Hacking Can't install CIAs

[Blueridge]

Hey guys,

I've been pretty contempt with my Gateway so far using .3ds/.3dz files, but this issue sprung up once I decided to mess around with .cias for the first time. BigBlueMenu installs perfectly fine as a CIA on my 3DS, but no other CIAs work. They fail at random percentages with the message "This cia is invalid." The SD card was purchased at my uni's tech store, its 8GB and made by Verbatim. I'm not really sure at what I could do to fix the problem, other than to just avoid CIAs all together. I've also tried BigRedMenu, but no menu option comes up for the CIAs I'm attempting to install - yet a confirm menu option appears when I try to install BBM, which is weird.

 

[Subtle Demise]

Did you convert them yourself?

 

[MrStoni]

Are you using a cfw?
Did you downgrade your 3ds?
Are you trying to install the cias on sysnand or emunand?

Maybe there is not enough free space on the sd-card. How big were the cias you tried to install?

 

[Blueridge]

Are you using a cfw?
Did you downgrade your 3ds?
Are you trying to install the cias on sysnand or emunand?

Maybe there is not enough free space on the sd-card. How big were the cias you tried to install?

1) No
2) Yes, my 3DS was at 9.2 but I delinked the sys/emunand and then downgraded my sysnand.
3) I believe emunand. I'm running BBM while in Gateway mode.
4)There's plenty of enough space, I have 5GB available on the SD card and tried 2 CIAs at around 500MB and 1 CIA at around 1.1GB.

Did you convert them yourself?

No I didn't, but I'll see if I can convert my Pokemon Y dump to .cia and install it.

 

[MrStoni]

Have you tried installing a cia with bigbluemenu. 3ds (the one on your micrio-sd)
Someone over at maxconsole had a similar problem which was resolved by re-downloading bigbluemenu. cia and installing it again.
Here's the link:
http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_fo...ant-install-devmenu-on-downgraded-9-2-console

 

[Blueridge]

I have tried the .3ds version of it, and I was getting the same error. Haven't tried reinstalling the .cia, though.​

Edit: Running into problems converting my dump of Pokemon Y to a .cia as well, so it seems that I can't check it for now.

2nd edit: Screw that noise, the CIA came out! Testing it now.

3rd edit: Aaand it failed. The error code seems familiar though (0xC960454B).

4th edit: http://3dbrew.org/wiki/Filesystem_services_PXI#Errors

SDMC/NAND bus error, when an error-bit in REG_SDSTATUS separate from the above errors is set. This can also indicate that the TWL partition table in the NAND sector0 is invalid, or that the sector signature for sector0 at offset 0x1FE is invalid?

Not sure what this means, but maybe it's a lead?

 

[MrStoni]

That sound like your EmuNAND is defect/corrupt/invalid. Try setting up your EmuNAND again (do a fresh install). Here's the guide I used to set up my 3ds with Gateway:

http://www.maxconsole.com/maxcon_forums/threads/286487-3DS-N3DS-Gateway-Ultra-Guide

edit: before you do that, try another sd-card. If you don't want to buy a new one, use the card that came with the 3ds.

edit2: just realized you have to do that anyway with a new sd-card Anyway... my best guess is a faulty sd-card or a corrupt EmuNand

 

[Blueridge]

Okay so I finally got around to formatting my SD card again and reformatting the emunand. Went to install a CIA and... nada, same issue.

My 3DS came refurbished so it didn't come to a SD card. the only other SD card I have is 2GB, which isn't big enough to test any CIA. I'll see if I can borrow someone's SD card and test theirs, otherwise I may be out of luck when it comes to CIAs.