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@YyAoMmIi OMG no noo, sorry i downgraded first, after all that proccess i made a backup of emunand on the gateway page. Sorry X_x and in the same gateway page there's an option to format your SD card (then it renames) So if i format my SD i don't thing menuhax was the problem or..? idk :C

Aso yeah i thing i have a back up of that nand thing, and no, i heard we don't have to touch the sysnand (now thanks to you i know what it is o.o).

I'm already on 9.2.0 and i can't access homebrew, what could be bothering the reboot of the main menu then? :(
Not sure about gateway, but I don't think the sd card format did anything really, as it happen when the 3ds was off.
It more the fact the theme is changed when 3ds is on uninstall menuhax.
Of which, by deleting that folder, 3ds makes a new folder next time it turns off, thus uninstall menuhax

I have to ask, is there any conflict in the NAND when the same game, but different region, needs to create extra data in the SD?

Like, in smash bros or fire emblem which needs to create some stuff in the SD. Do those SD files conflict due to being the same, but different region? Or does the 3Ds differentiates them?
No.
Same game but different regions still have different game ID. And the game care more about the game I'd
 

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Hey, so I got CFW working on my 9.2 emuNAND, all fine and dandy. But when I update my emuNAND to 10.3 via SysUpdater, or 10.4 via Nintendo's official method, and my 3DS freezes after a seconds when I boot up my emuNAND. An error message then pops up asking me to turn it off, and rebooting it does the same thing over and over again. Only way to fix this is injecting my emuNAND.bin into the SDcard. What am I doing wrong? This is a Japanese n3DS btw.
 

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I have some questions, in regards to system transfer, emunand, etc..

Currently I have a 2DS on 9.2 and Emunand on 10.4 . The NANDs are still linked.
Around one week from now, I will have an O3DS XL on 10.3, without anything configured (of course I will downgrade it and prepare an Emunand before everything).

- It is possible to perform a system transfer, in order to send my 2DS' emunand into the 3DS XL emunand? I suppose the NANDs can't be linked in both systems to do this...
- ...and that's my second question: how to unlink NANDs, then recover access into the eShop properly?

Any help/guide/topic on these subjects will be helpful to me, I'm really a noob on these subjects and I'm confused with some search results... Thanks in advance to everyone.
 

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Hi all. Pretty sure I had an account here from years ago but maybe not.

Anyway long story short I've decided to buy a flashcard for my 3DS XL due to my old XL getting stolen and losing around 30-40 digital games that I cannot get back from Nintendo and I'm certainly loathe to buy them again.

I've got another XL that states the version is 4.4.0-10E

I've been having a browse and the choice is unbelievable compared to what it was like back in the days of DS cards so I'm a bit stumped as to what I need to buy or what the recommended card is. I'm guessing gateway as it's been mentioned a lot. I just want something that I can play 3DS roms on and eshop games if possible as a lot of my old purchases were eshop only titles.

If at all possible I just need a minimal of fuss so I could just use a card reader to connect it to my laptop and transfer games over like I did in the DS days.

I'm just confused with all the different cards for each firmware and also which UK stockist is the most reliable so I can pull the trigger. I will have a good search on here and hopefully my queries have been already answered but I thought I'd try a headstart first.
 
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Now that you're on 9.2, you'll want to install some CFW (since you're on N3DS, you'll be using Reinand). Once you have CFW and emunand, you can safely update the emunand to 10.4 which will allow eshop access, and your sysnand will remain on 9.2. All you need is cubic ninja to get started. Here's a tutorial for reinand (the files in the tutorial are old, but you can still set up reinand with that, then just update the reinand files once you're done). Also, you'll either want to use CTR Boot Manager to launch reinand, or just have it automatically launch from menuhax. I can give better help if you need it.
First off, thanks for the reply!

Okay so I went to the thread you linked and downloaded the tutorial (.rtf file) in the first post. Right off the bat, I'm a little bit confused. Under the instructions without a Gateway it says, "Copy the contents of folder: "Root of mSD - (Your 3DS' region)" to the root of your mSD" I have no clue what this means exactly. What is 'Root of mSD - Your 3DS' region'? I know what the root of my mSD card is but it says to copy the root to the root... what? Lol.

I hate that I'm already stumped on the very first step but I'll get this figured out one way or the other.

edit: Okay I see what I missed, there was a .rar file I needed to download which had all this stuff in it. I misread the early part of the post. I think I'm good for now.
 
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OK, I got my n3DS XL downgraded, but what about 3DS systems below 9.2? Do they need to be updated? If so, how?

Here's my group's updated list of 3DS systems:

n3DS XL: 9.0.0-20U sysNAND, 4GB SDHC (never hacked)
n3DS XL: 9.2.0-20U sysNAND, 4GB SDHC (downgraded from 10.3.0-28U, sysNAND backed up, emuNAND not set up yet)

o3DS XL: 6.0.0-11U sysNAND, 4GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS XL: 4.3.0-10U sysNAND, 9.2.0-20U emuNAND, 16GB SDHC (Gateway only)
o3DS XL: 4.5.0-10U sysNAND, 9.4.0-21U emuNAND, 4GB SDHC (Gateway only)
o3DS XL: 9.2.0-20U sysNAND, 4GB SDHC (never hacked)

o3DS: 9.2.0-20U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS: 3.0.0-6U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS: 7.1.0-15U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS: 9.2.0-20U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS: 4.5.0-9U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)
o3DS: 4.5.0-10U sysNAND, 2GB SDHC (never hacked)

What should be done with the 3.0, 6.0, 7.1, and 9.0 systems? 4.3, 4.5, and 9.2 are fine as-is, right?

What's better to have on sysNAND, 4.3 or 9.2? How would I update to 9.2?

I have a copy of Paper Mario: Sticker Star that updates to 4.3, but I don't own a copy of Smash with 9.2 on it.
 

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Hello, I am an O3DS user. I like playing retro games, as well as 3DS games, so my 3DS is full of emulators and custom virtual consoles.
But as you know... emulators on O3DS are very limited. Custom Virtual consoles have limits in convenience, especially for GBA. There are many emulators for GBC, NES, SNES, GBA, ... out there, but nothing other than GameYob runs fine on O3DS. Blargsnes has low compatibility, and all the other ones, like FCEUMM, mGBA, Snes9x, gpSP are slow. And I know they run fast enough on N3DS, and I believe O3DS could have been clocked at 804MHz, but Nintendo simply locked it to 268MHz for battery conservation.

Would it be possible to overclock O3DS with hack someday?

[EDIT] Sorry, I didn't know I can find some threads by searching as "overclocking" instead of "overclock". And I guess greatest possible answer is NO.
 
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Further to my last post I decided to order a gateway card from playmods. I just need to get a micro sd card now and prepare that. Any useful guides for this prep?

Also am I ok with the 4GB stock SD card that came with my XL or would I need a larger one?
 

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Alrighty, so i've recently bought a new 3ds xl and i'm thinking of downgrading it with the intent to play free games.

As of now, it's on firmware version E 10.3, thus i require a downgrade.

My question is: What guides and software should i use to downgrade and play free games?
Most 10.3 to 9.2 guides on youtube refer to the O3ds, in fact it's displayed on the screen that n3ds is not supported yet (the guides are 2 weeks old).

Then, once the downgrade is done (i'd be glad if someone could englithen me about what i should do if i brick the system, either as preventive measure such as backupping files or as fix) i will need a guide for a way to run .CIA files.
I'm new to the 3ds hacking scene, thus i don't know wether i should be using reinand, rxtools or whatever else, however i am not unused to this kind of stuff so i should be able to learn swiftly.

Any help is greatly appreciated. =3
 

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Alrighty, so i've recently bought a new 3ds xl and i'm thinking of downgrading it with the intent to play free games.

As of now, it's on firmware version E 10.3, thus i require a downgrade.

My question is: What guides and software should i use to downgrade and play free games?
Most 10.3 to 9.2 guides on youtube refer to the O3ds, in fact it's displayed on the screen that n3ds is not supported yet (the guides are 2 weeks old).

Then, once the downgrade is done (i'd be glad if someone could englithen me about what i should do if i brick the system, either as preventive measure such as backupping files or as fix) i will need a guide for a way to run .CIA files.
I'm new to the 3ds hacking scene, thus i don't know wether i should be using reinand, rxtools or whatever else, however i am not unused to this kind of stuff so i should be able to learn swiftly.

Any help is greatly appreciated. =3
Follow this guide to downgrade.

There's a guide here to set up CFW on your N3DS.
 

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Follow this guide to downgrade.

There's a guide here to set up CFW on your N3DS.

Ty, i've checked them and i've understood the process.
Only one question remains: i've donwloaded the 9.2 firmware, however it's not from "a certain pastebin", but on a forum instead.
Without saying names as i know they're not allowed, a certain user called pakrett started a thread called "[MEGA] [CIA/BIN] MSET 4.X & 6.X backups, Browser backups, Update packs (All Regions)" on an unknown website, that is where i got my zip.

MD5 of the zip is: AAA5960A3061DA1F08D944D8E7017BD6
Suggested MD5 from the guide is: 6DCCA8FCBC9A28C82C2A4E5182F3ACF8

Should i be good with those files?
 

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Ty, i've checked them and i've understood the process.
Only one question remains: i've donwloaded the 9.2 firmware, however it's not from "a certain pastebin", but on a forum instead.
Without saying names as i know they're not allowed, a certain user called pakrett started a thread called "[MEGA] [CIA/BIN] MSET 4.X & 6.X backups, Browser backups, Update packs (All Regions)" on an unknown website, that is where i got my zip.

MD5 of the zip is: AAA5960A3061DA1F08D944D8E7017BD6
Suggested MD5 from the guide is: 6DCCA8FCBC9A28C82C2A4E5182F3ACF8

Should i be good with those files?
I've used the firmware files from that same thread to update 3DSes to 9.2 before, it should be safe to downgrade using them.
 

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Ty, i've checked them and i've understood the process.
Only one question remains: i've donwloaded the 9.2 firmware, however it's not from "a certain pastebin", but on a forum instead.
Without saying names as i know they're not allowed, a certain user called pakrett started a thread called "[MEGA] [CIA/BIN] MSET 4.X & 6.X backups, Browser backups, Update packs (All Regions)" on an unknown website, that is where i got my zip.

MD5 of the zip is: AAA5960A3061DA1F08D944D8E7017BD6
Suggested MD5 from the guide is: 6DCCA8FCBC9A28C82C2A4E5182F3ACF8

Should i be good with those files?

Redownload them, these files aren't correct.
 

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I've used the firmware files from that same thread to update 3DSes to 9.2 before, it should be safe to downgrade using them.
Thank you, i will proceed with the downgrade tomorrow. =)
Redownload them, these files aren't correct.
The website claims those are the correct values. (as in they're written in the page itself and it's the md5 of the downloaded file, tho they both differ from the md5 suggested in the gbatemp guide)
So yeah maybe they're just different files altogether (maybe compressed differently)
 

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Hi all! Have not touched my gateway in awhile. I am coming back to my O3DS now that FF explorers is getting released soon. I have a couple of questions and appreciate if anyone could help. My sysnand is on 9.2, emunand on 9.5. Is there any reason for me to update my emunand to 10.4 to play the latest games? (CIA online) If not, are there any other reasons for me to update emunand to latest or should I just stay on 9.5? Thanks!
 

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Hi all! Have not touched my gateway in awhile. I am coming back to my O3DS now that FF explorers is getting released soon. I have a couple of questions and appreciate if anyone could help. My sysnand is on 9.2, emunand on 9.5. Is there any reason for me to update my emunand to 10.4 to play the latest games? (CIA online) If not, are there any other reasons for me to update emunand to latest or should I just stay on 9.5? Thanks!

There's no reasons why you would want to stay on 9.5 emunand. You can safely update to 10.4 emunand.
 
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