Hacking [Tutorial] How to downgrade from 9.2 and install CFW without owning Gateway card

[endoverend]

It worked, all my games show up. However, I'm getting an SD Card removed error when trying to load SSB. Is this an issue with newer games?

You can't load these titles since they are encrypted for your 9.2 sysNAND. The only reason I put them there is so I could install devmenu.

 

[Chaldron]

You can't load these titles since they are encrypted for your 9.2 sysNAND. The only reason I put them there is so I could install devmenu.

Interesting. Thanks!

Anyway I can update my sysNand to 9.2 using a backup and load the 4.5 CFW from the SD Card?

 

[endoverend]

Interesting. Thanks!

Anyway I can update my sysNand to 9.2 using a backup and load the 4.5 CFW from the SD Card?

No, you need a 4.x sysNAND to load the CFW. However you can just download CIA's for the games you already bought and install them via devmenu.

 

[moeymoe]

If the 3DS has FW version <9.2 and you can only play games up to FW 4.5

enlighten me, ive never owned a 3ds, what is the best 4.5 fw game and or year.

trying to gauge how old that is.

 

[endoverend]

If the 3DS has FW version <9.2 and you can only play games up to FW 4.5

Not necessarily. Some cia's online are firmware-spoofed, which means a game that has 7.x encryption would work with CFW.

 

[Chaldron]

No, you need a 4.x sysNAND to load the CFW. However you can just download CIA's for the games you already bought and install them via devmenu.

Okay then, thanks for all the help.

 

[JillSandwich]

Interesting. Thanks!

Anyway I can update my sysNand to 9.2 using a backup and load the 4.5 CFW from the SD Card?

Until the CFW's launcher.dat is updated to where it can:
- be loaded from the browser exploit
- use an emuNAND/redNAND 8.x+
you need a sysNAND of 4.x

 

[Devrim]

Should I back up my 4.5 3DS FW too?

 

[noctis90210]

Just a few questions...
1. once i have the DevMenu installed... i can intall 4.5 & below .cia files... am i right?
2. what if i have this DevMenu for 4.5 and then update again to latest firmware (9.X), the DevMenu will still be there? Can i use it to install 4.5 & up .cia files?

thanks and have a nice day... :-)

 

[V3NUS_M1NER]

Sucks my Games n' Music DS flashcart got blocked

 

[YayMii]

i really dont understand some ppl, the cfw its a very bad buggy solution, if you can buy at least one game you could spend 59 dollars in a gateway and avoid all the hastle, you cannot play games that require higher firmware, most wont work, you need to patch cias for region free or the console wont boot them, to my eyes the ppl that does this are too cheap to spend a little bucks to unlock everything that you could get, its just an opinion but its like the ppl that prefer being handicaped than having surgery because of choice

FYI, you don't need to buy anything to get devmenu to work. As long as you had at least a demo installed pre-downgrade, it'll work.
And I never had any intention of buying a Gateway 3DS... I'm only using this because my 3DS XL was collecting dust, and I happen to like tinkering with things. I'm not cheap.

 

[Sheimi]

i really dont understand some ppl, the cfw its a very bad buggy solution, if you can buy at least one game you could spend 59 dollars in a gateway and avoid all the hastle, you cannot play games that require higher firmware, most wont work, you need to patch cias for region free or the console wont boot them, to my eyes the ppl that does this are too cheap to spend a little bucks to unlock everything that you could get, its just an opinion but its like the ppl that prefer being handicaped than having surgery because of choice

I'd love to spend $59 if work actually gave me hours. Otherwise, that is not a viable solution for me. With Gateway being a bit expensive, I can see how much I got paid go down below $10 and got College classes to take care of also.

 

[JillSandwich]

Just a few questions...
1. once i have the DevMenu installed... i can intall 4.5 & below .cia files... am i right?

Theoretically yes; should be any retail games that use SDK4 and below (with the usual exceptions). Homebrew installs and launches fine. In short, it's all up to how the .cia was compiled.

2. what if i have this DevMenu for 4.5 and then update again to latest firmware (9.X), the DevMenu will still be there? Can i use it to install 4.5 & up .cia files?

DevMenu and other .cia's should remain, but there more problems besides that.
Updating wouldn't work, as the go exploit uses a different ROP loader (meaning CFW's not bootable anyways)
Additionally, updating emuNAND/redNAND to 7.2+ will render it unbootable (CFW's launcher.dat seems to only work for emuNAND/redNAND 4.x; any other system versions causes it to not load).

 

[lisreal2401]

For me, while I probably could finance a Gateway, am holding out for a free solution, and this works for the time being. I'm still salty about the bricking fiasco too.

 

[pokemoner2500]

So i realized I made a mistake, make sure you inject a 4.x nand into emunand or i believe it won't work, i guess i know why mine wasn't working

 

[pokemoner2500]

Has anyone managed to install dev menu w/o updating to 4.5?

 

[AmienZero]

question.
i have the european 3DS which i successfully downgraded to 4.5. i haven't bought the gateway yet and my r4i-3DS is blocked so i can't launch the DS profile exploit. can i use the web exploit instead to install the emunand and CFW?

 

[Chaldron]

question.
i have the european 3DS which i successfully downgraded to 4.5. i haven't bought the gateway yet and my r4i-3DS is blocked so i can't launch the DS profile exploit. can i use the web exploit instead to install the emunand and CFW?

Follow the guide to downgrade to 4.5 if you want CFW, but if you're going to buy Gateway I'd say hold off and just use that. It's a lot better than CFW.

 

[54321]

question.
i have the european 3DS which i successfully downgraded to 4.5. i haven't bought the gateway yet and my r4i-3DS is blocked so i can't launch the DS profile exploit. can i use the web exploit instead to install the emunand and CFW?

You kinda need a ds flash card to use rop loader.

 

[Zidapi]

Since OP is a pinhead who doesn't proofread, I'd like to point out that the website you need to go to launch the exploit isn't www.go.gateway-3ds.com but is in fact go.gateway-3ds.com

Attempting to load the former will result in an error making it impossible to progress beyond the first step (oh, okay there's only one step) paragraph three of step one.

I'd also like to suggest that the *somewhere* you "grab the Gateway 3.0 launcher from" be Gateway's official website.

This ensures that the archive you download containing the launcher is free from any potential viruses or malware that may have been planted by anyone distributing it elsewhere.