Hacking 3ds NAND error

[_Stygian_]

When I start my 3ds it says: "Unable to mount CTRNAND or load the CTRNAND FIRM". This is because I deleted essential programs inside FBI, in the titles folder. Those programs were in red and all had numbers, so I thought they were just junk taking up space. From there the error began. I tried to fix it with GM9Megascript and a backup of the NAND I had stored, but it turned out to be faulty because I backed it up to a card larger than 32GB. I need to reinstall the essential programs on the sd card and put them in the titles folder. Is there any way to do this without using the fbi? Since I can't access the console menu, only gm9 and luma

 

[Kwyjor]

Those programs were in red and all had numbers, so I thought they were just junk taking up space. From there the error began.

Yeah, that was bad.

I tried to fix it with GM9Megascript and a backup of the NAND I had stored, but it turned out to be faulty because I backed it up to a card larger than 32GB.

I don't know what you mean by that. Backups do not "turn out to be faulty" because you backed it up to a card that was too large. Also, lots of people use cards larger than 32GB. You can still probably use your backup, but you're going to have to give some more details about what you tried to do with it.

I need to reinstall the essential programs on the sd card and put them in the titles folder.

I don't know what gave you that idea either. If you can't restore your NAND backup, then at this point you need to do a ctrnand transfer.

 

[_Stygian_]

Sí, eso estuvo mal.

No sé qué quieres decir con eso. Las copias de seguridad no "resultan defectuosas" porque las hayas hecho en una tarjeta demasiado grande. Además, mucha gente usa tarjetas de más de 32 GB. Probablemente puedas seguir usando tu copia de seguridad, pero tendrás que dar más detalles sobre lo que intentaste hacer con ella.

Tampoco sé de dónde sacaste esa idea. Si no puedes restaurar tu copia de seguridad de NAND, entonces en este punto necesitas hacer una transferencia de control.

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I have searched in many places and I have seen that the sd has to be formatted in fat32 so that the console can install programs. I have also seen that the copy of the nand can be defective if the sd was not formatted. I looked inside the nand and it has a big empty space so that proves it's bad. I also did a CTRTransfer several times but it doesn't work, maybe I'm missing some essential folder or file for it to be done correctly. Luma and gm9 are on the latest version, and I still can't fix it. I'm running out of options

 

[Kwyjor]

I have searched in many places and I have seen that the sd has to be formatted in fat32 so that the console can install programs.

The SD card has to be formatted as FAT32 in order to do anything.

I have also seen that the copy of the nand can be defective if the sd was not formatted.

You would have never been able to make a copy of your NAND at all if the SD was not formatted.

I looked inside the nand and it has a big empty space so that proves it's bad.

How, exactly, did you "look inside the NAND"? What did the "big empty space" look like? How does that "prove it's bad"?

I also did a CTRTransfer several times but it doesn't work

Please don't ever say "it doesn't work". What exactly did you do? What happened when you tried it? Did you get some kind of error message?

(I hope you didn't follow someone else's Youtube video.)

maybe I'm missing some essential folder or file for it to be done correctly

No one can tell you if you did something incorrectly if you don't provide details about what you did!

 

[_Stygian_]

La tarjeta SD debe estar formateada como FAT32 para poder hacer cualquier cosa .

I did it without knowing the risk. It weighs exactly 1.8 Gb.

The SD card has to be formatted as FAT32 in order to do anything.

I hacked the console without formatting the sd and also made the copy of the nand without problems. Later I found out that I couldn't install programs in fbi and the sd was corrupted all the time, so I informed myself and I formatted it. That was after making the backup of the nand

How, exactly, did you "look inside the NAND"? What did the "big empty space" look like? How does that "prove it's bad"?

I think it's wrong because it won't let me restore it, and in gm9 there is an option that says "show in hexeditor"There are a bunch of different numbers there until you get to a part with all zeros, so I think it's empty. I don't know if there is a way to upload a photo through this website, I just joined recently

Please don't ever say "it doesn't work". What exactly did you do? What happened when you tried it? Did you get some kind of error message?

(I hope you didn't follow someone else's Youtube video.)

Yes, I followed a tutorial. It always gave me an error, until I looked online and saw that I was missing 2 folders in SYSNAND CTRNAND/ dbs Calls import.db and title.db. Until then I was getting an error, but the ctrtransfer finally started working, but the console still has the same error when turning on.

No one can tell you if you did something incorrectly if you don't provide details about what you did!

I also used a script to reset the nand (all) but it does not detect it being in the correct folder

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How, exactly, did you "look inside the NAND"? What did the "big empty space" look like? How does that "prove it's bad"?

The inside of the nand

 

[Kwyjor]

I hacked the console without formatting the sd

I'm getting tired of saying this...

I don't know what you think you did, but if you hacked the console, then your SD card was formatted as FAT32. It would not have been possible to do anything with your 3DS otherwise.

Later I found out that I couldn't install programs in fbi and the sd was corrupted all the time, so I informed myself and I formatted it.

You could have mentioned that before.

I think it's wrong because it won't let me restore it, and in gm9 there is an option that says "show in hexeditor"There are a bunch of different numbers there until you get to a part with all zeros, so I think it's empty.

There is a much simpler way of doing this. Do you have a file ending in ".sha" with your NAND backup?

Yes, I followed a tutorial.

Don't you think it would be useful to say which tutorial you followed!? The only useful guide is https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer.html .

until I looked online and saw that I was missing 2 folders in SYSNAND CTRNAND/ dbs Calls import.db and title.db.

Where did you look online!?

Until then I was getting an error, but the ctrtransfer finally started working, but the console still has the same error when turning on.

What do you mean "started working"? Did it stop working partway through? Did it give you an error message while you were doing the CTR Transfer?!

I also used a script to reset the nand (all)

What script!? How do you expect people to know what you are talking about!?

 

[_Stygian_]

Don't you think it would be useful to say which tutorial you followed!?

I followed a YouTube tutorial, it's basically similar to the tutorial in your link. Now I just followed the tutorial you sent me but I get an error. It says that the .sha image is corrupted. I have tried different versions of ctrtransfer, always with my own region, but it still gives an error

Where did you look online!?

Many sites, until I opted for chatgpt and it gave me those tips. They were actually missing folders that I should have deleted

What do you mean "started working"? Did it stop working partway through? Did it give you an error message while you were doing the CTR Transfer?!

At first it gave an error, it reached 15% or less charge and the ctrtransfer failed. After paying attention to chatgpt, it was completed, but when the console was turned on it still showed the message: unable to mount ctrnand or load the ctrnand firm.
What I really need now is to download an uncorrupted .sha file, I've been trying for 2 hours but it always downloads corrupted

 

[Kwyjor]

It says that the .sha image is corrupted.

What do you mean by "it"? If you're referring to your screenshot, then it very obviously does not say anything about a ".sha image".

Many sites, until I opted for chatgpt and it gave me those tips.

Please don't ever follow ChatGPT.

After paying attention to chatgpt, it was completed

I don't understand what you mean by this and I am getting really tired of trying to guess what you are trying to say. Did you do something differently? What did you do differently?

What I really need now is to download an uncorrupted .sha file

A ".sha" file is a very tiny file that just contains a signature used to verify whether or not a second, different file is corrupted. This is why I asked you before: do you have a file ending in ".sha" with your NAND backup? Because when you made your NAND backup, that file should have been created. Unfortunately you did not answer my question.

In any case you can't "download an uncorrupted .sha file"; .sha files are generally too small to get corrupted anyway. If something is giving you an error about a .sha file, then something else is wrong.

 

[_Stygian_]

What do you mean by "it"? If you're referring to your screenshot, then it very obviously does not say anything about a ".sha image".

So what does "the ctrnand image is corrupted" mean and how can I fix it?

I don't understand what you mean by this and I am getting really tired of trying to guess what you are trying to say. Did you do something differently? What did you do differently?

I did one similar tutorial process but creating 2 missing empty files from gm9. I don't remember everything I did, but the important thing now is that I get the error of the image I sent and I can't get past that step.

do you have a file ending in ".sha" with your NAND backup? Because when you made your NAND backup, that file should have been created

When I did my nand backup for the first time (without formatting the sd) it created a .bin file, it did not come with another .sha file. When I got the nand error and saw that it wouldn't let me restore it, I made another backup, and that backup does come with a .sha file. Unfortunately the first copy did not have that file

 

[Kwyjor]

So what does "the ctrnand image is corrupted" mean and how can I fix it?

If you downloaded the files from https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer.html then it is very unlikely they are corrupted. (If you want you can calculate the SHA1 using https://www.shellhacks.com/windows-md5-sha256-checksum-built-in-utility/ , but you will have to open the .sha file with a hex editor to view it properly.)

In that case the most likely problem is that your SD card is faulty. Connect the SD card to your PC, copy everything off the SD card with Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier, format the card, test the empty card with h2testw, and copy everything back if the test is okay. If the test produces errors or you cannot format the card, then you will need to get a new card.

 

[_Stygian_]

If you downloaded the files from https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer.html then it is very unlikely they are corrupted. (If you want you can calculate the SHA1 using https://www.shellhacks.com/windows-md5-sha256-checksum-built-in-utility/ , but you will have to open the .sha file with a hex editor to view it properly.)

In that case the most likely problem is that your SD card is faulty. Connect the SD card to your PC, copy everything off the SD card with Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier, format the card, test the empty card with h2testw, and copy everything back if the test is okay. If the test produces errors or you cannot format the card, then you will need to get a new card.

The verification does not finish, but I think this image shows that something is wrong. 6 hours in total for the full test, I'm running out of hope that this card is fault-free. I don't understand it, because the sd is newly purchased . Should I wait for it to finish or try the ctrtransfer with a new sd?

 

[Kwyjor]

You should not use that card for anything anymore, and should definitely get a new SD card.

You can keep using the data from your old SD card if you're sure it isn't corrupted.

 

[_Stygian_]

The verification does not finish, but I think this image shows that something is wrong. 6 hours in total for the full test, I'm running out of hope that this card is fault-free. I don't understand it, because the sd is newly purchased . Should I wait for it to finish or try the ctrtransfer with a new sd?

I want to point out that the sd is formatted as fat32

 

[Kwyjor]

I want to point out that the sd is formatted as fat32

h2testw does not care how the card is formatted.

 

[_Stygian_]

You should not use that card for anything anymore, and should definitely get a new SD card.

You can keep using the data from your old SD card if you're sure it isn't corrupted.

Thank you for the advice, I managed to revive my 3ds thanks to the nand backup from a different sd. Now I'm reinstalling all essential programs. I only notice one fault, the home menu takes a long time to load every time I exit settings or when I turn on the 3ds :/