Hacking GATEWAY PUBLIC RELEASE 2.3b

[Don21]

If you only had the problem after installing emunand, then it cound very well be an SD problem.?

I dont understand the last sentence " Does gateway work fine without emunand"

Can i run backups without getting in emunand? When i get into the GW8.1..... i am in gateway emunand mode right?

I dont know what the difference are between

-Classic mode sys
-Emunand mode sys
-Classic mode EMUsys
-Emunand mode Emusys

 

[OuahOuah]

Try to use another SD with just launcher.dat and boot classic or gateway mode.
Or format the whole SD in Windows and just put launcher.dat and boot classic or gateway mode.

 

[Deleted User]

Will you be able to play DSiware of Gateway ? I thought going into DS mode breaks gateway.

 

[Wildblood]

I dont understand the last sentence " Does gateway work fine without emunand"

Can i run backups without getting in emunand? When i get into the GW8.1..... i am in gateway emunand mode right?

Yes, you can.

When you first set up Gateway (install with blue card, copy launcher, etc), and you first enter gateway, you have a bunch of options. If you don't format Emunand, and instead just launch gateway, you are able to play backups. It'll launch your regular nand, at 4.5, the only difference being you can press select to play your backups. If you go this route, you SHOULD NOT update, or you're screwed.

What you have done is chosen the format emunand option, which created a whole new menu, launched from the SD card. Gateway automatically loads this up now, whenever you launch it. You can do whatever you want here, update, etc. But apparently, some people are running into trouble, and it appears to be SD-card related (choose a different brand at class 10 and you should be fine). Note, the SD card in question is the one in the 3DS, not in the gateway card.

 

[Arras]

Will you be able to play DSiware of Gateway ? I thought going into DS mode breaks gateway.

They say they intend to. It'll probably take another couple months at least though.

 

[Don21]

Yes, you can.

When you first set up Gateway (install with blue card, copy launcher, etc), and you first enter gateway, you have a bunch of options. If you don't format Emunand, and instead just launch gateway, you are able to play backups. It'll launch your regular nand, at 4.5, the only difference being you can press select to play your backups. If you go this route, you SHOULD NOT update, or you're screwed.

What you have done is chosen the format emunand option, which created a whole new menu, launched from the SD card. Gateway automatically loads this up now, whenever you launch it. You can do whatever you want here, update, etc. But apparently, some people are running into trouble, and it appears to be SD-card related (choose a different brand at class 10 and you should be fine). Note, the SD card in question is the one in the 3DS, not in the gateway card.

Thank you for all the information i really didnt know that you must format EMUNAND first or else you get screwed by updating the real nand.
My sd card is not so old got it 2months ago

Samsung 32GB micro SD EVO met adapter UHS-I Class 10 48MB/s for gateway and same card but 16gb for the BIG 3ds card.

Thank you alot Wildblood

 

[Wildblood]

Thank you for all the information i really didnt know that you must format EMUNAND first or else you get screwed by updating the real nand.
My sd card is not so old got it 2months ago

Samsung 32GB micro SD EVO met adapter UHS-I Class 10 48MB/s for gateway and same card but 16gb for the BIG 3ds card.

Thank you alot Wildblood

Np

Be methodical - there's a very easy test you can do. Launch gateway and make a change to the menu - create a folder or something. If that folder appears when you boot the 3DS again, then you know that you're in the same nand (i.e. changes after launching gateway affect things before it was launched). In this case, updating would also affect it.

If however the folder does not appear when you boot your 3DS again, it means that change was made on a different menu - a different NAND. In this case you know that changes made after launching gateway, won't affect the system. (so even if you update here, it won't affect the system pre-gateway launch).

Suffice to say, if you don't format EmuNand, then you have one single nand. your regular menu and gateway are all launched on this. Once you format EmuNand, gateway creates a fake nand on the SD card, and launches from that. When you launch gateway, the system nand is hidden, and you run a fake, emulated nand (hence EmuNand for short).

This is why guides are very clear about being absolutely certain you are in EmuNand before updating. If for some reason gateway launched from systemnand and you updated...you'd permanently update your system and lose gateway.

 

[Don21]

Np

Be methodical - there's a very easy test you can do. Launch gateway and make a change to the menu - create a folder or something. If that folder appears when you boot the 3DS again, then you know that you're in the same nand (i.e. changes after launching gateway affect things before it was launched). In this case, updating would also affect it.

If however the folder does not appear when you boot your 3DS again, it means that change was made on a different menu - a different NAND. In this case you know that changes made after launching gateway, won't affect the system. (so even if you update here, it won't affect the system pre-gateway launch).

Suffice to say, if you don't format EmuNand, then you have one single nand. your regular menu and gateway are all launched on this. Once you format EmuNand, gateway creates a fake nand on the SD card, and launches from that. When you launch gateway, the system nand is hidden, and you run a fake, emulated nand (hence EmuNand for short).

This is why guides are very clear about being absolutely certain you are in EmuNand before updating. If for some reason gateway launched from systemnand and you updated...you'd permanently update your system and lose gateway.

Thanks for clearify much of this.
Some people already helped me out with that. They told me to make 3 maps in each nand. one with Sys and other is Emu. I was really nervous when i did the update but im glad it worked all out. I hope my Sd cards wont get corrupted again probably that was the issue where it all started.

 

[Ashtonx]

i'll also thank :> just came to this topic to ask if new gateway fw is compatible with newer system firmware, learned something extra about emunand

i'll just add something to make sure, once in settings and i check my system version and it starts from gw it means im in emunand and it's safe to update right ?

 

[bkifft]

i'll also thank :> just came to this topic to ask if new gateway fw is compatible with newer system firmware, learned something extra about emunand

i'll just add something to make sure, once in settings and i check my system version and it starts from gw it means im in emunand and it's safe to update right ?

Yes. Just bear in mind once you exit the system settings application the system will reboot to sysNAND

 

[Ashtonx]

oh, good to know, i thought it leaves after rebooting or something.

 

[noki@]

oh, good to know, i thought it leaves after rebooting or something.

Also avoid pressing the "x" key whilst in emunand system settings/or gateway mode ss.

 

[Doran754]

Im still in the habit of saving by pressing home>x is that still neccesary?

 

[Abcdfv]

Im still in the habit of saving by pressing home>x is that still neccesary?

Yes, only Card2 games like Pokeman, AC:NL, and Tomodachi Life write the save in real time. I beleive E-shop games also write saves in real time, but havent tested it personally. Card1 games still need Home+X to write the save to the BigSD

 

[Ashtonx]

and how do you leave settings btw ? last time i left and wanted to reented emunand i ended up running nds profile and had to reinstall exploit.

btw love the emunand feature, kept my nds on 4.4 for a year, even homepass didn't work T_T so as you can imagine i couldn't do anything worth time (i live in small town no chance of street pass)

 

[Abcdfv]

and how do you leave settings btw ? last time i left and wanted to reented emunand i ended up running nds profile and had to reinstall exploit.

btw love the emunand feature, kept my nds on 4.4 for a year, even homepass didn't work T_T so as you can imagine i couldn't do anything worth time (i live in small town no chance of street pass)

I just click close at the bottom. Never had to rerun the exploit though

 

[Ashtonx]

oh, so touch close rather than button, thanks

i actually had to rerun 2 or 3 times already DD

 

[Ashtonx]

So after playing around i noticed gateway doesn't seem to see some games:

0958 - Tomodachi.Life.EUR.3DS-BigBlueBox (eu rip)
0894 - Hometown_Story_EUR_MULTi3_3DS-ABSTRAKT (eu rip)
0811 - Sudoku_Plus_7_Other_Complex_Puzzles_By_Nikoli_3DS-VENOM (eu rip)
0265 - Code_of_Princess_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
0158 - The_Oregon_Trail_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
0069 - Mahjong_Cub3d_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
crc seems to match, any idea if there's something wrong i'm doing or is there something witht he dumps ? i originally thought it's region lock but then i noticed it affects some eu games as well.

 

[gamesquest1]

So after playing around i noticed gateway doesn't seem to see some games:

0958 - Tomodachi.Life.EUR.3DS-BigBlueBox (eu rip)
0894 - Hometown_Story_EUR_MULTi3_3DS-ABSTRAKT (eu rip)
0811 - Sudoku_Plus_7_Other_Complex_Puzzles_By_Nikoli_3DS-VENOM (eu rip)
0265 - Code_of_Princess_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
0158 - The_Oregon_Trail_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
0069 - Mahjong_Cub3d_USA_3DS-VENOM (us rip)
crc seems to match, any idea if there's something wrong i'm doing or is there something witht he dumps ? i originally thought it's region lock but then i noticed it affects some eu games as well.

have you checked if your micro SD is legit?
im assuming they are showing as white screens

 

[Ashtonx]

im quite sure my microsd is legit, they're not showing at all, they're not on multi rom selection list at all