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[BobDoleOwndU]

Thanks! I forgot to mention that my 3DS is a N3DS XL (sorry! edited now), so this won't work ? :/

There's a guide for setting up CFW on the N3DS here.

If you're feeling ambitious you could also set up Arm9loaderhax. It takes a while to set up and seems quite risky at points, but you'll end up with a 100% bootrate! Just be sure to follow the guide word for word if you go this route.

Oh, so it'll just error and bitch about the TWL, it won't brick it?

Pretty much you go through and downgrade emuNAND then, after emuNAND is successfully downgraded you flash it to sysNAND. So worst case scenario at that point you end up with a bricked emuNAND.

 

[icano194]

should i get a new 3ds with a 9.2 (which is being sold at away higher price on ebay) or a normal one and downgrade it?

how safe is it?

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

should i get a new 3ds with a 9.2 (which is being sold at away higher price on ebay) or a normal one and downgrade it?

how safe is it?

I'd say just get any N3DS and downgrade it. The extra cash for one on 9.2 isn't worth it. Note that if you get one on 10.6 or 10.7, you'll need Cubic Ninja or Ocarina of Time to downgrade it.

 

[Just Passing By]

should i get a new 3ds with a 9.2 (which is being sold at away higher price on ebay) or a normal one and downgrade it?

how safe is it?

I'd say cheaper and downgrade. It's pretty safe now. Many people report successful downgrades each day. I won't lie and say there aren't any brick reports though. Those come frequently as well but they may come from user error, so it might not even be the programs fault.

 

[icano194]

I'd say cheaper and downgrade. It's pretty safe now. Many people report successful downgrades each day. I won't lie and say there aren't any brick reports though. Those come frequently as well but they may come from user error, so it might not even be the programs fault.

Thanks for the help guys
is there a step by step tutorial for noobs? and is there any way to undo the brick?

 

[Just Passing By]

is there any way to undo the brick?

Don't worry about a brick. You won't get it. But no. You can't undo the brick if you don't have a backup of your sysnand before doing the downgrade. So let's say you hardmod it now and dump your sysnand, then you have a good backup. However let's say you brick and then hardmod and dump, then unfortunately, the dump is bad because it's already corrupted.

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

Thanks for the help guys
is there a step by step tutorial for noobs? and is there any way to undo the brick?

A hardmod/NAND dump prior to downgrading is the only way to recover from a brick if one happens.

There are a few guides that can help you out.

First, you'll want to set up the Homebrew Launcher.

There's a guide for downgrading here.

There's a guide for setting up CFW on the N3DS here.

 

[cirobml]

After i updates my o3dsxl to 10.7/the eshop stoped wonking, is that normal?

O3ds 9.2 > 10.7 usa
RX tools 2.5.2

 

[rickpower]

QUESTION-- where are my game save and game backup files are stored on my sdcard?

 

[LiquidAudacity]

QUESTION-- where are my game save and game backup files are stored on my sdcard?

Inside the Nintendo 3DS folder

 

[rickpower]

lol i think there is more to it than just N3ds folder,anyone else?

 

[BobDoleOwndU]

lol i think there is more to it than just N3ds folder,anyone else?

The given answer is pretty much all that's known. They're inside the Nintendo 3DS folder, but you won't be able to locate their exact location. If you need to back them up, use SaveDataFiler or svdt.

 

[rickpower]

well i had n3ds running reinand i played few games and made game backup files but then i sold the console i still have the sdcard and im getting new 3ds soon ,i need those save game files ..could those savebackup files be 000000001.sav?

 

[fireguy85]

well i had n3ds running reinand i played few games and made game backup files but then i sold the console but i still have the sdcard and im getting new 3ds soon ,i need those save game files ..could those savebackup files be 000000001.sav?

You're screwed without the console if you mean the files in the Nintendo 3DS folder. Those "save" files are encrypted and your console is the "key" to encrypting them.

You want to have had used a save manager of some kind while on that console to extract them.

 

[rickpower]

so my .sav file wont be useable in my n3ds?

 

[fireguy85]

so my .sav file wont be useable in my n3ds?

You need to be more specific. Is this a .sav in the Nintendo 3DS folder or something you exported with a save manager?

 

[rickpower]

and these save managers are .cia i install or apps i download from eshop? just for future incase

 

[fireguy85]

and these save managers are .cia i install or apps i download from eshop? just for future incase

The save managers can be used with all of the above. I really like JK's Save manager:

http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-jks-savemanager-homebrew-cia-save-manager.413143/

 

[rickpower]

i didnt exported or used any save manager. Nintendo 3DS folder has 2 folders with long numbers in one of those folders have backup folder in that backup folder i can see 3 folders(i made gamebackup of 3 games only) they each contain 000000001.sav file

 

[fireguy85]

i didnt exported or used any save manager. Nintendo 3DS folder has 2 folders with long numbers in one of those folders have backup folder in that backup folder i can see 3 folders(i made gamebackup of 3 games only) they each contain 000000001.sav file

If you figure out how to decrypt any of that info let me know. I've got stuff I'd like to restore from an SD card as well, but I think you'll find that you're SOL.