Quickstart Guide

Note: This is an early draft. It is known to be incorrekt and incomplet, and has a lot of bad formatting.

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How to Import Data from Your 3DS SD Card

Using threeSD, it is very easy to import everything from your 3DS SD card at once - including installed titles, save data, extra data as well as necessary system files.

Required tools

• Latest version of threeSD
• 3DS system with boot9strap and GodMode9
• SD / microSD card reader (required)

Instructions

On Your 3DS

You will need to execute a GodMode9 script to dump a few files that are necessary for threeSD to properly decrypt data on your SD card. Some system files will also be copied so that they can be imported later if necessary.

1. Put the SD card in your computer.
2. Extract the threeSD release archive and copy dist/threeSDumper.gm9 to the folder gm9/scripts on your SD card.
3. Insert the SD card into your 3DS.
4. Boot into GodMode9.
5. Press the HOME button to bring up GodMode9's menu, and use the D-Pad to select Scripts.... Press (A) to enter.
6. Using the D-Pad, select threeSDumper from the scripts list. If you do not see the dumper, recheck if you have done Step 2 correctly.
7. Press (A) to execute the script. When prompted, press (A) again to confirm.
8. Wait for a few seconds. When prompted that the files have been dumped, press (A) to exit the script.
9. Hold down the Right shoulder button and press (START) to power off your 3DS.

On Your PC

1. Put the SD card in your computer.
2. Open threeSD. Your SD card should be listed as an auto-detected configuration. If not, recheck if your SD card is properly recognized as a disk and whether the folders threeSD and Nintendo 3DS exist in your SD card root.
3. Press OK. Wait for a while until the contents are loaded. You should now see a list of importable contents on your SD card. Select the ones you'd like to import.
   • You can switch between Title View, which organizes contents by title name, or Group View, which organizes contents by their type.
   • System Data and System Archive contain important data that may be necessary for your imported games to run. Be sure to include them in your selection.
4. Press OK. Your contents are now being imported. Go out to get a coffee or two - it will finish faster than you'd expect! When completed, the importable contents list will automatically be reloaded.

What's next

You can now enjoy your games with Citra, at high resolutions, with custom controllers and cheats, and even custom textures!

If you have any game cartridges and would like to dump them as well, visit this tutorial.