Hacking 3DS NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

[iamj0j0]

I started a thread in the "3DS - ROM Hacking, Translations and Utilities" section, but I thought maybe this place will be quicker to reply.

Basically, my 3DS rom's save files, when booted up after two months, completely disappeared. I don't know what I did wrong, and I really would like to know if there is no hope and I need to restart the whole game. This way I can start playing again as soon as possible instead of trying to fix a hopeless problem. Any input is muchly appreciated.

 

[Sizednochi]

I guess this might be the place to ask.

A friend of mine has a few eShop games on Sysnand, and she wants to perform a downgrade to install the CFW. Would she lose all of her save data? If she makes a NAND backup will the save files be stored onto that so she could restore it later? Or better yet injected into emuNAND later?

 

[mc-kiler]

Regarding the New 3ds Gateway support with cubic Ninja is it true that we need to put the cubic Ninja game in every time we want to be in Gateway mode ?

I assume yes, and i heard that "sleep mode" helps to avoid the step mentioned above.

How long do you recommend leaving the n3ds in sleep mode because of Gateway ?

It is annoying having to switch between cubic Ninja and the Gateway card

 

[Ssseth]

I've been reading around for the last couple of hours and think I've decided on getting a Gateway for my N3DS which I will get on 9.2 or lower.

For my question, what is the difference between getting Cubic Ninja and Zelda for the exploit? Zelda is much easier to get.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

 

[Oishikatta]

I've been reading around for the last couple of hours and think I've decided on getting a Gateway for my N3DS which I will get on 9.2 or lower.

For my question, what is the difference between getting Cubic Ninja and Zelda for the exploit? Zelda is much easier to get.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

No difference, except that Cubic Ninja works more consistently than Zelda. However with the edited saves most Zelda carts should work fine.

Regarding the New 3ds Gateway support with cubic Ninja is it true that we need to put the cubic Ninja game in every time we want to be in Gateway mode ?

I assume yes, and i heard that "sleep mode" helps to avoid the step mentioned above.

How long do you recommend leaving the n3ds in sleep mode because of Gateway ?

It is annoying having to switch between cubic Ninja and the Gateway card

I leave my 3DS in sleep mode nearly permanently.

 

[longxa762]

Can someone explain to me how header work? Can you take a header from a cheap game and use it on pokemon etc to play online? Or the header must be from the same game

 

[iamj0j0]

How does one back up a 3DS game? There does not seem to be a save file, unlike regular NDS games.

 

[Sephirosu]

Not sure if it's been asked before (300+ pages to look thru
...) But is it possible to do an emuNand transfer from one different region 3ds? I saw someone from this site being able to actually switch a 3ds' region.

 

[Chocsy]

is it possible to use my savegames from my retail cards with gateway?
ive read some threads about this before, but all of them are from 2013/14 and saying that it'll only work with fw 6.XX or lower.
Is this still the newest information about it?

 

[flouri]

Apart from being able to install e-shop games and other apps, is there any benefit or caveat whatsoever to running retail games from .cia instead of from gateway itself?

 

[blindseer]

Apart from being able to install e-shop games and other apps, is there any benefit or caveat whatsoever to running retail games from .cia instead of from gateway itself?

You don't hear about it much, but from what I understand is that the gateway card uses alot of battery while using it to play games, I don't know for sure personally because I have always used .cias, but I remember reading that awhile back. Otherwise you just dont have to worry about headers for online. But that could change if Nintendo got their butts in gear and ramped up their ap checks.

 

[flouri]

You don't hear about it much, but from what I understand is that the gateway card uses alot of battery while using it to play games, I don't know for sure personally because I have always used .cias, but I remember reading that awhile back. Otherwise you just dont have to worry about headers for online. But that could change if Nintendo got their butts in gear and ramped up their ap checks.

Cool, thanks!

 

[20mark]

how can i use my remaining days of pokebank in emunand? i have to just reinsert my NNid credentials in emunand, download pokebank and im done?
thank you

 

[mc-kiler]

OK so i use the cubic Ninja method
And the n3ds only boots into GW mode if there is Internet otherwise just blackscreen
Is that normal ?
Also , when being in GW mode, once i click to system settings for the second time , the GW mode is not there anymore, is returns to fw 9.0
Is that also normal ?
That makes me wonder : when should/can i close wifi ? Can i close it once i am in GW mode ? Havent tried it before but im afraid something may happen

 

[elm]

Edit* I found a great video on Youtube that goes into detail. Hi, I just received my New 3ds XL (9.0 US) today. I have Cubic Ninja & I'm not interested in running the Homebrew channel, as of yet. I just want to play the 3ds roms. So my question is: Do I just follow these steps? Thanks

The installation for the Cubic Ninja launching method works as follows:
* Make sure WiFi is configured and working on your New 3DS (You will only need this once)
* Make sure Gateway 3.1.1 Launcher.dat is placed on the New 3DS microSD card
* Start “Cubic Ninja”
* Go to “Create” menu option
* Select “QR Code”
* Select “Scan QR Code”
* Scan the Gateway Cubic Ninja QR code found in the Downloads section for you region
* After a brief wait, a Cubic Ninja savegame will be installed
* And the Gateway menu will be launched
After this one time installation you can invoke Gateway menu as follows:
* Start “Cubic Ninja”
* Go to “Create” menu option
* Select “QR Code”
* Gateway menu should appear

 

[DarkAuran]

I know 9.5.0-23U means that I cant downgrade or anything, but is it possible with 9.5.0-22U?

 

[blindseer]

I know 9.5.0-23U means that I cant downgrade or anything, but is it possible with 9.5.0-22U?

Dear god, does nobody read any more? 9.2 is the highest downgrade-able firmware. On anything above Sky3ds is your only choice as of now.

 

[Xirix]

I use a Gateway with my 3DS XL, I'm rather paranoid about getting banned, so I'm requesting some information here.

I got a free copy of Tomodachi Life when I bought my sister's 3DS XL recently, will I be able to take the header from that somehow and use it for any and all 3DS games on my Gateway? I vaguely remember there being different sized headers, so perhaps it won't be compatible with all of them?

Either way, any good guides for extracting the header from my cartridge and putting them into .3ds files... or if possible, simply 'swap' the header into an existing .3dz file?

 

[Kumadoken]

I have sky3ds, is easy to use and works with any firmware right now. Banning is a problem tho maybe turn off the wifi and use the 3ds dedicated for homebrew. Great excuse to upgrade to the new 3ds..

 

[Adeka]

I use a Gateway with my 3DS XL, I'm rather paranoid about getting banned, so I'm requesting some information here.

I got a free copy of Tomodachi Life when I bought my sister's 3DS XL recently, will I be able to take the header from that somehow and use it for any and all 3DS games on my Gateway? I vaguely remember there being different sized headers, so perhaps it won't be compatible with all of them?

Either way, any good guides for extracting the header from my cartridge and putting them into .3ds files... or if possible, simply 'swap' the header into an existing .3dz file?

Just dump the cartridge with the gateway menu and then move the dumped rom on to your computer. Use gateway rom patcher application to load your rom of tomodatchi life then click export header. Load your rom that you downloaded and click import header. Browse to the header file that was extracted from tomodatchi life and click ok. If it gives an error just click ok (the error is fine).

Dear god, does nobody read any more? 9.2 is the highest downgrade-able firmware. On anything above Sky3ds is your only choice as of now.

You can downgrade with a hard mod if you have a backup of your nand.