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3DS HOMEBREW Discussion Thread [exploits/carts/applications/games]

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Vitacat

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Elaugaufein said:
11.3 is completely safe except for Gateway (don't use it on 11.3 basically until it's updated, it can't handle 11.3 EmuNAND and there are reports of Gateway 11.3 SysNAND losing a9lh), and OOT is mostly fixed on the Luma nightlies (but you have the usual caveat emptor with them).

You will have to update the Homebrew Launcher CIA which can be a bit of a pain if you use that, you can't have the boosts on during the initial install and wifi always needs to be on to launch it now.
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Thank you!
 
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Jhoan

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So I tried running the homebrew channel following the instructions in the OP to a T and the furthest I made it was to a white screen after many, many times of resetting it. I've yet to access it. Did I do something wrong in the process?
 
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hirokazu

Member
Jhoan said:
I should have clarified: I followed the above soundhax guide (I have a N3DS) to a T but wasn't to able to successfully launch it. I'm not sure if it will require more resets or if I should remove the files from my microSD card and redo the process.
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Make sure you've renamed the otherapp payload you've downloaded to otherapp.bin and that it's placed on the root of the SD card. Soundhax will hang the system if it can't find the payload when it needs it.
 
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stan423321

Member
Living the Dream said:
11.3 is widely hacked and downgrade-able.

11.4 is hacked as well, but not downgrade-able yet.
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Ain't that an unambiguous word, hacked.

The Homebrew Launcher is available for NN3DS on 11.4. From what I understand O3DS is currently not supported. Full CFW installation method involving a temporary downgrade has been released for 11.3 - but using code released just now, as it has been foundation of the previous HBL exploit.

The guide based, A9LH+Luma setup works but it apparently introduced some bugs regarding rebooting. Some people reported the not-so-old DS flashcards not working - not sure if it's a result of those bugs, or if Nintendo actually adjusted the card checker out of nowhere after all these years.
 
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Beer Monkey

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Is there a way to remove the annoying uninstalled system update I accidentally downloaded? I got one when I gave up on some flaky DNS a while back. Also, is there a good DNS these days? That's not the first one that flaked out on me.
 
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MacGurcules

Member
Beer Monkey said:
Is there a way to remove the annoying uninstalled system update I accidentally downloaded? I got one when I gave up on some flaky DNS a while back. Also, is there a good DNS these days? That's not the first one that flaked out on me.
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Booting into recovery mode will delete any existing update files. Hold up on the dpad + A + L + R while powering on. It'll ask you to connect to the Internet and download the latest update, but you can shut it down and restart as soon as you get the prompt.
 
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Sulla1980

Member
I am having a bit of a problem and cannot find the right problem and solution online, so I am looking for help.

I have a 3ds with A9LH on it. Everything was working fine for months, until lately when I try to boot it I just get a black screen.

I can boot to Hourglass 9 by holding start while booting.

Not sure what might have happened. My 4 year old son uses it, so he may have updated it accidentally. Anyway, if anyone has had a similar experience, please let me know.

edit: I should add that using the backup with a different SD card does not help the situation. However, if I configure Luma to boot into Emunand I can get into there (why do I still have an emunand?)

edit2: Okay, problem was fixed by restoring my Sysnand with a backed up version via Hourglass 9. I really should have made a more recent backup....
 
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Elaugaufein

Member
FinaruDensetsu said:
So if I have cfw installed I still shouldn't update to 11.4?
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If you're willing to risk the use Luma nightlies you can update to 11.4 safely as far as I can tell (it's been working fine for me, Homebrew and NTR all work), if you stick with the stable builds 11.4 breaks the DS and GBA Firm patches so you probably shouldn't until Luma stable gets an update.
 
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Beer Monkey

Member
MacGurcules said:
Booting into recovery mode will delete any existing update files. Hold up on the dpad + A + L + R while powering on. It'll ask you to connect to the Internet and download the latest update, but you can shut it down and restart as soon as you get the prompt.
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I'm on AL9H, it says recovery mode will brick.
 
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Elaugaufein

Member
Anilones said:
I'm still on 11.2 and completed the guide a couple of months ago. If I update to 11.4 is there anything I need to/should do?
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You need to switch to Luma nightlies if you want to use stuff that requires GBA / TWL patches as they are borked by the 11.4 changes on the latest stable. And if you use a Gateway card don't use it, 11.3+ EmuNAND is broken in gateway and using the sysNAND Gateway can cause you to lose A9LH.


You also need to update to the later Homebrew Channel Launcher CIA of you use that, you need wifi on to launch it each time (doesn't need to be connected) and to disable the Luma CPU speed boosts for the first launch of it but can turn them back on after.

Otherwise you should be good.
 
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Joey Ravn

Banned
Does anyone know which DS flashcart works out-of-the-box for a regular New 3DS, not hacked? I have a plethora of DS flashcarts and my boss's nephew got a 3DS, so I was thinking of giving him one. I've tried with an R4 3DS RTS, but it didn't work. I have a SuperCard DS Two, which supposedly should work.

Anyone got any experience with this? All work on my N3DS because it's hacked to hell and back :p
 
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Elaugaufein

Member
Joey Ravn said:
Does anyone know which DS flashcart works out-of-the-box for a regular New 3DS, not hacked? I have a plethora of DS flashcarts and my boss's nephew got a 3DS, so I was thinking of giving him one. I've tried with an R4 3DS RTS, but it didn't work. I have a SuperCard DS Two, which supposedly should work.

Anyone got any experience with this? All work on my N3DS because it's hacked to hell and back :p
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The Supercard DSTwo does. Its what I switched too after they finally managed to block Acekard , and it was still working way after Nintendo gave up on updating those.

KainXVIII said:
Damn, i should be warned about this 😛
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At least your noble sacrifice warns others ?
 
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Joqu

Member
Joey Ravn said:
Does anyone know which DS flashcart works out-of-the-box for a regular New 3DS, not hacked? I have a plethora of DS flashcarts and my boss's nephew got a 3DS, so I was thinking of giving him one. I've tried with an R4 3DS RTS, but it didn't work. I have a SuperCard DS Two, which supposedly should work.

Anyone got any experience with this? All work on my N3DS because it's hacked to hell and back :p
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DSTWO is famous for this, yeah. An R4i Gold should work too but there's a lot of variations out there (I don't even know if an "official" R4i Gold exists at this point so your mileage might vary. I have both and they've always worked on my unhacked 3DS.

If I'm not mistaken the DSTWO needs to be on a certain firmware update though, and you can't actually update it without running it on a DS, so you'd need to have a regular old DS lying around if it's on old firmware. But it could very well be on that update already.
 
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Joey Ravn

Banned
Elaugaufein said:
The Supercard DSTwo does. Its what I switched too after they finally managed to block Acekard , and it was still working way after Nintendo gave up on updating those.
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Scarl said:
DSTWO is famous for this, yeah. An R4i Gold should work too but there's a lot of variations out there (I don't even know if an "official" R4i Gold exists at this point so your mileage might vary. I have both and they've always worked on my unhacked 3DS.

If I'm not mistaken the DSTWO needs to be on a certain firmware update though, and you can't actually update it without running it on a DS, so you'd need to have a regular old DS lying around if it's on old firmware. But it could very well be on that update already.
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Thanks for the replies. AFAIK, my DSTwo is on its latest firmware. I do have a regular DS... and a DS Lite... and a DSi... so I can double check before giving it to the kid. Thanks!
 
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Doopliss

Member
Luma 7.0 is now available.

https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases

  • Added chainloader selector menu (can be called with START on boot, the START payload can now be booted with L+START).
  • Implemented IPS patcher for code.bin, you need to copy the IPS patch to /luma/titles/<titleID>/code.ips.
  • Added a LayeredFS implementation thanks to @delebile's hard work. Compatibility should be really good as only two games have been reported as being not working out of all the reports (due to the unusual way they were compiled). To use it, you will need to copy romfs files (following the romfs folder structure) to /luma/titles/<titleID>/romfs/. Coupled with IPS code patching, this allows for easy legal distribution of game translations/hacks.
  • Added unverified New3DS SigHax support (it should work fine, though).
  • Added support for the power button in menus (thanks @d0k3).
  • Added possibility to patch NAND apps (like the eShop).
  • Download Play is now region free (thanks @adibsurani).
  • Signature checks are patched out for 1.x/2.x NATIVE_FIRM and SAFE_FIRMs (thanks @SciresM).
  • PIN changes: PIN is now hidden while being entered, added possibility to clear the inserted PIN by pressing SELECT.
  • Stubbed the SetGpuProt syscall on 11.3+ to make *hax payloads work on Old3DS.
  • Fixed firmlaunch/reboot patch on New3DS 11.4.
  • Fixed config not being saved if a payload was launched after quitting the config menu.
  • Refactored the codebase to limit nested if/elses.
  • Several other improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments and bug fixes have been made to enhance the user experience.
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Opa-Pa

Member
Probably a redundant question, but with Luma 7.0 it's completely safe to update on n3DS and OG3DS with CFW, right? Just making double sure.
 
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Elaugaufein

Member
deim0s said:
Aside from luma 7.0, what else needed to be updated? Still on 11.3 and hbl loader for 11.3.


Oh, is NTR streaming working with 11.4?
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HBL works on N3DS on 11.4 the usual caveats apply (wireless needs to be enabled, have CPU / Cache boost on the first time you launch it on 11.4 and be connected to the internet the first time to get the payload.)
It works on O3DS if you're using Luma and manually rename the 11.2 hax payloads to match the system version (Luma patches out the protection).

NTR except steaming works once updated.

Gateway hasn't been updated and isn't safe to use on 11.3 / 11.4 on either Sys or EmuNAND.
 
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minor effort

Banned
Sorry for the somewhat basic and elementary questions, but I was wondering if this was even possible and what direction I should be looking in.

Scenario: I have a US old 3DS and a JP old 3DS with a lot of eShop purchases on both them. I am considering buying a JP New 3DS and I was wondering if I could somehow transfer and consolidate all my purchases from both regions on the JP New 3DS.

Also, is it possible to use both JP and US eShops on the same 3DS yet?

Is this feasible using 3DS exploits?
 
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Gaardus

Member
minor effort said:
Sorry for the somewhat basic and elementary questions, but I was wondering if this was even possible and what direction I should be looking in.

Scenario: I have a US old 3DS and a JP old 3DS with a lot of eShop purchases on both them. I am considering buying a JP New 3DS and I was wondering if I could somehow transfer and consolidate all my purchases from both regions on the JP New 3DS.

Also, is it possible to use both JP and US eShops on the same 3DS yet?

Is this feasible using 3DS exploits?
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I don't know about out-of-region eShop access, but consolidating your games should be doable if the US 3DS and the Japanese New 3DS are on firmwares below 11.4*. If you follow the CFW guide on http://www.3ds.guide/ for both the US old 3DS and and JP New 3DS, you can use GodMode9 to create .cia versions of your US games, then install those cia files on the New 3DS using FBI. The purchases will still be associated with the US old 3DS/US NNID, but they'll also be installed and playable on the New 3DS. The games on the JP old 3DS can be installed the same way if you hack it, or you can transfer them using the built in official method.

*After CFW is installed on a system, you can safely update it to 11.4 without losing the CFW. You just can't install CFW directly to 11.4.
 
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//DEVIL//

Member
Sorry to bump this thread up but is there any noob friendly step by step to downgrade a new 3ds from 11.3 US version ?

I finally was able to get my hands on a used ( like new ) Zelda N3ds for 90$ ( to be honest I was mainly looking for top IPS screen N3ds and all I found before dual or TOP ips have either screen leak or dead pixels. finally I was able to find a top IPS without screen leak or dead pixels. ). but it has that firmware and I am not sure what to follow.

I was watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1P95f41N54


but I am not sure if this is the correct way to do it, or if friends here know a better video / tutorial, then I am all eyes.
 
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Gaardus

Member
//DEVIL// said:
Sorry to bump this thread up but is there any noob friendly step by step to downgrade a new 3ds from 11.3 US version ?

I finally was able to get my hands on a used ( like new ) Zelda N3ds for 90$ ( to be honest I was mainly looking for top IPS screen N3ds and all I found before dual or TOP ips have either screen leak or dead pixels. finally I was able to find a top IPS without screen leak or dead pixels. ). but it has that firmware and I am not sure what to follow.

I was watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1P95f41N54


but I am not sure if this is the correct way to do it, or if friends here know a better video / tutorial, then I am all eyes.
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Use the guide at http://www.3ds.guide/
 
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minor effort

Banned
Gaardus said:
I don't know about out-of-region eShop access, but consolidating your games should be doable if the US 3DS and the Japanese New 3DS are on firmwares below 11.4*. If you follow the CFW guide on http://www.3ds.guide/ for both the US old 3DS and and JP New 3DS, you can use GodMode9 to create .cia versions of your US games, then install those cia files on the New 3DS using FBI. The purchases will still be associated with the US old 3DS/US NNID, but they'll also be installed and playable on the New 3DS. The games on the JP old 3DS can be installed the same way if you hack it, or you can transfer them using the built in official method.

*After CFW is installed on a system, you can safely update it to 11.4 without losing the CFW. You just can't install CFW directly to 11.4.
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Thanks for the help and advice. I'll look into this. Much appreciated!
 
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FinaruDensetsu

Member
Elaugaufein said:
If you're willing to risk the use Luma nightlies you can update to 11.4 safely as far as I can tell (it's been working fine for me, Homebrew and NTR all work), if you stick with the stable builds 11.4 breaks the DS and GBA Firm patches so you probably shouldn't until Luma stable gets an update.
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Ah thanks. Is it totally safe now if I update luma to 7.0 first?
 
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