Homebrew How to install legit CIA files 9.3-10.3

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bones123

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The top screen works perfectly besides the lines.
The bottom screen is frozen but I can click on where things are suppose to be.
Basically the screens are just being weird, I have the files necessary to downgrade but I'm not sure what else to do.

Edit: If I shut the screen, the bottom screen will be black and slowly grow a border of grey and eventually look screwed up and glitchy backwards. Did I knock a wire or something? :/
Yeah, it sounds like physical damage or something. :/
 

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- System: o3DS XL USA
- Sysnand: 10.3-28U
- Booted HBL with: MenuHax v2.1 / BrowserHax v2 / IronHax (With MenuHax 2.1 for FBI)
- Homebrew Version: Original Smea / Mashers HBL Mod with Grid Layout (With Orginial Smea for FBI)
- How many tries before FBI worked: Like 20 times!
- How many tries before Legit CIA installation worked: Don't Work!
- Did it work: Nope...


My .cia is Fire Emblem: Awakening EUR, i have 2 images of the error
Anyone to help me?
Doesn't look like a legit version of the CIA.
 

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Yeah, it sounds like physical damage or something. :/
Well then this is weird, I swear I've not dropped my 3DS once... Only like light tap on the desk. Other than that its been sat on my desk waiting for Kernel ._.
It only started happening just after I installed a Cia and restarted, could it be that this just fried something and just broke it lol.

EDIT: Well there is some good news, Super Mario 3DLand installed, but I can't play it with these broken screens xD
 
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Just to clarify, this should work with *hax 2.5 right? I'm still on 9.9E and never paid attention if there was a *hax release after 2.5. I'm asking so I don't reboot my 3DS for nothing and it would be sweet to have Pokémon AS installed so I can have a second game in the cartridge slot and don't always have to keep my Pokémon cartridge around.

EDIT: And just as I post that I tried IronHax and it worked instantly :P

System: New3DS
Sysnand: 9.9
Booted with: IronHax
Homebrew version: IronHax 2.5 Beta
How many tries before FBI worked: 5
How many tries before legit CIA installation worked: 1
Did it worked: Yes
Games: Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
 
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Booted with: OOThax
Homebrew version: Masher's GrildLauncher
How many tries before FBI worked: 45
How many tries before legit CIA installation worked: 69+
Did it worked: Yes
Games: New Super Mario Bros 2 Gold Edition.
 

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So it's not a true legit .cia?

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I will try with another .cia
Thanks!
When you look for the .cia make sure it's specified as both LEGIT and in your region (EUR, USA, etc)
 

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Would someone who managed to actually install EUR .cia files be willing to run a checksum on them. If we could get a list of checksums for files that are confirmed working then people could easily check to see if they're using valid .cia, that would hopefully reduce the number of people wondering if they're using the right files. It's super easy to do as well. If you're on Windows simply open up CMD and run the following (for SHA-1):
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CertUtil -hashfile [pathtoCIAfile] SHA1
or for MD5:
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CertUtil -hashfile [pathtoCIAfile] MD5

If we got a list going, that would be awesome.
 
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System: OLD3DS
Sysnand: 10.2.28E
Booted with: Menuhax 2,1
Homebrew version: smealum lastest starter kit
How many tries before FBI worked: 2
How many tries before legit CIA installation worked: 1
Did it worked: Yes
Games: New Super Mario Bros 2 Gold Edition., Super mario 3d land, FE awekenning, Majora's Mask,
installing nw Mari kart 7 58%

FBI always wrks on ofirst r second try for me,
 

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DON'T USE FBI TO DOWNGRADE.
Im not downgrading with FBI, im installing the CIA with FBI, but always get 0% and then fail, just more than 50 attempts on installing the cia.

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Is there another instaler for 10.3 firmware appart from FBI 10.3?
 

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- System: o3DS XL USA
- Sysnand: 10.3-28U
- Booted HBL with: MenuHax v2.1 / BrowserHax v2 / IronHax (With MenuHax 2.1 for FBI)
- Homebrew Version: Original Smea / Mashers HBL Mod with Grid Layout (With Orginial Smea for FBI)
- How many tries before FBI worked: Like 20 times!
- How many tries before Legit CIA installation worked: Don't Work!
- Did it work: Nope...


My .cia is Fire Emblem: Awakening EUR, i have 2 images of the error
Anyone to help me?
I ran across this same issue with the US version.
The user marked it as legit but I guess it wasn't.
 
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System: OLD3DS
Sysnand: 10.3
Booted with: OOThax
Homebrew version: Masher's GrildLauncher
How many tries before FBI worked: 45
How many tries before legit CIA installation worked: 69+
Did it worked: Yes
Games: New Super Mario Bros 2 Gold Edition.

During the 69+ times it failed, did you get the same error as the person in the first post of page 44?
 

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- System: N3DS
- Sysnand: 10.3
- Booted HBL with: MenuHax
- Homebrew Version: Original Smea
- How many tries before FBI worked: 34
- How many tries before Legit CIA installation worked: 1
- Did it work: Absolutely yes

Got Super Smash Bros. to work this way
 
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- System: N3DS
- Sysnand: 10.3
- Booted HBL with: MenuHax
- Homebrew Version: Mashers HBL
- How many tries before FBI worked: 79 (since it worked last time)
- How many tries before Legit CIA installation worked: ??
- Did it work: ?? (first time I had wrong-cias)
- Thumb status: Outch :(
 

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- System: o3DS
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- Booted HBL with: MenuHax v2.1
- Homebrew Version: Original Smea
- How many tries before FBI worked: 1
- How many tries before Legit CIA installation worked: 2 (failed immediately because I didn't have enough SD space ;) )
- Did it work: Yes
 

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