Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

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lemme try

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EDIT: It asks for seeddb.bin Where in hell would I get that
Go to the 3ds nfshost site and download the seeddb.bin from there place it on the root of the sd card and try again
 

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lolz, so many wasted hours, i messed up my sysnand with messing around in godmode9, to get my DSi flashcard working with Luma3ds, wiped something i better had not, 3ds didn't boot anymore, placed a9lh sysnand backup i made last week back, forgot to pick the correct option in Decrypt9, a9lh gone and no boot, damned, had to put a sysnand 9.2 backup back and redo everything to get Luma3DS back working.
Anyway, the Luma3DS FAQ is a nice riminder for things we forgot, it's a must read for everyone, new or not!
I'm begging to wonder though if we all enjoy hacking 3DS more than playing it.
 
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I'm begging to wonder though if we all enjoy hacking 3DS more than playing it.

Definitely

think the same ahah i restart the console more for trying new CFW features than playing games!

You bet, i do enjoy it more then playing games on it :P

Anyway, i gave up on DSi flashcards on this O3DSXL with latest Luma3DS and doing everything in the FAQ (installing the agb/twl cia's), i always brings me straight to the 'turn your console off screen. When switching to CakesFW it's the same.

Will play DSi games on my other O3DS with CakesFW works perfect on it (Luma3DS would also work i guess on this system, but this is my CakesFW test system)
 

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Another maybe stupid question.

Before i try, is it possible to have sysnand 10.7 and emunand 10.7 with Luma3DS? I always see, emunand 10.7/sysnand 9.2 or sysnand 10.7/emunand 9.2.

The reason:
like posted a few times already i can't get dsi flashcards to work on my sysnand 10.7 O3DSXL with Luma3DS (and CakesFW), seems a twl problem on my sysnand i can't get fixed (for now)
For some reason's on another system with the same problem, i switched to sysnand 9.2/emunand 10.7 and when booting into emunand 10.7 dsi flashcards work perfect.
Well, i could do the same on this one, but i want to keep sysnand 10.7 and no emunand.

What i want to try:
Getting emunand 10.7 on the system so that i have sysnand 10.7/emunand 10.7 see if on this O3DSXL DSi flashcards work fine in emunand 10.7
IF it does work fine, like the other system, i want to make an emunand backup and flash that with Decrypt9 back to sysnand with the option "NAND Restore (keep a9lh)".
Then hoping it all works out like i think it should ;)

anyway, have to go, this evening i'll make new nand backups and see if i can do this.
 

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Another maybe stupid question.

Before i try, is it possible to have sysnand 10.7 and emunand 10.7 with Luma3DS? I always see, emunand 10.7/sysnand 9.2 or sysnand 10.7/emunand 9.2.

The reason:
like posted a few times already i can't get dsi flashcards to work on my sysnand 10.7 O3DSXL with Luma3DS (and CakesFW), seems a twl problem on my sysnand i can't get fixed (for now)
For some reason's on another system with the same problem, i switched to sysnand 9.2/emunand 10.7 and when booting into emunand 10.7 dsi flashcards work perfect.
Well, i could do the same on this one, but i want to keep sysnand 10.7 and no emunand.

What i want to try:
Getting emunand 10.7 on the system so that i have sysnand 10.7/emunand 10.7 see if on this O3DSXL DSi flashcards work fine in emunand 10.7
IF it does work fine, like the other system, i want to make an emunand backup and flash that with Decrypt9 back to sysnand with the option "NAND Restore (keep a9lh)".
Then hoping it all works out like i think it should ;)

anyway, have to go, this evening i'll make new nand backups and see if i can do this.

Yes, you can have a 10.7 emu with a 10.7 sys.
But you seem to think that copying your 10.7 sys to create a 10.7 emu will magically make your twl_firm problems disappear. Why ?
 
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Yes, you can have a 10.7 emu with a 10.7 sys.
But you seem to think that copying your 10.7 sys to create a 10.7 emu will magically make your twl_firm problems disappear. Why ?
No i don't.
And it's making a 10.7 emunand from a 10.7 sysnand (cause for reasons unknown twl patching don't work on this system in sysnand), then check if it twl patching (dsi flashcards) work on the emunand 10.7 (like on my other system)
Then WHEN it works, i like to try out IF when writting the emunand to sysnand it still works on the newly created sysnand from emunand.
Before i throw in the towel, i like to try every possible solution i can think of. I don't expect anything magical to work, i just can't ignore an option i didn't try.
And i asked here cause MAYBE somebody has done it before and could give me an answer before i try it myself, if not, i'm sure to let you know how it goes :D
 
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No i don't.
And it's making a 10.7 emunand from a 10.7 sysnand (cause for reasons unknown twl patching don't work on this system in sysnand), then check if it twl patching (dsi flashcards) work on the emunand 10.7 (like on my other system)
Then WHEN it works, i like to try out IF when writting the emunand to sysnand it still works on the newly created sysnand from emunand.
Before i throw in the towel, i like to try every possible solution i can think of. I don't expect anything magical to work, i just can't ignore an option i didn't try.
And i asked here cause MAYBE somebody has done it before and could give me an answer before i try it myself, if not, i'm sure to let you know how it goes :D
I'd guess it is a problem with your TWLN/P partition being out of date. If you did a9lh and only copied over CTRNAND that would cause it
 

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I'd guess it is a problem with your TWLN/P partition being out of date. If you did a9lh and only copied over CTRNAND that would cause it
Well i did copy over everything, not only ctrnand, also did install the twl*.cia from the FAQ, also did in godmode9 some manual stuff that Aurora Wright told me to (wipe some old files), manually installed newer twl etc...
it keeps crashing with the power down system screen, on an other system (got a few to try on) with the same setup DSi works perfect, and both are the same age and whent to the same process of downgrade, upgrade, otp, etc...

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Anyway, got to go, will report this evening if i get to it.
 
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Reboot, then open Decrypt9 from arm9loaderhax by holding Start on boot

So, I hold START on boot of sysnand? Also I tried to load Luma3DS from sysnand and it's showing me a black screen. Only reason I did this is because holding START did nothing..
Edit: Sorry, this probably shouldn't go here.
Edit 2: Booted off the system myself and was able to load Luma3DS through a9hl. Held START but was still booted to sysnand? I mean, it's quite predictable when you select "Autoboot Sysnand" but I'm only just following the guide.

Can someone just explain in further detail of how to do this?
 
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So, I hold START on boot of sysnand? Also I tried to load Luma3DS from sysnand and it's showing me a black screen. Only reason I did this is because holding START did nothing..
Edit: Sorry, this probably shouldn't go here.
Edit 2: Booted off the system myself and was able to load Luma3DS through a9hl. Held START but was still booted to sysnand? I mean, it's quite predictable when you select "Autoboot Sysnand" but I'm only just following the guide.

Can someone just explain in further detail of how to do this?
Are you using Luma's payload chainloading? You may need to rename your Decrypt9 payload as the feature changed in the latest release.

It should be start_Decrypt9.bin instead of def_Decrypt9.bin
 
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Are you using Luma's payload chainloading? You may need to rename your Decrypt9 payload as the feature changed in the latest release.

It should be start_Decrypt9.bin instead of def_Decrypt9.bin

Okay, thank you. This change was when? Because last night at around 10 pm EST when I was working my way around Part 5, the guide said def_Decrypt9.bin.
 

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Here comes another question, which may have been covered yet.
Enable region/language emulation: Enables the region/language emulation feature. This allows some games which need a specific language to be set to work, and DLCs for foreign games to load.

Does this mean I can safely remove my JPN emuNAND?
Note that the one and only reason I have a JPN emuNAND is to be able to get special JPN Pokemon when they are available. I don't have any interest in JPN locked games.

And a small follow up question: If I use this method to play "JPN Pokemon X,Y,OR,AS", can I still play the game with English language?
 
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