Homebrew I basically broke my 3ds

[PokeNev]

So I can still play games but other stuff give me an exception error and makes me save a crash dump or turn off my console

 

[osaka35]

are you using homebrew? do you use a9lh or b9s? has it always been this way or just recently? what are you wanting to do when it crashes? it's hard to help without any details.

 

[PokeNev]

are you using homebrew? do you use a9lh or b9s? has it always been this way or just recently? what are you wanting to do when it crashes? it's hard to help without any details.

I have cfw. It only happened recently while I was messing with the settings in retroarch like an idiot. I just make it shut down my system. one time I did save the crash dump but it then said if you press any button it will turn off and it did it. Affects me downloading updates I used to be able to do that and I can’t play any games on retroarch FBI and other installers work but I want updates I know I can manually do it but it’s too much work

 

[osaka35]

I have cfw. It only happened recently while I was messing with the settings in retroarch like an idiot. I just make it shut down my system. one time I did save the crash dump but it then said if you press any button it will turn off and it did it. Affects me downloading updates I used to be able to do that and I can’t play any games on retroarch FBI and other installers work but I want updates I know I can manually do it but it’s too much work

if it's a possible configuration problem, put your sd card in your pc, and search for a
"retroarch.cfg" file. back it up somewhere on your computer, then delete it off the sd card. put the sd card back in your 3ds and see if that fixes anything. if it doesn't, let us know.

 

[PokeNev]

if it's a possible configuration problem, put your sd card in your pc, and search for a
"retroarch.cfg" file. back it up somewhere on your computer, then delete it off the sd card. put the sd card back in your 3ds and see if that fixes anything. if it doesn't, let us know.

Can I just move it to a different location on my ds card like the root?

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Can I just move it to a different location on my ds card like the root?

I meant sd

 

[PokeNev]

if it's a possible configuration problem, put your sd card in your pc, and search for a
"retroarch.cfg" file. back it up somewhere on your computer, then delete it off the sd card. put the sd card back in your 3ds and see if that fixes anything. if it doesn't, let us know.

Whatever I did it, it was a bother and it didn't fix anything. Sorry if it sounds like I'm being rude

 

[FateForWindows]

Whatever I did it, it was a bother and it didn't fix anything. Sorry if it sounds like I'm being rude

Seeing that you used a video guide, I'd like to make sure you're on the latest CFW version. Is the Luma version 9.1? Also, did you ever create a NAND backup at any point using GodMode9? If you did and this seems to be affecting updating and such, it might be a safe idea to restore it. Shouldn't be too difficult.

 

[PokeNev]

Seeing that you used a video guide, I'd like to make sure you're on the latest CFW version. Is the Luma version 9.1? Also, did you ever create a NAND backup at any point using GodMode9? If you did and this seems to be affecting updating and such, it might be a safe idea to restore it. Shouldn't be too difficult.

I do have luma 9.1 but I don't know if I ever made a backup with godmode9 if I did were would it be?

 

[FateForWindows]

I do have luma 9.1 but I don't know if I ever made a backup with godmode9 if I did were would it be?

Pretty sure it would be in either the /gm9/out/ or the /files9/ folder on the root of your SD. If you didn't make one when installing CFW, there's probably other ways to recover the ability to update your 3DS (such as Recovery Mode) but someone like @TurdPooCharger might be able to help you out mode.

Also, to put it simply, this is why everyone tells people to avoid video guides. They tend to become outdated, are missing steps, have some sort of mistake in them that leads to a brick, etc.

 

[PokeNev]

Pretty sure it would be in either the /gm9/out/ or the /files9/ folder on the root of your SD. If you didn't make one when installing CFW, there's probably other ways to recover the ability to update your 3DS (such as Recovery Mode) but someone like @TurdPooCharger might be able to help you out mode.

Also, to put it simply, this is why everyone tells people to avoid video guides. They tend to become outdated, are missing steps, have some sort of mistake in them that leads to a brick, etc.

Didn't do it so what do I do now?

 

[FateForWindows]

Didn't do it so what do I do now?

Like I said, recovery mode might work. Turn it on while holding A+R+L+Up (dpad, not cpad).

 

[osaka35]

Whatever I did it, it was a bother and it didn't fix anything. Sorry if it sounds like I'm being rude

FateForWindows is helping you with your CFW. What problems are you having beyond your retroarch problems we talked about earlier? Is it just retroarch, is it anything CFW related besides games, or something else?

 

[PokeNev]

FateForWindows is helping you with your CFW. What problems are you having beyond your retroarch problems we talked about earlier? Is it just retroarch, is it anything CFW related besides games, or something else?

Just retroarch I thought it was updates but I got that to work

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Like I said, recovery mode might work. Turn it on while holding A+R+L+Up (dpad, not cpad).

It didn’t work I have a new 2dsxl

 

[osaka35]

Just retroarch I thought it was updates but I got that to work

If it's just retroarch, then let's try to rule out a few things first. The file I asked you to move before was the configuration file, where all your settings are saved. Moving or removing the configuration file basically resets retroarch to default settings (it makes a new config file). Unless the 3ds version does something differently, having default settings and still having issues indicate it's most likely not to do with any settings you changed.

The only other issue with settings I could find was from a post on reddit from January 15th that states:

go to your retroarch.cfg file, open it in notepad++ and change the audio_driver line to the following:

audio_driver = "xaudio"

then save and try it again in your 3ds. (source=https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/9udias/3ds_retroarch_cfg_problems/)

Hopefully that fixes your problem.

 

[PokeNev]

If it's just retroarch, then let's try to rule out a few things first. The file I asked you to move before was the configuration file, where all your settings are saved. Moving or removing the configuration file basically resets retroarch to default settings (it makes a new config file). Unless the 3ds version does something differently, having default settings and still having issues indicate it's most likely not to do with any settings you changed.

The only other issue with settings I could find was from a post on reddit from January 15th that states:

go to your retroarch.cfg file, open it in notepad++ and change the audio_driver line to the following:

audio_driver = "xaudio"

then save and try it again in your 3ds. (source=https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/9udias/3ds_retroarch_cfg_problems/)

Hopefully that fixes your problem.

Okay I’ll try it thx

 

[FateForWindows]

Okay I’ll try it thx

If that doesn't work, try deleting the entire Retroarch folder on the sd card's root and reinstalling 1.7.6. If that doesn't work, repeat with 1.7.5 or try 1.7.3.

 

[PokeNev]

If it's just retroarch, then let's try to rule out a few things first. The file I asked you to move before was the configuration file, where all your settings are saved. Moving or removing the configuration file basically resets retroarch to default settings (it makes a new config file). Unless the 3ds version does something differently, having default settings and still having issues indicate it's most likely not to do with any settings you changed.

The only other issue with settings I could find was from a post on reddit from January 15th that states:

go to your retroarch.cfg file, open it in notepad++ and change the audio_driver line to the following:

audio_driver = "xaudio"

then save and try it again in your 3ds. (source=https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/comments/9udias/3ds_retroarch_cfg_problems/)

Hopefully that fixes your problem.

Nope didn't work

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If that doesn't work, try deleting the entire Retroarch folder on the sd card's root and reinstalling 1.7.6. If that doesn't work, repeat with 1.7.5 or try 1.7.3.

Nightly or Stable?

 

[FateForWindows]

Nightly or Stable?

Stable. Nightlies won't change much at the moment due to how recent the stable came out.

 

[TurdPooCharger]

You guys rang? What we got? Broken retroarch but everything else good?

Since Pokenev seemed to have not made a SysNAND *.bin image, I'm going to assume he didn't do his due diligence following the guide's finalizing setup.

Let's guess this. Do you have?

• sdmc:/3ds/dspfirm.cdc

 

[PokeNev]

You guys rang? What we got? Broken retroarch but everything else good?

Since Pokenev seemed to have not made a SysNAND *.bin image, I'm going to assume he didn't do his due diligence following the guide's finalizing setup.

Let's guess this. Do you have?

• sdmc:/3ds/dspfirm.cdc

yes