Hacking The status of Gateway and A9LH

[RowanDDR]

Boot into GATEWAY 3DS sysNAND mode (Force GW Menu by holding down L during boot, hold B while pressing A to boot)

Do they mean "Classic Mode"? I understanding holding L to get to the Gateway menu... but hold B while pressing A to boot.. what?? when? where??

Bring up the OSD

They mean press select, right?

Delete/rename the “Nintendo 3DS” folder on your console’s SD card.
Boot your O3DS into 2.x

How do I boot into 2.x?

A9LH will be installed & sysNAND will be restored from NAND.bin

This is the first time a file called NAND.bin is mentioned in the instructions.. what NAND.bin??

 

[Deleted User]

let us -wait xD

best thing would be a compatible payload man, without us having to do squat.

just placing their payload inside the luma/payload folder and loading it off there.(have no idea if this is possible though, i am a N00B) hwahahah.




awesome man, thanks for the info.

I have to download their beta and put their arm9loaderhax.bin in my luma payloads folder and name it like B_BootGW.bin?

 

[leonmagnus99]

I have to download their beta and put their arm9loaderhax.bin in my luma payloads folder and name it like B_BootGW.bin?

i think if you follow the exact same steps ,then you should be safe.

but i think you best just wait until some official release from them.

 

[Deleted User]

i think if you follow the exact same steps ,then you should be safe.

but i think you best just wait until some official release from them.

All I want to do is use a payload. I won't do any of their steps. If you go up a few posts some guy said their was payloads. He gave links. Idk if that is what I am looking for ?

 

[leonmagnus99]

All I want to do is use a payload. I won't do any of their steps. If you go up a few posts some guy said their was payloads. He gave links. Idk if that is what I am looking for ?

no buddy, they have not released any payloads yet.

 

[Kazuma77]

Do they mean "Classic Mode"? I understanding holding L to get to the Gateway menu... but hold B while pressing A to boot.. what?? when? where??



They mean press select, right?



How do I boot into 2.x?



This is the first time a file called NAND.bin is mentioned in the instructions.. what NAND.bin??

You've never booted GW in SysNAND mode? No, it does not mean Classic Mode. If you hold B while on the GW Mode icon, it will change. So, while holding B, you hit A, then it asks you to confirm by hitting X. The OSD is the select menu, yes. You will be on 2.1 when Time Machine completes the downgrade process. NAND.bin is created by the GW NAND Backup utility. You should have several of those if you're a long-time GW user (if not, by all means, don't mess with this). I would let the people with the hard mods test it first though. I almost got stuck last time because it refused to restore NAND.bin files once installed.

I have to download their beta and put their arm9loaderhax.bin in my luma payloads folder and name it like B_BootGW.bin?

When there is such a thing. For now, just use liomajor's modified A9LH Installer to put GW's A9LH payload on a hotkey. It's safe. You'll still boot to your existing arm9loaderhax.bin by default (unless you go renaming stage 2 payloads -- it's possible to do that to make GW the default, but it wreaks havoc with hotkey chain loaders, so, you would have to use CBM for your "arm9loaderhax.bin" unless you've got really good timing).

 

[Deleted User]

no buddy, they have not released any payloads yet.

kazuma77 posted:
"It's already been done by liomajor. Check it out HERE, and custom hotkey files are HERE."
On pg 53. What is this? Btw I am on my 3ds...

 

[ut2k4master]

edit: regarding the liomajor alternative , the SD card has got to be either samsung/toshiba?

no, the 3ds nand is either toshiba or samsung, the sd card brand doesnt matter

 

[leonmagnus99]

no, the 3ds nand is either toshiba or samsung, the sd card brand doesnt matter

now i get it, just like what the internal hdd's from ps3's ps4's come with.

mm, how will i know what brand my nand is?

 

[Deleted User]

You've never booted GW in SysNAND mode? No, it does not mean Classic Mode. If you hold B while on the GW Mode icon, it will change. So, while holding B, you hit A, then it asks you to confirm by hitting X. The OSD is the select menu, yes. You will be on 2.1 when Time Machine completes the downgrade process. NAND.bin is created by the GW NAND Backup utility. You should have several of those if you're a long-time GW user. I would let the people with the hard mods test it first though. I almost got stuck last time because it refused to restore NAND.bin files once installed.



When there is such a thing. For now, just use liomajor's modified A9LH Installer to put GW's A9LH payload on a hotkey. It's safe. You'll still boot to your existing arm9loaderhax.bin by default (unless you go renaming stage 2 payloads -- it's possible to do that to make GW the default, but it wreaks havoc with hotkey chain loaders, so, you would have to use CBM for your "arm9loaderhax.bin" unless you've got really good timing).

Im really dumb so would you please simplify that... btw I just hold tge hotkey while turning on.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

edit: regarding the liomajor alternative , the SD card has got to be either samsung/toshiba?

No, the Toshiba//Samsung is the manufacturer of your NAND chip, not your SD Card.
Info: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/NAND-Size

Basically, when liomajor first released it, it only worked on Toshiba NANDs, then he figured out the problem with Samsung NANDs, and got it working on those too.

 

[leonmagnus99]

No, the Toshiba//Samsung is the manufacturer of your NAND chip, not your SD Card.
Info: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/NAND-Size

Basically, when liomajor first released it, it only worked on Toshiba NANDs, then he figured out the problem with Samsung NANDs, and got it working on those too.

cool thanks.
i still kind of hesitate to use liomajor's method to get my GW card working on my n3ds.
i am just lazy i guess..
despite it looking so simple, if i crash anything -having to reflash my sysNAND backup etc.
sounds hassly.
hmm, if GW take too long releasing a payload ,then i might go with liomajor's method of having GW load along with Luma.
launcher dat and arm9loaderhax both launching sounds very cool.
(and it runs with luma updated sysNAND yes? i mean like GW into the updated sysNAND which has my emuNAND copied in there, i have no emuNAND anymore.)

 

[Deleted User]

UPDATE: Due to popular demand we implemented a ‘arm9loaderhax.bin‘ file that can be used with existing (non-GW) A9LH installs.

Gateway said this, can I just replace my luma3ds one or is their a better way?

 

[Temptress Cerise]

cool thanks.
i still kind of hesitate to use liomajor's method to get my GW card working on my n3ds.
i am just lazy i guess..
despite it looking so simple, if i crash anything -having to reflash my sysNAND backup etc.
sounds hassly.
hmm, if GW take too long releasing a payload ,then i might go with liomajor's method of having GW load along with Luma.
launcher dat and arm9loaderhax both launching sounds very cool.
(and it runs with luma updated sysNAND yes? i mean like GW into the updated sysNAND which has my emuNAND copied in there, i have no emuNAND anymore.)

Yeah, it'll work with an updated sysNAND, at least the 3.7.1 and 4.0a versions work just fine. 4.0b (the latest public "private" one) has a nag now when booting into sysNAND.

Also, looks like they just release an arm9loaderhax.bin. GG Gateway3DS. Now time to test it!

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, it'll work with an updated sysNAND, at least the 3.7.1 and 4.0a versions work just fine. 4.0b (the latest public "private" one) has a nag now when booting into sysNAND.

Also, looks like they just release an arm9loaderhax.bin. GG Gateway3DS. Now time to test it!

After you test it would you mind telling me how it works. I am not able to test it yet.

 

[leonmagnus99]

Yeah, it'll work with an updated sysNAND, at least the 3.7.1 and 4.0a versions work just fine. 4.0b (the latest public "private" one) has a nag now when booting into sysNAND.

Also, looks like they just release an arm9loaderhax.bin. GG Gateway3DS. Now time to test it!

neat, i read the guide of liomajor.
we need to install the provided stage bins , like the payload stage 1/2 that i got when i installed noscreeninit a9lh ?

i used safea9lhinstaller to install those stage bin files, can i use safea9lhinstaller to install the ones liomajor provided?

@Hunter Guimont sorry mate, it seems that they already do have a payload released oops my bad ! xD now if only we could use this soon without needing to modify anything (not having to downgrade again just to install GW a9lh meh)

then awesome, use their armloaderhax compatible with our current a9lh.
bam everyone happy.

 

[Deleted User]

Hey, My o3ds has 10.3.0-28. Can I still do thr gateway method?

 

[artur3004]

is firm write protected of gw3ds a9lh sysnand? In other words, can I update system with gw3ds a9lh sysnand?

 

[Kazuma77]

now i get it, just like what the internal hdd's from ps3's ps4's come with.

mm, how will i know what brand my nand is?

NAND size is the indicator. Samsung are the bigger size on O3DS (954 MB), and smaller size on N3DS (1.2 GB). It doesn't matter anymore. All NANDs work now.

Im really dumb so would you please simplify that... btw I just hold tge hotkey while turning on.

Yeah, you just hold a hotkey (like B) while turning the system on and it goes to GW instead of your CFW, but boot without the hotkey and it runs like normal. There's a step by step guide on a certain iso site, but it would just get burried here. Oh well, I can cut and paste it anyway I guess:

0. Make sure that "firm0.bin", "firm1.bin", "secret_sector.bin", and your "otp.bin" are still on your SD card in your "a9lh" folder. If you've deleted them, copy them back over.

1. Rename the existing "arm9loaderhax.bin" on your SD card to "arm9loaderhax.bin.bak"

2. Copy the contents of the file posted here to your SD card.

2.5 (optional) If you want to use different hotkeys from the "X+Y" and "X+A" defaults, extract the file posted here. Find the file that has the hotkeys you want to use for "Gateway" and "Safe A9LH Installer" (respectively) in it's name. Copy it to the "a9lh" folder on your SD card. Now go into the "a9lh" folder on your SD card and delete "payload_stage1.bin" and rename the file you just copied over to "payload_stage1.bin"

3. Put your SD card back into your 3DS and boot your system. A9LH Safe Installer should run, and you should be prompted to hit the "select" button. Hit the select button, and if all went well, it will say it succeeded, and to press any key to turn the system off. Do that.

4. Now, remove your memory card and connect it to your computer again. Move the "arm9loaderhax.bin" from the root of the card to your "a9lh" folder. Rename "arm9loaderhax.bin.bak" back to "arm9loaderhax.bin"

5. Now, eject your SD card and place it back into your 3DS. If all went well, your normal payload will run by default, GW will run with your first hotkey, and Safe A9LH installer will be launched by your second hotkey. If you stayed with the default, this means "X+Y" will load GW, and "X+A" will run Safe A9LH Installer. If you used, say, the B-START alternate payload, B will run GW, and START will run Safe A9LH Installer.

That should cover it if you already have A9LH installed. If not, just follow Plaillect's Guide, ignore the RedNAND rubbish and just use your existing EmuNAND, and substitute liomajor's Safe A9LH Installer for the one the guide provides.

 

[angelus kun]

what about gateway"s a9lh.bin its that secuere?