Hardware To those of you who have bricked their 3DSes...

[urherenow]

Funny... I saw this post on the main page and saw the title: To those of you who have bricked their 3DSes..., followed by "Bubsy Bobcat"... and I half expected to open it up and see "Well, it worked for Clint!"

 

[romanaOne]

What's so great about $60 2DS units? I mean that's about the going rate for a regular (not translucent, not fancy decorated, no included games, no extra geegaws) one on eBay.

People have said the 2ds "sucks monkey balls" anyway and having had one I agree; for only a little bit more you can get a much superior o3ds. I don't understand what the point of the 2ds was: it's ugly and huge, yet they didn't put a nice big screen in the huge case.

 

[pre10c]

i bought a new 2ds(firmware8.1.0) with mario kart preinstalled for 69€ so 60for a refurb is kind of ripoff

 

[Kioku]

Did you ever find out how it went?
Also, was your 3DS still under warranty?

Came back working. Had 10.3 on it. O.o Yes, it was under warranty.

 

[PF2M]

i bought a new 2ds(firmware8.1.0) with mario kart preinstalled for 69€ so 60for a refurb is kind of ripoff

Except aren't Euros worth more than USD? $60 was in the US, it might be €50 or something over there. Not TOO bad pricing anyways.

 

[qqq1]

I got my 3DS back repaired. They replaced the PCB. They also damaged the bottom screen so I immediately put it back in the box and sent it back. If you don't have any hacking stuff on your sd card (or don't include it) I don't think N can really tell what happened with nothing but a black screen to go by. I mentioned I had lent it to a little kid who I think was saying he shut it off when it started updating. They seemed to think that was a decent story to explain it.

 

[Neru]

I got my 3DS back repaired. They replaced the PCB. They also damaged the bottom screen so I immediately put it back in the box and sent it back. If you don't have any hacking stuff on your sd card (or don't include it) I don't think N can really tell what happened with nothing but a black screen to go by. I mentioned I had lent it to a little kid who I think was saying he shut it off when it started updating. They seemed to think that was a decent story to explain it.

Was you're 3ds updated? Mine is coming back from repair in 2 days.

 

[qqq1]

Was you're 3ds updated? Mine is coming back from repair in 2 days.

I can't say. As soon as I turned it on I saw the damage they did and packed it back up. Never went past the select language first setup screen.

 

[PF2M]

I'd love to try and send my 3DS in for repair, but I'm not under warranty so it'll probably cost over $60. I'd rather give the 2DS a try instead of paying anything more than that, I remember trying it at a local Nintendo event and liking what it did, so I think this could be a cool new opportunity.

 

[Neru]

Soooo my 3ds came back.....it was updated to 10.4! Dammit! Guess I might have to sell this

 

[JustAKirby]

So has anybody purchased one of these yet? If so, what firmware was it on?
If you bought a refurbished o3ds then I'd like to know the info on that too.

 

[PF2M]

I finally ordered one of these today!! Will update thread with information on it when it gets here.

 

[tarovisions]

Bought one off the ebay shop, came in as 8.1

 

[CLOUD9RED]

When you (soft!) bricked your 3DS you simply send it back to Nintendo, you have a 2 year warranty, at least in Europe that is.

 

[PF2M]

When you (soft!) bricked your 3DS you simply send it back to Nintendo, you have a 2 year warranty, at least in Europe that is.

I've had mine since year one, so I didn't have a chance to repair it for free. The costs I'd have to pay would be greater than $60, so in my case these 2DSes would be cheaper.

However, this is still a good option for anyone else who is still under warranty! I'll update the OP to include information about that.

 

[PF2M]

My 3DS came in the mail today! It was on 8.1.0-19U! REJOICE!!!!!

I'll update the OP with the new results.

 

[Jim~]

My 3DS came in the mail today! It was on 8.1.0-19U! REJOICE!!!!!

I'll update the OP with the new results.

My brother and his friend ordered two of these and shipped em to me to be CFW'd.

One was a red 2DS which came with 6.0.
The other was blue and came with 9.4.

Upgraded the red and downgraded the blue without much issue

 

[Boysbigbig]

Does anyone think if I send in my 3ds xl with blue screen of death they might fix it?

 

[Neru]

Does anyone think if I send in my 3ds xl with blue screen of death they might fix it?

Yea, but they gonna update it like they did with mine.

 

[Boysbigbig]

Yea, but they gonna update it like they did with mine.

I mean if so ill just trade or sell it. How much did they charge you