Hacking Help with fixing a Bricked Old3DS

[Papzman]

My 3ds is currently bricked, it was working fine up until recently, where it would freeze on the home screen when I tried to start any application, I restarted it but it would not load into the home screen (It would be backlit, and the LEDs would turn on, but the home screen would not appear). I tried restoring tmy sysNAND backup with godmode9 and that doesn't work. It also does not boot into recovery mode. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[SCOTT0852]

There's 3 possibilities here: (do them in this order)
1) Try booting without a cartridge in the slot.
2) Try letting it sit on the black screen for a few minutes, it's a rare known issue.
3) Do a CTRTransfer with GodMode9.

 

[Papzman]

There's 3 possibilities here: (do them in this order)
1) Try booting without a cartridge in the slot.
2) Try letting it sit on the black screen for a few minutes, it's a rare known issue.
3) Do a CTRTransfer with GodMode9.

Thanks
I've tried the first two steps to no avail. How do I do a CTRTransfer with GM9?

 

[SCOTT0852]

Here's the CTRTransfer guide: https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer

 

[Papzman]

Here's the CTRTransfer guide: (website)

This did not work either, I got to Section 2 Part 19, but the 3ds still not boot to the home menu screen.
Any other suggestions?

 

[SCOTT0852]

All I can say is make sure that no cart is inserted & try leaving it on that screen for a few minutes.

 

[Papzman]

All I can say is make sure that no cart is inserted & try leaving it on that screen for a few minutes.

Ok, I'll wait and see what happens, thanks

 

[zfreeman]

Last resort: https://github.com/AnalogMan151/Lazarus3DS

 

[Papzman]

Last resort: (website)

Where would I get the files listed on "Requirements" because I don't have those

 

[SCOTT0852]

I'm sure you can find them on google. I'm not sure if we're allowed to link to them here though, as they might contain copyrighted content.

 

[Papzman]

I tried Lazarus3ds, but i do not get past the "Opening the Home Menu" - I believe the issue has something to do with the Home Menu - or its data- possibly being corrupted or damaged. Any Help?

 

[TyDye]

I tried Lazarus3ds, but i do not get past the "Opening the Home Menu" - I believe the issue has something to do with the Home Menu - or its data- possibly being corrupted or damaged. Any Help?

a 2ds only cost $80 new if you wanted to do that

 

[tedmg091309131]

You might try ntrboothax. The cheapest ntrboothax compatible flashcart is about $10 but you have to install ntrboothax yourself and it has a time bomb. For about $20 you could buy a flashcart with ntrboothax preinstalled without a time bomb.

 

[remix2k]

Ive fixed a few systems with the same symptoms you’re describing.

The cause was a bad camera module.
The fix was to disconnect the camera module ribbon cable from the mainboard and boot the system to verify this is the issue. If it boots, leave the ribbon cable disconnected and live without the cameras, or buy a new camera module.

When this is the issue, you can boot into godmode9 and other tools without any problem. But a normal boot to the homescreen will hang when the system tries to init the camera module during the home screen loading routine.

Hope this helps!