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Hardware nand flash dump (3ds xl)

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why all electronics part links are from (not working in all countries) ebay? no regular electronic shops?
I found one in france, but they don't seem to sell the one shown in the previous picture.
Also, 5 pins would be better than 4, if you need to unbrick it.

Maybe I'll use old fan's connectors (3 pins X2) if I don't buy parts online.
 
Cyan said:
why all electronics part links are from ebay? no regular electronic shops?
I found one in france, but they don't seem to sell the one shown in the previous picture.
Also, 5 pins would be better than 4, if you need to unbrick it.

Maybe I'll use motherboard's fan's connectors (3 pins X2) if I don't buy parts online.
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Well I'm not in Germany, so I can't really recommend a German shop as I don't know any, and 4 wires is fine for Unbricking with raspberry pi
 
ah yes, I forgot Raspi could do it with the 4 usual wires.

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I still haven't modded mine, I think it's not urgent as long as it's not bricked/updated.
I can mod it later, when really needed, as long as I did a soft NAND dump I should be fine.
 
Cyan said:
ah yes, I forgot Raspi could do it with the 4 usual wires.

Edit:
I still haven't modded mine, I think it's not urgent as long as it's not bricked/updated.
I can mod it later, when really needed, as long as I did a soft NAND dump I should be fine.
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Yeah to be honest as long as you have your nand dump, there isn't really much point in doing this, I only did mine as I was looking to brick and knew I would need it, maybe if you have children who keep trying to update it might be handy to have the port available for quick restoring....but idk it's all personal preference
 
i seen someone use one of them, but they bent the pins on the bottom to they where flat against the bottom on the connector, ill try find the pic
 
So, I'm not sure if I succeeded or failed. After wiring, then gluing, everything in place, the 3ds booted up fine. I wrote my backup of 4.2U to it, and it did so successfully. I went downstairs to go find something for my soldering iron burn, and when I came back, I was greeted by a blue screen with an error code (bottom left) of 00004000 D:

I shut it down, and turned it back on. It stayed black. This happened again. The fourth time I poiwer cycled it, it powered on, then froze (with music still playing fine) The fifth time, it didn't boot (black screen) and the sixth time it was fine, then the battery died

I took it apart, nothing appeared to be out of place. Nothing was bridging, it should have been fine. Its possible that my cmd and clk lines may be crossing, as they were really close to each other. Would that cause the freezes?

Sorry for not having pics, so I know this limits anyone that might guess.
 
I have seen in most pictures, that the SD-Adapter is plugged into an SD-Reader and the SD-Reader to the PC via USB. Is this SD-Reader necessary or can I plug the SD-Adapter directly to the SD-Slot of my PC?
 
Can I keep an SD card adapter inside the (normal 3DS) console instead of gluing a fan connector and cutting the cover?
if there's enough room to keep the SD card inside, that would be easier than cutting/gluing. I don't need to backup/recover regularly, if needed I can open the cover and get the SD card out.
 
I was so excited after I finished creating my solder less nand dump solution I couldn't wait to test it out. (sd mod provided by Jinnpan) I was able to get the correct placement of the pins and everything was fine...until I temp installed it into the inside of my XL ...the GND pogo pin was lifted from the board and the wire that was attached to the pogo pin came off as well . If anyone has the means to make one of these (I'm fed up with it personally it took me a week to gather everything needed, and after all that preparation my joy was shattered) please PM me (only serious members that meet this criteria need apply). My plan was to create a bunch of these boards with pogo pins for the forum members who live in the US, have an XL and are to afraid to solder. In the end I believe there is someone out there who is much more talented than myself as far as this project is concerned, and I don't have that much free time on my hands. Attached is a pic of what my boards would have looked like including the pogo pins. Cheers everyone.
 

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Cyan said:
Can I keep an SD card adapter inside the (normal 3DS) console instead of gluing a fan connector and cutting the cover?
if there's enough room to keep the SD card inside, that would be easier than cutting/gluing. I don't need to backup/recover regularly, if needed I can open the cover and get the SD card out.
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why not use a flat cable microsd extension? I think it can be kept under the battery (the 3ds xl at least), wouldn't even have to open the 3ds shell to get to it, only the battery cover.

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the GND pogo pin was lifted from the board and the wire that was attached to the pogo pin came off as well.
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Maybe u din solder the pogo pins to enough pads to give it strength or maybe ur pogo pins aren't long enough or ur wire got trapped by the shell as u closed it. U could do like n1ghty did, with rubber pads to help distribute tension on the pogopins if they're not long enough. Or even just add solder to the pogopins on the underside of the pcb too, that way they won't move.

I suspect ur pogo pin lifted cause when u closed the shell ur cuts on the pcb weren't big enough or not placed correctly and one of the protuberances of the shell pushed the pcb down lifting the pin and taking out the wire...

Mine didn't lift off the pcb cause my pogopins aren't strong enough to lift the copper from the pcb and, the 3ds shell itself presses them down, not the pcb.
 
this cable? microSD / SD
I like the idea, but soldering on the other side of the motherboard is not hard? requires stripping one wire from the ribbon.
I can always try and see what I can do. Thanks.
 
ye, one of those cables. i think i saw them with flex cable type, and with ide cable type. The problem with the sd one is that it won't fit for sure under the battery.
For the other side of the pcb i guess can bring a normal wire from there to meet microsd cable on the battery side.
 
Turns out I was both A) putting too much pressure on one side of the case and B) Possibly grounding something that shouldn't.

I fixed both of those, and reassembled. It seems to be working now! :D

I'm really hyped I pulled this off, given it's my 6th or 7th solder job.
 

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