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I've been away from my 3DS for a while. The SD card in my 3DS died and I figured I would get another one soon and load my SD card backup onto it and continue playing around with it. Well, in the year (or more) I've not used my 3DS, I've had my laptop die which had my copy of the SD card backup. I also had a copy of the SD card backup on my external hard drive, however that also went belly up on me about 7 months ago. So I am currently without a backup of my SD card from my 3DS. I've since gotten a new laptop, multiple external hard drives, and a few 128Gb and 64Gb SD cards and I'm ready to get this poor little 3DS up and running. My eventual plan is to donate the little guy to my 8 year old nephew along with my DS flashcart with both loaded down with game backups from my collection. I will also be giving the original game carts to his mother for safe keeping, should anything happen to the console so that I can make new backups if needed.
So, here's what I remember from when I was using my 3DS:
- It is a N3DS
- It had a 64Gb SD card
- It had/has B9S
- I ran Rei-CFW because I kept getting exception handler crashes with Luma3DS
- It is on 11.6.0-39U firmware
- I installed Luma3DS version 8.1.1 to NAND (I know this because the configuration screen showed up when I powered it on without an SD card for the first time)
As of now, nothing but factory apps are installed. I would like to get setup with the latest widely used CFW, whichever that may be. I'd also like to get it updated to 11.9 firmware after I get CFW on it. I have a few questions, though, if you guys and gals will allow me to ask you and be patient with me.
1. Do I just use the guide to download all the required files, or can I just grab the latest version of CFW and put that on the SD card?
2. What CFW do you recommend?
3. If I use the guide, can I just use the "Finalizing Setup" page?
4. Is GodMode9 still useful to dump carts? If not, which is the preferred method?
5. Should I update the firmware to 11.9 before or after installing CFW?
6. Can I factory reset the console? The 3DS isn't banned and I'd like to get the NNID I created for my nephew onto it.
I am in no hurry. Apparently when I put the 3DS away, I lost the back coverplate. And although I removed the battery from the console, when I got it out and looked at it I saw that it was swollen. So, I have ordered replacement parts from Nintendo and they will take some time to get to me. The swollen battery holds a charge, however I don't trust swollen batteries and the new coverplate won't fit with a swollen battery.
I appreciate any and all help you can give me immensely. Thanks a million!
So, here's what I remember from when I was using my 3DS:
- It is a N3DS
- It had a 64Gb SD card
- It had/has B9S
- I ran Rei-CFW because I kept getting exception handler crashes with Luma3DS
- It is on 11.6.0-39U firmware
- I installed Luma3DS version 8.1.1 to NAND (I know this because the configuration screen showed up when I powered it on without an SD card for the first time)
As of now, nothing but factory apps are installed. I would like to get setup with the latest widely used CFW, whichever that may be. I'd also like to get it updated to 11.9 firmware after I get CFW on it. I have a few questions, though, if you guys and gals will allow me to ask you and be patient with me.
1. Do I just use the guide to download all the required files, or can I just grab the latest version of CFW and put that on the SD card?
2. What CFW do you recommend?
3. If I use the guide, can I just use the "Finalizing Setup" page?
4. Is GodMode9 still useful to dump carts? If not, which is the preferred method?
5. Should I update the firmware to 11.9 before or after installing CFW?
6. Can I factory reset the console? The 3DS isn't banned and I'd like to get the NNID I created for my nephew onto it.
I am in no hurry. Apparently when I put the 3DS away, I lost the back coverplate. And although I removed the battery from the console, when I got it out and looked at it I saw that it was swollen. So, I have ordered replacement parts from Nintendo and they will take some time to get to me. The swollen battery holds a charge, however I don't trust swollen batteries and the new coverplate won't fit with a swollen battery.
I appreciate any and all help you can give me immensely. Thanks a million!