I had a working Luma installation on my New 3DS XL that I installed a while back pretty much just for the Dai Gyakuten Saiban fan translation. A couple days ago, I was prompted to update the official firmware and did so; afterward, I got the "failed to apply 1 firm patch" message. Did my research, downloaded Luma3DSv9.1, replaced the firm.boot on my card, and everything was fine.
A few hours later, I noticed that my theme was resetting after every boot. Did research again and discovered that I had originally formatted my SD card with the wrong cluster allocation size. So I figured I'd fix that. I copied all the contents of the card to a backup folder, quick formatted the card to exFAT with a 32 KB cluster size, and copied all the contents back.
But then I got the "failed to apply 1 firm patch" message again, and now I can't get past it. I don't understand what I did wrong; the contents of the card should be exactly the same, right? I copied the 9.1 firm.boot onto the card again to make sure. I noticed that the configuration screen when I hold select while pressing power says that it's for Luma version 8.1.1, so I tried replacing firm.boot with the file from that version, but that didn't work, either. When I go into God Mode, there are fewer options than there should be; if I press Home, there's no Scripts option, for example.
What are my options here? I don't really remember the details of my initial Luma installation process very well, but I'm sure I followed all of the instructions with care. I still have the .bin and .bin.sha files from the recommended backup. (Though I've definitely bought new eshop games since then and would hate to lose them...) Should I be redoing parts of the Luma installation in order to repair it? I really don't know. Please help!
A few hours later, I noticed that my theme was resetting after every boot. Did research again and discovered that I had originally formatted my SD card with the wrong cluster allocation size. So I figured I'd fix that. I copied all the contents of the card to a backup folder, quick formatted the card to exFAT with a 32 KB cluster size, and copied all the contents back.
But then I got the "failed to apply 1 firm patch" message again, and now I can't get past it. I don't understand what I did wrong; the contents of the card should be exactly the same, right? I copied the 9.1 firm.boot onto the card again to make sure. I noticed that the configuration screen when I hold select while pressing power says that it's for Luma version 8.1.1, so I tried replacing firm.boot with the file from that version, but that didn't work, either. When I go into God Mode, there are fewer options than there should be; if I press Home, there's no Scripts option, for example.
What are my options here? I don't really remember the details of my initial Luma installation process very well, but I'm sure I followed all of the instructions with care. I still have the .bin and .bin.sha files from the recommended backup. (Though I've definitely bought new eshop games since then and would hate to lose them...) Should I be redoing parts of the Luma installation in order to repair it? I really don't know. Please help!
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