Hacking Manually updating GAMES breaking EmuNand?

[hisagishi]

So my internet is really bad, I took half a day to update to 10.6 so I thought I'd just download the game update and manually update it via CIA installer, no matter what update I try it always bricks my emunand setup. It says install sucessfull but when I back out of FBI to then play said game it goes to the "an error has occurred please turn hold down power button"

Then when I try to turn the unit back on it gets through the RXTools phase and just sits at a black screen. Then I need to redo my emunand.

 

[Quantumcat]

What game are you trying to update?

It might or might not be an rxTools problem, but if it is, you can try updating to Luma. Follow: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-updating-from-rxtools-to-luma3ds.427735/

I think there's something wrong with your emuNAND though. If the above does not fix it, you should backup all your saves with JKSM and create a new emuNAND.

You could also try updating from the eShop (as long as you've never updated by .cia before or it will have an error at 99%).

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

edit: ignore this, I misread what you were saying

 

[hisagishi]

What game are you trying to update?

It might or might not be an rxTools problem, but if it is, you can try updating to Luma. Follow: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-updating-from-rxtools-to-luma3ds.427735/

I think there's something wrong with your emuNAND though. If the above does not fix it, you should backup all your saves with JKSM and create a new emuNAND.

You could also try updating from the eShop (as long as you've never updated by .cia before or it will have an error at 99%).

Its smash I am trying to update. I might try luma if its not a smash only issue. I can install the DLC just fine.

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

Its smash I am trying to update. I might try luma if its not a smash only issue. I can install the DLC just fine.

Make sure the CIA is around 328mb (approximate size of the cias I have around).

 

[hisagishi]

Hmm it also did it after trying to install an out of region Etrian Oddesy 4 that was supposedly region free. Welp, I think I'll try Luma and get back to you.

 

[Aroth]

Hmm it also did it after trying to install an out of region Etrian Oddesy 4 that was supposedly region free. Welp, I think I'll try Luma and get back to you.

I would definitely try Luma. RxTools is out dated and no longer supported, and as such its hard to diagnose weird issues like this. That said, I seem to remember reading something somewhere about the nature of updates to smash making them require certain minimum system versions.

As for the out of region update for Etrian Odyssey IV, game updates are required to be the same region as the installed game, regardless of your console region. If you installed a EUR version of Etrian Odyssey (even if it was labeled "region free"), you have to install the EUR version of update, as the EUR version has a different pair of TitleIDs than the USA version.

 

[hisagishi]

I would definitely try Luma. RxTools is out dated and no longer supported, and as such its hard to diagnose weird issues like this. That said, I seem to remember reading something somewhere about the nature of updates to smash making them require certain minimum system versions.

As for the out of region update for Etrian Odyssey IV, game updates are required to be the same region as the installed game, regardless of your console region. If you installed a EUR version of Etrian Odyssey (even if it was labeled "region free"), you have to install the EUR version of update, as the EUR version has a different pair of TitleIDs than the USA version.

It wasn't an update for etrian oddessy I was trying to install it was the full game, I've also tried multiple smash versions and all of them brick my emunand.

I'm reformatting my 128gb card now but it takes a looong time to do so.

 

[Aroth]

It wasn't an update for etrian oddessy I was trying to install it was the full game, I've also tried multiple smash versions and all of them brick my emunand.

I'm reformatting my 128gb card now but it takes a looong time to do so.

Hmm, that seems weird as hell. Best guess at a solution would be a reformatted sd card (which you are doing), with a new emunand and Luma3DS instead of rxTools. At the very least if the issue still happens after doing all of that, it would strongly suggest the issue is a faulty SD card.

 

[hisagishi]

Hmm, that seems weird as hell. Best guess at a solution would be a reformatted sd card (which you are doing), with a new emunand and Luma3DS instead of rxTools. At the very least if the issue still happens after doing all of that, it would strongly suggest the issue is a faulty SD card.

If I make a completely new emunand would I need to re-unlink the emunand/nand then have to re setup my cfw? Not sure how this all works.

 

[Aroth]

If I make a completely new emunand would I need to re-unlink the emunand/nand then have to re setup my cfw? Not sure how this all works.

Depending on how you formatted the sd card, you might have to make a new emunand anyways. As for whether or not you will have to unlink them again, the answer would probably be a yes. Not sure how much would have to be set up again in regards to the CFW, though setting up Luma is pretty straight forward.

 

[hisagishi]

Alright I need a little help guys. I followed this guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-installing-rxtools-custom-firmware-3ds-and-2ds.390867/
to initially setup my emunand. Now I am trying to make a backup of this current emunand so that if something happens I will have it. I have a full byte backup of my setup but its 16gb and I have to reimage the drive everytime then extend the partition to 128gb instead of 16gb, its a real hassle.

My problem is, emunand9 and decrpyt9 are failing to load after selecting them in CTRbootmanager. I have tried updating them both and they still fail to load. Also I can't remember what button it was to load the rxtools menu so I can get a backup from that.

Edit: Never mind, forgot you could just use the emunandtool on windows. please ignore.

 

[Aroth]

Alright I need a little help guys. I followed this guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-installing-rxtools-custom-firmware-3ds-and-2ds.390867/
to initially setup my emunand. Now I am trying to make a backup of this current emunand so that if something happens I will have it. I have a full byte backup of my setup but its 16gb and I have to reimage the drive everytime then extend the partition to 128gb instead of 16gb, its a real hassle.

My problem is, emunand9 and decrpyt9 are failing to load after selecting them in CTRbootmanager. I have tried updating them both and they still fail to load. Also I can't remember what button it was to load the rxtools menu so I can get a backup from that.

Edit: Never mind, forgot you could just use the emunandtool on windows. please ignore.

The fact that emunand9 and decrypt9 are failing to load is worrisome and makes me suspect your SD card is damaged or faulty.

Also I suspect that a few of the tools and utilities in the "CFWKIT" from that guide are outdated. To be honest, the entire core concept of the guide is outdated as rxTools has not been updated in some time and is/was a bug-ridden mess the last time I bothered with it. Hell the last time I checked on rxTools you still could not update a N3DS emunand to 9.6+, and that was a good 2 months after ReiNAND, Cakes and even Gateway had implemented that feature.

 

[hisagishi]

The fact that emunand9 and decrypt9 are failing to load is worrisome and makes me suspect your SD card is damaged or faulty.

Also I suspect that a few of the tools and utilities in the "CFWKIT" from that guide are outdated. To be honest, the entire core concept of the guide is outdated as rxTools has not been updated in some time and is/was a bug-ridden mess the last time I bothered with it. Hell the last time I checked on rxTools you still could not update a N3DS emunand to 9.6+, and that was a good 2 months after ReiNAND, Cakes and even Gateway had implemented that feature.

Well it is a brand new one, I can try with my older one and see what happens.

 

[Aroth]

Well it is a brand new one, I can try with my older one and see what happens.

Wait... you said it was a 128 GB sd card?

You DID set the cluster size to 64kb when formatting it, right?

 

[hisagishi]

Wait... you said it was a 128 GB sd card?

You DID set the cluster size to 64kb when formatting it, right?

Yup, made sure that was the first thing I did as I had to reformat it out of exFAT anyhow. Old card was 32k allocation size.

 

[Aroth]

Yup, made sure that was the first thing I did as I had to reformat it out of exFAT anyhow. Old card was 32k allocation size.

Hmm ok then.

I would strongly suggest you update your copy of Decrypt9 and Emunand9 before you try anything else at this point. The fact that you cannot get them to load is problematic.

https://github.com/d0k3/Decrypt9WIP/releases/
https://github.com/d0k3/EmuNAND9/releases/

The only things you should actually need from the downloaded zip files is the /3ds/ folder. The other files are for alternate methods of launching the tools.

Also, I'm not seeing anywhere what model of 3ds you have, and/or what your sysnand version is. Both of these would be helpful for troubleshooting.

 

[hisagishi]

Hmm ok then.

I would strongly suggest you update your copy of Decrypt9 and Emunand9 before you try anything else at this point. The fact that you cannot get them to load is problematic.

https://github.com/d0k3/Decrypt9WIP/releases/
https://github.com/d0k3/EmuNAND9/releases/

The only things you should actually need from the downloaded zip files is the /3ds/ folder. The other files are for alternate methods of launching the tools.

Also, I'm not seeing anywhere what model of 3ds you have, and/or what your sysnand version is. Both of these would be helpful for troubleshooting.

I tried updating them and they still wouldn't boot. I copied the decrpyt9.bin and the decrypt9 folder aswell as the .nds just in case it was used for something. I did similarly with emunand9.

Its and o3ds, sysnand = 9.2, rxtools emunand = 10.6

I also tried to get Luma to work by copying the Boot.sdx and the Luma folder as described in this thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-updating-from-rxtools-to-luma3ds.427735/

But it just boots me into rxtools without giving me any option to configure luma.

 

[einhuman197]

You can try to update with system cias. Get the 11.0 cias from that chaos site and update with sysUpdater.

 

[Aroth]

I tried updating them and they still wouldn't boot. I copied the decrpyt9.bin and the decrypt9 folder aswell as the .nds just in case it was used for something. I did similarly with emunand9.

Its and o3ds, sysnand = 9.2, rxtools emunand = 10.6

I also tried to get Luma to work by copying the Boot.sdx and the Luma folder as described in this thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-updating-from-rxtools-to-luma3ds.427735/

But it just boots me into rxtools without giving me any option to configure luma.

Um, can you get me a screenshot of the root of your sd card?