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[BobDoleOwndU]

Hey guys. New here. I used to be on top of the whole scene way back when Acekard was still a thing. I have a 3DS currently running 4.0 with my Acekard 2i, but I'd be super keen to try out a newer flashcart. I've ordered a Gateway and a gamecart which will upgrade my system to 4.1 - 4.5 (Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask, US edition).

I have a couple of questions:

• Will the blue Gateway cart work more or less like my current Acekard 2i?
  • ie. will I be able to keep my existing DS game and save files?
  • Will my existing emulators work on it (for GBa games)? If not, are there new ones that will?
• This may sound very noobish of me, but can I still play retail carts once I've gone through the process to get my Gateway up and running? Will my existing save files for those retail carts work too?

Is there anything in particular I should watch out for, being that I am using a 3Ds with an existing custom flashcart to port over to a new one? Should I restore everything to factory before I go ahead with the change or ... ?

Yes, the blue card is just a DS flashcart. You should be able to transfer over your games and saves with no problems. I believe as long as the flashcart is strong enough to support the emulator, it will work fine.

Yes, you will still be able to play retail carts without issue. You can play newer games via Classic Mode. Existing saves should work fine since you are on 4.X and haven't updated far enough to get the new save encryption.

There's no need to go back to factory settings before using the Gateway. After you setup emuNAND with Gateway, you may wish to format sysNAND though (this unlinks sysNAND and emuNAND), since it prevents a bunch of problems.

I've been playing a game all on .3ds, .cia and retail format. I've noticed that loading times on the .3ds version are a lot worse; 4-7 seconds more. .cia and retail are about the same. Is this the fault of the gateway cart or micro sd used in it?

This is likely the fault of the SD. The faster the SD card is, the faster load times should be.

I have a noob question. Actually I know there are different exploit that have access to different function of the console, but I don't know who do what.
The question is: it will be possible use ninjhax2 exploit to make a firmware downgrade ?
Thanks

Not currently, and likely not any time soon. Ninjhax 2.0 only has userland access; kernel access is required to downgrade. There was 3 years between the 4.X and 5.0-9.2 exploits, so it's unlikely another kernel exploit will be found in the near future.

 

[tivu100]

What is OOT exploit able to do as of now?

 

[TS26]

hey all. I bought a new 3DS xl and the FW on it is Ver. 9.0.0-20U.

Should i go for a sky3ds or a gateway flashcart? also whats the requirement on gateway? Like do i need to buy another game for gateway to install ? And lastly whats more brick risky, sky3ds or gateway? I've never owned a ds so im a total noob at it.

 

[thebatdadd]

Quick question: I'm using ninjhax 2.0 on my 9.9 FW japanese N3DS (the cubic ninja rom is loaded through sky3ds). With the built in ninjhax region unlocker, can I play my legit physical NA retail carts online on my japanese 3DS with no worries of being banned? Or does Nintendo check to make sure the game's region matches up correctly with the 3DS' region for online play?

 

[LordStarkiller]

Question, I have firmware version 9.7.0-25U and since I'm sick of waiting for Bandai and Nintendo to do it I want to import Dragonball Heroes Ultimate Mission 2. Is there any hack/custom firmware/flashcard I can use to accomplish my goal of making my 3DS region-free? (I have the original model 3DS for reference.)

 

[rklamer]

If I install emunand, will the emunand pick up as my original 3ds nand in terms of eShop content? So will my games I bought in the eShop on sysnand be redownloadable on the emunand? Thanks.

 

[JohnTravolski]

Okay, so maybe I'm just confused here, but let me consider this. If we can hack the "New" 3DS, to get custom firmwares on it (emuNAND) yet a system update (on emuNAND) is likely to make emuNAND unusable on the "New" 3DS, what is the future of all of this right now? Obviously many people want to be able to install games for free and whatnot, but if future system updates are required to play newer titles (which they will be) and those versions won't work because those system updates to the emuNAND will make the emuNAND unusable (possibly), then are the future titles just going to remain un-hackable?

 

[aruna]

hmm can anyone help me? so i got the rom, and its NAND type rom... and i got sky3ds blue button, when i try to write it says its NAND type rom not eeprom... so the question is

-can sky3ds play nand type rom?
-if yes how, if no any method to make itplayable? thanks

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

What is OOT exploit able to do as of now?

OoT is only usable as an exploit to launch GW on the N3DS currently. I believe Smealum is working on a way to enable homebrew through it though.

hey all. I bought a new 3DS xl and the FW on it is Ver. 9.0.0-20U.

Should i go for a sky3ds or a gateway flashcart? also whats the requirement on gateway? Like do i need to buy another game for gateway to install ? And lastly whats more brick risky, sky3ds or gateway? I've never owned a ds so im a total noob at it.

Out of those two choices, Gateway is better for sure. Way more features and it allows for homebrew, modded roms and a bunch of other stuff. Alternatively, if you don't mind not having a flashcart at all, you can use ReiNAND CFW instead. I believe it supports most of the features Gateway does and it's free. If you go with Gateway, you will require either a copy of Cubic Ninja or Ocarina of Time (for Ocarina of Time you will also need either a save dongle or a Gateway compatible 3DS to install the save exploit). If you go with ReiNAND, you will require a copy of Cubic Ninja.

Question, I have firmware version 9.7.0-25U and since I'm sick of waiting for Bandai and Nintendo to do it I want to import Dragonball Heroes Ultimate Mission 2. Is there any hack/custom firmware/flashcard I can use to accomplish my goal of making my 3DS region-free? (I have the original model 3DS for reference.)

Either RegionFOUR or Ninjhax 2.0 can accomplish what you want. You will require a copy of Cubic Ninja or a Sky3DS with Cubic Ninja on it in order to run the region free launcher of your choice.

Okay, so maybe I'm just confused here, but let me consider this. If we can hack the "New" 3DS, to get custom firmwares on it (emuNAND) yet a system update (on emuNAND) is likely to make emuNAND unusable on the "New" 3DS, what is the future of all of this right now? Obviously many people want to be able to install games for free and whatnot, but if future system updates are required to play newer titles (which they will be) and those versions won't work because those system updates to the emuNAND will make the emuNAND unusable (possibly), then are the future titles just going to remain un-hackable?

It's hard to say right now. We'll see what happens when a game using a new SDK is released. A workaround could possibly be developed, and if one is, then we'll be good to play newer games, even if we're still stuck on emuNAND 9.5. If a workaround isn't found then we might be stuck until either a new exploit is found, or the N3DS encryption is cracked.

 

[JohnTravolski]

Okay. Thanks for your always-detailed responses. However, I do have another question; is it possible to use FBI installer to install programs onto the sysNAND (SaveDataFiler and FreeMultiPatcher, specifically)?

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

Okay. Thanks for your always-detailed responses. However, I do have another question; is it possible to use FBI installer to install programs onto the sysNAND (SaveDataFiler and FreeMultiPatcher, specifically)?

Yes, it is possible to install both of those to sysNAND with FBI. I wouldn't recommend installing .cias to sysNAND if you can avoid it though. There's always a small bricking risk when installing .cias, and it's much easier to recover emuNAND than sysNAND.

 

[JohnTravolski]

Okay, thank you, good words of advice there. I wouldn't want to screw my friend over.

 

[tivu100]

What/How is the chance to get a Super Smash Bros 3DS with 9.2.0 system update? My friend collects odd games and he is interested in get one of these SMB with 9.2 update.

 

[TS26]

OoT is only usable as an exploit to launch GW on the N3DS currently. I believe Smealum is working on a way to enable homebrew through it though.


Out of those two choices, Gateway is better for sure. Way more features and it allows for homebrew, modded roms and a bunch of other stuff. Alternatively, if you don't mind not having a flashcart at all, you can use ReiNAND CFW instead. I believe it supports most of the features Gateway does and it's free. If you go with Gateway, you will require either a copy of Cubic Ninja or Ocarina of Time (for Ocarina of Time you will also need either a save dongle or a Gateway compatible 3DS to install the save exploit). If you go with ReiNAND, you will require a copy of Cubic Ninja.

does ReiNAND CFW have rom support?

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

does ReiNAND CFW have rom support?

Yes, you can install roms as .cia files. If you want to look at everything ReiNAND offers, the release thread is here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/realease-reinand-cfw.391663/

 

[tivu100]

Does OOT exploit work on O3DS 9.2 to boot GW menu without GW flashcart?

 

[aruna]

i guess no one reply my question then? oh well

 

[TS26]

Yes, you can install roms as .cia files. If you want to look at everything ReiNAND offers, the release thread is here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/realease-reinand-cfw.391663/

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[phazer]

3. I tried to launch GW launcher again (go.gateway-3ds.com), but it does not load anymore. Due to the installed DS profile exploit?

Update:
I solved that issue by creating a favorite in the browser and opened the url using the favorite. With the seconed attempt this way it works.

 

[Funky.Art]

Hi everyone ! I need your help ! D:
I'm installing lot of homebrew in ninjhax 2.0, but Portal 3DS, 3DNES aren't present in the list of homebrew, why ? Do you have any ideas ? D:
And also, 3DSCraft isn't working anymore, i only have a red screen in the bottom...
Thank you for helping me !