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=== Is there a secret message embedded in the 3DS keyscrambler constant? ===
 
=== Is there a secret message embedded in the 3DS keyscrambler constant? ===
'''Background:''' TWL key scrambler constant was Nintendo in Japanese ("任天堂株式会社"), UTF-8LE encoded, with byte order mark.  The 3DS key scrambler constant, by comparison, is random-looking.
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'''Background:''' TWL key scrambler constant was "Nintendo Co., Ltd" in Japanese ("任天堂株式会社"), UTF-16LE encoded, with byte order mark.  The 3DS key scrambler constant, by comparison, is random-looking.
    
=== What is the PDN abbreviation? ===
 
=== What is the PDN abbreviation? ===
 
: Power distribution network
 
: Power distribution network
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=== How does Nintendo reflash bricked systems? ===
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'''Background:''' The boot ROM will boot from SPI flash if the FIRM partitions are both corrupt.  But if, say, Home Menu gets deleted, the system is dead, and boot ROM would still see the NAND as valid.  How does Nintendo's refurbishing center reflash such systems?
    
== Software ==
 
== Software ==
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