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

[rustyshakelford]

Select and power worked! What do I do now? If I just need to update Luma, I already downloaded the 2 boot files I just need to know where to put them on my SD card.

 

[CoolMe]

I meant no one said to push select then power

Dude, i told you to do that in my first reply here.

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

 

[rustyshakelford]

Dude, i told you to do that in my first reply here.

I missed that. You asked about recovery mode and I didn't see the select in the ( ) Okay so now where do I put these updated luma files?

 

[CoolMe]

Anyway, if you see the "disable Arm11 exeption" checked there deselect it.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Anyway, if you see the "disable Arm11 exeption" checked there deselect it.

It looks like this (x) Is the X a check mark? Do I click on that and then power down and put the SD card in my comp and update luma? I don't see those boot files in the root of my SD card but I do do that.

 

[CoolMe]

I missed that. You asked about recovery mode and I didn't see the select in the ( ) Okay so now where do I put these updated luma files?

Copy and paste the two luma files in the root of the sdcard (you can backup the old ones if you wish). Just make sure it's the latest Luma3DS version.

 

[CoolMe]

It looks like this (x)

Deselect it, that's why the screen is black everytime you boot it up, it's the Arm11 error you're dealing with, and that setting just hides the said error.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Deselect it, that's why the screen is black everytime you boot it up, it's the Arm11 error you're dealing with, and that setting just hides the said error.

Okay cool I did and now I hit save correct? Am I then powering down the system and updating Luma on my comp?

 

[CoolMe]

Okay cool I did and now I hit save correct? Am I then powering down the system and updating Luma on my comp?

You just hit start after doing that. And see if it gives you the Arm11 error.

 

[rustyshakelford]

The top screen says: An exception occurred
Processor: Arm11 (core 1)
Exception type: undefined instruction
Current process: pm and then lots of zeros.

Then a bunch of other numbers and then it says press A to save the crash dump
Press any other button to shutdown.

Bottom screen
Stack dump: OFFFFFFc8 and lots of numbers and lots of OFFFFFD0 etc

 

[CoolMe]

The top screen says: An exception occurred
Processor: Arm11 (core 1)
Exception type: undefined instruction
Current process: pm and then lots of zeros.

Then a bunch of other numbers and then it says press A to save the crash dump
Press any other button to shutdown.

Bottom screen
Stack dump: OFFFFFFc8 and lots of numbers and lots of OFFFFFD0 etc

Yep, that's the one. Turn it off, remove the sdcard put the Luma3DS files in it, then plug it back and boot it up.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Yep, that's the one. Turn it off, remove the sdcard put the Luma3DS files in it, then plug it back and boot it up.

Okay I will brb thank you so much for your help.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I am getting an error on my laptop with windows 11 but I can see all the files and go to them but can't get to the root of my SD card. I am trying my other laptop with windows 10 but it's really slow so I am working on it.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I am getting an error on my laptop with windows 11 but I can see all the files and go to them but can't get to the root of my SD card. I am trying my other laptop with windows 10 but it's really slow so I am working on it.

What kind of error?

 

[rustyshakelford]

What kind of error?

It doesn't matter now that I figured out I needed to open it with a different destination. New files are on SD card now and am going to put it in the 3DS. BRB.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Okay so now the top screen says Luma 3DS v10.2.1 configuration PRess A to select, start to save and then a list of stuff. What do I click on? I don't have to worry about it right I can just hit start? This a good vid to follow?

Seems like he is saying what you all are.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Okay so now the top screen says Luma 3DS v10.2.1 configuration PRess A to select, start to save and then a list of stuff. What do I click on? I don't have to worry about it right I can just hit start? This a good vid to follow?

Seems like he is saying what you all are.

Just enable "Show NAND or user string in system settings" and press start, everything else should normally be disabled.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Just enable "Show NAND or user string in system settings" and press start, everything else should normally be disabled.

I did that. After about 1 min it popped up! Thank you all again so much! Will it take this long from now on to boot up? I will power down and see. I might as well update my personal 3DS with the latest luma while I'm here. I am so glad it was an easy fix. If he accidentally updates the firmware again, will the same thing happen? Games are still safe to update though right? I changed the time and date and again, it took about 1 min to get back to the main menu. How can I fix this?

 

[CoolMe]

it took about 1 min to get back to the main menu

Did it happen more than one time? And it sounds like there's a problem with the sdcard? Are you willing to troubleshoot it?

 

[rustyshakelford]

Did it happen more than one time? And it sounds like there's a problem with the sdcard? Are you willing to troubleshoot it?

Yes I am willing to troubleshoot and it took 1 min after putting in the new luma and another min after changing the settings. I went into FBI and out again and it was really quick. I will power down now and see what happens.

*EDIT* Stopwatch says 49.58 to boot up after powered down.

I did remember something about a fasterbooter when I was doing this years ago but not sure if I installed it or if it worked right or made that much of a difference.