Why is modding my fucking 3DS XL so fucking frustrating Sup Forums?

Why is modding my fucking 3DS XL so fucking frustrating Sup Forums?

Can you faggots help?

I saw a fucking fag posted his modded 3DS saying it runs this and that, oh it's so smooth, etc.
My fat ass decides to try it out, and bought a $30 Gateway which from my understanding was a complete and utter waste of money b/c it turns out you don't even need that shit to run games.

I've been following the guide from 3ds.guide and have literally done every step correctly, downgraded from 9.2 to 2.1 and ready to install a9lh which will supposedly get me all these cool hax XD.

But I'm in a bit of a dilemma.
I’m on this part of the tutorial: 3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax
I’ve copied everything everywhere correctly, i’ve quadrupled check.
But every fucking time I try and go to dukesrg.github.io/2xrsa.html?arm11.bin on the 3DS browser, it says it’s loading arm11.bin and then just freezes up (>pic kind of related, except for me it's all checkered pattern).
The weird part is the tutorial never fucking told me to put in no arm11.bin, just arm9hax.bin or some shit like that.

I’ve read that I can still press Select and my OTP will still dump or whatever (note I have no idea what the fuck I’m talking about), and I’ve ejected my SD Card multiple times to check for the file and every time there is nothing.

I checked the troubleshooting guide on the fucking page and it just says to keep trying which is what I’ve been fucking doing for the last 10 hours.

What do I do?
Where do i go from here?

For all you fags that did it, how did you do it?

Other urls found in this thread:

amazon.com/Kingston-micro-SD-Adapter/dp/B003EGQ6XC
gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-with-gateway-on-v2-a9lh.431691/
gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/
ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

>The weird part is the tutorial never fucking told me to put in no arm11.bin, just arm9hax.bin or some shit like that.

Yes it fucking did. Read everything carefully and pay attention to what you're doing.

>he actually bought a gateway

You got a Gateway for $30? That's a good deal. I've had mine for years now and still works great. Take care.

I've literally read the page hundreds of times, it doesn't even mention it.

Just arm9haxloader.bin.

I don't know if it was a bad buy or not.

I don't understand this 3DS Modding scene that well.

>I don't understand this 3DS Modding scene that well.
you and me both
apparently I have to completely disassemble the thing and solder some shit

>6. Copy the contents of the SafeA9LHInstaller zip to the root of your SD card

How did you even get this far without the ability to read? You're a fucking idiot, be thankful you haven't bricked your system.

>brickway

I literally did that,

No arm11.bin in the .zip folder at all.

Maybe they gave me the wrong version?

I literally just downloaded it from the link in that page to check for you and it's right fucking there.

And here I thought the guide couldn't be any more retard-proof than it is

Please elaborate.

I don't want my precious 3DS XL to get bricked

Post a screencap of the contents of your SD card root. This oughta be good.

Well for one, that's not an XL.

No wait till late this month for slowhax

I keep reading it's not going to work with 11.2 though

I CAN'T THANK YOU FUCKERS ENOUGH!!!!

I GOT THROUGH AHHHHHHHHHHHH

I JUST BACKED UP THE OTP.BIN LIKE THE INSTRUCTIONS TOLD ME TO

THANK YOU FAGGOTS

NOW ITS ONLY ONWARD FROM HERE!!!!

See you in 5 minutes

Holy fuck I think you're right

And why is that? What makes 11.2 so different that it isn't hackable?

DIDN'T MEAN TO REPLY TO MYSELF

MEANT TO REPLY TO THE FAGGOT CALLING ME RETARDED

An arm11 kernel exploit that was present in 11.0 and 11.1 got patched.

What's slowhax? What will it require? I already hacked all of my 3DSes and I'd like to do it on my friend's too but his stupid ass is on the latest firmware.

Oh. I don't what arm11/9 is really, but I assume arm11 is needed to get access to arm9, or something? Is there any hope for 11.2?

So is impossible to hack 11.2 unless you know how to solder or have another hacked 3ds and use system transfer method?

It will need one of the dsi games from what i heard.

>What's slowhax?
An unreleased hack method that involves starting and killing millions of processes to get a process ID used by the 3DS to overflow to 0. Any process with an ID of 0 apparently has elevated privileges.
>What will it require?
We don't know yet.

Pretty much.

Right now, yes

The DSiWare game is required for the downgrade, but not for slowhax itself. Slowhax first, downgrade second.

Yes, but it's best to get it before slowhax gets released before the last ones are removed

what if I buy it and then slowhax doesn't work for 11.2?
does eshop do refunds?

>downgraded from 9.2 to 2.1

ok guys so i can either buy a nintendo 3ds xl that has luma cfw already installed and is on 11.2, but it has some scratches on the case. or i can buy the new galaxy one and wait for hacks that might never come out. what should i do?

Slowhax will not work for 11.2. It's possible another exploit will be found that works on 11.2, so you should still buy Legends of Exidia, as it will be a key component to installing a9lh regardless.

Something that you actually have to do to install arm9loaderhax, condescending anime girl.

What firmware does the Galaxy come with? Isn't it 10.7 which should be easy to downgrade?

it also has arm9loaderhax and a backup firmware. its the hyrule edition. also its 185 bucks compared to 250 for the new one

Buy both, system transfer from the hacked to the galaxy, then sell the original hacked one.

>Hyrule edition
>Settling for old 3DS

New is absolutely worth it. Who the fuck is selling you a Galaxy for $250, though? Fuck that guy up

its the same new 3ds xl, and at stores with tax it comes to around 250

It would be nowhere near 250. It costs 199.

>25% sales tax
wut

Just backed up my tickets, think I'n done

Now what?

How do I add games?

I installed luma and al9h

so what should i do? just go with the hyrule to play it safe?

Well the Galaxy is nice looking but I'm not sure if it's worth the extra it'd cost you. Plenty of places have been having N3DS XLs on sale lately, some which don't even charge taxes sometimes (like Fry's) and they'd even be easy to hack since it's most likely an old unit with old, super vulnerable firmware.

>paying to pirate
>can't even figure out how to copy and past files and run them
literally kill yourself

i think im going to buy the hyrule, find a buyer, buy a galaxy, hack galaxy. Everyone wins. But id really like to just get the galaxy

Did you install FBI to your H&S app? you can just install them through that.

>want to get new 3ds but it will probably be an unhackable version

>he didnt read the thread before shitposting

Yes I do indeed have FBI

Would you be kind enough to give me a rundown on how to do it?

I mean if you have the money go for it I guess.

You download the games, drop them on your CIAs folder (or anywhere else) and install them the same way you installed luma updater and the homebrew channel.

thanks user

I also have no use for the 3ds without hacks, so i need to be able to homebrew it

If money's no problem then yeah, get both and hack your Galaxy the easy way.

I have an Old regular 3DS on the latest version. There's nothing I can do right?

it requires a dsiware game. The only one left if legends of exodia but four swords and fieldrunner work if you already have them. Also you need steel diver sub wars which is free

Not a thing.

You can buy a 2ds on old firmware and hack that then do a system transfer. I dont know exactly how it works but you can just google it, it also will not cost you money since you can return the 2ds after you're done.

...

Not that interested in hacking it desu, just wanted to ask in case.

You can still play emulators without hacking, all you need is homebrew. Since you're on 11.2 you would need a powersaves and ocarina of time, if you already have those like I did you're in luck.

Christ you're retarded.

>Plenty of places have been having N3DS XLs on sale lately

dude ive had one ordered from amazon since nov 27 and it has been delayed 3 times and finally declared out of stock today, expected to POSSIBLY ship on dec 12th. i cant find any locally and the ones which ARE available online are like 250+. wtf

get freeshop.cia

it's all you'll ever need

he already said that the image wasnt his in the OP

>(>pic kind of related, except for me it's all checkered pattern)

Install the Freeshop, with that you can download every game on the e-shop directly off of Nintendo's servers for free.

Most, at least.
Everything downloadable using freeshop is a titlekey from a game that someone bought legally, then dumped and shared.

CIAngel has DLC though, so they should get both.

Freeshop has it too, it's under the list of games already installed into the system.

So guys I think I am fucked..

I'm on the sane boat as OP, except I'm not a fucking retard and actually modded it
I just installed Freeshop and CHMM2
Thing is my 3DS only has 16GB of space on its SD Card
i have a GATEWAY too and I was wondering if I can use it as an external memory of sorts?

I have a 128gb micro sd to add to the gateway and I was hoping it was possible

And if it's not, do I have to buy a new SD Card with bigger memory?
If I do, do I just copy and paste all the files from my original SD Card?
Will the hacks still work if I do so?

If you get a new bigger sd card you need to clone it and then increase the volume size.

>i have a 128gb micro sd

amazon.com/Kingston-micro-SD-Adapter/dp/B003EGQ6XC

you're welcome

Does the hardmod not work anymore?

Dude, you can just copy the contents of your 16gb to the 128gb card, and use a microSD adapter.

If you somehow don't have one you can buy one. Someone you know might even have an adapted they're not using because they come packaged with a lot of microSD cards.

I thought people said using adapters for modded 3DS was bad?

What do you mean by increase the volume size?

No? It's perfectly fine.

Also you don't need to use that Gateway card at all any longer. Just install everything to the SysNAND instead.

You can still use the Gateway card mind you, since Luma3DS lets you chain payloads, including one specifically to boot your SysNAND into Gateway mode.
gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-with-gateway-on-v2-a9lh.431691/

You might need to do this if you want to export save data from your Gateway games to your SD installed games.
gbatemp.net/threads/importing-gateway-saves-to-cia-games.425743/

I think he means allocation size.
Plailect's guide recommends that you format the SD card with 32k (32768) allocation size using this tool.
ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm

Allocation size is sometimes called "clusters"

>he fell for it
heh enjoy ur ban kiddo

Thanks.

But I think I'm just grabbing an SD Card adapter that's in my attic somewhere.

So, all i have to do is copy and paste the files from my SD in the 3ds right now to the 128gb micro sd in the adapter?

I've looked and I've got no answer

Yes.

Yes that's all it takes.
That's actually what I explained over here if you missed it

Shit I'm retarded, sorry
Thank you very much though