Homebrew I'm about to Homebrew my 3DS, anyway to make sure it stays that way?

[Hyoretsu]

I don't own a hard mod.
I bought this thing used when it was still on 9.5.0.

To hardmod you need to sorta disassemble your 3DS. If you disassembled it, the problem might be a faulty flax cable connection.

 

[Xamrin]

To hardmod you need to sorta disassemble your 3DS. If you disassembled it, the problem might be a faulty flax cable connection.

Do you mean I need to install a hardmod or am I just trying to fix a cable?
I really don't want to do any soldering.

 

[Hyoretsu]

I don't own a hard mod.
I bought this thing used when it was still on 9.5.0.

You removed your back plate? That could only be the answer to this issue if you have.

 

[Xamrin]

You removed your back plate? That could only be the answer to this issue if you have.

What do you mean by back plate?
I took off the cover to gain access to the microSD slot. (The same place as the battery)
I didn't disassemble any further than that.

 

[Hyoretsu]

What do you mean by back plate?
I took off the cover to gain access to the microSD slot. (The same place as the battery)
I didn't disassemble any further than that.

Then faulty flax cable connection isn't your issue.

 

[gamemasteru03]

Hardmod.

I dont think that should assume that yet because he said that their is a blue light that instantly shuts off meaning his that it cant read the a9lh.bin which means proably bad sd card.

 

[Xamrin]

I dont think that should assume that yet because he said that their is a blue light that instantly shuts off meaning his that it cant read the a9lh.bin which means proably bad sd card.

I've also tried to boot without an SD card at all. Same problem.

 

[Hyoretsu]

I dont think that should assume that yet because he said that their is a blue light that instantly shuts off meaning his that it cant read the a9lh.bin which means proably bad sd card.

If someone tried to hardmod their 3DS, they would have to open it and when re-asembling it, the screen flex cable have the chance to not be connected correctly, meaning that the screen would turn on even if the console did. Imagine it the same as booting a console without some sort of HDMI cable connected.

 

[Xamrin]

If someone tried to hardmod their 3DS, they would have to open it and when re-asembling it, the screen flex cable have the chance to not be connected correctly, meaning that the screen would turn on even if the console did. Imagine it the same as booting a console without some sort of HDMI cable connected.

I never tried to hardmod it.

 

[gamemasteru03]

I've also tried to boot without an SD card at all. Same problem.

Make sure the sd is formated corectly to fat 32 and 32kb and it sounds like you havent set up sd cardless luma a9lh boot.

 

[Hyoretsu]

I never tried to hardmod it.

As I said, that couldn't be your issue.

 

[Xamrin]

Make sure the sd is formated corectly to fat 32 and 32kb and it sounds like you havent set up sd cardless luma a9lh boot.

Are these format settings correct?

I ask because FAT32 isn't among the options.

 

[gamemasteru03]

Are these format settings correct?

I ask because FAT32 isn't among the options.

No you need to use a application that can be found at here 3ds.guide read over it it should be before pressing get started.

 

[Xamrin]

I think I bricked it.

 

[thedicemaster]

did you format as fat32 like gamemasteru03 suggested, or did you format as exfat?
if you formatted your card as exfat you need to redo it as fat32 using a tool like guiformat. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

 

[Xamrin]

did you format as fat32 like gamemasteru03 suggested, or did you format as exfat?
if you formatted your card as exfat you need to redo it as fat32 using a tool like guiformat. http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

I formatted FAT32.
It's still not working.

 

[Bluespheal]

Is it formatted as a primary partition on FAT32 with 32kb clusters?

 

[Xamrin]

Is it formatted as a primary partition on FAT32 with 32kb clusters?

Pretty sure.
I guess I could reformat it to be sure.

 

[Xamrin]

It didn't work. I think this thing is officially dead.

The exact problem is that when I press power the light fades in, stays on for less than a second, and then it fades out.

 

[TimX24968B]

It didn't work. I think this thing is officially dead.

The exact problem is that when I press power the light fades in, stays on for less than a second, and then it fades out.

just wondering, Was your OTP on the SD card? That should be confirmation that the hack went through, but it either sounds like a full brick or files are missing on the SD card.