Hacking unbricking 11.3 updated o3ds

[fernramis]

So back when 11.3 came out I updated without thinking about it, and now it only shows black screens. I had given it up as lost when it happened, but I have heard that it can be fixed. i tried looking for guides but I couldnt get any to work. I'm including screencaps of the files on the sd card I use for it. Luma is v5.5, I couldn't get it to update to the current version when trying to follow other guides. I used menuhax, decrypt9, hourglass9 was involved, And I have backups of the emunand and sysnand I made when first hacking it back in june of 2016. I haven't updated any of the programs used in hacking it. Any help that you would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Lacius]

Follow these steps and report back:

1. Download this version of Luma3DS.
2. Put arm9loaderhax.bin from v7.0.5 of Luma3DS onto the root of your SD card, replacing the one already there.
3. Boot the 3DS while holding the Select button.

What happens?

 

[kraqh3d]

If after updating Luma, you still don't get anything when holding Start, make sure you have some bin files in sd:/luma/payloads/. The menu won't show unless there's two or more payloads available.

If you don't have any, extract the bin files from these tools:
https://github.com/d0k3/SafeB9SInst...d/v0.0.7/SafeB9SInstaller-20170605-122940.zip
https://github.com/d0k3/Decrypt9WIP/releases/download/20170607/Decrypt9WIP-20170607-104551.zip

If you get the menu, then follow this:
https://3ds.guide/a9lh-to-b9s

And since you probably had games on your emunand, you can restore it on top of your sysnand. There's a call out for that in the guide.

 

[fernramis]

Its not letting me reply directly. When I boot the 3ds it brings up the luma 7.0.5 configuration screen, whether I hold down the select or start buttons or not, with all the options it is supposed to have as far as I can tell.

 

[Lacius]

When I boot the 3ds it brings up the luma 7.0.5 configuration screen, whether I hold down the select or start buttons or not, with all the options it is supposed to have as far as I can tell.

The only option that should be selected is Show NAND string. What happens when you press Start to save the settings and boot the 3DS?

 

[fernramis]

The only option that should be selected is Show NAND string. What happens when you press Start to save the settings and boot the 3DS?

It started up again! Thanks so much. Everything's there that I care about.

 

[Lacius]

It started up again! Thanks so much. Everything's there that I care about.

Your problem was that your version of Luma3DS was outdated and wasn't compatible with 11.3.

It is recommended that you upgrade from A9LH to B9S. Doing so is required if you want to be able to run newer versions of Luma3DS, but otherwise it's optional.

 

[fernramis]

Yeah, ill switch over when I have time. Ill keep everything up to date for now on so something like this doesn't happen again. Ill wait to update the system too. Thanks again.

 

[Lacius]

Yeah, ill switch over when I have time. Ill keep everything up to date for now on so something like this doesn't happen again. Ill wait to update the system too. Thanks again.

It should be perfectly fine for you to update to 11.5 while using A9LH and v7.0.5 of Luma3DS.