Homebrew Help with an older CFW im trying to salvage on an OLD 3DS XL and "Hourglass"

Bigbminus

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Mar 26, 2021
Messages
2
Trophies
0
Age
40
XP
33
Country
United States
I am at a loss. I have an Old 3DS that I installed CFW on a looooooooong time ago. When I hold select and press the power button it loads up Luma 6.6. I am trying to follow a guide to update this to something compatible with my current update of 11.14.

My issue is at one point the guide says to hold Start and press power and it will load and allow me to select GodMode9. However when I do this step it immediately loads up Hourglass and has a pic of of a dragon and gives me some SysNAND options of backup and restore and such.

I went into the files and I have 3 files in the Luma>Payloads folder. One is named something about safe something, another is GodMode9.firm and the other is start_hourglass.firm I searched some forums and they recommended changing the hourglass to "up" instead of "start" and adding "start" to the Godmode file. Did this and now when I hold start and press power it just boots to the normal 3ds home screen. I tried taking out the hourglass file all together and it didnt boot. I put it back in but no matter what I do I cant seem to get to this Godmode screen I see everyone using.

I even wanted to try and erase all the CFW and start fresh but the guide says I have to be in Godmode to be able to do that! lol. I am not the best with this kinda thing but if there is anything someone might have me try id be willing to follow directions intently.

Thanks for reading this I appreciate the time.
 

Shadow#1

Wii, 3DS Softmod & Dumpster Diving Expert
Member
Joined
Nov 21, 2005
Messages
12,354
Trophies
2
XP
8,032
Country
United States
I am at a loss. I have an Old 3DS that I installed CFW on a looooooooong time ago. When I hold select and press the power button it loads up Luma 6.6. I am trying to follow a guide to update this to something compatible with my current update of 11.14.

My issue is at one point the guide says to hold Start and press power and it will load and allow me to select GodMode9. However when I do this step it immediately loads up Hourglass and has a pic of of a dragon and gives me some SysNAND options of backup and restore and such.

I went into the files and I have 3 files in the Luma>Payloads folder. One is named something about safe something, another is GodMode9.firm and the other is start_hourglass.firm I searched some forums and they recommended changing the hourglass to "up" instead of "start" and adding "start" to the Godmode file. Did this and now when I hold start and press power it just boots to the normal 3ds home screen. I tried taking out the hourglass file all together and it didnt boot. I put it back in but no matter what I do I cant seem to get to this Godmode screen I see everyone using.

I even wanted to try and erase all the CFW and start fresh but the guide says I have to be in Godmode to be able to do that! lol. I am not the best with this kinda thing but if there is anything someone might have me try id be willing to follow directions intently.

Thanks for reading this I appreciate the time.
https://3ds.hacks.guide/a9lh-to-b9s
 

Bigbminus

New Member
OP
Newbie
Joined
Mar 26, 2021
Messages
2
Trophies
0
Age
40
XP
33
Country
United States
Hey I just wanted to say huge thanks this worked perfectly. I am not the most tech savy and was looking at every guide on that site except this one lol. You made my day my friend.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Shadow#1

Site & Scene News

Popular threads in this forum

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • No one is chatting at the moment.
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    hunter x hunter
  • S @ salazarcosplay:
    he has not allowed anyone to continue it for him for example
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @salazarcosplay, theres a dragon ball af mod for budokai 3
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    updated ship of harkinian, gonna install some hd texture pack
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    I might download rayman revolution for my ps3
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I may try the new ram site, and download more RAM to my Switch. Not sure if ddr3 is the right ram
    for it tho. Edit- no it uses floppy Ram, just like @AncientBoi
    +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    aeiou
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    And sometimes Z
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @K3Nv2, MAGA supporters be wearing tin foil hats lol.
    +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @SylverReZ, whats maga?
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    It stands for Maniacs Against General Acceptance
    +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, people rejecting general consensus about stuff?
    +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Yup, nuh its really just Trump followers
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, im not american so i dont care about trump
    +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    or us elections
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Me niether, us north Koreans don't care
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    good night
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    i don't care either, even if i'm american
  • BakerMan @ BakerMan:
    truth be told, i agree with psi, i dislike both candidates, but i'd probably vote trump simply because the economy was better during his presidency
  • AngryCinnabon @ AngryCinnabon:
    Just be careful, if trump ends up winning and using project 2025 America might really change...for the worse.
  • AngryCinnabon @ AngryCinnabon:
    I'm not american and even that sends shivers down my spine.
  • AngryCinnabon @ AngryCinnabon:
    anything that offers trump an opportunity to become an actual dictator
    is bad in my book, i could care less if it wasn't for that...
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Canada: America's Russia
  • NinStar @ NinStar:
    people are so dramatic that I can't even tell if they are being serious
    NinStar @ NinStar: people are so dramatic that I can't even tell if they are being serious