Hacking Homebrew Freezing games, Fbi and disappearing icons.

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Hi,
I have a problem with disappearing icons in my home menu and freezing games on my n3dsXL.

Everything started since I upgraded my microSD card from 128gb to 400gb. They are both SanDisk Ultra, original ones.
I went through hacking instructions, later copied all the games from smaller card to bigger one, everything worked.
Finally I started installing additional files from hshop. Unfortunately after some time, I realized that the new games icons overwrite random old ones. The old ones simply disappear, and instead of them new, packed boxes appear.

I still can open old games with FBI, but once I press home button, they simply freeze. Then, the only thing I can do is to hold the power button, and restart the n3dsXl.

So now, a few questions.
Is there anything I can do to fix this situation in general?
How to force new 3ds xl to show icons of installed software at the desktop, once they disappear?
If that is impossible, can I fix this freezing issue in fbi?
And last question, can I uninstall perticular game straight from my main 3ds home menu?

Thx!
 

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Did you h2testw test the new 400GB micro sd?
No, but it is an original one, from the legit store, I had several of them in my life, so it is not an issue.
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Did you copy all files and folders from old card, to new card?
I can't remember, probably only the games. But, like I wrote, everything worked untill I started installing the new ones.
 
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Have you exceeded the 300 title limit? At some point new titles will replace old ones.
No, there is a lot, but for sure less than that. And like I mentioned, they are there, but I can get to them only through FBI, and that is fine for me, as long as it will not freeze after hitting the home button.
 

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If you have your old sd card still with the files on it, I recommend copying all files and folders off it, over to your new card. Obv power down your DS before removing the sd card.
 

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If you have your old sd card still with the files on it, I recommend copying all files and folders off it, over to your new card. Obv power down your DS before removing the sd card.
As far I can remember I didn't copy all the folders, as I had old system on the previous one. That's why I build the new SD card, and copied only the games. Maybe I can still correct something in the files structure? Reinstalling the FBI did not help as well. Old games freezes once I press the home button, the new ones are fine.
 

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As far I can remember I didn't copy all the folders, as I had old system on the previous one. That's why I build the new SD card, and copied only the games. Maybe I can still correct something in the files structure? Reinstalling the FBI did not help as well. Old games freezes once I press the home button, the new ones are fine.
Oh I'm mistaken, I thought you only upgraded your sd card to a bigger one. I didn't know you updated the CFW after new card. Sorry, I don't know then. Good luck!
 

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The only time I've experienced dissappearing icons is when I've exceeded the title limit - and it's easier to do than you'd think, especially as badges on folders count as titles.
Ok, where on microSD can I check how many of them are there? Each game is 1 folder in Nintendo3ds? My path looks like: Nintendo3ds/letters/letters/title/ 3 strange folders, last one with a lots of them additional folders (I don't know why most of the games is in the last one)
 

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Ok, where on microSD can I check how many of them are there? Each game is 1 folder in Nintendo3ds? My path looks like: Nintendo3ds/letters/letters/title/ 3 strange folders, last one with a lots of them additional folders (I don't know why most of the games is in the last one)
in FBI under Titles
 

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No, but it is an original one, from the legit store, I had several of them in my life, so it is not an issue.
It makes no sense continuing here if you do not run the full write/read cycle with h2testw or F3. I know it is boring and takes eternity for big ones as your 400GB. But: "Legit store" mean as much as "original one" which is... nothing. Legitimate stores had batches of fake SD without knowing. Anything can be defective from the beginning even if it is a "real" SD.
Trusting an untested SD is a reason for me to stop at this point.

Titles disappearing after installing new ones normally only happens beyond the 300 titles mark. Count your icons, including preinstalled stuff, if you have many. There is 3DSBank as a workaround.
 

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It makes no sense continuing here if you do not run the full write/read cycle with h2testw or F3. I know it is boring and takes eternity for big ones as your 400GB. But: "Legit store" mean as much as "original one" which is... nothing. Legitimate stores had batches of fake SD without knowing. Anything can be defective from the beginning even if it is a "real" SD.
Trusting an untested SD is a reason for me to stop at this point.

Titles disappearing after installing new ones normally only happens beyond the 300 titles mark. Count your icons, including preinstalled stuff, if you have many. There is 3DSBank as a workaround.
You were right, it is more than 300...
Ok, what can I at this point l to solve it, is it still possible?
I can delete some of them, but will it bring my icons back?
 

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