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.
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You cannot do this guide without having installed Luma3DS and boot9strap first. If you have not done so, start from this page. |
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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 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):
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To download from the following magnet links, you need a torrent client installed. The two recommended clients for this are qBittorrent and Deluge. |
Instructions
Section 1 - Prep Work
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Create a folder named
3dson the root of your SD card if it does not already exist - Copy
GodMode9.firmfrom the GodMode9.zipto the/luma/payloads/folder on your SD card - Copy the
gm9folder from the GodMode9.zipto the root of your SD card - Copy the 11.15.0 CTRTransfer image
.binfrom the CTRTransfer.zipto the/gm9/folder on your SD card - Copy
FBI.3dsxto the/3ds/folder on your SD card - Reinsert your SD card into your device
Section II - CTRTransfer
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. 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
- Navigate to
[0:] SDCARD->gm9 - Press A on the CTRTransfer
.binto select it - Select CTRNAND options…
- Select Transfer image to CTRNAND
- If prompted, select Transfer to SysNAND
- This prompt will only appear if you have an EmuNAND
- Press A to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
- This process will take some time
- Once the transfer is completed, press A to continue
- Press B to decline relocking write permissions if prompted
- Press B twice to return to the main menu
- Press HOME to bring up the action menu
- Select Scripts…
- Select GM9Megascript
- Select Scripts from Plailect's Guide
- Select CTRTransfer Ticket Copy
- When prompted, press A to proceed
- Press A to continue
- Press B to return to the main menu
- Select Exit
- Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
- Press Start to reboot your device
- 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 III - 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 IV - Reinstalling Tickets
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If the script from Section III found no user tickets and told you to skip this section, you can skip this section. |
- Launch FBI from the list of homebrew
- Select
gm9 - Select
out - Select
ctrtransfer_tickets - Do the following process for either the
eshopfolder,unknownfolder, 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
Section V - 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.
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your device. This will launch GodMode9
- Navigate to
[0:] SDCARD->gm9 - Press X on the CTRTransfer
.binfile 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
<ID0will be a folder with a 32 character length random-looking name. You may recognize this from Seedminer, if you used that method
- The
- 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
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Continue to Finalizing Setup |