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Required Reading

This page installs an 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image to your device to recover its system software.

Note that if you have any payload files other than GodMode9.firm in the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card, holding Start on boot will display a “chainloader menu” where you will have to use the D-Pad Up, D-Pad Down, and A buttons to select GodMode9.firm for these instructions.

You cannot do this guide without having installed Luma3DS and boot9strap first. If you have not done so, start from this page.

Performing a CTRTransfer may break extended memory mode games (Monster Hunter, Super Smash Bros, Pokemon Sun/Moon) on Old 3DS/2DS devices. If this occurs, you will need to format the device (using TinyFormat or System Settings) to fix the issue.

What You Need

The latest release of GodMode9 (the GodMode9 .zip file)
The latest release of FBI (the .3dsx file)
The latest release of faketik (the .3dsx file)
The latest release of ctrtransfer.gm9 (right click, save link as)
The 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image for your device and region (if your device is not from one of these regions, just pick one that matches your device model):

To download from the following magnet links, you need a torrent client installed. The two recommended clients for this are qBittorrent and Deluge.

New 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - EUR - CTRTransfer

New 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - JPN - CTRTransfer

New 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - KOR - CTRTransfer

New 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - USA - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - CHN - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - EUR - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - JPN - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - KOR - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - TWN - CTRTransfer

Old 3DS or 2DS - 11.15.0 - USA - CTRTransfer

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

Power off your device
Insert your SD card into your computer
Create a folder named 3ds on the root of your SD card if it does not already exist
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
Create a folder named in in the /gm9/ folder if it does not already exist
Copy the 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image .bin and .bin.sha files from the CTRTransfer .zip to the /gm9/in/ folder on your SD card
Copy ctrtransfer.gm9 to the /gm9/scripts/ folder on your SD card
Copy FBI.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
Copy faketik.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
Reinsert your SD card into your device

Section II - NAND Backup

Press and hold START, and while holding START, power on your console. This will launch GodMode9.
If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press A to do so, then press A to continue once it is completed
If you are prompted to fix the RTC date&time, press A to do so, then set the date and time, then press A to continue
- Note that, if you had to fix the RTC date and time, you will also have to go into System Settings and fix the time there after finishing this guide
Press HOME to bring up the action menu
Select Scripts…
Select GM9Megascript
Select Backup Options
Select SysNAND Backup
Press A to confirm
- This process will take some time
- If you get an error, look for your issue in the troubleshooting guide
Press A to continue
Press B to return to the main menu
Select Exit
Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
Navigate to [S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL
Press A on essential.exefs to select it
Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
- If you see “Destination already exists”, press A on “Overwrite file(s)”
Press A to continue
Hold R and press START at the same time to power off your console
Insert your SD card into your computer
Copy <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin, <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha, and essential.exefs from the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer
- Copy these backups to multiple locations (such as online file storage, an external hard drive, etc.)
- These backups will save you from a brick and/or help you recover files from the NAND image if anything goes wrong in the future
Delete <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin and <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha from the /gm9/out/ folder on your SD card after copying it
- The other backup files are negligible in size and may be kept on your SD card for ease of access
Reinsert your SD card into your console

Section III - CTRTransfer

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 Scripts...
Select ctrtransfer
Select your downloaded CTRTransfer image
The script will calculate the hash of your image to make sure it's valid
Once the checks are completed, press A to continue
Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl2) writing, then input the key combo given
Once the transfer is completed, press A to continue
Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
Press Start to reboot your console
Update your device by going to System Settings, then Other Settings, then going all the way to the right and pressing System Update
- Updates while using B9S + Luma (what you have) are safe
- If this gives you an error, set your DNS settings to auto in Internet Settings

Section IV - Launching FBI

Launch the Download Play application
Press L + D-Pad Down + Select at the same time to open the Rosalina menu
Select Miscellaneous options
Select Switch the hb. title to the current app.
Press B to continue
Press B to return to the Rosalina main menu
Press B to exit the Rosalina menu
Press HOME, then close Download Play
Launch the Download Play application
Your device should load the Homebrew Launcher

Section V - Reinstalling Tickets

If the script found no user tickets and told you to skip this section, you can skip this section.

Launch FBI from the list of homebrew
Select SD
Select gm9
Select out
Select ctrtransfer_tickets
Do the following process for either the eshop folder, unknown folder, or both
- Navigate to the folder
- Select <current directory>
- Select Install and delete all tickets
- Wait. The system may appear to freeze, just give it time.
- Press A to confirm
- Press B to decline installing tickets from CDN.
Press HOME to exit FBI
Re-open the Homebrew Launcher, either through the Homebrew Launcher icon on the HOME Menu or by re-following Section IV of this page
Launch faketik from the list of homebrew
Once faketik has finished processing, press (Start) to exit faketik

Section VI - Delete system config savedata

This section will reset your system configuration to its defaults. Installed games and their save data will not be affected. This is necessary to prevent known issues relating to extended memory mode and applets on some devices.

This process will reset your Mii data. If you wish to save any Miis that you have created, either generate a QR code for each Mii that you want to save, or make a backup of SYSNAND CTRNAND:/data/<ID0>/extdata/00048000/f000000b before following these instructions. You can restore this file to the same directory after your console has gone through initial setup.

Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
Navigate to [0:] SDCARD -> gm9 -> in
Press X on the CTRTransfer .bin file to delete it
Press A to confirm
Press B a few times to go back to the main menu
Navigate to [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND -> data -> <ID0> -> sysdata
- The <ID0> will be a folder with a 32 character length random-looking name. You may recognize this from Seedminer, if you used that method
Use the D-Pad to highlight 00010017
Press R+A to bring up the folder options
Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
Press A to continue
While still highlighting 00010017, press X to delete it
Press A to confirm
Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl2) writing, then input the key combo given
Once the file has been deleted, press A to continue
Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
Press START to reboot your device
Your device will load into the initial setup menu
- This is expected behaviour. You have not lost any of your game data
Complete the initial setup menu by following the prompts on your device's screen

Continue to Finalizing Setup

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 *The latest release of [https://github.com/lifehackerhansol/FBI/releases/latest FBI] (the <code>.3dsx</code> file)
 *The latest release of [https://github.com/ihaveamac/faketik/releases/tag/v1.1.2 faketik] (the <code>.3dsx</code> file)
+*The latest release of [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nh-server/scripts/refs/heads/main/3DS/ctrtransfer.gm9 ctrtransfer.gm9] (right click, save link as)
 *The 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image for your device and region (if your device is not from one of these regions, just pick one that matches your device model):
 {{info|To download from the following [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme magnet] links, you need a torrent client installed. The two recommended clients for this are [https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php qBittorrent] and [https://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Download Deluge].}}
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 # Copy <code>GodMode9.firm</code> from the GodMode9 <code>.zip</code> to the <code>/luma/payloads/</code> folder on your SD card
 # Copy the <code>gm9</code> folder from the GodMode9 <code>.zip</code> to the root of your SD card
-# Copy the 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image <code>.bin</code> from the CTRTransfer <code>.zip</code> to the <code>/gm9/</code> folder on your SD card
+# Create a folder named <code>in</code> in the <code>/gm9/</code> folder if it does not already exist
+# Copy the 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image <code>.bin</code> and <code>.bin.sha</code> files from the CTRTransfer <code>.zip</code> to the <code>/gm9/in/</code> folder on your SD card
+# Copy <code>ctrtransfer.gm9</code> to the <code>/gm9/scripts/</code> folder on your SD card
 # Copy <code>FBI.3dsx</code> to the <code>/3ds/</code> folder on your SD card
 # Copy <code>faketik.3dsx</code> to the <code>/3ds/</code> folder on your SD card
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 #Press and hold {{B|START}}, and while holding {{B|START}}, power on your console. This will launch GodMode9.
+#If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press {{B|A}} to do so, then press {{B|A}} to continue once it is completed
+#If you are prompted to fix the RTC date&time, press {{B|A}} to do so, then set the date and time, then press {{B|A}} to continue
+#*Note that, if you had to fix the RTC date and time, you will also have to go into System Settings and fix the time there after finishing this guide
 #Press {{B|HOME}} to bring up the action menu
 #Select '''Scripts…'''
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 ===Section III - CTRTransfer===
-#Press and hold {{B|Start}}, and while holding {{B|Start}}, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
+#Press and hold {{B|Start}}, and while holding {{B|Start}}, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9.
-#If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press {{B|A}} to do so, then press {{B|A}} to continue once it is completed
+#Press {{B|HOME}} to bring up the action menu
-#If you are prompted to fix the RTC date&time, press {{B|A}} to do so, then set the date and time, then press {{B|A}} to continue
+#Select '''Scripts...'''
-#*Note that, if you had to fix the RTC date and time, you will also have to go into System Settings and fix the time there after finishing this guide
+#Select '''ctrtransfer'''
-#Navigate to <code>[0:] SDCARD</code> -> <code>gm9</code>
+#Select your downloaded CTRTransfer image
-#Press {{B|A}} on the CTRTransfer <code>.bin</code> to select it
+#The script will calculate the hash of your image to make sure it's valid
-#Select '''CTRNAND options…'''
+#Once the checks are completed, press {{B|A}} to continue
-#Select '''Transfer image to CTRNAND'''
+#Press {{B|A}} to unlock SysNAND (lvl2) writing, then input the key combo given
-#If prompted, select '''Transfer to SysNAND'''
-#*This prompt will only appear if you have an EmuNAND
-#Press {{B|A}} to '''unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing''', then input the key combo given
-#*This process will take some time
 #Once the transfer is completed, press {{B|A}} to continue
-#Press {{B|B}} to decline relocking write permissions if prompted
-#Press {{B|B}} twice to return to the main menu
-#Press {{B|HOME}} to bring up the action menu
-#Select '''Scripts…'''
-#Select '''GM9Megascript'''
-#Select '''Scripts from Plailect<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Guide'''
-#Select '''CTRTransfer Ticket Copy'''
-#When prompted, press {{B|A}} to proceed
-#Press {{B|A}} to continue
-#Press {{B|B}} to return to the main menu
-#Select '''Exit'''
 #Press {{B|A}} to relock write permissions if prompted
-#Press {{B|Start}} to reboot your device
+#Press {{B|Start}} to reboot your console
 #Update your device by going to System Settings, then '''Other Settings''', then going all the way to the right and pressing '''System Update'''
 #*Updates while using B9S + Luma (what you have) are safe
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 ===Section V - Reinstalling Tickets===
-{{info|If the script from '''Section II''' found no user tickets and told you to skip this section, you can skip this section.}}
+{{info|If the script found no user tickets and told you to skip this section, you can skip this section.}}
 #Launch FBI from the list of homebrew
 #Select <code>SD</code>
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 #*Press {{B|B}} to decline installing tickets from CDN.
 #Press {{B|HOME}} to exit FBI
-#Re-open the Homebrew Launcher, either through the Homebrew Launcher icon on the HOME Menu or by re-following Section III of this page
+#Re-open the Homebrew Launcher, either through the Homebrew Launcher icon on the HOME Menu or by re-following Section IV of this page
 #Launch faketik from the list of homebrew
 #Once faketik has finished processing, press (Start) to exit faketik
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 This section will reset your system configuration to its defaults. Installed games and their save data will not be affected. This is necessary to prevent known issues relating to extended memory mode and applets on some devices.
+{{warning|text=This process will reset your Mii data. If you wish to save any Miis that you have created, either [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/298/~/how-to-generate-a-qr-code%E2%84%A2-for-a-mii generate a QR code] for each Mii that you want to save, or make a backup of <code>SYSNAND CTRNAND:/data/<ID0>/extdata/00048000/f000000b</code> before following these instructions. You can restore this file to the same directory after your console has gone through initial setup.}}
 #Press and hold {{B|Start}}, and while holding {{B|Start}}, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
-#Navigate to <code>[0:] SDCARD</code> -> <code>gm9</code>
+#Navigate to <code>[0:] SDCARD</code> -> <code>gm9</code> -> <code>in</code>
 # Press {{B|X}} on the CTRTransfer <code>.bin</code> file to delete it
 # Press {{B|A}} to confirm