Hacking Gateway Downgrading

[VerseHell]

Yes and no. You can downgrade with the current exploit without the red card, but you can't install .cia unless you either have the red card or someone confirms CFW working on a downgraded console (and, as far as I can tell, the only current CFWs require the red card to install, anyway).

No the cfw recquire only a ds flashcart.

 

[DjoeN]

You can't access eshop on a 4.5 firmware, sysnand or emunand. You must be on the last firmware, so 9.4 emunand.

Oeps, i messed up i mean
- sysnand is in 4.5.x
- emunand 9.4.0.21x

Sorry :/

[EDIT]

Here's the correct version

So if i understand correct:

- Place needed files on root of 3DS SD
- Boot into Gateway mode and backup NAND
- After backup hit downgrade
- wait till it's done
- reboot and you are in sysnand 4.5.x
- Emunand schould still be 9.4.0.21x
- You need to enter your Nintendo login details again to be able to enter eshop in emunand ?

Something i forgot?

 

[Bryan Vázquez]

Launch date Aqua Blue 3DS, no gateway card.
Downgrade success!

My heart skipped a couple beats when waiting for it to turn on, but everything is great.
Lost all my eShop downloads, though.

 

[xIce101x]

Sorry for your sister.

You really shouldn't have said it works when it doesn't. I upgraded her back to 9.2 using her backup until something is figured out for the saves.

 

[Xzi]

it was already posted in one of the first few pages

Well naturally, I haven't read every post here, and obviously neither have the people who thought upgrading firmware would be dangerous for some reason.

 

[reprep]

I successfully downgraded my EU 9.2 3DS XL to 4.5. It is launch model blue-black one.

 

[blobox]

You can edit the first page i just waited for 30 minutes plugged it in charge and it started after like 30 seconds boot. i'm relieved

 

[CrispyYoshi]

That's not true at all. I'm willing to give a 99.99% guarantee that upgrading firmware is safe. It's the initial downgrade you have to worry about unless you have a NAND mod. I'm sure there will be a time when Gateway declares that the downgrade is safe for everybody, once they've done more testing and tweaking.

Sorry, I misunderstood that you were referring to upgrading. While there is a very small chance that they changed update servers on the downgrade, I agree there's a significantly high chance that isn't the case.

You don't need the hardmod.
I just want a hardmod before messing with upgrade/downgrades.

But a lot of users here used Gateway NAND writer/downgrader without having a hardmod.
There's even 1 user with a bricked console now (Boblox).

Understood, hopefully you can get an answer soon.

No the cfw recquire only a ds flashcart.

To my knowledge, Palentine and NTRCFW both require Gateway to format EmuNAND for the first time.
EDIT: I'm dumb.

 

[BMO]

Launch date Aqua Blue 3DS, no gateway card.
Downgrade success!

My heart skipped a couple beats when waiting for it to turn on, but everything is great.
Lost all my eShop downloads, though.

couldn't you have backed them up?

 

[mojaswag]

this was worth the wait

 

[blinkzane]

You can edit the first page i just waited for 30 minutes plugged it in charge and it started after like 30 seconds boot. i'm relieved

done! thanx blobox!!

 

[PLEYOR]

Would it be advisable to set up emunand before downgrading?

I'm thinking of just backing up my nand and downgrading when I get home on Monday.

Also I take it a system format will remove all of the eshop games on my sysnand once I have downgraded?

 

[Thomas12345]

Oeps, i messed up i mean
- sysnand is in 4.5.x
- emunand 9.4.0.21x

Sorry :/

[EDIT]

Here's the correct version

So if i understand correct:

- Place needed files on root of 3DS SD
- Boot into Gateway mode and backup NAND
- After backup hit downgrade
- wait till it's done
- reboot and you are in sysnand 4.5.x
- Emunand schould still be 9.4.0.21x
- You need to enter your Nintendo login details again to be able to enter eshop in emunand ?

Something i forgot?

Can u let us know how it goes because some ppl report they cannot enter eshop after downgrading

 

[VerseHell]

To my knowledge, Palentine and NTRCFW both require Gateway to format EmuNAND for the first time.

You can do that with the launcher.dat only, no red card needed.

 

[mr_man_029]

that is simply wrong. if you are below 4.5, you can use DSTWO as your blue card exploit. Source = Me, my downgraded 4.5 3DS XL and my DSTWO card.

Do you know if I can load up the files necessary to run the DS profile exploit onto the existing microSD card in my DSTWO? I do not have an extra microSD.

 

[Shadowtrance]

Do you know if I can load up the files necessary to run the DS profile exploit onto the existing microSD card in my DSTWO? I do not have an extra microSD.

No reason you can't, It's one .nds file.

 

[Phantombrainm]

3DS XL Silver EUR FW3.xx when bought -> 5.00 -> 6.2 -> 7.00 -> 9.20 -> Downgraded to 4.5 now. No problems here.

Installed 4.5 DS exploit. Working.

 

[reprep]

Do you know if I can load up the files necessary to run the DS profile exploit onto the existing microSD card in my DSTWO? I do not have an extra microSD.

yes, that is what i do. You can even put an icon to it

 

[blinkzane]

Can u let us know how it goes because some ppl report they cannot enter eshop after downgrading

eshop does not work on 4.5 sysnand
eshop DOES work for me on 9.4 emuNAND

 

[CrispyYoshi]

Can u let us know how it goes because some ppl report they cannot enter eshop after downgrading

I can enter eShop just fine on 9.4 EmuNAND after downgrading from 9.2U to 4.2.0-9U. My NNID/Downloads/Money are in-tact, but I'm getting a system update nag. I could format, but I'd likely be risking losing my NNID. (unless it's possible to somehow recover that?)

You can do that with the launcher.dat only, no red card needed.

My bad, well now I'm excited to see what happens!