Hacking Should I update US N3ds if i bought sky3ds?

[Itsthenew]

I just bought a Sky3ds v2 after purchasing a New 3DS (US version if that matters). The installed firmware is 9.5.0-22u. It seems as though the sky 3ds is compatible with the newest firmware but I was wondering if there was any downside to upgrading.

 

[Rioluwott]

9.5.0-22u doesn´t have any exploit that 9.9 not so upgrade if you want

 

[Adeka]

either 9.2 or update all the way. there's no reason to be on 9.5

 

[juan_3579]

I just bought a Sky3ds v2 after purchasing a New 3DS (US version if that matters). The installed firmware is 9.5.0-22u. It seems as though the sky 3ds is compatible with the newest firmware but I was wondering if there was any downside to upgrading.

There's not much to offer yet for 9.5 on the New 3DS. You don't have to update though, you can play online if the game has the latest update data available, however there's no way to update game data on a 9.5 3DS without upgrading to the latest firmware.

Another problem is headers when playing online. The Sky3DS uses public headers so the risk of getting banned is pretty high unless you have your own headers patched into Diskwriters template file. If you don't plan on playing any games online, then just keep your 3DS at 9.5.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

9.5.0-22u doesn´t have any exploit that 9.9 not so upgrade if you want

None that we know of anyway. But even if there were kernel exploits on 9.5 it's not like we'd know about it, the devs keep that stuff to themselves.
Probably not much point in staying on 9.5 though.

 

[Rioluwott]

either 9.2 or update all the way. there's no reason to be on 9.5

on 9.3 to 9.5.0-20 there was spider exploit

EDIT Sorry i thought that o3ds you can update

 

[Itsthenew]

Thanks for the quick replies, you guys are super helpful!

 

[Ronhero]

Update to 9.9 before it's too late; with ninjahax 2.0 it makes region free on sky3ds soo easy

 

[tivu100]

Rumor is 9.5 keys were leaked. There would be a chance of better homebrew support for 9.5 in not far future. Nothing's confirmed yet. So don't have your hope high. If you are interested though, stay at 9.5.

 

[Ronhero]

Rumor is 9.5 keys were leaked. There would be a chance of better homebrew support for 9.5 in not far future. Nothing's confirmed yet. So don't have your hope high. If you are interested though, stay at 9.5.

Not so much a rumor as a fact; you do bring up a very good point though

 

[Tempest228]

Rumor is 9.5 keys were leaked. There would be a chance of better homebrew support for 9.5 in not far future. Nothing's confirmed yet. So don't have your hope high. If you are interested though, stay at 9.5.

Not so much a rumor as a fact; you do bring up a very good point though

What do these keys enable? I'm on 9.8, so it really doesn't matter to me.

 

[Ronhero]

It may lead to piracy on 9.5 with cubic ninja as a way to access arm11