So, I was trying to install DSiware on my hacked DSi, I saw some guides for doing it dumping 3DS DSiWare, so I downloaded the CIA (there are everywhere) and tried to install in a 3ds emulator (aka citra). And follow the guide as if I dumped it, and... It works, kind of.
So, it's a little bit challenging, I installed warioware snapped EUR cia, and it installed in this location in the emu: citra\nightly-mingw\user\nand\00000000000000000000000000000000\title\00048004\4b555756\
So, I thought that this was it, all I install will be installed in the nand around the same location, but then I installed Paper Plane Chase (USA), and the first time it installed in another directory, but I tried several times, and all of them was installed in: citra\nightly-mingw\user\nand\00000000000000000000000000000000\title\00048004\ root. If you don't find it there, try to search by date or by the app name (4b555756 for warioware)
Well, let's talk about what it's needed to do to make this work in a DSi.
-Of course, Citra installed on your pc (there are thousands of tutorials so)
-A cia version of the game you want to install
-A hacked DSi with SDNAND. More info here: dsi(dot)cfw.guide (i can't put hyperlinks bc I'm a new user))
I followed this guide (remember, this is like if you have a 3DS but without the needing of dumping the files bc there are in your virtual 3DS memory): dsi(dot)cfw(dot)guide/installing-dsiware (again, I can't put hyperlinks)
It's like the guide, but with some tweaking. You need to delete the tmd file, and change the app name to 0000000x.app (00000000 should do it fine), after that, for make the games able to save their progresses, make a folder named "data" in the root folder of the app with a dummy save inside, i'll have this folder ready to go attached below in a .rar, you'll have an error of the data save being corrupted, so, the game will delete it and make a new one (idk if it's needed the dummy save for now, or just make a folder), after this, like the guide says, drag the app file into maketmd.exe and this program will make a title.tmd for you, just be sure to do it after renaming it.
After that, just copy to your sdnand in this route: \title\00030004\
(In my case the path for the .app should be "title\00030004\4b555756\content\00000000.app")
For me, the first time I made the SDNAND mod and installed apps this way, worked bad, every time I booted the dsi all the apps I installed, were wraped like ready to open for the first time, and all the progress lost, if this happens to you, just uninstall unlauncher, and make all the process from the beginning (do a backup of the nand and making it bootable from the sdcard again)
The second time I did all of this worked fine and I was able to install any dsiware I want, so, keep this in mind. I think my problem was that I had the dsi with the date set to 2000 bc of the battery being removed, or could be something else, idk.
Sorry if it's so messy my explanation, I've been testing this since this morning. Any questions ask me.
So, it's a little bit challenging, I installed warioware snapped EUR cia, and it installed in this location in the emu: citra\nightly-mingw\user\nand\00000000000000000000000000000000\title\00048004\4b555756\
So, I thought that this was it, all I install will be installed in the nand around the same location, but then I installed Paper Plane Chase (USA), and the first time it installed in another directory, but I tried several times, and all of them was installed in: citra\nightly-mingw\user\nand\00000000000000000000000000000000\title\00048004\ root. If you don't find it there, try to search by date or by the app name (4b555756 for warioware)
Well, let's talk about what it's needed to do to make this work in a DSi.
-Of course, Citra installed on your pc (there are thousands of tutorials so)
-A cia version of the game you want to install
-A hacked DSi with SDNAND. More info here: dsi(dot)cfw.guide (i can't put hyperlinks bc I'm a new user))
I followed this guide (remember, this is like if you have a 3DS but without the needing of dumping the files bc there are in your virtual 3DS memory): dsi(dot)cfw(dot)guide/installing-dsiware (again, I can't put hyperlinks)
It's like the guide, but with some tweaking. You need to delete the tmd file, and change the app name to 0000000x.app (00000000 should do it fine), after that, for make the games able to save their progresses, make a folder named "data" in the root folder of the app with a dummy save inside, i'll have this folder ready to go attached below in a .rar, you'll have an error of the data save being corrupted, so, the game will delete it and make a new one (idk if it's needed the dummy save for now, or just make a folder), after this, like the guide says, drag the app file into maketmd.exe and this program will make a title.tmd for you, just be sure to do it after renaming it.
After that, just copy to your sdnand in this route: \title\00030004\
(In my case the path for the .app should be "title\00030004\4b555756\content\00000000.app")
For me, the first time I made the SDNAND mod and installed apps this way, worked bad, every time I booted the dsi all the apps I installed, were wraped like ready to open for the first time, and all the progress lost, if this happens to you, just uninstall unlauncher, and make all the process from the beginning (do a backup of the nand and making it bootable from the sdcard again)
The second time I did all of this worked fine and I was able to install any dsiware I want, so, keep this in mind. I think my problem was that I had the dsi with the date set to 2000 bc of the battery being removed, or could be something else, idk.
Sorry if it's so messy my explanation, I've been testing this since this morning. Any questions ask me.
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