Hi everyone,
hoping to find some help on this forum. I have to say that it's very hard for me to understand all the terminology when it comes to the 3DS CFW.
I want to start by saying that I followed the 3ds.guide quite a while back. That's also as far as my knowledge goes.
So I have a old 3DS XL FW 1.15 with Luma 7.0.5. I also had two FBI's (old and new one), homebrew channel, etc.
Today I started my 3DS again to find out that the games would play, but I could not install any new .cia. When starting up the new FBI it would say "SD card has been removed, press shome button to return". That wasn't an FBI error screen but an error screen from the 3ds itself. Same thing when starting the homebrew channel. I could however start up the old FBI (black and white gui).
I thought it would be best to just update everything on my 3DS. Just to get everything back up to working order. So for example I copied the boot.firm to SYSNAND CTRNAND with godmode9 and I tried to install Boot9strap (which, as I understand, is needed for Luma 8.0+). After this I found out the 3DS would not start. The blue power light turns off as quickly as it turns on. Holding 'select' when starting won't enter Luma and holding 'start' wont enter godmode9 as the device just powers off. The power light turns on for about 1 second and fades out just as fast. Nothing happens to the screen (no backlight turns on or whatever). This was not hardware related.
Getting kind of scared I replaced the boot.firm from the latest Luma with the Luma 7.1 version and the 3DS would start again. I was happy, but sill wanted everything updated. Just to make sure it wasn't hardware related I made a backup of my SD-card, formated te card en restored the backup. Al that's missing is the Nintendo 3DS folder because, as I understand it, the 3DS creates this automatically when powering up. Sadly now the 3DS wont start again. It's the same issue stated as above. It turns on and shuts down again in about 2 seconds.
Just to make sure I used the Luma 7.1 boot.firm I downloaded and copied it again, but no dice. The device won't turn stay on when powered on. I tried starting without an SD-card inserted, but the same happens.
I added a screenshot of everything on the SD-card, just in case this helps anyone. I have no clue what to do or where to go from here. The device won't start and even if it starts I can't update anything becasue the boot.firm needs to be the Luma 7.1 version.
What I need help with:
-I need the 3DS to turn back on
-I would be happy to have everything updated (and now how to keep everything up to date)
-I would be extremely happy to know what I need on my SD-card and what can be deleted.
hoping to find some help on this forum. I have to say that it's very hard for me to understand all the terminology when it comes to the 3DS CFW.
I want to start by saying that I followed the 3ds.guide quite a while back. That's also as far as my knowledge goes.
So I have a old 3DS XL FW 1.15 with Luma 7.0.5. I also had two FBI's (old and new one), homebrew channel, etc.
Today I started my 3DS again to find out that the games would play, but I could not install any new .cia. When starting up the new FBI it would say "SD card has been removed, press shome button to return". That wasn't an FBI error screen but an error screen from the 3ds itself. Same thing when starting the homebrew channel. I could however start up the old FBI (black and white gui).
I thought it would be best to just update everything on my 3DS. Just to get everything back up to working order. So for example I copied the boot.firm to SYSNAND CTRNAND with godmode9 and I tried to install Boot9strap (which, as I understand, is needed for Luma 8.0+). After this I found out the 3DS would not start. The blue power light turns off as quickly as it turns on. Holding 'select' when starting won't enter Luma and holding 'start' wont enter godmode9 as the device just powers off. The power light turns on for about 1 second and fades out just as fast. Nothing happens to the screen (no backlight turns on or whatever). This was not hardware related.
Getting kind of scared I replaced the boot.firm from the latest Luma with the Luma 7.1 version and the 3DS would start again. I was happy, but sill wanted everything updated. Just to make sure it wasn't hardware related I made a backup of my SD-card, formated te card en restored the backup. Al that's missing is the Nintendo 3DS folder because, as I understand it, the 3DS creates this automatically when powering up. Sadly now the 3DS wont start again. It's the same issue stated as above. It turns on and shuts down again in about 2 seconds.
Just to make sure I used the Luma 7.1 boot.firm I downloaded and copied it again, but no dice. The device won't turn stay on when powered on. I tried starting without an SD-card inserted, but the same happens.
I added a screenshot of everything on the SD-card, just in case this helps anyone. I have no clue what to do or where to go from here. The device won't start and even if it starts I can't update anything becasue the boot.firm needs to be the Luma 7.1 version.
What I need help with:
-I need the 3DS to turn back on
-I would be happy to have everything updated (and now how to keep everything up to date)
-I would be extremely happy to know what I need on my SD-card and what can be deleted.
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