Hey,
I was hoping to get some input on how to fix my N3DS on CFW.
I recently got this system, used and updated to 11.8 firmware. Then I followed the Frogminer/seedminer guide to install the newest version of Luma3D.
The issue is that after a while, playing whichever game, will result in an arm11 exception crash. Also, sometimes it will simply freeze on the homescreen. Finally, often before the freeze / crash occurs there will be graphical glitches on both screens which flicker on and off and increase in frequency until the system freezes. The screen glitches are hard to capture but I attached some photos, it happens most often in FBI, while installing or browsing files.
After such freezes the system will not boot for a while (LED flashes on and off), but after 10 mins of waiting it will again boot normally.
Once one of these crashes caused the CTRNAND to become at least partially corrupt (simply looking at the filenames with GM9).
I have tried:
- check SD card health
- try new SD card
- reinstalling FBI
- restore sysnand with gm9 - sysnand backup was from just after completing frogminer guide
- different battery from another N3DS
some pictures: 1) ARM11 error during game 2) CTRNAND contents corrupt (see weird file names) 3) CTRNAND cant boot 4) screen flicker mild 5) screen flicker intense, just before crash
This also happens on the system when it is freshly restored to the earliest sysnand backup I have, without any CIAs installed other than FBI, homebrew, Anemone, checkpoint, rosalina updater.
Is this a hardware problem or is there some other restore option I could try? I realize now I should probably have tested the system for a couple of days before putting CFW on it to rule out a hardware fault on stock firmware..
Id really like to salvage this as it is a Hyrule edition and has a nice screen, so any advice would be great
cheers!
I was hoping to get some input on how to fix my N3DS on CFW.
I recently got this system, used and updated to 11.8 firmware. Then I followed the Frogminer/seedminer guide to install the newest version of Luma3D.
The issue is that after a while, playing whichever game, will result in an arm11 exception crash. Also, sometimes it will simply freeze on the homescreen. Finally, often before the freeze / crash occurs there will be graphical glitches on both screens which flicker on and off and increase in frequency until the system freezes. The screen glitches are hard to capture but I attached some photos, it happens most often in FBI, while installing or browsing files.
After such freezes the system will not boot for a while (LED flashes on and off), but after 10 mins of waiting it will again boot normally.
Once one of these crashes caused the CTRNAND to become at least partially corrupt (simply looking at the filenames with GM9).
I have tried:
- check SD card health
- try new SD card
- reinstalling FBI
- restore sysnand with gm9 - sysnand backup was from just after completing frogminer guide
- different battery from another N3DS
some pictures: 1) ARM11 error during game 2) CTRNAND contents corrupt (see weird file names) 3) CTRNAND cant boot 4) screen flicker mild 5) screen flicker intense, just before crash
This also happens on the system when it is freshly restored to the earliest sysnand backup I have, without any CIAs installed other than FBI, homebrew, Anemone, checkpoint, rosalina updater.
Is this a hardware problem or is there some other restore option I could try? I realize now I should probably have tested the system for a couple of days before putting CFW on it to rule out a hardware fault on stock firmware..
Id really like to salvage this as it is a Hyrule edition and has a nice screen, so any advice would be great
cheers!
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