Hardware Bricked??

[Deleted member 655123]

I'm having some problems with my N3DS XL.


Whenever the system boots to the home menu (and any button is pressed), it hangs indefinitely. Sound can still be heard, but none of the screens display movement or respond to touch.

Example of the problem


I've tried;

• Re-aligning the Wi-Fi card.
• Restoring the sysnand
• Performing an update with recovery mode (results in a black screen)
• Clearing home menu extdata (results in infinite "preparing to start the home menu")
• Cleaning the internals
• Checking if the MicroSD card is corrupted

I've been dealing with this problem for nine days, and it's insanely frustrating.

Help would be greatly appreciated!
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If it helps, I'm using Luma3DS 12.0.1

 

[Deleted member 655123]

Nevermind, I was able to fix the issue using CTRtransfer. I want to express my gratitude to @SylverReZ for providing helpful advice!