my DSiXL is really trying to give me a heart attack today.
so I've been setting up custom firmware on my DSi today (I have CFW on my 3DS and Wii too, I don't use it to cheat, mostly to get custom themes, ROM hacks, and do save editing when need be) and with the help of the DSi Hacking discord server it's been going smoothly... until it didn't. at one point I tried to turn on my DSi and the health and safety splash screen came up, but then froze and the screen would go black and act like it was in sleep mode (with the blue power light pulsating) even though the console was still open. I was able to boot into the Unaluncher menu (basically just a homebrew menu), but nothing else. I was freaking out bc I already ruined my old Super Mario Bros DSi (though for a different reason) and I didn't want to ruin this one too.
I was going through different applications trying to open them and see which ones worked. I couldn't boot the game cart. I couldn't boot Twilight Menu. I was able to boot Pictochat though, so then I tried to boot the System Settings. that booted just fine, and I was surprisingly able to get back to the DSi menu and boot the game cart as well. then suddenly Twilight Menu started working again. and then miraculously now the console boots up perfectly fine and doesn't freeze on a black screen anymore. I tried turning it off and back on again a few times, and yeah, it's fine now.
I have no idea what happened but I literally was on the brink of a panic attack bc I know that putting CFW runs a very small risk of bricking your console. I mean I have the NAND backed up so even if it did brick I could prob fix it, but my anxiety is loosely out of control anyways. hopefully I don't encounter this issue again.