3ds bricked, help!

[wonyoungjang]

So, i bought an really cheap 3ds knowing it had an battery problem, but as soon as I fixed it, I tried turning the console on, it was bricked. I tried every single kind of thing and then contacted the seller.
He told me that he had unblocked his 3DS in a "fucked up" way, and the 3ds did'nt came with an sdcard to my house. I bought one sdCard and inserted it in, but it's still bricked.
I inserted the sdcard, but it didn't installed nothing on it. I tried installing luma or godmode, but didn't worked.

When the sdcard's out, the 3ds turns on for a few seconds before turning off again, black screen
When the sdcard's in, the 3ds turns on, but with an black screen and with an black screen

So what do I do? throw it away or there's some way to save it?

Thank you for reading this, and I'm sorry for my english, it isn't my first language

 

[MrVtR]

When the sdcard's out, the 3ds turns on for a few seconds before turning off again, black screen

The 3ds turn just the blue led on and them turn off or it turn on, go to the home menu and then turn off?

 

[wonyoungjang]

The 3ds turn just the blue led on and them turn off or it turn on, go to the home menu and then turn off?

Just the Led on. It doesn’t show a thing on the screen

 

[MrVtR]

Just the Led on. It doesn’t show a thing on the screen

You can try booting into Nintendo Safemode, and if you still don't get any image, you can try Ntrboothax, which is the most common way to fix a bricked 3ds, with a compatible flashcard (in Brazil, they easily sell the Gold Pro model). With this, you can try to boot into Godmode9 and fix the corrupted nand. On a hardbrick, the 3DS won't load any payload(like luma, gm9, etc) without ntrboot.

Just an Edit here: If the 3ds turns on/off the LED without the SD card and turns the led on only with the SD in it(and doesn't turn off), it may be that it is bricked and also that the Luma payload is not in the 3ds internal memory. But often, on a brick, with and without the SD card on it, you would get just the blue led turning on and not turning off.

So I think checking your SD/SD files is the first option, then safe mode/ntrboot and then send it to a technical support.

 

[splaca]

I tried installing luma or godmode, but didn't worked.

Can you give us more detail on the steps you tried here? For instance, what files you put on the SD card and how you organized them. Also, did you try powering on with start button pressed to see if the screen shows you options of payloads (such as gm9) to boot?

 

[wonyoungjang]

If the 3ds turns on/off the LED without the SD card and turns the led on only with the SD in it(and doesn't turn off), it may be that it is bricked and also that the Luma payload is not in the 3ds internal memory. But often, on a brick, with and without the SD card on it, you would get just the blue led turning on and not turning off.

So I think checking your SD/SD files is the first option, then safe mode/ntrboot and then send it to a technical support.

hey, kinda off topic, but are you brazillian as wll? it would be nicer for me if we could talk in portuguese!

so, mostly my 3ds has theses lights turning on and off without the sd card, but when i insert it, the light turns on and does not turn off. the screen is black either way

i'll try do as you suggested and i'll be back!

and if you have an discord account pls add me: @bunnyongz, it would be easier fot me to talk to you!

 

[worm28]

You need the luma files on your sd card download them and place them on the root of the sd card https://github.com/lumateam/luma3ds/releases if this fails you will need to do ntrboothax so you will need a DS flashcard they are super cheap.

 

[wonyoungjang]

Can you give us more detail on the steps you tried here? For instance, what files you put on the SD card and how you organized them. Also, did you try powering on with start button pressed to see if the screen shows you options of payloads (such as gm9) to boot?

i tried following an tutorial installing
but right on the 2 step my 3ds didn't turn on, and i unfortunately can't share the link with you because of my new acc on this forum, but it was an boot9strap download tutorial

and i tested the start + power and the select + power, didn't entered the payload as well.

i tried the arrow up + A + L R + power method too, didn't worked

here's how my sd card looks like. i've stopped on step 2 since i couldn't go further because the 3ds wasn't turning on

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You need the luma files on your sd card download them and place them on the root of the sd card if this fails you will need to do ntrboothax so you will need a DS flashcard they are super cheap.

ill try it, thanks.

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Can you give us more detail on the steps you tried here? For instance, what files you put on the SD card and how you organized them. Also, did you try powering on with start button pressed to see if the screen shows you options of payloads (such as gm9) to boot?

tried following another tutorial, this is how it looks now, but i still have the other files here

 

[MrVtR]

hey, kinda off topic, but are you brazillian as wll? it would be nicer for me if we could talk in portuguese!

so, mostly my 3ds has theses lights turning on and off without the sd card, but when i insert it, the light turns on and does not turn off. the screen is black either way

i'll try do as you suggested and i'll be back!

and if you have an discord account pls add me: @bunnyongz, it would be easier fot me to talk to you!

Yes, I'm, but portuguese (and other languages) aren't allowed on the forum, only english.
Only if you send a private message to me I guess it's allowed.

here's how my sd card looks like. i've stopped on step 2 since i couldn't go further because the 3ds wasn't turning on

Your SD Card on this step looks right, check if your SD is in fat32 on the computer.
If so, you might want to test with another sd card(fat32 too), if doesn't work, you'll need to test ntrboothax, since the safe mode also didn't work.