Hacking 3DS - Disaster recovery plan

[democracy]

This is the best option.

 

[Quantumcat]

If you just care about your game saves then you only need to export them with JKSM and keep the JKSM folder safe on your computer. If you care about your system data too (eg Activity Log and Mii Plaza) then keep a NAND backup.

Games can always be installed again from freeShop, so you don't have to keep a copy of your SD card contents.

 

[Deleted-351540]

If you just care about your game saves then you only need to export them with JKSM and keep the JKSM folder safe on your computer. If you care about your system data too (eg Activity Log and Mii Plaza) then keep a NAND backup.

Games can always be installed again from freeShop, so you don't have to keep a copy of your SD card contents.

I took it a step further because my 3DS doesn't get online. I'm not into multiplayer games unless it's with friends and none of my friends have a 3DS. (Damn Sony fans!)

I keep a copy of my 16Gb SD card on my MHL drive for my phone. This way, should anything happen, I can restore my 3DS using a file browser on my phone. I also keep a NAND backup on it just in case also.

 

[Quantumcat]

I took it a step further because my 3DS doesn't get online. I'm not into multiplayer games unless it's with friends and none of my friends have a 3DS. (Damn Sony fans!)

I keep a copy of my 16Gb SD card on my MHL drive for my phone. This way, should anything happen, I can restore my 3DS using a file browser on my phone. I also keep a NAND backup on it just in case also.

Yes that will work but you're using up more storage space than you need to

 

[democracy]

never mind, figured it out

 

[Quantumcat]

Thanks mate. I was hoping to maintain a solution for offline backup and restore, without the use of a tool like freeshop; I thought there was a way do this, like lightly hack a nand with godmod9, to backup and inject a "seed" file (of sorts) to and from nands that is responsible for registering the content on an extSdCard; so it can be used on another 3DS for example. Is this possible?

Yes you could dump the moveable.sed if you don't want to have to keep a NAND backup too. I'm not sure how to though, you'd have to ask on the GodMode9 thread.

 

[democracy]

never mind, figured it out

 

[Deleted-351540]

Yes that will work but you're using up more storage space than you need to

That's A-OK with me! I've been stuck in a hospital with a thrashed laptop and a semi-bricked 3DS before. I take no chances anymore. It's a 32Gb MHL drive, so I'm not too worried about space on it. I only use it for the 3DS recovery.

 

[democracy]

never mind, figured it out

 

[GizmoTheGreen]

That's A-OK with me! I've been stuck in a hospital with a thrashed laptop and a semi-bricked 3DS before. I take no chances anymore. It's a 32Gb MHL drive, so I'm not too worried about space on it. I only use it for the 3DS recovery.

excuse me but wth is an MHL drive? MHL is used for video mirroring afaik, it's not even usb it just uses the same connector, but it switches to a different chip inside your phone.
I'm guessing you mean OTG (on the go), which makes your phones connector act as a HOST, thus allowing you to plug in a usb memory device, card reader, keyboard, and anything usb really

 

[Quantumcat]

but your backup solution doesn't seem to help in the event of lost or damaged beyond repair 3ds, was hopung to find a backup solution for that eventually as well.

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That's a good point. You need to keep decrypted saves or the moveable.sed if you want to be able to use the data on another console

 

[DinohScene]

Best way is to backup your 3DS NAND once a week to your SD card and backup your SD card to your computer.
Rinse and repeat weekly.

Easiest and (when it comes to recovering) quickest way.

Edit: if your 3DS is fucked then yeh, that is a problem indeed.

 

[democracy]

never mind, figured it out

 

[DinohScene]

Yes, a problem indeed, however, there is a way to get those backups working on another 3ds with just those backups... a guide would be terrific!

I recall something in the lines of having a all 0 movable.sed or w/e

 

[democracy]

never mind, figured it out

 

[Deleted-351540]

excuse me but wth is an MHL drive? MHL is used for video mirroring afaik, it's not even usb it just uses the same connector, but it switches to a different chip inside your phone.
I'm guessing you mean OTG (on the go), which makes your phones connector act as a HOST, thus allowing you to plug in a usb memory device, card reader, keyboard, and anything usb really

Yes, I meant OTG. Please forgive my slightly addled mind. It sometimes gets all these damn acronyms mixed up. Also, they change the names faster than I can keep up. And I am convinced they're doing it on purpose. Damn buttholes.

 

[Pluupy]

@democracy has made so many posts about "figuring it out" i'm starting to wonder if they've figured out more than just backing up save files. Ladies and gentleman, I do believe we're in the presence of a modern Buddha. This user has reached enlightenment.

 

[zaqqaz00]

Best way is to backup your 3DS NAND once a week to your SD card and backup your SD card to your computer.
Rinse and repeat weekly.

Easiest and (when it comes to recovering) quickest way.

Edit: if your 3DS is fucked then yeh, that is a problem indeed.

I think this is a good way also.
It has saved me a few times in the recent past

 

[uyjulian]

You might want to check this out: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-0-key-movable-sed-『no-more-cia-installation-』.433356/

If you don't want to re-encrypt/decrypt your data, just make a copy of movable.sed from your NAND to somewhere safe, and it's possible to decrypt your SD contents/savedata if your 3DS gets lost.

 

[democracy]

You might want to check this out: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-0-key-movable-sed-『no-more-cia-installation-』.433356/

If you don't want to re-encrypt/decrypt your data, just make a copy of movable.sed from your NAND to somewhere safe, and it's possible to decrypt your SD contents/savedata if your 3DS gets lost.

thanks for this but I take it that this wont work for data installed before 0 Key was installed?

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