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This page describes the format and encryption of extdata, "extra data" stored on [[SD_Filesystem|SD card]] and NAND.
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This page describes the format and encryption of extdata, "extra data" stored on SD card and NAND, at:
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At /Nintendo 3DS/<SomeID>/<SomeID>/extdata/00000000 on SD is directories for each title. Some titles have Quota.dat stored in these directories, not all titles use it. Then there's a sub-directory 00000000, which contains the actual extdata. Size and number of files in this dir varies per title.
 
  
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=== Encryption ===
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* <code>nand/data/&lt;ID&gt;/extdata/&lt;ExtdataID-High&gt;</code>
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* <code>sdmc/Nintendo 3DS/&lt;ID0&gt;/&lt;ID1&gt;/extdata/&lt;ExtdataID-High&gt;</code>
  
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These files are encrypted with AES-CTR. The key is unknown, this is console-unique. The CTR includes the titleID and filename. The base CTR is fixed: the CTR never changes after each write. Thus it is possible to obtain some cleartext by XORing one file(like newly created extdata) with a newer file, where the newer file overwrote zeros in the original file with non-zero data.
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ExtdataID-High is always 00000000 for SD, and always 00048000 for NAND. Regular apps can only mount SD extdata using the same extdataID which is stored in the CXI exheader. Therefore, regular apps which have the exheader extdataID set to zero can't use extdata. This restriction doesn't apply for shared extdata with extdataID high bitmask 0x48000 stored on NAND. System apps with a certain access right can mount arbitrary extdata. All NAND extdata is shared extdata, while all SD extdata is normal extdata.
  
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=== Filesystem ===
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All data in this page is little-endian. All &quot;unused / padding&quot; fields can contain uninitialized data unless otherwise specified.
  
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Most extdata uses the same FS as [[savegames]], except extdata uses [[Savegames|DIFF]] instead of DISA. However some extdata files are raw, without any FS.
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= Format =
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Quota.dat uses the same encryption as extdata, and seems to use the same FS as the actual extdata. Modifying various bytes in Quota.dat didn't cause any errors to be thrown, likewise for deleting Quota.dat on the latest system version. Titles that used to create Quota.dat on old sys versions, no longer create Quota.dat on the latest sys version. Therefore it's unknown whether Quota.dat is even used any-more on the latest system version at all.
 
  
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'''QUOT'''
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To avoid confusion, the terms '''device directory / file''' and '''virtual directory / file''' are used with the following meanings:
  
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* This seems to be stored in Quota.dat FS somewhere?
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* '''Device directory / file''' are the real directory / file stored on SD / NAND that can be seen under path <code>nand/data/&lt;ID&gt;/extdata/</code> or <code>sdmc/Nintendo 3DS/&lt;ID0&gt;/&lt;ID1&gt;/extdata/</code>.
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* '''Virtual directory / file''' are directory / file stored inside extdata virtual file system, which can be seen by applications in the mounted extdata archives.
  
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{| class="wikitable"
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An extdata consists of several device directories and files, which forms a file system consisting of multiple virtual directories and files.
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|-
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! Start
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An extdata with ID <code>ExtdataId</code> has the following device files:
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* <code>.../extdata/&lt;ExtdataID-High&gt;/&lt;ExtdataId-Low&gt;/Quota.dat</code> (optional)
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* <code>.../extdata/&lt;ExtdataID-High&gt;/&lt;ExtdataId-Low&gt;/&lt;SubDirID&gt;/&lt;SubFileID&gt;</code>
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 +
Note:
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* All device files are [[DISA and DIFF|DIFF containers]]. '''All format description below is about the inner content of the containers'''. Please unwrap these files first according to the DIFF format description before reading them using the extdata format description below.
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* <code>Quota.dat</code> is only observed existing for NAND shared extdata.
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* <code>&lt;SubDirID&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;SubFileID&gt;</code> are 8-digit hex strings.
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* Device file with <code>SubDirID = SubFileID = 00000000</code> doesn't exist. Other ID combinations can exists.
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* Device file with <code>SubDirID = 00000000</code> and <code>SubFileID = 00000001</code> is the VSXE metadata file and must exist.
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* Other files, besides <code>Quota.dat</code> and <code>00000000/00000001</code>, are normal sub files, are these device files one-to-one correspond to virtual files. They contain raw virtual file data in the DIFF inner content.
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* <code>SubDirID = 00000000</code> is usually the only one device directory that can be seen. See [[#Device Directory Capacity]] for more information.
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== Quota File ==
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The inner data of <code>Quota.dat</code> is 0x48 bytes with the following format. The file seems to limit the extdata total size.
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! Offset
 
! Length
 
! Length
 
! Description
 
! Description
 
|-
 
|-
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| 0x0
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| 0x00
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| 4
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| Magic &quot;QUOT&quot;
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|-
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| 0x04
 
| 4
 
| 4
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| Magic ("QUOT")
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| Magic 0x30000
 
|-
 
|-
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| 0x4
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| 0x08
 
| 4
 
| 4
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| Magic Number (0x30000)
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| 0x1000, block size
 
|-
 
|-
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| 0x8
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| 0x0C
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| 8
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| 4
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| Unknown
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| Always 126. Probably device directory capacity. See the [[#Device Directory Capacity]] more information.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 0x10
 
| 0x10
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x14
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| 4
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| Max number of blocks
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|-
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| 0x18
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x1C
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| 4
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| Free blocks remained
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|-
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| 0x20
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x24
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x28
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| 4
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| Free blocks remained + (blocks occupied by the recently mounted file, specified by the ID below (0 if recently deleted))
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|-
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| 0x2C
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x30
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| 4
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| ID of most recently mounted file. Same as the one in [[Inner_FAT#Filesystem Header]]
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|-
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| 0x34
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
 
| 0x38
 
| 0x38
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| Unknown
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x3C
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| 4
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| Always 0?
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|-
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| 0x40
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| 4
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| Size in bytes of most recently mounted file (device file size). 0 if recently deleted
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|-
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| 0x44
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| 4
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| Always 0?
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==== Directories ====
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== Device Directory Capacity ==
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A device directory in an extdata (a <code>&lt;SubDirID&gt;</code> directory) seems to have a maximum number of device files it can contain. For SD extdata, this maximum number seems to be hard-coded as 126. For NAND extdata, the number is probably indicated by a field in Quota.dat, which is, again, always 126 as observed. 3DS FS tries to put all device files in the device directory <code>00000000</code> if possible, and only when more than 126 files needed to add, a second device directory <code>00000001</code> and so on are created. However, few extdata have such amount of files to store, so the behavior lacks of use cases to confirm.
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The number 126 is probably from some kind of other capacity of 128 with <code>&quot;.&quot;</code> and <code>&quot;..&quot;</code> entries reserved. It is theorized that this is to keep a FAT directory table, with 0x20 bytes for each entry, in one 0x1000 cluster. The motivation is unclear.
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== VSXE Filesystem ==
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This is one variant of the [[Inner FAT|FAT filesystem]]. Please refer to its page for the description of the filesystem. In general, device file <code>00000000/00000001</code> contains the metadata of the filesystem, while other device files (except for the Quota file) contains normal sub-files
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Each non-dummy file entry corresponds to a device file. The path to the device file is generated by the following computation:
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<pre>// See previous section about this capacity
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const uint32_t device_dir_capacity = 126;
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// entry index is the index in the file entry table, with the first dummy entry as
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// index = 0, which is never used for a real file.
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// file_index = 1 is reserved for the VSXE Filesystem Metadata itself, so real files
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// started from file_index = 2.
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uint32_t file_index = entry_index + 1;
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uint32_t SubDirID = file_index / device_dir_capacity;
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uint32_t SubFileID = file_index % pdevice_dir_capacity;
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char extdata_path[...]; // &quot;.../extdata/&lt;ExtdataID-High&gt;/&lt;ExtdataId-Low&gt;&quot;
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char device_path[...]; // output path
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sprintf(device_path, &quot;%s/%08x/%08x&quot;, extdata_path, SubDirID, SubFileID);
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</pre>
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When mounting extdata, the unique identifier is used to match the ID stored in subfile's [[DISA and DIFF#DIFF header|DIFF header]]. If the ID doesn't match, mounting will fail.
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== Virtual File System Structure ==
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When extdata is created, these are ''always'' created regardless of whether the title actually uses them.
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* <code>/icon</code> This virtual file contains the extdata icon displayed in data management. This icon can only be written to by titles when creating extdata, titles would have to recreate extdata to change the icon. This file can't be read directly, instead it is read via FS:ReadExtSaveDataIcon.
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* <code>/user/</code> This virtual directory contains the title's actual extdata files.
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* <code>/boss/</code> This virtual directory can contain SpotPass content. SpotPass content can only be downloaded to this <code>/boss</code> virtual directory.
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User extdata and SpotPass extdata use separate mount points at <code>/user</code> and <code>/boss</code>. Therefore one mount can't access the other virtual directory, and also can't access <code>/icon</code>.(The title's SpotPass extdata can be mounted by the title itself, if it uses SpotPass)
  
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When extdata is created, these directories are *always* created regardless of whether the title actually uses them.
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Other optional but notable directories include:
  
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* /icon Presumably contains the icon displayed in data management.
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* <code>/user/ExBanner</code> This virtual directory can optionally store extended banners. When this is available, this banner is displayed instead of the CXI ExeFS banner. <code>COMMON.bin</code> stores the common exbanner, while <code>&lt;regionlang_code&gt;.bin</code> stores an optional separate region/language specific banner.(regionlang_code can be &quot;JPN_JP&quot;, &quot;USA_EN&quot;, etc)
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* /user Presumably contains the title's actual files for "extra data".
 
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* /boss Presumably contains content downloaded/transferred via [[SpotPass]] in SD extdata, and in some cases [[StreetPass]] data in NAND extdata possibly.(SD extdata can store StreetPass data but usually NAND extdata is used for that)
 
  
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=== Info on titles extdata ===
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== SD Extdata ==
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Usually the ExtdataID low is in the format '00<Unique ID>'
  
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 
|-
 
|-
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! TitleID Low
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! JPN ExtdataID
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! Region
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! USA ExtdataID
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! Description
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! EUR ExtdataID
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! Versions
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! Description
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! Extdata images
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|-
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| 00000082
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| 0000008f
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| 00000098
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| [[Home Menu]] extdata, this contains home-menu savedata and cached icons for applications.
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|
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|-
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| 00000200
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| 00000210
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| 00000220
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| [[System_Settings|System Settings]] extdata added with [[2.0.0-2]].
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|
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|-
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| 00000207
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| 00000217
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| 00000227
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| [[Mii Maker]], contains an ExBanner
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| [https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20520664/extdata00000217.zip cleartext]
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|-
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| 00000208
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| 00000218
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| 00000228
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| Streetpass Mii Plaza
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| 11 mb big!
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|-
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| 00000209
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| 00000219
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| 00000229
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| [[eShop]], contains store music in AAC format.
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|
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|-
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| 0000020b
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| 0000021b
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| 0000022b
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| Nintendo Zone
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|
 +
|-
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| 0000020d
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| 0000021d
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| 0000022d
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| Face Raiders, likely contains an ExBanner
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|
 +
|-
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| 000002cc
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| 000002cd
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| 000002ce
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| [[Home Menu]] theme
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|
 
|-
 
|-
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| ?
 
| 000004aa
 
| 000004aa
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| USA
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| 000004ab
 
| Nintendo Video Extra Data
 
| Nintendo Video Extra Data
 
This is where the video files are stored, and [[Nintendo_Video|includes]] the thumbnail, the description, and possibly some checksum info in each video file stored in the extdata images. There are always 9 files within the subdirectory "00000000" of this folder, even without any videos downloaded. The files are "00000001" - "00000009", and "00000003" - "00000008" have the same filesize of 50.7 MB. It is possible to restore the older videos by overwriting all the files within this directory. Provided of course you have made a backup of the files before hand, by copying all the files within this directory to your computer. As far I'm aware its not possible to mix and match the files in order to get certain videos in one grouping, ie. having all 3 Zelda orchestral recordings in one group of 4 Nintendo videos.
 
This is where the video files are stored, and [[Nintendo_Video|includes]] the thumbnail, the description, and possibly some checksum info in each video file stored in the extdata images. There are always 9 files within the subdirectory "00000000" of this folder, even without any videos downloaded. The files are "00000001" - "00000009", and "00000003" - "00000008" have the same filesize of 50.7 MB. It is possible to restore the older videos by overwriting all the files within this directory. Provided of course you have made a backup of the files before hand, by copying all the files within this directory to your computer. As far I'm aware its not possible to mix and match the files in order to get certain videos in one grouping, ie. having all 3 Zelda orchestral recordings in one group of 4 Nintendo videos.
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| v0
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|  
 
|-
 
|-
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| 000004ab
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|00000306
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| EUR
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|00000308
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| Nintendo Video Extra Data
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|00000307
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Not checked too much, but looks at first glance like USA variant, 9 files total, files 3-8 are 50MBs.
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|Mario Kart 7
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| v0
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|
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|-
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| 0000030b
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| 0000030d
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| 0000030c
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| Nintendogs + Cats
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|
 +
|-
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| 00000326
 +
| 00000326
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| 00000326
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| Pokédex 3D
 +
|
 +
|-
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| 00000305
 +
| 0000032d
 +
| 0000033c
 +
| Super Street Fighter IV 3D
 +
|
 +
|-
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| 00000328
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| 00000358
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| 0000033b
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| Ridge Racer 3D
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| 0000034d
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| 00000402
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| Samurai Warriors Chronicles
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|
 +
|-
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| ?
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| 0000034f
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| 0000038a
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| Dead or Alive Dimensions
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|
 +
|-
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| 00000481
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| N/A
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| N/A
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| Monster Hunter Tri G (Download-Quests)
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|
 +
|-
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| ?
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| 00000517
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| 00000518
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| Swapnote
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|
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|-
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| 0000055d
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| 0000055d
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| 0000055d
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| Pokémon X<br>Pokémon Y
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|
 +
|-
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| ?
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| 00000725
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| 00000724
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| Ambassador Certificate
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|
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|-
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| ?
 +
| ?
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| 000007af
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| New Super Mario Bros. 2
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| 00000863
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| 00000864
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| Animal Crossing: New Leaf
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| 00000a85
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| 00000a86
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| Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask<br>Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
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German Version ExtdataID is 00000a87
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| ?
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| 00000b4f
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| Fullblox / Crashmo
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|
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|-
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| ?
 +
| ?
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| 00000ba9
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| Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
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|
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|-
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| ?
 +
| ?
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| 00000c24
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| Denpa men
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|
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|-
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| 00000c73
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| 00000c73
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| 00000c73
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| Save Data Transfer Tool
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|
 +
|-
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| ?
 +
| ?
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| 00000d9a
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| Donkey Kong Country™<br>Returns 3D: Trailer
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|
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|-
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| ?
 +
| ?
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| 00000ea6
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| Etrian Odyssey IV
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| 00000edf
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| 00000ee0
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| Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| 00000f14
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| 00000f1e
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| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
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|
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|-
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| ?
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| 00001007
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| 00001005
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| Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
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|
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|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
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| 00001062
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| Nintendo Pocket Football Club
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 0000111c
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| Yoshi's New Island
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001132
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| 00001131
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| Fantasy Life
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 000011c5
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| 000011c5
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| 000011c5
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| Pokémon Omega Ruby<br>Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
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|
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|-
 +
| ?
 +
| 000012c8
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| 000012ca
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| Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001499
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| Korg DSN-12
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 000014f2
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| Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
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|
 +
|-
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| 000014d1
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| 000014d1
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| 000014d1
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| [[Home Menu]] badge
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001632
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| Fullblox / Stretchmo
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001646
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| Pokémon Rumble World
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 00001648
 +
| 00001648
 +
| 00001648
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| Pokémon Sun<br>Pokémon Moon
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|
 +
|-
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| 0000165c
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| 0000165c
 +
| 0000165c
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| [[Home Menu]] saved theme layouts
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|
 +
|-
 +
| 000016C6
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001678
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| Yo-kai Watch
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 000018fa
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| Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
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| 0000198e
 +
| 0000198f
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| Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001a05
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| Super Mario Maker
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|
 +
|-
 +
| ?
 +
| ?
 +
| 00001a2e
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| Swapdoodle
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|
 +
|}
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== NAND Shared Extdata ==
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  ExtdataID
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!  Description
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|-
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| 0xe0000000
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| Home Menu attempts to open this archive during boot, if [[FS:OpenArchive]] doesn't return an error Home Menu seems to then launch the [[System Transfer]] application. Home Menu doesn't actually use this archive at all except for checking whether it exists.
 +
|-
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|  0xf0000001
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|  NAND JPEG/MPO files and phtcache.bin from the camera application are stored here. This also contains UploadData.dat.
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|-
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|  0xf0000002
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|  NAND M4A files from the sound application are stored here
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|-
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|  0xf0000009
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|  Used for [[BOSS_Services|SpotPass]] content storage for [[News_Services|notifications]].
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|-
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|  0xf000000b
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|  Contains idb.dat, idbt.dat, gamecoin.dat, ubll.lst, CFL_DB.dat, and CFL_OldDB.dat. These files contain cleartext [[Mii_Maker|Miis]] and some data relating (including cached ICN data) to Play/Usage Records.
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|-
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|  0xf000000c
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|  Contains bashotorya.dat and bashotorya2.dat.
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|-
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|  0xf000000d
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|  Home Menu SpotPass content data [[BOSS_Services|storage]].
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|-
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|  0xf000000e
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|  Contains [[VersionList|versionlist.dat]], used by Home Menu for the software update notification added with [[7.0.0-13]].
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|}
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==== Shared Extdata 0xf000000b gamecoin.dat ====
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{| class="wikitable" border="1"
 +
|-
 +
!  Offset
 +
!  Size
 +
!  Description
 +
|-
 +
| 0x0
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Magic number: 0x4F00
 +
|-
 +
| 0x4
 +
| 0x2
 +
| Total Play Coins
 +
|-
 +
| 0x6
 +
| 0x2
 +
| Total Play Coins obtained on the date stored below. When the below date does not match the current date, this field is reset to zero, then the date(and other fields) are updated. Once this value is >=10, no more Play Coins can be obtained until the current date changes.
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|-
 +
| 0x8
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Total step [[PTM:GetTotalStepCount|count]] at the time a new Play Coin was obtained.
 +
|-
 +
| 0xC
 +
| 0x4
 +
| Step count for the day the last Play Coin was obtained, for that day's step count(same as the step count displayed by home-menu when this file was updated).
 +
|-
 +
| 0x10
 +
| 0x2
 +
| Year
 +
|-
 +
| 0x12
 +
| 0x1
 +
| Month
 +
|-
 +
| 0x13
 +
| 0x1
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| Day
 
|}
 
|}
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The above date stores the last time new Play Coin(s) were obtained. The contents of this file is updated by home-menu. [[PTM:GetTotalStepCount]] is not checked constantly, after home-menu boot this is only checked when waking from sleep-mode. Each time home-menu updates the contents of this file, home-menu will set the Play Coin total to 300 if it's higher than the 300 Play Coin limit.
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[[Home Menu]] loads this file / opens this archive during [[Home Menu|startup]]. When accessing this file fails, like when the file/archive is corrupted(or at least on older system-versions), the result is a brick due to Home Menu using [[SVC|svcBreak]]. [[User:Yellows8|Yellows8]] bricked a 3DS this way due to corruption via invalid [[FSFile:Write]] flush flags. When opening this extdata archive(0xf000000b) fails, Home Menu executes svcBreak.
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==== Shared Extdata 0xf000000b ubll.lst ====
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List of blocked users.
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Empty space is filled with 0xC-long sequences of 00 00 ... 07
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== Tools ==
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* [https://github.com/wwylele/3ds-save-tool 3ds-save-tool] - Extract/verifies extdata

Latest revision as of 19:55, 22 March 2024

This page describes the format and encryption of extdata, "extra data" stored on SD card and NAND, at:

  • nand/data/<ID>/extdata/<ExtdataID-High>
  • sdmc/Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/<ExtdataID-High>

ExtdataID-High is always 00000000 for SD, and always 00048000 for NAND. Regular apps can only mount SD extdata using the same extdataID which is stored in the CXI exheader. Therefore, regular apps which have the exheader extdataID set to zero can't use extdata. This restriction doesn't apply for shared extdata with extdataID high bitmask 0x48000 stored on NAND. System apps with a certain access right can mount arbitrary extdata. All NAND extdata is shared extdata, while all SD extdata is normal extdata.

All data in this page is little-endian. All "unused / padding" fields can contain uninitialized data unless otherwise specified.

Format[edit]

To avoid confusion, the terms device directory / file and virtual directory / file are used with the following meanings:

  • Device directory / file are the real directory / file stored on SD / NAND that can be seen under path nand/data/<ID>/extdata/ or sdmc/Nintendo 3DS/<ID0>/<ID1>/extdata/.
  • Virtual directory / file are directory / file stored inside extdata virtual file system, which can be seen by applications in the mounted extdata archives.

An extdata consists of several device directories and files, which forms a file system consisting of multiple virtual directories and files.

An extdata with ID ExtdataId has the following device files:

  • .../extdata/<ExtdataID-High>/<ExtdataId-Low>/Quota.dat (optional)
  • .../extdata/<ExtdataID-High>/<ExtdataId-Low>/<SubDirID>/<SubFileID>

Note:

  • All device files are DIFF containers. All format description below is about the inner content of the containers. Please unwrap these files first according to the DIFF format description before reading them using the extdata format description below.
  • Quota.dat is only observed existing for NAND shared extdata.
  • <SubDirID> and <SubFileID> are 8-digit hex strings.
  • Device file with SubDirID = SubFileID = 00000000 doesn't exist. Other ID combinations can exists.
  • Device file with SubDirID = 00000000 and SubFileID = 00000001 is the VSXE metadata file and must exist.
  • Other files, besides Quota.dat and 00000000/00000001, are normal sub files, are these device files one-to-one correspond to virtual files. They contain raw virtual file data in the DIFF inner content.
  • SubDirID = 00000000 is usually the only one device directory that can be seen. See #Device Directory Capacity for more information.

Quota File[edit]

The inner data of Quota.dat is 0x48 bytes with the following format. The file seems to limit the extdata total size.

Offset Length Description
0x00 4 Magic "QUOT"
0x04 4 Magic 0x30000
0x08 4 0x1000, block size
0x0C 4 Always 126. Probably device directory capacity. See the #Device Directory Capacity more information.
0x10 4 Always 0?
0x14 4 Max number of blocks
0x18 4 Always 0?
0x1C 4 Free blocks remained
0x20 4 Always 0?
0x24 4 Always 0?
0x28 4 Free blocks remained + (blocks occupied by the recently mounted file, specified by the ID below (0 if recently deleted))
0x2C 4 Always 0?
0x30 4 ID of most recently mounted file. Same as the one in Inner_FAT#Filesystem Header
0x34 4 Always 0?
0x38 4 Always 0?
0x3C 4 Always 0?
0x40 4 Size in bytes of most recently mounted file (device file size). 0 if recently deleted
0x44 4 Always 0?

Device Directory Capacity[edit]

A device directory in an extdata (a <SubDirID> directory) seems to have a maximum number of device files it can contain. For SD extdata, this maximum number seems to be hard-coded as 126. For NAND extdata, the number is probably indicated by a field in Quota.dat, which is, again, always 126 as observed. 3DS FS tries to put all device files in the device directory 00000000 if possible, and only when more than 126 files needed to add, a second device directory 00000001 and so on are created. However, few extdata have such amount of files to store, so the behavior lacks of use cases to confirm.

The number 126 is probably from some kind of other capacity of 128 with "." and ".." entries reserved. It is theorized that this is to keep a FAT directory table, with 0x20 bytes for each entry, in one 0x1000 cluster. The motivation is unclear.

VSXE Filesystem[edit]

This is one variant of the FAT filesystem. Please refer to its page for the description of the filesystem. In general, device file 00000000/00000001 contains the metadata of the filesystem, while other device files (except for the Quota file) contains normal sub-files

Each non-dummy file entry corresponds to a device file. The path to the device file is generated by the following computation: 

// See previous section about this capacity
const uint32_t device_dir_capacity = 126;

// entry index is the index in the file entry table, with the first dummy entry as
// index = 0, which is never used for a real file.
// file_index = 1 is reserved for the VSXE Filesystem Metadata itself, so real files
// started from file_index = 2.
uint32_t file_index = entry_index + 1;

uint32_t SubDirID = file_index / device_dir_capacity;
uint32_t SubFileID = file_index % pdevice_dir_capacity;

char extdata_path[...]; // ".../extdata/<ExtdataID-High>/<ExtdataId-Low>"
char device_path[...]; // output path
sprintf(device_path, "%s/%08x/%08x", extdata_path, SubDirID, SubFileID);

When mounting extdata, the unique identifier is used to match the ID stored in subfile's DIFF header. If the ID doesn't match, mounting will fail.

Virtual File System Structure[edit]

When extdata is created, these are always created regardless of whether the title actually uses them.

  • /icon This virtual file contains the extdata icon displayed in data management. This icon can only be written to by titles when creating extdata, titles would have to recreate extdata to change the icon. This file can't be read directly, instead it is read via FS:ReadExtSaveDataIcon.
  • /user/ This virtual directory contains the title's actual extdata files.
  • /boss/ This virtual directory can contain SpotPass content. SpotPass content can only be downloaded to this /boss virtual directory.

User extdata and SpotPass extdata use separate mount points at /user and /boss. Therefore one mount can't access the other virtual directory, and also can't access /icon.(The title's SpotPass extdata can be mounted by the title itself, if it uses SpotPass)

Other optional but notable directories include:

  • /user/ExBanner This virtual directory can optionally store extended banners. When this is available, this banner is displayed instead of the CXI ExeFS banner. COMMON.bin stores the common exbanner, while <regionlang_code>.bin stores an optional separate region/language specific banner.(regionlang_code can be "JPN_JP", "USA_EN", etc)

SD Extdata[edit]

Usually the ExtdataID low is in the format '00<Unique ID>'

JPN ExtdataID USA ExtdataID EUR ExtdataID Description Extdata images
00000082 0000008f 00000098 Home Menu extdata, this contains home-menu savedata and cached icons for applications.
00000200 00000210 00000220 System Settings extdata added with 2.0.0-2.
00000207 00000217 00000227 Mii Maker, contains an ExBanner cleartext
00000208 00000218 00000228 Streetpass Mii Plaza 11 mb big!
00000209 00000219 00000229 eShop, contains store music in AAC format.
0000020b 0000021b 0000022b Nintendo Zone
0000020d 0000021d 0000022d Face Raiders, likely contains an ExBanner
000002cc 000002cd 000002ce Home Menu theme
? 000004aa 000004ab Nintendo Video Extra Data

This is where the video files are stored, and includes the thumbnail, the description, and possibly some checksum info in each video file stored in the extdata images. There are always 9 files within the subdirectory "00000000" of this folder, even without any videos downloaded. The files are "00000001" - "00000009", and "00000003" - "00000008" have the same filesize of 50.7 MB. It is possible to restore the older videos by overwriting all the files within this directory. Provided of course you have made a backup of the files before hand, by copying all the files within this directory to your computer. As far I'm aware its not possible to mix and match the files in order to get certain videos in one grouping, ie. having all 3 Zelda orchestral recordings in one group of 4 Nintendo videos.

00000306 00000308 00000307 Mario Kart 7
0000030b 0000030d 0000030c Nintendogs + Cats
00000326 00000326 00000326 Pokédex 3D
00000305 0000032d 0000033c Super Street Fighter IV 3D
00000328 00000358 0000033b Ridge Racer 3D
? 0000034d 00000402 Samurai Warriors Chronicles
? 0000034f 0000038a Dead or Alive Dimensions
00000481 N/A N/A Monster Hunter Tri G (Download-Quests)
? 00000517 00000518 Swapnote
0000055d 0000055d 0000055d Pokémon X
Pokémon Y
? 00000725 00000724 Ambassador Certificate
? ? 000007af New Super Mario Bros. 2
? 00000863 00000864 Animal Crossing: New Leaf
? 00000a85 00000a86 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy

German Version ExtdataID is 00000a87

? ? 00000b4f Fullblox / Crashmo
? ? 00000ba9 Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
? ? 00000c24 Denpa men
00000c73 00000c73 00000c73 Save Data Transfer Tool
? ? 00000d9a Donkey Kong Country™
Returns 3D: Trailer
? ? 00000ea6 Etrian Odyssey IV
? 00000edf 00000ee0 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
? 00000f14 00000f1e Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
? 00001007 00001005 Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
? ? 00001062 Nintendo Pocket Football Club
? ? 0000111c Yoshi's New Island
? 00001132 00001131 Fantasy Life
000011c5 000011c5 000011c5 Pokémon Omega Ruby
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
? 000012c8 000012ca Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
? ? 00001499 Korg DSN-12
? ? 000014f2 Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
000014d1 000014d1 000014d1 Home Menu badge
? ? 00001632 Fullblox / Stretchmo
? ? 00001646 Pokémon Rumble World
00001648 00001648 00001648 Pokémon Sun
Pokémon Moon
0000165c 0000165c 0000165c Home Menu saved theme layouts
000016C6 ? 00001678 Yo-kai Watch
? ? 000018fa Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
? 0000198e 0000198f Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo
? ? 00001a05 Super Mario Maker
? ? 00001a2e Swapdoodle

NAND Shared Extdata[edit]

ExtdataID Description
0xe0000000 Home Menu attempts to open this archive during boot, if FS:OpenArchive doesn't return an error Home Menu seems to then launch the System Transfer application. Home Menu doesn't actually use this archive at all except for checking whether it exists.
0xf0000001 NAND JPEG/MPO files and phtcache.bin from the camera application are stored here. This also contains UploadData.dat.
0xf0000002 NAND M4A files from the sound application are stored here
0xf0000009 Used for SpotPass content storage for notifications.
0xf000000b Contains idb.dat, idbt.dat, gamecoin.dat, ubll.lst, CFL_DB.dat, and CFL_OldDB.dat. These files contain cleartext Miis and some data relating (including cached ICN data) to Play/Usage Records.
0xf000000c Contains bashotorya.dat and bashotorya2.dat.
0xf000000d Home Menu SpotPass content data storage.
0xf000000e Contains versionlist.dat, used by Home Menu for the software update notification added with 7.0.0-13.

Shared Extdata 0xf000000b gamecoin.dat[edit]

Offset Size Description
0x0 0x4 Magic number: 0x4F00
0x4 0x2 Total Play Coins
0x6 0x2 Total Play Coins obtained on the date stored below. When the below date does not match the current date, this field is reset to zero, then the date(and other fields) are updated. Once this value is >=10, no more Play Coins can be obtained until the current date changes.
0x8 0x4 Total step count at the time a new Play Coin was obtained.
0xC 0x4 Step count for the day the last Play Coin was obtained, for that day's step count(same as the step count displayed by home-menu when this file was updated).
0x10 0x2 Year
0x12 0x1 Month
0x13 0x1 Day

The above date stores the last time new Play Coin(s) were obtained. The contents of this file is updated by home-menu. PTM:GetTotalStepCount is not checked constantly, after home-menu boot this is only checked when waking from sleep-mode. Each time home-menu updates the contents of this file, home-menu will set the Play Coin total to 300 if it's higher than the 300 Play Coin limit.

Home Menu loads this file / opens this archive during startup. When accessing this file fails, like when the file/archive is corrupted(or at least on older system-versions), the result is a brick due to Home Menu using svcBreak. Yellows8 bricked a 3DS this way due to corruption via invalid FSFile:Write flush flags. When opening this extdata archive(0xf000000b) fails, Home Menu executes svcBreak.

Shared Extdata 0xf000000b ubll.lst[edit]

List of blocked users.

Empty space is filled with 0xC-long sequences of 00 00 ... 07

Tools[edit]

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