Is this actually possible? If so, I'm just curious what I need to 'downgrade' the 3DS. Will I need to open it for any reason? I saw the pictures in a thread about nand dumps, and am curious about the level of difficulty. I'm on 4.5 at the moment.
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yes. because you are on 4.5 right now, you can theoretically dump your nand now, and in the future downgrade yourself back to 4.5.
you must be using the nand from your console however, since each nand is console specific. that means you want to make sure you dumped it properly before taking a chance on an upgrade.
that being said, it's one of those things where if you are capable of doing the downgrade (from a skill standpoint), you probably already know how.
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Thanks. How would I go about testing the Dump to see if it worked? I'm new to this, but am willing to learn, so if someone could point me in the direction of a thread on how to do this, it would be nice.
it is not possible to downgrade 3DS at this time, because the system isn't hacked yet. To dump the NAND it requires you to solder couple wires. The NAND itself is encrypted, so nothing can be done on it. When the system is fully hacked then come back and ask this question again.Not really helpful, nor specific.
it is not possible to downgrade 3DS at this time, because the system isn't hacked yet. When the system is fully hacked then come back and ask this question again.
There I said it.
it is not possible to downgrade 3DS at this time, because the system isn't hacked yet. When the system is fully hacked then come back and ask this question again.
There I said it.
You are wrong, if you did the hardware mod, dumped 4.5 updated to 6.3, you can go back to 4.5. That's a downgrade.
However, you must dump YOUR OWN 3DS 4.5 (before updating). If already updated, it's too late.
The topic about nand dump is here : http://gbatemp.net/threads/nand-flash-dump-3ds-xl.350668/
If I catch what you're saying, here's the thread I was talking about: http://gbatemp.net/threads/nand-dump-downgrader-file-changer.355247/But it would be nicer if you could point us a link to that thread instead, would you do it?
If I catch what you're saying, here's the thread I was talking about: http://gbatemp.net/threads/nand-dump-downgrader-file-changer.355247/
I don't believe I ever said it was.See, it wasn't difficult
So, to do ANY of this, I would need to open my 3DS? I just don't want to break something, as I may be good with software, but hardware stuff is confusing to me. So, if I need to do something with any of the wires, unless there's a step by step tutorial with pictures, then I'm probably not going to go through with this. :/It appears you just have to solder like 5 wires and dump your NAND at 4.5.
Then, you upgrade to 6.3, get the Shop Channel and buy whatever games you want. Use that to play your official games (like Animal Crossing or Pokemon).
When you wanna play your 'backup' games again, you backup your 6.3 dump then downgrade to 4.5 and continue where you left off.
Tada!
So, to do ANY of this, I would need to open my 3DS? I just don't want to break something, as I may be good with software, but hardware stuff is confusing to me. So, if I need to do something with any of the wires, unless there's a step by step tutorial with pictures, then I'm probably not going to go through with this. :/