Hardware New New 3DS firmware question

[Mikemk]

If I buy a New 3DS at retail in mid- to late-July, will it come with an exploitable firmware? I'm not interested in pirating 3DS ROMs, so don't need 9.2, but I do want to use and create 3ds mode homebrew.

 

[retrofan_k]

If I buy a New 3DS at retail in mid- to late-July, will it come with an exploitable firmware? I'm not interested in pirating 3DS ROMs, so don't need 9.2, but I do want to use and create 3ds mode homebrew.

There us no real answer to that, as it's like asking how long is a piece of string. But to answer it anyway, it will most likely be a 10.xx version the most, which you can downgrade, as I don't think 11.0 fw ship at the moment, unless it's a new off the press from factory. You will need Freakyforms deluxe to boot homebrew or a Sky3DS with that rom for Fw 11.0 though. Be willing to pay Scalpy prices for a retail version, if you are not lucky finding a copy on the cheap.

 

[Pokéidiot]

11.0 has homebrew exploits (and arm11 kernel exploit) but 11.0 broke downgrading. If you are interested in developing 3DS homebrew that makes no difference unless you wanna implement system downgrading functions or anything that requires kernel access.

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Also, the console may come with a lower firmware version. Like 10.7 or below.

 

[Mikemk]

I bought a used one and got 10.6

 

[nero99]

all new 2016 models will come on 10.3 or lower. mine came with 9.9

 

[gnmmarechal]

11.0 has homebrew exploits (and arm11 kernel exploit) but 11.0 broke downgrading. If you are interested in developing 3DS homebrew that makes no difference unless you wanna implement system downgrading functions or anything that requires kernel access.

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Also, the console may come with a lower firmware version. Like 10.7 or below.

pretty sure the ARM11 exploit was made unusable, and anyway software downgrading on 11.0 will not happen without an ARM9 exploit so.... lel

all new 2016 models will come on 10.3 or lower. mine came with 9.9

wrong. Consoles have been confirmed with 10.5 (the EUR Fire Emblem one, for example).

 

[Pokéidiot]

pretty sure the ARM11 exploit was made unusable

Not really. With this you can implement CIA installation (it will work just with signed (legit) CIAs)

 

[gnmmarechal]

Not really. With this you can implement CIA installation (it will work just with signed (legit) CIAs)

I know what an ARM11 exploit allows...

I'm sure it was made too hard to work properly, and honestly, it's not worth the effort.

 

[Pokéidiot]

I know what an ARM11 exploit allows...

I'm sure it was made too hard to work properly, and honestly, it's not worth the effort.

PlaiCDN, Shameless, etc. are there in this case. It download signed titles directly from Nintendo servers, so...

 

[Aletron9000]

Not really. With this you can implement CIA installation (it will work just with signed (legit) CIAs)

Actually, downgrading the 3DS involved installing older legit system cia's (such as NATIVE_FIRM). So, i believe legit cia installation is patched out as well.

 

[Pokéidiot]

Actually, downgrading the 3DS involved installing older legit system cia's (such as NATIVE_FIRM). So, i believe legit cia installation is patched out as well.

Did you checked 3Dbrew? It blocked downgrading ONLY SYSTEM TITLES.

 

[Aletron9000]

Did you checked 3Dbrew? It blocked downgrading ONLY SYSTEM TITLES.

i thought they removed the process svcBackdoor, which is what was used to get ARM11 kernel.

 

[Pokéidiot]

Well, svcBackdor in fact allows access to another memory regions. For title installing we don't need this

 

[ih8ih8sn0w]

i thought they removed the process svcBackdoor, which is what was used to get ARM11 kernel.

native_firm now checks for system title versions and prevents something from being installed if it is below that version

 

[gnmmarechal]

PlaiCDN, Shameless, etc. are there in this case. It download signed titles directly from Nintendo servers, so...

Without CFW, it's pointless anyway. Very few games are universally signed.