Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[Skyshadow101]

Yes I do

You need to use the path changer program in the .zip file you downloaded for the Luma3DS file.

 

[Josw]

Ok but what I have to do with that program?
Sorry for asking so much, I am somehow new on this cfw things.

 

[Skyshadow101]

Ok but what I have to do with that program?
Sorry for asking so much, I am somehow new on this cfw things.

I was kind of confused on that as well. On the guide, it says to change the path to Luma3DS.bin, but there is no .bin file of that name anywhere. I honestly don't know. I'm trying to get the answer to that question as well. In the mean time, try this, drag the Luma3DS.dat file on the top of the Path Changer program, then put the path to the .dat file. Tell me if that works.

 

[Josw]

I was kind of confused on that as well. On the guide, it says to change the path to Luma3DS.bin, but there is no .bin file of that name anywhere. I honestly don't know. I'm trying to get the answer to that question as well. In the mean time, try this, drag the Luma3DS.dat file on the top of the Path Changer program, then put the path to the .dat file. Tell me if that works.

Ok that did not fix the problem, I will try reinstalling the cia

 

[Skyshadow101]

Ok that did not fix the problem, I will try reinstalling the cia

You don't need to install the patched FIRMS to get it working, it's because the game isn't getting enough RAM. This wouldn't be a problem if you had a New 3DS, since it has more RAM than the old one.

 

[CreativeMan]

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Not sure if i should post it here but ah well.
Having a small issue.
Sometimes when i boot my 2DS, rather than booting Lesshax/Luma, it boots straight into sysnand.
Have to remove the sd card and insert it again AND then reboot it to get back into luma.

Any idea what could be the issue here?

Someone made a micro loader to fix that issue :
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?posts/6464898

 

[democracy]

Sorry about my almost-absence, basically personal stuff happened (not necessarily negative ones! ).
If anyone is interested, yesterday I pushed an update to my a9lh fork to merge screen init and non screen init stage2s into one, and to include a stripped down Luma for when there's no payload or no SD inserted (has just two patches, signatures and firm writes). https://github.com/AuroraWright/arm9loaderhax

Spoiler

 

[Ekaitz]

Sorry about my almost-absence, basically personal stuff happened (not necessarily negative ones! ).
If anyone is interested, yesterday I pushed an update to my a9lh fork to merge screen init and non screen init stage2s into one, and to include a stripped down Luma for when there's no payload or no SD inserted (has just two patches, signatures and firm writes). https://github.com/AuroraWright/arm9loaderhax

Welcome back? Haha.
Good work with the a9lh fork update. I'll probably update my setting with it soon. (I'm using an old version of your non-screen init fork right now)
Is it really different than ShadowNAND or basically the same? I'll probably install yours anyway because... I don't know, habits.

Keep up the good work

 

[max_505]

Question about the no SD booting A9LH fork:

What if...
- I'm using the no SD booting A9LH fork
- I don't have an SD card inserted
- I install some stuff and somehow brick it (but I have a Sysnand backup in my harddrive)

Can I:
- Get any SD card (say, a 4GB one lying around the house)
- Put the appropriate Luma3DS files there
- Put a Decrypt9 payload
- Run Decrypt9 and restore the aforementioned backup?

 

[GerbilSoft]

Question about the no SD booting A9LH fork:

The no-SD functionality only comes into play if there's no SD card and/or arm9loaderhax.bin is missing. If you put in an SD card that has an arm9loaderhax.bin, it'll load that instead of the built-in mini-CFW.

tl;dr yes, you can put Decrypt9 or other payloads onto the SD card later and boot that instead of the mini-CFW.

 

[max_505]

The no-SD functionality only comes into play if there's no SD card and/or arm9loaderhax.bin is missing. If you put in an SD card that has an arm9loaderhax.bin, it'll load that instead of the built-in mini-CFW.

tl;dr yes, you can put Decrypt9 or other payloads onto the SD card later and boot that instead of the mini-CFW.

That's nice to know. Thanks!

 

[ShadowOne333]

Would anyone please guide me towards installing the newest A9LH that doesn't require SD and also has the merged no/screen-inits?

 

[Froody]

So I have an issue where I can't boot the 3DS without the firmware.bin file in the Luma folder on a version of Luma higher than 5.2 (I can boot without firmware.bin on 5.2 but cannot on 5.3.1+).

I'm on o3DS 11.0.0 EUR. Not sure if there's something I'm doing wrong, any help would be great.

 

[hibachib]

Would anyone please guide me towards installing the newest A9LH that doesn't require SD and also has the merged no/screen-inits?

You're probably thinking of Shadownand, which is still in the development phase and not quite ready for general use.

 

[Orkna]

You're probably thinking of Shadownand, which is still in the development phase and not quite ready for general use.

Probably not.
https://github.com/AuroraWright/arm9loaderhax/commit/c8e3af3bb293856247939b7be52338c1552d4bb9

 

[ShadowOne333]

Would anyone please guide me towards installing the newest A9LH that doesn't require SD and also has the merged no/screen-inits?

You're probably thinking of Shadownand, which is still in the development phase and not quite ready for general use.

@Aurora Wright mentioned a couple of pages back that A9LH was modified to support both no-screen-init and screen-init at the same time, and also that we could boot the 3DS console from now on without the SD present.

I'm highly interested in updating my setup to that one for both my O3DS and my N3DS.
If anyone knows how to do so, please let me know!

 

[CreativeMan]

@Aurora Wright mentioned a couple of pages back that A9LH was modified to support both no-screen-init and screen-init at the same time, and also that we could boot the 3DS console from now on without the SD present.

I'm highly interested in updating my setup to that one for both my O3DS and my N3DS.
If anyone knows how to do so, please let me know!

Easy, go to Plailect's guide : https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Updating-arm9loaderhax
Follow V2 process, download all files needed, but replace the two stages by the ones @'Don posted a few posts back :
http://gbatemp.net/threads/luma3ds-noob-proof-3ds-custom-firmware.411110/page-684#post-6469102

Just did it on my 2 N3DS, and it works flawlessly !

 

[ShadowOne333]

Easy, go to Plailect's guide : https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Updating-arm9loaderhax
Follow V2 process, download all files needed, but replace the two stages by the one @'Don posted a few posts pack :
http://gbatemp.net/threads/luma3ds-noob-proof-3ds-custom-firmware.411110/page-684#post-6469102

Just did it on my 2 N3DS, and it works flawlessly !

Thank yoU!
Doing that will also provide me with the No-SD feature?

 

[snipah]

Thank yoU!
Doing that will also provide me with the No-SD feature?

Yes... No-SD will work after the upgrade!

 

[Bullseye]

Hmm, so I just updated my A9LH but my O3DS doesn't boot up without the SD. Don't know why, though.

EDIT: Ok, now I know why. The commits have been added but a stable pre-compiled build hasn't been released yet. Guess I'll wait then for an official release.