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DS Misc > NDS file to access wifi BIOS settings?

#140598 - Sweater Fish Deluxe - Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:37 am

Is it possible to access the wifi configuration screen from a stand-alone NDS ROM? Or even from within a homebrew game or app?

Aren't the wifi config screens actually located in the BIOS and commercial games are just handing off to them? Or is that config menu actually in the games themselves and they all look the same because there's just a completely prewritten function as part of the official devkit that developers just call when they need it?

If the config screens are indeed in the BIOS, it would be great to have a stand-alone ROM for accessing them, especially if it was integrated with rebootlib so that you were returned to your flash card's menu after finishing. And the source code should be made open so that other developers can use this as a lib in their own wifi enabled games.

As it is now, you have to own a DS game that has WFC capabilities in order to use any of the wifi enabled homebrew out there.


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#140599 - chuckstudios - Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:42 am

Sweater Fish Deluxe wrote:
Is it possible to access the wifi configuration screen from a stand-alone NDS ROM? Or even from within a homebrew game or app?

Aren't the wifi config screens actually located in the BIOS and commercial games are just handing off to them? Or is that config menu actually in the games themselves and they all look the same because there's just a completely prewritten function as part of the official devkit that developers just call when they need it?

If the config screens are indeed in the BIOS, it would be great to have a stand-alone ROM for accessing them, especially if it was integrated with rebootlib so that you were returned to your flash card's menu after finishing. And the source code should be made open so that other developers can use this as a lib in their own wifi enabled games.

As it is now, you have to own a DS game that has WFC capabilities in order to use any of the wifi enabled homebrew out there.


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Those screens are a part of the official devkit. If memory serves correctly, the data for the Wifi configuration application is contained in the "/dwc/" (could be wrong on the name) directory of the nitrofs of commercial games.

#140609 - HyperHacker - Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:02 am

Yep, it's built into each game. :-/
chuckstudios wrote:
Those screens are a part of the official devkit. If memory serves correctly, the data for the Wifi configuration application is contained in the "/dwc/" (could be wrong on the name) directory of the nitrofs of commercial games.
Hm, could this be turned into a standalone .nds?
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#140623 - tepples - Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:59 pm

HyperHacker wrote:
Yep, it's built into each game. :-/
chuckstudios wrote:
Those screens are a part of the official devkit. If memory serves correctly, the data for the Wifi configuration application is contained in the "/dwc/" (could be wrong on the name) directory of the nitrofs of commercial games.

Hm, could this be turned into a standalone .nds?

But would it be legal to distribute, or would it be w4r3z?
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#140624 - spinal_cord - Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:02 pm

I'm sure theres a homebrew wifi settings thingy, cant remember who did it though.
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#140628 - dualscreenman - Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:01 pm

Wasn't it Bafio?
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#140629 - pas - Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:04 pm

No it was El Hobito who did it (I saved the file on my HD) but still, it can't change the settings to make them save effectly on the DS so we don't have to use a Game to change them. I hope someone will work on something like this.

#140650 - Dan2552 - Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:16 pm

tepples wrote:
HyperHacker wrote:
Yep, it's built into each game. :-/
chuckstudios wrote:
Those screens are a part of the official devkit. If memory serves correctly, the data for the Wifi configuration application is contained in the "/dwc/" (could be wrong on the name) directory of the nitrofs of commercial games.

Hm, could this be turned into a standalone .nds?

But would it be legal to distribute, or would it be w4r3z?


is the DS firmware NDS file legal to distribute, or is it warez? I don't see a difference to this and the firmware NDS file (or flashme) in terms of legality.

#144887 - mufunyo - Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:34 pm

I've been trying to muck around with the WFC utility.bin file from official ROMs. Tahaxan can read the file (it's a (compressed?) archive), and it appears to have its own BANNER file: [Images not permitted - Click here to view it], but I can't make it into an executable .nds. It would be great to be able to just run the WFC config straight from the R4 menu instead of having to go into Opera or Tetris DS first.

Anyone interested in hacking around a bit ? :)

#144889 - Lick - Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:36 pm

DSOrganize has WFC Profile configuration.
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#144892 - mufunyo - Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:45 pm

Lick wrote:
DSOrganize has WFC Profile configuration.


We're talking about the official Nintendo one here. In libwifi's current state (which is horribly buggy), I can't even use DSOrganise for anything related to wifi.

#144907 - DragonMinded - Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:14 am

What does that have to do with the workings of the wifi config app?
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#144926 - HyperHacker - Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:25 am

mufunyo wrote:
I've been trying to muck around with the WFC utility.bin file from official ROMs. Tahaxan can read the file (it's a (compressed?) archive), and it appears to have its own BANNER file: [Images not permitted - Click here to view it], but I can't make it into an executable .nds. It would be great to be able to just run the WFC config straight from the R4 menu instead of having to go into Opera or Tetris DS first.

Anyone interested in hacking around a bit ? :)
Might that banner image be used in the "Transfer WFC Settings" function? Does it send a Download Play binary to do the transfer?
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#145125 - yellowstar - Sun Nov 11, 2007 9:58 pm

HyperHacker wrote:
mufunyo wrote:
I've been trying to muck around with the WFC utility.bin file from official ROMs. Tahaxan can read the file (it's a (compressed?) archive), and it appears to have its own BANNER file: [Images not permitted - Click here to view it], but I can't make it into an executable .nds. It would be great to be able to just run the WFC config straight from the R4 menu instead of having to go into Opera or Tetris DS first.

Anyone interested in hacking around a bit ? :)
Might that banner image be used in the "Transfer WFC Settings" function? Does it send a Download Play binary to do the transfer?


Both of the above are correct.

The transfer function uses Download Play.
Also, the icon used is the same one that was posted.

(The file is probably the file sent for Download Play.
It might be in the Download Play format.(since the above attempt failed.)
That is, the format used for transfering programs over Download Play.)

#145204 - chuckstudios - Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:14 pm

yellowstar wrote:
HyperHacker wrote:
mufunyo wrote:
I've been trying to muck around with the WFC utility.bin file from official ROMs. Tahaxan can read the file (it's a (compressed?) archive), and it appears to have its own BANNER file: [Images not permitted - Click here to view it], but I can't make it into an executable .nds. It would be great to be able to just run the WFC config straight from the R4 menu instead of having to go into Opera or Tetris DS first.

Anyone interested in hacking around a bit ? :)
Might that banner image be used in the "Transfer WFC Settings" function? Does it send a Download Play binary to do the transfer?


Both of the above are correct.

The transfer function uses Download Play.
Also, the icon used is the same one that was posted.

(The file is probably the file sent for Download Play.
It might be in the Download Play format.(since the above attempt failed.)
That is, the format used for transfering programs over Download Play.)


The format used for Download Play is .srl, also known to us as .nds.