Hacking Fw 10.3 : can i restore Nand.bin 9.0 through GW

[bobby001]

Hi guys

I have 2 n3ds

Both of them was delivered with 9.0

I kept one in 9.0 : I installed menuhax and using both reinand and gateway to access the emunand

I would like to obtain the same result with my second one that was updated to 10.3

In its early days I performed a nand backup (9.0)

I would like to know if I can restore the nand backup with gateway menu, instead of using the downgrade way normally used ?

Thanks for your help
Fred

 

[Just3DS]

Hi guys

I have 2 n3ds

Both of them was delivered with 9.0

I kept one in 9.0 : I installed menuhax and using both reinand and gateway to access the emunand

I would like to obtain the same result with my second one that was updated to 10.3

In its early days I performed a nand backup (9.0)

I would like to know if I can restore the nand backup with gateway menu, instead of using the downgrade way normally used ?

Thanks for your help
Fred

You need to have ARM9 kernel access to perform any NAND read-writes, which is not possible to obtain on firmware 9.3 and above. So GW or any other method won't work like this without ARM9 access.

You need to first downgrade to 9.2, which basically uses ARM11 with AM access to downgrade titles. After that you can use GW menu using any avaiable exploit.

 

[bobby001]

Thanks

After downgrade to 9.2 can I restore 9.0 nand.bin? I want something clean

 

[Just3DS]

Thanks

After downgrade to 9.2 can I restore 9.0 nand.bin? I want something clean

Yes. I'm sure that is your actual intention that is why I didn't suggest you to downgrade to 9.0 (downgrade to 9.2 guide is readily avaiable). Once you able to load GW menu on 9.2 you can select the Restore NAND option to write your 9.0 NAND.bin
MAKE SURE IT IS THAT SAME CONSOLE NAND.BIN

 

[SomeGamer]

Thanks

After downgrade to 9.2 can I restore 9.0 nand.bin? I want something clean

Yes. (I'd do it with D9 though.)

 

[bobby001]

Can someone provide me a link to a recent tutorial for downgrading n3ds to 9.2
I only found tutorial dated 4th of January and I remember that firs tools were not very stable for n3ds

Thanks for your help

 

[Kyojin]

Can someone provide me a link to a recent tutorial for downgrading n3ds to 9.2
I only found tutorial dated 4th of January and I remember that firs tools were not very stable for n3ds

Thanks for your help

You can use this one. Don't forget to format the N3DS before downgrading.

 

[bobby001]

Thanks for your help it's done

last question : is it possible to add a gateway shortcut to this menu



instead of going to home-brew launcher and then gateway

 

[Temptress Cerise]

Thanks for your help it's done

last question : is it possible to add a gateway shortcut to this menu



instead of going to home-brew launcher and then gateway

    {
      title = "Gateway";
      path = "/3ds/GW/GW.3dsx";
    },

Add that into your boot.cfg.

Assuming you placed the GW.3dsx file inside a folder title GW, inside your 3ds folder..

 

[Kyojin]

Thanks for your help it's done

last question : is it possible to add a gateway shortcut to this menu



instead of going to home-brew launcher and then gateway

Yes, you should edit the boot.cfg file to add this to your entries:

{
  title = "Gateway";
  path = "/3ds/GW/GW.3dsx";
},

For example:

entries =
(
    {
       title = "ReiNand";
       path = "/ReiNand.dat";
       offset = "0x12000";
    },
    {
       title  = "rxTools";
       path = "/rxTools/sys/code.bin";
       offset = "0x12000";
    },
    {
       title = "Gateway";
       path = "/3ds/GW/GW.3dsx";
    },
    {
       title  = "HomeBrewMenu";
       path = "/boot_hb.3dsx";
    },
    // other stuff...
);

EDIT: Ninja'd properly by @Temptress Cerise.