Hacking [Help] Can't get Gateway card to work

[owek1]

@Quantumcat , really appreciate it..can't wait to get started..

 

[Zizka]

Alright, I have a new problem.

I have done all of the following steps:

1. Hold select on boot to enter the Luma3DS menu
   • Make sure to start holding the button before pressing power
   • If you get a black screen, follow this troubleshooting guide
   • If you boot to SafeA9LHInstaller, follow this troubleshooting guide
2. Use the (A) button and the D-Pad to turn on the following:
   • "Autoboot SysNAND"
   • "Use SysNAND FIRM if booting with R (A9LH)"
   • "Show NAND or user string in System Settings"
   • "Show GBA boot screen in patched AGB_FIRM"
3. If you are using a New 3DS, you should also enable the following:
   • Toggle "New 3DS CPU" to "Clock+L2(x)" for improved game performance
4. Press Start to save and reboot
   • If it freezes, hold the power button until it shuts down, then continue with the instructions
5. For now, booting to a black screen or the message "An old unsupported NAND has been detected" on New 3DS is normal (New 3DS Luma3DS cannot boot a 2.1.0 NAND), just continue with the instructions

Except for "New 3ds CPU", the option wasn't there.

This: Open Hourglass9 from arm9loaderhax by holding Start on boot

Doesn't work. When I press power, I just get a black screen which is normal according to point 5 above. I hold down START and press POWER but the screen remains black and nothing happens so I'm a bit worried now.

 

[Quantumcat]

Alright, I have a new problem.

I have done all of the following steps:

1. Hold select on boot to enter the Luma3DS menu
   • Make sure to start holding the button before pressing power
   • If you get a black screen, follow this troubleshooting guide
   • If you boot to SafeA9LHInstaller, follow this troubleshooting guide
2. Use the (A) button and the D-Pad to turn on the following:
   • "Autoboot SysNAND"
   • "Use SysNAND FIRM if booting with R (A9LH)"
   • "Show NAND or user string in System Settings"
   • "Show GBA boot screen in patched AGB_FIRM"
3. If you are using a New 3DS, you should also enable the following:
   • Toggle "New 3DS CPU" to "Clock+L2(x)" for improved game performance
4. Press Start to save and reboot
   • If it freezes, hold the power button until it shuts down, then continue with the instructions
5. For now, booting to a black screen or the message "An old unsupported NAND has been detected" on New 3DS is normal (New 3DS Luma3DS cannot boot a 2.1.0 NAND), just continue with the instructions

Except for "New 3ds CPU", the option wasn't there.

This: Open Hourglass9 from arm9loaderhax by holding Start on boot

Doesn't work. When I press power, I just get a black screen which is normal according to point 5 above. I hold down START and press POWER but the screen remains black and nothing happens so I'm a bit worried now.

Did you download Hourglass9 and put the .bin file in luma/payloads and rename it to start_hourglass.bin?

 

[Zizka]

Sorry, it's working now for some reason. I had to try a few more times! I don't understand why it would work the first few times but it does now.

"Verifying dump via .SHA"

 

[Zizka]

Alright another question:

Clear Home Menu's extdata by navigating to /Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000/ on your SD card

• EUR Region: Delete 00000098
• JPN Region: Delete 00000082
• USA Region: Delete 0000008f
• CHN Region: Delete 000000A1
• KOR Region: Delete 000000A9
• TWN Region: Delete 000000B1

However, when I check my folder: I get the following:

The guide mentions: /Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000/

So I only have five files (unidentified) in the folder. Also, it's not in the same folder as mentioned in the guide. I just want to make sure before I delete those files as I have 5 but there 6 mentioned in the guide.

 

[Quantumcat]

Alright another question:

Clear Home Menu's extdata by navigating to /Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000/ on your SD card

• EUR Region: Delete 00000098
• JPN Region: Delete 00000082
• USA Region: Delete 0000008f
• CHN Region: Delete 000000A1
• KOR Region: Delete 000000A9
• TWN Region: Delete 000000B1

However, when I check my folder: I get the following:

The guide mentions: /Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000/

So I only have five files (unidentified) in the folder. Also, it's not in the same folder as mentioned in the guide. I just want to make sure before I delete those files as I have 5 but there 6 mentioned in the guide.

I've never deleted them when I've followed the guide - you can just leave it and revisit it later if you have problems. I think it's related to clearing menuhax but not sure (if it is, you didn't use menuhax so it wouldn't affect you anyway).

 

[Zizka]

Alright! I'm all done. The guide doesn't say what's next however? Where am I to proceed from here?

 

[Quantumcat]

Alright! I'm all done. The guide doesn't say what's next however? Where am I to proceed from here?

Get freeShop to download games. I'll find the link for you

 

[owek1]

i found it @Quantumcat , this one for freeshop:

http://bit.ly/1sIUrbu

and for titlekeys:

sorry, that site somewhere

can't comment any more as i still have to do all that you did with hacking your 3DS

 

[Deleted User]

this one for freeshop:

http://bit.ly/1sIUrbu

and for titlekeys:
*snip*

Pretty sure you cant post links to the Title Keys

 

[owek1]

Pretty sure you cant post links to the Title Keys

sorry, i deleted the link right away, thanks for reminding me..

 

[Quantumcat]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-freeshop-open-source-eshop-clone.426573/

Scan the QR code with FBI's QR code install option. Then Google 3ds titlekeys to find the database site. There's an orange button with a green picture of a QR code on it. Click that. Then, in freeShop, go to the cog icon (settings) then the update tab, then hit the little button that looks like a QR code on the left. The camera opens. Then scan the big QR code on the titlekeys site. Then hit Select (or maybe it's Start) and freeShop will close. Open it again and hit the magnifying glass icon (search). Search for a game and press X to put it in the download queue or A to see info about it.

 

[Zizka]

Scan the QR code with FBI's QR code install option. Then Google 3ds titlekeys to find the database site. There's an orange button with a green picture of a QR code on it. Click that. Then, in freeShop, go to the cog icon (settings) then the update tab, then hit the little button that looks like a QR code on the left. The camera opens. Then scan the big QR code on the titlekeys site. Then hit Select (or maybe it's Start) and freeShop will close. Open it again and hit the magnifying glass icon (search). Search for a game and press X to put it in the download queue or A to see info about it.

I'm guessing you mean to Google 3ds titlekeys from the 3ds internet browser. When I try to go on the internet, I get a message saying that a system update is necessary to go on the internet. Should I risk it? If not, are there other ways I should proceed?

 

[Quantumcat]

I'm guessing you mean to Google 3ds titlekeys from the 3ds internet browser. When I try to go on the internet, I get a message saying that a system update is necessary to go on the internet. Should I risk it? If not, are there other ways I should proceed?

No, just on your computer. The titlekeys website has the QR code that you need to scan with freeShop to get the game information.
If you were successful at installing a9lh, you can update your system to the latest version through System Settings anyway :-)

 

[Zizka]

That's great! It seems to be working!!! Downloading at the moment.

 

[owek1]

That's great! It seems to be working!!! Downloading at the moment.

so how did it go?

 

[Zizka]

Everything works!

 

[owek1]

@Quantumcat i finally got my o3DS on official firmware 2.1.0-4E, i will start working on it later tonight but for now i downloaded all that is needed from Part 3 of the guide as you said i could skip Part 1 and 2 since i am already on ofw 2.1.0. Now, just a little confusion, is it safe to proceed to step 7 of Part 3 Section 1 and ignore this(below) for now, since i skipped part 1 and 2 and got no nand backup yet? and once Part 3 Section 1 is done, i will have to go straight to Part 3 Section IV to be able to have a nand backup after all is done right?hope im understanding this correctly so i dont have to stop midway or end up with missing files on the SD,. ;

" 6. Ensure NANDmin.bin and NANDmin.bin.sha are in the /files9/ folder on your SD card. If you do not have this backup, keep reading, there are instructions in Section IV for you to follow. "

By the way many thanks @Zizka and im sorry i hijacked the thread you created.

 

[Quantumcat]

Yep you can just do the workaround for people who don't have a NAND backup.

 

[Hyoretsu]

i found it @Quantumcat , this one for freeshop:

http://bit.ly/1sIUrbu

and for titlekeys:

sorry, that site somewhere

can't comment any more as i still have to do all that you did with hacking your 3DS

Isn't there a CIA homebrew that automatically downloads the latest titlekeys and then launch freeshop using them? (encTitleKeysUpdater, https://github.com/MatMaf/encTitleKeys.bin-Updater/releases)