Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[4gionz]

Thanks

If there's anything you'd like added, or anything that doesn't work exactly like you'd like feel free to let me know.

Honestly it has even more features than I was expecting. It even has the nightlies with the ability to do the path hanger for others who need it. Also can't be any easier to use. Great stuff

 

[panther_512]

Now that the facepalm is out of the way lets get your shit booting.


You're over thinking what the wiki says. When it says the luma bin file its talking about the bin file for luma, the one it comes with, the one named arm9loaderhax.bin. the example it gives on the wiki is just that, an example. It's to show you how to use the pathchanger with a renamed/moved payload(bin file).

You were too quick to facepalm my friend.

With menuhax there is no . bin file.

If this is not applicable for menuhax, I believe it should be stated in the wiki to avoid confusion.

 

[astronautlevel]

You were too quick to facepalm my friend.

With menuhax there is no . bin file.

If this is not applicable for menuhax, I believe it should be stated in the wiki to avoid confusion.

Patch the .dat instead.

 

[panther_512]

Patch the .dat instead.

Nothing changed.

Just to recap, I have a N3DS XL with menuhax and CTRBootmanager. I have installed Reinand, RXtools, Cakes and now Luma3DS. Luma3DS works OK except with DS flashcard.

My DS flashcard (DSTWO) gives a black screen with Luma3DS. This also happens with RXTools.

With Reinand and Cakes the DS Flashcard loads without problems.

 

[pbanj]

Nothing changed.

Just to recap, I have a N3DS XL with menuhax and CTRBootmanager. I have installed Reinand, RXtools, Cakes and now Luma3DS. Luma3DS works OK except with DS flashcard.

My DS flashcard (DSTWO) gives a black screen with Luma3DS. This also happens with RXTools.

With Reinand and Cakes the DS Flashcard loads without problems.

It could be because you have the patched twl/gba stuff and luma patches it itself

 

[panther_512]

I have not installed patched agb and twl firmwares in my system...

 

[Amapola62]

I also use Luma3DS with ctrbootmanager and my DS games work (just tried with FF3 cartridge).

 

[AkGBA]

I also use Luma3DS with ctrbootmanager and my DS games work (just tried with FF3 cartridge).

We're talking about DS flashcarts, not DS cards.

Nothing changed.

Just to recap, I have a N3DS XL with menuhax and CTRBootmanager. I have installed Reinand, RXtools, Cakes and now Luma3DS. Luma3DS works OK except with DS flashcard.

My DS flashcard (DSTWO) gives a black screen with Luma3DS. This also happens with RXTools.

With Reinand and Cakes the DS Flashcard loads without problems.

Then you clearly did something wrong. Did you put a "/" in front of the path to luma3ds.dat ? You shouldn't.
Do you have a firmware.bin in luma folder ? If so, try without it.

 

[Arecaidian Fox]

Nothing changed.

Just to recap, I have a N3DS XL with menuhax and CTRBootmanager. I have installed Reinand, RXtools, Cakes and now Luma3DS. Luma3DS works OK except with DS flashcard.

My DS flashcard (DSTWO) gives a black screen with Luma3DS. This also happens with RXTools.

With Reinand and Cakes the DS Flashcard loads without problems.

I have not installed patched agb and twl firmwares in my system...

I figured I'd pitch in here a tad, since I have a similar setup. The only difference here is that I have a patched AGB_FIRM from a previous CFW. My DSTWO cart works on my system with Luma, and I've seen other users with the same setups and their's work as well. I can't speak for what exactly might be the issue, but I can say that I do know it's supposed to work.

 

[Amapola62]

My R4i gold 3DS RTS from R4ids.cn also works too...

Wonder what could be the issue...

 

[pbanj]

I figured I'd pitch in here a tad, since I have a similar setup. The only difference here is that I have a patched AGB_FIRM from a previous CFW. My DSTWO cart works on my system with Luma, and I've seen other users with the same setups and their's work as well. I can't speak for what exactly might be the issue, but I can say that I do know it's supposed to work.

Ya I'm pretty sure with emunand u need to have the sysnand patched.

 

[Amapola62]

The last time I had DS games (retail and flashcard) not working was when I had the 4.x TWL firm in sysnand and the latest one in Emunand. I had to update my TWL to the version included in the 9.2 update pack to be able to use DS games in Emunand...

 

[AkGBA]

My R4i gold 3DS RTS from R4ids.cn also works too...

Wonder what could be the issue...

Not the same era of DS flashcarts.

 

[Amapola62]

Not the same era of DS flashcarts.

Too bad I'm not at home to check with my R4i-sdhc cards which got blocked at 4.5 and 6.X respectively...

 

[AkGBA]

Too bad I'm not at home to check with my R4i-sdhc cards which got blocked at 4.5 and 6.X respectively...

If it worked once natively on 3DS, then twl_patching should be enough to make it work on 10.7.
If it's an older flashcart, you may need @Apache Thunder twl slot 1 launcher.
If it's even more older, you may need a specific launcher for your flashcart, once again thanx to @Apache Thunder.

That's it.

 

[Amapola62]

If it worked once natively on 3DS, then twl_patching should be enough to make it work on 10.7.
If it's an older flashcart, you may need @Apache Thunder twl slot 1 launcher.
If it's even more older, you may need a specific launcher for your flashcart, once again thanx to @Apache Thunder.

That's it.

Yeah I had them work directly with a previous version of Luma3DS since it patches twl. Haven't tried them since though...

 

[Apache Thunder]

If his card worked before 4.x. He won't even need a launcher. Just use a CFW that patches TWL_FIRM or install patched TWL_FIRM and the card will boot from Home Menu directly with no further changes. Note if you aren't using Arm9loaderHax, I recommend only installing TWL_FIRM to emunand if you go the prepatched CIA route.

 

[panther_512]

The thing is that with Reinand and Cakes the DSTWO flashcard works without problems. No need for patched firmwares.

I tried the path changing for the Luma3DS.dat with and without "/", but nothing changed. No firmware.bin inside the luma folder.

Maybe I'll try installing the patched agb firmware, but it shouldn't be needed.

 

[BloodRose]

Does TWL_FIRM still need to be patched manually on auReiNand?

I am running a9lh 10.7 from sys on a 3DSXL and my AK2i boots to a black screen stating that an error has occurred. I tried flashing the AK2i to the newest firmware using an old NDS (the AK2i now thinks that it is Alexandra Ledermann DS) but it didn't make any difference. My girlfriend's newer flashcart works fine.

 

[DHall243]

Trying to run off the HBL, everytime i go to Luma it sends me straight back to settings and nothing is save that I had marked before.

EDIT forgot to format sysNAND