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[nafebrown]

Hey everyone. Im really sorry if its been asked a million times however Ive not been able to find anything and was hoping to get some help.

I hacked my New3DSXL ages ago and stopped playing it but have since decided to get back into it and am struggling to work out what to do. Furthermore, Im struggling to recall what hack is installed etc etc.

What I do know is that Im running an EmuNAND, I *think* its using Home Menu haxx with Pasta CFW and Luma3DS 6.3. When I boot my New3DSXL I get the static looking top screen, followed by a Green flash on bottom screen and then finally Im met with a boot menu. I select Luma3DS and then boot into Emunand on version 11.2.0-35E. Booting without the MicroSD card goes straight into SysNAND 9.2.0-20E.

Based on what Ive read over the last few days I think the latest and best thing to have is B9S and latest Luma on SysNAND but Im not sure how to actually achieve that. Ive seen a bunch of fresh install guides and guides to upgrade from ARM9Loader Hack but considering I dont think I have ARM9Loader Ive got no idea where to start. I'd happily simply wipe the MicroSD and start from scratch however I dont know how to back up and transfer all of my installed CIA's and Save files.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction? Every time I look into doing this I end up confusing myself.

Edit: Should add too that if needed I do have legit Cubic Ninja, Supercard DS Two, Zelda OOT, Smash Bros and Gateway carts here.. Not sure if theyre at all relevant these days.. lol

 

[Majickhat55]

Hey everyone. Im really sorry if its been asked a million times however Ive not been able to find anything and was hoping to get some help.

I hacked my New3DSXL ages ago and stopped playing it but have since decided to get back into it and am struggling to work out what to do. Furthermore, Im struggling to recall what hack is installed etc etc.

What I do know is that Im running an EmuNAND, I *think* its using Home Menu haxx with Pasta CFW and Luma3DS 6.3. When I boot my New3DSXL I get the static looking top screen, followed by a Green flash on bottom screen and then finally Im met with a boot menu. I select Luma3DS and then boot into Emunand on version 11.2.0-35E. Booting without the MicroSD card goes straight into SysNAND 9.2.0-20E.

Based on what Ive read over the last few days I think the latest and best thing to have is B9S and latest Luma on SysNAND but Im not sure how to actually achieve that. Ive seen a bunch of fresh install guides and guides to upgrade from ARM9Loader Hack but considering I dont think I have ARM9Loader Ive got no idea where to start. I'd happily simply wipe the MicroSD and start from scratch however I dont know how to back up and transfer all of my installed CIA's and Save files.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction? Every time I look into doing this I end up confusing myself.

Edit: Should add too that if needed I do have legit Cubic Ninja, Zelda OOT, Smash Bros and Gateway carts here.. Not sure if theyre at all relevant these days.. lol

Yeah just go here https://3ds.guide/get-started

Then follow all the directions for your consoles model. You'll have B9S and the latest Luma running on Sysnand in no time.

 

[Quantumcat]

would using cubic ninja and getting nintendo homebrew channel allow me to install CFW?

Only if you are on 11.3 or less.

 

[nafebrown]

Yeah just go here https://3ds.guide/get-started

Then follow all the directions for your consoles model. You'll have B9S and the latest Luma running on Sysnand in no time.

I dont think it was as simple as that :/ Got as far as finishing here https://3ds.guide/installing-boot9strap-(homebrew-launcher) and now I think my DS is bricked.

It does say at the bottom of the page, "If you get an error, just continue the next page" however to do what it asks in the next steps I need to be successfully able to boot, which I cant..

Edit: Selecting Boot into EmuNAND in Luma3DS config allows me to boot my EmuNAND with no issues, I just cant boot into SysNAND.

 

[Quantumcat]

I dont think it was as simple as that :/ Got as far as finishing here https://3ds.guide/installing-boot9strap-(homebrew-launcher) and now I think my DS is bricked.

It does say at the bottom of the page, "If you get an error, just continue the next page" however to do what it asks in the next steps I need to be successfully able to boot, which I cant..

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Edit: Selecting Boot into EmuNAND in Luma3DS config allows me to boot my EmuNAND with no issues, I just cant boot into SysNAND.

Try following the Move emuNAND section. Https://3ds.guide/move-emunand

 

[Lehas]

Hey, i missed the last 2 years of the 3ds scene and now im trying to get back. is this questen from 3ds.guide uptodate?
Q: I am on the latest system version, is my device hackable?
A: Yes

So if i buy a new nintendo 3ds xl there is no problem with any firmware version and i can hack it and play downloaded games?

 

[lone_wolf323]

Hey, i missed the last 2 years of the 3ds scene and now im trying to get back. is this questen from 3ds.guide uptodate?
Q: I am on the latest system version, is my device hackable?
A: Yes

So if i buy a new nintendo 3ds xl there is no problem with any firmware version and i can hack it and play downloaded games?

11.4 and 11.5 both at this point require a 2nd HACKED system to allow it to be hacked. anything under 11.3 can look at having soundhax used to get cfw installed.

You need to look at the dsiwarehax for both 11.4 and 11.5 aswell as Installing boot9strap (DSiWare Game Injection List) - 3DS Guide

for the games that can be used for exploiting the system

 

[Uumas]

Hey, i missed the last 2 years of the 3ds scene and now im trying to get back. is this questen from 3ds.guide uptodate?
Q: I am on the latest system version, is my device hackable?
A: Yes

So if i buy a new nintendo 3ds xl there is no problem with any firmware version and i can hack it and play downloaded games?

The new 3ds XL should come with 11.3 or below so it should be easily hackable.

 

[MrJason005]

Well, the saves from the games in the redcard should be fine right? sorry im a huge noob. but yeah, other than that, not really. i don't use cias, i use 3dz files.

If you are going to leave gateway, then you will not be able to use .3DZ files, because only the gateway red card had the ability to use .3DS and .3DZ files. You will need to move your save data from each game to an equivalent .CIA version of that game (.CIA files are games that you can launch from the home menu, as if you've bought them from the eShop).
Converting .3DS files to .CIA files is not hard. GodMode9 does it for you.

 

[jerbear64]

I purchased a N2DSXL recently in the hopes that ntrboothax would be out at this point. Given the fact that it isn't released yet, and I don't have access to another console with <11.4, I am strongly considering buying a refurb 2DS to transfer.

Are refurbs still shipping on <11.4?

 

[navimor]

Hi, here´s my question:

If i install a cfw, can i get banned when i enter on eshop?
And playing online?

Thanks, and sorry for bad english.

 

[MrJason005]

I purchased a N2DSXL recently in the hopes that ntrboothax would be out at this point. Given the fact that it isn't released yet, and I don't have access to another console with <11.4, I am strongly considering buying a refurb 2DS to transfer.

Are refurbs still shipping on <11.4?

You could just buy a cheap used O3DS on ebay and cross your fingers.
They go for like 50 pounds.

Hi, here´s my question:

If i install a cfw, can i get banned when i enter on eshop?
And playing online?

Thanks, and sorry for bad english.

There is always some risk whenever you go online with a hacked console. We can never make any promises, simply because we are not Nintendo and we don't know what algorithms they have in place to decide who gets banned and who doesn't.
Refer to this thread for more information.

 

[navimor]

this thread[/URL] for more information.

Ok, Thanks for the fast reply.

 

[RockmanYoshi]

You won't lose any data with a CTRNAND transfer no. It's not a format.

Whoa, I thought it replaced your NAND with a different one. I'll have to check it out, I thought I heard a story where someone lost their data while doing a CTR transfer.

 

[Quantumcat]

I purchased a N2DSXL recently in the hopes that ntrboothax would be out at this point. Given the fact that it isn't released yet, and I don't have access to another console with <11.4, I am strongly considering buying a refurb 2DS to transfer.

Are refurbs still shipping on <11.4?

It's a gamble what firmware you would get, buy on ebay and ask the sellers to check the firmware. Or look at local classifieds (more likely to get something cheaper).

 

[jerbear64]

It's a gamble what firmware you would get, buy on ebay and ask the sellers to check the firmware. Or look at local classifieds (more likely to get something cheaper).

I'm in the process of contacting sellers right now, actually. Since I'm not going to be using the console for anything else I'm targeting "as is" cosmetically worn systems. Odds are one of them are vulnerable.

 

[RickyEarl]

OK, just updated my GW system to CFW using the guide. Now per the same guide, I want to convert my GW saves using the tutorial here:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/

But I am totally stumped when I get to step 6 on that guide:

"Press select to open Gateway's rom menu and choose the game you're about to work on, but don't go into the game."

Pressing Select does nothing - how do I get into GW - how do I convert these saves? It's only 6 saves I care about, so I figured no big deal, but I can't get past this step.

I looked at this thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/

But it says in huge red letters not to use if above 11.2 firmware - the guide updated me to 11.5.

What do I do?

Thanks!

 

[Quantumcat]

OK, just updated my GW system to CFW using the guide. Now per the same guide, I want to convert my GW saves using the tutorial here:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/

But I am totally stumped when I get to step 6 on that guide:

"Press select to open Gateway's rom menu and choose the game you're about to work on, but don't go into the game."

Pressing Select does nothing - how do I get into GW - how do I convert these saves? It's only 6 saves I care about, so I figured no big deal, but I can't get past this step.

I looked at this thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/

But it says in huge red letters not to use if above 11.2 firmware - the guide updated me to 11.5.

What do I do?

Thanks!

You should have backed up your saves beforehand. Oh well. You can downgrade with 3Down: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3down-ctrnand-downgrade.467877/ or use 3DNUS to download the 11.2 files and install them using sysupdater.

 

[MrJason005]

OK, just updated my GW system to CFW using the guide. Now per the same guide, I want to convert my GW saves using the tutorial here:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/

But I am totally stumped when I get to step 6 on that guide:

"Press select to open Gateway's rom menu and choose the game you're about to work on, but don't go into the game."

Pressing Select does nothing - how do I get into GW - how do I convert these saves? It's only 6 saves I care about, so I figured no big deal, but I can't get past this step.

I looked at this thread https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/

But it says in huge red letters not to use if above 11.2 firmware - the guide updated me to 11.5.

What do I do?

Thanks!

Do you have an old NAND backup you can restore?

 

[RickyEarl]

You should have backed up your saves beforehand. Oh well. You can downgrade with 3Down: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3down-ctrnand-downgrade.467877/ or use 3DNUS to download the 11.2 files and install them using sysupdater.

Wow, thanks for the fast response! Really appreciated!

Now that you say it, that makes sense. Not to complain (I certainly couldn't write it better), but I don't think that's clear in the save converting tutorial. When the tutorial said as the first step "1. Install all the cia games you need, for the games you're going to import saves with" it never occurred to me to do that before installing CFW. Rookie mistake, I guess.

Is there any up or down side to either of the two downgrading methods you mention? Do I just downgrade to 11.2, then follow the https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/ guide, and then go through the tutorial for converting saves?