@CuriousTommy
I'll not answer your questions, you can find most answers here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/japan-n3ds-plailects-guide-with-region-change.430071/ especially the last post.
But i'll recommend: if japanese is really a problem (even knowing that you already have a 3ds with the exact same menus and you can find multiple video guide online to set-up):
you can buy an Australian pal n3ds, play asia sells some, and i saw here too (+15 aus$ shipping).
Also you should be aware of import taxes, here in France it can be very costly, i'm not aware of how your contry/state works.
Also if your japanese n3ds is 8.1j, it will be quite difficult/pricey to upgrade and access homebrew.
8.1j is japan only, you won't have this problem with australian 3ds, and most likely be good to go without a game because i've never heard of a n3ds beeing on anything >10.5
I'll not answer your questions, you can find most answers here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/japan-n3ds-plailects-guide-with-region-change.430071/ especially the last post.
But i'll recommend: if japanese is really a problem (even knowing that you already have a 3ds with the exact same menus and you can find multiple video guide online to set-up):
you can buy an Australian pal n3ds, play asia sells some, and i saw here too (+15 aus$ shipping).
Also you should be aware of import taxes, here in France it can be very costly, i'm not aware of how your contry/state works.
Also if your japanese n3ds is 8.1j, it will be quite difficult/pricey to upgrade and access homebrew.
8.1j is japan only, you won't have this problem with australian 3ds, and most likely be good to go without a game because i've never heard of a n3ds beeing on anything >10.5
You see, I knew I was missing something! So the Homebrew launcher cannot by itself launch games (in CIA-format from the SD-card)?
Also, I just powered on my new store-bought O3DS, and it's on Ver. 2.1.0-4E. Does this mean I'm screwed and have to buy a specific game to update to version 9.2.0?
no, this is why you downgrade, and set up custom firmware.
do this: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/9.2.0-Update-(Browser-OTP)
you'll need a game, but you can skip many of the steps and get straight to arm9loaderhax.
Thank you for your help. So this (https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/9.2.0-Update-(rxTools-2.5.2)) is not a way to upgrade to 9.2.0 without using a game cart?
You need a 4.X or 6.X game cartridge. Use 3dsdb.com to find one.
And no, there's not, otherwise it would be in the guide.
there's no way to update from 2.1 without a game card. also make sure you get your console's OTP first before anything using the guide I linked to.
but you do need to update using a game card eventually. no cfw can run 2.1 FIRM. the only way is getting OTP, updating to 9.2, and installing a9lh from there.
Correct. Someone ought to port sysupdater to 2.1- I don't see why it couldn't be done, we have an arm9 exploit and the FIRM rewrite doesn't really matter in that regard, right?
I await for your release of this, thanks for helping the dev community make progress. :^)
I think the bigger issue is trying to get it to boot at all. Nintendo "rewrote" FIRM with 3.0, so new patches need to be made with pre-3.0 FIRMs. primarily signature and FIRM write protection.
we can't boot 2.1 from cfw, at least when trying to patch things to it. signature, FIRM write protection, NAND redirection (emu/rednand), all of these would have to be re-made for 2.1.I don't quite understand. Mind explaining a bit more, please? This is the question thread, after all
I'm not sure I understand. trying to use a different FIRM to boot? I don't think the old software (home menu, etc) would still boot.
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