Homebrew Restore N3DS with sysNAND after DSiWare transfer?

[Kevbotty]

I'm running 11.5 on my N3DS with b9s and cfw and all that stuff. I want to help out my brother, who is running stock on 11.5, and use the system transfer to give him b9s as well. But I want to keep all the stuff I have now. If I do a NAND backup with gm9 and then do the transfer, can I then restore my NAND and have b9s back and all the settings and things from the backup? What will I not be able to restore after I system transfer to his system? And side question: is there a way to save the games I have that I got from .cia? Or will I have to redownload them one-by-one? Thanks.

 

[Kubas_inko]

Don't know how it is with installed games and sysnand backup, but it should be fully working after sysnand restore.

 

[Quantumcat]

You can do this but:
- you'll lose your NNID (you can try calling Nintendo and asking them to put it back)
- if both of you play online at the same time you'll be banned (to prevent this make your brother format the console after installing CFW)

 

[proflayton123]

You can do this but:
- you'll lose your NNID (you can try calling Nintendo and asking them to put it back)
- if both of you play online at the same time you'll be banned (to prevent this make your brother format the console after installing CFW)

The cons above can be avoided when ntrboothax is released but there is no current ETA of release.

 

[Kevbotty]

Don't know how it is with installed games and sysnand backup, but it should be fully working after sysnand restore.

So I just click and drag the sysnand .bin file onto the sd card and I have all my cfw and other things back (aside from game files)? I haven't seen a definitive way of doing a nand restore, so I'm assuming you just put the file onto the card

 

[Deleted User]

Doing a NAND backup and a full SD card backup should have you covered.
After you're done, just restore the NAND backup using GodMode9 (or Hourglass9 if you need a very simple, noobproof method), delete all the files from your SD card, and then copy your files from the SD card backup. It should be working (mostly) as it was before the process.
The only caveats are the ones Quantumcat mentioned.
Good luck!

 

[DrkBeam]

If you really need your nnid back you should do a system transfer 7 days after the original transfer back to your system

 

[Kevbotty]

Doing a NAND backup and a full SD card backup should have you covered.
After you're done, just restore the NAND backup using GodMode9 (or Hourglass9 if you need a very simple, noobproof method), delete all the files from your SD card, and then copy your files from the SD card backup. It should be working (mostly) as it was before the process.
The only caveats are the ones Quantumcat mentioned.
Good luck!

Thank you for the step-by-step! So I will still have access to cfw (but more importantly gm9) after the transfer? Otherwise I wouldn't be able to restore the backup, I'm assuming. That's really my main question here. Sorry for the noob here, but I just want the important details worked out.

 

[DrkBeam]

Thank you for the step-by-step! So I will still have access to cfw (but more importantly gm9) after the transfer? Otherwise I wouldn't be able to restore the backup, I'm assuming. That's really my main question here. Sorry for the noob here, but I just want the important details worked out.

System transfer doesn't erase b9s, nothing can overwrite it unless it is a payload like godmode, even though there are a lot of safety measures that prevents it

 

[Kevbotty]

System transfer doesn't erase b9s, nothing can overwrite it unless it is a payload like godmode, even though there are a lot of safety measures that prevents it

Thank you very much for the help! I always appreciate the people on here who are patient with us beginners