So I got a japanese new 3ds off craigslist, and come to find out its bricked. Im getting an error saying FIRM partition fail when trying to using safeb9s installer. Any help would be appreciated.
@TurdPooCharger I tried a few 4gb micro sd cards, but the install fails when it reaches the crypto status check and gives the firm partition fail error message
My bad. The set of files I gave you are for a 3DS already hacked with boot9strap custom firmware.@TurdPooCharger I checked the one im using and it came back with no errors, and I don't think the 3ds was hacked at any point. Is my only option to hard mod at this point? also im kind of a noob when it comes to 3ds modding
Section I - Prep Work
- Power off your device
- Insert your device’s SD card into your computer
- This is the SD card from your 3DS, not the SD card from your flashcart
- Copy SafeB9SInstaller.firm to the root of your SD card and rename it to boot.firm
- Copy boot.3dsx to the root of your SD card
- Create a folder named boot9strap on the root of your SD card
- Copy boot9strap.firm and boot9strap.firm.sha from the boot9strap .zip to the /boot9strap/ folder on your SD card
My advice is to rule out all the common suspects before committing to hardmod, which is why you're being asked about checking the SD card and double checking NTRboot files; I take fault on trying to get you already collected files with one was out of place.@TurdPooCharger I followed the guide but it gave me the error, which is why im asking for help on here. i tried both the flashcart and sd card on another 3ds and it worked, so im thinking a hardmod might be needed
@TurdPooCharger it didnt work, you have any other suggestions?
Back, I took a much needed sleep.@TurdPooCharger I got into gm9, should i just folow the ctrtransfer guide all the way through?
@TurdPooCharger ive tried ctrtransfer and lazarus3ds and both dont work, you have any other suggestions?
@TurdPooCharger also most of the folders on the root are missing like the sysnand folders except for the sysnand virtual but its empty
@TurdPooCharger its a japanese new 3ds, i dont think i can return it because i bought it knowing it wasnt working, also lazarus3ds was giving me a sha check failed error even though its there
@ray3042, I have not. Lazarus3DS is usually reserved as 2nd to last ditch effort before hardmod. Were you able to find the required files to do Lazarus3DS? Because they're copyright material, the files can't be shared or directly linked on the forums.@TurdPooCharger have you used lazarus3ds before? i cant find any info on the sha check error aside from it being in the issues section on github