So my first and only experience with downgrading a 3ds ended in a brick which really makes me hesitant to try and downgrade my new 3ds to play backups or other things the thing is i did everything the youtube video said to do and still ended up with a brick but i have no experience with soldering so i also have no idea if i should attempt a backup can someone help me on what precautions i should take when downgrading or what i should do to do this in the most optimum fashion i have heard that maybe cause i didnt restore my 3ds to factory settings that may have contributed but didnt know for sure so i have held off but seeing other people successfuly do it makes me want to do it cause for reasons of playing japanese games without paying to import them sorry for the long post btw im new here