Hardware Old 2ds stuck on blank home screen

[pob14ie]

Hi
Wondering if someone can help with this issue.

I bought 2x 2ds's for parts to try make 1 working one from both .

One has a broken screen and right shoulder button broken off the PCB but i still have it .
Upon opening i see there was an attempt to replace as the digitizer ribbon clamp is also broken but some foam taped on it
keeps enough pressure for a connection when closed .

The second one I was going to one for parts to get the first one working as cant seem to get it out of a stuck home screen.
I power up and screen is blank with power and wifi LEDs on , no sounds though.
After pressing power button a few times the sleep mode menu comes up and when i press home a empty white homescreen appears.








https://photos.app.goo.gl/T9sgVnQQ1dqoAy393

 

[wormdood]

The second one I was going to one for parts to get the first one working as cant seem to get it out of a stuck home screen.
I power up and screen is blank with power and wifi LEDs on , no sounds though.
After pressing power button a few times the sleep mode menu comes up and when i press home a empty white homescreen appears.

thats fixable you need a ntrboot flashcard (10-20 usd) and the fix is to do a ctr transfer via decrypt9

 

[pob14ie]

thats fixable you need a ntrboot flashcard (10-20 usd) and the fix is to do a ctr transfer via decrypt9

Thats great , have a gold plus on the way so hopefully that works .
Thank you for such a quick and helpful reply

 

[wormdood]

Thats great , have a gold plus on the way so hopefully that works .

if you mean this one R4i Gold 3DS Plus、R4i Gold 3DS Plus --nds-card.com then you will be fine

 

[Sono]

I power up and screen is blank with power and wifi LEDs on , no sounds though.
After pressing power button a few times the sleep mode menu comes up and when i press home a empty white homescreen appears.

That sounds like there's either a problem with the wifi card connection on the motherboard, or the Home Menu extdata on the SDCard got corrupted too much...

I recommend first trying to delete the Home Menu extdata from the SDCard manually (/Nintendo 3DS/randomstuff/randomstuff/extdata/00000000/000000??) where the question mark is dependent on the region of your 3DS (82 for Japan, 8F for USA, 98 for Europe, A1 for China, A9 for Korea, and B1 for Taiwan), then reboot the 3DS and let it create the Home Menu management information again (assuming this was the problem in the first place)

If that didn't work then try reseating the wifi card on the motherboard.

 

[wormdood]

That sounds like there's either a problem with the wifi card connection on the motherboard

i have never had connection issues . . . do the really present them selves like that?

 

[Sono]

i have never had connection issues . . . do the really present them selves like that?

well... both are able to break the Home Menu to an extent

wifi card connection issues usually cause weird behavior and softlock, and a corrupted extdata can make the Home Menu not work at all (and the fact that you can get the poweroff screen means that it can be any of them)

 

[pob14ie]

if you mean this one R4i Gold 3DS Plus、R4i Gold 3DS Plus --nds-card.com then you will be fine

Yep thats the one

 

[wormdood]

Yep thats the one

good but if its hardware related as @MarcusD belives then the r4i (and ctr transfer) wont help

 

[Sono]

good but if its hardware related as @MarcusD belives then the r4i (and ctr transfer) wont help

that, and as far as I know it also won't format your Home Menu extdata, so it would be time wasted for nothing