3DS:System Transfer/Target has CFW

The system transfer process is mostly the same as it would be done without CFW on either device, but you will need to use faketik at the end to restore any applications and games that did not come from the eShop.

If the target console does not already have CFW, follow this guide instead.

What You Need

• The latest release of GodMode9 (the GodMode9 .zip file)
• The latest release of faketik (the .3dsx file)

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

• For both consoles, perform the following steps:
  1. Power off your device
  2. Insert your SD card into your computer
  3. Copy GodMode9.firm from the GodMode9 .zip to the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card
  4. Copy the gm9 folder from the GodMode9 .zip to the root of your SD card
• Reinsert both SD cards into their respective consoles

Section II - NAND Backup

Creating a NAND backup of both consoles is a good idea in case something goes wrong. It ensures you can recover your data in the event of an error.

• For both consoles, perform the following steps:
  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 "GM9Megascript"
  5. Select "Backup Options"
  6. Select "SysNAND Backup"
  7. Press A to confirm
     • This process will take some time
     • If you get an error, make sure that you have at least 1.3GB of free space on your SD card
  8. Press A to continue
  9. Press B to return to the main menu
  10. Select "Exit"
  11. Press A to relock write permissions if prompted
  12. Press and hold R, then press Start to power off your device
  13. Insert the console's SD card into your computer
  14. Copy <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_00.bin and <date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_00.bin.sha from /gm9/out to a safe place on your computer, then delete both files from the SD card
  15. Reinsert the SD card into its console

Section III - System Transfer

1. Perform the system transfer as usual. If at all possible, choose a "PC-Based Transfer"
   • If you cannot follow a PC-Based Transfer and must instead use a Wireless Transfer, be aware that with this method, homebrew software, cartridge dumps, and any other data only obtainable with CFW will not be transferred over.
     If you choose a Wireless Transfer anyway, you will need to take extra steps to move over the lost data.Select "Do not delete" during the transfer to preserve all data on the source system, or else you will have to reobtain all lost data again by hand.

Next Steps - Branching of the Way

Were you able to perform a PC-Based Transfer in Section III?

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The source console is finished. The following steps should only be performed on the target console.

Section IV - Homebrew Launcher

1. Launch the Download Play application
2. Wait until you see the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS buttons
3. Press L + D-PAD DOWN + SELECT at the same time to open the Rosalina menu
4. Select "Miscellaneous options"
5. Select "Switch the hb. title to the current app."
6. Press B to continue
7. Press B to return to the Rosalina main menu
8. Press B to exit the Rosalina menu
9. Press HOME, then close Download Play
10. Launch the Download Play application
11. Your device should load the Homebrew Launcher

Section V - faketik

1. Launch faketik from the list of homebrew
   • If you receive the error "The External Title Database is not available.", ensure that the correct SD card is inserted into the console
2. Press HOME, then close Download Play

The transfer is complete! Note that you may have to unwrap all the icons that were restored by faketik.

Section IV - Homebrew File Recovery

This section will have you manually copy all homebrew files onto the target console, as wireless transfers actively refuse them.

1. On the target console, note all apps that should have appeared but are missing
2. Insert the source console's SD card into your PC, and copy the homebrew data off of it and onto your PC
   • Everything except the Nintendo 3DS and DCIM folders is considered homebrew data
3. Take out the source console's SD card but leave it out of its console, and insert the target console's SD card into your PC
4. Move all of the files you copied off of the source console's SD card onto the target console's SD card
5. Reinsert the target console's SD card into its console
6. Redo Finalizing Setup on the target console. This will ensure you have backups available in case the next section goes wrong

Section V - Homebrew App Recovery

This section will restore all games/savedata that the wireless transfer refused to copy.

1. Insert the source console's SD card into your PC and mount its Nintendo 3DS folder using ninfs
2. Copy all games/savedata that were not transferred onto the target console onto somewhere on your PC
3. Unmount the source console's Nintendo 3DS folder and reinsert its SD card into its console, then insert the target console's SD card into your PC
4. Mount the target console's Nintendo 3DS folder in ninfs, and add all obtained games/savedata into the existing contents
5. Unmount the Nintendo 3DS folder, but keep the target console's SD card inserted - rebuild title.db to force all the new apps to appear
6. Reinsert the target console's SD card into its console

The transfer is complete! Note that you may have to unwrap all the icons that were restored.