Troubleshooting 3ds

Required Reading

If you are unable to boot your device, please look for the section relevant to you and follow the instructions.

If you still cannot solve your issue and need to reach out for help, please paste the contents of all relevant .log files from the root of your SD card into a Gist, then come for help prepared with a detailed description of your problem and what you’ve tried.

Note that if you have any payload files other than GodMode9.firm in the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card, holding (Start) on boot will display a “chainloader menu” where you will have to use the D-Pad and the (A) button to select “GodMode9” for these instructions.

To use the magnet links on this page, you will need a torrent client like Deluge.

DSi / DS functionality is broken after completing the guide

What You Need

The latest release of TWLFix-CFW (the .3dsx file)

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

Power off your device
Insert your SD card into your computer
Create a folder named 3ds on the root of your SD card if it does not already exist
Copy TWLFix-CFW.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
Reinsert your SD card into your device

Section II - Fixing TWL

1.Open the Homebrew Launcher
2.Launch TWLFix-CFW from the list of homebrew
3.Press (A) to uninstall the broken TWL titles
4.Press (Start) to reboot the device
5.Perform a System Update by going to System Settings, then “Other Settings”, then going all the way to the right and using “System Update”

The update will see that the essential TWL titles have been uninstalled, and will redownload and reinstall them

6.Once the update is complete, tap “OK” to reboot the device

Cannot inject H&S on Gateway downgraded device

This is caused by Gateway implementing a very shoddy downgrade method which leaves two versions of each app on the system. One of them is unused, but it confuses the H&S inject system, causing it to inject into the wrong one.

1.Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot
2.Navigate to [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND -> title -> 00040010
3.Navigate to the folder for your device and region:

Old 3DS or Old 2DS EUR: 00022300 -> content
Old 3DS or Old 2DS JPN: 00020300 -> content
Old 3DS or Old 2DS USA: 00021300 -> content
New 3DS or New 2DS EUR: 20022300 -> content
New 3DS or New 2DS JPN: 20020300 -> content
New 3DS or New 2DS USA: 20021300 -> content

4.Notice that there are two sets of app and tmd files, one set with uppercase extensions (.TMD and .APP), and one set with lowercase extensions (.tmd and .app)
5.While holding the (R) trigger, press (Y) to create a new directory
6.Press (A) to confirm the name newdir (it does not matter what the folder is called)
7.Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
8.Press (B) to decline relocking write permissions if prompted
9.Press the (L) trigger on each of the uppercase extension files (.TMD and .APP) to mark them
10.Press (Y) to copy the files
11.Navigate to newdir
12.Press (Y) to paste the files
13.Select “Move path(s)”
14.The uppercase extension files will have been moved to the newdir directory
15.Press (Start) to reboot your device
16.Retry the H&S injection
17.If this still doesn’t work, move the uppercase extension files back to the content folder, then move the lowercase extension files to the newdir folder, then retry the H&S injection

A browser based exploit is not working

Browser based exploits (such as browserhax or 2xrsa) are often unstable and crash frequently, but they can sometimes be fixed by doing the following steps.

Launch the browser, then launch the browser settings
Scroll to the bottom and Initialize Savedata (it also may be called Clear All Save Data)
Try the exploit again

Black screen on SysNAND boot

1.Try booting with your SD card out, and then reinserting it after booting
   1.Power off your device
   2.Remove your SD card from your device
   3.Power on your device
   4.When the home menu appears, reinsert your SD card into your device
   5.If this worked, you should clear Home Menu’s extdata by following these instructions:

          1.Power off your device
          2.Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot
          3.Press (Home) to bring up the action menu
          4.Select “Scripts…”
          5.Select “GM9Megascript”
          6.Select “Scripts from Plailect’s Guide”
          7.Select “Remove extdata”
          8.Press (A) to continue
          9.Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
          10.Press (A) to continue
          11.Press (B) to return to the main menu
          12.Select “Exit”
          13.Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted
          14.Press (Start) to reboot your device

2.Try booting without any cartridges inserted (including flashcarts)
3.If you have a hardmod and a NAND backup, flash the backup back to SysNAND
4.Try booting into recovery mode and updating your system

   1.Power off your device
   2.Hold (L) + (R) + (A) + (Up)
   3.Power on your device
   4.If you enter safe mode, update your device

5.Your device may be bricked.

Clear Home Menu extdata

1.Power off your device
2.Insert your SD card into your computer
3.Navigate to the /Nintendo 3DS/<32-character-id>/<32-character-id>/extdata/00000000/ folder on your SD card
4.Delete the extdata file corresponding to your region:

EUR Region: 00000098
JPN Region: 00000082
USA Region: 0000008f
CHN Region: 000000A1
KOR Region: 000000A9
TWN Region: 000000B1

5.Reinsert your SD card into your device

Black screen on SysNAND boot after Installing boot9strap

1.Ensure you have a working payload

    1.Check for the existence of boot.firm in the root of your SD card.

2.Try resetting Luma’s config and fix options

    1.Delete /luma/config.bin from your SD card
    2.Set your options when it boots

3.Test booting GodMode9

    1.On Luma3DS, hold (Start) on boot

4.Try deleting home menu’s extdata by following these instructions:

    1.Power off your device
    2.Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot
    3.Press (Home) to bring up the action menu
    4.Select “Scripts…”
    5.Select “GM9Megascript”
    6.Select “Scripts from Plailect’s Guide”
    7.Select “Remove extdata”
    8.Press (A) to continue
    9.Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
    10.Press (A) to continue
    11.Press (B) to return to the main menu
    12.Select “Exit”
    13.Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted
    14.Press (Start) to reboot your device

5.Try booting without any cartridges inserted (including flashcarts)
6.If you previously downgraded with Gateway, ensure that you are using the latest Luma3DS version
7.Try following CTRTransfer

Troubleshooting 3ds