Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

Have you been able to successfully downgrade your 3DS/2DS?


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Viri

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Holy hell, I either get stuck at step 7/8, or I get messed up text, and the buttons don't work! Oh, and once, I got a non messed up menu, but the buttons still didn't work.

Yeah, after 20 tries, I give up. I'll just wait for KTM. I still cannot believe people are that impatient to trust this unstable program. I guess, I did just spend 30 mins trying it my self. :P
 
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Holy hell, I either get stuck at step 7/8, or I get messed up text, and the buttons don't work! Oh, and once, I got a non messed up menu, but the buttons still didn't work.

Yeah, after 20 tries, I give up. I'll just wait for KTM. I still cannot believe people are that impatient to trust this unstable program. I guess, I did just spend 30 mins trying it my self. :P
That time you got the menu, you should have waited about 30 seconds after hitting y for it to initiate
 

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It appears to me the error: "ERROR : Can't force threads to core 1."

No matter how many times I restart, it keeps popping up.
 

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I really want to downgrade, but I'm too afraid after today's odd incident.
I guess I'll just wait for KTM then.
 

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For N3DS users, how much time did it take to reboot successfully installing cias...?
 

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Okay, n3DSXL/MenuHax/10.3/9.2 complete update pack. Getting black screen after successful update and reboot. Can't go into recovery mode either unless the combination is different.
 

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10.3 U, N3DS

Took me about 2 hours to get pass step 1-8, and the red letters.
Currently installing CIA. Well just finished the Updates Installed, and says Rebooting in 10 seconds.

After it says "Updates installed. Rebooting in 10 Seconds" It fine to force shut down right after 5 minutes?
 
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I just want to say that even though I, and quite a few others, we're successful in downgrading with this method. I highly recommend everyone waits until a more stable method is released. Especially if you are a noob or don't fully understand the details of how this works. There is a HUGE risk here. There is currently no way to create a sysnand backup at 9.3 and up, as far as I know, so if you don't have one already not even a hardmod can save you from a brick.

Now if you know what you're doing and are willing to take the risk.. whatever, good luck.
O' wise one, what shall I do if I'm stuck at Getting CIA file informations?
 

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Here is what I did and it seemed to work - If you are having problems getting to where you press Y to install your firmware. Remove your battery for 10 seconds - Boot to the Homebrew Menu - Launch the downgrader - It should now get to where you Press Y - Let me know if this works.
 

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Successfully downgraded two o3ds consoles now, both on the first try!

Launch o3DS 10.3 -> 9.2
o3DS XL 9.9 -> 9.2

I want to say thanks to the creative minds who made this possible.
 
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