Hacking Old A9LH Luma still works for 11.8?

[naddel81]

Hi at all,

does the Old A9LH Luma still work for 11.8? I know I could migrate to bs9, but I would like to know if it just works ootb.
best wishes.

 

[The Catboy]

First, 11.9 is the latest
Second, update to B9S, there's literally no reason to keep using A9LH. It takes literally a minute of your time to update and you only gain from doing it.

 

[wormdood]

Hi at all,

does the Old A9LH Luma still work for 11.8? I know I could migrate to bs9, but I would like to know if it just works ootb.
best wishes.

a few things
first there is 1 version of luma (a9lh) that will work on 11.8 . . . and i dont know which version that is sorry . . .
second 11.9 is the latest why worry about 11.8
third you really should upgrade to b9s . . . it takes less than 5 minuets . . . honestly

 

[ThoD]

Unless you find some forked version of Luma for a9lh, no. 11.8 and on changed some values, causing old Luma versions to not work and as only b9s versions are being supported/worked on by the main people behind it, there's no a9lh Luma that will work officially. So do as the other people said, go from a9lh to b9s, then update Luma and you are good.

 

[OrGoN3]

Hi at all,

does the Old A9LH Luma still work for 11.8? I know I could migrate to bs9, but I would like to know if it just works ootb.
best wishes.

TL;DR: No. Migrate to BS9. 11.9 is latest. Go BS9. End of story. Done. Thanks. Come again. https://3ds.hacks.guide/a9lh-to-b9s

 

[naddel81]

OK, I did all the prep work,but when trying to install it does not boot up safeinstaller,but brings me to home menu even though I press start on boot.what am I missing?

 

[ThoD]

OK, I did all the prep work,but when trying to install it does not boot up safeinstaller,but brings me to home menu even though I press start on boot.what am I missing?

Press and HOLD Start WHILE booting, don't press the power button then Start... Have Start pressed as it's booting, don't get why so many people mess this up...

 

[naddel81]

of course I tried holding it. only home menu shows up

I even tried replacing arm9.bin with arm9loaderhax.bin.

it just wont start chainloader.

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maybe delete config.bin in the luma folder? maybe it was misconfigured

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do I have to move a luma file into CTR-NAND/rw because bs9 does not recognize my sd card???

 

[naddel81]

ok, I deleted config.bin in CTRNAND/Rw now and it shows luma menu when pressing start now. how to load safeinstaller?

 

[wormdood]

Section II - Installing boot9strap

1. Boot your device while holding (Start) to launch SafeB9SInstaller

 

[naddel81]

ok, I deleted config.bin in CTRNAND/Rw now and it shows luma menu when pressing start now. how to load safeinstaller?

I did it using another SD card. now my old card (64gb) will not boot anymore. it just shows a blue blink once and thats it. how to fix this? was working fine on a9lh.

 

[wormdood]

I did it using another SD card. now my old card (64gb) will not boot anymore. it just shows a blue blink once and thats it. how to fix this? was working fine on a9lh.

its (your console) not on a9lh anymore so it (your sd card) needs the b9s files the guide tells you to put there

 

[naddel81]

did it using another SD card for the process. afterwards I was able to switch back. hope to be safe now until the 3DS is end of life.

 

[naddel81]

can I proceed the same when I want to update my old menuhax 9.2 emunand system?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

can I proceed the same when I want to update my old menuhax 9.2 emunand system?

No. You'll have to follow the guide from the beginning: https://3ds.hacks.guide/get-started
The process for installing B9S on 9.2 is fairly simple, there are a lot of steps though but most of them are just copying stuff.

 

[naddel81]

No. You'll have to follow the guide from the beginning: https://3ds.hacks.guide/get-started

already did it by just opening the safeb9sinstaller.3dsx in my emunand and working my way up after the good old a9lh to b9s guide. was basically the same except for the start.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

already did it by just opening the safeb9sinstaller.3dsx in my emunand and working my way up after the good old a9lh to b9s guide. was basically the same except for the start.

Well, yes, the "finalizing setup" part is always the same, the rest is just getting into SafeB9SInstaller. Glad to know you got it working

 

[naddel81]

Well, yes, the "finalizing setup" part is always the same, the rest is just getting into SafeB9SInstaller. Glad to know you got it working

so there is no difference between installing it in emunand or realnand? I mean: is there a CTRNAND in emunand and a CTRNAND in realnand?
The real is the CTR one, right?

 

[comput3rus3r]

1. You need to update to b9s.
2. You want to update to b9s.
3. You don't need to update to latest official firmware.
4. You can update to latest Official firmware if you want.
5. Merry X-Mas.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

so there is no difference between installing it in emunand or realnand? I mean: is there a CTRNAND in emunand and a CTRNAND in realnand?
The real is the CTR one, right?

Doesn't matter. SafeB9SInstaller is ARM9 homebrew so it runs outside of emuNAND on bare metal and installs to sysNAND regardless.
In most cases you wouldn't be able to run ARM9 homebrew on emuNAND though. You just happened to be on an old enough emuNAND firmware version where ARM9 homebrew still works.
That being said you'll want to ditch emuNAND since it's useless now that you have B9S. Instructions for that can be found here: https://3ds.hacks.guide/move-emunand