Hacking Questions about modding my 2DS with CFW and if I can keep using Pokémon Home

[PorkBunFun]

I have a few questions concerning my 2DS and applications after installing CFW.

To be more specific, the main question I have is that I currently have an unmodded 2DS with Pokémon Home on it. If I was to mod my 2DS with CFW, would I still be able to use home as I can now or would the app be gone?

This may be a stupid question but it's one I want to ask nonetheless. I am only considering this as my cart for Pokémon Omega Ruby stopped working and I cannot afford to replace it so I was hoping to add a .cia version to my system and use that version for my Home collection.

Another question I have is that would I be able to still use my working Pokémon cartridges on the DS/3DS in Pokémon Bank with a CFW 2DS alongside the .cia version of Omega Ruby?

 

[The Catboy]

You can still use home with a modded 3DS and even with CIA installed Pokemon games.
The CIA games will work alongside the carts but I do believe they will still use the same save file.

 

[Hayato213]

Don't confuse pokemon home with pokemon bank.

 

[PorkBunFun]

Don't confuse pokemon home with pokemon bank.

Apologies, I've been flipping between the two for the last couple weeks as I fill up my national dex so the names have kinda just fused together in my head aha

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You can still use home with a modded 3DS and even with CIA installed Pokemon games.
The CIA games will work alongside the carts but I do believe they will still use the same save file.

So if I installed CFW onto my 2ds Pokémon Bank will still be there to use?

 

[Kwyjor]

The CIA games will work alongside the carts but I do believe they will still use the same save file.

Carts store their save data on the cartridge, generally. That is the purpose of Nintendo's Save Data Transfer Tool, though of course that is not necessary with CFW.

 

[The Catboy]

Apologies, I've been flipping between the two for the last couple weeks as I fill up my national dex so the names have kinda just fused together in my head aha

Post automatically merged: Apr 22, 2023

So if I installed CFW onto my 2ds Pokémon Bank will still be there to use?

Yes and will work as if you didn’t hack your system

 

[PorkBunFun]

Yes and will work as if you didn’t hack your system

Thank you so much for the help

 

[QuarterOfTen]

The CFW you'd likely be installing (Luma) just adds some new features, workarounds and shortcuts to the OS, as well as allows custom apps/CIAs to be loaded. As long as you don't delete anything and follow the instructions properly (ie. don't brick your system), everything will look the same as stock with the exception of a few new apps. One of those new apps, Checkpoint, can import/export data from carts and installed titles, so theoretically you could back up your Omega Ruby save provided it's functional enough that Checkpoint can read it.