Hacking Gateway 3.0 and the 2DS: Broken and Unusable

[RenegadeKid]

Still working like a charm for me.

I have been using it for one month.

 

[Madao64]

That's rly odd.....

I wonder why this happens. I still can't get my other mSDs to work, and one of them is currently serving at my N3DS's onboard mSD with no problems.

 

[Acidflare]

try this out I found that in the DS flash carts that using different sized cards gave different errors for different games for example an 8GB micro SD formatted with windows won't play Golden Sunark Dawn it black screens use the panasonic sd formatter with the full(OverWrite) option and the game now boots and plays without issues. on a 16GB MicroSD card formatted with windows Golden Sun plays no problem but then another game gives an issue Konami Classic Arcade Hits doesn't boot unless you turn off RTS for the game then the game boots but you lose the Real-Time-Save menu and functions for the game.

The solution is to always use the Panasonic SD Formatter with the Full(OverWrite) Option turned on
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/index.html

 

[Madao64]

try this out I found that in the DS flash carts that using different sized cards gave different errors for different games for example an 8GB micro SD formatted with windows won't play Golden Sunark Dawn it black screens use the panasonic sd formatter with the full(OverWrite) option and the game now boots and plays without issues. on a 16GB MicroSD card formatted with windows Golden Sun plays no problem but then another game gives an issue Konami Classic Arcade Hits doesn't boot unless you turn off RTS for the game then the game boots but you lose the Real-Time-Save menu and functions for the game.

The solution is to always use the Panasonic SD Formatter with the Full(OverWrite) Option turned on
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/index.html

Err......my problem is that "filesystem errors" appear, not the game crashing. And the mSD has been checked and it's not a fake card.

 

[Acidflare]

my point wasn't about games crashing my whole point was in the DS flash cards not 3DS there were errors caused by windows formatter even easus partition master home causes it, but it causes games to not work as intended so by using Panasonic's software it fixed those errors and it was in fact file system errors different filesystem sizes caused different issues. Give it a shot it may work

 

[Madao64]

my point wasn't about games crashing my whole point was in the DS flash cards not 3DS there were errors caused by windows formatter even easus partition master home causes it, but it causes games to not work as intended so by using Panasonic's software it fixed those errors and it was in fact file system errors different filesystem sizes caused different issues. Give it a shot it may work

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope. Formatted full overwrite. Still problems.

 

[Acidflare]

shitty buzz sorry thought it might help, but it is always a good piece of software to have installed

 

[RenegadeKid]

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnope. Formatted full overwrite. Still problems.

Try to use defraggler

 

[tbb043]

try this out I found that in the DS flash carts that using different sized cards gave different errors for different games for example an 8GB micro SD formatted with windows won't play Golden Sunark Dawn it black screens use the panasonic sd formatter with the full(OverWrite) option and the game now boots and plays without issues. on a 16GB MicroSD card formatted with windows Golden Sun plays no problem but then another game gives an issue Konami Classic Arcade Hits doesn't boot unless you turn off RTS for the game then the game boots but you lose the Real-Time-Save menu and functions for the game.

The solution is to always use the Panasonic SD Formatter with the Full(OverWrite) Option turned on
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/index.html

Panasonic formatter is great and all, and a good thing to try when you're having this sort of problem, but not always the solution. Back with my old 1GB kingston (back when they were the top brand) on an original DSTT, games would load much more slowly after a format with Panasonic than they would after a Windows format.

 

[Acidflare]

Panasonic formatter is great and all, and a good thing to try when you're having this sort of problem, but not always the solution. Back with my old 1GB kingston (back when they were the top brand) on an original DSTT, games would load much more slowly after a format with Panasonic than they would after a Windows format.

on my R4i Gold from R4ids.cn I found similar results but I'd rather more compatibility then faster read and write speeds, it wasn't much slower maybe by a couple of seconds. the only time I see the difference is when creating save files actual game saving is the same as a retail cart

 

[milerwan]

Hi,

All the reported issues with 2DS in this post are due to :
- failed cartdrige slot / strip connectors with Gateway's PCB
- Gateway's microSD slot default

An update of Launcher.dat can't resolve this so dissemble the back cover of your 2DS and take a look on the alignment of the strip connectors and try to straighten them to offer better contact with GW's PCB.

 

[vhero]

Hi,

All the reported issues with 2DS in this post are due to :
- failed cartdrige slot / strip connectors with Gateway's PCB
- Gateway's microSD slot default

An update of Launcher.dat can't resolve this so dissemble the back cover of your 2DS and take a look on the alignment of the strip connectors and try to straighten them to offer better contact with GW's PCB.

If that was true then they wouldnt work with sky3ds and would have issues with retail carts too which isn't an issue..

 

[Huntereb]

Fixed on 3.1. Have fun guys.

 

[milerwan]

If that was true then they wouldnt work with sky3ds and would have issues with retail carts too which isn't an issue..

Some of 2DS/3DS users call me about this matter with Sky3DS or Gateway.
When they test original cartridge, no issue.
They send me the "faulty" card, I test it, no issue.
Some send me their consoles and when I straighten the strip contactors no more issue...

So when you have a message like "the game has been removed", that means the cartdrige is disconnected from the console.

Is there someone who knows this issue with Ultra 3.0 and now with upper firmware hasn't got it no more except Huntereb ?

 

[vhero]

Fixed on 3.1. Have fun guys.

indeed but the fact you need zelda is a joke..

 

[nyder]

indeed but the fact you need zelda is a joke..

What does that have to do with the 2DS? It's only for the N3DS you need Zelda.

 

[vhero]

What does that have to do with the 2DS? It's only for the N3DS you need Zelda.

Ah right so 3.10 works fine on 2ds without zelda??

 

[nyder]

yes, the zelda is just for accessing the exploit on the new 3ds's

 

[vhero]

yes, the zelda is just for accessing the exploit on the new 3ds's

Ah thanks man the thread on here wasn't very open about that in fact it didn't say anything at all about it. I assumed us suckers on old 3ds and 2ds would have to stay with older firmware until a patch. Really hope they finally patched up all 2ds issues now as my gateway should hopefully be arriving next week.

 

[watomsk]

I got my 2DS and Gateway 3DS today and I'm having the same "read error" issue. I've tried a lot of the suggestions in this thread, and I am using Gateway 3.1 with Emunand but nothing seems to work. At first I thought I had a defective card, but I've ran the diagnostic test about 20 times and it passes every single time. I've tried formatting the 2DS, and the SD cards using SD Formatter as well.

I'm going to try loading .cia files but I doubt it'll work.

-Edit-

After using SD Formatter with the Full(Overwrite) option to format my SD card, it seems to work OK and I manage to install the Title Manager so I can install cia. I also managed to load a title I had on the SD card and it seemed to work fine for the few minutes I tested it. I guess the Full(Overwrite) option worked for me.