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https://plailect.github.io/OTP/

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If you felt like the guide helped you out then I'd really appreciate it! If I get enough I may buy a 2DS for testing hardware stuff so I don't break another N3DS.

If the guide didn't help you out then I'm really sorry about that

 

[Columbo2811]

Please forgive me for asking, but can somebody show me where I should look to compile my own arm9loaderhax.3dsx? I have no experience compiling software from source, but I have successfully extracted my OTP.BIN. Thanks in advance.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-compile-and-install-arm9loaderhax.415776/

 

[swungtwisty437]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-compile-and-install-arm9loaderhax.415776/

Thank you. I'll take a look.

 

[Columbo2811]

Thank you. I'll take a look.

Some nice people in there will do it for you.

 

[Selver]

Thought I recognized your name, nice write-up! We have some theories on bootrom extraction, although getting screen init is the priority right now.

Theories already? Presuming the "we" includes many of the known names, it's good to hear people aren't totally stumped. Perhaps in a couple weeks, we'll have a new thread on bootrom extraction.

 

[Mrrraou]

Theories already? Presuming the "we" includes many of the known names, it's good to hear people aren't totally stumped. Perhaps in a couple weeks, we'll have a new thread on bootrom extraction.

I would wish so, lol, but that won't happen in a long time. Maybe in 6months-1 year.

 

[jsav214]

Is it possible to brick your n3ds around step 19 section 2 of https://github.com/Plailect/OTP/blob/master/New_3DS_Spider.md? Because I think I just did. Only the blue lights comes on and nothing else....

 

[Svaethier]

Is it possible to brick your n3ds around step 19 section 2 of https://github.com/Plailect/OTP/blob/master/New_3DS_Spider.md? Because I think I just did. Only the blue lights comes on and nothing else....

since you're using sysnand in step 19 to boot into hbl then I doubt you would brick then, your 3ds must be trying to boot into your bricked emunand.

 

[liomajor]

So i got my OTP.bin now, but whats next?

 

[jsav214]

since you're using sysnand in step 19 to boot into hbl then I doubt you would brick then, your 3ds must be trying to boot into your bricked emunand.

I turned the 3DS off and on when it wouldn't restart after it rebooted after the downgrade. Doesn't that mean it's trying to boot into sysNAND?

 

[Svaethier]

So i got my OTP.bin now, but whats next?

have someone compile it for you

I turned the 3DS off and on when it wouldn't restart after it rebooted after the downgrade. Doesn't that mean it's trying to boot into sysNAND?

depends what your setup is, you using menuhax and booting directly into a cfw using a 3dsx?

 

[liomajor]

have someone compile it for you

I can compile it if there would be some instructions to it.

 

[ihaveahax]

I can compile it if there would be some instructions to it.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-compile-and-install-arm9loaderhax.415776/

this might help.

 

[jsav214]

depends what your setup is, you using menuhax and booting directly into a cfw using a 3dsx?

I have menuhax and it boots directly to the homebrewmenu and then I select cfw from there. But I can't even get there now.

 

[Svaethier]

I have menuhax and it boots directly to the homebrewmenu and then I select cfw from there. But I can't even get there now.

pretty sure if you can use menuhax then your system isn't bricked, try booting without the SD card as something could be corrupt in it then.

 

[JacksonS]

Guide has been updated to include updating to 10.5 as a possible fix for those failing to downgrade due to TWL_FIRM. This is because this update will remove any modified TWL_FIRM which sysUpdater has trouble dealing with.

I was already on 10.5 and had this issue, so I had to download the original TWL_FIRM with 3DNUS and install it. Maybe you should mention that as an option too.

 

[jsav214]

pretty sure if you can use menuhax then your system isn't bricked, try booting without the SD card as something could be corrupt in it then.

I think it's dead. Tried to start with no sd card, tried recovery mode and nothing. Thanks for talking me through this though.

 

[James310]

I think it's dead. Tried to start with no sd card, tried recovery mode and nothing. Thanks for talking me through this though.

Same thing happened to me, A hardmod is the easiest fix

 

[Columbo2811]

I think it's dead. Tried to start with no sd card, tried recovery mode and nothing. Thanks for talking me through this though.

Step 19 is downgrading emunand. Was your nands linked. I can't see how it would brick on that step

 

[jsav214]

Step 19 is downgrading emunand. Was your nands linked. I can't see how it would brick on that step

Isn't step 6 supposed to unlink it? The last thing I remember seeing was after it downgraded and it said it was going to reboot, I held 'L' and then nothing happened.

 

[Columbo2811]

Isn't step 6 supposed to unlink it? The last thing I remember seeing was after it downgraded and it said it was going to reboot, I held 'L' and then nothing happened.

If you can't even boot recovery mode then you've somehow possibly downgraded system NAND. Sorry for your loss. Time for hardmod or get someone to do one.