Hacking Solution for Luma3ds error "An exception occurred. ARM11 - data abort - Translation-section"

[merna]

Hey guys, today i had this error happen to me whenever i ran FBI or homebrew apps or anything of the like:

An exception occured

Processor : ARM11 (core 0)
Exception type : data abort
fault status : Translation - section

It showed up within seconds of opening any process, and i searched a lot for a fix almost everywhere on gbatemp and other websites, even formatted my sd card and checked it and everything.
But the only thing that worked for me was to remove any plugins i had installed from my sd card once i restored all the data on it, and also removed the file "boot.firm.bak" as i hadn't noticed it before.I also re-downloaded the Luma3ds 8.1.1 zip and copied the boot.firm to the root of my sd card to replace the old file. This made everything right as far as i could tell and the error didn't show up again. So i'm just posting this for anyone who has the same problem and is searching for a solution, even though it's really stupid of me not to have realized it from the beginning cuz it's so simple .

Note : i'm on Luma3ds ver 8.1.1 (had some major issues with 9.0) on an o3ds

 

[thr0waway]

this doesn't work for me
i get this error when trying to start animal crossing new leaf, and i get it at random times when playing shovel knight.
please help

[see attached image]
「fault status: translation - section」haven't shown up since i downgraded to lum 8.11 as per following op's post/

 

[MJ7114]

this happens to me when the Action Replay plugin loads. If you do have the AR plugin for luma, disable the plugin loader in the luma menu before you launch homebrew apps.

 

[merna]

Also, if you have game patching enabled in luma3ds settings disable it then try again. it happened to me a while back too, and this fixed it.

 

[ImInsane]

I had this error randomly too, i fix in this way.
Turn ur 3ds pressing select and mark disable arm11 exception handlers.
Press start to save and see if u have some problem

 

[thr0waway]

thank you everyone for responding so fast

now this [see attachment 1] shows up when i try to play animal crossing new leaf.
as advised by ImInsane i disabled arm11 exception handlers.
as advised by merna, i checked to see if i had patching enabled; i didn't, but i tried again with it enabled to no avail.
MJ7114, i don't think i have an 'ar plugin' for luma? it was a while ago i set all this up. by the luma menu, do you mean the one where you hold select while booting 3ds? if so, i don't see any mention of plugins on that list [see attachment 2].

i am not very tech savvy, sorry.
thanks again

 

[MJ7114]

well, errors like this only occur to me when i enable certain cheats that interfere with each other. Another possibility is the save is corrupted.

(optional) 1.To see if this is the problem, go to checkpoint, create a save, then wipe the game data. (don't worry, you will have that backup in checkpoint. make 2 backups if you think you'll do something wrong. cuz i do lol) If the game runs with the save wiped, then your other save probably is corrupted.

2. do you have any plugins that luma uses?

 

[thr0waway]

well, errors like this only occur to me when i enable certain cheats that interfere with each other. Another possibility is the save is corrupted.

(optional) 1.To see if this is the problem, go to checkpoint, create a save, then wipe the game data. (don't worry, you will have that backup in checkpoint. make 2 backups if you think you'll do something wrong. cuz i do lol) If the game runs with the save wiped, then your other save probably is corrupted.

2. do you have any plugins that luma uses?

1. there's no save data on animal crossing new leaf, it's a fresh download and i haven't played it yet. thus it doesn't show up in checkpoint.

2. i'm not sure? i don't know/remember what constitutes as a plugin (again, it was a while ago i got into all this homebrew stuff). could you tell me how i can check? thanks in advance

 

[MJ7114]

plugins: SD root\luma

ill try to research why this is happening...

 

[MJ7114]

okay, found a solution in https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/issues/824


frozenchen said to go to SD Root/Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000/ ,delete the 0000008f folder located there

see if this helps

 

[thr0waway]

thanks for doing the research for me man.
there isn't any folder ending in 8f [see attachment]
thanks again

 

[MJ7114]

are you completely updated with luma and b9s?

 

[thr0waway]

are you completely updated with luma and b9s?

i did have the latest luma at the time, but downgraded it to 8.1.1 to try an emulate op's method.
tried to update to the newest version (9.1) via the luma3ds updater, however no matter how many times it told me it was successful in updating, it kept telling me i was still on 8.1.1.
i tried manually updating to 9.1 by replacing the boot.firm, and now my screen won't turn on please help!

thank you

 

[MJ7114]

Try deleting the boot.firm file, and let it use boot.firm.bak . If it still doesnt turn on, rename boot.firm.bak to boot.firm

 

[TurdPooCharger]

i did have the latest luma at the time, but downgraded it to 8.1.1 to try an emulate op's method.
tried to update to the newest version (9.1) via the luma3ds updater, however no matter how many times it told me it was successful in updating, it kept telling me i was still on 8.1.1.
i tried manually updating to 9.1 by replacing the boot.firm, and now my screen won't turn on please help!

thank you

1. Copy everything off your SD card onto your computer.
2. Reformat your card as FAT32 + 32KB cluster size. Use guiformat if it's bigger than 32 GB.
3. Ensure your empty SD card is free of hardware defects by running a Full Write + Verify test in H2testw.
4. Build a new bare bone CFW setup to test out using the archive in this post.

Your next steps will depend what your 3DS does.

 

[MJ7114]

or try putting 8.1.1 back

 

[thr0waway]

i have put it back to 8.1.1 for now, just so i can still use my 3ds. only wanted to update it to see if that file ending in 8f would appear.
before i try turdpoocharger's method, there's something i'm confused about. am i supposed to do something with this 'exception_dump_parser' folder [see attachment]?? first time i tried to update i just emptied it's contents into the root sd, screen wouldn't turn on. second time tried moving the folder itself onto the root, screen still wouldn't turn on.

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UPDATE:
just tried installing 9.1 by only replacing the boot.firm and leaving the exception_dump_parser folder alone, and it worked!
however, the 0000008f folder mj7114 spoke of still doesn't appear

 

[thr0waway]

bump. somebody please help i appreciate all the help i've gotten so far

 

[MJ7114]

ok, lets try finding the home menu folder, or the 0000008f folder. Please answer the two questions questions

is there more than one 32 character folder in the Nintendo 3DS folder?
is "view hidden files" enabled in file explorer?

 

[thr0waway]

ok, lets try finding the home menu folder, or the 0000008f folder. Please answer the two questions questions

is there more than one 32 character folder in the Nintendo 3DS folder?
is "view hidden files" enabled in file explorer?

there is only one 32 character folder in the Nintendo 3DS folder
i do have hidden files visible, no dice