Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

[WeedZ]

O' wise one, what shall I do if I'm stuck at Getting CIA file informations?

Lol. Wait, it took a while for me. To be honest, every step had me questioning if it froze.

 

[Faolan]

n3ds 10.3U

Successfully downgraded to 9.2U following this guide.
Setting up emunand now! Thanks

 

[vlasp01]

Can someone build that boot.3dsx? And will it help those of us on black screen?

It won't help the already bricked. SteveIce should release a public version within 24 hours.

 

[WeedZ]

9.2.0-20U(Full).zip this is for o3ds right? Im using OLD 3DS XL

Make sure your 3ds is us region.
If so then yes, I'd compare the md5 to be sure.

 

[Argentlan]

I'm a little confused, is it working on nonXL o3DS?

 

[Nepeta]

I have a feeling this isn't a hard brick, though..

 

[vlasp01]

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.

Remove SD card, MenuHax 10.3 is interfering with the 9.2 firmware. Just remove the SD card, and you should be fine.

 

[hacksn5s4]

could some dude pelase give me link in pm to the site i cannpt find it

 

[YyAoMmIi]

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?

And Success!!!
Took about 30 seconds at the black screen following that.

 

[wally92]

And Success!!!
Took about 30 seconds at the black screen following that.

I'm going to leave mine on for a while and see if it boots up..

 

[inhenccee]

after I pressed Y, nothing happened or showed up, is this normal

 

[IpsoFact0]

ive tried at least 50 times o3ds 10.1 with all diffrent types of entry points sometimes it gets to press y to downgrade screen sometimes it doesnt.

 

[Viri]

Wow, I finally got it to work after a few more tries. Oh god, heart attack mode as it downgrades!

 

[Boogieboo6]

Lol. Wait, it took a while for me. To be honest, every step had me questioning if it froze.

It's still "Getting CIA file informations". It's been on this 1 step for just about as long as it took for you to complete the whole process. :/

 

[inhenccee]

error: cant force threads to core 1. What do i do

 

[Deleted User]

To anyone getting "Invalid CIA files" error and placed the cia files on the SD card with a Mac.

My Mac decided it would be a good idea to place metadata files of the cia files in the updates directory.. The only problem with this is that they end in .cia. After I removed these everything worked fine!

How to check for them and remove them:

Spoiler

Open Terminal and cd into your 'updates' directory.
In the 'updates' directory run:

ls ._*

If this returns anything like:

._0004003000008B02.cia  ._0004009B00012302.cia  ._0004013000001E02.cia  ._0004013000002E02.cia

._0004003000008F02.cia  ._0004009B00013302.cia  ._0004013000001E03.cia  ._0004013000002E03.cia

you have the metadata files in your directory!

Lets kill those annoying little shits.
in the 'updates' directory run:

rm -f ._*

Now eject your SD card and you should be good to go.

After doing this my downgrade completed and I'm now running 9.2.0-20U on a previously 10.3U o3DS.

 

[dsdude7382]

To anyone getting "Invalid CIA files" error and placed the cia files on the SD card with a Mac.

My Mac decided it would be a good idea to place metadata files of the cia files in the updates directory.. The only problem with this is that they end in .cia. After I removed these everything worked fine!

How to check for them and remove them:

Spoiler

Open Terminal and cd into your 'updates' directory.
In the 'updates' directory run:

ls ._*

If this returns anything like:

._0004003000008B02.cia  ._0004009B00012302.cia  ._0004013000001E02.cia  ._0004013000002E02.cia

._0004003000008F02.cia  ._0004009B00013302.cia  ._0004013000001E03.cia  ._0004013000002E03.cia

you have the metadata files in your directory!

Lets kill those annoying little shits.
in the 'updates' directory run:

rm -f ._*

Now eject your SD card and you should be good to go.

After doing this my downgrade completed and I'm now running 9.2.0-20U on a previously 10.3U o3DS.

You are a fucking lifesaver and I love you so much

 

[nemesis87345]

stuck on path 5 or 7 from menuhax and browserhax on 9.8.0-25E n3dsxl how can i do it to fix it?

 

[Nepeta]

I think I installed 9.2 o3ds files on an n3ds system as they weren't labeled as either.. anything to help for this?

 

[WeedZ]

It's still "Getting CIA file informations". It's been on this 1 step for just about as long as it took for you to complete the whole process. :/

Then I couldn't say really. I'd ensure the correct package and placement on the sd. The idea of forcing a shutdown at that point worries me as well