Sorry I couldn't help more! I'm really curious how to approach that, because 100+ attempts sounds crazy! Regardless, congratulations on the downgrade!
Alright, so I took the plunge! I updated my Japanse n3ds to 10.3...gonna try this downgrade. Here's the thing though, I downloaded the update files from the iso site (9.2.0-20J(Full).zip)
and in the zip file there is no 000400102002CA00.cia file to delete! The zip file was about 115mb. Did I grab the wrong firmware file?
make sure it says n3ds on the rar file, as you don't want the standard 3ds files. The extracted cia's total you want is 100 files after deleting the 000400102002CA00.cia
Holy crap! Thank you for saying that! I didn't know they were different files! Now I'm worried about my chances....ㅠㅠ
Holy crap! Thank you for saying that! I didn't know they were different files! Now I'm worried about my chances....ㅠㅠ
Yeah, both the 9.0/9.2 N3DS packs on the iso site are 9.1J for some reason. Either the pack is mis-labeled or there's some kind of file-reading conflict from the way the downgrade works. (Especially suspicious about that cia you're supposed to delete: It's a news applet related to an "are you on a lower firmware" check or whatever)All right!! Sucessfully downgraded to 9.1j!! My first try too! Though, I used the 9.2.0-20j(Full)_n3DS file recommended, it installed 9.1?? Anyway, I'm so happy!! Thank you all for your help!
Yes. Once you get menuhax up you can try preparing for CFW.OK. So before going to bed, a quick question if you all don't mind. Now that I've downgraded, I assume I need to reformat my microsd and redo all the homebrew browserhax to menuhax setup since the current setup was for firmware 10.3? Is this correct?
I think it'd be wise to find out why we ended up on 9.1 instead of 9.2 and what's the deal with 000400102002CA00 otherwise it's gonna bite us in the ass sooner or later.
I already had an 9.5 emunand I made when I was on 8.1, and that still works just fine on 9.1, but apparently trying to make an emunand out of our "hybrid" 9.1 sysnand fails.
retrofan, were you able to learn more about 000400102002CA00 and make a proper 9.5 emunand based on 9.1J?