Homebrew “An exception occurred"

[Bella Lawrence]

that among other things could be the problem . . . i am still trying to isolate the issue

When i try to boot without the sd card, the light flashs blue for a sec and turns off

 

[Greymane]

When i try to boot without the sd card, the light flashs blue for a sec and turns off

Then you either don't have the file on your firmware for sd'less boot, or its mismatched.
In both cases(if you used Luma with a9hl) i would say jump to Section VI in the finalizing setup part of the guide.
This Will install the newer luma to the 3ds itself, though like always make backups of your nands.

 

[wormdood]

When i try to boot without the sd card, the light flashs blue for a sec and turns off

sounds like your average brick but can also simply be the incorrect luma version heres what i want you to do . . . get a clean sd card and try different luma versions starting with 7.0.5 (the last al9h version) all the way up to 8.1.1

 

[Bella Lawrence]

sounds like your average brick but can also simply be the incorrect luma version heres what i want you to do . . . get a clean sd card and try different luma versions starting with 7.0.5 (the last al9h version) all the way up to 8.1.1

Could i use the one that i currently have? I don't have any spares

 

[Greymane]

Could i use the one that i currently have? I don't have any spares

In that case backup the files on the sd card, format and then only placing the minimal necessary files on it.

 

[Bella Lawrence]

In that case backup the files on the sd card, format and then only placing the minimal necessary files on it.

Alright, btw i have a backup of my sd card a few days ago before installing boot9strap, that would technically be useless now since a9lh wouldn't actually work right?

 

[wormdood]

Alright, btw i have a backup of my sd card a few days ago before installing boot9strap, that would technically be useless now since a9lh wouldn't actually work right?

parts of it are useless (keep it) . . . but its recommended to make a new backup whenever you attempt to screw with your console

 

[Greymane]

Alright, btw i have a backup of my sd card a few days ago before installing boot9strap, that would technically be useless now since a9lh wouldn't actually work right?

If boot9strap has been installed into your console, whatever cfw was on that sd card or any other files that relay on a9hl will be useless.
The rest has still full usage unless you formated your 3ds and thus chanced the id's.

 

[Bella Lawrence]

If boot9strap has been installed into your console, whatever cfw was on that sd card or any other files that relay on a9hl will be useless.
The rest has still full usage unless you formated your 3ds and thus chanced the id's.

parts of it are useless (keep it) . . . but its recommended to make a new backup whenever you attempt to screw with your console

Is the boot.firm.sha file important to put on the sd card or just the boot.firm?

 

[Greymane]

Is the boot.firm.sha file important to put on the sd card or just the boot.firm?

Only the firm should be needed.

 

[Bella Lawrence]

parts of it are useless (keep it) . . . but its recommended to make a new backup whenever you attempt to screw with your console

When i put the Luma 7.1 boot.firm on i get "An error has occurred: unsupported launcher (argc = 0)."

 

[wormdood]

Only the firm should be needed.

to add to this it's likely luma3ds . . . so i would not even worry about either one as the luma3ds download will contain a new boot.firm

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When i put the Luma 7.1 boot.firm on i get "An error has occurred: unsupported launcher (argc = 0)."

on to the next one

 

[Bella Lawrence]

to add to this it's likely luma3ds . . . so i would not even worry about either one as the luma3ds download will contain a new boot.firm

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on to the next one

The rest you told me to do give me the exception occured except Luma 7.1 which give me an actual error

 

[wormdood]

The rest you told me to do give me the exception occured except Luma 7.1 which give me an actual error

then my only remaining thought is a bricked nand . . . can you still access gm9?

 

[Greymane]

The rest you told me to do give me the exception occured except Luma 7.1 which give me an actual error

So you also tried the newest stable release? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v8.1.1
Also wich boot9strap version did you install?

 

[Bella Lawrence]

then my only remaining thought is a bricked nand . . . can you still access gm9?

Yup

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So you also tried the newest stable release? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v8.1.1
Also wich boot9strap version did you install?

Bootstrap 1.3

 

[wormdood]

Also wich boot9strap version did you install?

that error on 7.1 means he has bs9 1.3 so the fact that he cant boot with newer releases suggest a faulty nand . . . in this case i would say a ctrtransfer is in order

 

[Bella Lawrence]

that error on 7.1 means he has bs9 1.3 so the fact that he cant boot with newer releases suggest a faulty nand . . . in this case i would say a ctrtransfer is in order

I went on discord and someone asked if i tried this, do you think this might fix it? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki/FAQ-and-troubleshooting

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That would be the best option besides full nand nuking(backup reinstall, will delete anything done after it was made), step I/II https://3ds.guide/ctrtransfer.html.
Should do the trick then, though the version of the ctrnand are might not be the ones he needs, they be 11.5.

I went on discord and someone asked if i tried this, do you think this might fix it? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki/FAQ-and-troubleshooting

 

[Greymane]

that error on 7.1 means he has bs9 1.3 so the fact that he cant boot with newer releases suggest a faulty nand . . . in this case i would say a ctrtransfer is in order

That would be the best option besides full nand nuking(backup reinstall, will delete anything done after it was made), step I/II https://3ds.guide/ctrtransfer.html.
Should do the trick then, though the version of the ctrnand are might not be the ones he needs, they be 11.5.

EDIT: did you have menuhax installed?

 

[wormdood]

I went on discord and someone asked if i tried this, do you think this might fix it? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki/FAQ-and-troubleshooting

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I went on discord and someone asked if i tried this, do you think this might fix it? https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki/FAQ-and-troubleshooting

its worth a try and if it works will save you a bunch of time/effort