the actual hard mod accidentally updated my 3ds good thing I made a backup of my nand before hand though
I can do that for you, if ya like. Shoot me a pm.
the actual hard mod accidentally updated my 3ds good thing I made a backup of my nand before hand though
this is how n1ghty did it: http://gbatemp.net/threads/nand-flash-dump-3ds-xl.350668/page-8#post-4745007
Ok, i got myself a few separate pogo pins and some battery springy 3 pins thingies, hopefully the pins are spaced the same as the 3dsxl pcb contact pads or else i'll go with the pogo pins.
So they will for sure give a better handling and contact than bare wires pushing against the pads, but still, any ideas on how to secure them in place? I can see myself holding them in place with my hands, but it just sounds tiring and not so reliable lol
Edit: ok, just opened my 3dsxl and found out that a 3 pin phone sim socket that i took from an old mobile will give me just the correct spacing and it does make nice contact with the pcb pads, now still thinking on how to effortlessly hold it in place ._.
very infuriating! glad you didn't give upand it turned out it was always my card readers (I tried 3 different brands).
works for me, in europelooks like european users can't see that ebay link, or the page is no longer online.
I often have this message for items from ebay.com (usa)Unfortunately, access to this particular item has been blocked due to legal restrictions in some countries. We are blocking your viewing in an effort to prevent restricted items from being displayed. Regrettably, in some cases, we may prevent users from accessing items that are not within the scope of said restrictions because of limitations of existing technology. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause, and we hope you may find other items of interest on eBay.
ooh, yeah i can see it but it says it doesn't ship to where i am now, (uk)From France:
I often have this message for items from ebay.com (usa)
Hello
I'm one of the "lucky" ones with bricked 3ds XL from R4i card.
For three days I'm trying to restore my NAND without success. I have tried with three different cable types, with different SD adapters also. Also i have tried about 6 different card readers and several PCs. The best result i have so far is - on the two of the card readers Windows sees unformatted drive but when try to read or write it says "device not ready". I'm trying with win32diskimager and usb image tool.
The error on 3ds screen when i'm powering with card reader attached to PC is
errcode 00F800FE
00000000 00000000
00000400 00000000
but i'm sure that cmd is not connected to clk
Actually, I'm attaching photo of my current cable with numbers of SD pins that each cable is attached to.
I'm starting to think that you can't restore NAND if the 3ds is bricked from flash card.
Any ideas?
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Do yourself a favor. BUY THE READER that I had linked. Seriously. Do it. DO IT.