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Is that a legit AK2i?

Two days ago a received a package from nds-card (I had bought an AK2i), but my first impression was disappointed, "Dsi (XL)&3DS, Compatibble"... "Is the original flashcard or a clone", I asked myself. To begin with, I'd never seen a space between "Dsi" and "(XL)" on a single image of that card, the "s" of "Dsi" is in lowercase, plus I can't recognize the language of the word "compatibble" (with two "b"). [attachment part 1]

I quickly tried it on my O3DS (bootsatrop 1.3 + Luma 8.1.1) and the 50% of the time I get a black screen error or my system didn't recognize the card... [attachment part 2] But after many attempts, sometimes I get it to work. All of this is normal.... or my card have a problem? [attachment part 3]

P.S. I already have installed TWLNAND cias, and the paper trick... but get the same, only 50% of the times my card works.
Test out a different DS game to see if DS games work at all.
Also, why would you even want a Flashcart? Saying you already installed TWLNAND cias you clearly have CFW, and if you have CFW you can play NDS games without the cart with TWLoader.
 

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Test out a different DS game to see if DS games work at all.
Also, why would you even want a Flashcart? Saying you already installed TWLNAND cias you clearly have CFW, and if you have CFW you can play NDS games without the cart with TWLoader.
Because twloader only works with some games?
 

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OK, what does Native FIRM mean exactly? Also, any flashcards besides Gateway that are capable of enabling cheats and such?
It's the firmware that loads when your playing 3DS games, using 3DS stuff, etc.
There are a few FIRMs, NATIVE_FIRM, TWL_FIRM, and SAFE_MODE_FIRM to name a few. I think there is also a TWLN_FIRM, but someone correct me if I'm wrong or missed one.
Also, Luma should patch SAFE_MODE_FIRM to be actually useful.
And don't use 3DS Flashcarts, they suck.
 

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It's the firmware that loads when your playing 3DS games, using 3DS stuff, etc.
There are a few FIRMs, NATIVE_FIRM, TWL_FIRM, and SAFE_MODE_FIRM to name a few. I think there is also a TWLN_FIRM, but someone correct me if I'm wrong or missed one.
Also, Luma should patch SAFE_MODE_FIRM to be actually useful.
And don't use 3DS Flashcarts, they suck.
>3DS flashcarts suck period
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I'm at Section IV of the A9LH to B9S guide and have a few questions ->
1. Do I really have to update? I'm still on 9.2 and I'm scared of new things!
2. What is this Ctrnand luma thingy and what does it do?
3. I have noticed that people got banned, Is this because they cheated/used unreleased games and such or rather Nintendo has an system that bans Cfw?
4. Is there a way to verify sysnands like identify their firmware?
5. Should I decide to proceed can I just destroy Emunand or does it have to be transfered to sysnand?

A lot of noob questions but I really don't want to break my 3ds
 
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I'm at Section IV of the A9LH to B9S guide and have a few questions ->
1. Do I really have to update? I'm still on 9.2 and I'm scared of new things!
2. What is this Ctrnand luma thingy and what does it do?
3. I have noticed that people got banned, Is this because they cheated/used unreleased games and such or rather Nintendo has an system that bans Cfw?
4. Is there a way to verify sysnands like identify their firmware?
5. Should I decide to proceed can I just destroy Emunand or does it have to be transfered to sysnand?

A lot of noob questions but I really don't want to break my 3ds
Yes, updating with Luma and B9S are fine.
Ctrnand lets you boot without an SD card. It's very useful.
To not get banned for CFW, do the disable spot pass and friends list thing.
I don't really know what you mean.
If you have a GW type EmuNand you should transfer to SysNand, otherwise you can do what you want.
 
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Yes, updating with Luma and B9S are fine.
Ctrnand lets you boot without an SD card. It's very useful.
To not get banned for CFW, do the disable spot pass and friends list thing.
I don't really know what you mean.
If you have a GW type EmuNand you should transfer to SysNand, otherwise you can do what you want.
disabling the friendlist thingy does it have to be done on the latest firmware? trying to open friendlist crashes my 3ds
 
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Is it possible that some titles are not for 9.2, Can I check this and fix it? also no dsiware nor virtual console boots it gives a prefetch exception
 

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Is it possible that some titles are not for 9.2, Can I check this and fix it? also no dsiware nor virtual console boots it gives a prefetch exception
Yeah, could be. Or, you might have a corrupted TWLNAND, which happens sometimes.
Go to 3ds.guide/troubleshooting.html
Go to DS/DSi functionality broken part.
 
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Hey guys, I'v been gone awhile for modding and i was wondering can i update with this FW 12.2.0-35? I think i'm using Luma with A9LH
 

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