Hacking The status of Gateway and A9LH

[Maximilious]

So, I got A9LH installed on my O3DS and I'm still kind of new to the whole a9lh deal, but I see the benefits with the start/select at boot options which is nice. Currently it's using Luma sysNAND due to reformats and such from the process. How can I go about getting my GW emuNAND backup working along with the GW cart? I see GW has their own a9lh.bin file, but how do I implement that?

 

[andre104623]

So, I got A9LH installed on my O3DS and I'm still kind of new to the whole a9lh deal, but I see the benefits with the start/select at boot options which is nice. Currently it's using Luma sysNAND due to reformats and such from the process. How can I go about getting my GW emuNAND backup working along with the GW cart? I see GW has their own a9lh.bin file, but how do I implement that?

Rename the arm9loaderhax.bin from gateways site to up_GW.bin and put it in luma/payloads then when you boot the system hold up. You also need the launcher.dat in the root of your SD card from the 4.0b zip file. I don't know if you can have emunand but then again why would you want it

 

[Maximilious]

Rename the arm9loaderhax.bin from gateways site to up_GW.bin and put it in luma/payloads then when you boot the system hold up. You also need the launcher.dat in the root of your SD card from the 4.0b zip file. I don't know if you can have emunand but then again why would you want it

Thanks that will help a lot. I still see benefit in emuNAND, just that extra layer of protection. I'm guessing if I want to use emuNAND partition I can set that in the Luma settings by holding select and de-selecting "autoboot sysnand", and then selecting "use second emunand as default", right?

 

[shanefromoz]

Does the Gateway card work with Luma?
Im very new to cfw.

 

[Guyver]

Does the Gateway card work with Luma?
Im very new to cfw.

I can't seem to get Gateway to load using a9lh v2 with luma chainloading

 

[Temptress Cerise]

I can't seem to get Gateway to load using a9lh v2 with luma chainloading

Downgrade to v1 a9lh. There is really isn't anything out there that requires v2 yet.

 

[Maximilious]

Downgrade to v1 a9lh. There is really isn't anything out there that requires v2 yet.

I think I'm running into that same issue - So I can follow this guide to downgrade to v1, right?

https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Updating-arm9loaderhax

Spoiler

Instructions

1. Rename arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of your SD card to arm9loaderhax.bin.bak
2. Copy arm9loaderhax.bin from the SafeA9LHInstaller zip to the root of your SD card
3. Copy the a9lh folder from data_input_v2.zip to the root of your SD Card
4. Copy payload_stage1.bin and payload_stage2.bin from the arm9loaderhax zip to a9lhfolder on your SD card
5. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS
6. Boot the device
7. Press Select to update arm9loaderhax
8. Power off the device and put your SD card back in your computer
9. Delete arm9loaderhax.bin from the root of your SD card
10. Rename arm9loaderhax.bin.bak on the root of your SD card to arm9loaderhax.bin
11. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS and boot

 

[cearp]

Does the Gateway card work with Luma?
Im very new to cfw.

you can't use them at the same time, but you can use them separately and easily, on the same 3ds on boot.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

I think I'm running into that same issue - So I can follow this guide to downgrade to v1, right?

https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Updating-arm9loaderhax

Spoiler

Instructions

1. Rename arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of your SD card to arm9loaderhax.bin.bak
2. Copy arm9loaderhax.bin from the SafeA9LHInstaller zip to the root of your SD card
3. Copy the a9lh folder from data_input_v2.zip to the root of your SD Card
4. Copy payload_stage1.bin and payload_stage2.bin from the arm9loaderhax zip to a9lhfolder on your SD card
5. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS
6. Boot the device
7. Press Select to update arm9loaderhax
8. Power off the device and put your SD card back in your computer
9. Delete arm9loaderhax.bin from the root of your SD card
10. Rename arm9loaderhax.bin.bak on the root of your SD card to arm9loaderhax.bin
11. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS and boot

Actually, you can't follow that guide. You need to go back to a clean 9.0-9.2 sysNAND backup, and use the v1 A9LH payload files, with the older SafeA9LHInstaller.

v2 doesn't let you downgrade it.



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Got that info from here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/a9lh-choose-bin-file-to-load.430461/#post-6440943

 

[Maximilious]

Actually, you can't follow that guide. You need to go back to a clean 9.0-9.2 sysNAND backup, and use the v1 A9LH payload files, with the older SafeA9LHInstaller.

v2 doesn't let you downgrade it.

Bleh, ok, but at least now I can just flash my 9.2 backup and run SafeA9LHInstaller from HBC since I already have my OTP files right? Or do I need to downgrade to 2.1 all over again?

 

[Temptress Cerise]

Bleh, ok, but at least now I can just flash my 9.2 backup and run SafeA9LHInstaller from HBC since I already have my OTP files right? Or do I need to downgrade to 2.1 all over again?

Remember to use Decrypt9 to flash back your clean 9.2 backup. Hourglass9 will by default always keep A9LH.

As for running SafeA9LHInstaller, as long as you have your OTP.bin and the v1 files, with the correct SafeA9LHInstaller, then you'll be fine.

 

[Maximilious]

Remember to use Decrypt9 to flash back your clean 9.2 backup. Hourglass9 will by default always keep A9LH.

As for running SafeA9LHInstaller, as long as you have your OTP.bin and the v1 files, with the correct SafeA9LHInstaller, then you'll be fine.

So if I understand correctly, whenever flashing using HG9, A9LH will be preserved, but using Decrypt9 will wipe it out? I know that's what we want for the downgrade, just making sure I understand each HB's function.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

So if I understand correctly, whenever flashing using HG9, A9LH will be preserved, but using Decrypt9 will wipe it out? I know that's what we want for the downgrade, just making sure I understand each HB's function.

Decrypt9 can keep it, if you use Keep A9LH option, when using it. However, we don't want that in your case, as we want to be in a clean non-A9LH 9.2 sysNAND backup. If you use Hourglass9, it'll always keep, preserve your current A9LH, regardless of the state of the NAND backup used to flash.

 

[Maximilious]

Decrypt9 can keep it, if you use Keep A9LH option, when using it. However, we don't want that in your case, as we want to be in a clean non-A9LH 9.2 sysNAND backup. If you use Hourglass9, it'll always keep, preserve your current A9LH, regardless of the state of the NAND backup used to flash.

Nice, that's good to know! Perhaps I'll wait for GW to update their payload to work with v2, since that should be coming SOON I'd imagine. I can still use my N3DS system, my O3DS is kind of my test platform before deciding to move a9lh to my N3DS. All I want to make sure of now is that I can launch GW, create an emuNAND, restore my GWemuNAND backup, and then boot to that through a9lh.

 

[sj33]

I can't seem to get Gateway to load using a9lh v2 with luma chainloading

Can anybody else confirm this? I was planning to install v2 tonight. Are we sure this isn't just a screen-init issue?

 

[Maximilious]

Can anybody else confirm this? I was planning to install v2 tonight. Are we sure this isn't just a screen-init issue?

I'm on v2 and I get a black screen when I try to launch it. I was thinking it's because I don't have menuhax installed, but I doubt that's the issue.

 

[sj33]

That's a shame because Gateway may or may not update their payload. It is known that Gateway's payload needs screen_init so I wondered if that was the cause.

ctrBootManager9 is aparently broken too so something must be causing issues.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

Yeah, I only tried it in BootCTR9. We should find out if it works in others (either way, I'm definitely thinking I chose... wisely, when selecting a boot manager).

EDIT: Well, I'm officially lost for words at this point. Just tried 4.0b with A9LH v2, and that worked too. Loaded a ROM, seemed to play alright.

Can anybody else confirm this? I was planning to install v2 tonight. Are we sure this isn't just a screen-init issue?

Kazuma77 said he tried it with v2, and it worked. But maybe he can chime in on his experience, sure he's also using BootCTR9 to launch it.

But anyways, as for me, I am staying on v1 for now.

I'm on v2 and I get a black screen when I try to launch it. I was thinking it's because I don't have menuhax installed, but I doubt that's the issue.

You could try using BootCtr9, and seeing if that helps, as that may be the only difference with what Kazuma77 reported.

That's a shame because Gateway may or may not update their payload. It is known that Gateway's payload needs screen_init so I wondered if that was the cause.

ctrBootManager9 is aparently broken too so something must be causing issues.

It seems broken on screen-init and non-screen-init v2. Though, again, look at Kazuma77's post.

 

[Maximilious]

You could try using BootCtr9, and seeing if that helps, as that may be the only difference with what Kazuma77 reported.

And yet another noob question - How can I do that? I really lost touch with all new HB tools since I was so content using CN to launch GW.

 

[nintendo3dsxlfan]

I can confirm that Gateway does not work with A9LH v2, using Plailect's guide.