3DS:CTRTransfer

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 2DSOld 3DS or 2DS

• 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

1. Power off your device
2. Insert your SD card into your computer
3. Create a folder named 3ds on the root of your SD card if it does not already exist
4. Copy GodMode9.firm from the GodMode9 .zip to the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card
5. Copy the gm9 folder from the GodMode9 .zip to the root of your SD card
6. Create a folder named in in the /gm9/ folder if it does not already exist
7. 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
8. Copy ctrtransfer.gm9 to the /gm9/scripts/ folder on your SD card
9. Copy FBI.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
10. Copy faketik.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
11. Reinsert your SD card into your device

Section II - NAND Backup

1. Press and hold START, and while holding START, power on your console. This will launch GodMode9.
2. If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press A to do so, then press A to continue once it is completed
3. 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
4. Press HOME to bring up the action menu
5. Select Scripts…
6. Select GM9Megascript
7. Select Backup Options
8. Select SysNAND Backup
9. Press A to confirm
   • This process will take some time
   • If you get an error, look for your issue in the troubleshooting guide
10. Press A to continue
11. Press B to return to the main menu
12. Select Exit
13. Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
14. Navigate to [S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL
15. Press A on essential.exefs to select it
16. Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
    • If you see “Destination already exists”, press A on “Overwrite file(s)”
17. Press A to continue
18. Hold R and press START at the same time to power off your console
19. Insert your SD card into your computer
20. 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
21. 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
22. Reinsert your SD card into your console

Section III - CTRTransfer

1. Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9.
2. Press HOME to bring up the action menu
3. Select Scripts...
4. Select ctrtransfer
5. Select your downloaded CTRTransfer image
6. The script will calculate the hash of your image to make sure it's valid
7. Once the checks are completed, press A to continue
8. Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl2) writing, then input the key combo given
9. Once the transfer is completed, press A to continue
10. Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
11. Press Start to reboot your console
12. 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

1. Launch the Download Play application
2. Press L + D-Pad Down + Select at the same time to open the Rosalina menu
3. Select Miscellaneous options
4. Select Switch the hb. title to the current app.
5. Press B to continue
6. Press B to return to the Rosalina main menu
7. Press B to exit the Rosalina menu
8. Press HOME, then close Download Play
9. Launch the Download Play application
10. 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.

1. Launch FBI from the list of homebrew
2. Select SD
3. Select gm9
4. Select out
5. Select ctrtransfer_tickets
6. 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.
7. Press HOME to exit FBI
8. Re-open the Homebrew Launcher, either through the Homebrew Launcher icon on the HOME Menu or by re-following Section IV of this page
9. Launch faketik from the list of homebrew
10. 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.

1. Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
2. Navigate to [0:] SDCARD -> gm9 -> in
3. Press X on the CTRTransfer .bin file to delete it
4. Press A to confirm
5. Press B a few times to go back to the main menu
6. 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
7. Use the D-Pad to highlight 00010017
8. Press R+A to bring up the folder options
9. Select Copy to 0:/gm9/out
10. Press A to continue
11. While still highlighting 00010017, press X to delete it
12. Press A to confirm
13. Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl2) writing, then input the key combo given
14. Once the file has been deleted, press A to continue
15. Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
16. Press START to reboot your device
17. Your device will load into the initial setup menu
    • This is expected behaviour. You have not lost any of your game data
18. Complete the initial setup menu by following the prompts on your device's screen

Continue to Finalizing Setup