Homebrew An Exception occurred, 3ds unusable

[nooppee]

do you have a nand backup? just in case.. i don't think you need to reflash it, because if you can launch luma, pretty much can launch decrypt9
but if you have the nand backup, you are pretty much safe
(or you know, sell the console and it's nand backup to someone who can repair it, for cheap and use this incident as an excuse to get a new 3ds xl )

Gonna come out and say it, I didn't have enough space on the 3ds to make a nand backup and no card to use either.

 

[PabloMK7]

Gonna come out and say it, I didn't have enough space on the 3ds to make a nand backup and no card to use either.

Then you can just do a 9.2.0 ctrtransfer.
https://3ds.guide/9.2.0-ctrtransfer

 

[wormdood]

Gonna come out and say it, I didn't have enough space on the 3ds to make a nand backup and no card to use either.

. . . but you said you used 3ds.guide . . . the guide has you create and restore a nandmin.bin it also tells you to save it to your pc to recover from potential bricks

 

[nooppee]

. . . but you said you used 3ds.guide . . . the guide has you create and restore a nandmin.bin it also tells you to save it to your pc to recover from potential bricks

As I said, I didn't have enough space for one and didn't have a card nearby so I just skipped it.

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Then you can just do a 9.2.0 ctrtransfer.
https://3ds.guide/9.2.0-ctrtransfer

Thanks, you're my saviour.

 

[migles]

Gonna come out and say it, I didn't have enough space on the 3ds to make a nand backup and no card to use either.

woa... give me permission to say this, that was very dumb...
always create a nand backup. no excuse.. (the first 3ds comes with a 2gb card you can even use that)
well since you said you was mjessing with TWL stuff, i have 2 ideas you can try...

first idea, as people had told, to update luma...
https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases
download the 7z file, copy arm9loaderhax.bin into the root of the SD card...
hold select on boot to open luma config, select "autoboot sysnand"
make sure everything else is turned off like dev features..


if that doesn't work, since the thing happened while you was trying about DS games
follow this:
https://3ds.guide/troubleshooting
try the first part...
this is a tutorial to fix DS stuff, (maybe you installed a wrong system title or something?)
not sure if applicable to fix your console but just takijng a guess, without knowing exactly what you did.. to understand what happened..

either way
try to launch decrypt 9 (or hourglass, you have to hold a key at boot, i think its the start button) it should work, if it does, at least your console is just crippled, but entirely gone
it doesn't work check for a payloads folder in SD:/luma/payloads if there is decrypt9 or hourglass
https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki/Other-features-and-notes

 

[nooppee]

woa... give me permission to say this, that was very dumb...
always create a nand backup. no excuse.. (the first 3ds comes with a 2gb card you can even use that)
well since you said you was mjessing with TWL stuff, i have 2 ideas you can try...

first idea, as people had told, to update luma...
https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases
download the 7z file, copy arm9loaderhax.bin into the root of the SD card...
hold select on boot to open luma config, select "autoboot sysnand"
make sure everything else is turned off like dev features..


if that doesn't work, since the thing happened while you was trying about DS games
follow this:
https://3ds.guide/troubleshooting
try the first part...
try to launch decrypt 9 (or hourglass, you have to hold a key at boot, i think its the start button)

I tried updating luma, nd that didn't work

I don't see how it would help me to download another tw since I can't get into the system

 

[migles]

I tried updating luma, nd that didn't work

I don't see how it would help me to download another tw since I can't get into the system

i edited my post, with a little more stuff.
but try that ctr transfer thing user above mentioned

 

[nooppee]

Quick question, I have no space in my card, and "Nintendo 3DS" takes up about 1.5 gigs. Could I delete this or is it crucial for the 3ds? Because I need space for the transfer .bin files

 

[TimX24968B]

Quick question, I have no space in my card, and "Nintendo 3DS" takes up about 1.5 gigs. Could I delete this or is it crucial for the 3ds? Because I need space for the transfer .bin files

how big is your SD card? that folder is where things like games are stored.

 

[nooppee]

how big is your SD card? that folder is where things like games are stored.

It's 2GB. Where are all games saved? Need to delete those

 

[migles]

It's 2GB. Where are all games saved? Need to delete those

move the Nintendo 3ds folder into your pc
you will ahve all the space then..
that folder hosts the games and saves and extra data...
you can move it while you "repair" the console and later restore it with no harm

 

[TimX24968B]

It's 2GB. Where are all games saved? Need to delete those

well, there is your first problem. Get a bigger one. EDIT: what the person above said.

 

[nooppee]

well, there is your first problem. Get a bigger one. EDIT: what the person above said.

What's the maximum size for the sd cards?(Which the 3ds can recognise/utilize)

 

[TimX24968B]

What's the maximum size for the sd cards?(Which the 3ds can recognise/utilize)

I've heard 32gb, but people have gotten bigger ones working through formatting techniques.

 

[nooppee]

I've heard 32gb, but people have gotten bigger ones working through formatting techniques.

Will 16 gb be enough?

 

[migles]

What's the maximum size for the sd cards?(Which the 3ds can recognise/utilize)

officially 32GB
however i am using a 64GB card, people had been even using 128 GB card, however they mention it kinda slows the console..
as long as it's fat32 formatted it should do the job

 

[TimX24968B]

Will 16 gb be enough?

I use 16gb, should be fine. just format it properly and copy everything over.

 

[nooppee]

I use 16gb, should be fine. just format it properly and copy everything over.

How do I format it porperly? FAT32?

 

[TimX24968B]

How do I format it porperly? FAT32?

fat32, 32kb cluster size.

 

[wormdood]

How do I format it porperly? FAT32?

i used this http://www.easeus.com/partition-manager/epm-free.html