HELP. My New Nintendo 3ds XL will not show my home screen.

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

So, my 3ds will boot to godmode9, luma3ds, recovery mode, but not my home menu. I have tried every single method I can find but they either require the home menu or don't work. I would like to reset my 3ds to factory settings and/or fix it. Any help is welcome. Thanks!

 

[XRTerra]

Take out your micro sd card and see if it will boot into the home menu. Then power it off, and hold select to see if it boots into luma. If it does, then you might have to format your sd card. Your nnid is stored to the console, so you can redownload all your eshop games. Its simple to reinstall cfw. Follow the 3ds.hacks.guide "checking for cfw" and everything after that and you'll be good. You don't have to copy luma to the nand again unless luma doesn't show up while holding select.

Hope this helps. Make sure to put boot.firm and boot.3dsx in the newly formatted sd card.

 

[CoolMe]

So, my 3ds will boot to godmode9, luma3ds, recovery mode, but not my home menu. I have tried every single method I can find but they either require the home menu or don't work. I would like to reset my 3ds to factory settings and/or fix it. Any help is welcome. Thanks!

Does it boot to an ARM11 error? Or just black screen?
Does it boot to the home menu without the sd card inserted?

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

Does it boot to an ARM11 error? Or just black screen?
Does it boot to the home menu without the sd card inserted?

It boots to just a black screen, and also to black screen without the sd card.

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

Take out your micro sd card and see if it will boot into the home menu. Then power it off, and hold select to see if it boots into luma. If it does, then you might have to format your sd card. Your nnid is stored to the console, so you can redownload all your eshop games. Its simple to reinstall cfw. Follow the 3ds.hacks.guide "checking for cfw" and everything after that and you'll be good. You don't have to copy luma to the nand again unless luma doesn't show up while holding select.

Hope this helps. Make sure to put boot.firm and boot.3dsx in the newly formatted sd card.

But what about important system files? Should I just format the stick and put it back in or copy my 3ds files onto my pc and back onto the reformated stick?

 

[XRTerra]

But what about important system files? Should I just format the stick and put it back in or copy my 3ds files onto my pc and back onto the reformated stick?

If it boots into a black screen, is it dead? It might be a hardware issue.

 

[CoolMe]

It boots to just a black screen, and also to black screen without the sd card.

Hold select and boot into Luma3DS menu, and uncheck "disable Arm11 error notifications" if it's checked. Reboot the console and Arm11 error will appear.

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

Hold select and boot into Luma3DS menu, and uncheck "disable Arm11 error notifications" if it's checked. Reboot the console and Arm11 error will appear.

I don't have that option on my menu.

 

[XRTerra]

I don't have that option on my menu.

What version of luma3ds do you have?

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

What version of luma3ds do you have?

11.0

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

OH BY THE WAY. When I boot into my home menu, the music still plays for 2-3 seconds, regardless of sd card.

 

[JackTheFroster]

Maybe this forum might help?

 

[CoolMe]

I don't have that option on my menu.

Can you post a pic of your Luma3DS menu with & without the sd card inserted?

 

[ber71]

Keep powered on for at least 15 minutes, don't shutdown.

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

Can you post a pic of your Luma3DS menu with & without the sd card inserted?

This picture is it in, when it isn't in the right hinge glows purple.

 

[godreborn]

Version of b9s?

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

Version of b9s?

Yes.

 

[godreborn]

Yes.

I mean is your b9s updated?

 

[Complete_And_Utter_Idiot]

I mean is your b9s updated?

I'm not exactly sure, how do I check?

 

[CoolMe]

I'm not exactly sure, how do I check?

If you want to fix your issue, you should start by testing your sd card with h2testw to make sure it's not faulty or defective, with the write & read setting.
Backup your data before doing so.
Format it as FAT32 32kb clusters before and after the test.
- if it fails the test, then you will need to get a new sdcard.
-if it passes the test, put your stuff back to it, follow the guide here to put all the latest Luma3DS, GodMode9 & b9s files.
Only then you can either restore your nand backup, or do a CTRTransfer if you don't have the backup.