I just found out my nephews 3DS I hacked for him stopped working so I need advice

[rustyshakelford]

Hi, I installed Luma on his 3DS years ago with the help of people here. I told him to never update the system or mess with anything. Well, it turns out that his 3DS doesn't work after an update he did on the system. This happened 8 months ago and I am only finding out about it now. The system will barely power on. The update completely bricked his 3DS. I took it to a game fixing place but they wouldn't touch it. Is there any hope of me doing something to the system or is it dead? I have no idea why he didn't listen to me but unless it's a sheer coincidence that the system just died on it's own, it's his fault for not listening to me and he has lost all privilege of owning a hacked system.

 

[Aheago]

Hi, I installed Luma on his 3DS years ago with the help of people here. I told him to never update the system or mess with anything. Well, it turns out that his 3DS doesn't work after an update he did on the system. This happened 8 months ago and I am only finding out about it now. The system will barely power on. The update completely bricked his 3DS. I took it to a game fixing place but they wouldn't touch it. Is there any hope of me doing something to the system or is it dead? I have no idea why he didn't listen to me but unless it's a sheer coincidence that the system just died on it's own, it's his fault for not listening to me and he has lost all privilege of owning a hacked system.

Update luma

 

[rustyshakelford]

Update luma

Last I tried, I couldn't even get to it. If it's not a useless paperweight, that's good news. I don't have it on me but I will troubleshoot more when I do. I'll have to figure out how to update luma if I can even access it.

 

[D34DL1N3R]

Last I tried, I couldn't even get to it. If it's not a useless paperweight, that's good news. I don't have it on me but I will troubleshoot more when I do. I'll have to figure out how to update luma if I can even access it.

That's literally most likely all you need to do. Simply update Luma. To access it you just pull the sd card out, put the latest Luma files on it in the proper location with your PC or laptop, and then put it back in the 3DS.

 

[rustyshakelford]

That's literally most likely all you need to do. Simply update Luma. To access it you just pull the sd card out, put the latest Luma files on it in the proper location with your PC or laptop, and then put it back in the 3DS.

This is what I was thinking. It was actually an ex BF of my sister that took it to the game place and is telling me this stuff. I don't think he did it right when he told me about it not turning on right. I am sure I can find guides here on how to update Luma. I will post again if I am having any issues or if it works, to thanks for helping.

 

[CoolMe]

Just update Luma like others have suggested, It'll give you the Arm11 error when you boot it up, if it's that.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I have the 3DS with me. There is no video or sound. It powers on and can charge but I get no video or audio. I powered off the system so now I update Luma and that will give me video again? I haven't updated Luma in years. Where is the best video or guide on how to do it?

https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases Is this the latest version of luma?

This is not the problem?

 

[CoolMe]

Can you boot into the recovery mode? And can you access either Luma or GodMode9 (while holding start/ select) on boot?

 

[rustyshakelford]

Can you boot into the recovery mode?

How do you do that? R+L+A+ (D-PAD)-UP?

 

[CoolMe]

How do you do that? R+L+A+ (D-PAD)-UP?

Yep, and check for Luma and GodMode9 while you're at it.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I have the SD card in my computer but I can put it back in the 3DS and see if I can boot into recovery mode. BRB. What do you mean check for Luma and Godmode9?

 

[CoolMe]

And can you access either Luma or GodMode9 (while holding start/ select) on boot

And you don't need the sd card to boot into recovery mode.

 

[rustyshakelford]

And you don't need the sd card to boot into recovery mode.

No. It doesn't boot into recovery mode and I need to hold the power button down for 20 seconds for it to turn off. I have R+L+A+ (D-PAD)-UP pressed and held and then power on button with a pen in my mouth and keep holding the buttons and nothing. I held them for 1 min.
I just pressed the power on button. Am I supposed to hold that down too?

 

[CoolMe]

Am I supposed to hold that down too?

No, normally it should boot and you'll hear the popping in the speakers in around ~20s.

 

[placebo_yue]

power on button with a pen in my mouth

Lol... dude. Left hand does L and Dpad.
Right hand middle finger does R, index does A, thumb does power button. It's not comfortable but it's better than a pen in your mouth and perfectly doable

 

[rustyshakelford]

I tried again and nothing. I will update luma but I am thinking that's not the problem. Maybe it's the wifi chip like the video shows.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Hi, I installed Luma on his 3DS years ago with the help of people here. I told him to never update the system or mess with anything. Well, it turns out that his 3DS doesn't work after an update he did on the system. This happened 8 months ago and I am only finding out about it now. The system will barely power on. The update completely bricked his 3DS. I took it to a game fixing place but they wouldn't touch it. Is there any hope of me doing something to the system or is it dead? I have no idea why he didn't listen to me but unless it's a sheer coincidence that the system just died on it's own, it's his fault for not listening to me and he has lost all privilege of owning a hacked system.

Of course they wouldn't touch it. They do hardware repairs, they don't know anything about softmodding, there's nothing for them to fix.
If you can see the Luma settings when holding SELECT on power on (with the SD card in) it's probably a simple fix.
If the Luma settings won't show up the fault might not have anything to do with the update, it might be a hardware issue, assuming the files are all on the SD still.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I have the sd card in the computer now. I downloaded the latest luma. Where do I put the boot.3ds and the boot.firm file? The folders and files are all there.
The 3ds HAS NO VIDEO. Recovery DOES NOT WORK. I didn't try the select then power on. I was not told to.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I have the sd card in the computer now. I downloaded the latest luma. Where do I put the boot.3ds and the boot.firm file? The folders and files are all there.
The 3ds HAS NO VIDEO. Recovery DOES NOT WORK. I didn't try the select then power on. I was not told to.

Who told you not to? As far as I can see nobody in this thread ever said that.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Who told you not to? As far as I can see nobody in this thread ever said that.

I meant no one said to push select then power. I have not messed with this in like 2 years. I have forgotten everything. Where do I put the updated luma files?