Hacking Is CFW worth the risk?

[x65943]

Just making sure I got this right: I need to redo everything in the arm9loaderhax installation section and ONLY that? That's what I'm gathering from you guys.

Yes.

 

[comput3rus3r]

The actual version of the guide that uses only fasthax and direct CTRNand transfer was posted on January 2017. This very month.

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If you're already on firmware version 2.1, yes. YES.

what? no more soundhax? how can we follow the guide if it keeps changing? lol

 

[Olmectron]

what? no more soundhax? how can we follow the guide if it keeps changing? lol

Soundhax and fasthax. Whatever.

I've done the Plailect guide since it was first published, and one had to make EmuNAND for downgrading, and to get the OTP nearly manually. It has evolved and improved a lot, because of the new advancements in the 3ds hacking scene.

I've A9LH'd at least 90 consoles so far, between O3DS, O3DS XL, 2DS, New 3DS and New 3DS XL. No brick so far, which means I'm very lucky.

 

[Xiphiidae]

what? no more soundhax? how can we follow the guide if it keeps changing? lol

Soundhax and fasthax aren't mutually exclusive; they're designed for different purposes and achieve different goals in different ways.

 

[HyperT]

is that when this guide was posted? or did u use a different guide?

From the stage you are at [on 2.1] the procedure has been pretty much the same for past ~year [since SafeA9lhInstaller was released] with the methods to get down to 2.1 being what's changed [made safer *and much faster].

 

[Olmectron]

From the stage you are at [on 2.1] the procedure has been pretty much the same for past ~year [since SafeA9lhInstaller was released] with the methods to get down to 2.1 being what's changed [made safer].

And faster.

 

[Smashmax20]

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

 

[law_violator]

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

Patience, young padawan. You will soon learn the way of the smea

 

[Smashmax20]

Patience, young padawan. You will soon learn the way of the smea

That's not helping either :/

 

[comput3rus3r]

Soundhax and fasthax. Whatever.

I think i will wait until nintendo releases 11.3 and see if everybody floods the forums saying their 3ds stopped working after they update.

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

take out the sd card and blow on it and put it back in.

 

[Xiphiidae]

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

Does your 3DS' blue light turn on, then shut off? Or does it stay on with a black screen? Try turning it on without the SD card in, or try another SD card. If you've already installed A9LH, confirm that you actually have arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of your SD card.

Also, don't type in all caps like that; it doesn't make people more likely to help you.

 

[Smashmax20]

I think i will wait until nintendo releases 11.3 and see if everybody floods the forums saying their 3ds stopped working after they update.

take out the sd card and blow on it and put it back in.

Time to bring out the powers from the 80's and 90's.

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Does your 3DS' blue light turn on, then shut off? Or does it stay on with a black screen? Have you tried holding select on boot? Confirm that you actually have arm9loaderhax.bin on the root of your SD card, and try another SD card if that still doesn't work.

Also, don't type in all caps like that; it doesn't make people more likely to help you.

Sorry, I go all caps when I'm nervous.

 

[Olmectron]

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

Turn on the console WITHOUT the SD card in, then put it back in after it's already in the home menu.

 

[HyperT]

I got all the files back on my SD card BUT IT'S NOT GONNA HELP THE FACT THAT WHEN I POWER ON MY 3DS WITH THE SD CARD IN I GET A BLACK SCREEN.

That's already covered by the guide, just put the sdcard in after powering on

 

[Olmectron]

I think i will wait until nintendo releases 11.3 and see if everybody floods the forums saying their 3ds stopped working after they update.

take out the sd card and blow on it and put it back in.

The 3DS won't stop working after any new update Nintendo releases.

If you happened to be right (which is less than 0.0001% possible), it's good I've got nice soldering skills for unbricking any 3DS model by hardmodding.

 

[Xiphiidae]

The 3DS won't stop working after any new update Nintendo releases.

While it's very likely that no new update will make a 3DS with A9LH 'stop working' (or otherwise remove A9LH), you simply can't claim that it won't ever happen. We just don't know.

(which is less than 0.0001% possible)

I'd love to know how you came up with this number.

 

[Olmectron]

While it's very likely that no new update will make a 3DS with A9LH 'stop working' (or otherwise remove A9LH), you simply can't claim that it won't ever happen. We just don't know.


I'd love to know how you came up with this number.

I just made it up.

My opinion is that it's very hard for NIntendo to brick consoles with A9LH installed, not because they can't, but because they don't care anymore.

I repeat. MY opinion. Not a fact, nor something that matters.

 

[Smashmax20]

I'm gonna delete the extdata of my home menu to see if that helps, do i delete the entire folder or all the .files inside?

 

[Xiphiidae]

I just made it up.

My opinion is that it's very hard for NIntendo to brick consoles with A9LH installed.

I repeat. MY opinion. Not a fact, nor something that matters.

If it's your opinion then don't frame it as an empirical claim or objective fact.

I'm gonna delete the extdata of my home menu to see if that helps, do i delete the entire folder or all the .files inside?

You should delete the whole folder (maybe back it up to your computer as well) for your home menu extdata.

 

[Olmectron]

If it's your opinion then don't frame it as an empirical claim or objective fact.

I never said it was a fact. Nor that I read it somewhere else.

I said I could be wrong, and gave a made up percentage, so it's still my opinion. Is it wrong to comment those?