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### Required Reading

This is an add-on section for moving the contents of a previous EmuNAND to your new SysNAND CFW, then removing the old EmuNAND partition. Note that the terms EmuNAND and RedNAND refer to slightly different implementations of [the same concept](http://3dbrew.org/wiki/NAND_Redirection).

Note that if you have any payload files other than `GodMode9.firm` in the `/luma/payloads/` folder on your SD card, holding (Start) on boot will display a "chainloader menu" where you will have to use the D-Pad and the (A) button to select "GodMode9" for these instructions.

You MUST have already installed Luma3DS and boot9strap to use this.
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### What You Need

* An existing EmuNAND
* The latest release of [GodMode9](https://github.com/d0k3/GodMode9/releases/latest)
* The latest release of [FBI](https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/releases/latest)

### Instructions

#### Section I - Prep Work

1. Power off your device
1. Insert your SD card into your computer
1. Copy `GodMode9.firm` from the GodMode9 `.zip` to the `/luma/payloads/` folder on your SD card
1. Copy the `gm9` folder from the GodMode9 `.zip` to the root of your SD card
1. Reinsert your SD card into your device

#### Section II - Backup SysNAND DSiWare Saves

If you do not have any DSiWare games or saves that you care about, skip this section.
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1. Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot
1. If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press (A) to do so, then press (A) to continue once it has been completed
1. If you are prompted to fix the RTC date&time, press (A) to do so, then set the date and time, then press (A) to continue
  + Note that, if you had to fix the RTC date and time, you will have to fix the time in the System Settings as well after this guide
1. Navigate to `[2:] SYSNAND TWLN` -> `title`
1. Hold (R) and press (A) at the same time on `00030004` to select the folder, then select "Copy to 0:/gm9/out"
  + This process may take some time if you have many DSiWare games
1. Press (B) twice to return to the main menu

#### Section III - Backup GBA VC Saves

If you do not have any GBA VC games or saves that you care about, skip this section.
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Note that this is not necessary for any other kind of Virtual Console games (GBC, NES, etc)
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The game will be outputted to the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card with the name `<TitleID>.gbavc.sav`.
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To identify a `<TitleID>.gbavc.sav` file's Title ID, you can get a listing of all games on the system and their corresponding Title IDs by hovering over `[A:] SYSNAND SD`, holding (R) and pressing (A) at the same time, then selecting "Search for titles".
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1. Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to back up the save for:
  + Launch the GBA VC game
  + Exit the GBA VC game
  + Boot your device while holding (Start) to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu
  + Launch GodMode9 by pressing (A)
  + Navigate to `[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL`
  + Press (A) on `agbsave.bin` to select it
  + Select "AGBSAVE options..."
  + Select "Dump GBA VC save"
  + Press (A) to continue
  + Press (Start) to reboot your device

#### Section IV - Copy EmuNAND to SysNAND

1. Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot
1. Navigate to `[E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL`
1. Press (A) on `nand.bin` to select it, then select "NAND image options...", then select "Restore SysNAND (safe)"
1. Press (A) to unlock SysNAND overwriting, then input the key combo given
  + This will not overwrite your boot9strap installation
1. Input the key combo given to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing
  + This process will take some time
1. Once it has been completed, press (A) to continue
1. Press (B) to decline relocking write permissions if prompted
1. Press (B) to return to the main menu

#### Section V - Restore DSiWare Saves

If you did not backup DSiWare Saves earlier, skip this section.
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1. Navigate to `[0:] SDCARD` -> `gm9` -> `out`
1. Press (Y) on the `00030004` folder to copy it
1. Press (B) twice to return to the main menu
1. Navigate to `[2:] SYSNAND TWLN` -> `title`
1. Press (Y) to paste the `00030004` folder
1. Select "Copy path(s)"
1. Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
1. Select "Overwrite file(s)"
  + This process may take some time if you have many DSiWare games
1. Press (B) to decline relocking write permissions if prompted
1. Press (B) twice to return to the main menu

#### Section VI - Restore GBA VC Saves

If you did not backup GBA VC Saves earlier, skip this section.
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To identify a `<TitleID>.gbavc.sav` file's Title ID, you can get a listing of all games on the system and their corresponding Title IDs by holding (R) and pressing (A) on the GodeMode9 main menu, then selecting "Search for titles".
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1. Hold (R) and press (Start) at the same time to power off your device
1. Power on your device into SysNAND
1. Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to restore the save for:
  + Launch the GBA VC game
  + Exit the GBA VC game
  + Boot your device while holding (Start) to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu
  + Launch GodMode9 by pressing (A)
  + Navigate to `[0:] SDCARD` -> `gm9`
  + Press (Y) on the `<TitleID>.gbavc.sav` file you wish to restore to copy it
  + Press (B) to return to the main menu
  + Navigate to `[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL`
  + Press (A) on `agbsave.bin` to select it
  + Select "AGBSAVE options..."
  + Select "Inject GBA VC save"
  + Press (A) to continue
  + Press (Start) to reboot your device
  + Launch the GBA VC game
  + Exit the GBA VC game
1. Launch GodMode9 by holding (Start) during boot

#### Section VII - Backup SysNAND

1. Press (Home) to bring up the action menu
1. Select "Scripts..."
1. Select "GM9Megascript"
1. Select "Backup Options"
1. Select "SysNAND Backup"
1. 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
1. Press (A) to continue
1. Press (B) to return to the main menu
1. Select "Exit"
1. Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted
1. Hold (R) and press (B) at the same time to eject your SD card
1. Insert your SD card into your computer
1. Copy `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_###.bin` and `essential.exefs` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer
  + Make backups in multiple locations (such as online file storage)
  + These backups will save you from a brick and/or help you recover files from the NAND image if anything goes wrong in the future
1. Delete `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_###.bin` and `<date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_###.bin.sha` from the `/gm9/out/` folder on your SD card after copying it
1. **Backup every file on your SD card to a folder on your computer; all files will be deleted in the following steps**

#### Section VIII - Format SD card

1. Reinsert your SD card into your device
1. Press (Home) to bring up the action menu
1. Select "More..."
1. Select "SD format menu"
1. Press (A) to confirm
1. Select "No EmuNAND"
1. Select "Auto"
1. Press (A) to accept the label `GM9SD`
  + Optionally, you may input a custom name for the SD card
1. When prompted, input the key combo given to confirm
1. Hold (R) and press (B) at the same time to eject your SD card
1. Insert your SD card into your computer
1. Copy all your files back to your SD card
  + Ensure you replace the `boot.firm` file on your SD card with the one from your backup
1. Reinsert your SD card into your device
1. Press (A) to remount your SD card
1. Press (Start) to reboot
1. If you get a black screen, [follow this troubleshooting guide](troubleshooting#ts_sys_down)

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