info - please read before starting

This guide can potentially cause unexpected results if done wrong. Please ensure you read the steps carefully to prevent these unexpected results from happening.

Please do not use a movable.sed from bruteforcemovable for this guide. Doing so will cause a brick.

If you are confused in any way, join the Nintendo Homebrew server and ask for help in the 3DS assistance channels.

Note that uninstalling CFW anytime after doing these steps will brick your console, as we have tampered with console-unique files which can have dangerous effects if stock/native.firm is booted.

What you need:

  • Two 3DS consoles, both modded with Luma3DS CFW

  • essential.exefs, or movable.sed

  • Faketik.3dsx

Extracting the movable file from essential.exefs

    note: this section is only relevant if you do not have the movable.sed from your previous console.

  1. Insert your SD Card to your computer and retrieve the essential.exefs from when you made a NAND Backup.
  2. Put the essential.exefs anywhere on the SD Card (for now, just put it on the SD Card's root)
  3. Eject your SD Card and insert it into your new 3DS console.
  4. Boot GodMode9 by holding Start, then press Power.
  5. Press A on the [0:] SDCARD
  6. Select your essential.exefs, and press A on Mount as EXEFS image.
  7. Look for a file named movable inside the essential.exefs image mount.
  8. Press Y on the movable file, then proceed to the next section.

Replacing the movable.sed

  1. Press B to exit the essential.exefs mount.
  2. Enter the SYSNAND CTRNAND drive, then enter the private folder.
  3. Press X on the movable.sed file, unlock write permissions when prompted.
  4. Press Y to paste the movable in the clipboard, rename it to movable.sed
  5. Press B until you are back at the main menu, press R + A on the SysNAND CTRNAND drive, select "Fix CMACS for drive"
  6. Reboot.
  7. Your console will act like it has just been formatted, this is meant to happen. Proceed through initial setup.

Getting your apps back

  1. Use the Download Play method to get to the homebrew launcher (go to the download play app, press L + Down(dpad) + Select > scroll down to miscellaneous options > Switch the hb. title to the current app, then relaunch download play)
  2. Run faketik.3dsx
  3. When faketik has done its magic, you can close download play. Your apps will appear as gifts on the home menu. Do not worry, your saves are inside.
  4. Congratulations, you just performed a complex procedure.