Hardware nand flash dump (3ds xl)

[Kane49]

I too ripped a pad off, you need to:

1. Find the trace
2. Cut it open using an exacto knife
3. Solder a small short wire to it (I soldered my multimeter to other end of the wire and to the case, so I could see if I hit the trace real/time)
4. Hotglue the whole thing (apply solid hotglue, melt with soldering iron at low temp)

Now you have a makeshift contact pad ^^

Additional tips:

Use flexible wires, you don't want to rip it off again
Be sure you know where the trace is before cutting, I cut open the wrong one and the whole thing became a hotglued mess (working perfectly though)

Hope you get it fixed !

http://imgur.com/a/QzonE

 

[Gizmo1k]

got my red 3ds xl back to 4.5. after my son updated it to 6.3.

Couple of things i would like to add.

Use a multimeter to find the correct pins to solder to on the SD adapter. the pins seemed to be different on all the cards i tried and i wasn't able to read or flash until i actually used a multimeter on the SD Side to the micro SD PINs to find CLK, CMD, GND and DATA.

Also if you can read but not write use a piece of scotch tape to cover the area where your little Lock switch thing used to be. I lost every one I took apart.

good luck!!!

 

[Gizmo1k]

Also i prepared a nice pinout on the corner of the machine i was hoping to use it for flashing :/

Can anyone tell me if they use a multimeter on the pinouts, should there be a short between CMD and DAT0 and GND ?

there should be no short. If you have one check your points.

 

[Duo8]

Well I can but i'd need to install Gateway 3D. I was hoping to get a nice clean NAND image.

GW shouldn't make much of a difference in the NAND though, so what's the point?

 

[Kane49]

GW shouldn't make much of a difference in the NAND though, so what's the point?

Should he brick the console he can restore the dump via hardware, if he really only wants a dump you are right though

 

[Flopp]

Can you restore Nand after a System Format or will your console get another signature/key and require a new backup?

 

[Gizmo1k]

Can you restore Nand after a System Format or will your console get another signature/key and require a new backup?

you can restore after a system format the key for your console doesn't change.

 

[deoFusion]

you can restore after a system format the key for your console doesn't change.

Stuff on the SD card gets invalidated doesn't it?

 

[lordofthereef]

Stuff on the SD card gets invalidated doesn't it?

It does. Make sure you backup the SD card as well.

 

[milkman12345]

Attempt number three for me today. This time I soldered a wire from pin 3 (which was not connected) to pin 6 on the SD adapter. The adapter became too bulky to fit into the SD reader. Now I'm out of micro SD adapters and have to wait for the pack of ten I ordered to arrive. I don't feel so exhausted after soldering these days. I guess I'm getting used to it and hopefully better

More importantly than anything else. My 3DS still works.

 

[jhonnypolak]

Ok managed to do it. Had the CMD and CLK connections the wrong way around in the SDCard. All good

 

[lordofthereef]

Ok managed to do it. Had the CMD and CLK connections the wrong way around in the SDCard. All good

congrats! Wonderful feeling to finally succeed right?

 

[Elusivo]

Hi

Have a question here, i read something related to this here i think but dun find it anymore...

If i backup the firmware only after i used gateway to play games, can i revert it to a state without any traces of gateway ever being used? Will updating to 7.1 do the trick?

I have a new 4.2 3ds xl but i'm concerned about warranty issues, if a repair centre can detect that gateway was being used or not...
I know i can simply make a dump before using gateway for the 1st time, but if gateway has a nand dump function then there's no need for me to even open and solder wires on the 3ds in the 1st place (just use gateway's dump function, which i read it's enough to get a reliable nand backup, right?) as long as i can get rid of any traces of gateway later on.

 

[lordofthereef]

Hi

Have a question here, i read something related to this here i think but dun find it anymore...

If i backup the firmware only after i used gateway to play games, can i revert it to a state without any traces of gateway ever being used? Will updating to 7.1 do the trick?

I have a new 4.2 3ds xl but i'm concerned about warranty issues, if a repair centre can detect that gateway was being used or not...
I know i can simply make a dump before using gateway for the 1st time, but if gateway has a nand dump function then there's no need for me to even open and solder wires on the 3ds in the 1st place (just use gateway's dump function, which i read it's enough to get a reliable nand backup, right?) as long as i can get rid of any traces of gateway later on.

Yes, that is correct. There is no evidence of hateway left behind.

That said, gateway won't WRITE an older firmware... so in your scenario, if you had to revert, you'd still have to solder. It's worth noting that soldering will likely void the warranty anyway, assuming a half-way decent tech is examining the device..

 

[Elusivo]

So when you say "yes, that is correct" you mean that updating to 7.1 will remove all traces of gateway ever being used?

And ye, i am assuming solder left overs would also void warranty, hence my question but with care and some tape holding the wires on the pcb maybe can do the trick...

Also, does 3dslink (way cheaper) have nand dump function too or only the gateway?

 

[lordofthereef]

So when you say "yes, that is correct" you mean that updating to 7.1 will remove all traces of gateway ever being used?

And ye, i am assuming solder left overs would also void warranty, hence my question but with care and some tape holding the wires on the pcb maybe can do the trick...

Also, does 3dslink (way cheaper) have nand dump function too or only the gateway?

Updating will remove all traces, yes.

As far as tape? Uh... good luck.

I am unfamiliar with 3dslink

 

[tyons]

if you have a 3ds xl you can try to make the solderless hardware mod with pogo pins.
for the gateway, I don't think they will control the memory of the console... just run a ds game once to erase the exploit and they will never find out.

 

[Gin Casamina]

After doing a search on the forum I came across a post that directed me here I am trying to commission someone to do a nand flasher if anyone is willing to do this pm me with details!

 

[lordofthereef]

After doing a search on the forum I came across a post that directed me here I am trying to commission someone to do a nand flasher if anyone is willing to do this pm me with details!

What are you actually looking for? Someone to do the hard mod? Someone to just dump your NAND using a thid party cart?

 

[Gin Casamina]

What are you actually looking for? Someone to do the hard mod? Someone to just dump your NAND using a thid party cart?

the actual hard mod accidentally updated my 3ds good thing I made a backup of my nand before hand though