NIM Services
NIM updater service "nim:u"
NIM server service "nim:s"
| Command Header | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x00010200 | StartDownloadSimple |
| 0x00020000 | CancelDownload |
| 0x00030000 | GetProgress |
| 0x00050082 | UnregisterTask |
| 0x00060080 | IsTaskRegistered |
| 0x000A0000 | CheckSysupdateAvailableSOAP |
| 0x000B0084 | SetAttribute |
| 0x0016020A | ListTitles |
| 0x00220080 | AccountDeleteTitleETicketsSOAP. The SOAP request is sent only after the ticket for the specified titleID has been successfully deleted. |
| 0x00290000 | AccountCheckBalanceSOAP |
| 0x002D0042 | DownloadTickets |
| 0x003C0002 | RegisterSelf |
| 0x003F0000 | GetInitializeResult. Checks whether nim is properly initialized or not. If it is not, the result code returned is non-zero. |
| 0x00420240 | StartDownload |
| 0x00550246 | RegisterTask |
| 0x00570082 | ConnectNoTicketDownload |
NIM server service "nim:aoc"
| Command Header | Description |
|---|---|
| 0x00030042 | SetApplicationId |
| 0x00040042 | SetTin |
| 0x000902D0 | ListContentSetsEx |
| 0x00180000 | GetBalance |
| 0x001D0000 | GetCustomerSupportCode |
| 0x00210000 | Initialize |
| 0x00240282 | CalculateContentsRequiredSize |
| 0x00250000 | RefreshServerTime |
NIM service "nim:ndm"
kagiya server
The nim system module communicates with a server called kagiya (kagiya-ctr.cdn.nintendo.net or kagiya-dev-ctr.cdn.nintendo.net for development units). It provides the 9.6 crypto seed in binary form for any given title ID under (HTTPS) kagiya-ctr.cdn.nintendo.net/title/0x%16llx/ext_key?country=%s, where %16llx is the title ID and %s is a country code as used in the eShop.
New3DS
NIM module only uses CheckNew3DS for determining what heap sizes to use, in two functions. One is for the size of the 0x08000000 vmem heap, the other is probably for some buffer allocated on that heap. The New3DS version of these sizes are 0x1C000-bytes larger than the Old3DS sizes here.
HTTPS requests
Trusted RootCAs
During startup NIM-module creates two RootCertChains with HTTPC. Both of these only contain the same default cert with ID 0x3. The first RootCertChain is used with NetUpdateSOAP. Requests such as the "notifications.json" page don't use these RootCertChains(in this case just default certID 0xB is used).
SOAP
NetUpdateSOAP
There are exactly 3 types of network SOAP requests used with NetUpdateSOAP by NIM module, described below. This URL contained in NIM module itself is only used with GetSystemTitleHash. The other requests use an identical URL loaded from an ECommerceSOAP response instead.
See also here.
GetSystemUpdate
Returns the current sysupdate title-listing. This also contains the SystemTitleHash returned by GetSystemTitleHash.
GetSystemTitleHash
Returns the current SystemTitleHash for the current sysupdate title-listing.
GetSystemCommonETicket
Returns the Base64-encoded cetk for each specified TitleId entry.
This is only used when installing new titles. This means with CDN system-updates, tickets are never installed except when a title is being installed for the first time. For example, a system on the latest system-version that was only ever updated via CDN has the same NATIVE_FIRM ticket installed from the factory.
Sysupdate checking process
This section describes the process used when checking whether a sysupdate is required.
First the GetSystemTitleHash SOAP request is done. Then the SystemTitleHash in savedata hash.dat is compared with the received one. If they match and the SystemTitleHash flag is set to value 0x03, it will immediately return that no sysupdate is required. Otherwise it will start the GetSystemUpdate SOAP request handling.
The GetSystemUpdate SOAP request contains a titlelist of all NAND system-titles. For GetSystemUpdate response parsing, it compares each SOAP title_entry with the NAND system titlelist. If a SOAP titleID isn't found in the NAND titlelist, this means NAND is missing a new title and hence a sysupdate is required for installing that title. If a NAND title_entry-version is less than the SOAP title_entry-version, this means the title needs updated and hence a sysupdate is required.
At least one <TitleVersion> entry with valid data in the GetSystemUpdate response is required.
The titleIDs sent in the GetSystemUpdate SOAP request are decimal, while the titleIDs in the response are hex.
NIM System_SaveData
hash.dat
| Offset | Size | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x60 | 0x1 | u8 flag used with the SystemTitleHash. 0x01 = latest sysupdate isn't installed as of last SOAP requests, 0x03 = latest sysupdate is installed as of last SOAP requests. |
| 0x61 | 0x21 | ASCII hex SystemTitleHash, including NUL-terminator. This is the latest SystemTitleHash which NIM module received from SOAP. |
Types
SystemUpdateProgress
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 0x01 | System Update State |
| 0x01 | 0x03 | Padding |
| 0x04 | 0x04 | Last Operation Result Code |
| 0x08 | 0x08 | Current Title Downloaded Bytes |
| 0x10 | 0x08 | Current Title Total Bytes |
| 0x18 | 0x08 | Titles Downloaded |
| 0x20 | 0x08 | Titles Total |
SystemUpdateState
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not Initialized |
| 1 | Starting System Update |
| 2 | Fetching System Hash and Account Status |
| 3 | Installing New Tickets |
| 4 | Installing Titles |
| 5 | Update Complete |
| 6 | Failed - System Updates Disabled (Dev Units Only) |
| 7 | ? (Only for background updates) |
| 8 | ? (Only for background updates) |
TitleDownloadProgress
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 0x01 | Title Download State |
| 0x01 | 0x03 | Padding |
| 0x04 | 0x04 | Last Operation Result Code |
| 0x08 | 0x08 | Downloaded Bytes |
| 0x10 | 0x08 | Total Bytes |
TitleDownloadState
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Not Initialized |
| 1 | Starting Title Download |
| 2 | Downloading and Installing TMD |
| 3 | Committing TMD |
| 4 | Downloading and Installing Contents |
| 5 | Contents Installed |
| 6 | Committing Titles |
| 7 | Finished |
| 8 | ? (Unknown error regarding title version?) |
| 9 | ? (Creating the .ctx file (or error doing so)?) |
| 10 | Background Download Failed |
TitleDownloadConfig
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | 0x08 | Title ID |
| 0x08 | 0x04 | Title version |
| 0x0C | 0x04 | Unknown (always 0?) |
| 0x10 | 0x01 | Age Rating (for HOME Menu parental controls) |
| 0x11 | 0x01 | Media Type |
| 0x12 | 0x02 | Padding |
| 0x14 | 0x04 | Unknown (always 0?) |
BackgroundTitleDownloadConfig
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x000 | 0x018 | Title Download Config |
| 0x018 | 0x001 | Unknown |
| 0x019 | 0x001 | Unknown |
| 0x01A | 0x006 | Padding |
| 0x020 | 0x008 | Requester Title ID |
| 0x028 | 0x090 | Title Name (UTF-16) |
| 0x0B8 | 0x002 | Title Name Forced NUL Terminator (always 0) |
| 0x0BA | 0x048 | Developer Name (UTF-16) |
| 0x102 | 0x002 | Developer Name Forced NUL Terminator (always 0) |
BackgroundTitleDownloadTaskInfo
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x000 | 0x104 | Background Title Download Config |
| 0x104 | 0x004 | Padding |
| 0x108 | 0x018 | Title Download Progress |
AutoTitleDownloadTaskInfo
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x000 | 0x008 | Task ID |
| 0x008 | 0x008 | Title ID |
| 0x010 | 0x004 | Title Version |
| 0x014 | 0x014 | Unknown |
| 0x028 | 0x008 | Required Storage Space |
| 0x030 | 0x004 | Last Operation Result code |
| 0x034 | 0x004 | Last Operation Customer Support Code |
| 0x038 | 0x090 | Title Name (UTF-16) |
| 0x0C8 | 0x002 | Title Name Forced NUL Terminator (always 0) |
| 0x0CA | 0x048 | Developer Name (UTF-16) |
| 0x112 | 0x002 | Developer Name Forced NUL Terminator (always 0) |
| 0x114 | 0x024 | Unknown |
InstallationMode
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Initial Installation |
| 1 | Unknown |
| 2 | Unknown |
| 3 | Re-installation |
Autodbg
Despite this being for debug purposes, it's used in retail if present.
| Offset | Length | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0x000 | 0x004 | Debug flags |
| 0x004 | 0x004 | Number of debug tasks in dbgtasks.dat |
| 0x008 | 0x100 | Debug URL dst.xml override |
Autodbg flag bits
| Bit | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Use the tasks stored in dbgtasks.dat |
| 1 | Use provided debug dtl.xml URL override |
| 2 | Disable the download of dtl.xml |
| 3 | Skip connecting to SOAP EC and download ETickets with a false success result during TSL processing |
| 4 | Fake assume always ticket is present during TSL task condition processing |
| 5 | Skip NPNS notification fetch for auto title downloads with a false success result |