Hacking 9.2 Reinand EmuNAND/SysNAND game support

[ActuallyKoroSensei]

Just out of curiosity, I am running Reinand CFW on my N3DSXL with both NANDs on 9.2 and I managed to snag FF Explorers for my Sky3DS but whenever I try to run it, a mandatory system update to 9.9.0 pops up and tells me I MUST update to play it. Somehow I was able to use HANS to run Explorers and bypass the firmware but I'd like to be able to save as I don't think you can save from HANS and then move on to the next game on your Sky3DS and have it save twice. Idk if there is a way to update my SysNAND to 9.9.0 or 10.3 as I want to keep my emuNAND on 9,2 so I can install CIAs.

Also, since FFE is an online game, if anyone has had experience with Sky3DS custom header creation, please let me know!

 

[daxtsu]

If you update sysnand past 9.2 then you lose emuNAND. Just update your emuNAND to 10.5, you can still install CIAs in it if you already have a CIA manager installed.

 

[popokakapetu]

Just out of curiosity, I am running Reinand CFW on my N3DSXL with both NANDs on 9.2 and I managed to snag FF Explorers for my Sky3DS but whenever I try to run it, a mandatory system update to 9.9.0 pops up and tells me I MUST update to play it. Somehow I was able to use HANS to run Explorers and bypass the firmware but I'd like to be able to save as I don't think you can save from HANS and then move on to the next game on your Sky3DS and have it save twice. Idk if there is a way to update my SysNAND to 9.9.0 or 10.3 as I want to keep my emuNAND on 9,2 so I can install CIAs.

Also, since FFE is an online game, if anyone has had experience with Sky3DS custom header creation, please let me know!

N3DS on ReiNAND running 10.5E(emunand) firmware and i can install .CIAs fine!

 

[ActuallyKoroSensei]

Alright, but how do I go upon updating my emuNAND to 10.5?

 

[Kioku]

Alright, but how do I go upon updating my emuNAND to 10.5?

System Settings is one way.. As long as you're 100% certain you're on emunand

 

[daxtsu]

Alright, but how do I go upon updating my emuNAND to 10.5?

Along with what Mchief298 said, make sure you're using Reinand 3.x (any of 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 should work) and have the latest firmware.bin from the pastebin link on Github, or you'll get a black screen after updating.

 

[ActuallyKoroSensei]

Okay, so I can boot up my emuNAND, update it from the system settings, and NOT lose my emuNAND? I'm so confused as I can only seem to install CIAs to emuNAND, thats why I want to keep it on 9.2 because I SWEAR I heard CIA installation is only supported on 9.2 and lower.

 

[Kioku]

Along with what Mchief298 said, make sure you're using Reinand 3.x (any of 3.0, 3.1, or 3.2 should work) and have the latest firmware.bin from the pastebin link on Github, or you'll get a black screen after updating.

This too.. I've become so used to just having it I forget some people may not even be using an updated version.

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Okay, so I can boot up my emuNAND, update it from the system settings, and NOT lose my emuNAND? I'm so confused as I can only seem to install CIAs to emuNAND, thats why I want to keep it on 9.2 because I SWEAR I heard CIA installation is only supported on 9.2 and lower.

A patched sysnand, yeah. The big 3 cfw allow you to install CIA files on emunand. Rxtools only supports 9.5 right now, though.. So if you're using that, switch to cakes or reinand.

 

[daxtsu]

Okay, so I can boot up my emuNAND, update it from the system settings, and NOT lose my emuNAND? I'm so confused as I can only seem to install CIAs to emuNAND, thats why I want to keep it on 9.2 because I SWEAR I heard CIA installation is only supported on 9.2 and lower.

Let's take it one step at a time. Make sure you're in emuNAND (whether it's by custom theme, the 'rei' string in System Settings, whatever you use to know you're there), head into system settings, and then just update.

Now, for your other question (the statement, really), that's sysNAND 9.2 and lower that supports installing unsigned CIAs. EmuNAND can be on any version and still install unsigned CIAs.

 

[ActuallyKoroSensei]

Okay, so do I need ANYTHING SPECIFIC before I go ahead with this update?

Once again, running Reinand CFW, both NANDs are 9.2. Is it 100% SAFE to update the emuNAND via System Settings to 10.5 OR do I need anything prior to the update?