Patch TWL_FIRM to play normally blocked DS games

Orphen07 · Feb 19, 2016

This is a well written guide, with that, however, I would like to make some suggestions:

For the people who skim over the Recommended sections of guides, insist on creating an emuNAND backup.
If your CIA manager does not install the patches due to "Title already existing," please include that you will have to delete 0004013820000102 (N3DS) or 0004013800000102 (O3DS) before installing TLW_FIRM.
Unlike other DSiWare, TWL_Slot1 Launcher only needs to be installed on emuNAND. This gives people less excuse to mess with updates on SysNAND.

More of a nitpick, but "blocked DS games" can be interpreted as if there are DS games that won't work on the 2/(n)3DS, even though this is for flashcards and Action Replay-esque devices specifically.

Other than that, great guide. Sorry if I seem too demanding and/or condesending!

ElyosOfTheAbyss · Feb 21, 2016

do toy need to install on emu and sysnand?

Orphen07 · Feb 22, 2016

ElyosOfTheAbyss said:
do toy need to install on emu and sysnand?

Thankfully, this only needs to be installed on emuNAND.

SANNIC789 · Feb 22, 2016

i installed the TWL_FIRM patch on my emuNAND and this is not working do i need to put it in my sysNAND as well or will it brake it?

Orphen07 · Feb 22, 2016

SANNIC789 said:
i installed the TWL_FIRM patch on my emuNAND and this is not working do i need to put it in my sysNAND as well or will it brake it?

To first answer your question, no, this only needs to be installed to emuNAND (Don't even look at sysNAND files unless it's absolutely necessary). Furthermore, we cannot help you with your issue unless more information is provided:

What are you trying to run, exactly? Flashcards that autoboot on the original DS & DS Lite will not work, period.
Are you using this in conjunction with TWL Slot-1 Launcher? If you are using this by itself, maybe using the Slot-1 Launcher will remedy the problem.
Are your NANDs unlinked? I don't think this would be an issue, but I'm going to ask for the sake of thoroughness.
Were the files in accordance to your 3DS model? I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, but sometimes mistakes happen. Again, asking for thoroughness' sake.

SANNIC789 · Feb 22, 2016

Orphen07 said:
To first answer your question, no, this only needs to be installed to emuNAND (Don't even look at sysNAND files unless it's absolutely necessary). Furthermore, we cannot help you with your issue unless more information is provided:

What are you trying to run, exactly? Flashcards that autoboot on the original DS & DS Lite will not work, period.

Are you using this in conjunction with TWL Slot-1 Launcher? If you are using this by itself, maybe using the Slot-1 Launcher will remedy the problem.

Are your NANDs unlinked? I don't think this would be an issue, but I'm going to ask for the sake of thoroughness.

Were the files in accordance to your 3DS model? I'm not trying to insult your intelligence, but sometimes mistakes happen. Again, asking for thoroughness' sake.

1. i know about that its a flash card with banners and it is confirmed to work on this

2. um if you mean i dont have the patch from the iso site then no its with the patched or u mean im not useing CFW i got rx tools

3. well yes thay are with tiny formater o and the real sys formater at the same time lol

4. u mean like the dbs files? in nintendo3ds yes it is in both sys and emu and i put the cia's in a dsi folder if your asking that

Orphen07 · Feb 22, 2016

SANNIC789 said:
i know about that its a flash card with banners and it is confirmed to work on this

Ok. That is what I wanted to know.

SANNIC789 said:
um if you mean i dont have the patch from the iso site then no its with the patched or u mean im not useing CFW i got rx tools

No no, what I meant was, some flashcards work just by patching TWL_FIRM. Are you using TWL_FIRM as well as TWL Slot-1 Launcher, or just this?

SANNIC789 said:
u mean like the dbs files? in nintendo3ds yes it is in both sys and emu and i put the cia's in a dsi folder if your asking that

Not anything like that, but rather, I meant to ask "Did you install n3DS files on the o3DS?", for example.

SANNIC789 · Feb 22, 2016

Orphen07 said:
Ok. That is what I wanted to know.

No no, what I meant was, some flashcards work just by patching TWL_FIRM. Are you using TWL_FIRM as well as TWL Slot-1 Launcher, or just this?

Not anything like that, but rather, I meant to ask "Did you install n3DS files on the o3DS?", for example.

1. good

2. well yes the TWL_FIRM was installed on emuNAND as i launched it, and i tryed booting the demo ds games and thats not working to

3. no i installed the old 3ds file im shur i did that

LaurelAshley · Feb 23, 2016

So, I patched my TWL and trying to run my AceKard2i through the slot-1 launcher and I'm stilling get "an error has occurred" :/

I'm on 10.5 emuNAND (9.2 sysNAND) with rxTools cfw. 0:

I installed it via Dev Menu because I always have issues w/ FBI. I would think that would work fine :/

Orphen07 · Feb 23, 2016

LaurelAshley said:
So, I patched my TWL and trying to run my AceKard2i through the slot-1 launcher and I'm stilling get "an error has occurred" :/

I'm on 10.5 emuNAND (9.2 sysNAND) with rxTools cfw. 0:

I installed it via Dev Menu because I always have issues w/ FBI. I would think that would work fine :/

So long as the installation went without issue, it shouldn't make a difference as to what you installed it with. Has it worked since restarting the 3DS?

LaurelAshley · Feb 23, 2016

Orphen07 said:
So long as the installation went without issue, it shouldn't make a difference as to what you installed it with. Has it worked since restarting the 3DS?

So I tried reinstalling the patched TWL_FIRM with FBI to NAND and it went through okay. Asked me to overwrite, did so, successful. So I tried using the launcher with my flashcart again, still error :/

The AceKard comes up and everything, it's just giving me that error every time.

I've just restarted as I'm typing and it STILL gives me an error! Man

matpower · Feb 24, 2016

LaurelAshley said:
So I tried reinstalling the patched TWL_FIRM with FBI to NAND and it went through okay. Asked me to overwrite, did so, successful. So I tried using the launcher with my flashcart again, still error :/

The AceKard comes up and everything, it's just giving me that error every time.

I've just restarted as I'm typing and it STILL gives me an error! Man

Update your RxTools build, if you are using an older one, it will give an error for some reason, I think that RxTools just ignores the AGB/TWL_FIRM installed to use its own patches.

LaurelAshley · Feb 24, 2016

matpower said:
Update your RxTools build, if you are using an older one, it will give an error for some reason, I think that RxTools just ignores the AGB/TWL_FIRM installed to use its own patches.

Sorry to be nooby, but how can I update my RxTools build? I just don't wanna do anything wrong. I've put so much time into this 3ds lol

matpower · Feb 24, 2016

You can find the latest nightly here: https://lavanoid.github.io/
It should have the latest TWL_FIRM patch too. You just install it by doing the same thing that you first did to get RxTools running, AKA: Copying the RxTools folder and getting the firm folder from the Python script.

Make sure to backup your RxTools folder before updating, just in case that the nightly broke something. Your emuNAND should be fine even if there is something wrong with that build, but you can always make a backup just to be sure.

LaurelAshley · Feb 24, 2016

matpower said:
You can find the latest nightly here: https://lavanoid.github.io/
It should have the latest TWL_FIRM patch too. You just install it by doing the same thing that you first did to get RxTools running, AKA: Copying the RxTools folder and getting the firm folder from the Python script.

Make sure to backup your RxTools folder before updating, just in case that the nightly broke something. Your emuNAND should be fine even if there is something wrong with that build, but you can always make a backup just to be sure.

okay, I'm gonna try thank you

LaurelAshley · Feb 24, 2016

matpower said:
You can find the latest nightly here: https://lavanoid.github.io/
It should have the latest TWL_FIRM patch too. You just install it by doing the same thing that you first did to get RxTools running, AKA: Copying the RxTools folder and getting the firm folder from the Python script.

Make sure to backup your RxTools folder before updating, just in case that the nightly broke something. Your emuNAND should be fine even if there is something wrong with that build, but you can always make a backup just to be sure.

That fixed it! Thanks so much

samcambolt270 · Feb 24, 2016

ok, so here's my problem. I followed all directions to the letter, and the file has installed, but i still get a black screen when booting dsiware. I am not seeing what the issue is here...
Details: I have an unlinked emunand, emunand is 10.3, I am using menuhax to coldboot rxtools.

matpower · Feb 24, 2016

samcambolt270 said:
ok, so here's my problem. I followed all directions to the letter, and the file has installed, but i still get a black screen when booting dsiware. I am not seeing what the issue is here...
Details: I have an unlinked emunand, emunand is 10.3, I am using menuhax to coldboot rxtools.

Have you tried what I said above?

samcambolt270 · Feb 24, 2016

matpower said:
Have you tried what I said above?

I have no idea how to update rxtools with the way it's set up now. I am using a .3dsx file being booted by rxtools. There is a .3dsx file in the nightly build i downloaded, but i am not sure if it would be as simple as replacing the files I have now. last time i messed with rxtools, i borke it and had to reformat the sd to get it working again.

Fishaman P · Feb 24, 2016

I'm aware that this guide is for unblocking flashcarts, but is there a method to remove the region lock on DSi-Mode games?
The TWL Slot-1 Launcher sounds like it would do the trick, but some confirmation would be nice.

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