Homebrew I'm a bit afraid so, a question: Is arm9loaderhax a must?

[RaikouKun]

What I now find weird is that some games I have backed up on my Sky3DS are not visible on home menu when I have launched luma but are visible on SysNAND.. :|

 

[The Real Jdbye]

A9LH Pros

+ Faster boot
+ Install GBA VC / DSiWare only once
+ 100% Bootrate
+ Recover from a brick without any hardmod if you screw something
+ Don't have to worry about being in SysNAND / EmuNAND for updating

A9LH Cons

- Long and risky process (ONLY if you don't follow the steps correctly, if you do it's as risky as downgrading to 9.2)



EmuNAND / RedNAND with MenuHax Pros

+ Simple and noob proof setup


EmuNAND / RedNAND with MenuHax Cons

- Long boot times
- Need to install GBA VC twice
- Low bootrate (~65%)
- You'll need to get a hardmod if you brick your console for some reason
- @Margen67 will call you a peasant

Menuhax boot rate varies from 3DS to 3DS, and can be improved further by using lesshax (should be 90-95%+ with lesshax)
And good point about the Margen67 calling you a peasant thing. That's a valid concern.

 

[Deleted member 370671]

Menuhax boot rate varies from 3DS to 3DS, and can be improved further by using lesshax (should be 90-95%+ with lesshax)

Well, I have 4 different 3DSes (O3DS, O3DS XL, 2DS, N3DS9, and the bootrate was always between 40 and 70%. Lesshax never improved anything for me.

 

[Bubsy Bobcat]

Not for now.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Well, I have 4 different 3DSes (O3DS, O3DS XL, 2DS, N3DS9, and the bootrate was always between 40 and 70%. Lesshax never improved anything for me.

For me using n3DS with regular menuhax and Gateway.3dsx boot rate is 80%+ (but Gateway boot rate is sort of low no matter how it's launched)
I hacked two o3DS (one using menuhax 2.1, one using menuhax 2.5) using CtrBootManager and rxTools, both with good boot rate (90%+)
More recently I also hacked another n3DS that belongs to my cousin (using CtrBootManager and AuReiNAND) and it's the only one I've experienced bad boot rate on (might have something to do with it being downgraded), probably around 65% like you say. I'm going to put lesshax on it next time I see him and see if it improves the boot rate. *hax 2.1 is also an option if lesshax does not help things. *hax 2.1 definitely is more stable, but lacking some features.

 

[MsMidnight]

inb4 "OMGZZ!!!111 JOIN THE 4RM9LO4DERH4X M4STER R4CE!!!!!!!!!1111"

 

[Deleted member 370671]

OMGZZ!!!111 JOIN THE 4RM9LO4DERH4X MASTER R4CE!!!!!!!!!1111

 

[MsMidnight]

OMGZZ!!!111 JOIN THE 4RM9LO4DERH4X MASTER R4CE!!!!!!!!!1111

what did i tell you

 

[Hayleia]

Yes, but that's common sense. Also, for what OP ¡s saying, he's gonna replace his emunand for his sysnand. It's one of the main pros for some people.

That's not common sense for everyone. See this post for example where the author clearly thinks that a9lh means sysNAND only and sees that as a downside.

 

[Bedel]

That's not common sense for everyone. See this post for example where the author clearly thinks that a9lh means sysNAND only and sees that as a downside.

That's because he doesn't read enought, not because it's not common sense. It's for everyone with a lit of knowledge.

 

[Kioku]

Honestly? Yes, it's worth it. Is it for everyone? Yeah. Does everyone need to do it? No.

 

[YukiHomura]

i want a9lh so badly but i am afraid that i could brick my n3ds (installing a9lh is a long way and i dont like to be so long on my pc ) (my english isnt well so i am sorry if i made any mistake)

 

[Deleted member 370671]

i want a9lh so badly but i am afraid that i could brick my n3ds (installing a9lh is a long way and i dont like to be so long on my pc ) (my english isnt well so i am sorry if i made any mistake)

I was afraid too at first, but when I installed it for the first time I realised it isn't really hard, just kinda long to do since you need to make a lot of NAND Backups / restore. If you carefully follow the instructions, it's not harder than downgrading to 9.2.

 

[mikey420]

Yes you can, but this is the best moment. If you have a softbrick while downgrading to 2.1 you can update to 10.7 and downgrade again to 9.2. I wouldn't wait to 10.8 if I wanted to do it.

No no no and no this will only work for O3ds users and not n3ds do not ever advise someone New to arm9loaderhax setup to update from the 2.1 fw.

 

[nickwhit]

What I now find weird is that some games I have backed up on my Sky3DS are not visible on home menu when I have launched luma but are visible on SysNAND.. :|

This could be because of the region of the games.
Idk if its still necessary now, due to many updates to Aureinand since, but I had to patch my homescreen to be region free using a CIA from "that iso site"

 

[Bedel]

No no no and no this will only work for O3ds users and not n3ds do not ever advise someone New to arm9loaderhax setup to update from the 2.1 fw.

I don't even knwo if OP has or not New. I just said that for ones using O3DS. You know that if you read one or two tutorials.

 

[richardparker]

A9LH Pros

+ Faster boot
+ Install GBA VC / DSiWare only once
+ 100% Bootrate
+ Recover from a brick without any hardmod if you screw something
+ Don't have to worry about being in SysNAND / EmuNAND for updating

A9LH Cons

- Long and risky process (ONLY if you don't follow the steps correctly, if you do it's as risky as downgrading to 9.2)



EmuNAND / RedNAND with MenuHax Pros

+ Simple and noob proof setup


EmuNAND / RedNAND with MenuHax Cons

- Long boot times
- Need to install GBA VC twice
- Low bootrate (~65%)
- You'll need to get a hardmod if you brick your console for some reason
- @Margen67 will call you a peasant

umm im sorry but cud u pls tell me how u can install dsiware on the 3ds? i have the latest luma3ds a9lh,o3ds
btw i have tried searching for the answer to this i couldnt get the proper solutiion. u look pretty noob friendly and that is why im asking this. thanks!

 

[Deleted member 370671]

umm im sorry but cud u pls tell me how u can install dsiware on the 3ds? i have the latest luma3ds a9lh,o3ds
btw i have tried searching for the answer to this i couldnt get the proper solutiion. u look pretty noob friendly and that is why im asking this. thanks!

Well, you simply need to download a DSiWare game (such as WarioWare: Touched) in .cia format (look on that iso site) and install it on both SysNAND and EmuNAND (with destination set to "NAND" if you use an old FBI version) if you're using emuNAND
If you're talking about DS game injection (playing any DS game) however, that is not possible yet.

 

[MasterLel]

umm im sorry but cud u pls tell me how u can install dsiware on the 3ds? i have the latest luma3ds a9lh,o3ds

>Download a dsiware cia
>install it
>profit

 

[Ichigo1000]

Is it weird to find installing a9lh fun? I just installed it on my second 3ds yesterday lol