Hacking Who hasn't yet installed arm9loaderhax? Why?

[Xuman]

I personally dont see myself installing it on my n3ds because i really only use games, homebrew apps, and themes.

I also like keeping sysnand and emunand seperate. And im patient enough to wait the 20 seconds for it to boot into emunand cfw.

Maybe ill do a9lh as a service for people.

 

[hacksn5s4]

there is a way nintedo could break a9lh though if theres a new update that requirees writing to where a9lh is stored in the firm it could cause the update to be courrpted and not run

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i use arm9loader hax cause i want my 3ds to boot how it normally does and not have to wait for menuhax to load and when it yellow screens its annoying and using just homebrew launcher has no kernal acess and when nintedo make an update you have to update to i to go online and when menuhax and browser hax got broken i had no option but to downgrade and i used menuhax untill a9lh was a thing

 

[duscdragon]

I haven't installed a9lh for three reasons. First, I have a modified TWL_FIRM and AGB_FIRM and I've heard that this will brick your device when during the process. When I downgraded, my 3DS was almost brand new, so I didn't have anything to worry about. Now, with so many modifications, I'm kinda scared of bricking. Second of all, I am worried that the progress on all my games will be lost and that I will have to reinstall all my CIAs, which will be a pain. Finally, I'm kinda satisfied with MenuHax, as it works for me most of the time and I don't really see the reason to spend 4 hours with a chance of brick to shave like 5 seconds off of the boot time.

 

[pbanj]

I haven't installed a9lh for three reasons. First, I have a modified TWL_FIRM and AGB_FIRM and I've heard that this will brick your device when during the process. When I downgraded, my 3DS was almost brand new, so I didn't have anything to worry about. Now, with so many modifications, I'm kinda scared of bricking. Second of all, I am worried that the progress on all my games will be lost and that I will have to reinstall all my CIAs, which will be a pain. Finally, I'm kinda satisfied with MenuHax, as it works for me most of the time and I don't really see the reason to spend 4 hours with a chance of brick to shave like 5 seconds off of the boot time.

You can just flash the clean twl/agb and that issie is gone. Also its done on emunand so if it fucks up while downgrading(where the twl/agb shit causes issue) you just flash the emunand backup it tells you to make. You can then try again.

You don't lose any of your saves. The guide has you backup and restore everything.

No joke if you bothered to read the guide before forming an opinion you would know these things. Read and think for yourself don't just go by what people who have never done it or read the guide think.

 

[hacksn5s4]

i don't think this will happen but what if nintedo detect your 3ds has a9lh on it when updating and brick your 3ds complete if it has it on there

 

[pbanj]

i don't think this will happen but what if nintedo detect your 3ds has a9lh on it when updating and brick your 3ds complete if it has it on there

They would get into trouble. They can not cause harm to a consumer device.
Also if they could detect it they would be able to detect you are using an emunand with menuhax.

 

[hacksn5s4]

well they could kinda patch by making a new update that requires the firm pation where a9lh is stored and the cfw will prevent it from replacing it and the update would be courrpted and not run

 

[pbanj]

well they could kinda patch by making a new update that requires the firm pation where a9lh is stored or otherwise the firmware will be courrpted and will not run

I think you need to go read https://gbatemp.net/threads/arm9loader-technical-details-and-discussion.408537/ or just watch this hell do both.

Should give you a good understanding of how it works. If they would put in the work to kill a9lh they would kill emunand and menuhax also.

 

[PBallWiz]

Funny but most of the threads I've read lately involving a bricked unit have one thing in common.....A9HL setups.
Process just seems to risky to me.
I haven't felt the need for anything beyond CFW on an emuNAND.
Perhaps my feelings will change in the future but right now emuNAND

 

[XRaTiX]

Funny but most of the threads I've read lately involving a bricked unit have one thing in common.....A9HL setups.
Process just seems to risky to me.
I haven't felt the need for anything beyond CFW on an emuNAND.
Perhaps my feelings will change in the future but right now emuNAND

Besides that,one thing in common too.. user error.

 

[Kyojin]

Funny but most of the threads I've read lately involving a bricked unit have one thing in common.....A9HL setups.

Because of user mistakes, not technical failures (except for the 9.2 downgrading softbricks on N3DS, but that is not a permanent brick, and can be fixed by a system format prior to downgrading).

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning." - Rick Cook

 

[astronautlevel]

Because of user mistakes, not technical failures (except for the 9.2 downgrading softbricks on N3DS, but that is not a permanent brick, and can be fixed by a system format prior to downgrading).

I'd still love to know what causes those, I've been 100% unable to replicate them consistently, it's just something that kind of happens.

 

[dubbz82]

well they could kinda patch by making a new update that requires the firm pation where a9lh is stored and the cfw will prevent it from replacing it and the update would be courrpted and not run

Even IF this were viable (it really isn't), they'd be facing absolute lawsuit hell in the US for pulling a stunt like this.

 

[hacksn5s4]

You have to be stupid to brick you 3ds while installing arm 9 loader Hax by downloading wrong update or your 3ds closeing when top helper is restoring nand which will cause otp to black screen and crash. People I have seen that brick there 3ds is the ones who download new 3ds update and they have old 3ds or old 3ds update and they have new 3ds

 

[spacelaser]

I did it!

 

[solress]

You have to be stupid to brick you 3ds while installing arm 9 loader Hax by downloading wrong update or your 3ds closeing when top helper is restoring nand which will cause otp to black screen and crash. People I have seen that brick there 3ds is the ones who download new 3ds update and they have old 3ds or old 3ds update and they have new 3ds

My friend also did this, he installed the old 3ds update on his 2ds.

 

[hacksn5s4]

Th

My friend also did this, he installed the old 3ds update on his 2ds.

the 2ds uses same firmware as old so it would not brick it

 

[astronautlevel]

the 2ds uses same firmware as old

No, the 3 and the 2 stand for different OS versions. The DSLite and DSi both ran SOS1, the 2ds runs OS2 and the 3ds runs OS3.

 

[solress]

Th

the 2ds uses same firmware as old

That's what my friend thought too, but he still bricked his console downgrading to 2.1 on sysNAND

 

[hacksn5s4]

That's what my friend thought too, but he still bricked his console downgrading to 2.1 on sysNAND

Then their was some thing wrong with downgrade