Homebrew N3DS doesn't boot at all!

[Manurocker95]

Hello, everyone! Well, my N3DS has stopped working recently and i'm looking for an explanation cz i don't really know what happen. I have a N3DS XL (a9lh+Luma 6.6) on 11.2 which doesn't boot. It keeps the black screen (even with the Blue light turned on) and doesn't boot the OS nor any Luma payload. My other 4 3DSs work perfectly so i dunno what's happening at all. Yes, i got back ups of my nand and it happened suddenly without any apparent reason.

Booting without sd doesn't work either.

Any ideas of what could it be?

Edit: Okay, i opened my n3ds and checked everything was well connected and now the 3ds boots but freezes in the home menu when doing it. Does anyone know for sure if formatting the 3ds by settings, resets the nand? (as it seems to have something corrupted)

 

[pman152]

Does it do a blue light then like 2 seconds later turn off?

 

[Manurocker95]

Does it do a blue light then like 2 seconds later turn off?

Nope, the SD is inside and i have the non-SD insterted versión of Luma installed with arm9loaderhax.bin directly in nand. I've also tried to boot without sd but it doesnt work.

It's like the 3ds is booted (permanent blue light) but the OS isn't.

 

[pman152]

Nope, the SD is inside and i have the non-SD insterted versión of Luma installed with arm9loaderhax.bin directly in nand. I've also tried to boot without sd but it doesnt work.

Try A+R+L+Up while booting up see if it does anything. Probably not

 

[Manurocker95]

Try A+R+L+Up while booting up see if it does anything. Probably not

No Recovery mode nor Luma payloads don't response

 

[pman152]

This works for SOME poeple:

 

[Manurocker95]

This works for SOME poeple:

I Guess i'll give it a Try and see if it's that. Thx

 

[ThatNintendoNerd]

Try to boot without the SD Card inside the 3DS.

 

[Deleted User]

Are you using the otpless a9lh?

 

[xtheman]

Are you using the otpless a9lh?

Otpless is only a way to install a9lh. It won't make an difference in the long run if you installed otpless or not.

 

[Manurocker95]

Try to boot without the SD Card inside the 3DS.

I've already tried that. There's no response. I Guess it's because i've got the non-sd inserted Version of luma installed

 

[Shadow#1]

Otpless is only a way to install a9lh. It won't make an difference in the long run if you installed otpless or not.

WRONG thats why it has been removed from the guide now as there was some amounts of bricks because of that method

 

[Bedel]

WRONG thats why it has been removed from the guide now as there was some amounts of bricks because of that method

But the bricks happend in the moment of the install, not after it.
If he have been able to run it and wasn't brick, then it has nothing to do with this, dude.

 

[chocoboss]

This happened to other ppl a few time ago it seems to be a luma problem ... try install older version ( 6.1 )

 

[Deleted User]

I've already tried that. There's no response. I Guess it's because i've got the non-sd inserted Version of luma installed

Sdless isn't the problem since all that does is run luma through the ctr nand.The cause is the otpless file in version 3 of a9lh which has been reported to cause "random bricks" in rare cases.Version 4 removes it and the guide tells people to use the downgrade method in order to get the otp instead.

 

[xtheman]

WRONG thats why it has been removed from the guide now as there was some amounts of bricks because of that method

Those bricks are at the time of installing. Not after installing

 

[Manurocker95]

Those bricks are at the time of installing. Not after installing

So could it be hardware brick or something instead of software one? I don't really know what exactly is the black screen of death. :/

 

[xtheman]

So could it be hardware brick or something instead of software one? I don't really know what exactly is the black screen of death. :/

Did you install a9lh and it didn't boot or just random didn't boot?

 

[Manurocker95]

Did you install a9lh and it didn't boot or just random didn't boot?

I installed a9lh and worked perfectly. It happened suddenly without any reason.

 

[xtheman]

I installed a9lh and worked perfectly. It happened suddenly without any reason.

That sounds like a hardware failure then. Did you do anything before the brick? Like restoring a NAND backup or updating the system?