Homebrew Getting back into 3DS

[Blocked Name]

Hey guys,

I have not used my 3Ds for about 15 months and have just came back to it with the release of the new Pokémon games. I have come to realise that all of my modded content which has been available on my 3DS has gone and I wanted to get back into modding.

I still have my Gateway chip and have a few cia saves from the last few Pokémon games on a USB. Have forgotten how to install everything back onto my 3DS so I need some help. Was wondering what the best way would be to get my old saves back onto the Nintendo and make the new Pokémon games available on my 3DS. I do wish to play online without the worry of getting banned. When I last used my Nintendo legit CIA's were the best way to do this but I am unsure if that is still the case now. Basically just asking for what I should install onto my Nintendo and how I would go about it.

Also my 3DS is a new one and currently on firmware 9.0.0-20E.

Thank you for any help or advice in advance

 

[Giodude]

Hey guys,

I have not used my 3Ds for about 15 months and have just came back to it with the release of the new Pokémon games. I have come to realise that all of my modded content which has been available on my 3DS has gone and I wanted to get back into modding.

I still have my Gateway chip and have a few cia saves from the last few Pokémon games on a USB. Have forgotten how to install everything back onto my 3DS so I need some help. Was wondering what the best way would be to get my old saves back onto the Nintendo and make the new Pokémon games available on my 3DS. I do wish to play online without the worry of getting banned. When I last used my Nintendo legit CIA's were the best way to do this but I am unsure if that is still the case now. Basically just asking for what I should install onto my Nintendo and how I would go about it.

Also my 3DS is a new one and currently on firmware 9.0.0-20E.

Thank you for any help or advice in advance

Just wanted to ask a few questions. So you use a9lh or menuhax? If you use an emunand, what firmware is it? Is 9.0 for the sysnand or emunand?

 

[Deleted member 333767]

Your 3DS is so outdated by now, it honestly would be easier to just start over completely.

You'll want to install a hack called A9LH and use a CFW called Luma. If you want to keep Gateway functionality for cheating, you can also do this to.

Google for more info.

Rescue your save data by dumping them all one-by-one with savedatafiler or JK save manager and re import them after you've set up your 3DS from scratch.

 

[Giodude]

If you really do want to start over, use this guide https://3ds.guide/get-started all of your data will be intact.

 

[Deleted member 333767]

If you really do want to start over, use this guide https://3ds.guide/get-started all of your data will be intact.

If they have some form of hacks already installed like gateway, the OP can start directly from this section https://3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax

 

[KunoichiZ]

If they have some form of hacks already installed like gateway, the OP can start directly from this section https://3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax

How can they start from there? You have to be on 2.1.0 to install a9lh, and from their first post, they're on 9.0. They have to follow the guide to downgrade first. Plailect took out the OTPless installation for New 3DS systems. Unless you know something I don't.

 

[Deleted member 333767]

How can they start from there? You have to be on 2.1.0 to install a9lh, and from their first post, they're on 9.0. They have to follow the guide to downgrade first. Plailect took out the OTPless installation for New 3DS systems.

My apologies, i extracted all my OTP's when A9LH first anounced in January. So i had them on-hand and started from that section when i got around to installing A9LH later.

 

[erman1337]

If you're on 9.0 you can follow this guide without downgrading to 2.1.0:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161126125849/http://3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax

Some people might say it's risky but it's way less risky than downgrading to 2.1.0 (on a new 3DS)

 

[Deleted member 333767]

If you're on 9.0 you can follow this guide without downgrading to 2.1.0:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161126125849/http://3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax

I think it's noteworthy to mention that this method is claimed to be of a higher risk of bricking your console.

 

[Blocked Name]

So which method is generally the one I should use to download the software in my situation?

 

[Blocked Name]

Does anyone know which application the ctrtransfer download is meant to be opened in?

 

[The Catboy]

Does anyone know which application the ctrtransfer download is meant to be opened in?

Decrypt9, everything is provided in the guide and explained in the guide.
Also might I suggest checking my thread on CFWs.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/faq-what-cfw-is-best-for-me.428509/

 

[Blocked Name]

Decrypt9, everything is provided in the guide and explained in the guide.
Also might I suggest checking my thread on CFWs.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/faq-what-cfw-is-best-for-me.428509/

When I get to step 8 on this link https://3ds.guide/2.1.0-ctrtransfer , I cannot find a folder under any of the names listed. What do you think I should do?

 

[The Catboy]

When I get to step 8 on this link https://3ds.guide/2.1.0-ctrtransfer , I cannot find a folder under any of the names listed. What do you think I should do?

You create the folders

 

[Blocked Name]

You create the folders

Yeh, I managed to figure it out and complete the installation just wondering now if anyone has any links of applications to download, which are popular and considered almost necessary.

 

[The Catboy]

Yeh, I managed to figure it out and complete the installation just wondering now if anyone has any links of applications to download.

Boom! Got you covered!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/helpful-3ds-homebrew-threads-links-always-updating.400950

 

[Blocked Name]

Boom! Got you covered!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/helpful-3ds-homebrew-threads-links-always-updating.400950

Ah cheers that is extremely helpful. Which ones would you say are the best ones to get to start off with? Just a lot to look through and I will eventually get through to looking at the majority of them but which ones should I start off with.

 

[The Catboy]

Ah cheers that is extremely helpful. Which ones would you say are the best ones to get to start off with? Just a lot to look through and I will eventually get through to looking at the majority of them but which ones should I start off with.

My suggestion, Hourglass9 and Decrypt9. Hourglass9 is a good way to safely dump and restore your NAND without risking overwriting your A9LH install. Decrypt9 just has tons of features like dumping games and basically everything.

 

[Blocked Name]

My suggestion, Hourglass9 and Decrypt9. Hourglass9 is a good way to safely dump and restore your NAND without risking overwriting your A9LH install. Decrypt9 just has tons of features like dumping games and basically everything.

Do you think freeshop is the best way to get applications and games or is there a better and safer way to do it with a lower risk of getting banned?

 

[Blocked Name]

My suggestion, Hourglass9 and Decrypt9. Hourglass9 is a good way to safely dump and restore your NAND without risking overwriting your A9LH install. Decrypt9 just has tons of features like dumping games and basically everything.

I have some CIA games and some .sav files from my old gateway setup. Would you know if there was a way for me to recover these saves onto my new Luma setup which was from the 3dsguide website.