Hacking So... I Bricked My New 3DS XL via Dgtools :(

[Deleted User]

I know, I know... I'm stupid. I broke my new 3ds xl by using dgtools with a9lh installed. I didn't figure out that it would brick my system until it was already installed... I do still have a9lh, is there anyway to use what's left of a9lh to unbrick my system? Or any type of way?
PS: I have my NANDMin.bin from the a9lh installation for 11.2 so I have my backup, but I really don't know how I can do a hardmod without 99% breaking my system from messing something up in the motherboard (Those types of things get me kinda scared...)
Any help is appreciated if possible, thank you

 

[yusuo]

can you access the recovery menu

 

[Deleted User]

What do I have to press again? lol...

 

[Alex658]

You wrote trash to your Firm 0/1, effectively overwriting a9lh on normal cases. If you can't access any payloads such as Decrypt9/Godmode9/Hourglass9, you lost a9lh and got a brick. The only way you could recover is with a hardmod.

 

[Deleted User]

Dang. Guess I will buy another 3ds...

 

[yusuo]

A+R+L+Up(DPad) while powering up

What do I have to press again? lol...

let us know if that does anything

 

[zoogie]

I know, I know... I'm stupid. I broke my new 3ds xl by using dgtools with a9lh installed. I didn't figure out that it would brick my system until it was already installed... I do still have a9lh, is there anyway to use what's left of a9lh to unbrick my system? Or any type of way?
PS: I have my NANDMin.bin from the a9lh installation for 11.2 so I have my backup, but I really don't know how I can do a hardmod without 99% breaking my system from messing something up in the motherboard (Those types of things get me kinda scared...)
Any help is appreciated if possible, thank you

There's even a warning that tells you there's a 100% chance of that happening.
https://github.com/Plailect/dgTool/blob/master/source/main.c#L256-L257

You need to send it off to a hardmodder. The arm9 gets stuck in an infinite loop with this brick so recovery won't help.

 

[ItsKipz]

There's even a warning that tells you there's a 100% chance of that happening.
https://github.com/Plailect/dgTool/blob/master/source/main.c#L256-L257

You need to send it off to a hardmodder. The arm9 gets stuck in an infinite loop with this brick so recovery won't help.

Does it warn you when you try to install it too?

 

[Deleted User]

I don't think it said it when I installed it, I read everything I could see on the screen, it said nothing about it. Again, I said I found out once it was already done, so I didn't even know that it was bad until I did it already.

 

[zoogie]

Does it warn you when you try to install it too?

It warns you every time you downgrade firm. There is no way to tell you have it installed already (a limitation of DS mode) so only a warning is possible.

edit: versions < 2.0 didn't have the warnings - I didn't think anybody would be dumb enough to try downgrading an already hacked system. Boy was I wrong

 

[Cuphat]

...why would you mess with dgTool on an A9LH console? Or, for that matter, at all right now?

RIP

 

[ItsKipz]

I don't think it said it when I installed it, I read everything I could see on the screen, it said nothing about it. Again, I said I found out once it was already done, so I didn't even know that it was bad until I did it already.

why did you want to use DGTool anyways lmoa

 

[wurstpistole]

NEVER use this if arm9loaderhax is installed; on any firmware! The result will be 100% bricking.

So...

 

[proflayton123]

Lmao at purposely using tool to brick in a sense

 

[zoogie]

Lmao at purposely using tool to brick in a sense

I don't think this was intentional lol, just curiosity mixed with an extra dose of carelessness. We've all done stupid things.

 

[ItsKipz]

I don't think this was intentional lol, just curiosity mixed with an extra dose of carelessness. We've all done stupid things.

But it warns you you'll brick. Right there.

There's even a warning that tells you there's a 100% chance of that happening.
https://github.com/Plailect/dgTool/blob/master/source/main.c#L256-L257

You need to send it off to a hardmodder. The arm9 gets stuck in an infinite loop with this brick so recovery won't help.

 

[proflayton123]

I don't think this was intentional lol, just curiosity mixed with an extra dose of carelessness. We've all done stupid things.

How I love people being beyond careless and then using something which is said to brick with having A9

 

[souler92]

do a hardmod, atleast try. its broken anyway