Last edited by TurdPooCharger,
I got an exheader decryption failed error. Please Help!
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I followed the first 2 instructions and my sd card now is acting like I have nothing and no games. Not sure what to do..
* Edit : Ok, so as a new member, forum rules forbid me to include links.
I added urls at the end of the message instead
** Edit 2 : Ok, it seems I cannot add Urls either, sorry... I saved them on the side, I can add them back if an admin unlocks my account.
Hi,
After much, much research, trial and error using all of your precious tips (thanks everybody !
), I found some very useful bit of information, so let's share :If you are experiencing "Exheader decryption failed" error messages while trying to convert .3ds files to .cia these days, my guess is that you most certainly got those .3ds from one of the huge (like "2403" huge) decrypted rom packs one can find on *those sites*...
Guess what ? A lot of those easy to find (sooo convenient) packs where built using old tools that did decrypt exheaders correctly but left a few flags as if they still were encrypted. This is enough to run the roms in Citra, but it crashes any standard 3ds to cia converter you can find today. Whether you try using xorpads or boot9 does not help, GodMode9 neither.
I finally found the answer in this message (1). The only working method seems to use the last python3 3dsconv (2) (not the one from the 2017 release, the one from the main branch, so no .exe version yet) and use the new flag --ignore-encryption
Therefore, here is an updated method from your other message (3), @TurdPooCharger, for people experiencing this kind of trouble. (It seems frequent from the large amount on messages I found on several forums, so I thought logical to post the solution here as it is related to a limitation of 3DS simple CIA Converter, which is a way more convenient tool when it works ! Thanks @Riku
) :- Download the latest version of 3dsconv.py (4)
- Download and install Python 3.x (5) on your computer, make sure to add python to the PATH so it can be run from anywhere
- Put 3dsconv.py and boot9.bin in the same folder.
- create subfolders :
cia/ <output *.cia files>
roms/ <input *.3ds files>
- int he same folder, create 3DS_To_CIA.bat
Here's the batch script code it should contain :
Code:3dsconv.py --output=cia --boot9=boot9.bin --verbose --ignore-encryption "roms/*.3ds"
- Double click on the 3DS_To_CIA.bat to start the conversion.
And greetings to ihaveamac and ThisIsAreku for providing the solution
Last edited by Sobriquet,
Same problem here, i lost all of my file in the sdcard.
Now my PC and the DS cannot detect the SD Card, any solution?
works perfect. for those (like me) not sure how to get their boot9.bin
The bootrom boot9.bin can be dumped with Godmode9:
- Go to drive M: Memory Virtual
- Navigate to boot9.bin, press A
- Select Copy to O:/gm9out. This will give you boot9.bin in gm9out on your SD card
* Edit : Ok, so as a new member, forum rules forbid me to include links.
I added urls at the end of the message instead
** Edit 2 : Ok, it seems I cannot add Urls either, sorry... I saved them on the side, I can add them back if an admin unlocks my account.
Hi,
After much, much research, trial and error using all of your precious tips (thanks everybody !
If you are experiencing "Exheader decryption failed" error messages while trying to convert .3ds files to .cia these days, my guess is that you most certainly got those .3ds from one of the huge (like "2403" huge) decrypted rom packs one can find on *those sites*...
Guess what ? A lot of those easy to find (sooo convenient) packs where built using old tools that did decrypt exheaders correctly but left a few flags as if they still were encrypted. This is enough to run the roms in Citra, but it crashes any standard 3ds to cia converter you can find today. Whether you try using xorpads or boot9 does not help, GodMode9 neither.
I finally found the answer in this message (1). The only working method seems to use the last python3 3dsconv (2) (not the one from the 2017 release, the one from the main branch, so no .exe version yet) and use the new flag --ignore-encryption
Therefore, here is an updated method from your other message (3), @TurdPooCharger, for people experiencing this kind of trouble. (It seems frequent from the large amount on messages I found on several forums, so I thought logical to post the solution here as it is related to a limitation of 3DS simple CIA Converter, which is a way more convenient tool when it works ! Thanks @Riku
- Download the latest version of 3dsconv.py (4)
- Download and install Python 3.x (5) on your computer, make sure to add python to the PATH so it can be run from anywhere
- Put 3dsconv.py and boot9.bin in the same folder.
- create subfolders :
cia/ <output *.cia files>
roms/ <input *.3ds files>
- int he same folder, create 3DS_To_CIA.bat
Here's the batch script code it should contain :
Code:3dsconv.py --output=cia --boot9=boot9.bin --verbose --ignore-encryption "roms/*.3ds"
- Double click on the 3DS_To_CIA.bat to start the conversion.
And greetings to ihaveamac and ThisIsAreku for providing the solution
also worked flawlessly for me where 3DS Simple CIA Converter gave some errors with some roms
Do I understand correctly that this tool exclusively converts 3DS files to CIA?
Is it possible to go the other direction: CIA to 3DS?
I have a Pokemon Ultra Sun CIA file that I am unable to play in Citra because Citra won't open it.
Please bear in mind that I am NOT IT savvy.
Is it possible to go the other direction: CIA to 3DS?
I have a Pokemon Ultra Sun CIA file that I am unable to play in Citra because Citra won't open it.
Please bear in mind that I am NOT IT savvy.
Last edited by TheDevil,
* Edit : Ok, so as a new member, forum rules forbid me to include links.
I added urls at the end of the message instead
** Edit 2 : Ok, it seems I cannot add Urls either, sorry... I saved them on the side, I can add them back if an admin unlocks my account.
Hi,
After much, much research, trial and error using all of your precious tips (thanks everybody !
If you are experiencing "Exheader decryption failed" error messages while trying to convert .3ds files to .cia these days, my guess is that you most certainly got those .3ds from one of the huge (like "2403" huge) decrypted rom packs one can find on *those sites*...
Guess what ? A lot of those easy to find (sooo convenient) packs where built using old tools that did decrypt exheaders correctly but left a few flags as if they still were encrypted. This is enough to run the roms in Citra, but it crashes any standard 3ds to cia converter you can find today. Whether you try using xorpads or boot9 does not help, GodMode9 neither.
I finally found the answer in this message (1). The only working method seems to use the last python3 3dsconv (2) (not the one from the 2017 release, the one from the main branch, so no .exe version yet) and use the new flag --ignore-encryption
Therefore, here is an updated method from your other message (3), @TurdPooCharger, for people experiencing this kind of trouble. (It seems frequent from the large amount on messages I found on several forums, so I thought logical to post the solution here as it is related to a limitation of 3DS simple CIA Converter, which is a way more convenient tool when it works ! Thanks @Riku
- Download the latest version of 3dsconv.py (4)
- Download and install Python 3.x (5) on your computer, make sure to add python to the PATH so it can be run from anywhere
- Put 3dsconv.py and boot9.bin in the same folder.
- create subfolders :
cia/ <output *.cia files>
roms/ <input *.3ds files>
- int he same folder, create 3DS_To_CIA.bat
Here's the batch script code it should contain :
Code:3dsconv.py --output=cia --boot9=boot9.bin --verbose --ignore-encryption "roms/*.3ds"
- Double click on the 3DS_To_CIA.bat to start the conversion.
And greetings to ihaveamac and ThisIsAreku for providing the solution
Hi there, I followed your instructions for 3dsconv.py. I downloaded the latest commit from the master branch and made the bat file by copy pasting the text to a txt fine and renaming the file extention to .bat. My system and and environmental variables have path for python 3.8 included. When I launch the bat file it opens CLI and a second blank CLI window opens and both of them shut instantly and no conversion happened to the original test 3ds file that I used.
I would really appreciate any help in order for getting this application to work, since reading this thread it seems like it's the best application currently for converting via PC.
Help is much appreciated, thanks.
Last edited by kaneshirex,
What are you trying to do exactly?
Are you trying to convert a .3ds to a .cia?
if so do you know how to decrypt the .3ds or you already have a decrypted .3ds file?
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There's a much easier method than this. I'm trying to find the link though it's been 3 years since I mess with 3ds files.
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anyway here's the link to the program to convert .3ds to .cia.
https://gbatemp.net/download/decrypted-3ds-rom-to-cia.33873/
Here's a link on decryption.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/batch-cia-3ds-decryptor-a-simple-batch-file-to-decrypt-cia-3ds.512385/
Although I remember decrypting my games using godmode on the 3ds itself. but that took a long time since i had to copy the .3ds rom to the 3ds sd card run godmode decrypt it then copy back to computer convert it to cia then copy back to 3ds to install it.
hope some of this helps you.
Last edited by comput3rus3r,
i got error wrong xorped, why?
sorry talking this at 2020
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sorry talking this at 2020
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how did i use this?
* Edit : Ok, so as a new member, forum rules forbid me to include links.
I added urls at the end of the message instead
** Edit 2 : Ok, it seems I cannot add Urls either, sorry... I saved them on the side, I can add them back if an admin unlocks my account.
Hi,
After much, much research, trial and error using all of your precious tips (thanks everybody !
If you are experiencing "Exheader decryption failed" error messages while trying to convert .3ds files to .cia these days, my guess is that you most certainly got those .3ds from one of the huge (like "2403" huge) decrypted rom packs one can find on *those sites*...
Guess what ? A lot of those easy to find (sooo convenient) packs where built using old tools that did decrypt exheaders correctly but left a few flags as if they still were encrypted. This is enough to run the roms in Citra, but it crashes any standard 3ds to cia converter you can find today. Whether you try using xorpads or boot9 does not help, GodMode9 neither.
I finally found the answer in this message (1). The only working method seems to use the last python3 3dsconv (2) (not the one from the 2017 release, the one from the main branch, so no .exe version yet) and use the new flag --ignore-encryption
Therefore, here is an updated method from your other message (3), @TurdPooCharger, for people experiencing this kind of trouble. (It seems frequent from the large amount on messages I found on several forums, so I thought logical to post the solution here as it is related to a limitation of 3DS simple CIA Converter, which is a way more convenient tool when it works ! Thanks @Riku
- Download the latest version of 3dsconv.py (4)
- Download and install Python 3.x (5) on your computer, make sure to add python to the PATH so it can be run from anywhere
- Put 3dsconv.py and boot9.bin in the same folder.
- create subfolders :
cia/ <output *.cia files>
roms/ <input *.3ds files>
- int he same folder, create 3DS_To_CIA.bat
Here's the batch script code it should contain :
Code:3dsconv.py --output=cia --boot9=boot9.bin --verbose --ignore-encryption "roms/*.3ds"
- Double click on the 3DS_To_CIA.bat to start the conversion.
And greetings to ihaveamac and ThisIsAreku for providing the solution
Thank you SO MUCH for this, I managed to convert Persona Q2 perfectly!
It seems to open and immediately close when attempting to convert Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright though, I'll try and find another download (preferably a cia) but any idea why it does this?
(Edit: I realise I may have to decrypt the 3ds file, I'll do that and see if it changes)
(Update: GodMode doesn't like decrypting the file, shows decrypting failed. Attempting to convert to cia using GodMode fails, when attepting to verify shows error:bad crypto flags, attempt to fix?
It's currently "attempting to fix".)
(Update: that didn't work. I'm chalking it down to just being a bad file - it was downloaded from a multi pack torrent - I'll grab a different one)
Last edited by raejin,
So I tried doing this and the first step "Put your 3DS games into 'roms' folder and press 'Create ncchinfo.bin file' button to create 'ncchinfo.bin' from 3DS ROMs." I was able to move my .3DS files into the folder but when I click the button to create ncchinfo.bin the folders appear empty.. what am I doing wrong?
PS please dumb down everything you say to the level of explaining to a two year old, I have absolutely zero knowledge or skill when it comes to any of this (I bought my 3ds already modded out I am just trying to add a few games)
PPS if anyone can baby step/walk me through the other two steps as well I would really appreciate it
PS please dumb down everything you say to the level of explaining to a two year old, I have absolutely zero knowledge or skill when it comes to any of this (I bought my 3ds already modded out I am just trying to add a few games)
PPS if anyone can baby step/walk me through the other two steps as well I would really appreciate it
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Last edited by BrockRocks,
If you're still having trouble converting 3DS roms into CIA files with 3DSConv, make sure you have the right version. Some of the versions don't utilise the "--ignore-encryption" argument which is needed for dodgy roms.
Hey guys! Thank you for your hard work.
I just discovered a fix for the "Exheader decryption failed" error. I just "decrypted" the .3ds file again with the "Batch CIA 3DS Decryptor". (I can't link because i signed up to share my discovery. It is found here on GBATEMP.)
After that i had no problem to convert the created file to .cia with the "3DS Simple CIA Converter".
No error and it installed just fine.
Hopefully that helps some of you and saves hours of trail and error.
Edit: 1 out of 5 installations failed. SO this is flawed.
I just discovered a fix for the "Exheader decryption failed" error. I just "decrypted" the .3ds file again with the "Batch CIA 3DS Decryptor". (I can't link because i signed up to share my discovery. It is found here on GBATEMP.)
After that i had no problem to convert the created file to .cia with the "3DS Simple CIA Converter".
No error and it installed just fine.
Hopefully that helps some of you and saves hours of trail and error.
Edit: 1 out of 5 installations failed. SO this is flawed.
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