Hacking Arm9loaderhax screw up! Please help!

[fikatr]

That's the risk, and even more with the little knowledge the majority of us has...
Right now i feel like a fool, crying for help to fix my screw ups... but yet you guys lend a hand... and i really appreciate that.

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How i can do that?
Both backups bring the same result...

im sure there is no way doing that

 

[eldavo2090]

im sure there is no way doing that

Then... it's bricked?

 

[fikatr]

Then... it's bricked?

did you tried what i said

 

[eldavo2090]

did you tried what i said

Cleaned the reader, but don't have another micro sd atm

 

[OrGoN3]

Cleaned the reader, but don't have another micro sd atm

Did you try backing up all of the data on your SD card, reformatting it properly (I recommend using SD Formatter https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/), copying the data back and then trying the restore again?

 

[fikatr]

Cleaned the reader, but don't have another micro sd atm

after trying another micro sd here is what you need to do


1. unistall a9lh with safe a9lh installer
2. update to higher firmware with a game card
3. update\downgrade your console to 9.2
4. install a9lh with safe a9lh installer from homebrew


this is your only choice if your all backups are corrupted

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wait are you a n3ds or a o3ds user

 

[KunoichiZ]

wait are you a n3ds or a o3ds user

If you've been paying attention to the pictures that the OP has posted, OP's clearly on a red n3DS XL.

 

[eldavo2090]

Tried with another sd card... no luck, same result.
I guess it's a bad dump of the nand, or something.
Right now i can only boot Hourglass9 and the luma menu, it's there a way to return to 9.2 and try to do this again?
Also tried to turn my new3ds on without an sd card but it turns on and then quickly turns off again...

 

[fikatr]

only option is unistalling a9lh

 

[eldavo2090]

only option is unistalling a9lh

how can i do that?

 

[fikatr]

how can i do that?

before unistalling a9lh we should get some hlep from holy @Plailect

 

[fikatr]

try this https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-restore-n3ds-from-fw-2-1-without-nand-backups.424476/

 

[Majickhat55]

As @fikatr suggested try that thread. The only problem is you need a gamecart to update to 4.5 and IF that fails your only option to use the above guide is with a hardmod anyway. The only thing I can think of is your SD card being messed up when you created the backups in the first place. I wonder if there is a way to just verify good NAND dumps, otherwise how would we know until we go to actually use them considering they are the correct file size? Hmm

 

[Kuroi-Akira]

This might be a Shot in the Dark but Have you tried restoring the EmuNand back AS Emunand to see if it'll even boot?

 

[Amapola62]

So you have tried the emunand-original and the sysnand-original...have you tried the Emunand-formatted?

 

[Ricken]

What happens when you hold L+R+UP+A on boot? (Read the changelog for Luma 5.5, no I'm not crazy )
And maybe try using Decrypt9 to restore a backup w/o A9LH? (Preferably one on 9.2, so you could reinstall A9LH from there...)

*silently curses at whoever thought it was a good idea to remove the part where you restore a 9.2 backup before installing A9LH*

 

[eldavo2090]

What happens when you hold L+R+UP+A on boot? (Read the changelog for Luma 5.5, no I'm not crazy )
And maybe try using Decrypt9 to restore a backup w/o A9LH? (Preferably one on 9.2, so you could reinstall A9LH from there...)

Tried that... and did not fix anything...

 

[eldavo2090]

Tried to uninstall arm9loader, but it says Error: failed to mount CTRnand...

 

[eldavo2090]

Ok guys... i was very, VERY lucky!!

Spoiler: Pic

Managed to use Decryp9 to "force install" my nand backup, and damn it worked!
Seems that i lost arm9loaderhax, but got a second chance to try this again i guess...
Anyway thanks for everything guys!
Will be more careful next time!

But i still have a question... why hourglass9 said that my nand backup was corrupted?
And yet i could force install with no issues?
What do you guys think went wrong there?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Ok guys... i was very, VERY lucky!!

Spoiler: Pic

Managed to use Decryp9 to "force install" my nand backup, and damn it worked!
Seems that i lost arm9loaderhax, but got a second chance to try this again i guess...
Anyway thanks for everything guys!
Will be more careful next time!

But i still have a question... why hourglass9 said that my nand backup was corrupted?
And yet i could force install with no issues?
What do you guys think went wrong there?

Maybe you forgot to copy over the .sha file or the .sha file was from another NAND backup?