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I keep just getting a black screen with the GW arm9loaderhax.bin, I have tried as both a chain loaded Luma payload and just putting it straight on the root of the card replacing Luma.

I have a N3DS with no screen init a9lh install on a updated sysNAND with no emuNAND present.
Yes I do have a Launcher.dat on the root of the SD card
 

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I keep just getting a black screen with the GW arm9loaderhax.bin, I have tried as both a chain loaded Luma payload and just putting it straight on the root of the card replacing Luma.

I have a N3DS with no screen init a9lh install on a updated sysNAND with no emuNAND present.
Yes I do have a Launcher.dat on the root of the SD card

It's probably the no init. I think GW wants screen init. I'll check, though it's unlikely to matter for me -- I use BootCTR9, and that has it's own screen init code.
 

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It's probably the no init. I think GW wants screen init. I'll check, though it's unlikely to matter for me -- I use BootCTR9, and that has it's own screen init code.

When I tried it as a Luma payload I tried that with both the option to force screen init for a boot animation on and off, since on should've been enough to get it to work.
 

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When I tried it as a Luma payload I tried that with both the option to force screen init for a boot animation on and off, since on should've been enough to get it to work.

Not necessarily. Just tried running it straight with no init. Gives a black screen as you said. Just tried running it with BootCTR9 and no init, and it works. This is why I say, for a boot manager, I prefer one app that does one thing well. It's not like Luma will brick you or anything, but boot management is not it's primary focus, either.
 
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Not necessarily. Just tried running it straight with no init. Gives a black screen as you said. Just tried running it with BootCTR9 and no init, and it works. This is why I say, for a boot manager, I prefer one app that does one thing well. It's not like Luma will brick you or anything, but boot management is not it's primary focus, either.


I just tried with a screen init and got it to work with one annoying caveat. It will not auto boot into sysNAND since I have no emuNAND it just goes to a black screen after the Gateway logo has been shown.

The only way to get it to fully work is to hold the L button shortly after it starts booting then force sysNAND mode using the B button at the Gateway menu. Then it boots fine.
 

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I just tried with a screen init and got it to work with one annoying caveat. It will not auto boot into sysNAND since I have no emuNAND it just goes to a black screen after the Gateway logo has been shown.

The only way to get it to fully work is to hold the L button shortly after it starts booting then force sysNAND mode using the B button at the Gateway menu. Then it boots fine.
Have you tried formatting the SD card using Emunand9's No Emunand option?
 

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I just tried with a screen init and got it to work with one annoying caveat. It will not auto boot into sysNAND since I have no emuNAND it just goes to a black screen after the Gateway logo has been shown.

The only way to get it to fully work is to hold the L button shortly after it starts booting then force sysNAND mode using the B button at the Gateway menu. Then it boots fine.
How did you remove your emuNAND?
 

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Yeah, I prefer having a proper boot menu to select which payload to boot so I am going to switch to gateways new arm9loaderhax.bin file. Still, though, ilomajors stages solution can be valid for you, it's not really obsolete if you have that installed already anyways. Thanks again for the effort.

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How did you remove your emuNAND?

I had a emuNAND on this card when it was in my O3DS but never bothered with a emuNAND on my n3DS . I believe during the transfer I just formatted it in my computer. I'll try removing any traces that might be left behind.

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which launcher.dat version are you using?
4.0a for no nag
 

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I had a emuNAND on this card when it was in my O3DS but never bothered with a emuNAND on my n3DS . I believe during the transfer I just formatted it in my computer. I'll try removing any traces that might be left behind.

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4.0a for no nag
You'll probably have to use Emunand9 to format it, using the Format (No Emunand) option, to properly remove traces of Emunand.
 
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