Hacking Any disadvantages of A9LH+Sysnand only (no Emunand/Rednand)

[Pokéidiot]

Advantages
- 1~2GB free on SD card (because we won't anymore be using emuNANDs)
- GBA and DSiWare made easy (you only install them once)
- Quick boot (7~10 seconds to show up home menu, and miliseconds after pressing the power button to launch the hax itself)
- Pre-kernel recovery tools by holding a specific button when turning on the console (decrypt9, godmode9, hourglass9, etc)

Disadvantages
- Even with FIRM0 and FIRM1 protections, sysNAND isnt 100% safe
- Break FIRM0 or FIRM1 can result in bricking or even loss a9lh (you can't brick them with updates if you are using Luma3DS/Cakes or any cfw with FIRM0/FIRM1 protections or any other CFW that does this, but messing around with decrypt9 without knowing what you are doing you can)
- You never know when something happen will happen to your sysNAND

 

[astronautlevel]

- Even with FIRM0 and FIRM1 protections, sysNAND isnt 100% safe

Yes it is

- Break FIRM0 or FIRM1 can result in bricking or even loss a9lh (you can't brick them with updates if you are using Luma3DS/Cakes or any cfw with FIRM0/FIRM1 protections or any other CFW that does this, but messing around with decrypt9 without knowing what you are doing you can)

Then switch to hourglass9

- You never know when something happen will happen to your sysNAND

It won't if you know what you're doing

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Yes it is

Then switch to hourglass9

It won't if you know what you're doing

Ikr I was confused when he brought up firm protection im like "Bruh isnt that like one of the key features?"

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

The only reason why I am never going to just sysnand is because of how much I have installed to my region swapped emunand. They both have basically the same boot times (~17 seconds for emunand, ~18 seconds for sysnand, probably just some anomaly for the extra ~second), and I like to have eshop access to actually buy jpn games with (yes, even with piracy, I like to buy games).

 

[astronautlevel]

The only reason why I am never going to just sysnand is because of how much I have installed to my region swapped emunand. They both have basically the same boot times (~17 seconds for emunand, ~18 seconds for sysnand, probably just some anomaly for the extra ~second), and I like to have eshop access to actually buy jpn games with (yes, even with piracy, I like to buy games).

Having different region NANDs is a perfectly valid reason for emunand imo, so more power to you for that

 

[dabu-sapper]

Can someone tell me the correct Luma settings if i created an new emunand again?

I mean the settings on the screen if i hold select at boot.

 

[jeppad]

Hey one quick question, installing atm Luma3ds arm9,

can i later change my sd card? Im using later the sysnand.

I mean just swap the files.

 

[nl255]

There is one new disadvantage to going sysnand only and that is you will be unable to use NTR once Ninty releases an update that breaks using the 10.2 firmware.bin. Thus, it might be a good idea to set up a 10.3 emunand for use with NTR now just so that it is ready.