Hacking "An exception occurred" ARM11 (core 1) N3DS

marlewuk · Feb 18, 2020

Hi Guys

My son's N3DS has been working fine up until today when he informs of an error he's getting:

"An exception occurred

Processor: ARM11 (core 1)
Exception: data abort
Fault status: Translation - Section
Current process: boss"

The console boots up for about 10 seconds, then the above error occurs.

I read through some related threads, and tried a video on youtube to no avail.

I've tried:
- replacing files / folders apart from Nintendo 3ds
- transfer CTR nand
- delete folder 0000098 (as it's a European console)
- enable game patching and show nand

The only thing I haven't tried is disabling the ARM 11 handler, as it seems this could cause more damage than it's worth (possible brick).

Anyone got any suggestions?

Any help is much appreciated.

lone_wolf323 · Feb 18, 2020

marlewuk said:
Hi Guys

My son's N3DS has been working fine up until today when he informs of an error he's getting:

"An exception occurred

Processor: ARM11 (core 1)
Exception: data abort
Fault status: Translation - Section
Current process: boss"

The console boots up for about 10 seconds, then the above error occurs.

I read through some related threads, and tried a video on youtube to no avail.

I've tried:
- replacing files / folders apart from Nintendo 3ds
- transfer CTR nand
- delete folder 0000098 (as it's a European console)
- enable game patching and show nand

The only thing I haven't tried is disabling the ARM 11 handler, as it seems this could cause more damage than it's worth (possible brick).

Anyone got any suggestions?

Any help is much appreciated.

Do you know what was going on with the console before this error showed?

marlewuk · Feb 18, 2020

lone_wolf323 said:
Do you know what was going on with the console before this error showed?

It just boots up like normal to the menu where you can see icons etc...

There was the message to update the software*

Then the error occurs.

*I since tried CTR nand transfer, which has eliminated the update message, but still get the same error

Confusion_18 · Feb 18, 2020

Try doing a safemode update (A+R+L+Up(DPad) while booting), if that doesn't work consider yeeting all spotpass data (ctrnand/data/<id0>/sysdata/00010034)

marlewuk · Feb 18, 2020

That seems to have resolved the issue @Confusion_18 - thank you so much.

Now have to install everything again ....

TurdPooCharger · Feb 19, 2020

marlewuk said:
That seems to have resolved the issue @Confusion_18 - thank you so much.

Now have to install everything again ....

Don't reinstall CIAs as this will overwrite and delete all of your son's saves. Check if the titles missing in HOME Menu is due to missing tickets or damaged SD card's database files title.db & import.db [1][2].

marlewuk · Feb 19, 2020

TurdPooCharger said:
Don't reinstall CIAs as this will overwrite and delete all of your son's saves. Check if the titles missing in HOME Menu is due to missing tickets or damaged SD card's database files title.db & import.db [1][2].

Thanks @TurdPooCharger , I have started installing yet... too tired last night (just glad the error was sorted).

The titles show in data management, not on the home menu - is there an easy way to restore them without reinstalling everything?

TurdPooCharger · Feb 19, 2020

faketik app by ihaveamac for missing tickets. Cant link, away from keyboard.

marlewuk · Feb 19, 2020

marlewuk said:
Thanks @TurdPooCharger , I have started installing yet... too tired last night (just glad the error was sorted).

The titles show in data management, not on the home menu - is there an easy way to restore them without reinstalling everything?

Some pre checks carried out from a previous thread:
- SD card is fine and accessible in GodMode9
- all games are showing in data management and marked with X's
- firmware shows as "Ver 11.13.0-45E", i assume this is EmuNand as there is no "Sys"

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TurdPooCharger said:
faketik app by ihaveamac for missing tickets. Cant link, away from keyboard.

Thanks, will start googling :-)

godreborn · Feb 19, 2020

marlewuk said:
Some pre checks carried out from a previous thread:
- SD card is fine and accessible in GodMode9
- all games are showing in data management and marked with X's
- firmware shows as "Ver 11.13.0-45E", i assume this is EmuNand as there is no "Sys"

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Thanks, will start googling :-)

think emunand just says EMU. if it says ver, you're not in luma.

TurdPooCharger · Feb 19, 2020

Nand user atring setting not turned on in Luma3DS configuration, SELECT button. That E stands for EUR region.

godreborn · Feb 19, 2020

oh, yeah. I had forgotten that it had to be turned on.

marlewuk · Feb 19, 2020

@TurdPooCharger, you've saved me hours of work - you sir are a legend!

Us casual hackers and noobs would be lost without :bow:

TurdPooCharger · Feb 19, 2020

Cthulhu if you don't feel like unwrapping gift icons.

Edit 1 - forgot to add. You have to take care of anti-cheat gamesave restore, secure value.

There's a specific nand file to delete to reset this.

Edit 2 - Back.

In GodMode9, delete this file to prevent games like Super Smash and Pokemon from erasing their saves. Secure values can change and be mismatched after restoring the SysNAND image and certain forms of CTRTransfer.

[1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND/<ID0>/data/sysdata/00010011/00000000 → press (X) → etc.

marlewuk · Feb 19, 2020

TurdPooCharger said:
Cthulhu if you don't feel like unwrapping gift icons.

Edit 1 - forgot to add. You have to take care of anti-cheat gamesave restore, secure value.

There's a specific nand file to delete to reset this.

Edit 2 - Back.

In GodMode9, delete this file to prevent games like Super Smash and Pokemon from erasing their saves. Secure values can change and be mismatched after restoring the SysNAND image and certain forms of CTRTransfer.

[1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND/<ID0>/data/sysdata/00010011/00000000 → press (X) → etc.

That's cool, I did wonder if they was a way - didn't take too long to unwrap them all... Will keep the above mind for future though

SuperBubbleGumHaZe · Apr 13, 2020

Hey can some one please help me! I havnt touched my 3da in years until now but I messed up I deleted some files in fbi and now my 3ds will not load up it keeps giving error an exception occurred processor arm11 core 1 I will attach a pic.

Also I deleted everything off the SD card except the Nintendo 3ds folder but now I'm having trouble getting all the files mainly the soundhax

TurdPooCharger · Apr 13, 2020

SuperBubbleGumHaZe said:
Hey can some one please help me! I havnt touched my 3da in years until now but I messed up I deleted some files in fbi and now my 3ds will not load up it keeps giving error an exception occurred processor arm11 core 1 I will attach a pic.

Also I deleted everything off the SD card except the Nintendo 3ds folder but now I'm having trouble getting all the files mainly the soundhax

SuperBubbleGumHaZe · Apr 13, 2020

Thanks for replying but I don't think any of those will work for me.... I think i just need all the original files and it will work as normal hopefully

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TurdPooCharger said:
Battery trick.

Black screen on SysNAND boot.

Clear Home Menu extdata.

I can still access godmode and luma

TurdPooCharger · Apr 13, 2020

SuperBubbleGumHaZe said:
Thanks for replying but I don't think any of those will work for me.... I think i just need all the original files and it will work as normal hopefully

CTRTransfer (Type D9) - CTRTransfer. Carefully follow the Instructions; no skipping steps.

SuperBubbleGumHaZe · Apr 13, 2020

TurdPooCharger said:
CTRTransfer (Type D9) - CTRTransfer. Carefully follow the Instructions; no skipping steps.

Should i continue with this even though my SD card no longer has no any files? Or should I get those back on my SD card first

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