How do I Unbrick my 3ds?

[Jar5]

Hello I have a new 3ds xl that my brother tried to mod back in 2017 or 2018 anyways he didn’t do it correctly lost all forms of back up and now all it does is boot up and say “An error has occurred: Failed to mount CTRNAND press any button to shutdown”. This is old version of hourglass 9 it is v1.35 so any videos or posts aren’t really the same so they are difficult to follow. Does anyone know if it is possible to unbrick? I’ve attached pictures of what screens of what happens when I turn it on while pressing start and while pressing select. Any help would be very appreciated

 

[Jar5]

Follow the guide here to update A9lh to b9s.

I can’t access this file does anyone have another link to it ?

 

[CoolMe]

I can’t access this file does anyone have another link to it ?

You mean you can't download it with your torrent client ? Does the torrent have no seeds?

 

[Jar5]

You mean you can't download it with your torrent client ? Does the torrent have no seeds?

Yes I can’t download it when I click on it nothing happens I was able to download all other files

 

[CoolMe]

No idea. Search on Google, maybe you can find it somewhere..

 

[lone_wolf323]

Yes I can’t download it when I click on it nothing happens I was able to download all other files

You need a torrent program to download that if you got a new 3ds and need it.

 

[Jar5]

You mean you can't download it with your torrent client ? Does the torrent have no seeds?

Nevermind I figured it out

 

[Jar5]

You need a torrent program to download that if you got a new 3ds and need it.

Ok I followed the instructions throughly and ended up getting this error. What should I do next?

 

[godreborn]

Probably need a ctrnand transfer.

 

[Jar5]

Probably need a ctrnand transfer.

Do you know how I would go about doing that ?

 

[CoolMe]

Ok I followed the instructions throughly and ended up getting this error. What should I do next?

Did you go through the whole thing? Or in what step were you at when this appeared?

 

[lone_wolf323]

Did you go through the whole thing? Or in what step were you at when it showed you this?

he cant get past loading up the home menu. it errors out on him. which means a ctrtransfer is most likely going to be next on the list.

 

[Jar5]

Did you go through the whole thing? Or in what step were you at when this appeared?

Yes I went through the whole thing and the error appeared at the end

 

[Jar5]

he cant get past loading up the home menu. it errors out on him. which means a ctrtransfer is most likely going to be next on the list.

Would following this link help https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer.html

 

[CoolMe]

Then you should do a CTRTransfer.
But you might wanna test the sd card with h2testw first, to see it's not faulty or defective, since it wasn't checked before.
Then formatting it again as Fat32.
Then creating a nand backup just in case, follow the steps "creating a nand backup" here.
Then you can do ctrtransfer.

 

[Jar5]

Then you should do a CTRTransfer.
But you might wanna test the sd card with h2testw first, to see it's not faulty or defective, since it wasn't checked before.
Then formatting it again as Fat32.
Then creating a nand backup just in case, follow the steps "creating a nand backup" here.
Then you can do ctrtransfer.

I did CTRtranfer but I still received same error at the end, is it possible to unbrick or is all hope lost lol?

 

[CoolMe]

Can you should some pics of the error message? Also hold select and power on the system, and get a picture of the Luma3DS menu screen, so we can see if it updated or not.

Also, do you have the Luma3DS files on the root of the sdcard?
If you're on latest Luma3DS, you can follow section vi ctrnand Luma3DS here.

 

[Jar5]

Can you should some pics of the error message? Also hold start and power on the system, and get a picture of the Luma3DS menu screen, so we can see if it updated or not.

Also, do you have the Luma3DS files on the root of the sdcard?
If you're on latest Luma3DS, you can follow section vi ctrnand Luma3DS here.

Actually I got to step 24 of the ctrtranfer and when I hold start with power I get god9 menu

 

[Jar5]

Actually I got to step 24 of the ctrtranfer and when I hold start with power I get god9 menu

 

[Jar5]

When I hold start and power on

 

[CoolMe]

Actually I got to step 24 of the ctrtranfer and when I hold start with power I get god9 menu

This :> (step 24)"Update your device by going to System Settings, then “Other Settings”, then going all the way to the right and using “System Update”"
When you rebooted the system (step 23) the error showed up? You didn't go to the home menu at all, right?

When I hold start and power on

Sorry, i meant holding "select". Post a pic here.
Also do the section vi "Luma3DS ctrnand" above.