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[Smash Br0]

taken from this guide [Tutorial] Installing rxTools Custom Firmware - (Old 3DS and 2DS) (the one you should have used . . . lol)
all except the 9.9 can be hacked today
o3ds [Tutorial] Installing rxTools Custom Firmware - (Old 3DS and 2DS)
n3ds [Tutorial] How-to install a CFW on a 9.0-9.2 N3DS without CN/OOT
downgrade Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

btw those 2 gb sd cards are unrealistically small (will maybe fit one game + emunand)

Thanks for the fast reply. I don't have much free time, so I'm trying to do only the time-sensitive stuff right now.

Is getting the 9.9 n3DS XL downgraded my only time-sensitive task? All the rest are 100% exploitable after 10.4 drops?

I'm guessing 9.2 is preferred over ≤4.5 now. Is the only way to UPdate to 9.2 (without turning on the WiFi switch) still that second release of Smash Bros.?

We'll get some bigger SD cards when we find some on sale.

 

[wormdood]

The saves that i want to restore are from a sd card that was in the 3ds before i installed rxtools, and the emunand is on a different sd card... will it still work?

as long as you did not format both sysnand and emunand then yes (the folder with the games/saves in it is inside Nintendo 3ds folder (the one with the random numbers and letters if the old one matches one of the two on the current card copy it over and then you are good

@wormdood
I have mistakenly installed emunand first before installing rxtools
Should I start from beginning or can continue

it should be ok . . . install rxtools now

Is getting the 9.9 n3DS XL downgraded my only time-sensitive task? All the rest are 100% exploitable after 10.4 drops?

correct on both counts

I'm guessing 9.2 is preferred over ≤4.5 now. Is the only way to UPdate to 9.2 (without turning on the WiFi switch) still that second release of Smash Bros.?

this is a bad way to update and can lead to its own set of issues there is a way to hack all 9.2 or lower consoles then update using sysupdater (note the version will be different then the one used for the downgrade)

 

[Smash Br0]

Does it matter which entry point I use to downgrade? I have a copy of Cubic Ninja.

 

[YyAoMmIi]

Does it matter which entry point I use to downgrade? I have a copy of Cubic Ninja.

no

 

[wormdood]

Does it matter which entry point I use to downgrade? I have a copy of Cubic Ninja.

from what i read its best to use menuhax (i hear having the game slot empty helps) but make sure you read the downgrade guide carefully
also have the proper update pack for your console version and region or you will brick your console

 

[Smash Br0]

from what i read its best to use menuhax (i hear having the game slot empty helps) but make sure you read the downgrade guide carefully
also have the proper update pack for your console version and region or you will brick your console

I read that if I use menuhax, I won't be able to use custom themes, and that's something I'd like to have... So I suppose I'll try Ninjhax first.

I'm following the guide you posted a page ago, double-checking everything. Verified the .cia firmware files matched the hashes. Just gotta setup an entry point and downgrade.

Just to confirm, it's OK to downgrade from 9.9 instead of upgrading to 10.3 first?

I see ninjhax requires a WiFi connection -- will that force me to update to 10.3 first?

Something else I just thought of: Whoever owned this copy of Cubic Ninja before I did installed Ninjhax on it already. Do I need to remove their version and apply the version specific to the firmware I'm using?

*reads ninjhax FAQ*

Sounds like I should clear the previous save game.

 

[CXu]

After downgrading to 9.2, menuhax seems to have stopped working. I've tried going into menuhax manager, deleting and reinstalling menuhax, but it always seem to freeze on the yellow screen on load. Is there anything I can do about this? Browserhax still works, so there's not really a problem right now I guess, but I'd like to get menuhax working.

 

[wormdood]

Just to confirm, it's OK to downgrade from 9.9 instead of upgrading to 10.3 first?

correct

I read that if I use menuhax, I won't be able to use custom themes, and that's something I'd like to have... So I suppose I'll try Ninjhax first.

that info is old (that refers to sysnand) menuhax now has its own theme option so you can use themes in sysnand and after you install cfw you can use themes on emunand just fine

I see ninjhax requires a WiFi connection -- will that force me to update to 10.3 first?

thats fine the 3ds cant update without your permission (it can only download the update then nag you to update the system daily) if you do get this nag you can remove it easily

After downgrading to 9.2, menuhax seems to have stopped working. I've tried going into menuhax manager, deleting and reinstalling menuhax, but it always seem to freeze on the yellow screen on load. Is there anything I can do about this? Browserhax still works, so there's not really a problem right now I guess, but I'd like to get menuhax working.

remove the menuhax ropinpayload for 10.3 from the sd card root then change the theme and reinstall menuhax . . .

 

[Smash Br0]

Should I block some Nintendo DNS addresses before I connect this 9.9 n3DS XL to the internet? If so, which ones, and how?

 

[YyAoMmIi]

Should I block some Nintendo DNS addresses before I connect this 9.9 n3DS XL to the internet? If so, which ones, and how?

NO!!!
If you screw up and soft brick, and you are unblocked, you can update back to 10.3 via emergacy mode and try the process again

 

[CXu]

"oh..."

Thanks a bunch!

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Hey, y'all. Idiot incoming here. I'm trying to downgrade my 3dsxl from 9.4.0-21E to 9.2.
I was following a guide but it was more to downgrade specifically from 10.3.0-28.
Is there a guide for my firmware or something? Thanks.
I suck at finding what I need...

 

[VIIth]

I was away for the week and just now I'm seeing I can downgrade to 9.2!
Let's see if I got this right, please help me a bit:

1. Install a entrypoint and make it work.
I'm on 10.3.0-28U. I've already got Ironhax (Working) and Home Menu Hax (also working), both via Browserhax.
2. Grab the 9.2.0-20U firmware "upgrade" file.
My 3DS is an american one in 10.3.0-28U. I got the 9.2.0-20U upgrade cias from somewhere and checked the MD5 and SHA-1 so to confirm they're the correct files. They are.
3. Follow https://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-downgrading-your-3ds.407888/ to downgrade to 9.2.0-20U
I successfully downgraded to 9.2.0-20U after the second try (I didn't know I had to turn wifi on the first time). After downgrading, I got the message of the theme shop being open and in System Settings I get Ver. 9.2.0-20U.
4. Following https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutoria...ncluding-emunand-coldboot-cia-manager.405589/
I'm going to separate this in sub-steps, so I document everything as I go:

4a - Setting up Emunand
Here's my problem so far. I can open the homebrew launcher through Browserhax so to open PastaCFW, which takes me back to the Home Menu, but from here on, I can't open the Homebrew Launcher the same way I did before. The bottom screen becomes gray but I can't do anything, not even turn it off unless I hold the power button. The gray screen when it freezes is the same that appears when I launch the hmlauncher the first time, but this time it just stays there. If I scroll, I can see the scrollbar in the top screen still selected.

 

[wormdood]

Hey, y'all. Idiot incoming here. I'm trying to downgrade my 3dsxl from 9.4.0-21E to 9.2.
I was following a guide but it was more to downgrade specifically from 10.3.0-28.
Is there a guide for my firmware or something? Thanks.
I suck at finding what I need...

the exploit works from 9.3 to 10.3 so your good (if it fails and you dont have dns spoofing going then you can recover to 10.3 and try again) so if you got it remove tubehax dns first then go for it

 

[DarkCoffe64]

the exploit works from 9.3 to 10.3 so your good (if it fails and you dont have dns spoofing going then you can recover to 10.3 and try again) so if you got it remove tubehax dns first then go for it

Yeah, I know that. The problem is... That I need a guide.
Could you link me one please?

 

[wormdood]

Yeah, I know that. The problem is... That I need a guide.
Could you link me one please?

Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

 

[jlucasp25]

as long as you did not format both sysnand and emunand then yes (the folder with the games/saves in it is inside Nintendo 3ds folder (the one with the random numbers and letters if the old one matches one of the two on the current card copy it over and then you are good
it should be ok . . . install rxtools now

correct on both counts
this is a bad way to update and can lead to its own set of issues there is a way to hack all 9.2 or lower consoles then update using sysupdater (note the version will be different then the one used for the downgrade)

It didn't work, the 3ds doesn't show the games and cannot boot rxtools. Also inside the Nintendo3ds folder is only one folder with the long numbers and letters.

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

Thanks! I just felt so lost with all those guides, that I wasn't sure what guide to use.

 

[wormdood]

It didn't work, the 3ds doesn't show the games and cannot boot rxtools. Also inside the Nintendo3ds folder is only one folder with the long numbers and letters.

then you need to link your nnid to redownload the games . . . as for the saves i dont know . . .

 

[JinSaiYa]

Hey Guys,

When I try to run menuhax on emunand 10.3 (RxTools) it gives me an error and makes me restart the sistem.

I already pressed "Y" while loading the Homebrew launcher cia I installed and it did install the payload. After this I modfied the payload to run my homebrew channel 3dsx (using CTR).

Anyone know?

Thanks

Guys,

Sorry to be repetitive but, Any ideas?

Thanks!