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[tyons]

disregard my post from the previous page. I've caught up a little on things and now my questions are:

what's the best way to update emunand to 10.7? and is it only better to just update to version 11.2, which I think is the last supported by the Gateway?

I know the Gateway is obsolete by now, but I have sysnand at version 4.1 and I've played two retail games on emunand 6.x+, so if I switch to the newer, better CFW solution I will lose the saves for those two games. I care a lot about saves I've put dozens and dozens of hours into. (or is there, now, a way to convert them to the 6.x+ encryption? please tell me there is >_>)

other main question: is the Gateway's actual latest version 3.7.1? because the gateway's 3.7.2 firmware download doesn't contain the 3.7.2 "Launcher.dat" but instead it contains a "GW_Ultra_4.2_BETA" folder with the 4.2 launcher. does the 3.7.2 Launcher.dat actually not exist? and is the 4.2 one only better than the 3.7.1?

thanks for the help.

 

[Quantumcat]

disregard my post from the previous page. I've caught up a little on things and now my questions are:

what's the best way to update emunand to 10.7? and is it only better to just update to version 11.2, which I think is the last supported by the Gateway?

I know the Gateway is obsolete by now, but I have sysnand at version 4.1 and I've played two retail games on emunand 6.x+, so if I switch to the newer, better CFW solution I will lose the saves for those two games. I care a lot about saves I've put dozens and dozens of hours into. (or is there, now, a way to convert them to the 6.x+ encryption? please tell me there is >_>)

other main question: is the Gateway's actual latest version 3.7.1? because the gateway's 3.7.2 firmware download doesn't contain the 3.7.2 "Launcher.dat" but instead it contains a "GW_Ultra_4.2_BETA" folder with the 4.2 launcher. does the 3.7.2 Launcher.dat actually not exist? and is the 4.2 one only better than the 3.7.1?

thanks for the help.

This is what I would recommend you do.

• Download FBI.3ds from https://github.com/steveice10/fbi/releases and put it on your Gateway SD card
• Download JKSM.cia from https://github.com/J-D-K/JKSM/releases and put it on your console's SD card
• Install JKSM using FBI (if you can't work it out let me know, can give you more detailed instructions)
• Follow https://gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/ to back up your save games. You don't have to import them into cia versions yet, just have the exported files in the JKSM folder
• Now follow https://3ds.guide from the beginning. You can do either the browser version or MSET (which is the same way you launch Gateway). Make sure to follow the optional move emuNAND section (unless you don't have any data you care about on it).
• Then you can install the games you had on Gateway onto your console SD card. You can either use freeShop (see OP of this thread for instructions). Or you can convert your 3ds files using GodMode9 (see https://3ds.guide/godmode9-usage) into cia files and install with FBI.

 

[Pheena1015]

Hi there! I'm pretty new to altering my 3ds. (I've previously done other types of modding in other consoles so I know a bit of how modding works.)

However, I'm having an issue with my 3ds. (Device specs below.) I've followed the 3ds.guide and so far, I've gotten everything downloaded and ready to go, the issue is that my attempts at running godmode9 do not work! I'm to the point where I'm going to throw the damn thing against the wall.

ANY help is greatly appreciated!

(edit:

Specs: Old 3ds with select, home, and start buttons located on the bottom. Version 11.6.0 - 39U- with Sudoku purchased from the store.

These are the steps that I've gotten so far:

1. Power off the source 3DS
2. Insert the source 3DS’s SD card into your computer
3. Copy GodMode9.firm from the GodMode9 .zip to the /luma/payloads/ folder on the source 3DS’s SD card
4. Copy the gm9 folder from the GodMode9 .zip to the root of the source 3DS’s SD card
5. Copy the .app and savedata folder from DSiWare injection .zip to the root of the source 3DS’s SD card
6. Reinsert the source 3DS’s SD card
7. Boot the source 3DS while holding (Start) to launch GodMode9

I'm unable to launch GodMode9.)

 

[Quantumcat]

Hi there! I'm pretty new to altering my 3ds. (I've previously done other types of modding in other consoles so I know a bit of how modding works.)

However, I'm having an issue with my 3ds. (Device specs below.) I've followed the 3ds.guide and so far, I've gotten everything downloaded and ready to go, the issue is that my attempts at running godmode9 do not work! I'm to the point where I'm going to throw the damn thing against the wall.

ANY help is greatly appreciated!

You need to tell us where exactly you got up to, how you're trying to launch it and what's happening. Assuming you've already installed B9S, show us a screenshot of your luma/payloads folder.

 

[Pheena1015]

Ty!

I updated the original question and I'm including SS's here.

 

[Quantumcat]

Ty!

I updated the original question and I'm including SS's here.
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What happens when you hold Select on boot (hold before pressing power)?

 

[Pheena1015]

What happens when you hold Select on boot (hold before pressing power)?

It does the same thing, loads to my 3ds home screen.

PS. Sorry if my replies are slow, it's making me wait a silly amount of time before responding. .

 

[Quantumcat]

It does the same thing, loads to my 3ds home screen.

PS. Sorry if my replies are slow, it's making me wait a silly amount of time before responding. .

What about if you delete config.bin from the luma folder?

 

[Pheena1015]

What about if you delete config.bin from the luma folder?

The only folder in my Luma folder is the payloads folder. The 3ds guide didn't cover anything else, that I found. I'm probably missing some really big step. Sorry in advance.

 

[Quantumcat]

The only folder in my Luma folder is the payloads folder. The 3ds guide didn't cover anything else, that I found. I'm probably missing some really big step. Sorry in advance.

Sounds like you don't have B9S installed. Were you successful on the previous pages?

 

[Pheena1015]

The previous page was this:

Which led me to this page:

(On a side note, did you guys know that your image options are showing a few nude photos? See image below:

)

 

[EinEin]

The previous page was this:
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Which led me to this page:


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(On a side note, did you guys know that your image options are showing a few nude photos? See image below:
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The source 3DS is the one which is already running b9s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do you have two 3dses at hand which you can use?

 

[Pheena1015]

The source 3DS is the one which is already running b9s. Correct me if I'm wrong, but do you have two 3dses at hand which you can use?

Both of my 3ds' are stock versions.

 

[EinEin]

Both of my 3ds' are stock versions.

Then it wouldn't work. Since you need the one which you've downloaded sudoku, already have b9s installed. That's what I see from the guide.

 

[lone_wolf323]

Then it wouldn't work. Since you need the one which you've downloaded sudoku, already have b9s installed. That's what I see from the guide.

It wont work as they dont have b9s or a9lh on that system from before. They need to look at ntrboot with the firmware they are on to get b9s on their consoles.

 

[Pheena1015]

I have Sudoku installed. Is there any way to install b9s on it then?

 

[EinEin]

I have Sudoku installed. Is there any way to install b9s on it then?

Check this to see which one you can do.
https://3ds.guide/get-started

 

[Pheena1015]

Check this to see which one you can do.
https://3ds.guide/get-started

I did that. It only gives me the option:
11.6.0 11.6.0 Installing boot9strap (DSiWare)

Which is the cause of the problem. That shows that I need a 3ds that's already running b9strp, I do not have this. I only have two stock models running version 11.6. I can't hardmod and I don't have a card to mod.

 

[EinEin]

I did that. It only gives me the option:
11.6.0 11.6.0 Installing boot9strap (DSiWare)

Which is the cause of the problem. That shows that I need a 3ds that's already running b9strp, I do not have this. I only have two stock models running version 11.6. I can't hardmod and I don't have a card to mod.

Isn't there another option which is NTRboot. However, you would need a flashcard, like R4i Gold 3DS... If you don't want to buy one, try asking if anyone of your friends has one. You only need it once.

 

[tyons]

This is what I would recommend you do.

• Download FBI.3ds from https://github.com/steveice10/fbi/releases and put it on your Gateway SD card
• Download JKSM.cia from https://github.com/J-D-K/JKSM/releases and put it on your console's SD card
• Install JKSM using FBI (if you can't work it out let me know, can give you more detailed instructions)
• Follow https://gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/ to back up your save games. You don't have to import them into cia versions yet, just have the exported files in the JKSM folder
• Now follow https://3ds.guide from the beginning. You can do either the browser version or MSET (which is the same way you launch Gateway). Make sure to follow the optional move emuNAND section (unless you don't have any data you care about on it).
• Then you can install the games you had on Gateway onto your console SD card. You can either use freeShop (see OP of this thread for instructions). Or you can convert your 3ds files using GodMode9 (see https://3ds.guide/godmode9-usage) into cia files and install with FBI.

my two games of which I want to keep the saves are retail, though, not backups.
also my gateway is faulty and it can't read the microsd so no backup roms for me.

so, unless there's a way to convert retail games' saves from < 6.x to >= 6.x, I'll have to keep using the gateway to play them, and my two questions remain:

what's the best way to update emunand to 10.7? and is it only better to just update to version 11.2, which I think is the last supported by the Gateway?

is the Gateway's actual latest version 3.7.1? because the gateway's 3.7.2 firmware download doesn't contain the 3.7.2 "Launcher.dat" but instead it contains a "GW_Ultra_4.2_BETA" folder with the 4.2 launcher. does the 3.7.2 Launcher.dat actually not exist? and is the 4.2 one only better than the 3.7.1?

thanks again for the help.