Hello, I am asking the opinion from anyone that used Gateways downgrade.dg and only them. I havent got any hardmod and i want to learn (except downgrade process risk) about downgraded console stability and possibly usability faults after downgrade? Thanks in advance
I downgraded my o3DS using the Gateway provided downgrader, and it put me on 4.2 (was on 9.2.0). I had zero issues with it, though I only had a handful of retail games. So far, the only retail game I've tried to play since is Etrian Odyssey IV, and the save for that had no problems. I set up emuNand before downgrading, and did not format the emuNand, so I kept all saves/progress/etc there. I really only use sysNand to get to emuNand, so I can't say too much about stability/usability. I did back up my nand first (even though I'd need a hard mod to flash it, at least I had the backup in case I needed it), just to be on the safe side.
I chose to downgrade because I didn't like the idea of being dependent on a website to load the Gateway menu, in case something happened and the site was blocked/taken down. Plus, re-enabling DS flash cards seemed like it'd be nice, even if I haven't really done much of anything with that yet.
I haven't heard of any instabilty with the downgrader, it seems to be pretty solid, as long as you make sure to grab the correct version for your region. Usual precautions apply, of course. Make sure it's plugged in, don't remove any cards while it's working, etc. There's always a risk, but the risk in this case seems pretty minimal.