I bricked my New 2DS XL

[Zeynrox]

I was deleting stuff from GodMode9 and I deleted some unnamed apps under the title ID CTR-P-CTAP and now when I power it on, it shows the splash then black screens.

How can I fix this?

Post automatically merged: Oct 29, 2023

I forgot to specify, it was in the SYSNAND. GodMode9 and Luma3DS still start when I press their button combos if that helps.

 

[lone_wolf323]

I was deleting stuff from GodMode9 and I deleted some unnamed apps under the title ID CTR-P-CTAP and now when I power it on, it shows the splash then black screens.

How can I fix this?

Post automatically merged: Oct 29, 2023

I forgot to specify, it was in the SYSNAND. GodMode9 and Luma3DS still start when I press their button combos if that helps.

Do you have a Nand backup file from before you started deleting random files?

 

[Zeynrox]

No I never backed up my nand file.

 

[Latiodile]

why were you deleting random things from sysnand? that's kind of what happens when you delete random things from sysnand

 

[Zeynrox]

A random app appeared with no name and black background, upon starting it, it would crash and turn off.

 

[Deleted member 655123]

It's always a good practice to make a backup of your NANDs, folks!

See if this works.
https://3ds.hacks.guide/ctrtransfer.html

 

[flanter21]

Maybe a ctrtransfer would work?

 

[Zeynrox]

I got it running again, thank you to everyone who replied.

 

[Kwyjor]

I got it running again, thank you to everyone who replied.

So, for the benefit of future readers, what exactly did you do?

and now when I power it on, it shows the splash then black screens.

(Also, please don't use words like "bricked" when your unit is still doing things like "showing the splash".)

 

[Latiodile]

(Also, please don't use words like "bricked" when your unit is still doing things like "showing the splash".)

it was effectively bricked since they went around deleting random things off sysnand without a backup, and was only saved by the brick protection offered by b9s

 

[Kwyjor]

it was effectively bricked

"Effectively bricked" is not bricked! The term "brick" originated from a unit that literally couldn't do anything at all and couldn't do anything but act like a "brick". How many actual bricks do you know of that have functional screens capable of displaying things?

There are heaps of different ways that systems can be "effectively bricked" and to call all of them a "brick" just deprives the term of all meaning.