UPDATE: Regarding the recent 3DS banwave

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It appears that users are being banned from 3DS online services, en masse. There's no direct cause right now, and seemingly no linking factor. This post is meant as an announcement for users, to be wary, and that GBAtemp will keep you updated as soon as more info rolls in. If you have been banned, please post in the thread below, and we will try to keep tabs on the situation. To be extra sure, it can't hurt to turn off your 3DS's wireless capabilities, so you might as well do that for now.

Edit 1: it appears that e-Shop access isn't restricted if you are banned.

Edit 2: A caller to Nintendo reported that the company said this ban is due to "unauthorized software usage".

Edit 3: @LinkSoraZelda is collecting info. Contact him if you are banned.

Edit 4: Click and fill this out if you were BANNED.

Edit 5:
[11:28:19 PM] Clector: Curiously the page of that error in Nintendo Support website used to have this:Error Code: 002-0102 Situation: You receive the error code 002-0102 when attempting to connect online. What to Do: If you continue to experience this issue, please contact Nintendo by calling 1-800-255-3700. Representatives are available from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., Pacific Time, 7 days a week.
[11:28:44 PM] Clector: Now it says this: What to Do: If you are experiencing this error code, your Nintendo 3DS family system has been banned due to unauthorized system modifications, play of unauthorized versions of one or more games, and/or connecting to the official game servers in violation of our terms of service. This ban is effective immediately and requests to remove the ban will not be processed.
Thanks to @Joom

Edit 6: Aurora Wright is taking another poll here

Edit 7: Not a lot is known but

There are bans happening, they are happening in all regions.
All models in the 3ds family seem to be candidates for banning.
There is no indication they will be anything other than permanent.
A game or DLC may end up being a cause but there is no one game or DLC that ties banned users together.
The cause or causes are as yet unknown, though it does seem to be related to modifications. Reports of unmodified consoles being banned are as yet unproven.
The banning is tied to something you can modify, thus you can unban. Doing it while the causes are unknown is likely only going to burn a working token though.
There are semi public tokens out there, Nintendo knows how to browse a forum as well as you so don't be surprised if they also get banned.
It does not seem to be limited to a given base firmware version, it does not seem to be limited to any one custom firmware type. There is some speculation that older hacking methods are not being hit as hard but nothing to confirm this yet.
The data collection could have happened this morning, or it could have been months in the making.
A simple check to see is checking your friends list, by itself it will not ban you.
Some are turning their wifi off. It is doubtful this will be of much use and being banned does not seem to come with any downsides that wifi being off will not also mimic.
You may have escaped a ban thus far but it could happen at any point. It could be that they stop in the future, it has happened on other consoles, but you would be living in hope rather than any particularly well founded logic.
The bans are done on the side of Nintendo's servers rather than your 3ds so there is also that.

If you hack your devices/games then their online functionality may be troubled. This has been known for decades, Nintendo seems to have finally caught up with that.

Please continue to share information with the thread or the links in previous edits.

Update 5/30

HOW TO HELP AVOID BANS (we think)​

If I was to guess from the information we have gathered since the ban wave, it seems likely that they are looking for TitleIDs that don't exist. Homebrew shows up in the activity log as the Download Play app, and fake CIA's show up as just ??????. That last one is what I'm guessing they are looking for.

If you are not banned yet or before you unban yourself, go into your friends list, choose settings, and turn off the option to "show friends what game you are playing." This will prevent you from playing games online with friends, so turn it back on when you wanna game with someone, but ALWAYS keep it off when running custom CIAs. Next, go into system settings -> internet settings -> spotpass, and turn off BOTH options. One is auto download software, the other sends system information to Nintendo. Also, make sure you don't have your favorite title set to something stupid like FBI or any other non-Nintendo CIA.

Its VERY likely that these options are what tipped off Nintendo, but we aren't 100% certain yet. The amount of banned people that had one of these options turned on was over 80% for each. If I was to assume that some of those people overlap, its very possible (but not confirmed) that 100% of banned people in the survey had at least one of those options turned on. I personally had all of them off and I have TONS of reasons for Nintendo to ban me.... yet I am not banned (yet).

Another bit of advice: Only run custom CIAs when offline, and after you close them, run a "legit" game like Smash Bros. or something before shutting down or going back online. This way your most recent title won't show up as a fake CIA

Current Theories as to what causes a ban
* SpotPass Settings: 8 users out of 46 users that were banned have SpotPass completely shut off, or SpotPass only (no friends list visibility)
* Firmware Version (Luma, Nintendo): Literally all reports ranged from 10.2+, I can get exact numbers for this if you'd like, but all firmwares were affected.
* Firmware Type (A9LH, B9S): 44 of the 126 B9S users that answered were banned, pattern was mirrored for A9LH users as well.
* Homebrew Titles such as FBI, HBL, Luma Updater, Themely, and freeShop: Literally about 98% of users both banned and unbanned had some combination of these applications installed. However the common ones were: FBI, HBL, LumaUpdater and NTR.
* Save Modification: Equal amounts of users on both sides have reported save modification in some form, either with PKSM or another save editor
* System Transfers: 188 users said that they had not previously system transfered, 61 of those users were banned; 16 users said they transferred from a hacked console, only three of them received a ban; 13 said they transferred from a stock system and likewise were banned. The rest of our sample did not answer this question.
* Activity Log Information: A majority of those who have not been banned have said they had NOT cleaned their activity logs. I can get exact numbers for this too on request.

This information is just what I've found. Like I said, there could be variables or things we haven't even checked for yet. But these are things that I feel should be disproven, at least with the current dataset we have.

  • From the information that we've gathered from some people that have used a packet sniffer such as WireShark, the following data is sent to Nintendo's online gaming servers as soon as the 3DS connects to the internet:
    • Amount of time spent online (timer stops when either the system is disconnected from the internet, or connection drops out, then starts the timer again in a new session when it reconnects to the internet).
    • The game being played and amount of time spent on it during that session.
    • The console's unique hexadecimal ID used in the LocalFriendCodeSeedB, along with it's RSA-signed signature.
    • The console's serial number in which is broadcasted from the SoC and is hard coded in the SoC.
    • Friend Code generated on the Nintendo 3DS system, if one has been generated.
    • Internet connection status (either online or offline).
    • The Nintendo Network ID, if there is one linked to it.
    • Even if the sending of SpotPass Information is switched off, or even hiding your currently playing games. It does not prevent the system from sending currently playing information to Nintendo's online gaming servers, it only hides it from your friends in your friend list (like being invisible on the forum, while mods and admins can still see you). Why? Because even people without a Friend Code on their system have been getting banned too!

  • The following data is NOT sent to Nintendo's online gaming servers:
    • The data from the Nintendo 3DS's Activity Log. Oddly enough, while Nintendo does explicitly state that they collect Activity Log data, they're actually referring to their own server's Activity Log, which always tracks every console's online activity, and keeps a record of them that is stored forever. And is only collected in increments of data through a timer and a currently playing list.
    • Games or apps that have not been played, regardless if they're legitimate or not. You only get tracked when you're online and using that game or app.
    • Using games or apps while offline. Even though it is stored on the 3DS console's Activity Log, that data is NOT sent to Nintendo's online gaming servers.
    • Custom Firmware. Though we can't rule out the possibility of them releasing a 3DS update in the future that adds such function to collect MD5 hashes of files and FIRM data and send them to Nintendo online gaming servers (which would also be updated in a maintenance).

  • Things that people think what happens with consoles, but really doesn't:
    • "LocalFriendCodeSeedB is transferred to the system upon doing a system transfer". This is false, the LocalFriendCodeSeedB remains on the system and does not move to another system.
    • "The console generates a LocalFriendCodeSeedB upon first startup". Again, this is false, the LocalFriendCodeSeedB is made during the manufacturing process at Foxconn. It is generated at the factory, flashed to the NAND flash memory storage, then created as an account on Nintendo's online gaming server and Nintendo eShop server immediately when being manufactured. It is absolutely impossible to generate a LocalFriendCodeSeedB and be able to connect to Nintendo's online gaming server and/or Nintendo eShop server, even if you knew the RSA generation key for it. You'd end up with Error Code 002-0102 "This console's online services have been restricted by Nintendo" if you even tried (the error can either mean two things: The hexadecimal ID doesn't exist on the server, or the request to access the hexadecimal ID has been denied which in other words... banned). So a LocalFriendCodeSeedB generator will NEVER happen! Because it's not worth doing, if it can't connect.
    • Switching off "Currently Playing" information. Once again, this does not hide your online activity from Nintendo's online gaming server, it only hides it from your friends.
    • Switching off SpotPass. Nope, this too doesn't hide your online activity from Nintendo's online gaming server, it only opts-out of receiving SpotPass data, sorry.

So pretty much the bottom line is, if anyone has been using custom apps and/or titles not installed through Nintendo eShop while online in the past, guess what? You're screwed! And it is only a matter of time before your console's unique hexadecimal ID in the LocalFriendCodeSeedB is banned from Nintendo's online gaming server. This will mean, your console can't access the Friend List or play any online functions in games.

If you have been online while using custom apps and/or titles not installed through Nintendo eShop and haven't been banned yet, that's because Nintendo hasn't caught up to you yet. They're still going through each unique hexadecimal ID's Activity Log on their server, and by Activity Log, I mean the Activity Log on their server, not the 3DS console's activity log. And it will be only a matter of time before you're banned too.

Thanks to @Platinum Lucario @MadMageKefka and @ShadowEO !
 

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It's been the same as always. You don't seem to understand how 3DS bans work, like at all. I suggest reading more threads about the topic here in GBATemp.
Well, I might not know much about how 3ds bans are tracked server side, but I have seen some videos on this exact problem (but on a diffrent subject.) And their is confirmation that the issue can be fixed (and what I mean by a confirmation is just a post showing the info.)

Check yourself
https://gbatemp.net/threads/002-0102-is-unban-impossible.472078/

No fear bro.
 

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Well, I might not know much about how 3ds bans are tracked server side, but I have seen some videos on this exact problem (but on a diffrent subject.) And their is confirmation that the issue can be fixed (and what I mean by a confirmation is just a post showing the info.)

Check yourself
https://gbatemp.net/threads/002-0102-is-unban-impossible.472078/

No fear bro.
No, he is telling you the truth. That is the unban method we've all been saying to avoid for now, as you'll receive two bans for the price of one should Nintendo figure out that your banned console (the one that you did that procedure on) has been cloned. So both your original console, and the one used to unban (in the case of the public friend seed, everyone using it) will be banned as well.
 

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Well, I might not know much about how 3ds bans are tracked server side, but I have seen some videos on this exact problem (but on a diffrent subject.) And their is confirmation that the issue can be fixed (and what I mean by a confirmation is just a post showing the info.)

Check yourself
https://gbatemp.net/threads/002-0102-is-unban-impossible.472078/

No fear bro.
its not a Easy fx as you think it is , it still involves the unbanned LFCS_B from a Donor 3DS to get around this. it's a Server Side ban on your actual LFCS_B and that cant be lifted its no fix, its just a bypass.
 
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Since there are people who have not used their 3ds recently and getting banned, i think they are going over their logfiles with a fine tooth comb.

Has anyone who can truthfully say they did not pirate been banned with this wave.

Nintendo's definition of pirate.
1)anyone who has downloaded something they did not buy that was not free from their servers
2) anyone who has used a homebrew emulator or a virtual console inject. This is why they keep blocking homebrew.
3) anyone who has used a sky3ds or gateway to play roms.
4) anyone who has used a downloaded cia file from the internet of their software

If anyone has truly NOT done any of those things, and yet got this ban, i would like to know.
 

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I think the whole 3ds scene were negligent, if someone can use sniff tools to check what information Nintendo can get from our machine before. This banwave may can be avoided.

People got lazy, nobody was really expecting this. In my opinion, Nintendo has a pretty lenient history when it comes to permanent bans. Most bans in the past were only given to people who ran cheats or mods while playing online. Then came the Pokemon SuMo bans, because it was pretty obvious if you were playing the game online before release you stole it.

But the assumption was always that if you didn't cheat online and didn't play games online before they were released in your region, you'd be relatively safe from being banned. I'm pretty sure most of the devs on the scene knew to some degree that Nintendo could get more aggressive about banning consoles if they wanted to. It's pretty easy to cross reference a title id database and determine who's using illegitimate software. Had Nintendo bothered to track which console ids had access to which title ids on eShop, it should have been easy to ban based on pirated games from eShop.

All of these bans are pretty trivial to implement, so many people just assumed Nintendo wasn't going to bother. Look how old the 3DS is, after the Switch came out people were expecting support for the 3DS to start to taper off in favor of the Switch, or maybe a new portable console to be released. We've had solutions like Gateway, Sky3DS, and MSET for years. Ninjhax came out November 2014, and since then we've seen numerous exploits, including ones like browserhax and soundhax that required nothing specific you had to buy to run them. We've been spoiled with CFW like menuhax, A9LH, and now boot9strap and sighax. Nintendo has issued bans for cheats and playing games before release date, but never before have they issued bans for merely using homebrew. And while numerous system updates have tried to patch our exploits, none seemed to be geared toward banning them.

So, because nobody expected Nintendo to start banning consoles just for running homebrew, nobody really worried about hiding it. And now Nintendo has caught us all with our pants down. Much as I hate to admit it, well played Nintendo. Well played.
 
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I guess I should say something about this.

There's two main factors as to why this banwave happened.

1) We wanted to play as 3DS gods by creating SigHax/boot9strap, and once it was released for the public to use, Nintendo decided to do 3DS CFW Apocalypse on all of us. Maybe the banwave wouldn't had happened if we didn't try to break in the one security that would change the 3DS hacking scene, but it's too late to stop that now.

2) Recent bans on Pokemon S&M cheaters who were participating in the World Tournament. Nintendo realized how serious cheating & how it impacts actual tournaments that they decided to ban anyone who has used CFW or any sort of "unauthorized content". Really harsh decision for them to do, but look at what they did with Swapnote when the whole "questionable content" was becoming a thing. They're known by taking out the source rather than the small minority who's causing it.

Now...as to HOW they found out who's using CFW is beyond me, but it may have to do with Spotpass being activated & going on their online servers.

But...people are speculating that we could have a traitor within the 3DS hacking community, so that may have something to do with it also. Not to mention how I don't see any known devs mentioning about this whole banwave incident, in the time of posting this. Seems kind of suspicious to me, but I may just be overthinking about it.

As of right now, nobody knows how Nintendo managed to hit this many CFW users in a few days or if this banwave will eventually cease.

Considering that, I assume, we took all the precautions on what we shouldn't do with CFW installed but got banned recently, we should find out "the why" first instead of "the what or how".

If Nintendo did have all the info they needed from us when we had CFW installed in the past, then why didn't they hit them when it was already in their systems? It would had been the tactical choice to do, since everyone wouldn't know how they're getting banned when they took every precaution.

To hit so many CFW users with the banwave now, something must have triggered Nintendo to set off the ban hammer.

Like I said, either reason #1 or #2 are the cause, or we have a traitor within the community. Any other speculation is up for guessing. I'm just sticking to those three possible reasons as of right now.

1) Utterly ridiculous, they would have done this anyway. The New 2DS XL is coming out and Nintendo has never liked the rom hack or homebrew communities.

2) True. Nintendo likes to leave a shotgun blast where the fly was. Also like that analogy, people get in the crossfire. Although we really have no evidence whether or not anyone "innocent" was affected, it seems.

Some people haven't been banned while having Spotpass on. It's still possible, though, as I've heard the theory that they're not banning everyone at once intentionally. I personally believe it's important that we find out "the why" and patch that hole as best we can. If it can't be patched, so be it, we find a way around or accept the consequences wholly. It's too important to ignore. The least homebrewers deserve is to know exactly what the risks of each step are.
 
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Okay, here's what Nintendo's servers are detecting:

  • Unsigned .cia or .3ds games/apps
  • Unusual online activity in online multiplayer
  • Application IDs and signatures that are not on the Nintendo eShop
  • Games and apps that are not listed in the Nintendo eShop purchase history

And I can confirm, that I have not in any way modded my main firmware that I have my NNID linked to. The only things I have used in the past, is custom apps on a completely different firmware on a different 3DS console. Not on my New 3DS, I've never hacked it, yet it got banned.

If Nintendo wanted to ban me, they should've banned my original cosmos black 3DS, not my unmodded New 3DS.

Why ban this console? I never even made any modifications to it or the firmware. Is it just because I'm registered here on GBATemp?! Is it because I have the same IP address as the console that I hacked?!


Unfortunately this is it, my online playability is over and I am permanently banned. It really is Game Over for me, and for PlatinumLucario (my NNID).

So, what am I going to do now? My unmodded New 3DS has been banned. I have not used Gateway or Sky3DS on it.

I swear, I did not violate the Terms of Service, yet my New 3DS now displays error 002-0102.

I did not even play pirated games on that system, I always bought stuff from EB Games and played them. I did not use any Homebrew on my New 3DS firmware.

Why do I deserve this ban? Does this mean I should have my Nintendo account banned too?

Nintendo, if you really believe that banning people that mod their consoles is even going to make things better. People are going to stop buying your products. Please, stop banning the people who are only using their custom apps, and focus on banning the people that cheat online multiplayer and the ones that play online on games that they haven't purchased.

Modders, I repeat, modders are not to blame for the problems, it's the people who cheat in online multiplayer that are the problem.

Nintendo, if you keep banning people like this, you're going to ban genuine consoles that have never been hacked, like mine for instance.
 

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A "traitor" in the community is going a little far, it's not the time to start a witch hunt and split the community here. We should be acting as a community to figure out what caused this wave and what we can do to avoid another. Nothing has been confirmed yet, and it is WAY too early to begin pointing fingers around.
I've been checking this thread and the /hbg/ boards on 4chan and they seem to find someone on the name of "loituma" who has contributed to the hackerone website for Nintendo. Some say they're the cause for this banwave happening. Others are saying one certain known developer is the reason for this ban (but i'm not going to go with that since it seems a bit far-fetched).

Again, I'm not trying to say there's a confirmed traitor in this community. I'm just leaving that out there in case it is confirmed that there is one, since it IS a possibility.
 

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No, he is telling you the truth. That is the unban method we've all been saying to avoid for now, as you'll receive two bans for the price of one should Nintendo figure out that your banned console (the one that you did that procedure on) has been cloned. So both your original console, and the one used to unban (in the case of the public friend seed, everyone using it) will be banned as well.
The problem isn't about Nintendo finding out your system is cloned, it's that we don't know how they're finding out about homebrew installed on the system. Until that's isolated, unbanning yourself wastes a friend seed and serves little purpose. You have to plug the leak in your boat before you borrow your friend's.

Actually I hate that analogy. You have to lose the dead weight before you jump in your friend's boat or it's going to sink, too.
 
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Okay, here's what Nintendo's servers are detecting:

  • Unsigned .cia or .3ds games/apps
  • Unusual online activity in online multiplayer
  • Application IDs and signatures that are not on the Nintendo eShop
  • Games and apps that are not listed in the Nintendo eShop purchase history

And I can confirm, that I have not in any way modded my main firmware that I have my NNID linked to. The only things I have used in the past, is custom apps on a completely different firmware on a different 3DS console. Not on my New 3DS, I've never hacked it, yet it got banned.

If Nintendo wanted to ban me, they should've banned my original cosmos black 3DS, not my unmodded New 3DS.

Why ban this console? I never even made any modifications to it or the firmware. Is it just because I'm registered here on GBATemp?! Is it because I have the same IP address as the console that I hacked?!


Unfortunately this is it, my online playability is over and I am permanently banned. It really is Game Over for me, and for PlatinumLucario (my NNID).

So, what am I going to do now? My unmodded New 3DS has been banned. I have not used Gateway or Sky3DS on it.

I swear, I did not violate the Terms of Service, yet my New 3DS now displays error 002-0102.

I did not even play pirated games on that system, I always bought stuff from EB Games and played them. I did not use any Homebrew on my New 3DS firmware.

Why do I deserve this ban? Does this mean I should have my Nintendo account banned too?

Nintendo, if you really believe that banning people that mod their consoles is even going to make things better. People are going to stop buying your products. Please, stop banning the people who are only using their custom apps, and focus on banning the people that cheat online multiplayer and the ones that play online on games that they haven't purchased.

Modders, I repeat, modders are not to blame for the problems, it's the people who cheat in online multiplayer that are the problem.

Nintendo, if you keep banning people like this, you're going to ban genuine consoles that have never been hacked, like mine for instance.

We don't know that yet. A lot of people who aren't banned in this thread match that description that you listed.

@LunarD3ATH: Good point, I keep forgetting to list that, even though we've been over that pages ago :/ Thank you.
 
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Looking at poll results, "Is your console NOT linked to an NNID and you were banned?" has the fewest votes.
It may be worth investigating this branch of users about how they used their systems in daily basis.

I still think that by not having a NNID linked to the device is safe to install any homebrew and maybe play online (for games that does not require NNID accounts).
 

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i'm almost half temped to restore my orginal LFCS_B and backup the unbanned one and play the games i kinda passe dup all day (i 've kinda let my 3DS's sit on a shelf since this started and went nose deep back into FFXIV.)
 

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  1. Back up your Pokemon save files using JK's Save Manager.
  2. Unban yourself by injecting your console with a new, unbanned localfriendcodeseed_b via Decrypt9 (or whatever the kids are using these days).
  3. Quickly go into Pokebank and clear it out.
  4. Back up your Pokemon save file again.
  5. Stop using PokeBank like a normie and just use .pkm files.

Dude, sorry for doubting you, this totally worked! Only reason I was skeptical was that the original unban thread talked about how you would lose your eshop and NNID and everything, but that was for the hyperban from Sun and Moon. Anyway, thanks!
 

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Hmm... my brother came back with my 2DS and I just checked it. Not banned, either. It may only be a matter of time, but I wonder if there's just something we're missing here...
 

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Okay, here's what Nintendo's servers are detecting:

  • Unsigned .cia or .3ds games/apps
  • Unusual online activity in online multiplayer
  • Application IDs and signatures that are not on the Nintendo eShop
  • Games and apps that are not listed in the Nintendo eShop purchase history

And I can confirm, that I have not in any way modded my main firmware that I have my NNID linked to. The only things I have used in the past, is custom apps on a completely different firmware on a different 3DS console. Not on my New 3DS, I've never hacked it, yet it got banned.

If Nintendo wanted to ban me, they should've banned my original cosmos black 3DS, not my unmodded New 3DS.

Why ban this console? I never even made any modifications to it or the firmware. Is it just because I'm registered here on GBATemp?! Is it because I have the same IP address as the console that I hacked?!


Unfortunately this is it, my online playability is over and I am permanently banned. It really is Game Over for me, and for PlatinumLucario (my NNID).

So, what am I going to do now? My unmodded New 3DS has been banned. I have not used Gateway or Sky3DS on it.

I swear, I did not violate the Terms of Service, yet my New 3DS now displays error 002-0102.

I did not even play pirated games on that system, I always bought stuff from EB Games and played them. I did not use any Homebrew on my New 3DS firmware.

Why do I deserve this ban? Does this mean I should have my Nintendo account banned too?

Nintendo, if you really believe that banning people that mod their consoles is even going to make things better. People are going to stop buying your products. Please, stop banning the people who are only using their custom apps, and focus on banning the people that cheat online multiplayer and the ones that play online on games that they haven't purchased.

Modders, I repeat, modders are not to blame for the problems, it's the people who cheat in online multiplayer that are the problem.

Nintendo, if you keep banning people like this, you're going to ban genuine consoles that have never been hacked, like mine for instance.
did you use any hacked Pokemon online?
 

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Looking at poll results, "Is your console NOT linked to an NNID and you were banned?" has the fewest votes.
It may be worth investigating this branch of users about how they used their systems in daily basis.

I still think that by not having a NNID linked to the device is safe to install any homebrew and maybe play online (for games that does not require NNID accounts).

Or it means that the vast majority of users had NNIDs, so that there would be a tiny number in this category by default...
 

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Hmm... my brother came back with my 2DS and I just checked it. Not banned, either. It may only be a matter of time, but I wonder if there's just something we're missing here...
It definitely feels like it. I've been continuously checking mine at least every 30-45 minutes and mine's been good so far. I've made no changes to it in terms of SpotPass settings, why? FOR SCIENCE!
 
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Dude, sorry for doubting you, this totally worked! Only reason I was skeptical was that the original unban thread talked about how you would lose your eshop and NNID and everything, but that was for the hyperban from Sun and Moon. Anyway, thanks!
I don't mean to judge, but please don't waste friend seeds until this is resolved. Although depending on urgency, I probably can't much blame you.
 

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It definitely feels like it. I've been continuously checking mine at least every 30-45 minutes and mine's been good so far. I've made no changes to it in terms of SpotPass settings, why? FOR SCIENCE!
Was running internet playing online and spotless on unaware of the danger lesson learned
 

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