The 3DS is reaching its twilight years, with major first party releases slowing down. Updates to the system software are also becoming more and more uncommon. However, Nintendo sent out an update tonight, once more boasting about its beloved stability updates. This time, the claims were actually true, and the new update broke support with Luma3DS. Smealum, a major force in the scene is currently telling users to avoid updating at all costs, as doing so while having Luma will result in a "Failed to apply FIRM patch" error. For now, its recommended to stay below the new 11.8.0-41 update if your console is hacked, at least until there's a fix.

If you have knowledge with compiling files, you can apply the fix, but for the entry level user, it's advised you wait.

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

Source

Fixed Luma version

Fixed Rei-Six version (final update for the project)

Fixed CakesFW version

 

[g4r37h]

anything that downloads games via nintendo's CDN servers without a valid ticket will no longer work

Then it's a sad day. But thanks for the answer!

Update: I see people are recommending Villain3DS but I'm not running Windows. If Villain3DS is safe then what about https://github.com/llakssz/FunKeyCIA?

 

[Quantumcat]

Then it's a sad day. But thanks for the answer!

Update: I see people are recommending Villain3DS but I'm not running Windows. If Villain3DS is safe then what about https://github.com/llakssz/FunKeyCIA?

They both download from the CDN servers. They share the same fate as freeShop et al.

 

[g4r37h]

Yeah, thanks for the answer.

The problem was that people have been posting confusing messages on here that seem to contradict each other. Like saying "you can install a CIA with FBI", but also saying "you can't get your CIAs with tools like CIAngel"... and I was just like, "Well what's wrong with those CIAs?

For anyone else wondering the same, the problem is NOT that the CIAs have anything wrong with them: it's that those tools are no longer able to download the CIA files because of the checks that Nintendo now has in place. So it's not that you can't use tools like CIAngel because the CIAs are broken in some way - it's that you can't use them because they actually no longer work and are not able to download the CIA at all.

But as long as you are able to get your CIAs, you can continue to install them just fine.

Some clearer language in the original posts would have avoided a lot of confusion I think.

 

[angelart]

You need 7zip.

I have a macbook and got The Unarchiver which is the same thing but once it turns it into a folder it still doesn't let me drag it onto my SD card