Hacking Please help...

[Lush]

I just updated my sons 2DS with the new gateway files and my first time using menuhax. I have it coldbooting into gateway emunand which is great. He is turning 5 soon and i hated the idea of needing the online exploit for him. This offline cold boot method is so much better.

I now want my o3ds to be the same. I started by trying to update my 4.5 sysnand to 9.2 using the hold up to boot gateway and then using the super smash bros rom to install 9.2 update. It looked like it worked fine, but now i have a black screen on boot... What can i do?

 

[Xenon Hacks]

I just updated my sons 2DS with the new gateway files and my first time using menuhax. I have it coldbooting into gateway emunand which is great. He is turning 5 soon and i hated the idea of needing the online exploit for him. This offline cold boot method is so much better.

I now want my o3ds to be the same. I started by trying to update my 4.5 sysnand to 9.2 using the hold up to boot gateway and then using the super smash bros rom to install 9.2 update. It looked like it worked fine, but now i have a black screen on boot... What can i do?

You probably bricked try removing the SD card and battery press the power button with both out then put the battery back in and try turning it on with no SD card did it turn on normally?

 

[CrispyYoshi]

From what I understand, updating via classic mode will brick your device. You should have used sysupdater via rxtools pasta mode.

Your only choice now is to restore your NAND backup via a hard mod, which requires opening up the device and soldering some things to connect your NAND flash memory to an SD card.

 

[Lush]

I pulled the battery and when i hit power, I only get a blue light and 2 black screens

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Ok last thing to try put everything back in the 3DS and hold L+R+UP+A and press the power button and keep holding it till the update menu pops it, did it pop up for you?

 

[Lush]

Nothing... no recovery menu... damn...

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Nothing... no recovery menu... damn...

Then you bricked you will need a hard mod and a copy of that specific 3DS's NAND back from when it was on 9.2 or lower

 

[GalladeGuy]

Yet another 3DS's life, taken by Brickway. Liek if u cri evriteim.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Yet another 3DS's life, taken by Brickway. Liek if u cri evriteim.

To be fair the info is pretty public to not update a 3DS while using Gateway

 

[Lush]

I have a sysnand backup of 4.5

I am comfortable with a soldering iron.. Can you point me to a good guide to install the mod and restore my nand? Your help is very appreciated...

 

[grubgrub]

I have a sysnand backup of 4.5

I am comfortable with a soldering iron.. Can you point me to a good guide to install the mod and restore my nand? Your help is very appreciated...

Can have a read though these threads

https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-needed-for-hard-modding-an-o3ds.385406/

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nand-flash-dump-3ds.353263/

 

[Lush]

OK. I have my hard mod installed and it seems to be working. I am able to read the nand. When i try to write the sysnand backup i made with gateway, its says something about not enough space...

 

[Xenon Hacks]

OK. I have my hard mod installed and it seems to be working. I am able to read the nand. When i try to write the sysnand backup i made with gateway, its says something about not enough space...

ok make sure you don't format your nand try running win32diskimager as an admin and write your nand.bin while you have BSOD.

 

[Lush]

It can read fine, but i get some fatal hardware error now when i try to write...

 

[Xenon Hacks]

It can read fine, but i get some fatal hardware error now when i try to write...

Think you can post a picture of what you are getting? Also does your PC or USB adapter support MMC?

 

[Lush]

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I have the BSOD and have done 3 successful dumps of the nand.... but i can't write...

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I tried to rename my nand backup from *.bin to *.img

 

[Xenon Hacks]

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I have the BSOD and have done 3 successful dumps of the nand.... but i can't write...

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I tried to rename my nand backup from *.bin to *.img

The only things I can think of is you either don't have an MMC reader, the SD adapter is not compatible or you have the SD adapter set to "locked" with the switch on this side thus you can read but not write.

 

[LameNobody]

The only things I can think of is you either don't have an MMC reader, the SD adapter is not compatible or you have the SD adapter set to "locked" with the switch on this side thus you can read but not write.

Since windows sees it, it's likely to be the lock switch issue..
(he may have to solder the lock pins on his SD adapter together depending on how he made his sd adapter)

 

[Lush]

Its writing! It was the lock tab. The little tab fell out when i pulled the adapter apart. Taped into place and now it seems to be working.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Its writing! It was the lock tab. The little tab fell out when i pulled the adapter apart. Taped into place and now it seems to be working.

Good job you will find having a NAND mod is god send you should upload your 4.5 NAND backup somewhere online like Megaupload privately so you never lose it glad we could help you out.