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[Ruby Gloom]

Still no help from anybody, please help. :-(

"Hi! I have an old nintendo 3DS (not XL) and i want to play downloaded games from torrent trackers. I dont know where to start, i read some post here and i am confused now. Please hellp me. Firmware on my console is version 1.1.0-0E. I dont have any original game. I have only 2 card (R4 Dual Core 2014 and Gateway Blue and red cards). I want to play 3DS games. I dont know how to update console to required firmware without original game disk. Also id ont know, what is better, Custom firmware to load DS and 3DS or Gateway cartridge. Please help me, i dont know how to setup my console. Please help me fast! :-) Sorry for my bad english!"

You need to be at 4.0 for anything to even work. How are you at 1.1.0E? You need a game with an update of 4.0 all the way up to 9.2. Then, you can use your card.

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

You need to be at 4.0 for anything to even work. How are you at 1.1.0E? You need a game with an update of 4.0 all the way up to 9.2. Then, you can use your card.

Actually, he needs to update to between 4.1 and 4.5, since he doesn't have the browser. Firmwares 5.0-9.2 need the browser to launch exploits.

 

[wormdood]

You need to be at 4.0 for anything to even work. How are you at 1.1.0E? You need a game with an update of 4.0 all the way up to 9.2. Then, you can use your card.

correct me if i am wrong but is it not an option to update to 10.3 and then downgrade to 9.2?

 

[Ruby Gloom]

Actually, he needs to update to between 4.1 and 4.5, since he doesn't have the browser. Firmwares 5.0-9.2 need the browser to launch exploits.

Ah, shoot. I tried. I didn't see there wasn't a browser? Some systems don't have the browser?

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correct me if i am wrong but is it not an option to update to 10.4 and then downgrade to 9.2?

No? 10.4 blocked the ARM11 kernel exploit, did it not?

 

[wormdood]

Actually, he needs to update to between 4.1 and 4.5, since he doesn't have the browser. Firmwares 5.0-9.2 need the browser to launch exploits.

6.x works as well

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

Ah, shoot. I tried. I didn't see there wasn't a browser? Some systems don't have the browser?

The number after the dash in a firmware is the browser version. If that number is a 0 the browser isn't installed.

 

[Ruby Gloom]

The number after the dash in a firmware is the browser version. If that number is a 0 the browser isn't installed.

I didn't know that was a thing...

 

[SuperNintendo64]

Guide to upgrade the sd card after downgrad/emunand?

 

[wormdood]

Guide to upgrade the sd card after downgrad/emunand?

i think this is what you are asking for . . .?

How to move Games, Saves, Themes, and Emunand to a new SD card​

1. Get Emunand Tool
2. Insert your old SD card in your PC
3. Open Emunand Tool and select "Extract EmuNAND"
4. Save it somewhere on your PC (as "emunand.bin" if you want)
5. Backup all your SD card files to your PC
6. Eject your old SD card
7. Put Gateway's launcher.dat on your new SD card
8. Format emunand on your new SD card via the gateway menu
9. Turn off your 3DS
10. Insert your new SD card in your PC
11. Open Emunand Tool and select "Inject NAND to emuNAND"
12. Select the emunand.bin you made in step 3 & 4
13. Close Emunand Tool when done
14. Put backup of SD card files (from step 5) on your new SD card
15. Done, emunand and files (saves, games, etc.) have been transferred to your new SD card!

 

[YyAoMmIi]

correct me if i am wrong but is it not an option to update to 10.4 and then downgrade to 9.2?

don't you mean 10.3 I don't think 10.4 is out yet and if it was, it would focuse on preventing the downgrade.

 

[wormdood]

don't you mean 10.3 I don't think 10.4 is out yet and if it was, it would focuse on preventing the downgrade.

my bad finger slipped i will correct it

 

[SuperNintendo64]

i think this is what you are asking for . . .?

Almost there. But two questions:

1) i dont have a gateway card. Can i use another program, cia or 3dsx version?

2) suppose i want to backup my Sysnand and install Sysnand into emunand in this upgrade process. Would it work?

 

[wormdood]

1) i dont have a gateway card. Can i use another program, cia or 3dsx version?

1.a you dont need a gateway cerd just the launcher.dat on the sdcard root
1.b you can also use emunand9 for this step

2) suppose i want to backup my Sysnand and install Sysnand into emunand in this upgrade process. Would it work?

yes with emunand tool you may inject sysnand backup to emunand

 

[SuperNintendo64]

yes with emunand tool you may inject sysnand backup to emunand

But that will mean sysnand and emunand are "linked" and ill have to use tiny format again?

(Sorry, but ive never understood what the "linked" "unlinked" thing meant)

 

[wormdood]

But that will mean sysnand and emunand are "linked" and ill have to use tiny format again?

(Sorry, but ive never understood what the "linked" "unlinked" thing meant)

by default your nands are linked what this means is they share the same nnid & folder where games get stored . . . so if they are currently linked then injecting your sysnand backup to emunand would do nothing as they currently share the games anyway
unlinking nands tells your console & nintendo servers that emunand is another 3ds all together . . . the main reason this is done is safety (some people report there sysnands being updated when updating emunand with linked nands) also there are a few bugs associated with linked nands like the gift wrap bug (where .cia games need to be unwrapped over and over)
to unlink nands

Section 6 - Unlinking your NANDS
Using the recommended method of formatting SysNAND​

We will now unlink your NANDs. But first, some information.

The benefits of unlinking your NANDs:

• You will not have to unwrap all your games whenever you enter emuNAND.
  • This doesn't happen to everyone, but if it does, unlinking your NANDs will stop this from happening.
• In the past, some users have reported their sysNAND updating even though they were sure they updated emuNAND. These same people happened to have linked NANDs. We don't know if it is related but it is safer unlink your NANDs if you fear this may happen to you.
• You can go into sysNAND's Data Management (found in the System Settings app) safely.
  • Doing this while your NANDs are linked will result in your emuNAND games, saves, themes, etc. being deleted.

The disadvantages of unlinking your NANDs:

• If you want to play GBA games in emuNAND, you will have to install the GBA game in both NANDs, taking up double the space.
  • If your NANDs are linked, you only need to install GBA games in sysNAND once.
• Your sysNAND will be formatted.
  • Don't worry, everything that was on your sysNAND is in emuNAND instead.
  • If you don't like this, you can always use EmuNAND9 tool to restore your NAND.bin, thus recovering all your sysNAND stuff.

Now finally, how to unlink your NANDs:

1. Download TinyFormat
2. Place the .cia in your SD card (CIAs folder if you want to be organized)
3. Boot into rxmode SysNAND
   • Don't know how? Hold L when booting rxTools to get into the menu. From there you can select which rxmode you would like to access. Note: 2.5.2 users have to hold R instead.
4. Once you're in the HOME menu, launch BigBlueMenu, Devmenu_2x, or FBI
5. Install the TinyFormat.cia
6. Press HOME and choose to launch TinyFormat
7. Follow the instructions to complete the formatting of SysNAND, and thus unlinking your NANDs
8. Turn off your 3DS after the process is finished
9. Reboot your 3DS and complete the Initial 3DS Setup.
10. NANDs are now unlinked!

How unlinked NANDs may look like on your SD card:

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On your SD card, open the "Nintendo 3DS" folder.
The folder with the smallest size and random numbers/letters belongs to your sysNAND. This is your sysNAND's ID folder.

Go back to the 3DSCFWKIT_V3.00-STABLE folder and copy the dbs folder to this directory:
SysnandIDFolder/RandomNumbersAndLettersFolder/

If there is a "dbs" folder already, you are in the wrong ID folder!

Should look similar to this

Don't worry, it is normal that the two files are 0KB!

Lastly, boot up your 3DS/2DS and go into Settings —> Data Management —> Software. It’ll ask to reset or repair your software management information or sd card, so allow it to do so.

btw both of the quotes i gave you come from here [Tutorial] Installing rxTools Custom Firmware - (Old 3DS and 2DS)

 

[KiseDC]

Bump.

I want to import a few Sky3DS savegames (.SAV) to my console to use them with my .CIA installed games. I've read this guide, but haven't got a clue of what I should do.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[SuperNintendo64]

by default your nands are linked what this means is they share the same nnid & folder where games get stored . . . so if they are currently linked then injecting your sysnand backup to emunand would do nothing as they currently share the games anyway
unlinking nands tells your console & nintendo servers that emunand is another 3ds all together . . . the main reason this is done is safety (some people report there sysnands being updated when updating emunand with linked nands) also there are a few bugs associated with linked nands like the gift wrap bug (where .cia games need to be unwrapped over and over)
to unlink nands
btw both of the quotes i gave you come from here [Tutorial] Installing rxTools Custom Firmware - (Old 3DS and 2DS)

Ok....
But this opens up questions i already had and didnt say it out loud yet...

Here we go

1) If i upgrade my SD card but install the SYSNAND image into my EMUNAND, will it "link" both?
- I want to install sysnand into emunand so emunand can get my sysnand saves, miis and installed games

2) My emunand is in 9.2 or something. Should i update my emunand?

3) Ive never played online with my emunand. Could i play online in my emunand using my regular NNID?

4) What about the browser? Can i open my emunand browser without it forcing me to update it? What about sysnand?

 

[thedude28]

Bump.

What part are you stuck at? I understood it fine.

 

[wormdood]

1) If i upgrade my SD card but install the SYSNAND image into my EMUNAND, will it "link" both?
- I want to install sysnand into emunand so emunand can get my sysnand saves, miis and installed games

yes

2) My emunand is in 9.2 or something. Should i update my emunand?

yes for greater game compatibility note: as i said some people reported there sysnand being updated as well (but at this time that can be fixed with a downgrade) btw if this is a n3ds you need to use sysupdater to update emunand to 9.5 while o3ds can use settings in emunand to update to 10.3

3) Ive never played online with my emunand. Could i play online in my emunand using my regular NNID?

yes sir

4) What about the browser? Can i open my emunand browser without it forcing me to update it? What about sysnand?

its all good . . . lol

 

[SuperNintendo64]

yes
yes for greater game compatibility note: as i said some people reported there sysnand being updated as well (but at this time that can be fixed with a downgrade) btw if this is a n3ds you need to use sysupdater to update emunand to 9.5 while o3ds can use settings in emunand to update to 10.3

yes sir

its all good . . . lol

Aye aye, captain!

I think this settles then: i wont put my sysnand into emunand, because the unlink would kill everything again


Last question: is there any tool to transfer miis from Sysnand into Emunand?