Hacking 3DS unbricking progress

[mvmiranda]

IT'S ALIIIIIIIVE!

Thx bkifft for the hard work!

 

[mvmiranda]

No idea, some users reported that it causes some interference when a charger is connected to the 3ds, you could try and see if the SD card read can write to the nand.

It went all smoothly!
Not a single hiccup...

 

[bkifft]

nice!
so if it's documented somewhere, RTFM for me, right?!

weeeell, not really, as it's, you know, a hidden option (to be honest the main usage case of this was "3dsunbrick" -> update -> unbrick -> never use again)

 

[mvmiranda]

weeeell, not really, as it's, you know, a hidden option (to be honest the main usage case of this was "3dsunbrick" -> update -> unbrick -> never use again)

True!

 

[plog]

And some more good news its alive 2.
Checked my soldering, clk was not correct connected.
Updated the Pi, unlocked the 3ds and restored my back-up.
Thanks to all, well done.

 

[TheBorg]

And some more good news its alive 2.
Checked my soldering, clk was not correct connected.
Updated the Pi, unlocked the 3ds and restored my back-up.
Thanks to all, well done.
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mmmm Woon je toevallig ergens in de buurt van haarlem?
Dan buurt ik ff langs...
Gaat denk ik niet lukken met mijn boardje.

 

[kyogre123]

No matter how many times I tried to force erase it never erased since DAT0 was "not soldered".

I just soldered to the correct pad and get a "MMC is not locked." now.

I'll finish unbricking it and greet you with a fine "national" art, if you know what I mean (step 18 rulez)

If bkifft doesn't want it, can I have the fine national art, pls?

 

[bkifft]

mmmm Woon je toevallig ergens in de buurt van haarlem?
Dan buurt ik ff langs...
Gaat denk ik niet lukken met mijn boardje.

the nice thing about Dutch: when I squint my eyes i can read your gobbledygook (something about if he lives in the haarlem area as your board doesn't work).

but you might want to add an English translation nevertheless, boardrules.

If bkifft doesn't want it, can I have the fine national art, pls?

The nice thing about digital files: you can replicate them as often as you like. So let's just share.


edit: mvmiranda you might want to add an english translation, too.

 

[mvmiranda]

If bkifft doesn't want it, can I have the fine national art, pls?

todos aman las brasileñas, verdad?!

Following board ruleZ: everybody loves brasilian women, isn't it?

 

[mvmiranda]

hey, this is weird...
I reduced the wires so I could fit the connector inside the case...
so I removed wire by wire and resoldered a malleable one, paying attention to the correct spot where to solder (that's why I did one by one), but now when I plug the SD cable (the same one I unbricked it) and power the console it boots normally, like nothing is plugged.

I disassembled it over again and checked CLK and it's still soldered (I hot glued it with a little dab)...

what'w could be wrong?

 

[bkifft]

hey, this is weird...
I reduced the wires so I could fit the connector inside the case...
so I removed wire by wire and resoldered a malleable one, paying attention to the correct spot where to solder (that's why I did one by one), but now when I plug the SD cable (the same one I unbricked it) and power the console it boots normally, like nothing is plugged.

I disassembled it over again and checked CLK and it's still soldered (I hot glued it with a little dab)...

what'w could be wrong?

so: you had an external clock signal (by plugging it in an SD reader or the running pi) before powering up and it booted without a bluescreen?

 

[mvmiranda]

so: you had an external clock signal (by plugging it in an SD reader or the running pi) before powering up and it booted without a bluescreen?

nope!
All I did was to plug the SD cable and power the 3ds.
I have a XL and when I do this, it enters blue screen...

The normal 3DS is different?

 

[bkifft]

nope!
All I did was to plug the SD cable and power the 3ds.
I have a XL and when I do this, it enters blue screen...

The normal 3DS is different?

someone who has actually done the HW mod would have to answer that, it was my impression that the presence of an external clock stops the regular boot.

 

[mvmiranda]

someone who has actually done the HW mod would have to answer that, it was my impression that the presence of an external clock stops the regular boot.

Interesting...
As I said, I have a 3DS XL and the simple act of plugging the SD cable (it's just a Micro SD to SD adapter with wires and a connector) and powering it on gives me the blue screen.
Now with this normal 3DS I have to plug the cable to 3DS and to my SD to USB adapter to make it blue screen...

Indeed interesting... funny part was when I disassembled it completely again to check the got damn CLK wire... crap! Second though, it wasn't that funny!

 

[krisztian1997]

Interesting...
As I said, I have a 3DS XL and the simple act of plugging the SD cable (it's just a Micro SD to SD adapter with wires and a connector) and powering it on gives me the blue screen.
Now with this normal 3DS I have to plug the cable to 3DS and to my SD to USB adapter to make it blue screen...

Indeed interesting... funny part was when I disassembled it completely again to check the got damn CLK wire... crap! Second though, it wasn't that funny!

Do you remember what eMMC chip is in the normal 3ds and in the 3ds XL ?

 

[khalaan]

My 6.3 NAND (original 3ds xl mobo was toshiba, my 4.2.0_9U that I replaced it with is samsung, need more details, if so throw what you're looking for into our PM thread.

 

[mvmiranda]

Do you remember what eMMC chip is in the normal 3ds and in the 3ds XL ?

Hmm, not really!
I know the Normal NAND backup has 943mb and my XL has 954mb.

Does it help?

 

[krisztian1997]

Hmm, not really!
I know the Normal NAND backup has 943mb and my XL has 954mb.

Does it help?

Yup, they have different NAND then... I forgot which one is bigger...

 

[mznova]

Is there a difference in error codes of gateway bricks vs clone bricks? And if so, does this method work on both?

 

[ryuga93]

Is there a difference in error codes of gateway bricks vs clone bricks? And if so, does this method work on both?

Both bricks are the same so it can be recovered using the same method