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itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> <meta itemprop="headline" content="Move EmuNAND"> <div class="page__inner-wrap"> <header> <h1 id="page-title" class="page__title" itemprop="headline">Move EmuNAND </h1> </header> <section class="page__content" itemprop="text"> <hr> <div class ="notice"><b>For support in English, ask for help at <a href="https://discord.gg/MWxPgEp">Nintendo Homebrew on Discord</a>.</b></div> <div class ="notice"><b>If you appreciate this guide, we accept <a href="contribute#donations">Donations</a>.</b></div> <hr> <aside class="sidebar__right"> <nav class="toc"> <header><h4 class="nav__title"><i class="fas fa-file-alt"></i> Table of Contents</h4></header> <ul class="toc__menu" id="markdown-toc"> <li><a href="#required-reading" id="markdown-toc-required-reading">Required Reading</a></li> <li><a href="#what-you-need" id="markdown-toc-what-you-need">What You Need</a></li> <li><a href="#instructions" id="markdown-toc-instructions">Instructions</a> <ul> <li><a href="#section-i---prep-work" id="markdown-toc-section-i---prep-work">Section I - Prep Work</a></li> <li><a href="#section-ii---backup-sysnand-dsiware-saves" id="markdown-toc-section-ii---backup-sysnand-dsiware-saves">Section II - Backup SysNAND DSiWare Saves</a></li> <li><a href="#section-iii---backup-gba-vc-saves" id="markdown-toc-section-iii---backup-gba-vc-saves">Section III - Backup GBA VC Saves</a></li> <li><a href="#section-iv---copy-emunand-to-sysnand" id="markdown-toc-section-iv---copy-emunand-to-sysnand">Section IV - Copy EmuNAND to SysNAND</a></li> <li><a href="#section-v---restore-dsiware-saves" id="markdown-toc-section-v---restore-dsiware-saves">Section V - Restore DSiWare Saves</a></li> <li><a href="#section-vi---restore-gba-vc-saves" id="markdown-toc-section-vi---restore-gba-vc-saves">Section VI - Restore GBA VC Saves</a></li> <li><a href="#section-vii---backup-sysnand" id="markdown-toc-section-vii---backup-sysnand">Section VII - Backup SysNAND</a></li> <li><a href="#section-viii---format-sd-card" id="markdown-toc-section-viii---format-sd-card">Section VIII - Format SD card</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="#return-to-finalizing-setup" id="markdown-toc-return-to-finalizing-setup">Return to Finalizing Setup.</a></li> </ul> </nav> </aside> <h3 id="required-reading">Required Reading</h3> <p>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 <a href="http://3dbrew.org/wiki/NAND_Redirection">the same concept</a>.</p> <p>Note that if you have any payload files other than <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">GodMode9.firm</code> in the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/luma/payloads/</code> 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.</p> <p class="notice--danger">You MUST have already installed Luma3DS and boot9strap to use this.</p> <h3 id="what-you-need">What You Need</h3> <ul> <li>An existing EmuNAND</li> <li>The latest release of <a href="https://github.com/d0k3/GodMode9/releases/latest">GodMode9</a></li> <li>The latest release of <a href="https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/releases/latest">FBI</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="instructions">Instructions</h3> <h4 id="section-i---prep-work">Section I - Prep Work</h4> <ol> <li>Power off your device</li> <li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li> <li>Copy <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">GodMode9.firm</code> from the GodMode9 <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/luma/payloads/</code> folder on your SD card</li> <li>Copy the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gm9</code> folder from the GodMode9 <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card</li> <li>Reinsert your SD card into your device</li> </ol> <h4 id="section-ii---backup-sysnand-dsiware-saves">Section II - Backup SysNAND DSiWare Saves</h4> <p class="notice--info">If you do not have any DSiWare games or saves that you care about, skip this section.</p> <ol> <li>Press and hold (Start), and while holding (Start), power on your device. This will launch GodMode9</li> <li>If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press (A) to do so, then press (A) to continue once it is completed</li> <li>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 <ul> <li>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</li> </ul> </li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[2:] SYSNAND TWLN</code> -> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">title</code></li> <li>Hold (R) and press (A) at the same time on <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">00030004</code> to select the folder, then select “Copy to 0:/gm9/out” <ul> <li>This process may take some time if you have many DSiWare games</li> </ul> </li> <li>Press (B) twice to return to the main menu</li> </ol> <h4 id="section-iii---backup-gba-vc-saves">Section III - Backup GBA VC Saves</h4> <p class="notice--info">If you do not have any GBA VC games or saves that you care about, skip this section.</p> <p class="notice--info">Note that this is not necessary for any other kind of Virtual Console games (GBC, NES, etc)</p> <p class="notice--info">The game will be outputted to the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/gm9/out/</code> folder on your SD card with the name <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><TitleID>.gbavc.sav</code>.</p> <p class="notice--info">To identify a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><TitleID>.gbavc.sav</code> file’s Title ID, you can get a listing of all games on the system and their corresponding Title IDs by hovering over <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[A:] SYSNAND SD</code>, holding (R) and pressing (A) at the same time, then selecting “Search for titles”.</p> <ol> <li>Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to back up the save for: <ul> <li>Launch the GBA VC game</li> <li>Exit the GBA VC game</li> <li>Boot your device while holding (Start) to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu</li> <li>Launch GodMode9 by pressing (A)</li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL</code></li> <li>Press (A) on <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">agbsave.bin</code> to select it</li> <li>Select “AGBSAVE options…”</li> <li>Select “Dump GBA VC save”</li> <li>Press (A) to continue</li> <li>Press (Start) to reboot your device</li> </ul> </li> </ol> <h4 id="section-iv---copy-emunand-to-sysnand">Section IV - Copy EmuNAND to SysNAND</h4> <ol> <li>Press and hold (Start), and while holding (Start), power on your device. This will launch GodMode9</li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[E:] EMUNAND VIRTUAL</code></li> <li>Press (A) on <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">nand.bin</code> to select it, then select “NAND image options…”, then select “Restore SysNAND (safe)”</li> <li>Press (A) to unlock SysNAND overwriting, then input the key combo given <ul> <li>This will not overwrite your boot9strap installation</li> </ul> </li> <li>Input the key combo given to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing <ul> <li>This process will take some time</li> </ul> </li> <li>Once it is completed, press (A) to continue</li> <li>Press (B) to decline relocking write permissions if prompted</li> <li>Press (B) to return to the main menu</li> </ol> <h4 id="section-v---restore-dsiware-saves">Section V - Restore DSiWare Saves</h4> <p class="notice--info">If you did not backup DSiWare Saves earlier, skip this section.</p> <ol> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[0:] SDCARD</code> -> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gm9</code> -> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">out</code></li> <li>Press (Y) on the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">00030004</code> folder to copy it</li> <li>Press (B) twice to return to the main menu</li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[2:] SYSNAND TWLN</code> -> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">title</code></li> <li>Press (Y) to paste the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">00030004</code> folder</li> <li>Select “Copy path(s)”</li> <li>Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given</li> <li>Select “Overwrite file(s)” <ul> <li>This process may take some time if you have many DSiWare games</li> </ul> </li> <li>Press (B) to decline relocking write permissions if prompted</li> <li>Press (B) twice to return to the main menu</li> </ol> <h4 id="section-vi---restore-gba-vc-saves">Section VI - Restore GBA VC Saves</h4> <p class="notice--info">If you did not backup GBA VC Saves earlier, skip this section.</p> <p class="notice--info">To identify a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><TitleID>.gbavc.sav</code> 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”.</p> <ol> <li>Hold (R) and press (Start) at the same time to power off your device</li> <li>Power on your device into SysNAND</li> <li>Do the following process for each GBA VC game that you want to restore the save for: <ul> <li>Launch the GBA VC game</li> <li>Exit the GBA VC game</li> <li>Boot your device while holding (Start) to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu</li> <li>Launch GodMode9 by pressing (A)</li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[0:] SDCARD</code> -> <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gm9</code></li> <li>Press (Y) on the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><TitleID>.gbavc.sav</code> file you wish to restore to copy it</li> <li>Press (B) to return to the main menu</li> <li>Navigate to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">[S:] SYSNAND VIRTUAL</code></li> <li>Press (A) on <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">agbsave.bin</code> to select it</li> <li>Select “AGBSAVE options…”</li> <li>Select “Inject GBA VC save”</li> <li>Press (A) to continue</li> <li>Press (Start) to reboot your device</li> <li>Launch the GBA VC game</li> <li>Exit the GBA VC game</li> </ul> </li> </ol> <h4 id="section-vii---backup-sysnand">Section VII - Backup SysNAND</h4> <ol> <li>Press and hold (Start), and while holding (Start), power on your device. This will launch GodMode9</li> <li>Press (Home) to bring up the action menu</li> <li>Select “Scripts…”</li> <li>Select “GM9Megascript”</li> <li>Select “Backup Options”</li> <li>Select “SysNAND Backup”</li> <li>Press (A) to confirm <ul> <li>This process will take some time</li> <li>If you get an error, look for your issue in the <a href="troubleshooting#finalizing-setup">troubleshooting guide</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Press (A) to continue</li> <li>Press (B) to return to the main menu</li> <li>Select “Exit”</li> <li>Press (A) to relock write permissions if prompted</li> <li>Hold (R) and press (Start) at the same time to power off your device</li> <li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li> <li>Copy <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">essential.exefs</code> from the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/gm9/out/</code> folder on your SD card to a safe location on your computer <ul> <li>Make backups in multiple locations (such as online file storage)</li> <li>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</li> </ul> </li> <li>Delete <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin</code> and <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge"><date>_<serialnumber>_sysnand_##.bin.sha</code> from the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/gm9/out/</code> folder on your SD card after copying it</li> <li>Reinsert your SD card into your device</li> <li><strong>Backup every file on your SD card to a folder on your computer; all files will be deleted in the following steps</strong></li> </ol> <h4 id="section-viii---format-sd-card">Section VIII - Format SD card</h4> <ol> <li>Press and hold (Start), and while holding (Start), power on your device. This will launch GodMode9</li> <li>Press (Home) to bring up the action menu</li> <li>Select “More…”</li> <li>Select “SD format menu”</li> <li>Select “No EmuNAND”</li> <li>Select “Auto”</li> <li>Press (A) to accept the label <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">GM9SD</code> <ul> <li>Optionally, you may input a custom name for the SD card</li> </ul> </li> <li>When prompted, input the key combo given to confirm</li> <li>Hold (R) and press (B) at the same time to eject your SD card</li> <li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li> <li>Copy all your files back to your SD card <ul> <li>Ensure you replace the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot.firm</code> file on your SD card with the one from your backup</li> </ul> </li> <li>Reinsert your SD card into your device</li> <li>Press (A) to remount your SD card</li> <li>Press (Start) to reboot</li> </ol> <hr /> <h3 class="notice--primary" id="return-to-finalizing-setup">Return to <a href="finalizing-setup">Finalizing Setup</a>.</h3> </section> <footer class="page__meta"> </footer> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div id="footer" class="page__footer"> <footer> <!-- start custom footer snippets --> <!-- end custom footer snippets --> <div class="page__footer-follow"> <ul class="social-icons"> <li><strong>Follow:</strong></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/hacks-guide/Guide_3DS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-fw fa-github" aria-hidden="true"></i> GitHub</a></li> <!-- <li><a href="/feed.xml"><i class="fas fa-fw fa-rss-square" aria-hidden="true"></i> Feed</a></li> </ul> --> </div> <!-- custom footer, guide specific --> <div class="page__footer-copyright">© 2023 Nintendo Homebrew. - <a href="site-navigation">Site Navigation</a> - <a href="privacy-policy">Privacy Policy</a> <!-- Powered by <a href="https://jekyllrb.com" rel="nofollow">Jekyll</a> & <a href="https://mademistakes.com/work/minimal-mistakes-jekyll-theme/" rel="nofollow">Minimal Mistakes</a>.--></div> </footer> </div> <script src="/assets/js/main.min.js"></script> <!-- for guide purposes all caching is removed and is separately built. --> </body> </html>