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I heard that once A9LH is set up, the system can't boot up without an SD card, so what would happen if I were to lose my SD card or it breaks or something? It's unlikely to happen, but just to be sure.
 

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I have a n3ds with a 64GB sd. Are SDXC (formatted to FAT32) supported with this method? Or only SDHC/SD can be used in 2.1?

Thnx for the guide!
 

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Everything went well until I needed to launch otphelper, through the arm11.bin github, while on 2.1 fw. I just get a black screen.

N3dsxl btw

Edit: Adding an "s" and going to going to https://dukesrg.github.io/2xrsa.html?arm11.bin worked.
 
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Just one more question before I attempt this (hopefully).

Since I already have BigBlueMenu injected to H&S, is it necessary to inject FBI?
 

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Just one more question before I attempt this (hopefully).

Since I already have BigBlueMenu injected to H&S, is it necessary to inject FBI?
It will do the same.
 
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meh , on my old 3ds , 10.0.3 , got evrething to work up to the 10 sec after the installation of all the cia , nothing happened , i waited for 30 sec before manually turning it off . Tried to boot , black screen , try again without the sd card , black screen . Now its only black screen . its bricked right ?
 

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meh , on my old 3ds , 10.0.3 , got evrething to work up to the 10 sec after the installation of all the cia , nothing happened , i waited for 30 sec before manually turning it off . Tried to boot , black screen , try again without the sd card , black screen . Now its only black screen . its bricked right ?

Try the recovery mode: L + R + A + Up (Dpad). You have to press the buttons while powering on.
 

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When I flash my bricked 2.1 emunand to sysnand, should I use OTPHelper or Decrypt9 or doesn't that matter?
Nevermind, OTPHelper did the trick.
 
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When I try to boot my (old) 3ds after following the guide, I get an error saying "target payload not found: a19h/ARN.bin press any button to shutdown"

Anyone able to help me figure this out?

NVM I got it, had a19h instead of al9h
 
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The guide has been updated to use CakesFW and updated SysNAND mode. I am using Cakes because it will be easier to troubleshoot since #Cakey maintains CakesFW and updated SysNAND mode for the following reasons:

1. The SD card space could be very important for some users
2. The EmuNAND model of having two OSs will confuse noobs
3. If a noob hears about updated SysNAND after and tries to do it without a good guide, they will probably brick themselves
 
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The guide has been updated to use CakesFW and updated SysNAND mode. I am using Cakes because it will be easier to troubleshoot since #Cakey maintains CakesFW and updated SysNAND mode for the following reasons:

1. The SD card space could be very important for some users
2. The EmuNAND model of having two OSs will confuse noobs
3. If a noob hears about updated SysNAND after and tries to do it without a good guide, they will probably brick themselves

Would this method of swapping SysNand and EmuNand work as well? https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutoria...rm9loaderhax-only.415724/page-19#post-6137184

EDIT: I mean, for those who followed the earlier revision of the guide to install a9lh?
 
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I have followed this guide all the way through and now I have 10.6 sysnand with a9lh.
The problem is that FBI is not in the H&S app and when I boot Decrpyt9WIP by holding (x) it won't let me inject.
This is the error screen I get:

You selected "Health&Safety Inject".
This feature writes to the SysNAND.
Doing this is potentially dangerous!

If you wish to proceed, enter:
<Left>, <Up>, <Right>, <Up>, <A>

(B to return, START to reboot)

Searching title "Health&Safety (N3DS)"...
Method 1: Search in title.db...
Method 2: Search in file system...
Failed!
Health&Safety Inject: failed!

Press B to return, START to reboot.
 

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I have followed this guide all the way through and now I have 10.6 sysnand with a9lh.
The problem is that FBI is not in the H&S app and when I boot Decrpyt9WIP by holding (x) it won't let me inject.
This is the error screen I get:

You selected "Health&Safety Inject".
This feature writes to the SysNAND.
Doing this is potentially dangerous!

If you wish to proceed, enter:
<Left>, <Up>, <Right>, <Up>, <A>

(B to return, START to reboot)

Searching title "Health&Safety (N3DS)"...
Method 1: Search in title.db...
Method 2: Search in file system...
Failed!
Health&Safety Inject: failed!

Press B to return, START to reboot.

It appears to be a bug in decrypt9, I'm looking into it.
 

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