Thus, when you see ios56-64-v5661.wad , you are looking at a file frozen in time—representing the state of IOS56 just before Nintendo’s final crackdown.
Allow specific titles that require IOS56 to run properly on a hacked system.
This is where (custom IOS) comes in. The homebrew community, led by developers like Waninkoko, Hermes, and later d2x cIOS team, discovered that by taking an official IOS (like IOS56) and patching its permissions, they could create a hybrid.