Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[Gyrobax]

Not hard at all. It takes some time on Stock firmware. IDK about menuhax though. It may take the same amount of time, maybe not.

Quick question again, doesn't Luma3DS use A9LH? or am I confusing it with something else

 

[PrincessLillie]

Quick question again, doesn't Luma3DS use A9LH? or am I confusing it with something else

There are multiple ways to boot Luma3DS. Two examples of these are Menuhax, which you have to manually boot, and Arm9LoaderHax, which automatically boots it on startup and allows for chainloading of Arm9 payloads.

 

[Gyrobax]

wait so I see that emunand has to be formatted, does this mean I'm losing my games and saves?

 

[Minasodrom]

There are multiple ways to boot Luma3DS. Two examples of these are Menuhax, which you have to manually boot, and Arm9LoaderHax, which automatically boots it on startup and allows for chainloading of Arm9 payloads.

menuhax boots automatically, browserhax you have to boot manually

 

[Manurocker95]

Menuhax for sysnand yes, but have been hesitant to installing A9LH because I heard it's hard to install?

No, it's your best option right now. It's really easy and you get lots of advantages. Just follow this guide.

Installing emunand is even harder than installing a9lh. Btw, upgrade Luma to 7.0.4 and Up (I recommend using LumaUpdater if you don't want to use the computer for that).

 

[TheGuyMadeOfTofu]

Once you start paying Aurora for Luma or Palect's for the guide you can legitimately complain about anything you don't like.

And the enablers kicks in. Sorry bud but i want my stuff drama free. Its unnecessary to the end users. And im more than allowed to express my opinion on the situation. By adding the message once is more then enough. Not on every damn update.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Quick question again, doesn't Luma3DS use A9LH? or am I confusing it with something else

To clarify, Luma3DS names its payload arm9loaderhax.bin regardless of the exploit used, but it doesn't necessarily use it.

 

[The Catboy]

Menuhax for sysnand yes, but have been hesitant to installing A9LH because I heard it's hard to install?

A9LH used to be hard to install. When I first installed A9LH, it took 4 hours and required like 6 backups.
Now, it takes like 30 minutes, max.
My suggestion it to really upgrade from Menuhax to A9LH. That way you can ditch the old emuNAND and emuNAND problems and run your CFW on your sysNAND instead!
Of course as always, study this guide if you are interested or just study it to see if you think you are up to it. I can't force you, this is just a suggestion.

 

[Erol]

I have Luma3DS and also gateway, is there anyway to load .3ds/.3dz files with this? or only .cia?

 

[gnmmarechal]

I have Luma3DS and also gateway, is there anyway to load .3ds/.3dz files with this? or only .cia?

Gateway doesn't work above 11.2 as of now, and it can be dangerous to try (as in, its lack of protection may remove A9LH just by booting, iirc).

 

[The Catboy]

I have Luma3DS and also gateway, is there anyway to load .3ds/.3dz files with this? or only .cia?

Only CIA, there is currently no loader for .3DS for free CFWs.

 

[naddel81]

Menuhax? If so, get A9LH. It solves all of your problems and is 3DS System Update friendly!

Pokémon works fine here on menuhax . must be a problem on your end.

 

[TheGuyMadeOfTofu]

Did nightly ever fixed whatever 7.0.4 broke/made worst?

 

[PrincessLillie]

Did nightly ever fixed whatever 7.0.4 broke/made worst?

Yes. According to the people on the forums, yes.

 

[Flame]

what do i need to do to make nightly as a payload?

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

what do i need to do to make nightly as a payload?

Put it in the luma payload folder, that is all, if you hold start when the system boot, it list all the payloads and you can load it like that.( If you have 7.0 or higher that is)

Like the idea of not remembering shortcut buttons, it sometimes forgetful.

 

[Flame]

Put it in the luma payload folder, that is all, if you hold start when the system boot, it list all the payloads and you can load it like that.( If you have 7.0 or higher that is)

Like the idea of not remembering shortcut buttons, it sometimes forgetful.

thanks dude.

whats the most trusted nightly link?

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

thanks dude.

whats the most trusted nightly link?

https://astronautlevel2.github.io/Luma3DS/latest.zip
I think would be the most reliable.

 

[Gyrobax]

A9LH used to be hard to install. When I first installed A9LH, it took 4 hours and required like 6 backups.
Now, it takes like 30 minutes, max.
My suggestion it to really upgrade from Menuhax to A9LH. That way you can ditch the old emuNAND and emuNAND problems and run your CFW on your sysNAND instead!
Of course as always, study this guide if you are interested or just study it to see if you think you are up to it. I can't force you, this is just a suggestion.

hello, sorry for bothering again, but if I do install A9LH and get rid of emuNAND, does this mean I lose all of my games and saves? or is there a way to keep those

 

[The Catboy]

hello, sorry for bothering again, but if I do install A9LH and get rid of emuNAND, does this mean I lose all of my games and saves? or is there a way to keep those

No question is ever a bother! It's better to ask before jumping into something that you aren't sure of!
You can actually backup your emuNAND and reflash it onto your sysNAND using hourglass9. This will transfer all of the information information tethered to the emuNAND to the sysNAND.