2020 hasn't been the most stable year, but at least Nintendo is hard at work making sure that above all else, the Nintendo 3DS is the most stable thing in your life during these trying times. The system has just received a brand new firmware update, the first of 2020, to be exact, bringing the revision number to 11.14.0-46. Currently, the yls8 page shows us that a few changes were made regarding the web browser, NATIVE_FIRM, and more. The official changelog from Nintendo says the oh so popular phrase you've come to love:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

Considering the random nature of this update, and the first few initial claims of those that took the plunge already, you might want to hold off on updating for right now, if you value having homebrew on your console. Reports state that Luma3DS is crashing, and that BrowserHax has been patched.

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[zoogie]

congrats on your first exploit to be patched by nintendo =D

Yeah, it actually makes me feel good believe it or not.

 

[MikaDubbz]

I still have my $3 copy of Cubic Ninja buried away somewhere, just in case of the insane possibility that it may one day be one of, if not the, only ways to still hack a 3DS in the future.

 

[zoogie]

Surprised they are even putting any updates they are no longer making. Guess they want to keep their systems as stable as possible before they end their support.

This update was likely "to tie up loose ends" when the 3ds bounty program ended. There was a flurry of reports in the last two weeks that were probably addressed in this update. Hopefully, it will be smooth sailing from here given the system is almost 10 years old.

useless fyi, 11.13 lasted 350 days, beating 11.6's record of 273 days lasted.

 

[josephdin]

I guess there isn't a way to bypass Luma and log into normal FW, right? I stupidly updated and am now locked out

you should of backed up NAND and then restored to it.

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Just checked and you can still connect and play games online on the last firmware prior to this one's release. Literally no need for anyone to rush and update at this point.

I thought you can only find people online with the same version as you?

 

[Ajlr]

Thank goodness this heavenly thing is still alive.

 

[MikaDubbz]

I thought you can only find people online with the same version as you?

That might well be true, but there is likely a huge portion of players still on the last version at this moment, and anyone with cfw would be smart to stay there for the time being. So again, no need to rush to update at this time.

 

[Nerdtendo]

I was actually just looking into new 3dses today to replace my crumbling one.

 

[The Catboy]

Luma3DS should have an update very soon.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

updating now, dont care abt crashes tbh

 

[Crazynoob458]

oh goody my friends 3ds is shaking now

 

[MrVtR]

Oh boy, here we go again

 

[gamecaptor]

WTF?! It’s not completely uncommon to release a new firmware after a console has been retired, but with this year being what it is, this feels really out of left field.

 

[Kwyjor]

Thank you! I found a tutorial and got it booted into native firm. Never knew this was possible

That's part of the "safety test" detailed in The Guide for uninstalling CFW. But it is definitely not without its problems.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/about-removing-b9s-and-the-safety-test.541718/

so this update is literally nothing but a trap for people stupid enough to update without thinking while using CFW

If it makes thousands of people all over the Internet scream that "cfw bricked my 3ds11!!!1!" and discourages people from installing it, then Nintendo wins, I reckon.

I still have my $3 copy of Cubic Ninja buried away somewhere, just in case of the insane possibility that it may one day be one of, if not the, only ways to still hack a 3DS in the future.

I expected as long as ninjahax works, then at least Freakyhax will keep working as well.

On that note, I eagerly await news as to whether this will require a new otherapp.bin . On non-European units, it has lasted since 11.7 so far. (Some people say "*hax can be broken by system updates!" but it will have endured two Luma-breaking updates if this doesn't break it.)

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

updating now, dont care abt crashes tbh

update: fuck, how am i gonna play ac now? i mean i kinda saw this coming but

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is pasta cfw broke?

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hmm

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guess ill need to use one of my spare DSes

 

[Shadow#1]

Updated

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

what in tarnation?

 

[MrVtR]

Updated

Yo,wat in the world

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

HOW?!
my 3ds crashes on boot...

 

[Shadow#1]

Yo,wat in the world

Newest Luma3DS

 

[Vortiene]

Did they patch steelhax