Hi,
I'm in Australia and have an old US 3DS with its original firmware (2.2.0-0U). This firmware has never been updated and does not have a browser (button is there, but system says the browser will be available once I update the system). I also have the following (US) 3DS game cartridges:
- Zelda Ocarina of Time
- Rayman 3D
- Super Mario 3D Land
- I can't recall whether this cartridge forced me to upgrade (part of) the firmware many years ago. When I go into settings the version however shows 2.2.0-0U.
- Ridge Racer 3D
- R4 3DS (www.r4i-sdhc.com)
I would like to play Australian games but the 3DS region lock prevents me from doing that. I therefore looked at homebrew, but it seems I'm kind of stuck:
- Pretty much all homebrew hacks seem to work from firmware 4 or higher.
- I've looked at Soundhax, but this didn't work.
- I've looked at boot9strap (MSET), but this only seems to work on 4.x and 6.x
- Having no browser leaves me without another possible entry point.
- Lots of references to Cubic Ninja as entry point, but I don't have this game. And getting this game would be difficult/expensive since I'm in Australia but would need a US version of this game (something that applies to any other cartridges as well of course until the 3DS is region free).
I considered upgrading to the latest official firmware (the device supports system updates over wifi) and waiting until a hack is available for the old 3DS. If I understood correctly however this upgrade would block my R4 card, so that's not a very enticing option. I can also imagine that more work is done on the new 3DS than the old 3DS, so maybe I would have to wait a long time. Waiting with upgrading until this old 3DS hack would be available leaves me however with the risk that, by that time, Nintendo has released newer firmware again, already blocking this new hack.
So what to do? Is there a way to upgrade this 3DS to a vulnerable firmware version that doesn't require other US game cartridges? Or should I just upgrade to the latest firmware and sit it out? Other options? Suggestions are most welcome.
Cheers,
Squirrel
I'm in Australia and have an old US 3DS with its original firmware (2.2.0-0U). This firmware has never been updated and does not have a browser (button is there, but system says the browser will be available once I update the system). I also have the following (US) 3DS game cartridges:
- Zelda Ocarina of Time
- Rayman 3D
- Super Mario 3D Land
- I can't recall whether this cartridge forced me to upgrade (part of) the firmware many years ago. When I go into settings the version however shows 2.2.0-0U.
- Ridge Racer 3D
- R4 3DS (www.r4i-sdhc.com)
I would like to play Australian games but the 3DS region lock prevents me from doing that. I therefore looked at homebrew, but it seems I'm kind of stuck:
- Pretty much all homebrew hacks seem to work from firmware 4 or higher.
- I've looked at Soundhax, but this didn't work.
- I've looked at boot9strap (MSET), but this only seems to work on 4.x and 6.x
- Having no browser leaves me without another possible entry point.
- Lots of references to Cubic Ninja as entry point, but I don't have this game. And getting this game would be difficult/expensive since I'm in Australia but would need a US version of this game (something that applies to any other cartridges as well of course until the 3DS is region free).
I considered upgrading to the latest official firmware (the device supports system updates over wifi) and waiting until a hack is available for the old 3DS. If I understood correctly however this upgrade would block my R4 card, so that's not a very enticing option. I can also imagine that more work is done on the new 3DS than the old 3DS, so maybe I would have to wait a long time. Waiting with upgrading until this old 3DS hack would be available leaves me however with the risk that, by that time, Nintendo has released newer firmware again, already blocking this new hack.
So what to do? Is there a way to upgrade this 3DS to a vulnerable firmware version that doesn't require other US game cartridges? Or should I just upgrade to the latest firmware and sit it out? Other options? Suggestions are most welcome.
Cheers,
Squirrel