this soft brick issue has only happened on New3DS as far as I know, and only applies to the 9.2 downgrade. since you formatted, you should be fine.I'm on 10.6 and own a Sky3ds with cubic ninja, I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to wait for this? From what I've been reading, there are people reporting that when downgrading it softbricks and they have to update to 11.0. I formatted my 3ds twice but I don't know the odds of it happening. Also, if I successfully downgrade to 9.2 and attempt to install a9hl, can the softbrick issue occur again or will you be able to backup and try again from 9.2?