Safe to upgrade with out upgrading the NAND? Yes!
Roms and later on with new features? Probably not yet.
EDIT: Fuck, ninja'd.
Seems we think alike.
Safe in the sense you won't update the real NAND: yes.
Safe for ROMs compatibility and access to new official features: no.
Here is my question in absolute terms: if I update to 7.X, will I be able to play Pokemon Y retail cart in emuNAND mode, or whatever?
Yes, there's even a compatibility list for this matter: http://gbatemp.net/threads/gateway-3ds-compatibility-list-updated-dec-10-2013.358993/
Just remember that, if you played the game on a non-emuNAND console, your save will be read as corrupted on emuNAND.
Well, great. Now when I boot gateway mode, it doesn't even recognize Pokemon Y as being in the game slot. Between this and the system settings never loading, what the hell is going on? Should I format the emuNAND and try to update again
Well, I'll be damned.Maybe it's affecting the read speed too, but the classification is based on the writing speed. I don't know if there is any read speed classification.
https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speed_class_rating
Maybe it's affecting the read speed too, but the classification is based on the writing speed. I don't know if there is any read speed classification.
https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speed_class_rating
Well I'll be damned, I can't find anything on read speed for Class 4 VS class 10 cards...
And here I'm sitting now with 8 class 10 cards at 8 GB for my Gateway3DS, a and 5 other class 10 64GB cards for some Android devices. And the write speed isn't even needed on them....
I know pokemon x/y retail is supposed to work on emunand but does the online stuff work too?
I haven't tried it personally. Everywhere I've read people says it does BUT it might get a 1.2 patch and not work online anymore without the 1.2 patch like Mario kart 7 when it got its 1.1 patch. It is debatable if emunand will work with eshop on 7.X.