User:Chalenged/sandbox

This guide is intended for consoles that are mostly nonfunctional as a means to recover essential files, such as the movable and NAND backup, for the purposes of a Movable Moveover, donating for future SOAP transfers, or recovering data. If your 3DS can still run GodMode9, see GodeMode9 Usage instead.

What You Need

• The latest release of 3ds essential dumper (the 3ds_essential_dumper.firm file)

Section 1 Prep Work

1. Power off your console
2. Insert your SD card into your computer
3. Rename boot.firm to luma.firm, if it exists
4. Copy 3ds_essential_dumper.firm to the root of your SD card
5. Rename 3ds_essential_dumper.firm to boot.firm
6. Reinsert your SD card into your console

Section II: Essential File Dumper

Ensure your SD card has at least 1.3GB of free space if you plan on doing a NAND backup

1. Power on your console
2. When the Power LED flashes red, press A to dump the NAND
   • If you do not need a NAND dump from the console, press B instead
3. Wait for the console to turn off. If dumping the NAND, this can take over 30 minutes
4. Insert your SD card into your computer
5. Your dumped files will be in /edump/ on the SD card