Hacking About formatting a modded console

[JazzCat.CL]

Hello, i need to fix a friend's new 3ds XL. The thing is that the brought it second handed and it was already modded with luma to play backups. The thing is that i comes with the old user Nintendo ID. Can we format the console and keep the cfw ? or is he going to lose everything?

 

[Deleted member 381889]

Formatting does not get rid of CFW.

 

[JazzCat.CL]

Formatting does not get rid of CFW.

Great! so the id and the other stuff is going to be deleted but not the CFW? because we have it updated in the last firmware but with luma, so i was afraid of deleting everything and getting the console in the last version and not being able to cfw'd it again

 

[Deleted member 381889]

Great! so the id and the other stuff is going to be deleted but not the CFW? because we have it updated in the last firmware but with luma, so i was afraid of deleting everything and getting the console in the last version and not being able to cfw'd it again

Formatting just gets rid of your games and stuff, it can't remove cfw

 

[lone_wolf323]

Great! so the id and the other stuff is going to be deleted but not the CFW? because we have it updated in the last firmware but with luma, so i was afraid of deleting everything and getting the console in the last version and not being able to cfw'd it again

You will likely need to reinstall game titles, but the actual cfw will not be touched. Also, if ya got any saves ya want. Use a save manager such as JKSM's save manager to keep what you want

 

[JazzCat.CL]

Thanks everyone!