Gateway 3DS, News and Information

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They have sent me an email that confirms IT DOESN´T WORK con 5.X or 6.X for the moment. They are working on it.
Wow. This sounds bad... Probably we are not going to see this working on 5.x+. The exploit they are using got fixed in 5.0 and if they can't find the new one it's a waste.
 

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Finally some updated news! How long was that..2 month without any news? Let's look at the positives, I guess. Chip will finally be released but with a firmware that is so out of date, but they will be working on a update for 6.x and higher. I feel like trading my aqua 3ds just for a 3ds with that update...Yeah you all can judge me lmfao, I'm desperate
 

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I bought my 3DS when it was still on preorder, back in 2010 or so. As I have not used it for much, it is still on the firmware it shipped with, 1.x I guess. I have never updated it.
Now let's assume I am planning to get a Gateway, I guess it would work but 90% of the games wouldn't because of the old firmware. Is there a way to update the 3DS to exactly 4.5 but not any further?
 

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I bought my 3DS when it was still on preorder, back in 2010 or so. As I have not used it for much, it is still on the firmware it shipped with, 1.x I guess. I have never updated it.
Now let's assume I am planning to get a Gateway, I guess it would work but 90% of the games wouldn't because of the old firmware. Is there a way to update the 3DS to exactly 4.5 but not any further?


3) Your console can be safely updated to 4.5 by using an original title released after March 2013 till current. Please double check the update message (version) before proceeding !

http://www.gateway-3ds.com/

5.x and 6.x doesn't work now, we will try to add it for launch (so within 10
days) but it might take more time
 

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4.5...? I thought it was supposed to support 5.1. Can't say I'm not disappointed.

That it doesn't work on 5.x firmware, doesn't make me believe that it will ever work on a higher firmware. 5.x was out before they even announced the card!
yup

Oh well at least now I can look forward to better clones, variations, etc that might support higher FW
 

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So Devin, does this mean that if I buy a title that has been released in, let's say, 2013 June, it will only update my 3DS to 4.5 and not to something higher?
 

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According to them you're correct, but I haven't looked into it personally. But if you buy the GW3DS one of the newer game roms would update your 3DS to 4.5 as well.
 

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Too bad, I'm on 5.x. Will have to wait until it's supported (if ever).
Oh well, there are worse things that could happen.
 

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I am on 5.0.0 firmware.

Although happy for the Gateway's release, I'm very disappointed :(

All this time I thought it worked on 5.x.x.

*cries in corner*
 

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It's pretty bad that it doesn't even work on 5.x.
The announcement is a bit confusing though. It seems to state that they have a means of making it work on 6.x, but haven't finished it yet. It's a bit unclear though.
Either way, the future looks rather bleak for this flashcart. Well, as long as it can't save to SD I'm not interested in it anyway.

If the exploit they are using would allow kernel access, then a hack should not be too far away.
Wasn't the 3DS kernel exploit already known of patched with 5.0? Since this only works on firmware lower than 5.0 they may be using the same exploit.
That means it could be possible for someone to reverse engineer the flashcart and discover the exploit, and turn it into a softmod.
 

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I should have clarified. A 3DS XL unit which is currently available to buy. Are they all firmware 4.5 and under?

That too must depend on when it was packed at the company or manufactured. I am not entirely sure about right now but there were 3ds xl with firmware under 4.5 (my friend bought one).

I have the 4.3.0. upgrade or not?

Unless you have a game kart that updates it to 4.5 (not any higher than that), I suggest you don't.
 

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