Okay, I have to admit I am an idiot.
When 3ds.guide instructed me to copy boot.firm to my 'device' and insert the sd card back into my device I put it on the microSD card which was inserted in my r4i Gold flashcart, rather than the the microsd that goes in 3ds. Once I actually copied the...
[Disclaimer: newbie here]
I'm experiencing the exact same behavior with my stock 11.5 o3dsxl using an r4i gold I just bought that was flashed with ntrboot. Did you ever find a solution?
I've tried with a couple different microsd cards and the behavior is the same, so the only thing I can think...
@SylverReZ, I also heard one of the Prince of Persia games was so unfinished that it required the "24/7 online" drm so a puzzle could be done and the game could be finished. And that when the Ubisoft servers were closed the (cracked) game was impossible to finish or something like that
I like that games can be fixed after the fact, hate that it's being abused via beta tests... And DLC... I was a 7800 owner back in the day and loved Impossible Mission, turns out I couldn't beat it because it was actually impossible lol