Hardware nand flash dump (3ds xl)

[hundshamer]

How much harder is it to do the mod on a regular 3ds as opposed to the easier XL one?

It's not that much harder as far as soldering. You just have to solder one wire on the underside of the motherboard. The hardest part is cutting the hole in the bottom of the shell (I drilled a hole and filed the rest out). Be sure to insulate the bottom pins, so they don't short out and give you boot errors.

 

[Cyan]

You have a lot more wires and screw to remove, right?
removing the analog pad, volume slider, wifi module, etc.

like this (but this one is for 3DS XL) :
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/nintendo-3ds/3DS_XL_Shell_Swapping

You need to remove the mother board to solder on the other side.

 

[hundshamer]

You have a lot more wires and screw to remove, right?
removing the analog pad, volume slider, wifi module, etc.

like this (but this one is for 3DS XL) :
http://uk.ign.com/wikis/nintendo-3ds/3DS_XL_Shell_Swapping

You need to remove the mother board to solder on the other side.

Yes. You have to remove the circle pad, Wi-Fi module, the bottom screen (if you choose), the SD card reader, and 10 screws (2 screws for the circle pad, 2 for the SD card reader, 2 under the SD card reader, and 4 directly on the motherboard). The hardest part of that is being careful and not breaking any of the ZIF connectors, and pulling the SD card reader off because it is adhered to the NAND shielding with double sided insulated tape. Plus the point on the bottom of the motherboard is tiny compared to the other NAND points (flux is your friend).

 

[Cyan]

I'm wondering if it's not easier to just desolder the cartridge slot
or buy a 3DS XL

 

[gamesquest1]

I'm wondering if it's not easier to just desolder the cartridge slot
or buy a 3DS XL

tbh once you have done it a few times it only takes like 10 mins to take the board out solder the clk and get it back in, first time was annoying with the top LCD cables i thought keeping it closed would be easier, but the trick is to open the 3ds out flat, makes getting the ribbon cables back in much easier

 

[sonic2756]

Is there any way I can use that raspberry pi unbricker image to make a dump of my NAND? None of my SD readers seem to be working atm.

 

[aliak11]

Is there any way I can use that raspberry pi unbricker image to make a dump of my NAND? None of my SD readers seem to be working atm.

You can use the gatway 2.0b1 firmware to dump the firmware. This it the reader I use if you are having problems http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-Micro...1395526430&sr=8-6&keywords=sandisk+micro+mate

 

[gamesquest1]

is the raspberry pi reading it?

 

[sonic2756]

You can use the gatway 2.0b1 firmware to dump the firmware. This it the reader I use if you are having problems http://www.amazon.com/Sandisk-MicroMate-Memory-Reader-SDDR-113/dp/B000YBH4YU/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1395526430&sr=8-6&keywords=sandisk micro mate

I know that, I'm just trying to find something I can read/write with.

 

[aliak11]

I know that, I'm just trying to find something I can read/write with.

Does it show up on the computer at all?

 

[gamesquest1]

I know that, I'm just trying to find something I can read/write with.

does it read the MMC status in the unbricker program?

 

[sonic2756]

does it read the MMC status in the unbricker program?

Yeah it does. But when I do fdisk -l it doesn't show up, and on my macbook every time I try to read/write it tells me unable to lock volume because "Access is denied".

 

[gamesquest1]

right i may be wrong here but on the spillpass partition there is a the normal kernel.img, and another file name kernel_with_sd.img rename the kernel.img and then rename kernel_with_sd.img to kernel.img, as i say im not that informed in these thing but i had to do this when i was testing the unbricker for bkifft, im sure he can chime in and call me a toss pott if its unrelated , but worth a try its all i can recommend anyway

 

[sonic2756]

right i may be wrong here but on the spillpass partition there is a the normal kernel.img, and another file name kernel_with_sd.img rename the kernel.img and then rename kernel_with_sd.img to kernel.img, as i say im not that informed in these thing but i had to do this when i was testing the unbricker for bkifft, im sure he can chime in and call me a toss pott if its unrelated , but worth a try its all i can recommend anyway

Didn't work :/

 

[bkifft]

Didn't work :/

just to be sure: you moved the "with_sd" kernel to "kernel.img" on the SD (not USB, not /boot/) FAT partition and rebooted?

also remember to turn the 3DS on after plugging it in the Pi, and do a dmesg afterwards (to check if it gets at least partially recognized)

 

[sonic2756]

just to be sure: you moved the "with_sd" kernel to "kernel.img" on the SD (not USB, not /boot/) FAT partition and rebooted?

also remember to turn the 3DS on after plugging it in the Pi, and do a dmesg afterwards (to check if it gets at least partially recognized)

This is what I get running a dmesg http://imgur.com/CP453Bt

 

[bkifft]

This is what I get running a dmesg http://imgur.com/CP453Bt

can't get a "solid lock" aka the connection is to wonky/you've got interference.

remove/plug in 3DS charger, shorten/reroute cables, check soldering.

edit: or try to get one of those not that standard conform SD readers that underclock well below 400kHz.

 

[sonic2756]

can't get a "solid lock" aka the connection is to wonky/you've got interference.

remove/plug in 3DS charger, shorten/reroute cables, check soldering.

edit: or try to get one of those not that standard conform SD readers that underclock well below 400kHz.

Console is booting to 000004000.

 

[lambstone]

Well. I guess my soldering skills aren't precise enough.

I tried creating the custom cable and I failed miserably. The soldering points are just too small for me.

Does anyone have any soldering tips? Its hard to hold the soldering iron, the wire to be soldered and the solder.

 

[cearp]

Does anyone have any soldering tips? Its hard to hold the soldering iron, the wire to be soldered and the solder.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/180907853861?lpid=82 things like this are useful for me