Hacking 3DS unbricking progress

[zoogie]

This works using a raspberry pi zero? @bkifft

No way.

 

[shadowofdarkness]

This works using a raspberry pi zero? @bkifft

Software wise, yes. But hardware wise, it would be extremely hard to make a adaptor to plug the 3DS into the microSD slot.

 

[BothyBhoy]

I decided to create a new thread with the our progress of unbricking the 3ds because there are several threads talking about this and its very hard to find anything by now in the threads.
So far we found a way to lock a normal card and it acts exactly like a bricked 3ds, doesnt shows up in windows explorer, cant write to it using any other tools or format it. All what we need now is someone willing to test our code on a bricked 3ds. Our code can be found at https://github.com/krisztian1997/3dsunbricker , its based on Roland's library with some custom code made by ryuga and me (thanks Coto for the CRC16 algo)
Forgot to mention, hardware mod is needed, we are using an Arduino to test our code on a SD card, but its exactly the same wiring like the one for nand dump except that DAT3 is also needed for CS. You need an arduino to can communicate with the eMMC controller directly, also some ways to reduce your voltage to 3v3 because arduinos I/O use 5v, the easiest and best way is to get a SD card shield, or if you cant get one, another good solution is an voltage divider with resistors, like this or this
Progress so far: Unbricking is possible now, there are around 10-13 confirmed unbricking with the raspi and 3 with the arduino

How much do you guys take for an unbricking thanks .....p.m. Me

 

[cdante100]

Software wise, yes. But hardware wise, it would be extremely hard to make a adaptor to plug the 3DS into the microSD slot.

Can not use an adapter like this?

 

[shadowofdarkness]

Can not use an adapter like this?

I had not saw a adaptor like that before but depending how it works it may actually work, as long it is basically extending the contacts and not doing anything else like a USB card reader would. It does have a chance of working.

The Pi Zero is supposed to be the same software as the Pi 1 which the unbricking software is made for so other then maybe making sure to grab the newest firmware files and drop them on the fat32 partition. It would be worth trying.

 

[cdante100]

I had not saw a adaptor like that before but depending how it works it may actually work, as long it is basically extending the contacts and not doing anything else like a USB card reader would. It does have a chance of working.

The Pi Zero is supposed to be the same software as the Pi 1 which the unbricking software is made for so other then maybe making sure to grab the newest firmware files and drop them on the fat32 partition. It would be worth trying.

Got it, thanks.

 

[Shadowtrance]

So with the recent DS2+ brickings happening i have a 3ds here to unbrick and hard mod, but i can't for the life of me get the RPI image to boot at all no matter what sd card i use.

It just refuses to recognize it at all (no activity light), and it isn't my RPI because i put my normal raspbian card back in and all is fine.

Scratch that, i got it to boot using the card i had raspbian on, for some strange reason my pi doesn't like my otherSD cards anymore...
And now it's just sitting there doing nothing after they keyboard appears in the list on screen (just a generic $5 usb keyboard.. hmm
Unplug the keyboard, and it does the same, just sits there doing nothing but this time after ethernet appears in the list on screen.. Why do you hate me!? Can't exactly unplug the ethernet port lol

Any ideas anyone? @hundshamer maybe? i don't know...

Nvm... I'm a noob, totally missed the "plug usb stick in as well" part.

Bloodyhell! One problem after another. Now I'm getting...

Spoiler

And it locks up there... argh!

 

[bkifft]

And it locks up there... argh!

try only plugin in the SD card, the usb stick, (ethernet/hdmi if you use them) and power. in other words: no usb devices but the usb stick.

edit: and make sure by plugging it into windows that you have written the image to the usb stick correctly

just in case: bear in mind that you will need a valid nand dump for the unbrick again (*shakes fist at GW*)

 

[Shadowtrance]

try only plugin in the SD card, the usb stick, (ethernet/hdmi if you use them) and power. in other words: no usb devices but the usb stick.

edit: and make sure by plugging it into windows that you have written the image to the usb stick correctly

just in case: bear in mind that you will need a valid nand dump for the unbrick again (*shakes fist at GW*)

Ok i sorted it out after a bit of sleep, usb stick wasn't playing nice. So rewrote the image yet again.
But i end up getting... SD_Init: error sending CMD27, error = 00010000. Giving Up.

I'm guessing that's a connection problem? Connections are pretty short and solid, so I'm not sure...

 

[bkifft]

Ok i sorted it out after a bit of sleep, usb stick wasn't playing nice. So rewrote the image yet again.
But i end up getting... SD_Init: error sending CMD27, error = 00010000. Giving Up.

I'm guessing that's a connection problem? Connections are pretty short and solid, so I'm not sure...

si. thats some sort of communication prob. stuff you can try: power the pi from a computer usb port, plug in or remove (whatever you did not yet) the 3ds power supply, quadruple check your connections.

 

[Shadowtrance]

si. thats some sort of communication prob. stuff you can try: power the pi from a computer usb port, plug in or remove (whatever you did not yet) the 3ds power supply, quadruple check your connections.

Yeah i have no idea what's going on.
Checked / Rechecked connections multiple times, power pi from pc, no charger to 3ds, charger to 3ds... everything except unplugging hdmi and the usb stick and keyboard. Still the same result as above. Is it possible this 3ds is just beyond repair or does it just hate me? (It isn't mine, and was bricked by using the DS2+ GW plugin).

For reference (if it makes any difference): the bootrom error code is...

Errcode: 00F800EF
FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF
00000008 00000000

... Well i can't seem to get anywhere with this damn 3ds. 3dsunbricker gives the error mentioned earlier every time when i try unlock, query is fine. arduino and teensy both give the same output no matter what i do. Everything is wired up good, wires are short (not even 10cm I'm guessing, didn't measure) and all is connected correctly... Has me stumped.
Arduino/teensy output...

Enabled outputs/inputs
Initialized SPI with 250khz frequency
Waiting the minimum 80 cycles for warm up
Keeping CS line on low for communication
Reset command sent on MOSI, but no answer from the slave. Please check your card connection/soldering
Initialization failed
Retrying...

 

[technewbie389]

Hello, I have a question. I updated my 3DS today (seriously, what was I thinking?) and now my DS TWO Plus doesn't show up on the home menu. I've downloaded the files from the site to patch the flashcart but that never showed up. Changed the file from "dstwoupdate.dat" to "dstwoupdated.dat" which helped the last time but that didn't load either. So I'm stumped.

Plus I've been reading all these new posts about a new DS TWO flashcart 4-in-1 which has me thinking that maybe mine has been blocked/erased due to it being old? HELP ME PLEASE! >_<

EDIT: Will I be required to downgrade my version? And if so, how can I ensure that I don't end up screwing things up and bricking up my 3DS? Btw, my 3DS is the old one, not the new one.

 

[DayVeeBoi]

Hello, I have a question. I updated my 3DS today (seriously, what was I thinking?) and now my DS TWO Plus doesn't show up on the home menu. I've downloaded the files from the site to patch the flashcart but that never showed up. Changed the file from "dstwoupdate.dat" to "dstwoupdated.dat" which helped the last time but that didn't load either. So I'm stumped.

Plus I've been reading all these new posts about a new DS TWO flashcart 4-in-1 which has me thinking that maybe mine has been blocked/erased due to it being old? HELP ME PLEASE! >_<

EDIT: Will I be required to downgrade my version? And if so, how can I ensure that I don't end up screwing things up and bricking up my 3DS? Btw, my 3DS is the old one, not the new one.

Hey bro, I'm not sure what exactly you have got going on here, but I think you're in the wrong thread. This is about flashing a dead 3DS. If your is still working, there's nothing for you here. I am not sure whether DStwo+ supports the most recent firmware, but if you're thinking about downgrading to make it work, there is a software solution for that if you look in the Custom Firmware/Flashcard forum. I think what you probably want to do is downgrade to like 9.2 and then use custom firmware. And then if DStwo+ is blocked for 10.5 I am sure someone has figured a way to put it on the white list by now so you can use in ds mode. This information may not be precise, but should put you on the right track with some google-fu.

 

[chaaren]

someone who already unbricked your console. before you fix the 3ds, the computer detects the sd Hardmod good or not detect ?. someone already did this in a New 3ds XL ?
the answers are appreciated

 

[CodeKiller]

Can you restore a brick without a NAND backup like say just from the Update files? Or can you use another nand backup from a different 3ds? Would it just clone that 3ds?

 

[Deleted User]

No. the keys are per console./

 

[Peninsula]

I have a US o3ds that I accidentally bricked while trying to install arm9loaderhax. Is there anyone I can send my 3ds to that would be able to unbrick it if I have a couple different NAND dumps? I would obviously pay for shipping and labor. Please PM me if you'd like to help. I'll edit this post if I've found someone.

 

[gamesquest1]

I have a US o3ds that I accidentally bricked while trying to install arm9loaderhax. Is there anyone I can send my 3ds to that would be able to unbrick it if I have a couple different NAND dumps? I would obviously pay for shipping and labor. Please PM me if you'd like to help. I'll edit this post if I've found someone.

pm @hundshamer

 

[GREAFOX]

Hi,

Whn I want to have a dump NAND, here's my ERRCODE :

00F800FE
00000000 00000000
00000200 00400000

He is not good because I must have a ZERO and not FOUR

The good code is

00F800FE
00000000 00000000
00000200 00000000

Someone have a solution please ?

 

[robertorpg94]

I did an update of my sysnand to 9.2 , can when restarted , my 3ds did not work , and did not enter the recovery , now do not know exactly what to do to recover my 3ds .


told me they have a means using the raspberry pi, however, I do not have a backup of the nand .

is there any solution?