My 3DS had CFW for a while, but unfortunately the SD card it was on corrupted and I didn't reinstall it. Now the system updated and the console can't boot up anymore. Is it bricked? Is there a way to restore it to its former state? Sorry I don't really know how CFW even works
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The 3DS modification is not (only) on the SD. B9S is installed to the internal NAND and will survive pretty much everything but a deliberate uninstall (bad idea) – corrupted SD does not remove B9S.
Download latest Luma3DS → https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v10.2.1 and extract boot.firm (and boot.3dsx) on a FAT32 formatted SD
Then repeat the finalizing steps of the guide and everything should be working again.
https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup
Good luck and have fun!
Download latest Luma3DS → https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v10.2.1 and extract boot.firm (and boot.3dsx) on a FAT32 formatted SD
Then repeat the finalizing steps of the guide and everything should be working again.
https://3ds.hacks.guide/finalizing-setup
Good luck and have fun!
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