Hacking bought a new 3ds xl full of pirated games but want to BUY games legally and can't

mzrcefo · Nov 17, 2018

Hello
I am a hack illiterate person, bought a second hand 3DS full of pirated games from a guy about six months ago, didnt get to play with it till now. I just wanted to play A Link Between Worlds. It did not come with ALBW installed.
It has luma and freeshop installed -- did a bit of research and found that these apps are not working anymore. Ok. I just want to pay and play A Link Between Worlds.
I logged in the legit eshop and.... ALBW apparently was already "bought" illegaly and deleted. I tried redownloading it and got error 007 2920.

Ok, the unit is compromised.

But I want to give Nintendo monet to buy ALBW.

I just want to know if there is a way to do something so I can reset the whole system and actually buy (like in pay with money, actual money) for games in this unit.
thanks, dudes

asnka · Nov 17, 2018

What's on the SD card?

mzrcefo · Nov 17, 2018

asnka said:
What's on the SD card?

I dunno, never mounted it into my pc to now whats in it.
I just know whats installed seeing on the 3ds home screen
this luma thing, freeshop and like 6 games.

like I said: I just want to be able to start fresh and buy games legally.

ps btw, thanks for your interest!

bungboi · Nov 17, 2018

To be clear, you're new to 3DS hacking?

Edit - Sorry, didn't see the beginning.

JiveTheTurkey · Nov 17, 2018

I'd hate to say it since I love buying used consoles and homebrewing but that should have been a key factor to decide in that purchase if your intentions were to have nothing to do with said pirated console. Would you think if you ask the seller if he has a backup of your ofw?

enderer · Nov 17, 2018

you could've just bought a cartridge

anyway, about what you're asking..
when a 3ds visits the eshop, a check is made on all games installed to see if they're purchased. all games (apps) that are not purchased no longer work. i don't have the technical reasons why, i've just done it a few times. you should still be able to purchase games, though.

bungboi · Nov 17, 2018

If you mean you want to remove everything, including hacks, then do the following:
1. Check if there's an "arm9loaderhax.bin" file on the SD card. If there is, don't follow the link below.
2. If there isn't, then follow this link: https://3ds.hacks.guide/uninstall-cfw
3. After uninstalling CFW, format the console in the System Settings app. This will remove everything from the device, including the NNID and tickets. Once the tickets are removed, the eShop will ask you to rebuy the games.

If you don't care about having hacks, and just want to rebuy the games, do the following:
1. Format the system. This won't remove hacks.
2. That's basically it. You can now rebuy the games, and you also have the bonus of having hacks.
If you want to use them, you'll have to follow this guide:
https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup
You can use those apps to install custom themes and backup saves.

SCOTT0852 · Nov 17, 2018

enderer said:
when a 3ds visits the eshop, a check is made on all games installed to see if they're purchased. all games (apps) that are not purchased no longer work.

This is false. The closest thing that happens is the official eShop removing pirated DLC, and only DLC, even if that pirated DLC is for a pirated game.

KuroGentei · Nov 17, 2018

Delete all unwanted software under 3DS System Settings Data Management.
Afterwards I recommend you to use the homebrew "TikSweep", which deletes all "illegal" tickets; so that the official Nintendo eShop should work properly again!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-tiksweep-remove-unused-tickets.437438/

bungboi · Nov 17, 2018

KuroGentei said:
Delete all unwanted software under 3DS System Settings Data Management.
Afterwards I recommend you to use the homebrew "TikSweep", which deletes all "illegal" tickets; so that the official Nintendo eShop should work properly again!
https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-tiksweep-remove-unused-tickets.437438/

I was thinking about linking that but I supposed he wanted it completely back to default haha

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