Hacking help getting nintendogs back

[cillanoodle]

A few years ago, I had to switch to a new 3ds by calling Nintendo cuz a repairman messed my old one up. I knew I was going to lose data, but was still very upset to see that my pupper and kitties were gone. I had backed up all the files that were on the SD card at the time cuz I hoped there might be a way to one day use it. So, my question is this: Can I use my old save data and somehow resurrect my babies on my newly hacked 3ds?

 

[BigOnYa]

https://github.com/BernardoGiordano/Checkpoint/releases

 

[cillanoodle]

how does one install a nro? sorry, im very new to this.

 

[BigOnYa]

 

[Kwyjor]

I had to switch to a new 3ds by calling Nintendo cuz a repairman messed my old one up. I knew I was going to lose data, but was still very upset to see that my pupper and kitties were gone. I had backed up all the files that were on the SD card at the time cuz I hoped there might be a way to one day use it. So, my question is this: Can I use my old save data and somehow resurrect my babies on my newly hacked 3ds?

Your SD card backup is encrypted with a key unique to your old 3DS. Unless you made Checkpoint backups (which are decrypted) when you had your old 3DS, your backup is useless and Checkpoint will not help.

You might be able to decrypt files in your old backup, but only if you have your encryption key. You might have this if you installed CFW on your old unit. Otherwise, you will either need a Mii QR code generated on your old unit, or you will need to run homebrew on a different unit that exchanged Friend codes with your old unit.

 

[cillanoodle]

Your SD card backup is encrypted with a key unique to your old 3DS. Unless you made Checkpoint backups (which are decrypted) when you had your old 3DS, your backup is useless and Checkpoint will not help.

You might be able to decrypt files in your old backup, but only if you have your encryption key. You might have this if you installed CFW on your old unit. Otherwise, you will either need a Mii QR code generated on your old unit, or you will need to run homebrew on a different unit that exchanged Friend codes with your old unit.

thank you so much for the info! I'm pretty sure I may have old Mii qr codes. I'll have to check my files. if I do have some, what do I do?

 

[Kwyjor]

You will need to mine your seed using "Mii mining". This used to be in https://3ds.guide but I guess it was removed on account of being redundant. If your PC hardware is insufficiently powerful then you might be able to find help in the Discord.

Once you get your encryption key, you can use threeSD to decrypt your save data. Be sure to read at least the first few posts in the thread.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/restore-save-data-from-dead-3ds-2ds.606907/

 

[cillanoodle]

ok, so I found my old mii qr codes and I tried to do the seedminer thing. there were 5 folders in the Nintendo 3ds folder and when I went to the help section on multiple folders in the seedminer instructions you posted, it only gave me instructions for if you still have the console and it's working.
so I put the number of the first folder in and I waited for a very long time. like, I fell asleep on the couch and woke up in the morning and there was still no movable . sed file.
so I closed that one and tried again with the second folder's numbers and now I have 2 new files: movable_part1 . sed and movable_part1 , sed , backup. What do I do? how do I get part 2, if I can? or did I mess up somehow?

 

[Kwyjor]

or did I mess up somehow?

You read the link, didn't you? You're not supposed to have a movable_part1.sed; you're supposed to have a movable.sed. Evidently you need to try one of the other numbers.

 

[cillanoodle]

ok, I'll try again

edit: I have tried all the folder's numbers and they all give me movable_part1. i am so frustrated

 

[Kwyjor]

Is the script providing any kind of error messages when it finishes? Also, are you sure you are using the ID0 and not the ID1?

Also, did you do all the steps, including Step 7?