Hacking Remove Region Lock from a CIA

[RikuKawai]

I've seen numerous CIAs that say they are region free hacked (and they are, Project Mirai 2 runs great), but how do I do this myself? I would first need to convert from 3DS to CIA, which there are plenty of threads about. I have a 3DS of New Love Plus Plus (JP) and I want to patch it so I can install and play it with Pasta CFW.

 

[Alkéryn]

3ds to Patched .3ds :http://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial...d-3ds-roms-run-xy-oras-without-update.383055/
cia to patched cia:https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-decrypt-extract-and-rebuild-a-cia.388677/
3ds to patched cia:https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-converting-3ds-to-cia-for-dummies.373722/
and then you can mix the technic to have cia to patched 3ds

 

[RikuKawai]

3ds to Patched .3ds :http://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial...d-3ds-roms-run-xy-oras-without-update.383055/
cia to patched cia:https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-how-to-decrypt-extract-and-rebuild-a-cia.388677/
3ds to patched cia:https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-converting-3ds-to-cia-for-dummies.373722/
and then you can mix the technic to have cia to patched 3ds

These tutorials are based off having a GW and being on FW 4.5, I don't have either of those things. I'm running Pasta CFW on 9.2.

 

[Alkéryn]

These tutorials are based off having a GW and being on FW 4.5, I don't have either of those things. I'm running Pasta CFW on 9.2.

For generating xorpads use decrypt9 thas what i do with my 9.0 n3ds

 

[Alkéryn]

So you can do all of these even on z 9.0 n3ds

 

[Alkéryn]

These tutorials are based off having a GW and being on FW 4.5, I don't have either of those things. I'm running Pasta CFW on 9.2.

You can do all of these of you have cubic ninja and <9.2 fw

 

[Riku]

Try my program:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-3ds-simple-cia-converter.384559/

 

[RikuKawai]

Try my program:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-3ds-simple-cia-converter.384559/

From your post "no Region-Free or firm version patches are supported."
How does that help me?

 

[Riku]

From your post "no Region-Free or firm version patches are supported."
How does that help me?

They are now. I didn't updated first post yet, need someone to test if everything works right.

 

[Ekaitz]

I created two CIA today using your soft, Riku. (v2.0b)
I can't try on another region 3DS but are these CIA supposed to be region free?

 

[Riku]

I created two CIA today using your soft, Riku. (v2.0b)
I can't try on another region 3DS but are these CIA supposed to be region free?

No, those are region locked. To create region free CIAs use v3.0, I released it just a few hours ago (RegionFree+MinFW Spoof+Batch file processing added).

 

[Ekaitz]

Well I don't need it so I'm gonna keep the CIAs I created today using v2.0b but I'll take this new version for the future conversion.
Otherwise, great work, really easy to use.

 

[drewby]

Bump.

What if I found a CIA and want to make it a region-free CIA?

 

[xmetalheadx]

Bump.

What if I found a CIA and want to make it a region-free CIA?

Same crap here

 

[drewby]

Same crap here

I posted that a while back, but I actually found myself an answer. If you own RxTools, it doesn't need to be region-free, but if you'r not, check if your emuNAND supports Region Free or not.

 

[A_Random_Guy]

I posted that a while back, but I actually found myself an answer. If you own RxTools, it doesn't need to be region-free, but if you'r not, check if your emuNAND supports Region Free or not.

CFW makes it region free not emunand.

 

[drewby]

CFW makes it region free not emunand.

That's what I was going for.

 

[dahood]

Hey,

so how to make it region free now if you already have a CIA file? I have sysNand 9.2 and i am using emuNand with the latest update. Can someone explain to me them way you explain it to a dummy please...

 

[xmetalheadx]

Yep, I have the us cia The legend of zelda minish cap on my eur 3ds installed, as far as I know, this game wasnt released in the eur eshop, so the only way to play it for me is to make it region free. Anyone? Ideas?

 

[pakrett]

To make a cia region free manually. Decrypt and unpack the game, go to /exeFS and edit "icon.bin" with an hex editor, go to ofset 0x2018 and replace the firt 4 couple of numbers by "FF FF FF 7F".