Homebrew My console was bricked

[Striker1199]

Hello all,

I bought a 3DS XL for my son about a year back and paid someone to hack it which includes installing custom firmware and etc so we can have access to free games.
Few days ago, my hands were itchy and i went to update the console firmware and now the console is not functioning at all. When i powered it up, the screen says, error and one file is not patched. when i pressed other buttons, the console turns off. I tried other means like holding L, R, A and up (d-pad) but unfortunately the system does not goes into recovery mode at all. . I dared not use the magnet method as i am afraid that it will damaged the console

I would to ask all the experts or kind soul here in providing me any solutions and it will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

 

[GBADWB]

You likely didnt update your cfw before updating firmware. update whatever cfw you were using manually then itll be fixed(most likely, its luma3ds)

 

[KleinesSinchen]

Does it look like this?

An error has occured:

Failed to apply 1 FIRM patch(es).

Press any button to shutdown.​

In this case replace the boot.firm on your SD with the one from the latest (9.1) release of Luma.

The "magnet method" (ntrboot) will not damage anything, but as you said: your console already has custom firmware. The ntrboot method is mostly used to install cfw (and can also be helpful in case something went really wrong).

 

[Striker1199]

Hi there,

Yeah, the error message is correct. Issue now is i have deleted all the files in the SD card so now the SD card is empty. . Do you have any solutions?

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

Hi there,

Yeah, the error message is correct. Issue now is i have deleted all the files in the SD card so now the SD card is empty. . Do you have any solutions?

Just download the Luma3DS file and place it on the SD.
After you confirm it works, we can also tell you how to restore all the needed stuff on the SD

 

[KleinesSinchen]

If you have not written anything after deleting the files on the SD, it might be possible to recover them with special software.
Writing to the SD will corrupt the deleted files and make recovery impossible.

Did you also delete the folder:
SD:/Nintendo 3DS
Because this is where the installed games and saves are stored.

Again: writing to the SD now will make recovering the old files impossible

If you decide to forget about the deleted files on the SD:

Just repeat the finalizing setup of the guide. Having the 3DS hacked by a friend has the downside that you're not familiar with the process and have to learn everything. The finalizing page of the guide is long, but it's not complicated: An easy step-by-step guide. In addition to all the files you have to download boot.3dsx from here.
Your SD should look like this:

The file SD:/luma/config.bin is generated by luma when booting the first time. Don't search for it in the downloads.

 

[Striker1199]

Hi there,

I have follow your instruction and it seems that i still cannot get the console booting up again. The error message is still there. I cannot find boot.firm. Do you have any advice in my case? Thanks a million pal

 

[KleinesSinchen]

It inside the file "Luma3DSv9.1.7z" you can download on this Github page:

https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v9.1

 

[Striker1199]

great!!!. It works now!!!! . thanks thanks thanks!!! Now, i have to figure how to hack the system to download free games.

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thank you so much pal!!! i have follow the steps in the guide and is working fine now. it has turn my dead console back to life. thumbs up

 

[Dracari]

great!!!. It works now!!!! . thanks thanks thanks!!! Now, i have to figure how to hack the system to download free games.

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thank you so much pal!!! i have follow the steps in the guide and is working fine now. it has turn my dead console back to life. thumbs up

if its been along while since you've used it then understand freeshop and it's ilk are dead and there will never be an update to fix em, (the exploit they used were patched.) you will haveto use The ISO Site/torrent / other methods and install via FBI just like before freeshop became popular. (do not ask where these sites are or where to get any games either. )

 

[Striker1199]

Hi there,

Yesterday was a great break through for me. I got the consoled booted up and everything looks under control. However, i cannot download games like what i used to do before. No freeshop or whatsoever.. Should i download bootstrap or anything else? any expert or kind soul to advise? Much appreciated.
Thanks,

 

[Deleted User]

Hi there,

Yesterday was a great break through for me. I got the consoled booted up and everything looks under control. However, i cannot download games like what i used to do before. No freeshop or whatsoever.. Should i download bootstrap or anything else? any expert or kind soul to advise? Much appreciated.
Thanks,

Those don't work anymore. Nintendo patched the exploit used server side. aka, there is no way to use them anymore.

 

[blahblah]

Hi there,

Yesterday was a great break through for me. I got the consoled booted up and everything looks under control. However, i cannot download games like what i used to do before. No freeshop or whatsoever.. Should i download bootstrap or anything else? any expert or kind soul to advise? Much appreciated.
Thanks,

You will need to download your games from other sources and use FBI to install them.

 

[Striker1199]

thanks all guru. now i am on my last step but i am still wondering. how do i use FBI to install games? Which folder do i need to put the game files to? thanks and much appreciated

 

[AkikoKumagara]

thanks all guru. now i am on my last step but i am still wondering. how do i use FBI to install games? Which folder do i need to put the game files to? thanks and much appreciated

Doesn't matter where they're stored. CIA format can be installed from any location on the SD card using FBI. Make sure you're getting CIA format or you have to convert the games into CIA format.