Hacking Gateway 3ds Experimentation and Testing thread

[logon]

This is a thread for testing out gateway experiments and theory's

Pokemon section:

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I need your guys help for this

Q:Is there any problems with buying a new retail cart of pokemon X or Y
A: Works perfectly with online support

Q:Is there any problems with buying an eshop copy of pokemon X or Y?
A:

Q:Is there any problems with a used copy of pokemon X or Y?
A:

Legend of zelda a link between worlds crashing

Spoiler

I thought of a possible theorem for the crashing:
If the emunand is booted 100% correctly it will always save correctly
If the emunand is not booted 100% correctly (for whatever reason) it will crash when returning to the home menu.

how to check if the emunand is loaded 100% correctly:
When loading the save you could collect 1 rupee (gem) then save close and relaunch the game (If it crashses emunand not booted correctly)
If it doesn't crash emunand booted correctly (so relaunch the game and continue playing )

Methods:
Reboot emunand: Power off/on 3ds and start gateway normally
Checked emunand: Checked the emunand using the method above
Justins test 1: Save in game like normal then press the home button NOT EXITING OUT OF THE GAME wait 10 seconds then power off.
Justins test 2: Save in game like normal then press the home repetitively and then exit out of the game
Justins test 3: Press home and close as fast as possible

1. Rebooted emunand. Failed
2. Rebooted emunand succeed
3. Checked emunand succeed
4. Checked emunand succeed
5. Checked emunand succeed
6. Checked emunand succeed
7. Checked emunand succeed
8. Checked emunand succeed
9. Checked emunand succeed
10. Checked emunand succeed
11. ReBooted emunand succeed
12. ReBooted emunand succeed
13. ReBooted emunand succeed
14. ReBooted emunand succeed
15. ReBooted emunand succeed
16. Checked emunand succeed
17. Checked emunand succeed
18. Checked emunand succeed
19. Rebooted emunand succeed
20. Rebooted emunand holding "L" save succeed
21. Rebooted emunand save succeed
22. Justins test 1: save succeeded (Suprised me even)
23. Justins test 2: Failed
24. Justins test 2: succeed
25. Justins test 2: succeed
26. Justins test 2: succeed
27. Justins test 1: Failed (I know I waited long enough)
28. Justins test 1: succeed
29. Justins test 3: succeed
30. Rebooted emunand succeed
31. Checked emunand succeed
32. ReBooted emunand Failed
33. ReBooted emunand succeed
34. Checked emunand succeed
35. Checked emunand succeed
36. Checked emunand succeed
37. Checked emunand succeed
38. Checked emunand succeed
39. Checked emunand succeed
40. Checked emunand succeed
41. ReBooted emunand succeed
42. Checked emunand succeed
43. Checked emunand succeed
44. Checked emunand succeed
45. Checked emunand succeed
46. ReBooted emunand succeed
47. Checked emunand succeed
48. ReBooted emunand Failed
49. Rebooted emunand Failed
50. Rebooted emunand succeed
51. Checked emunand succeed
52. Checked emunand succeed
53. Checked emunand succeed
54. Checked emunand succeed
55. Checked emunand succeed
56. Rebooted emunand succeed
57. Checked emunand succeed
58. Checked emunand succeed
59.Checked emunand succeed
60. Checked emunand succeed

To Summarise:
Checking emunand was the only 100% successful saving technique. I would strongly recommend

I think all of justins methods have the same reliability as rebooting the emunand

Gateway 3ds Black and grey lines:

Spoiler

emunand 6.3 L: Holding the L while booting 6.3 emunand
emunand 6.3 No cartridge: Booting the emunand with no catridge in the ds/3ds slot
emunand 6.3: Not holding L while booting 6.3 emunand
emunand 4.5 L: Holding L while booting the 4.5 emunand
emunand 4.5: Not holding L while booting the 4.5 emunand
gateway firmware 1.2: Booting gateway using the 1.2 firmware
(tests will be done soon)

1. emunand 6.3: success
2. emunand 6.3: success
3. emunand 6.3: FAILED
4. emunand 6.3: success
5. emunand 6.3: FAILED
6. emunand 6.3: success
7. emunand 6.3: FAILED
8. emunand 6.3: success
9. emunand 6.3: success
10. emunand 6.3: success
11. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
12. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
13. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
14. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
15. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
16. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: FAILED
17. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
18. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
19. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: success
20. emunand 6.3 No cartridge: FAILED



21. emunand 6.3 L: success
22. emunand 6.3 L: pending
23. emunand 6.3 L: pending
24. emunand 6.3 L: pending
25. emunand 6.3 L: pending
26. emunand 6.3 L: pending
27. emunand 6.3 L: pending
28. emunand 6.3 L: pending
29. emunand 6.3 L: pending
30. emunand 6.3 L: pending

Other useful Links:

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FAQ thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/gateway-3ds-update-and-support-thread-last-update-2013-11-01.357776/
Pongs compatability thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/3ds-flashcard-rom-incompatibility.356634/
Comparisons of 3ds flashcards thread: http://gbatemp.net/threads/comparison-of-nintendo-3ds-flashcarts.358243/
3ds rom information: http://3ds.essh.co/
Gateway 3ds website: http://www.gateway-3ds.com/

Feel free to ask and try any experiments and tests yourself they might even get added to the original post

 

[logon]

Reserved

 

[aiat_gamer]

For Gateway 3ds Black and gray lines, people are saying that keeping the cartridge slot empty helps, I have yet to test this though.

 

[logon]

I just tested it and it didn't seem to help
If you do test can you post your results

 

[Deleted User]

you should email gateway your experiments and results, i'm sure it can help them to fix the bugs ^^

 

[logon]

I might if I get a decent amount of results sadly I think for it to be decent I need 100 tests for each method

 

[aiat_gamer]

I just tested it and it didn't seem to help
If you do test can you post your results

Ok, I tried it 3-4 times in a row and the system did not hung up once. Will try some more after playing and post.

 

[cateater1]

Good thread Logon, when i get my gateway colour me involved.

 

[TheDreamLord]

Pretty sure your theory on LBW is correct. A crappy SD that I knew had connection issues home close crashed each time. Original SD which came with it has no issues.

 

[Ryft]

Pretty sure your theory on LBW is correct. A crappy SD that I knew had connection issues home close crashed each time. Original SD which came with it has no issues.

I have been using the original SD that came with the 3DS XL I bought about a week ago. First 3 tests I did it closed just fine and loaded fine. Later I was trying to set up the Streetpass feature and the NPC you talk to forced me to save. I had my Wifi switch on when I tried to exit right after that and it hung on closing. It just seems to be completely random... unless having wifi turned on affects it somehow.