Hacking Games still take up space after nand restore

[The0919]

After resforing a nand backup, games (cias) that I had installed previously still show up under data management and still take up blocks. Is there any way to restore these titles while also keeping save data?

 

[Hayato213]

Data is only preserve with the specific nand backup you make, older nand backup would just mean you need to backup your save with like JK save manager or checkpoint.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

After resforing a nand backup, games (cias) that I had installed previously still show up under data management and still take up blocks. Is there any way to restore these titles while also keeping save data?

Like what @Hayato213 mentioned, did you backup saves and extdata in Checkpoint or JKSM?

If you did not make those backups and if you see X's for the games in the Data Management, it is possible to recover the games, DLCs, updates, saves, and extdata in a really convoluted manner.

 

[The0919]

Data is only preserve with the specific nand backup you make, older nand backup would just mean you need to backup your save with like JK save manager or checkpoint.

I have already restore the backup, but the titles still show up as taking up space. All the .Sav's are still stored on the SD card (I didn't specificly back them up, but I believe they are the save files from the games that the 3ds stores on it's own), in the /Nintendo 3ds/ folder.
Can I delete these titles, reinstall them, then restore these .savs?

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Like what @Hayato213 mentioned, did you backup saves and extdata in Checkpoint or JKSM?

If you did not make those backups and if you see X's for the games in the Data Management, it is possible to recover the games, DLCs, updates, saves, and extdata in a really convoluted manner.

I did not back them up, but they do have .sav files in the /Nintendo 3ds/ folder on the SD card
And yes I do still see x's

 

[TurdPooCharger]

I did not back them up, but they do have .sav files in the /Nintendo 3ds/ folder on the SD card

Oh dear, you're in for a hell of a time. Basically, you lost your tickets when you did the NAND restore. This means the 3DS acknowledges those games but don't believe you own them. Unless you made a ticket.db that recorded all those games, you have to go about painstakingly reinstall those *.cia to add back those tickets.

Keep in mind that installing a *.cia will overwrite and delete the *.sav file.

Read this thread in how to go about recovering your data:

• I made a NAND backup awhile back, now had to recover, missing games.

or, if you're good with coding and already have all your titles backed up as *.cia, use fuse-3ds and 3ds-save-tool to decrypt and extract the saves.

• fuse-3ds - FUSE Filesystem Python scripts for Nintendo 3DS files
• [Tutorial] Extract/Decrypt games, NAND backups, and SD contents with fuse-3ds

 

[The0919]

Oh dear, you're in for a hell of a time. Basically, you lost your tickets when you did the NAND restore. This means the 3DS acknowledges those games but don't believe you own them. Unless you made a ticket.db that recorded all those games, you have to go about painstakingly reinstall those *.cia to add back those tickets.

Keep in mind that installing a *.cia will overwrite and delete the *.sav file.

Read this thread in how to go about recovering your data:

• I made a NAND backup awhile back, now had to recover, missing games.

or, if you're good with coding and already have all your titles backed up as *.cia, use fuse-3ds and 3ds-save-tool to decrypt and extract the saves.

• fuse-3ds - FUSE Filesystem Python scripts for Nintendo 3DS files
• [Tutorial] Extract/Decrypt games, NAND backups, and SD contents with fuse-3ds

Thanks for the help! I'll get on this tomorrow

 

[BlankUsername32]

You can also just install the tickets not the entire cias.

 

[Engezerstorung]

yeah, just install the tickets

basically what happened, in a "simple" way:
there is game ticket and game data
- tickets serve both the purpose of telling the 3DS the game and installed (and thus, showing a nice icon on your 3DS menu), and to check if you really have the right to use it (cfw bypass that)
tickets are located in your nand
- game data, well, its game data, its, you know, stuff, and its located on your sd card (well except for dsiware, they are on nand,, thats why you are limited to, like, 40 dsiware title max)

when you restore a nand which dont have the tickets, the game is not recognized as installed by your 3DS, BUT the data management software can still see and identify the data stored on your sd card, it just cant launch it

so, by simply reinstalling the ticket, the games should work again

and if you try to fully reinstall the game on top of what you have for the moment IT WILL ERASE YOUR SAVES, so just install tickets, dont reinstall cia