Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

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


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@Jackus , @GoodCookie88 some results? I have the same problem and I don't know what to do...
Formatting deletes everything? Including your NNID or you can link it again after downgrading and download your eshop things again?
 

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@Jackus , @GoodCookie88 some results? I have the same problem and I don't know what to do...
Formatting deletes everything? Including your NNID or you can link it again after downgrading and download your eshop things again?
I'm currently dumping all my save data in preperation for formatting.
Hold on..
 
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Can somebody pm me a link to the proper files for new 3ds USA? I am pretty sure I have the right ones but I want to be suppa safe.
 

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a hint of where to find the proper/safer cia update files for all region would be great and could prevent some brick, i'm not even sure i have the right one.
 

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Have been trying to downgrade for a few times now.
n3dsxl 9.6-24e. Have 9.2-20e n3ds files in the root>updates folder. Size of all 102 cia files is 149,543,616.
Menuhax>theme manager app, press A>back to menuhax>sysupdater
#8..success!
I press Y AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. I waited for good 5 something minutes.
Like 5th time, but this time after I pressed Y I'm just staring at the screen, nothing past red text of n3ds warning. I actually waited for like 10 minutes this time, still NOPE.
What is this.
 

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a hint of where to find the proper/safer cia update files for all region would be great and could prevent some brick, i'm not even sure i have the right one.

People already talked so much about it here.

It's an absolute Chaos, but the ISO site also has it.
 
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Have been trying to downgrade for a few times now.
n3dsxl 9.6-24e. Have 9.2-20e n3ds files in the root>updates folder. Size of all 102 cia files is 149,543,616.
Menuhax>theme manager app, press A>back to menuhax>sysupdater
#8..success!
I press Y AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. I waited for good 5 something minutes.
Like 5th time, but this time after I pressed Y I'm just staring at the screen, nothing past red text of n3ds warning. I actually waited for like 10 minutes this time, still NOPE.
What is this.
after the #8 step you should have a menu that ask you to push Y for downgrade, if not you're stuck at step 8 like many of us.
 

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after the #8 step you should have a menu that ask you to push Y for downgrade, if not you're stuck at step 8 like many of us.
The thing is it takes literally half a second to get to that point YES it says A/Y/B button commands and the red text on the bottom but as I mentioned in my previous post nothing happens if I press Y, also tried to press B afterwards and it doesn't work neither. :C
 

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I'm now stuck at "Updates installed. Rebooting in 10 seconds...", waited 5 minutes. Should I hard restart or wait more
 

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The thing is it takes literally half a second to get to that point YES it says A/Y/B button commands and the red text on the bottom but as I mentioned in my previous post nothing happens if I press Y, also tried to press B afterwards and it doesn't work neither. :C
So long as it hasnt started a text saying "reading cia files" its safe to hardboot and try again :)
 

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The thing is it takes literally half a second to get to that point YES it says A/Y/B button commands and the red text on the bottom but as I mentioned in my previous post nothing happens if I press Y, also tried to press B afterwards and it doesn't work neither. :C

Just tried to downgrade my 2DS and seems im stuck right there with ya!
Odd since my N3DS XL downgraded fine.
 
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