Homebrew [Release] Hourglass9 - Noob friendly & safe NAND dumper / restorer

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Yep.

I tried launching through homebrew and gateway and both of them don't work.
Do you have A9LH installed? You can only boot Decrypt9 as a payload (inside /luma/payloads folder on SD renamed to something like x_D9.bin).

If you don't have A9LH and are on FW above 9.2, you can't launch Decrypt9.
 
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Do you have A9LH installed? You can only boot Decrypt9 as a payload (inside /luma/payloads folder on SD renamed to something like x_D9.bin).

If you don't have A9LH and are on FW above 9.2, you can't launch Decrypt9.
I do have A9LH installed, but my sysnand is on 11.2. I will try to boot via payload.
 

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Can this be used to dump and extract a GBC VC game to .cia?
Where does it dump the file(s)?
Is the original file affected?
Can I rebuild and decrypt the edited files (with HackingToolKit) into a .cia and simply install it with FBI? I'm asking because Decrypt9 includes an encryptor but from what little I understand this might not be necessary for what I plan to do.
 

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In the newest update, is the new payload for hourglass9 Luma supposed to not boot hourglass9 when holding start and boot luma 3ds chain loader? This brings up the menu of chain loads that you can boot instead of automatically booting hourglass like decrypt9, emunand9, and godmode9.
 

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In the newest update, is the new payload for hourglass9 Luma supposed to not boot hourglass9 when holding start and boot luma 3ds chain loader? This brings up the menu of chain loads that you can boot instead of automatically booting hourglass like decrypt9, emunand9, and godmode9.
please be clearer in what you mean by that
 

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Okay so Luma has a chainloader for A9LH, this is what I am using to launch hourglass9. I had hourglass v1.35, I recently updated to v1.40. On hourglass v1.35 I used chainload start_Hourglass9.bin like I am supposed to. I hold start on boot and instead of chain loading to hourglass itself, after the v1.40 update it brings up a luma chainload menu where I can select any of my payloads. For example x_Decrypt9.bin y_emuNAND9.bin etc. I can then select hourglass and it'll boot fine like it did before. My question is is the new update supposed to change the boot sequence of the payload or is it supposed to go straight to hourglass as it did before?
 

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Okay so Luma has a chainloader for A9LH, this is what I am using to launch hourglass9. I had hourglass v1.35, I recently updated to v1.40. On hourglass v1.35 I used chainload start_Hourglass9.bin like I am supposed to. I hold start on boot and instead of chain loading to hourglass itself, after the v1.40 update it brings up a luma chainload menu where I can select any of my payloads. For example x_Decrypt9.bin y_emuNAND9.bin etc. I can then select hourglass and it'll boot fine like it did before. My question is is the new update supposed to change the boot sequence of the payload or is it supposed to go straight to hourglass as it did before?
This is a Luma question, not Hourglass9... Choose a different button for Hourglass9. And read the Luma Wiki or release notes.
 

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This is a Luma question, not Hourglass9... Choose a different button for Hourglass9. And read the Luma Wiki or release notes.
Alright thanks. it wasn't a big deal just updated my stuff and was wondering. It is from the new update of Luma when using start as the chain.
 
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Hourglass9 v1.35 release, this is new:
  • CIAs generated from installed titles are fully decrypted, increasing compatibility
  • Improved SD content selector, now sorted by title ID
  • Improved HID routines, allowing continuous scrolling
  • Up to date with most recent Decrypt9
Have fun!

Any plans to allow the generation of CIAs of DLC (in addition to the existing capacity to make CIAs of other titles)?
 

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