Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

javipro_04 · Nov 28, 2022

Kwyjor said:
You didn't answer the other question.

You should only be copying your old files back to a completely empty card. You don't want to just dispose of your old files, do you?

Also, h2testw is really the only way to be sure that a card is in fact okay. Otherwise you're just guessing.
https://3ds.hacks.guide/h2testw-(windows)

Answering your question, what I did is:

- no problems, everything working fine
- error copying a +4gb .3ds file into my 3ds SD card
- I copy everything from the SD and put it on a safe folder
- I delete everything from the microSD card
- I format it to FAT32 again (again yes, because I already did when I was CFWing my 3ds, that's why I say I was just being silly because the "too large file" is normal for FAT32 format)
- I copy back the files into the SD
- I turn on the 3DS with the SD inside and can't read it
- then I decide to do a good reformat and I put it back inside the 3DS but empty --> it does read it, so the reformat went nice
- I copy the files back again to my card and put it in the 3DS and there's no "can't read SD card" BUT there are no Homebrew app, no Universal Updater, anything from the CFW except TwilightMenu++.
- I decide to ask in GBAtemp.

Kwyjor · Nov 29, 2022

javipro_04 said:
- then I decide to do a good reformat and I put it back inside the 3DS but empty --> it does read it, so the reformat went nice
- I copy the files back again to my card and put it in the 3DS and there's no "can't read SD card" BUT there are no Homebrew app, no Universal Updater, anything from the CFW except TwilightMenu++.

Yes, that is exactly what you are not supposed to do. For the third time: you should format the card again and copy your files back to the empty SD card. I don't know why your 3DS said that it couldn't read the SD card before; it might not have been inserted properly, or the SD card might be failing which is why you should test it with h2testw after formatting it.

javipro_04 · Nov 29, 2022

Kwyjor said:
Yes, that is exactly what you are not supposed to do. For the third time: you should format the card again and copy your files back to the empty SD card. I don't know why your 3DS said that it couldn't read the SD card before; it might not have been inserted properly, or the SD card might be failing which is why you should test it with h2testw after formatting it.

I dit it!!! I just checked my SD is fine and then the restoring guide. Easy and quick. Ty, Kwyjor.

Sypherone · Nov 30, 2022

Hi guys,

i have one question to our experienced users.

In case a 3DS shows only black screens and gm9 or luma menu cannot be entered at boot, NTRboot to reinstall B9S is mainly the last chance to recover it.
But if the 3DS shows black screens and gm9 or luma can be entered at boot, theoretically i can update or reinstall B9S by the SafeB9SInstaller.firm ?!
Or do i miss something?

Maximumbeans · Nov 30, 2022

vegeta2009x6 said:
Thanks for all the helps. One more, what happens if there's an update, do I have to re-hack?

No, not unless Nintendo finally do something massive which completely scuppers all the existing CFW and the community needs to find something totally new, which isn't going to happen.

Whenever there's an update, it's best just to hold off until we get the all-clear. There aren't likely to be many future updates but with the eshop wind down and other stuff slowly being turned off, we'll probably see a few more, which might mean a last-ditch try or two at crippling CFW if I know Nintendo like I think I do.

Kwyjor · Nov 30, 2022

Sypherone said:
But if the 3DS shows black screens and gm9 or luma can be entered at boot, theoretically i can update or reinstall B9S by the SafeB9SInstaller.firm ?!

If that ever happens, I don't think there's any reason to expect using SafeB9SInstaller.firm should help anything. You wouldn't be able to get into gm9 or Luma if boot9strap wasn't working for some reason. I don't think I've ever read of a case where running SafeB9SInstaller.firm is a useful solution.

A case like one you describe suggests a Home menu problem, possibly caused by a bad theme or bad extdata, or a hardware problem as recent experience suggests.

OldLinkCj · Dec 7, 2022

Hello, I have sys 11.14-0-46E & a while ago (i dont remember at all) got Luma 10.2.1 on my New 3DS XL...

Can I play Pokémon online? I've completely forgotten everything about this stuff & I really dont want to ruin anything...

I would greatly appreciate any assistance! Thanks for reading

Hayato213 · Dec 7, 2022

OldLinkCj said:
Hello, I have sys 11.14-0-46E & a while ago (i dont remember at all) got Luma 10.2.1 on my New 3DS XL...

Can I play Pokémon online? I've completely forgotten everything about this stuff & I really dont want to ruin anything...

I would greatly appreciate any assistance! Thanks for reading

Update your luma3ds, and update your system firmware.

https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v11.0

OldLinkCj · Dec 7, 2022

Hayato213 said:
Update your luma3ds, and update your system firmware.

https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v11.0

Thanks a million; i'l do that!

nWo · Dec 8, 2022

Hi. Could somebody please help me changing a CIA logo and sound? I never understood how to do it and I hope that somebody with experience could lend me a hand. Nothing fancy.

Thanks in advance.

godreborn · Dec 8, 2022

nWo said:
Hi. Could somebody please help me changing a CIA logo and sound? I never understood how to do it and I hope that somebody with experience could lend me a hand. Nothing fancy.

Thanks in advance.

the banner? you need banner tool for all of that, icon, sound, and banner. after you've converted them (from png files), you have to use makerom.

Ghostplane64 · Dec 9, 2022

Hi. I'm trying to uninstall CFW. So if I'm trying to delete any CFW software from my 3ds, does that mean I should also delete anything from the extra data and downloadable content pages?

Kwyjor · Dec 9, 2022

Ghostplane64 said:
Hi. I'm trying to uninstall CFW.

Did you miss all the warnings stating that you should not do that, and that whatever reason you have for trying to do that is probably mistaken?

Sypherone · Dec 9, 2022

@Ghostplane64 instead of removing the CFW, that implies removing boot9strap. You could create a nativ firm (without cfw luma feature) by godemode9 and write this to CTRNand.

//EDIT: You must difference between the bootrom (entrypoint/hax) that launches luma (cfw). If you can enter luma menu and godemode9 at boot and launching luma works, then thats not a gm9 problem.

Ghostplane64 · Dec 9, 2022

Kwyjor said:
Did you miss all the warnings stating that you should not do that, and that whatever reason you have for trying to do that is probably mistaken?

I had my friend install it a few years ago and when I tried updating both manually and via universal updater, the current version displayed looks corrupted. I followed the guide for the uninstallation to make sure that every part of the 3ds works correctly so that I can reinstall CFW myself.

KleinesSinchen · Dec 9, 2022

Normally I do not even reply on "uninstall CFW from 3DS" anymore.
Since The Guide pretty much covers all warnings and checks, the risk is minimal if one accurately does what is written there:
https://3ds.hacks.guide/uninstall-cfw

The warnings now even includes common reasons, which are not good reasons, and the advise to not proceed.

Kwyjor · Dec 9, 2022

Sypherone said:
You could create a nativ firm (without cfw luma feature) by godemode9 and write this to CTRNand.

I have never heard of anyone doing this and have no idea what you are referring to. Are you referring to the "safety test"?

(Also, "godemode9"..?)

Ghostplane64 said:
the current version displayed looks corrupted.

What exactly does "looks corrupted" mean?

Sypherone · Dec 9, 2022

@Kwyjor No. There exist the possibility to the run only the native firm, without the features luma cfw provide. Check here. But ya, you can use it for a test if problems exist by using luma. And in case someone will sell his 3DS, he doesnt need to remove the bootrom.
//EDIT: And in case someone runs a update on the native firm, the bootrom will removed as luma protected it. So finally its a unhacked system. ( So you theoretically run the nativ firm and run the update over safemenu and you sit on clean system :rofl2:

)

Kwyjor · Dec 9, 2022

Sypherone said:
There exist the possibility to the run only the native firm, without the features luma cfw provide. Check here. But ya, you can use it for a test if problems exist by using luma. And in case someone will sell his 3DS, he doesnt need to remove the bootrom.
//EDIT: And in case someone runs a update on the native firm, the bootrom will removed as luma protected it. So finally its a unhacked system. ( So you theoretically run the nativ firm and run the update over safemenu and you sit on clean system )

Yes, that does ring a bell. I can't recall the specific details, but I'm pretty sure that's a bad idea. There have definitely been some very heated threads about it in the past.

If it was that easy to cleanly remove CFW, don't you think that would be in the Guide?

Sypherone · Dec 9, 2022

@Kwyjor Ya, thats the question aslong there is no qualified source. Can you provide one?

Don`t you maybe think they maybe didnt thought in this way and missed it, like they missed to change on routine because pichax was patched on 11.16?

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