Hacking I updated fom A9LH to B9S

[Stephano]

first time i read about b9s, what boot times are faster? the first time you boot up your 3ds?
or would games boot faster.
i have both my og and n3ds on a9lh with updated sysNAND luma cfw.

is it better to update to this new b9s now or worth waiting, considering some saying it is not so major for end users but more for devs.

I would just go ahead and update now. It only takes about 5-10 minutes and its easy as pie.
More stuff will come out in the future but updating it now can save some headache in the future. Plus you can brag to others pronto.

 

[Onepunchbruh]

Looks fair to me. I'm updating aswell thanks for the info. Also one last question with this new b9s in future will we able to boot gateway card directly without booting into gateway mode?

 

[leonmagnus99]

I would just go ahead and update now. It only takes about 5-10 minutes and its easy as pie.
More stuff will come out in the future but updating it now can save some headache in the future. Plus you can brag to others pronto.

will do, but will luma cfw boot up like usual with a9lh? Edit: and i use updated sysNAND, have no emuNAND.

 

[Stephano]

will do, but will luma cfw boot up like usual with a9lh?

The two hacks run very similarly. You shouldn't feel any sort of change between the two except that B9S boots a little faster.

 

[leonmagnus99]

The two hacks run very similarly. You shouldn't feel any sort of change between the two except that B9S boots a little faster.

neat, i'll update to it later on today.

 

[sora10pls]

The two hacks run very similarly. You shouldn't feel any sort of change between the two except that B9S boots a little faster.

boot9strap still reads from the SD Card so the boot time isn't actually faster.

Derrek's release of sighax however, is, since it reads from NAND.

Since B9S is still pretty new, there will for sure be updates to it to accommodate a faster boot speed.

 

[Stephano]

neat, i'll update to it later on today.

good luck. Just a heads up though. There have been threads talking about errors with installing B9S. A good amount of these issues should be solved by redownloading the files and trying again.

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boot9strap still reads from the SD Card so the boot time isn't actually faster.

Derrek's release of sighax however, is, since it reads from NAND.

Since B9S is still pretty new, there will for sure be updates to it to accommodate a faster boot speed.

I did not know that. Thanks for the tip.

 

[codezer0]

So, for anyone else that used the whole thing of enabling GW usage through Luma CFW on A9LH, does that work on B9S here? I need to confirm that before I attempt this apparent "upgrade."

 

[retrofan_k]

So, for anyone else that used the whole thing of enabling GW usage through Luma CFW on A9LH, does that work on B9S here? I need to confirm that before I attempt this apparent "upgrade."

No, GW is more or less dead at the moment and way behind the community methods. Maybe when their new update drops, things will change, but for now stay on 11.2 if you want GW or update to 11.4/Boot9Strap/Luma.

 

[Onepunchbruh]

I have installed the thing. Only prob is that Luma Updater isn't working.

 

[Stephano]

I have installed the thing. Only prob is that Luma Updater isn't working.

There is a version 2 that is used for SigHax/ Boot9Strap. You can find the link to it in "The Guide tm"

 

[DominoBright]

Despite it being safe to jump to 11.4, I choose to stay on 11.2 because I want more than just "stability". Hopefully that won't be a problem.

Do I need the a9lh and files9 folders anymore after updating to B9S? And should I make a new NAND backup using the instructions on Finalizing Setup Section IX?

 

[Stephano]

Despite it being safe to jump to 11.4, I choose to stay on 11.2 because I want more than just "stability". Hopefully that won't be a problem.

Do I need the a9lh and files9 folders anymore after updating to B9S? And should I make a new NAND backup using the instructions on Finalizing Setup Section IX?

The Guide says you can delete anything related to A9LH once B9S is successfully installed.

 

[Onepunchbruh]

There is a version 2 that is used for SigHax/ Boot9Strap. You can find the link to it in "The Guide tm"

Fixed it, had some prob with the wifi. Anyway I have installed the latest 2.0 luma updater. So yeah....

 

[WeedZ]

I'm going to stick with my a9lh setup until I see unique fws or dynamic themes or something. By then it should have had enough testing.

 

[DominoBright]

The Guide says you can delete anything related to A9LH once B9S is successfully installed.

It does. It also mentioned a single file in the files9 folder instead of the whole folder, which is why I'm asking.

 

[HugaTheFox]

You might be able to bypass the 3ds's title limit but I'm not quite shure

You can do that with A9LH already

 

[Stephano]

It does. It also mentioned a single file in the files9 folder instead of the whole folder, which is why I'm asking.

oh ya you are right. My bad. Yes, keep files9 but delete aeskey.bin

 

[DuoForce]

B9S is A9LH on steriods. Think of what Menuhax is to A9LH, it's that big of a jump.