Homebrew How to use ARM9 Payloads on a boot9 3DS?

[nitroBW]

Yet another option is going back to A9LH.

But is using SafeA9LHinstaller actually safe?

 

[Arubaro]

Yet another option is going back to A9LH.

That's true, maybe it's not even that mandatory to update to luma 7.1, as it does not add many features at the moment
(at least, big ones, only .firm support)

 

[Slattz]

Oh by the way, could someone test this .firm? It's v2gw converted into a .firm but with the offset changed compared to the usual.
Basically just follow this but use b9s-v2gw.firm instead of v2gw.bin.

How about everyone stop and let someone test this, if it works this will all be over.

 

[osm70]

That's true, maybe it's not even that mandatory to update to luma 7.1, as it does not add many features at the moment
(at least, big ones, only .firm support)

He's a NTR plugin developer. He needs Gateway for that. So, he is (probably) on 11.2. He is already using outdated software. Outdated Luma won't matter to him.

 

[Slattz]

He's a NTR plugin developer. He needs Gateway for that. So, he is (probably) on 11.2. He is already using outdated software. Outdated Luma won't matter to him.

tbh, what benefits is there of being on 11.3+? And stop adding fuel to the fire ffs.

 

[RyDog]

How about everyone stop and let someone test this, if it works this will all be over.

"The payload is too large or is corrupted"

 

[Arubaro]

He's a NTR plugin developer. He needs Gateway for that. So, he is (probably) on 11.2. He is already using outdated software. Outdated Luma won't matter to him.

Then he could try installing a9lh again.
The thing is, I don't know if b9 and a9lh could "live" at the same time, or if we should wait for a way to uninstall b9

 

[nitroBW]

Did you already ask on /r/3dshacks or do you not intend in doing so? Not sure wether they have knowledge about this

 

[ihaveahax]

Then he could try installing a9lh again.
The thing is, I don't know if b9 and a9lh could "live" at the same time, or if we should wait for a way to uninstall b9

arm9loaderhax or boot9strap, both can't be installed to FIRM.

 

[osm70]

tbh, what benefits is there of being on 11.3+? And stop adding fuel to the fire ffs.

Probably none. And what fuel? If I did something wrong, I would be glad if you told me what it is, because I really don't know.

 

[RyDog]

Then he could try installing a9lh again.
The thing is, I don't know if b9 and a9lh could "live" at the same time, or if we should wait for a way to uninstall b9

BootStrap9 is installed into the firm0/firm1 partitions, same as arm9loaderhax, so I'm not even sure if it will work.
I'll hardmod my 3DS in a month or so and test.

 

[Lumince]

Wow this is why no one tries to help now a days. Everyone fights about STUPID shit.

Now onto the topic. I thought I saw someone booted with ctrbootmanager after converting it and changing boot.firm to .bin and it booted... So you could try that. Not sure how that will turn out though...

 

[Arubaro]

arm9loaderhax or boot9strap, both can't be installed to FIRM.

Would a forced nand restore overwrite the already installed b9?
Maybe if he flash a a9ld-nand he could overwrite b9 with a9lh?

 

[ihaveahax]

Would a forced nand restore overwrite the already installed b9?
Maybe if he flash a a9ld-nand he could overwrite b9 with a9lh?

maybe, I don't know and I'm not interested in trying for multiple reasons. someone else can do that.

 

[RyDog]

Wow this is why no one tries to help now a days. Everyone fights about STUPID shit.

Now onto the topic. I thought I saw someone booted with ctrbootmanager after converting it and changing boot.firm to .bin and it booted... So you could try that. Not sure how that will turn out though...

Tried it, it doesn't work with cfw's as the cfw's have hard coded offsets that are required, which boot9 doesn't have.

 

[nitroBW]

Would a forced nand restore overwrite the already installed b9?
Maybe if he flash a a9ld-nand he could overwrite b9 with a9lh?

A9LH/ B9S can be flashed with a NAND backup? Flashing a NAND backup usually didn't touch my A9LH installation lol

 

[osm70]

A9LH/ B9S can be flashed with a NAND backup? Flashing a NAND backup usually didn't touch my A9LH installation lol

Did you use a hardmod to flash it? Most software based flashers ignore that part of the NAND.

 

[Arubaro]

A9LH/ B9S can be flashed with a NAND backup? Flashing a NAND backup usually didn't touch my A9LH installation lol

I think that happens because hourglass9 automatically restore nands keeping a9lh.

EDIT: Maybe he would need to use the "force" option from decrypt9 with an a9lh-nand

 

[nitroBW]

Seems like I've learned something new then.

With the GW April update not having been released yet, there could be a chance that they'll release it now with .firm support
Anyway, maybe someone should ask derrek (or other devs/ plailect) about deinstalling B9S/ reinstalling A9LH, as I don't think anyone really knows about that yet, it's still day one :s

 

[Deleted User]

Well, SHE actually CAN be a girl and it has nothing to do with what SHE wants.

Anyway, back on topic.



The point is, @RyDog kinda needs a real time search engine to develop NTR plugins.

Anyway, try this:

https://gbatemp.net/attachments/ctrbootmanager9_b9s-zip.87457/

It should be CTRBootManager9 converthed to dot firm. Set it up the same way as you would set up the "normal" CTRBootManager9 and it will boot dot bin files.

Too bad it doesn't read .firm files yet,but it runs all my old .bin payloads that aren't cfw's.Glad to see it working though