Hacking old 3ds won't read r4i gold 3ds rts

[Callum543]

I flashed nrtboot onto the flashcart successfully, however my Old 3DS will no longer read my flashcart + I can't get the boot9strap magnet method to work, am I doing anything wrong? Is this meant to happen? Followed 3ds.guide step by step.

 

[Kubas_inko]

I flashed nrtboot onto the flashcart successfully, however my Old 3DS will no longer read my flashcart + I can't get the boot9strap magnet method to work, am I doing anything wrong? Is this meant to happen? Followed 3ds.guide step by step.

You have to reflash your flashcart back to stock

 

[ExorciseMe]

This sounds familiar, which step are you stuck at?
I guess at (Power) + (Start) + (Select) + (X) + Magnet which is where I got stuck.
Some parts of the exploit have to be installed on your SD card, not the Micro SD card in your flash cart.
Everything from Section I - Prep Work down to the execution of the exploit goes on the SD card.

 

[Callum543]

This sounds familiar, which step are you stuck at?
I guess at (Power) + (Start) + (Select) + (X) + Magnet which is where I got stuck.
Some parts of the exploit have to be installed on your SD card, not the Micro SD card in your flash cart.
Everything from Section I - Prep Work down to the execution of the exploit goes on the Micro SD card.

I've figured it out now. Made a basic reading error; I had put the b9s stuff on the flashcart sd, not the device SD.

You have to reflash your flashcart back to stock

Will I still need to do this? How would I go about it? Thanks.

 

[ExorciseMe]

Glad to hear it's sorted out. I corrected the little error at the end of my post.
The easiest way to put your R4 back to normal later is to just flash R4i_Gold_3DS_(HW_A7)-Flashrom.zip onto it, it's easy to find on Google.
Restoring the backup using the app used to flash the R4 didn't work for me, it wouldn't flash the card.

 

[Kubas_inko]

I've figured it out now. Made a basic reading error; I had put the b9s stuff on the flashcart sd, not the device SD.



Will I still need to do this? How would I go about it? Thanks.

You need to select backup option (if you are using ntrboot_flasher) ot download backups (if you are using .nds option)

 

[Callum543]

You need to select backup option (if you are using ntrboot_flasher) ot download backups (if you are using .nds option)

Okay, I did .nds option so where would I find these backups?

Thanks for the help

 

[Kubas_inko]

Okay, I did .nds option so where would I find these backups?

Thanks for the help

right here. Section V

 

[Callum543]

right here. Section V

okay, i'm getting to the 'hold start to launch the flasher' bit but nothing is happening, it's just launching normally :/

 

[Kubas_inko]

okay, i'm getting to the 'hold start to launch the flasher' bit but nothing is happening, it's just launching normally :/

do you have it in /luma/payloads?

 

[Callum543]

do you have it in /luma/payloads?

Yeah, on the device SD.

 

[Kubas_inko]

Yeah, on the device SD.

And can you normaly boot to luma?

 

[BL4Z3D247]

okay, i'm getting to the 'hold start to launch the flasher' bit but nothing is happening, it's just launching normally :/

Well that's not normal, you should get the Luma chainloader when you hold Start while powering on. What's your SD card contents look like?

 

[Callum543]

Here's my SD Card files. I feel like there should be more, but I can't quite figure out what or how to get there :/

 

[Kubas_inko]

Here's my SD Card files. I feel like there should be more, but I can't quite figure out what or how to get there :/

did you hack your 3ds? I am asking because you are missing boot.firm.

 

[BL4Z3D247]

did you hack your 3ds? I am asking because you are missing boot.firm.

And boot.3dsx for the HBL.

@Callum543, grab the boot.firm from the lastest Luma release and place it on the root of your SD card. That will get the Luma chainloader working again. Then you should get the boot.3dsx from the starter.zip from the guide and also put that on the root of your SD card so you can use the HBL and Rosalina.

Edit: Oh, you don't have B9S or Luma installed yet. Disregard the above.

 

[Callum543]

did you hack your 3ds? I am asking because you are missing boot.firm.

I flashed ntrboot but b9s wasn't working, I had put the files on flashcart sd card when they should've been on the device sd. Which I think is what's messed up the flashcart.

 

[Kubas_inko]

I flashed ntrboot but b9s wasn't working, I had put the files on flashcart sd card when they should've been on the device sd. Which I think is what's messed up the flashcart.

So you weren't following instructions. if you would, you would ave boot.firm on root as safeb9installer and boot.3dsx for HBL. Follow this please.

 

[Callum543]

i have these files on the device SD now but it's still not working.

 

[Kubas_inko]

i have these files on the device SD now but it's still not working.

And are you 100% sure that your magnet is able to put your 3ds to sleep and that you are holding start+select+x+power long enough?