Homebrew Ver. 9.4.0-21U should i update?

[Andre363]

Ok so i just bought a 3ds xl the year of luigi edition and i want to put homebrew on and hack the shit out of it lol. To tell you the truth i just want to play pokemon for free on it what do i do?? And if i update it will hacks be broken??

 

[Quantumcat]

You can downgrade it to 9.2. If you update it, you'll need a hardmod to be able to downgrade it. So don't update. (Current limit for downgrading by software is 10.3, and the current update is 10.5)

 

[SonicRegret]

yes there there is always a looming chance of a brick, and to recover you need to update to latest, if that doesn't work, then its a real brick. I'm just waiting until there is a much safer method to downgrade, or that new arm9 exploit that hasn't been looked into yet.

 

[Andre363]

Ok thanks quantumcat will do... after i downgrade can you give a link or tell where to go for playing pokemon to be specific pokemon x&y etc...

 

[SonicRegret]

well we can't give the links to rom sites here, so you'll have to scavenge for the rom

it shouldn't be hard to find anyways.

 

[Quantumcat]

Ok thanks quantumcat will do... after i downgrade can you give a link or tell where to go for playing pokemon to be specific pokemon x&y etc...

Look for the rxtools tutorial to set up CFW. Then you are looking for .cia files to install. I can't tell you the name of the website everyone uses but it's all about ISOs and this console ... as a hint for Google.

 

[Andre363]

Ok so now i dont know what t do should i downgrade or not?

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Ok thanks again quantumcat but is the downgrade necessary for playing pokemon or its just a better version for exploits??

 

[pofer]

you can just install a legit cia of Pokemon X or Y if you don't want to downgrade, but I'd highly recommend you to downgrade your console using this guide:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-downgrading-your-3ds.407888 (use julian's build if possible, as that lowers the chances of getting a Hard brick)

then after you've downgraded it use this guide to set up your CFW and install any cia you want:

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-installing-rxtools-custom-firmware-3ds-and-2ds.390867/

 

[Andre363]

Pofer u the man

 

[Xexyz]

Go for the downgrade. Downgraded a 3DS from 9.4 to 9.2.

 

[Salamencizer]

Ok so i just bought a 3ds xl the year of luigi edition and i want to put homebrew on and hack the shit out of it lol. To tell you the truth i just want to play pokemon for free on it what do i do?? And if i update it will hacks be broken??

I used to think 'No dude downgrading is gonna brick ma only console, and so no im gonna stay on 10.3' but when i downgraded, i understood that its worth the risk. So go for the downgrade, and use the SafeSysUpdater.

 

[zoogie]

Just so you all know, FE fates comes with 10.3.

 

[Salamencizer]

I'm just waiting until there is a much safer method to downgrade, or that new arm9 exploit that hasn't been looked into yet.

Does that ARM9hax support o3ds?

 

[DingusPingus]

Does that ARM9hax support o3ds?

It works in the sense that you can get all the files for it, but no o3ds cfw supports it

 

[Salamencizer]

It works in the sense that you can get all the files for it, but no o3ds cfw supports it

Normally, When you start your 3ds, it boots into sysNAND first. Will arm9loaderhax allow it to boot to some file on the sd card, rather than sysNAND? If so, even if my sysNAND gets bricked, can i load something that can restore it like Decrypt9?

 

[DingusPingus]

Normally, When you start your 3ds, it boots into sysNAND first. Will arm9loaderhax allow it to boot to some file on the sd card, rather than sysNAND? If so, even if my sysNAND gets bricked, can i load something that can restore it like Decrypt9?

If some cfw decides to support the o3ds, I'm not sure if you can skip a corrupted sysnand to boot something else, but I doubt that you'll be able to load different code if the sysnand is bricked

 

[Salamencizer]

If some cfw decides to support the o3ds

rxTools supports old3ds i guess
also PastaCFW

 

[DingusPingus]

rxTools supports old3ds i guess
also PastaCFW

they "support" the o3ds, but they don't support a9lh and won't for a while, right now only reinand supports it and it's n3ds exclusive

 

[Salamencizer]

they "support" the o3ds, but they don't support a9lh and won't for a while, right now only reinand supports it and it's n3ds exclusive

thats bad

 

[cooroxd]

Let's take it 1 step at time and not to overwhelm OP. First thing you should do is down grade your 9.4 to 9.2.