decrypt 3ds games. In a way, they're Ninty's private keys, but we aren't going to be able to decrypt any secret messages they're sending within their network with them.

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Thank you. So we are still unable to know what kind of message our 3ds send to Nintendo, right?
 
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Thank you. So we are still unable to know what kind of message our 3ds send to Nintendo, right?

Oh no we know how that all works. In fact, freeshop exists because we know how that works. I'm not entirely sure what you mean when you say "what kind of messages are sent to Ninty".

Do you mean like eshop-wise? or like, something else?
 

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