Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[Bullseye]

Niice! Been waiting for this XD

https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases

 

[Februarysn0w]

You use star to grab it? Seems its having some issues atm.

No, From github release page. normal version very fine so I think I'm doing something wrong. should I put firmware.bin in the luma folder?

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[pbanj]

No, From github release page. normal version very fine so I think I'm doing something wrong. should I put firmware.bin in the luma folder?

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Not sure I don't use it. There was some people on discord talking about the dev issue but they used star to get it. Good to see its not an issue with that.

 

[ederenzi78]

Great! What's the use of recovery mode? In wiki I read that one of the standard features is "ARM9LoaderHax and FIRM write-protection", which means that if I have A9LH and I boot Luma3DS on SysNand, I can safely updated SysNand Firmware without the risk of losing A9LH. Is there something different? Thanks

 

[daxtsu]

Great! What's the use of recovery mode? In wiki I read that one of the standard features is "ARM9LoaderHax and FIRM write-protection", which means that if I have A9LH and I boot Luma3DS on SysNand, I can safely updated SysNand Firmware without the risk of losing A9LH. Is there something different? Thanks

You're asking about two different things. Recovery/safe mode is what you get when you boot the console with L, R, Up, and A being held, which, before an update to Luma a few weeks ago, would brick your console if you updated through it on New 3DS, and remove A9LH altogether on Old 3DS. But now it's safe to use it.

As for the other question, yes, FIRM write protection means that A9LH will be kept safe if you use sysNAND CFW. There are a lot of people using 11.0 sysNAND CFW, with A9LH perfectly intact.

 

[Aurora Wright]

No, From github release page. normal version very fine so I think I'm doing something wrong. should I put firmware.bin in the luma folder?

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N3DS or O3DS? Which settings are selected? O3DS works fine here :/

 

[Februarysn0w]

N3DS or O3DS? Which settings are selected? O3DS works fine here :/

new 3ds (native firm is 10.2). checked first 3 a9lh option and enable dev mode option.

 

[Rodrigo Mafra]

Is anyone having trouble playing online on 11.0 sys?
I'v followed de the Plailect guide months ago and everything was fine, even playing on line. but after the update to 11.0 i'v been asked to update the system in order to play online....

 

[ederenzi78]

Thanks for the answer. Can I ask another thing? I have A9LH with Luma3DS on SysNAND (11.0). Is there a way, with a button combination, to boot the 3DS using completely the native SysNand firmware (i.e. without patches automatically applied)?

 

[Februarysn0w]

Is anyone having trouble playing online on 11.0 sys?
I'v followed de the Plailect guide months ago and everything was fine, even playing on line. but after the update to 11.0 i'v been asked to update the system in order to play online....

backup sysnand and update it. some system.title or module is missing or old.

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[ThunderbInazuma]

Is anyone having trouble playing online on 11.0 sys?
I'v followed de the Plailect guide months ago and everything was fine, even playing on line. but after the update to 11.0 i'v been asked to update the system in order to play online....

Do you have the latest version of Luma?

 

[The Catboy]

Love the new release, but I would like to mention one thing. If you are not running Luma3DS as your main and you close the system settings, it will soft reset back to your main. So for example mine is running A9LH with ctrbootmanager9, SaltFW as my main. Closing the System settings in Luma, will cause it to reset to SaltFW.

 

[Aurora Wright]

Love the new release, but I would like to mention one thing. If you are not running Luma3DS as your main and you close the system settings, it will soft reset back to your main. So for example mine is running A9LH with ctrbootmanager9, SaltFW as my main. Closing the System settings in Luma, will cause it to reset to SaltFW.

Can't do anything about it, because a soft reboot occurs and a9lh is triggered again :/

 

[Sachi]

Would it be possible to patch instances of "blocks" and replace them with their equivalent MB/GBs?
Because I'm assuming it would require either background calculation processes or some reference sheet with ranges of blocks to rounded GBs, right?

 

[The Catboy]

Can't do anything about it, because a soft reboot occurs and a9lh is triggered again :/

It's not a complaint, just an observation. Otherwise the feature works just fine when running Luma3DS as a main. It's still a solid release!

 

[Cuphat]

Thanks for the answer. Can I ask another thing? I have A9LH with Luma3DS on SysNAND (11.0). Is there a way, with a button combination, to boot the 3DS using completely the native SysNand firmware (i.e. without patches automatically applied)?

No. I think the closest you'll get is using Cakes as a payload with most patches unchecked. Make sure to keep the FIRM patch though for obvious safety reasons.

 

[Kameryn]

nvm got it working, turns out its a weird little glitch thing with that custom bootctr

Hey Tyler, I seem to have the same issue (Luma3DS FW11 on N3DS) GBA games load a black screen. Do you recall how you got it working? What do you mean by the custom bootctr?

Update: Got it working! I used Riku's AGB_FIRM tutorial for N3DS and an old version of FBI that lets you change the install destination to NAND.

Note: the 3DS splash doesn't show up any more when starting a GBA game, but after 15 seconds the game starts? Weird, but whatever, it works! yay

 

[chronoss]

can i update my sysnand an offline with Luma ?

 

[Xenosaiga]

Is anyone having trouble playing online on 11.0 sys?
I'v followed de the Plailect guide months ago and everything was fine, even playing on line. but after the update to 11.0 i'v been asked to update the system in order to play online....

Update to the newest release.

 

[gbatempuser32]

https://github.com/AuroraWright/Lum...ng-luma3ds-work-with-an-external-boot-manager
| O3DS | sys 9.2 | Luma3DS 5.5 | 11.0.0-33E |

I still have no idea on how to use path changer as I do not have a "Luma3DS.bin" file. Is there another way to be able to play high ram games such as SSB?