Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[Shadow#1]

Hey guys, I have Luma running with A9HL. What do I need to run DS games?
Thank you

Buy a ds flashcart

http://nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=149

 

[Usl5264]

Thanks Shadow#1. What's compatability like with that card and all DS games?

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[Shadow#1]

Thanks Shadow#1. What's compatability like with that card and all DS games?

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All ds games work as it's one the two officially supported by wood r4

 

[Usl5264]

Thanks Shadow#1

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[qweblim]

Buy a ds flashcart

http://nds-card.com/ProShow.asp?ProID=149

Thanks for the info Shadow - I have an old M3DS Real from my DS Lite I can use for this. Would I need to read up on forwarders, or would my old flashcard work right away? I'm running the latest standard build of Luma3ds if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

 

[yerWizard]

Thanks for the info Shadow - I have an old M3DS Real from my DS Lite I can use for this. Would I need to read up on forwarders, or would my old flashcard work right away? I'm running the latest standard build of Luma3ds if that helps.

Thanks in advance!

For dsi flashcards you can use this:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/twl-slot-1-launcher-first-custom-dsiware-app.414501/

I think only DSi flashcards work for this, not ds or dslite.

 

[hacksn5s4]

can this do full rom hacks if so how do you load rom hacks with it and can a debugger and other memory tools be added to it

 

[tommzy09]

I have 2 New 3DS'

I updated both of them to 11.1 and also updated to the latest version of Luma3DS.

One of them boots perfectly, but the other one no longer boots into emunand, it just hangs on a black screen.
(the only way i was able to bypass the freeze was to set the option in the Luma config to boot into sysnand on startup.

Is there anything wrong with using SysNand from now on?

Also has anyone else had this problem? I find it pretty weird, one worked perfect after the update and the other just had a brainfart.

 

[sj33]

I've had emuNANDs fail after updating too for no explicable reason. Creating a new emuNAND and updating it again is probably the only way to solve the problem.

Or just use SysNAND.

 

[tommzy09]

thanks for the help

 

[Deleted member 373223]

does this protect you from sysupdater

 

[thekarter104]

Interestiong question, @Filo97.
Since I plan on regionchanging and you use sysUpdater in emuNAND on Luma3DS anyways, but still wonder what happens, and I feel the regionchanging emuNAND is outdated as hell...

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Interestiong question, @Filo97.
Since I plan on regionchanging and you use sysUpdater in emuNAND on Luma3DS anyways, but still wonder what happens, and I feel the regionchanging emuNAND is outdated as hell...

it works, i tried it anyway, and it works

 

[el_gonz87]

does this protect you from sysupdater

If you have A9LH then downgrading/updating via sysupdater is risky since CIAs can alter NAND and you will brick. To downgrade use a CTRNAND transfer.

A user just got bricked doing this so be careful. https://gbatemp.net/threads/help-bricked-a9lh-new-3ds.446763/

Edit: Unless you were talking about updating via system settings in the 3DS in which yes this does protect A9LH.

 

[Aletron9000]

If you have A9LH then downgrading/updating via sysupdater is risky since CIAs can alter NAND and you will brick. To downgrade use a CTRNAND transfer.

A user just got bricked doing this so be careful. https://gbatemp.net/threads/help-bricked-a9lh-new-3ds.446763/

Edit: Unless you were talking about updating via system settings in the 3DS in which yes this does protect A9LH.

i flash sysnand to emunand then downgrade emunand, and flash emunand back to sysnand.

is that safe? i do have a9lh

i use the "NAND Restore (keep a9lh)" option on Decrypt9

 

[el_gonz87]

i flash sysnand to emunand then downgrade emunand, and flash emunand back to sysnand.

is that safe? i do have a9lh

i use the "NAND Restore (keep a9lh)" option on Decrypt9

I haven't tried this, but I don't think this will mess up the A9LH installation since it will write to the FIRMs on the EmuNAND and the "NAND Restore (keep a9lh)" will prevent this from overwriting the SysNAND firms.

The question is, will this boot? I don't know, you should retain ability to load payloads tho so you can restore a backup. I would try to boot EmuNAND after downgrade before even flashing it to SysNAND.

Prior to doing anything make a dump the NAND and CTRNAND from SysNAND and also copy the Nintendo 3DS folder.

Again if this bricks your console, it's not my fault as I haven't tried it, but I think based on my understanding of the structure this would work.

 

[Kohmei]

Can I safely update to 11.2 on Luma A9LH 6.3.1? I've been waiting for the release build to update and I really don't want to use nightlies

 

[zer0ish]

Can I safely update to 11.2 on Luma A9LH 6.3.1? I've been waiting for the release build to update and I really don't want to use nightlies

I did everything based on Plailect guide from 11.1. Just upgrade to 11.2 with no issues.

 

[gamer-2]

I've been away for a while here. I'm running game Luma 5.2 a9lh. I assume I'll need to update a9 and Luma to play the new pokemon games in a couple weeks. I know how to install and update. My question is what are torrent files and how do I get the payloads other then them? I have my otp files. Why do I need the aes file if I have my otp?

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[el_gonz87]

I've been away for a while here. I'm running game Luma 5.2 a9lh. I assume I'll need to update a9 and Luma to play the new pokemon games in a couple weeks. I know how to install and update. My question is what are torrent files and how do I get the payloads other then them? I have my otp files. Why do I need the aes file if I have my otp?

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Here is the guide with torrent links to update A9LH: https://plailect.github.io/Guide/updating-a9lh

Update luma through the updated app if you have installed, if not get it from here: https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases/tag/v6.3.1