Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

[darrin41]

hey guys got my n3ds xl files on sd card im on 9.9.0-26u what entry point do I use thanks , its asking me for a system update to use the internet browser what should I do thanks in advance

 

[Zinie]

Edit: Nvm

 

[darrin41]

ok guys got homebrew launcher on my n3ds but im getting error when trying to downgrade to 9.2 this is the error title exception main.cpp:148 result : 0xd900182f failed to get cia file

 

[darrin41]

I have a n3ds xl that I successfully installed hbl it was on 10.6 . i did a downgrade the cia installed , the 3ds turned off and now when i turn it on it boots black screen , is there a way to recover downgrated to 9.2 thanks in advance

 

[simbin]

I have a n3ds xl that I successfully installed hbl it was on 10.6 . i did a downgrade the cia installed , the 3ds turned off and now when i turn it on it boots black screen , is there a way to recover downgrated to 9.2 thanks in advance

try booting the 3ds without the sd card

 

[darrin41]

try booting the 3ds without the sd card

tried that is there a recovery mode i can do thanks

 

[simbin]

tried that is there a recovery mode i can do thanks

Yes. I'm not sure how but I've seen it mentioned here on the forums. It will update you to latest official firmware.

 

[darrin41]

Yes. I'm not sure how but I've seen it mentioned here on the forums. It will update you to latest official firmware.

if u can link me to it would be great

 

[simbin]

if u can link me to it would be great

Try holding down the (A, L, R and Up on the D Pad) when you power it on

 

[darrin41]

tried I believe its a goner until someone figure out how to recover nand

 

[simbin]

tried I believe its a goner until someone figure out how to recover nand

I think you need a nand backup, but if you can do some soldering there's hard mod tutorials out there just Google it

 

[darrin41]

I don't have a back up of the nand that's the problem I can solder well

 

[darrin41]

if I hard mod it and dump the nand I wonder is there a way to repair it with the cia that where installed to it

 

[Gizametalman]

Exactly. You do the indian ritual beside the 3DS.

*On top of the 3DS*

 

[CrazyMaxx]

Works this for newest firmware 10.6 ?

 

[einhuman197]

Works this for newest firmware 10.6 ?

Safesysupdater now has 10.6 support and the newest version of memchunkhax2. Try the newest version!

 

[BakaNeet]

Does this works on 10.7 yet?

 

[guitarheroknight]

Yesterday I downgraded my 9.8 N3DS with safesysupdater only to get an incomplete downgrade, but luckily for me I was able to access the browser and finish my downgrade. The only title that wasnt installed was the native firm.

 

[Bura]

I downgraded from 10.6.0-31U to 9.2.0-20U. It seems to be successful, but now I can't boot downloaded games that also have updates (only ones with updates that I have downloaded, not necessarily games that have the "update available" message).

I also cannot play games that "require" higher firmware than 9.2 such as LOZ Triforce Heroes. I tried HANS, but that didn't seem to work.

*Edit: It seems the the thing involving game-specific updates was a coincidence. In reality, the problem is with newer games (physical and digital). Is there any way to get around this restriction? As far as I know, these system updates are only for "stability".

 

[asdfghjk]

Another success story: USA O3DS, 9.9 to 9.2. Got a black screen after SysUpdater's reboot, but I removed my SD card and booted it again, et voila, 9.2! Thanks so much to everyone involved!

Hopefully I'm not knocking on wood... I'm feeling so ecstatic that I can't test anything yet.