ARSC Hacks Blog

I've launched a new site on ARSC. Below you will find screenshots of the PC and iPod/iPhone version. I myself coded every page of both. For now I'll be hosting both. You can find more info about the writer/reviewer on the "about" pages of both versions of the site. :) I'll still be maintaining the main site as well as the Jailbreak page of the new site.

The forums are now released to the public! Get notified of tournaments I'm holding, Wii and DS hacking, and there's even an arcade! Sign up here: http://www.arschacks.com/forums

The IPS forums will soon be replaces with new forums that have a better system and they are easier to use. To be kept updated, please subscribe to the RSS Feed or follow me on twitter.

Forums Link: http://arschacks.com/forums

The site has been redesigned and new forums have been added! So why not go visit our new forums and sign up!
Link to forums: http://arschacks.com/forums

Original Source: http://hackmii.com/2009/09/dsi-ram-hax/
Credit: Bushing @ HackMii

We have no grand master exploit (yet), but have learned the following things:

• There is a considerable amount of ROM (128K+?) and RAM (1MB+?) inside the CPU
• The internal ROM is quite sophisticated, compared to that of the Starlet (boot0) — it is able to initialize both LCD panels, read from the SPI flash and the MMC NAND flash, and decrypt the contents of the 2nd-stage bootloader from NAND into internal RAM. If there is an error, it can display an error code on the top LCD.
• The second stage bootloader is analogous to boot2 on the Wii — it can read the TMD for the System Menu from the NAND filesystem and load the contents into memory. Like the Wii, the code seems to be stored in NAND unencrypted (inside an encrypted filesystem). Unlike the Wii, it seems to actually verify the contents and signature of the TMD before executing it.
• Most of the interesting keys seem to be stored inside internal RAM, safely out of reach from us. They are cleared when a cartridge is loaded, and probably even when a DSiWare app is loaded.

Many of you frequent visitors to my site are well aware that I update my site regularly. In this post I will make note of all of my recent updates as well as a new staff member on my site.

Here are my recent updates:

• Added a search bar to the main home page
• Made a table with the new content that has been added to the site. I will keep this updated every time new content is added. Located on the home page.
• Made a new page for requests. That means you can make a request for a subscription, Wii Tutorial, DS Guide, etc. and the staff will do their best to get it done.
• DsHacker14 (me) has written several new Wii tutorials as well as updated the Pokesav tutorial for use with Pokemon Platinum.

Site Updates
Hey everyone! I'm going to update the site with new tutorials such as:

- How to make basic AR codes
- Downgrading your Wii from any version to any version

I also need you cooperation to make the site better so if you can upload something- anything to the site like, for example, a subscription with your codes, or even submit a url of a video you think is good/helpful.

Maintaining the site
If you have noticed... the pictures i put under the "homebrew news" topic on the home page are refferals (prize rebel link). I put them there because since i dont have a paypal donate link and it does take some money out of my pocket to maintain the site, its the only way to earn revenue. So with that said if you wish to donate to the site (no money involved) just sign up here and do at least 2 offers so I can get 75% of however many points you get- you benefit and i benefit. If you dont want to do it.. that's okay. It's optional so don't feel obligated.

Yes once again i updated the css template. I've decided to update the freewebs site and organize it more while i work on the HTML site and move to another web host. I realized it would take me longer than i expected so im going to spend the next 2 weeks or so updating the already up and running arsc site for you people. I don't know exactly when the HTML site im working will be finished but if all goes well ill probably have it done or close to done in the next month. If i don't ill work on it during the summer and make it as best i can. Here are a few updates:

- Im going to upload a new video on youtube about OHDLC soon
- Item tool is out go check it out at http://abiohack.com
- My next video will be about item tool

If you have any ideas or suggestions for arsc please email me at dshacker14@yahoo.com They are greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone! Over the past week there has been many updates to the main site and the forums. I have added 2 more subscriptions for ACWW which completes all the versions except the Japanese version. I have also added the Download Center where all the files from all the pages on ARSC are found and files that users post in the forums. As for the ARSC Forums, we are in need of moderators and Administrators. If you are interested in being a mod/admin, register at http://arsubscriptioncentral.wowguilds.ws and Private Message Thunder13 and include why you think you should be a mod/admin, if you've had experience with any forums, and what you could do to improve the main site and the forums. If you are accepted as a Moderator you can :
1. Help run/organize the forums.
2. Give ideas about improving the main site (credit will be given).
3. Manage the ARSC toolbar (including adding site links, podcasts, rss feeds, and gadgets.)
If you are accepted as an Administrator you can :
1. Run/Organize the forums.
2. Help Manage the main site (with the freewebs site manager [html experienced users are greatly appreciated] add subscriptions, files to download, and you can add your own subscriptions). Credit will be given to those that help run the site & forums.
3. Manage the ARSC toolbar (same as Moderator).
4. Contributing to RSS feeds (making a feed like this one except your the author and credit will be given to you).

Well thats it for the privileges. See you next time at the ultimate AR Subscription site on the web, Action Replay Subscription Central!