Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

[Youser]

I’ve got this problem,

An error has occurred: Failed to apply 1 FIRM patch(es). Press any button to shutdown

Searched for an answer and found that I need to replace the boot file.

When I tried to do that I found my memory card to be dead as nothing was reading it.

My question is, I have another working 2ds, if I copy all of the contents of it’s memory card on to a new one and put it in the non-working one, will it work?

 

[TurdPooCharger]

@Youser,

• The restoring Luma3DS CFW (boot9strap) for those who've installed it before, lost their SD setup, and mostly forgot how any of it works, Shortcut Instructions.

Also,

• Updating B9S + Finalizing Setup

 

[J-Lin]

I've modded my 3ds and installed stellhax and frogminer. Is there a way after specializing miis to make qr codes for them?

 

[frenk99999]

Hi, I have a question and i don't exactly know where and how to ask, so i am just going to ask here. Currently I am trying to extract models from 3ds file PDM Gates to Infinity. I've managed to extract the romfs files and have a vague idea where the models are stored but I can't seem to extract them from the .bin file. Is there a good tutorial on how to do that?

 

[kbf]

I posted here awhile back, my friend now has a 4GB SD card instead of a 2GB. Will that be enough to bad up sysnand?

 

[Quantumcat]

I posted here awhile back, my friend now has a 4GB SD card instead of a 2GB. Will that be enough to bad up sysnand?

Yes that will be enough. He won't be able to have many games - eg if he wants to play one of the newer Pokémon games he won't have room for anything else.

 

[kbf]

Yes that will be enough. He won't be able to have many games - eg if he wants to play one of the newer Pokémon games he won't have room for anything else.

Ok, so I can still just move everything to a bigger card if he gets one then right? and it won't effect anything?

 

[Quantumcat]

Ok, so I can still just move everything to a bigger card if he gets one then right? and it won't effect anything?

Yep

 

[Tosnic]

So Lone_Wolf implied that you can boot into twilight menu. How can I do that on a 3DS? There is no .firm file in Twilight Menu's package.
Also, having to touch the screen when starting Twilight Menu is quite annoying. Is there a way to disable that?

 

[MaxiBus]

Hy, on https://3ds.hacks.guide/installing-boot9strap-(fredtool) there is the link to the b9stool github, BUT theres a disclaimer:

ONLY use with firmware 11.10.0-43!!
ONLY use with firmware 11.10.0-43!!
ONLY use with firmware 11.10.0-43!!

So what if i updated to 11.11 already, is the information just outdated? Thx!

EDIT: tried, works, done, yey

 

[kbf]

Can someone help me I tried to download the latest release of soundhax, I filled in the info and just get this: https://gyazo.com/9a26d56ac7f7f2ad8668f45a8cf2c889 i'm using an original 3DS on 11.0.0-33U, USA region, and chose 5.x-11.2 for the firmware but it just gives me that error. When I tried another browser I just saw this: https://gyazo.com/f16923846534969a9dbd20fac90ab194 I don't understand what am I suppose to do?

EDIT: I think I just had to right click and "save as" the file lol.

EDIT 2: Ok I am having a bit of an issue on my own 3DS now. I got to step 8 in part 8 of the guide here: https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup


"Copy <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_###.bin, <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_###.bin.sha, essential.exefs, and boot9.bin from the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer"

This worked on my friends 3DS I soft modded, but on mine it only gave me the sysnand.bin file. No file with a serial number and a .sha, and no exef file from what I can see. Are those necessary for backup incase a problem occurs? this is what I see:

https://gyazo.com/89e051c25611f1f669ae75414a5973bc I already backed up [serial number here]_sysnand.bin. But I don't see the other files?

 

[tiamat999]

So if I need a new 3ds/2ds xl how do transfer the cfw over

 

[Quantumcat]

So if I need a new 3ds/2ds xl how do transfer the cfw over

You follow https://3ds.guide again on the new console and you follow @TurdPooCharger's steps for transferring data.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

@tiamat999,

For official Nintendo sanctioned System Transfer where both the source and target 3DS/2DS systems have custom firmware,

• How to perform a System Transfer without losing non-legitimate titles
• Further reading below talks about DSiWare games & saves.

-or-

You want to move/share/clone the Nintendo 3DS folder without System Transfer.

• (Very Messy Tutorial) SDTransfer: Moving or cloning a (source) system's Nintendo 3DS folder to another (target) system.

 

[Lasagnacat]

I'm stuck on step 5 from the 3ds hacks guide

Inside are 5 files without any file extension:

00000001
00000002
00000003
00000004
00000005

I put windows 7 to show me all file extentions.

I can put the sav file there but it doesn't overwrite any file because the 5 existing files don't have any extentions.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Youser]

@Youser,

• The restoring Luma3DS CFW (boot9strap) for those who've installed it before, lost their SD setup, and mostly forgot how any of it works, Shortcut Instructions.

Also,

• Updating B9S + Finalizing Setup

Thanks.

I've noticed that the CFW Starter Kit has a lot of extra files that are not mentioned in https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup, will these be deleted from the memory card after I finish setting up?

to me it seems easier to just follow https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup and only have these files on the memory card. Would that be OK?

 

[tiamat999]

So is it easier to copy everything from old console to new console or just do cfw fresh on new console

 

[Quantumcat]

So is it easier to copy everything from old console to new console or just do cfw fresh on new console

If you want to play pirated games on the new console you will have to hack it.

You will do what we suggested - first hack it by following https://3ds.guide then follow TurdPooCharger's instructions for moving the data.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

I've noticed that the CFW Starter Kit has a lot of extra files that are not mentioned in https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup, will these be deleted from the memory card after I finish setting up?

to me it seems easier to just follow https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup and only have these files on the memory card. Would that be OK?

There is GM9Megascript that deletes a handful of files when cleaning up the SD card. Other than that, no. Many of those files in that kit would need to be manually removed by user preference.

The cfw starter kit is for those who want the convenience of having most of the popular homebrew apps already collected for them, would like to explore stuff they're not familiar with, need a reference setup to figure out which files should go where, and debugging their 3DS systems for miscellaneous software issues.

Of course, the drawback is that the kit is considered excessive to those looking for a simple build where they already know a handful of homebrew titles that they specifically want.

to me it seems easier to just follow https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup and only have these files on the memory card. Would that be OK?

My general reply to noobies with nonworking hacked 3DS systems assumes some of the following:

(1) They followed an unofficial guide such as YouTube video tutorials where their custom firmware setup is incomplete or critical procedures were skipped.
(2) The setup they're using has outdated arm9loaderhax custom firmware -or- really old versions of [ boot9strap / Luma3DS / GodMode9 ].
(3) Their efforts to revive their 3DS systems has comes up short, and they need a (nearly) sure proof way to get it back to bootable state.
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I recommend you hardware test your empty SD card if you've never done so before. The safety of your data and saves will depend on verifying that the card you're using isn't fake or faulty.

You don't have to use the CFW starter kit or all of it. You can pull out only the files specified in the Finalizing Setup, or download them from their GitHub release source page.

Go ahead with Updating B9S if you're not sure or don't know if you're not using the latest boot9strap v1.3.

Do all of the Finalizing Setup. Too many people fail to follow through with the later sections.

So is it easier to copy everything from old console to new console or just do cfw fresh on new console

First, hack your second or replacement n3DSXL or n2DSXL system using 3ds.hacks.guide. See seedminer or ntrboot for the two most popular methods.

Second, once both your source and target systems have custom firmware, you decide whether you want to System Transfer your first system's NNID over to the second system using System Transfer.

-or-

You can copy or move just the Nintendo 3DS folder with the SDTransfer method. (Ie, you wish to keep the NNID and user profile on the first system but want the 2nd system to have the same set of games as the 1st system).

 

[J-Lin]

Can we remove region locks for golden pants miis like this one? I want it with gold pants on my o2ds