Homebrew If I remove then reinstall CFW, will unsigned games work again?

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I need to remove the CFW from one 3DS, move the SD card to another 3DS, then reinstall CFW. I am aware Removing CFW will prevent unsigned games from working, but will they work again if I reinstall everything?
 

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Please describe a little more what your actual goal and/or problem is.

B9S is installed to the internal NAND. The SD has nothing to do with this. The CFW (Luma3DS boot.firm) doesn't do anything on a non-CFW console.
 
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I have games on an SD card, which I use on a CFWd console. How would I transfer all these games and software to the new console, which is unmodified? I would need to mod that first, which requires some stuff on the SD card?
 

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There's not absolute need to uninstall and then install again the hack/CFW.

And if you want to move your actual console content to another console (in order to use that content), just moving the SD (or copying the entire files/folders) does nothing. You must perform a transfer between consoles (depending if you want to use only legit or also unlegit content)
 

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I have used FBI to install stuff to my 3D. How do I get this stuff on my new 3DS without installing everything from scratch?

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OK- doing some more research, I can just use the SD card on my new 3Ds, CFW it, and should have access and be able to run any installed games and home brew apps, yeah?
 

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I have used FBI to install stuff to my 3D. How do I get this stuff on my new 3DS without installing everything from scratch?

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OK- doing some more research, I can just use the SD card on my new 3Ds, CFW it, and should have access and be able to run any installed games and home brew apps, yeah?
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And if you want to move your actual console content to another console (in order to use that content), just moving the SD (or copying the entire files/folders) does nothing.


Just follow that was said here:
Don't remove CFW for such a thing. Bad idea. We have a nice tutorial for this on the forum:
How to perform a System Transfer without losing non-legitimate titles

If you have any further questions or problems, just ask again.

Good luck and have fun!
 

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