3DS Best CFW? Question and Issue(s), Please Help Anyone, Thanks!

[Romruto]

I've been away from the hacking scene for 3DS for a long time!
...and now I'm back because I have an issue regarding how to make my New 3DS work again.

So I recently decided to turn on my 3DS (since August of 2016) with an autoboot for ReiNand CFW and just updated the files from 4.1 to the latest (5.1) today; It loaded just fine. I then proceed to update the custom firmware as usual to whatever 3DS firmware available to date. I turned it on and it autoboots through and loads up everything just fine (okay.. from here it looks normal). I tried to go into settings and it just sits doing nothing. Which at this point, that's odd. Maybe it's because I updated the CFW to the latest FW?? I again, tried it a few times and nothing, sits still doing nothing. I turn it off and turn it on, now it won't auto boot and after the REINAND screen, it's just a black screen (Again and again). At this point, I've accepted that I lost all my saved games and CFW because it won't load. I messed up somewhere I guess UGH!

So I have a few questions as I've forgotten a lot. Got caught up with life

Anyway, questions....

1) Anyone know what went wrong with my predicament? And can I fix this?

2) If I start everything over, I want a CFW that allows me to play GBA games as well. Point me in the right direction for that please. Help?

3) I heard LUMA was great for CFW and GBA support. Is that true?

Note: I have a New 3DS, the system firmware is 9.2. And I have a MicroSD of 128GB.
And yes I do have a backup of my SD card of before I updated the Reinand and updating the CFW.

Thank You!

 

[invaderyoyo]

You probably didn't lose anything. Just switch to an up to date CFW and everything should be back. The most common setup is boot9strap with Luma, which is a good choice.

 

[Romruto]

You probably didn't lose anything. Just switch to an up to date CFW and everything should be back. The most common setup is boot9strap with Luma, which is a good choice.

How do I just switch over?

 

[invaderyoyo]

How do I just switch over?

https://3ds.guide/a9lh-to-b9s.html

 

[Romruto]

https://3ds.guide/a9lh-to-b9s.html

I'm super lost. I had ReiNAND and never had luma. I tried to follow the instructions and even formatted my SD. Held start, and got nothing. -___-;

 

[invaderyoyo]

Instead of holding start, try renaming the bin file to arm9loaderhax.bin and putting it on the sd root.

 

[Shady Guy Jose]

It seems like OP didn't have A9LH. Do you remember what entrypoint you were using? MenuHAX, maybe?

 

[Romruto]

It seems like OP didn't have A9LH. Do you remember what entrypoint you were using? MenuHAX, maybe?

yeah i dont remember having A9LH but definitely used a BrowserHAX at the time? It's been a long time, so I don't remember the entry point. However, it could be that.

 

[Shady Guy Jose]

You probably used BrowserHAX to install MenuHAX. What is your current SysNAND firmware?

 

[ThisIsDaAccount]

Turn on your 3ds with the sd card removed and go to system settings. Write down the System version you see there.

After doing that, go to this page:
https://3ds.guide/get-started

And follow the directions there from start to finish. At the end, there will be an optional procedure for emunand/rednand users. Follow that as well.

 

[wormdood]

1.a the latest reinand is built for b9s (similar to menuhax but it takes place before the system even boots its own firmware so it has deeper access)
1.b assuming you can still boot the console without the sd inserted just install b9s/luma Homebrew Launcher (Soundhax) - 3DS Guide
2. you already had one but your current/outdated menuhax setup requires the game to be installed to sysnand and enunand in order to boot . . . this is not the case with a b9s setup as it uses sysnand as emunand is unneeded at this point . . . but to answer your question directly use 3DS Guide - 3DS Guide to install b9s/luma
3. yes

 

[Romruto]

You probably used BrowserHAX to install MenuHAX. What is your current SysNAND firmware?

Most likely and it's currently "Ver. 9.2.0-20U"

 

[ThisIsDaAccount]

Most likely and it's currently "Ver. 9.2.0-20U"

As wormdood said, start here and continue until the end.

 

[Romruto]

So I started fresh and installed the b9s using soundhax.
The FW says Sys 9.2.0.20U. Is it safe to update to the latest?

And the important question is, am I able to recover my EmuNAND from ReiNAND. My main reason is that I have a Pokemon Moon save file that I don't want to lose. Help please, thanks.

 

[Shady Guy Jose]

So I started fresh and installed the b9s using soundhax.
The FW says Sys 9.2.0.20U. Is it safe to update to the latest?

And the important question is, am I able to recover my EmuNAND from ReiNAND. My main reason is that I have a Pokemon Moon save file that I don't want to lose. Help please, thanks.

Don't update. Restore your EmuNAND to SysNAND as the guide says, and you'll already be on the latest with all your stuff

 

[Romruto]

Don't update. Restore your EmuNAND to SysNAND as the guide says, and you'll already be on the latest with all your stuff

I tried to do that but I don't think its working. When I tried to restore it from this guide "https://3ds.guide/move-emunand" and got to Section IV. It says "Navigate to [E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL" but on my screen it says SYSNAND VIRTUAL. I don't understand...why.

 

[wormdood]

I tried to do that but I don't think its working. When I tried to restore it from this guide "https://3ds.guide/move-emunand" and got to Section IV. It says "Navigate to [E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL" but on my screen it says SYSNAND VIRTUAL. I don't understand...why.

assuming your sd card still has its emunand and nintendo 3ds folder then your emunand may be corrupt
personally i would ignore the section as i buy games that i pirate once i decide they are worth the cash so all my good saves are on cartage

 

[Romruto]

assuming your sd card still has its emunand and nintendo 3ds folder then your emunand may be corrupt
personally i would ignore the section as i buy games that i pirate once i decide they are worth the cash so all my good saves are on cartage

I do own Pokemon Moon but I was too far on the game on my EmuNAND. So I just left my cart in the dust...

 

[wormdood]

I do own Pokemon Moon but I was too far on the game on my EmuNAND. So I just left my cart in the dust...

then lets try to solve this for your pokemons sake

I tried to do that but I don't think its working. When I tried to restore it from this guide "https://3ds.guide/move-emunand" and got to Section IV. It says "Navigate to [E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL" but on my screen it says SYSNAND VIRTUAL. I don't understand...why.

strange can you post a pic?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I tried to do that but I don't think its working. When I tried to restore it from this guide "https://3ds.guide/move-emunand" and got to Section IV. It says "Navigate to [E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL" but on my screen it says SYSNAND VIRTUAL. I don't understand...why.

You said you formatted the SD. It's possible it wiped your emuNAND. Are you on Windows? Go into Disk Management and check if there's unpartitioned space at the beginning of the card, or if the FAT32 partition is taking up the whole card.
Also, unless you made a backup of the card before formatting it, your saves are probably gone anyway.