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I’m getting kind of scared from the Nintendo threat saying once you update, you’ll “likely” make your system unplayable. I’m being stupid, but I’m questioning if I should keep CFW or not. I’m still waiting for it to be super safe but it’s pretty scary. Should I get rid of CFW or keep it? Also, if I were to update and my system was unplayable, would GodMode9 help me restore a backup?
If you've ever had CFW you may as well keep it. Uninstalling means if you get hit with a ban later you won't be able to do anything about it. With CFW you can just unban yourself. The warning means nothing, it has always been there even before the 3DS was hacked at all.
 

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I read the guide about moving Emunand to Sysnand, and still I got some questions:

1- My Sysnand is on 9.2, and my Emunand is on 11.6, do I need to have them both on same version so I can move ?

2- If I do need them both on same version, by updating the sysnand I ain't gonna lose anything ?

3- The new Sysnand+Emunand, will work just like the old Emunand with cia installs and stuff ?

Thanks in Advance!
 

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I have a rather strange problem.

Pokémon Y (installed from a CIA) is crashing, and other Pokémon games too. Except this problem persists across reinstalls, CFWs (A9LH→B9S), reformats, new saves, new games etc.

What is happening:

Long ago, I successfully installed A9LH (on B9S now), got a Pokémon Y CIA and started playing.

Then I got to Lumiose City, saved there and, as you might know, froze upon reload, with the music in the background. I did not think it much, and reset the save file, starting afresh. This time, it froze after a few seconds of playtime. On the first run (after name, gender etc) it runs (mostly?) fine, but after I save and run again, it freezes after a few (~10-15) seconds. Now why should this happen? Background music keeps playing, home button doesn't work, Rosalina menu still works.

Anyways, I deleted title and ticket, and then proceeded to reinstall the CIA. Same thing. The CIA is a good, non-corrupted one, see the *What I have tried* part. I then formatted the system, SD card, and reinstalled CFW. Tried again. Same result.

So I installed Alpha Sapphire. This freezes on the intro itself.

I then installed B9S. Was sure that a new CFW would fix things. unfortunately, same result.

How it freezes:

The game simply freezes with background music playing (but no interaction sounds), home button and all other buttons unresponsive. Only things that work are Rosalina menu and hard shutdown (long pressing power button).

What I have tried:

- Pokémon Y CIA, verified good (MD5 matches with other successful users on the net)
- Pokémon Alpha Sapphire CIA, also good
- Reformatting and reinstalling CFW
- Firmware versions 11.2, 1.3 and now on 11.6
- installed updates for Pokémon Y
- Reformatting SD card, and trying this with 2 SD cards (4GB Samsung and 8GB Sandisk)

System information:

- USA Old 2DS
- Plailect's guide to the letter
- Luma3DS v8.1.1
- 11.6 firmware, also encounter problem on 11.2 and 11.3
- Luma3DS options: Only the "Show NAND or user string..." recommended in the guide. Also, "Game patching" and "ARM11 Exception..." don't seem to make a difference whether enabled or not
- NTR: None
- Any games that do work?: The homebrews SuperHaxagon, WorldOf3DSand work perfectly

What I suspect:

Having ruled out such a number of software causes, I suspect (but hope not) that this is a hardware issue. Otherwise why would this persist after so many reinstalls? On the other hand, if this was a hardware issue, why would this trigger and persist only after encountering a known software issue?

Anybody knows why this might be happening?
 

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I read the guide about moving Emunand to Sysnand, and still I got some questions:

1- My Sysnand is on 9.2, and my Emunand is on 11.6, do I need to have them both on same version so I can move ?

2- If I do need them both on same version, by updating the sysnand I ain't gonna lose anything ?

3- The new Sysnand+Emunand, will work just like the old Emunand with cia installs and stuff ?

Thanks in Advance!
1 - no, you'll be replacing your sysNAND with the emuNAND data, so your sysNAND will end up on 11.6

Everything will be the same as before except without the disadvantages of having an emuNAND.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

I have a rather strange problem.

Pokémon Y (installed from a CIA) is crashing, and other Pokémon games too. Except this problem persists across reinstalls, CFWs (A9LH→B9S), reformats, new saves, new games etc.

What is happening:

Long ago, I successfully installed A9LH (on B9S now), got a Pokémon Y CIA and started playing.

Then I got to Lumiose City, saved there and, as you might know, froze upon reload, with the music in the background. I did not think it much, and reset the save file, starting afresh. This time, it froze after a few seconds of playtime. On the first run (after name, gender etc) it runs (mostly?) fine, but after I save and run again, it freezes after a few (~10-15) seconds. Now why should this happen? Background music keeps playing, home button doesn't work, Rosalina menu still works.

Anyways, I deleted title and ticket, and then proceeded to reinstall the CIA. Same thing. The CIA is a good, non-corrupted one, see the *What I have tried* part. I then formatted the system, SD card, and reinstalled CFW. Tried again. Same result.

So I installed Alpha Sapphire. This freezes on the intro itself.

I then installed B9S. Was sure that a new CFW would fix things. unfortunately, same result.

How it freezes:

The game simply freezes with background music playing (but no interaction sounds), home button and all other buttons unresponsive. Only things that work are Rosalina menu and hard shutdown (long pressing power button).

What I have tried:

- Pokémon Y CIA, verified good (MD5 matches with other successful users on the net)
- Pokémon Alpha Sapphire CIA, also good
- Reformatting and reinstalling CFW
- Firmware versions 11.2, 1.3 and now on 11.6
- installed updates for Pokémon Y
- Reformatting SD card, and trying this with 2 SD cards (4GB Samsung and 8GB Sandisk)

System information:

- USA Old 2DS
- Plailect's guide to the letter
- Luma3DS v8.1.1
- 11.6 firmware, also encounter problem on 11.2 and 11.3
- Luma3DS options: Only the "Show NAND or user string..." recommended in the guide. Also, "Game patching" and "ARM11 Exception..." don't seem to make a difference whether enabled or not
- NTR: None
- Any games that do work?: The homebrews SuperHaxagon, WorldOf3DSand work perfectly

What I suspect:

Having ruled out such a number of software causes, I suspect (but hope not) that this is a hardware issue. Otherwise why would this persist after so many reinstalls? On the other hand, if this was a hardware issue, why would this trigger and persist only after encountering a known software issue?

Anybody knows why this might be happening?
Try installing it from freeShop.
 

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FreeShop crashes with an ARM11 data abort, and CIAngel freezes when downloading.

So I downloaded a CIA using FunKey on my computer. Installed. Same.

Also, as I mentioned in the OP, the MD5 hash of my non-legit RegionFree CIA matches with other successful users on the Internet.

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Also note that if the music currently playing was not passive background music (i.e. interaction sounds, cutscene music) it stops playing upon freeze.
 
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i'm on 11.5 firmware but i got some questions

1.if my 3DS on systems settings says SYS 11.5 is it safe to update?
2. does NTR Viewer work on 11.6? (it's for screen recorder and streaming stuff like that)
3. if yes to question number 1 is there a way to update without losing the SYS letters.

let me know.
 

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i'm on 11.5 firmware but i got some questions

1.if my 3DS on systems settings says SYS 11.5 is it safe to update?
2. does NTR Viewer work on 11.6? (it's for screen recorder and streaming stuff like that)
3. if yes to question number 1 is there a way to update without losing the SYS letters.

let me know.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. You don't lose the letters. It's just a Luma setting to show them
 

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If you've ever had CFW you may as well keep it. Uninstalling means if you get hit with a ban later you won't be able to do anything about it. With CFW you can just unban yourself. The warning means nothing, it has always been there even before the 3DS was hacked at all.
Oh lol ok. Yeah, I thought Nintendo wouldn’t follow up with something like that anyway. Thanks.
 

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Why did you uninstall cfw? What happens when you try to access the system settings?
I tried to uninstall cfw because I wanted to sell it.

It says:
An error has occurred forcing the software to close.
The system will now restart.
(unsaved data may be lost)

Would you like me to tell you exactly what I did to get to this point?
 

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I tried to uninstall cfw because I wanted to sell it.

It says:
An error has occurred forcing the software to close.
The system will now restart.
(unsaved data may be lost)

Would you like me to tell you exactly what I did to get to this point?
Yeah. That would help.
 

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