Hacking [RELEASE] GATEWAY 4.0 BETA (Private Beta Program)

[Hayleia]

I'm planning to do the following to my 4.1.0U o3DS (n3DS is at A9LH with 11.0.0U SysNAND and 11.0.0E RedNAND for European CIAs):

- Fix modified AGB_FIRM and TWL_FIRM
- Upgrade to 9.2.0U and create a NAND dump
- Follow Plialect's guide, except after the 2.1.0 OTP part, going back to 9.2.0U
- Install v1 of A9LH
- Install Luma3DS arm9loaderhax on my regular SDCard with 11.0.0U RedNAND
- Use GW's arm9loaderhax.bin on a separate SDCard with 11.0.0U EmuNAND (yes I already have one with Pasta, no I don't mind swapping)

That *should* give me one SD card with Luma, where GBA and DSiWare works (when installed to SysNAND) and one SD card with GW, where everything works what is working now (4.1.0U-MSET+11.0.0U EmuNAND ==> 9.2.0U-A9LH+11.0.0U EmuNAND) with the benefit being on the latest version of GW, not having to worry about the MSET or any other entrypoint anymore), and being able to update the RedNAND (to e.g. 11.1.0U) while leaving the EmuNAND on 11.0.0U, waiting for GW support.

Anything I should do differently?

I won't tell you what you should do, that's your choice
But what you could do is save an SD card maybe, to avoid card swapping and transferring saves. I see two ways to do this:

• Have Luma boot to sysNAND by default (sysNAND is updatable without losing a9lh if you use Luma) and Gateway boot on emuNAND
• Or if you don't like doing stuff on your sysNAND, have two emuNANDs. The first one is for Gateway (since you can't configure that, GW always boots there) and the second one is for Luma (look for the "Use second EmuNAND as default" option)

 

[TWIS]

Hi the gateway card works on 10.2 E o3DS ?

 

[kibin]

Um ok so... Your asking if you should upgrade to gw 4.0 correct?

Yes, correct. Because I don't know if Luma3DS, arm9loaderhax, rednand and blablabla are so important. I already googled about it, but anyway... haha

 

[GoodCookie88]

Yes, correct. Because I don't know if Luma3DS, arm9loaderhax, rednand and blablabla are so important. I already googled about it, but anyway... haha

Idk if gw 4 is your best choice, its actually your preference tbh, but I would opt in on a9lh.(a9lh removes the need of emunand which means more space on your sd card, faster boot speed, the ability of restoring a bricked console without hardmod and so on..)

 

[PiXi]

Is it normal that GW a9lh payload doesn't have 100% successful boot rate? I use it with BootCTR9 by default.
Luma works great though.

 

[DragonSky]

I wonder if they will release it official.
Unless this is official.

 

[iceaco]

So I was trying to figure out how to slap GW on a9lh.
My new question is: Is there any reason to use GW instead of a9lh+luma+cia installer/loader now?
Can I toss aside by GW in a box somewhere now? (maybe after decrypting and transferring save files)

 

[Temptress Cerise]

So I was trying to figure out how to slap GW on a9lh.
My new question is: Is there any reason to use GW instead of a9lh+luma+cia installer/loader now?
Can I toss aside by GW in a box somewhere now?

Do you like the cheats? Do you feel like you would use .3ds romhacks or would like to have a drag-and-drop solution to play test .3ds files, before converting them to .cia?
If those things don't matter to you, then yeah, toss it in a box or sell it.

If you answer was yes, then you'd have to get BootCTR9, and boot GW's a9lh.bin through that. Since Plailect's Guide makes you use Aurora Wright's v2 A9LH fork, which is not compatible with GW's a9lh.bin.
That, or downgrade to a v1 A9LH fork, or use a compatible v2 A9LH fork.

 

[PiXi]

Since Plailect's Guide makes you use Aurora Wright's v2 A9LH fork, which is not compatible with GW's a9lh.bin.

Actually v2 is compatible with GW's a9lh.bin using BootCTR9, tested myself, work great and you can set up your own cool splash screens for each payload.
Just don't forget to use pathchanger for Luma binary if you need GBA/DSiWare support.

For those who got A9LH v2 and want to use GW on it you can follow this guide by Cosmic_Link instead of going back to A9LH v1

https://gbatemp.net/threads/downgrade-custom-firmware-is-it-possible.430576/page-2#post-6439675

https://gbatemp.net/threads/downgrade-custom-firmware-is-it-possible.430576/page-2#post-6439675

 

[Temptress Cerise]

Actually v2 is compatible with GW's a9lh.bin using BootCTR9, tested myself, work great and you can set up your own cool splash screens for each payload.
Just don't forget to use pathchanger for Luma binary if you need GBA/DSiWare support.

What? WHAT? Did you just quote me out of context to do what? I already said it works with BootCTR9.

If you answer was yes, then you'd have to get BootCTR9, and boot GW's a9lh.bin through that. Since Plailect's Guide makes you use Aurora Wright's v2 A9LH fork, which is not compatible with GW's a9lh.bin.
That, or downgrade to a v1 A9LH fork, or use a compatible v2 A9LH fork.

I'll even bold the part where I said that.

 

[astronautlevel]

What? WHAT? Did you just quote me out of context to do what? I already said it works with BootCTR9.

It works with a9lhv2 if you use bootctr9 is what he's saying.

Whoops, looks like I misread the posts. Ignore me.

 

[Temptress Cerise]

It works with a9lhv2 if you use bootctr9 is what he's saying.

But I said that... I don't spread misinformation, unless if at the time when that information was correct, and things have changed since that post was made.

 

[astronautlevel]

But I said that... I don't spread misinformation, unless if at the time when that information was correct, and things have changed since that post was made.

Dammit, responding before I can ninja edit my post

 

[CraddaPoosta]

I accidentally softbricked my 3DSXL trying to update it to 10.x so I could use the Gateway Time Machine to install AL9H. So, I am trading it in today for a New3DSXL, and will try again.

Will I be able to play both GBA and SNES Virtual Console games running AL9H on N3DS?

 

[kibin]

Idk if gw 4 is your best choice, its actually your preference tbh, but I would opt in on a9lh.(a9lh removes the need of emunand which means more space on your sd card, faster boot speed, the ability of restoring a bricked console without hardmod and so on..)

Okay. Well... Thanks, I will think about it and wait. Seems better this way.

 

[GoodCookie88]

Okay. Well... Thanks, I will think about it and wait. Seems better this way.

No problem mate!
HU3

 

[Brian jackson]

Does anybody have a video guide on this because when I boot time machine it like freezes and I also wanna be able to boot Luma and gateway thanks if anybody can help me.

 

[masterzero]

hm so , I havent touched my 3ds in a while. I have emunand on 10.something ( it asks for an update) . According to gw tutorial I need to downgrade to 2.0 , will I lose anything ? emunand , save game compatibility , installed cias , anything ?

Also is that private beta compatible with latest emunand ?

 

[Binebina87]

hm so , I havent touched my 3ds in a while. I have emunand on 10.something ( it asks for an update) . According to gw tutorial I need to downgrade to 2.0 , will I lose anything ? emunand , save game compatibility , installed cias , anything ?

Also is that private beta compatible with latest emunand ?

You can just update your GW launcher.dat to 3.7.1 or 4.0b and update your Emunand to 11.0. It still works.

However if you want to install the GW a9lh DONT use Gateway's method. Follow Plailects Guide if you really want to set up a9lh.

 

[Timburpton]

So how exactly would I use a9lh+luma with gateway? Do I need bootctr9?

Can I just use luma's built in payload chainloading?