Good morning,
First of all, a big thanks to all the developpers and this community for their works.
Let me state that the last time I had to configure a CFW on a 2DS was almost a year ago, so you can consider me a noob since luma3ds, A9HL and so on are all new to me... I did tried to read as much as I could but I still have many doubts.
Here's the situation: I would like to upgrade the configuration of my kids' 2DS but each one comes with its own particular setup (due to the available tools at the time of purchase, and my lazyness when it comes to upgrade something that basically works...). Both kids have the same requirements: !!!Do not loose my save games in the process!!!
Now to the setup of each model:
Kid #1: Nintendo 2DS, using RXTools, Sysnand 9.2, Emunand 10.3 and Menuhax as entry point. Everything works so far (at least with the games my kid is playing, but the upcoming Pokemon is having me afraid)
Kid #2: Nintendo 2ds, using GATEWAY 3DS flashcart, sysnand 9.2, emunand 10.3, and a kid asking me to "activate" its console every time he wants to play using 3DS X-loader on my android phone. Not practical at all...
If I understand well, my options are:
Kid #1: An easy route, setting up Luma3DS (basically copying files), and continue with its actual emunand which I'll be able to upgrade to its latest version without any problem.
Or a more "secure/proof" route, setting up A9HL to prevent accidental sysnand upgrade forever. But what happens to my Emunand in this case ? and of course, can I do it keeping all the games installed already and their saves without to much hassle ?
Kid #2: This one has me totally lost... Here, the saves game issue is he most important. My kid is OK to continue using its flashcart in order to not loose anything, but I would like to be able to install future games as CIA instead of .3ds
Is there any way to have both worlds working together ? I mean Luma3DS or A9HL AND Gateway 3DS at the same time, allowing both .3ds (already installed games) and .cia (future installs)
As you can see, I'm lost... ;-)
I should also specify that, even thou I know there are applications to retrieve saves game from Gateway and to inject them into .CIAs, I'm not willing to do so for a simple reason: At home, we only have access to a very old Macintosh (OSX 10.6.8) and most of these tools are Windows oriented, or Mac using OSX versions not available for my hardware...
Thanks for reading me. Any answers, advices, suggestions is more than welcomed. Also, if you need more details on the setups in order to offer some solutions, I'll be pleased to answer.
Have a great day.
First of all, a big thanks to all the developpers and this community for their works.
Let me state that the last time I had to configure a CFW on a 2DS was almost a year ago, so you can consider me a noob since luma3ds, A9HL and so on are all new to me... I did tried to read as much as I could but I still have many doubts.
Here's the situation: I would like to upgrade the configuration of my kids' 2DS but each one comes with its own particular setup (due to the available tools at the time of purchase, and my lazyness when it comes to upgrade something that basically works...). Both kids have the same requirements: !!!Do not loose my save games in the process!!!
Now to the setup of each model:
Kid #1: Nintendo 2DS, using RXTools, Sysnand 9.2, Emunand 10.3 and Menuhax as entry point. Everything works so far (at least with the games my kid is playing, but the upcoming Pokemon is having me afraid)
Kid #2: Nintendo 2ds, using GATEWAY 3DS flashcart, sysnand 9.2, emunand 10.3, and a kid asking me to "activate" its console every time he wants to play using 3DS X-loader on my android phone. Not practical at all...
If I understand well, my options are:
Kid #1: An easy route, setting up Luma3DS (basically copying files), and continue with its actual emunand which I'll be able to upgrade to its latest version without any problem.
Or a more "secure/proof" route, setting up A9HL to prevent accidental sysnand upgrade forever. But what happens to my Emunand in this case ? and of course, can I do it keeping all the games installed already and their saves without to much hassle ?
Kid #2: This one has me totally lost... Here, the saves game issue is he most important. My kid is OK to continue using its flashcart in order to not loose anything, but I would like to be able to install future games as CIA instead of .3ds
Is there any way to have both worlds working together ? I mean Luma3DS or A9HL AND Gateway 3DS at the same time, allowing both .3ds (already installed games) and .cia (future installs)
As you can see, I'm lost... ;-)
I should also specify that, even thou I know there are applications to retrieve saves game from Gateway and to inject them into .CIAs, I'm not willing to do so for a simple reason: At home, we only have access to a very old Macintosh (OSX 10.6.8) and most of these tools are Windows oriented, or Mac using OSX versions not available for my hardware...
Thanks for reading me. Any answers, advices, suggestions is more than welcomed. Also, if you need more details on the setups in order to offer some solutions, I'll be pleased to answer.
Have a great day.