Hourglass9

Noob friendly, safe, arm9loaderhax / sighax only NAND dumper & restorer for the 3DS console

What is this good for?

Hourglass9 is nothing new - all the functionality found within it is in Decrypt9, too, and possibly was in Decrypt9 for ages. What new it brings to the table is simplicity and (even more) safety. Arm9loaderhax is a prequisite for this, and with it, it is impossible to brick your console with Hourglass9. So, the rather short list of features:

• Dump your SysNAND / EmuNAND - to make backup copies you can later return to.
• Restore your SysNAND / EmuNAND - to return to an earlier state. This will never overwrite your existing arm9loaderhax installation.
• Validate existing NAND dumps - to make sure they are ready to restore.
• Dump & Inject the Health and Safety app - to setup a CIA installer in your system. More info here.
• Dump retail game cartridges to .3DS / .CIA / .NDS.
• A nice dragon logo on the bottom screen - you wouldn't have expected this, right?

While the stuff written above should be enough for the average user, advanced users will still need to use Decrypt9 for more specific modifications of their console OS. Also keep in mind that you alone or responsible for keeping your backups safe and not losing them.

Hourglass9 controls

The most important controls are displayed on screen, here is a list of all:

• DOWN/UP - Navigate menus, scroll output, select between options.
• A - Enter submenu or confirm action.
• B - Depending on location, leave submenu or cancel.
• X - Make a screenshot. Works in menu and on console output, after a feature finishes.
• X + LEFT/RIGHT - Batch screenshot all submenus / entries (only on menu)
• SELECT - Unmount SD card (only on menu).
• HOME - Reboot the console.
• POWER - Poweroff the console.
• START (+ LEFT) - Reboot (START only) / Poweroff (with LEFT).

Most features require the user to choose a file or a directory. In these cases, use the arrow keys to select and A / B to confirm and cancel. Also, most file write operations (NAND writes excluded) can be cancelled by holding B.

License

You may use this under the terms of the GNU General Public License GPL v2 or under the terms of any later revisions of the GPL. Refer to the provided LICENSE.txt file for further information.

Credits

• smealum, plutoo, derrek for giving the world the gift of arm9loaderhax
• delebile, dark_samus, Plailect, AuroraWright and countless others for making arm9loaderhax available to the public
• Archshift for starting Decrypt9
• Normmatt for sdmmc.c as well as project infrastructure (Makefile, linker setup, etc)
• Cha(N), Kane49, and all other FatFS contributors for FatFS
• b1l1s for his 'behind-the-scenes' work and for making arm9loaderhax support possible
• Relys, sbJFn5r for the decryptor
• mid-kid for hosting freenode #Cakey
• Al3x_10m for being an immense help with testing stuff that I can't test
• Everyone I forgot about - if you think you deserve to be mentioned, just contact me