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== Dumping a game cartridge<span class="anchor" id="Dumping a Game Cartridge"></span> == | == Dumping a game cartridge<span class="anchor" id="Dumping a Game Cartridge"></span> == |
Revision as of 03:36, 17 May 2024
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Aside from creating and restoring NAND backups, GodMode9 has the functionality to dump installed titles to an installable .cia
file, to dump game cartridge data to a .3ds
ROM file, and to directly install a game cartridge to the system.
Updating GodMode9
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These instructions are written for use with GodMode9 v2.0.0 or later. If you have an older version of GodMode9, follow these instructions to update it. |
What You Need
- The latest release of GodMode9
Instructions
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Copy
GodMode9.firm
from the GodMode9.zip
to the/luma/payloads/
folder on your SD card - Copy the
gm9
folder from the GodMode9.zip
to the root of your SD card - Reinsert your SD card into your device
Installing a game cartridge directly to the system
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This will only work for 3DS games; it is not possible to install an NDS game cartridge to the system as a title. |
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[C:] GAMECART
- Press A on
[TitleID].trim.3ds
to select it, then select NCSD image options…, then select Install game image - Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
- Once the process is complete, your game will show up in the HOME Menu as an installed title.
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Save data is not automatically copied, you must do it yourself with a save manager such as Checkpoint. |
Dumping a game cartridge
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Insert the game cartridge you intend to dump into your device
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- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[C:] GAMECART
- Follow the steps applicable to your game cartridge:
- 3DS Game Cartridge: Press A on
[TitleID].trim.3ds
to select it, then selectNCSD image options...
, then selectDecrypt file (0:/gm9/out)
. - NDS Game Cartridge: Press A on
[TitleID].nds
to select it, then selectCopy to 0:/gm9/out
- Trimmed dumps are not recommended for NDS games in general, as they can cause various playback issues
- 3DS Game Cartridge: Press A on
- Your non-installable
.3ds
or.nds
formatted file will be outputted to the/gm9/out/
folder on your SD card
Dumping a 3DS game cartridge to CIA
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This should only be used if Installing a Game Cartridge Directly to the System does not work. |
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[C:] GAMECART
- Press A on
[TitleID].trim.3ds
to select it, then select NCSD image options…, then select Build CIA from file - Your installable
.cia
formatted file will be outputted to the/gm9/out/
folder on your SD card
Dumping an installed title
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This allows dumping of both System- and User-installed digital titles, such as ones downloaded from the eShop. |
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Press Home to bring up the action menu
- Select Title manager
- Select one of the following depending on the type of title you wish to dump
- User Installed Title:
[A:] SD CARD
- System Title / DSiWare:
[1:] NAND / TWL
- User Installed Title:
- Select the title you wish to dump
- Select Manage Title…
- Select Build CIA (standard)
- Your installable
.cia
formatted file will be outputted to the/gm9/out/
folder on your SD card
Backup GBA VC saves
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The game will be outputted to the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card with the name <TitleID>.gbavc.sav . |
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To identify a <TitleID>.gbavc.sav file’s Title ID, you can get a listing of all games on the system and their corresponding Title IDs by pressing Home to bring up the action menu, selecting Title manager , and selecting [A:] SD CARD . |
- Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to back up the save for:
- Launch the GBA VC game
- Exit the GBA VC game
- Power off your device
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL
- Press A on
agbsave.bin
to select it - Select AGBSAVE options…
- Select Dump GBA VC save
- Press A to continue
- Press Start to reboot your device
Restore GBA VC saves
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To identify a <TitleID>.gbavc.sav file’s Title ID, you can get a listing of all games on the system and their corresponding Title IDs by pressing Home to bring up the action menu, selecting Title manager , and selecting [A:] SD CARD . |
- Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to restore the save for:
- Launch the GBA VC game
- Exit the GBA VC game
- Power off your device
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[0:] SDCARD
->gm9
->out
- Press Y on the
<TitleID>.gbavc.sav
file you wish to restore to copy it - Press B to return to the main menu
- Navigate to
[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL
- Press A on
agbsave.bin
to select it - Select AGBSAVE options…
- Select Inject GBA VC save
- Press A to continue
- Press Start to reboot your device
- Launch the GBA VC game
- Exit the GBA VC game
Encrypting / Decrypting a CIA file
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For organizational purposes, copy each .cia file you wish to encrypt / decrypt to the /cias/ folder on your SD card |
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[0:] SDCARD
->cias
- Press A on the
.cia
file to select it, then select CIA image options… - Select the option to perform the desired function:
- Encrypt to 0:/gm9/out: Create an encrypted copy of the selected
.cia
file in the/gm9/out/
folder on your SD card - Decrypt to 0:/gm9/out: Create a decrypted copy of the selected
.cia
file in the/gm9/out/
folder on your SD card - Encrypt inplace: Replace the selected
.cia
file with an encrypted version - Decrypt inplace: Replace the selected
.cia
file with a decrypted version
- Encrypt to 0:/gm9/out: Create an encrypted copy of the selected
- Your encrypted / decrypted
.cia
will be outputted to the desired location