Hacking What files are good to safeguard?

[theedge]

Only NANDmin.bin and OTP.bin? or are there other files I need to keep for the future?

Thanks!

 

[xtheman]

You should keep NAND xorpads. These can be used to extract data from a NAND backup in the case you ever need a certain file from nand but can't get it from the 3ds for some reason (bricked or something).

 

[theedge]

You should keep NAND xorpads. These can be used to extract data from a NAND backup in the case you ever need a certain file from nand but can't get it from the 3ds for some reason (bricked or something).

Thanks! Should I keep the nand for 9.0?

 

[xtheman]

Thanks! Should I keep the nand for 9.0?

Yes you should always have a pre a9lh nand backup. The Xorpads are useful for extracting files from a nand backup for the future

 

[theedge]

Yes you should always have a pre a9lh nand backup. The Xorpads are useful for extracting files from a nand backup for the future

Im on lumacfw and i don't have any Xorpads. What are they exaclty and why are they needed?

 

[tvall]

Im on lumacfw and i don't have any Xorpads. What are they exaclty and why are they needed?

you can get decrypt9 to make them. used for decrypting your backup without the 3ds to extract files from it, in the case you ever need a certain file from nand but can't get it from the 3ds for some reason (bricked or something).