Hacking [Tutorial] Unbrick a DSTT flashcart without a backup

TomodachiDeath · Mar 14, 2018

For my first tutorial I will show you guys how to unbrick a DSTT card with only one 3DS Family console!
What you'll need:

A Nintendo 3DS Family system with GodMode9
a DSTT (not DSTTi!) card
a way to read microSD cards on your computer
only two files

Let's get started!
The first thing we're going to do is download the ntrboot firmware and the flashable image. I attached a ZIP with both of them.
Next up is copying them to the microSD card. Copy ntrboot.firm anywhere in your SD card. Create a new folder called "ntrboot" in the root of your microSD card and copy backup.bin there. Now you can eject the card. Turn your system off and insert the card into the system's SD/microSD card slot. Then insert your flashcart without its microSD card. Turn your system on and hold the START button immediately after you push the power button. You should see the GodMode9 boot logo. Highlight your microSD card (it has the drive number 0), press A, then highlight the ntrboot.firm file. Press A again, and when you see a context menu where "FIRM image options..." is highlighted, press A one more time. Navigate down using the + control pad and highlight "Boot FIRM". Select it. Press A two times. You'll be prompted to select a flashcart. Choose DSTT, then choose "restore flash". Now you only have to press A, select "Poweroff" or "Reboot" and press A one last time. Now your DSTT card, real or clone, is unbricked!

Kubas_inko · Mar 14, 2018

He is right. It is missing the image. My bad.

TomodachiDeath · Mar 14, 2018

Yes, and there was no flashable DSTT image.

Kubas_inko · Mar 14, 2018

TomodachiDeath said:
Yes, and there was no flashable DSTT image.

Oh right. Sorry. Someone should upload it there.

TomodachiDeath · Mar 14, 2018

I'll probably ask the site owner to link to the file i provided.

Hipeopeo · Mar 17, 2018

TomodachiDeath said:
I'll probably ask the site owner to link to the file i provided.

That means you, @Plailect

TomodachiDeath · Mar 17, 2018

Hipeopeo said:
That means you, @Plailect

I didn’t know they were a member here

Plailect · Mar 20, 2018

TomodachiDeath said:
I'll probably ask the site owner to link to the file i provided.

There's a problem with this: there are tons of DSTT flash chips and not all have the same backup image or are necessarily compatible with one another. This means we'd need many different backup images which would be a fairly large undertaking.

Here's a list of the ntrboot compatible DSTT chips:
https://gist.github.com/Hikari-chin/6b48f1bb8dd15136403c15c39fafdb42

TomodachiDeath · Mar 20, 2018

Plailect said:
There's a problem with this: there are tons of DSTT flash chips and not all have the same backup image or are necessarily compatible with one another. This means we'd need many different backup images which would be a fairly large undertaking.

Here's a list of the ntrboot compatible DSTT chips:
https://gist.github.com/Hikari-chin/6b48f1bb8dd15136403c15c39fafdb42

Thanks for replying. How can I identify my card’s flash chip?

Hipeopeo · Mar 21, 2018

Plailect said:
There's a problem with this: there are tons of DSTT flash chips and not all have the same backup image or are necessarily compatible with one another. This means we'd need many different backup images which would be a fairly large undertaking.

Here's a list of the ntrboot compatible DSTT chips:
https://gist.github.com/Hikari-chin/6b48f1bb8dd15136403c15c39fafdb42

Can’t we create a Github page for most? Providing Backups for most, then putting it in the Guide?

Plailect · Mar 21, 2018

TomodachiDeath said:
Thanks for replying. How can I identify my card’s flash chip?

Using DsttFlashChecker.nds from https://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/?mode=desc&fileid=2112

Hipeopeo said:
Can’t we create a Github page for most? Providing Backups for most, then putting it in the Guide?

We sure could, it'd just be quite a bit of work and isn't very high on the priority list.

emmanu888 · Mar 21, 2018

I was about to say i could help but my DSTT is the DSi compatible model even though its in a DSTT shell

TomodachiDeath · Mar 21, 2018

emmanu888 said:
I was about to say i could help but my DSTT is the DSi compatible model even though its in a DSTT shell

I think you can unbrick DSi TT cards the same way. I only added “(not DSTTi!)” because I don’t own one

Hipeopeo · Mar 21, 2018

Plailect said:
Using DsttFlashChecker.nds from https://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/?mode=desc&fileid=2112

We sure could, it'd just be quite a bit of work and isn't very high on the priority list.

I’ll probably get to it tomorrow morning, school’s canceled because of the weather. Should be at https://github.com/hipeopeo/dsttbkp by 12:00. (Eastern Time)

Edit: Not gonna do it.

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