Hacking Softbricked my 3DS with the Pokémon demo

[guisadop]

Heh, it's not blue. That's my shitty phone's camera.
It's the "legit" R4i Gold 3DS RTS.
But that's still a clone of clones of clones

What do you mean it's not blue? What color is it then?

 

[DeoNaught]

Try a SDCARD back up

 

[Ante0]

What do you mean it's not blue? What color is it then?

It's gold. Can't you see? xD

 

[Deleted-19228]

Oh my god... So.................. It never occurred to me to remove my DS flashcart from the slot.......
I removed it and suddenly the console boots. What the hell...............

I'm so sorry for the false alarm guys.

Lulfail

 

[GreaterDog]

and this is why i stick with my old Dual Core r4 sdhc

 

[Mikemk]

It's gold. Can't you see? xD

Gold, ironically, is also a clone, the legit card is a middle shade of gray.

And legit r4i Gold's aren't a clone card, they just reused the r4 name.

 

[PabloMK7]

Same thing happened to me back in the menuhax era. Not related to a9lh

 

[SuzieJoeBob]

Definitely a clone of thevR4i Gold 3DS RTS..... That blue casing tho...

I thought the cartridge was blue as well. I would have bought one cheaply and put my Gateway's innards in the case to have a blue one.

Back to the topic, I had a similar issue on my o3DS where my DSTWO (original, not "plus") would prevent the console from booting up, but once I formatted the microSD card and put it back in the flashcart, everything was fine, with the same exact files as before.

 

[RibShark]

Almost the exact same thing as described in the OP just happened to me. The only differences were that I was playing Rhythm Paradise Megamix, and the card inserted was a normal DS game (a legitimate copy of Pokemon SoulSilver) and not a flashcart. The game just froze after I opened my 3DS. I turned the 3DS off, and it wouldn't turn on. I could still access Decrypt9 and the Luma3DS configuration, but otherwise it acted as if it had been bricked. I'll admit I got pretty scared for a while, but I remembered this post and tried ejecting my DS card, and it turned on again! I guess there is a bug somewhere.

 

[Noroxus]

Man.... I have that card. Now I wanna know what the heck is up with this bug. How can a TWLCard be responsible for this kinda stuff?
Is it trying to start TWLMode at boot and therefore mess up the boot process or sth.?
That shouldnt be possible tho...

interesting

 

[Alex658]

Since this happens with both retail real game cards and flashcarts, i remember to have read somewhere that the 3ds would refuse to boot or get stuck as if it was bricked if there were problems detecting the slot-1 card.

Also remember a case where the home menu would load up but freeze immediately afterwards.

 

[BARNWEY]

So... I installed a Pokémon demo through some means.
It booted fine without a seed file. I closed the lid of the system to go to standby.
When I reopened it, the game had frozen. I thought my SD card was just acting up.
Turned off the system. Tried to turn it back on. It wouldn't turn on!

Tried to see if I was able to access Decrypt9. Thankfully, I was still able to access it.
But my sysNAND wouldn't boot. I reverted to a quite recent NAND backup I had, and it still won't boot.
And now I'm getting paranoid.
What did I do wrong? And how do I fix this?

Thanks for any help guys.

Make an Emunand, and then try a CTRNand transfer. See if that works...

 

[yoshinatsu]

Make an Emunand, and then try a CTRNand transfer. See if that works...

If you read the thread a little further, I've already fixed my "problem".

 

[Deleted-19228]

Lock this thread mods.

 

[Quantumcat]

Lock this thread mods.

If you want a thread locked, report it. Mods don't look at all threads.

 

[osaka35]

Oh my god... So.................. It never occurred to me to remove my DS flashcart from the slot.......
I removed it and suddenly the console boots. What the hell...............

I'm so sorry for the false alarm guys.

I had the exact same problem with my DSTwo.

Different set up, but my 3ds wouldn't boot with it in it. It was shortly after a transfer, after I was suppose to have copied over the contents from the other 3ds's sd card. I thought I had messed something up.

Removed it, it booted fine.

 

[Deleted-19228]

If you want a thread locked, report it. Mods don't look at all threads.

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Not a valid use of the "Report" function.

 

[Quantumcat]

Therefore not a valid lock either?

 

[ThisIsDaAccount]

If you read the thread a little further, I've already fixed my "problem".

So the fix was to simply remove the cart from the slot?

 

[yoshinatsu]

So the fix was to simply remove the cart from the slot?

Weirdly enough, yes.