Hacking So...is my N3DS dead?

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Put these files in the "a9lh" folder on root
Put SafeA9LHInstaller's "arm9loaderhax.bin" on root
Turn on 3DS
Press select (Doesn't matter if it has a black screen)
Hard-Restart
If you can see the screen - they you're not bricked anymore

I've done this before. I upgraded A9LH. It didn't do anything. I just performed this again, it updates successfully. I put the old arm9loaderhax.bin back in place still no boot.
 
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I've done this before. I upgraded A9LH. It didn't do anything. I just performed this again, it updates successfully. I put the old arm9loaderhax.bin back in place still no boot.
What flags do you have checked in the config.bin? And do you have an emuNAND currently on your SD card?

Edit- you tried this, just answer questions above
Update Luma to newest commit by replacing "arm9loaderhax.bin" with one here
Restart 3ds and try to boot into home menu
If that doesn't work, reboot into recovery mode

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Do you mind taking screenshots of your NAND folders with GodMode9? May be able to see if there is any useful info from that
 
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What flags do you have checked in the config.bin? And do you have an emuNAND currently on your SD card?

Edit- you tried this, just answer questions above
Update Luma to newest commit by replacing "arm9loaderhax.bin" with one here
Restart 3ds and try to boot into home menu
If that doesn't work, reboot into recovery mode

We're starting to go around in circles lol. I have done all of this already. Not that I am not appreciative of your time and of your intentions to help me. But I really have let this thing go. I'm sending it in to Nintendo today or tomorrow for repairs. See what they have to say :lol:
 
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We're starting to go around in circles lol. I have done all of this already. Not that I am not appreciative of your time and of your intentions to help me. But I really have let this thing go. I'm sending it in to Nintendo today or tomorrow for repairs. See what they have to say :lol:
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When on AL9H and updated sysNAND, booting without the mSD card no longer works. It is a prerequisite for booting.

That's not what I said,I said that I always used to say menuhax had the advantage of being able to boot like a normal console without an SD card.
 

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Do you mind taking screenshots of your NAND folders with GodMode9? May be able to see if there is any useful info from that
IMG_0254.JPG IMG_0253.JPG
Sysnand CTRNand + sysnand Virtual nand layout's, if you'd not mind could you please take a look at these for me?
 

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But when its in...
*freezes*
*yellow screen*
:gun::yay3ds:

Hmmmm.....

So a9lh-fast-loading, seamless, REQUIRES SD card to boot up, thus making recovering from catastrophic failure very difficult...

MenuHax+EmuNand--slower to load, (very rarely) hangs on boot, doesn't touch any system files, remove SD card to recover from catastrophic failure....

Maybe there IS a good reason to NOT go with a9...
 
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Hmmmm.....

So a9lh-fast-loading, seamless, REQUIRES SD card to boot up, thus making recovering from catastrophic failure very difficult...

MenuHax+EmuNand--slower to load, (very rarely) hangs on boot, doesn't touch any system files, remove SD card to recover from catastrophic failure....

Maybe there IS a good reason to NOT go with a9...
The payloads on the SD card aren't console specific, so if your SD card experiences catastrophic failure you can switch it out and everything is fine.
 
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Hmmmm.....

So a9lh-fast-loading, seamless, REQUIRES SD card to boot up, thus making recovering from catastrophic failure very difficult...

MenuHax+EmuNand--slower to load, (very rarely) hangs on boot, doesn't touch any system files, remove SD card to recover from catastrophic failure....

Maybe there IS a good reason to NOT go with a9...


Bear in mind that a9lh is likely the only thing keeping the console in question booting at all. If a9lh wasnt set up, this would be a complete brick. A9lh in and of itself likely had exactly zero to do with this semi brick happening. I suspect a faulty NAND...
 

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Hmmmm.....

So a9lh-fast-loading, seamless, REQUIRES SD card to boot up, thus making recovering from catastrophic failure very difficult...

MenuHax+EmuNand--slower to load, (very rarely) hangs on boot, doesn't touch any system files, remove SD card to recover from catastrophic failure....

Maybe there IS a good reason to NOT go with a9...

Exactly,the problem is that a good percentage of the posters on GBAtemp are black and white thinkers. Either a9lh is a gift frm god himself,or it is garbage. The reality of the situation is that menu hax has its advantages and a9lh has its advantages.
 

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Exactly,the problem is that a good percentage of the posters on GBAtemp are black and white thinkers. Either a9lh is a gift frm god himself,or it is garbage. The reality of the situation is that menu hax has its advantages and a9lh has its advantages.

My point, exactly! ^_^

Let's get back on topic, though! ^_^ (Sorry for causing the subject to swerve!)
 
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Try updating Decrypt9, boot into it, and restore a previous NAND.bin with the (Keep A9LH) option. PLEASE TRY THIS! THIS could fix the problem when decrypt9 is saying the FIRMS are corrupted - which, if you have Arm9loaderHax, they are supposed to be!

My second part of this (do the first thing first), have you ever downgraded with Gateway?
 
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