Hacking Removing # Of Use Limits On Demos?

[gamesquest1]

Hmmmm I can't find them to put them back on........you really should of said so sooner

 

[popeel1]

what if you take your 3ds nand image, once your surpass the demo limit, restore your nand image. would that work?

 

[gamesquest1]

Yeah it should I did say this on the first page, but I'm sure most will agree it seems a bit overkill to play a demo a bunch of time......soldering the SD reader alone risks messing up the 3ds then people getting bad dumps and not checking etc....the simplistic way has aleady been shared.....make sure your plays count and leave it running in sleep mode instead of just having 10 minute goes per game counter

 

[AgoraphobicNosebleed]

Yeah it should I did say this on the first page, but I'm sure most will agree it seems a bit overkill to play a demo a bunch of time......soldering the SD reader alone risks messing up the 3ds then people getting bad dumps and not checking etc....the simplistic way has aleady been shared.....make sure your plays count and leave it running in sleep mode instead of just having 10 minute goes per game counter

The method I used doesn't require any soldering.

 

[zerofalcon]

I just made an image of my sdcard with emunand 7.1.0-14U (3DSLink one) using Win32diskimager, then after surpassing the 30 limit demo, I proceeded to restore my previous SD image just before start playing and voila, again 30 demo limit. No need to solder anything as said above.

 

[tyons]

good to "hear", but it's still pointless* >_>
I completed bravely default's demo in 6 uses. everything done, characters at level 20, every job at level 4, all bosses defeated, norende rebuilt at max level, 20 villagers, etc...

*at least for BD's demo

 

[isaac52]

Wouldn't reformatting the 3ds work?

 

[IronClouds]

I believe it's tied to the Nintendo ID and not the system itself. Could be wrong, though.

 

[gamesquest1]

I just made an image of my sdcard with emunand 7.1.0-14U (3DSLink one) using Win32diskimager, then after surpassing the 30 limit demo, I proceeded to restore my previous SD image just before start playing and voila, again 30 demo limit. No need to solder anything as said above.

read the OP, its a none modded console....no mod = no emunand = no backing up and restoring emunand

the method i was describing would actually work for the OP, what you are describing is irrelevant in this situation, i am fully aware that you can just backup emunand and restore that IF you own a console on 4.x

 

[shibi]

I don't see the point of having unlimited use of a Demo... Just the buy the full game & you might find it more convenient.

 

[Pleng]

I'm sure Bravely Default is a fine game, it is a Nintendo title. But the name is downright insulting. I ain't no nerd son.

What exactly do you find offensive abut the name?

 

[lordofthereef]

I don't see the point of having unlimited use of a Demo... Just the buy the full game & you might find it more convenient.

The number of people that don't even read the first post is astounding...

The issue is that thae content in the specific demo in question is not found in the retail copy.

I don't see the point of having unlimited use of a Demo... Just the buy the full game & you might find it more convenient.

The number of people that don't even read the first post is astounding...

The issue is that thae content in the specific demo in question is not found in the retail copy.

I don't see the point of having unlimited use of a Demo... Just the buy the full game & you might find it more convenient.

May I recommend you read, at the very least, the first post? I will say no more, but the TC's argument makes a whole lot of sense.

 

[drfsupercenter]

So the number of uses *is* on the NAND and not on the SD card? Or do we not know?

I'm suspecting it's on the NAND but it's a valid question.

 

[Duo8]

Wouldn't reformatting the 3ds work?

But then you'd lose the save.

So the number of uses *is* on the NAND and not on the SD card? Or do we not know?

I'm suspecting it's on the NAND but it's a valid question.

I think it's on NAND.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

The only way you could go about it is with a 3DS, on firmware allowing you to run the Gateway exploit (firmware between, and including, 4.1 - 4.5). You'd have to download the demos to your emuNAND partition and make an image of the SD card before you start playing. Play through all of the allowed uses, restore the image, and you're good for another number of tries. Messing with files on the SD card alone won't do the trick.

Alternatively, do the same thing with a simple NAND backup device. You just have to solder 4 wires to the 3DS and away you go. Looks reasonably easy to solder and as long as you're careful you can't really destroy the console though you may ruin the solder points leaving you unable to do the NAND backup/restore, then again that's the same as if you didn't try in the first place right?

 

[drfsupercenter]

But then you'd lose the save.

You can have saves from demos? I've never noticed that, I was under the impression that they don't store saves.

 

[Duo8]

You can have saves from demos? I've never noticed that, I was under the impression that they don't store saves.

Some do and even allow you to transfer the save to the full game.

 

[drfsupercenter]

Interesting - I didn't know that. I download all the demos and leave them untouched so the usage count doesn't go down. Call me anal about these things

 

[lordofthereef]

But then you'd lose the save.


I think it's on NAND.

Ok, so tell me what this game is and how I can look at how many uses I have left... I will just download it, run it a few times, dump nand and SD card and reflash. Put this thing to bed lol.

Interesting - I didn't know that. I download all the demos and leave them untouched so the usage count doesn't go down. Call me anal about these things

I won't call you anal, but I will ask... what's the point of even downloading them?

 

[drfsupercenter]

Because they might be de-listed from the eshop one day.

Also, because if the 3DS ever gets hacked fully (e.g. not just on 4.5) and we can remove the limitation, I'll be set.

Until I run out of space on my SD card (and I have a 32GB in there), I really see no reason not to, even if I'm not gonna play them.

 

[lordofthereef]

Because they might be de-listed from the eshop one day.

Also, because if the 3DS ever gets hacked fully (e.g. not just on 4.5) and we can remove the limitation, I'll be set.

Until I run out of space on my SD card (and I have a 32GB in there), I really see no reason not to, even if I'm not gonna play them.

I guess I just don't understand why you care that they will be de-listed if you don't pln on playing them? O.o

 

[drfsupercenter]

Because I'm a collector and it literally does not hurt me at all to download free stuff.