wait, so having a 9.2 browser on sysnand 4.5 works? you actually did this on your 4.5 and have the 9.2 browser???
...and about the upgrade, it will definitely work without brick, as long as you update it from a legit/clear/bundle installed cia without actually being in the PBT-CFW exploit...
I haven't done anything of the sort; it's just been stated that browser .cias work when installed.
Ah, see, things like this are why I ask, especially given that I don't have cash on hand to buy the tools to actually hardmod my system at the moment. Definitely good to know, anyways.You could, but the problem with updating in Gateway sysNAND mode/this CFW is that installing CIAs for updates doesn't call a specific function that the 3DS OS needs to have called to update NATIVE_FIRM. Basically, after installing all of the update CIAs, you would have to run another homebrew which calls the function for you, but this entire situation is very risky without a NAND mod, and if anything goes wrong, your 3DS would be permanently bricked if you had no backup and a way to get a mod installed. I have a homebrew written which calls the function required, but I'm rather reluctant to release it, since then we'd be hearing a bunch of reports of people bricking when they don't bother to read the instructions.