So what's the current state of hacking and freeshop?

wurstpistole · May 1, 2024

Hi my good people,
I just found an old 3DS of mine and it was hacked via Soundhax or something I guess, many, many years ago, let it be 6 to 7 years!
It still boots, on an old firmware. Freeshop, which was a thing back then, also still starts, but fails when downloading.

Can someone bring me up to speed what's necessary to get that thing on the current state of the art.
Upgrading the FW to latest would be obvious, latest Luma, maybe new entrypoint.
Is freeshop still a thing? Is there anything like it that still works or would one have to acquire the .cia's and install them via FBI manually. Thanks a bunch!

SylverReZ · May 1, 2024

wurstpistole said:
Hi my good people,
I just found an old 3DS of mine and it was hacked via Soundhax or something I guess, many, many years ago, let it be 6 to 7 years!
It still boots, on an old firmware. Freeshop, which was a thing back then, also still starts, but fails when downloading.

Can someone bring me up to speed what's necessary to get that thing on the current state of the art.
Upgrading the FW to latest would be obvious, latest Luma, maybe new entrypoint.
Is freeshop still a thing? Is there anything like it that still works or would one have to acquire the .cia's and install them via FBI manually. Thanks a bunch!

Doesn't work anymore. We do not provide links to pirated software either.

The dude who operated Freeshop got arrested for possession of illegal child pictures on his server.

https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law...s-gwinnett-man-prison/0YjU2lLfz1pK6E7oUnFFRN/
https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/l...cle_05ad133f-165f-5afe-9714-92fc4445ead1.html
https://snellvilletimes.com/child-porn-website-lands-gwinnett-man-in-prison/

wurstpistole · May 1, 2024

oh i know what happened to thecruel
I just wasn't sure if the freeshop method didn't work anymore, regardless of that

Hayato213 · May 1, 2024

Freeshop been dead for years but you can use h-shop.

wurstpistole · May 1, 2024

Hayato213 said:
Freeshop been dead for years but you can use h-shop.

thanks... so what about updating the 3ds to latest version, should I re-hack using a different hack? soundhax is also boot9strap which should be on there. or do you recommend just un-hacking, restoring to stock and then re-hacking using latest version, updating to current fw, then going from scratc

Hayato213 · May 1, 2024

wurstpistole said:
thanks... so what about updating the 3ds to latest version, should I re-hack using a different hack? soundhax is also boot9strap which should be on there. or do you recommend just un-hacking, restoring to stock and then re-hacking using latest version, updating to current fw, then going from scratc

Can you check what Luma3DS version is it on? hold select while powering on the 3ds.

SylverReZ · May 1, 2024

wurstpistole said:
oh i know what happened to thecruel
I just wasn't sure if the freeshop method didn't work anymore, regardless of that

You can use hShop, but freeShop has been dead because Nintendo updated their CDN communication servers to the eShop, therefore this method no longer works.

wurstpistole said:
thanks... so what about updating the 3ds to latest version, should I re-hack using a different hack? soundhax is also boot9strap which should be on there. or do you recommend just un-hacking, restoring to stock and then re-hacking using latest version, updating to current fw, then going from scratc

Do you know what version of Luma3DS you are using? Maybe update your 3DS to use the latest CFW.

wurstpistole · May 1, 2024

SylverReZ said:
You can use hShop, but freeShop has been dead because Nintendo updated their CDN communication servers to the eShop, therefore this method no longer works.

Do you know what version of Luma3DS you are using? Maybe update your 3DS to use the latest CFW.

It's a few years old, maybe the hax itself stays and I just update Luma

Hayato213 · May 1, 2024

wurstpistole said:
It's a few years old, maybe the hax itself stays and I just update Luma

If you can get us the Luma3DS version it is currently on that would be a great help, so we can tell you where to proceed.

N7Kopper · May 1, 2024

wurstpistole said:
It's a few years old, maybe the hax itself stays and I just update Luma

If you don't know what you're doing, stop pressing random buttons and follow this guide. It'll get you sorted.

wurstpistole · May 2, 2024

Hayato213 said:
If you can get us the Luma3DS version it is currently on that would be a great help, so we can tell you where to proceed.

It's 7.1

superj2998 · May 2, 2024

I believe Luma at 7.1 was b9s only so you should just be able to update the luma boot.firm to the latest version

E1ite007 · May 2, 2024

superj2998 said:
I believe Luma at 7.1 was b9s only so you should just be able to update the luma boot.firm to the latest version

Was the first one to only support B9S actually.

wurstpistole · May 2, 2024

Cool, thanks. Will try that. Haven't touched a 3DS in years, but was very into it back then, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it again quickly.
The way I see it, I only update Luma, FBI maybe as well and install hshop, should be enough.

wurstpistole · May 8, 2024

So I just replaced boot.firm and boot.3dsx with latest files from github.... And it's still showing Luma 7.1 when I hold select while booting.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

Hayato213 · May 8, 2024

wurstpistole said:
So I just replaced boot.firm and boot.3dsx with latest files from github.... And it's still showing Luma 7.1 when I hold select while booting.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

My guess you previously set Luma3DS to CTRNAND.

DragonMals · May 8, 2024

Hayato213 said:
Freeshop been dead for years but you can use h-shop.

Isn't talking about this against the rules of the--- oh wait I don't think I'm allowed to state the obivious on this site,

wurstpistole · May 8, 2024

Hayato213 said:
My guess you previously set Luma3DS to CTRNAND.

I updated boot9strap as well, then Luma 13.1 was showing correctly. Then I updated Sysfw through settings and now everything works fine.

Hayato213 · May 8, 2024

wurstpistole said:
I updated boot9strap as well, then Luma 13.1 was showing correctly. Then I updated Sysfw through settings and now everything works fine.

But what does your Luma3DS says boot from SD or boot from CtrNAND?

So what's the current state of hacking and freeshop?

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