Important:-
- This is meant to be used only on EMUNAND. Don't try this on sysnand and you will or might brick!
- Before starting any of this make sure to make backup of your emunand. You were warned!
- And to clarify this isn't actually frakenfirmware. You are just "selectively updating" 3ds via official updates and by not installing 2-3 titles that are not compatible with Gateway you can boot the firmware and even go online. You can actually just do a system update from setting in case you want to update your firmware fully.
-Luma 8.0 users check this for now https://gbatemp.net/threads/luma-8-0-wont-load-my-emunand.473263/#post-7373368
-Read FAQ for other questions.


Most of us, including me were stuck on 11.2 emunand for Gateway cheats. In return we couldn't play online as system wont go online unless updated, like you all have seen that error on friend list that asks you to update. Anyways here is the method to almost completely update to 11.4 with online access and it is "working as of now".

I own a US N3DS and this tut makes use of system titles compatible with this model only. While many titles might be similar others might not be so just find the alternate titles for your region/model.
Again if you don't do this you may brick!​

Here(o3ds) https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php?date=02-06-17_07-00-38&sys=ctr
+
https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php?date=04-10-17_08-00-38&sys=ctr


(n3ds) https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php?date=02-06-17_07-00-47&sys=ktr
+
Here https://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/reports.php?date=04-10-17_08-00-47&sys=ktr

And some Reference from https://3dbrew.org/wiki/Title_list

There wasn't much to do tbh as most of the updated titles for 11.4 were already compatible with gateway.
These were the titles that were updated from 11.2-11.4 in case of US N3DS.

0004001000021900,USA,v23552,11.3.0-36
0004003000008F02,USA,v27648,11.3.0-36
000400300000CE02,USA,v18432,11.3.0-36
0004001000021500,USA,v4096,11.4.0-37
000400300000CC02,USA,v3072,11.4.0-37
000400DB00017302,USA,v11328,11.4.0-37
0004013000002902,USA,v14336,11.4.0-37
0004013000003202,USA,v15360,11.4.0-37
0004013000008002,USA,v22528,11.4.0-37
0004003020009402,USA,v9232,11.4.0-37
000400DB20016302,USA,v592,11.4.0-37

EUR O3DS/N3DS title list https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...with-online-access.472624/page-3#post-7365492

Don't download/install below three as these will brick emunand.
[N3DS only]0004013820000002,USA,v28512,11.4.0-37 (Native_Firm) -- Will Brick gateway emunand
[N3DS only]0004013020001C02,USA,v13312,11.3.0-36 (GSP_Services)-- Will Brick gateway emunand
[O3DS only]0004013000001C02,USA,v13312,11.3.0-36 (GSP_Services)-- Will Brick gateway emunand
[O3DS only]0004013800000002,USA,v28512,11.4.0-37 (Native_Firm) -- Will Brick gateway emunand
0004013000002D02,USA,v11264,11.4.0-37 (NWM_Services) -- Latest version will Brick gateway emunand

EDIT- It seems you can skip steps 4-6, if you get online access with just first 3 steps!
However in any rare case you are getting lag on wifi manger do complete steps.​

Steps-
1- Backup your emunand.
2- Download the titles marked with green with 3DNUS or any similar piece of software. These are the latest titles anyways.
3- Use sysupdater and put all the green marked titles in updates folder. Update and restart.

4 You need just one more title 0004013000002D02, but you wont be installing the latest version as mentioned above. For this first download v9216(from 8.0.0 update) with 3dsnus mark it as old and v10240(from 9.0.0) update and mark this as new.
5-Spoof the v10240 version with hxd to v11264 which is the current one.

How to spoof the cia version?
Manual Way/Offline:
(This is from my old thread tut)
In this case I am taking example of 0004001000021000.cia[US].
http://yls8.mtheall.com/ninupdates/titlelist.php?sys=ctr&wiki=1 shows that we have v8203 from 9.0 update and we need to spoof it to atleast v9221(or more if you wish) which was in 9.6 update.
Open hxd and look for offset 00002F90 and then 0C-0D have your version no in hexadecimal. convert it decimal with this. In our case it is 20 0B with means 8203 in decimal and now again use decimal to hex to convert v9221 to hex which is 24 05 in hex. Now just overwrite 20 0B with 24 05 and save.
This completes the spoofing of version.
Alternate Way- If the title can be downloaded via 3dnus you can use the option "change version number to" before downloading that title and it will automatically spoof the version no to what you want to set.

6- Then open FBI and install the title 0004013000002D02 marked as old(v9216). Reboot and then install the new marked one(which should be now spoofed to show as v11264).
7-Restart and check Friend List, you should have online access unless you were ninty banned xD.
8- Donot attempt to system update from settings because it will install the remaining 2 non-compatible titles and you will be left with a bricked emunand. After gateway supports 11.2+ firmware you can update the system.


FAQ
Q:What does 0004013000002D02 do? Why are we using a super old version of it, not even the version from 11.2?
A:It wont allow you to directly install the spoofed version of 11.2. So you first downgrade it with old one and in the same run just install the spoofed 11.2 one.

Q:What do I use to download update files?
A: https://gbatemp.net/threads/3dnus.376488/. Use 1.9 for n3ds and 1.8 for o3ds. There is a new updated version too but I used this.

Q:Why don't we spoof the other 2 titles too?
A: Because I tried that many times and gateway always bricks the emunand no matter. Plus I found you actually don't need to spoof them as online still worked.

Q: Ughh.. I dont know which files I need to download for my region/model?
A: From the links given, gather the title list that need updating, and just remove the 3 titles you shouldn't install as stated, they are same for all. Rest follow the guide.

Q:Will sysupdater brick me on gateway doing this. I read a warning?
A: Only if you don't follow this guide exactly . This is what backups are for and make sure to create one so you can always restart. This has to be done on GATEWAY-EMUNAND mode only! If you are paranoid install the titles via FBI and you can achieve the same results.

Q: Will this Game/DLC work now that we have 11.4 emunand set up?
A: The emunand is good to go, but gateway might/will block certain dlc like FE: shadow's one. They install just fine in cfw mode on the same emunand, Gateway needs to fix their launcher!

 

[telon22]

After i ctrtransfered my 11.4 to 11.2 GW dont even Boot on 11.2

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

And the ISO site dont have a 11.2 package the highest is 10.x

chaos site has 11.2 as far as I remember. I really have no longer idea what you are doing. Seeing how its actually difficult for you I would advise you to stay on 11.2 for now. :/

 

[Purple_Heart]

Didnt i said GW doesnt Boot even on 11.2?

 

[telon22]

Didnt i said GW doesnt Boot even on 11.2?

I know what I meant was, seeing all those mistakes you made, it would be easier you just stay at versions where you were before trying out this method. Just restore the backup and go back to where you were originally.

 

[5pike]

I registered an acount, just so I could write this up. Maybe it'l help someone in the future.

I had the same problem as SoraTakihawa:

I installed the titles over my 11.2 emunand, now i have the partial 11.4 .the b9s 1.2 fork of luma 7.1 boots into emunand but GW shows blackscreen

No matter what I did, Gateway refused to start the emuNAND.

Out of sheer frustration, I did the following: Installed one item at a time, and check if emuNAND was bricked. The following items (in red) caused my O3DS emuNAND to brick:

O3DS
0004001000022900,EUR,v23552,11.3.0-36
0004003000009802,EUR,v26624,11.3.0-36
000400300000D602,EUR,v18432,11.3.0-36
0004013000002902,EUR,v14336,11.4.0-37
0004013000003202,EUR,v15360,11.4.0-37
0004013000008002,EUR,v22528,11.4.0-37
0004001000022500,EUR,v4096,11.4.0-37
000400300000D402,EUR,v3072,11.4.0-37
000400DB00016102,EUR,v592,11.4.0-37
000400DB00017102,EUR,v11328,11.4.0-37


So, I removed these 2 that caused the brick and just installed the rest. Gateway boots emuNAND without a problem plus I can play online again (tested with MhGen and MhXX).

 

[telon22]

I registered an acount, just so I could write this up. Maybe it'l help someone in the future.

I had the same problem as SoraTakihawa:



No matter what I did, Gateway refused to start the emuNAND.

Out of sheer frustration, I did the following: Installed one item at a time, and check if emuNAND was bricked. The following items (in red) caused my O3DS emuNAND to brick:

O3DS
0004001000022900,EUR,v23552,11.3.0-36
0004003000009802,EUR,v26624,11.3.0-36
000400300000D602,EUR,v18432,11.3.0-36
0004013000002902,EUR,v14336,11.4.0-37
0004013000003202,EUR,v15360,11.4.0-37
0004013000008002,EUR,v22528,11.4.0-37
0004001000022500,EUR,v4096,11.4.0-37
000400300000D402,EUR,v3072,11.4.0-37
000400DB00016102,EUR,v592,11.4.0-37
000400DB00017102,EUR,v11328,11.4.0-37


So, I removed these 2 that caused the brick and just installed the rest. Gateway boots emuNAND without a problem plus I can play online again (tested with MhGen and MhXX).

While those 2 shouldn't have caused a brick with gateway, but since this is on o3ds I cant test it as well. Either way if this worked for you its fine as long as you can get the results

 

[Onepunchbruh]

How do I use gateway on 11.4 b9?

 

[telon22]

How do I use gateway on 11.4 b9?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/

Officially gateway only supports only till 11.2. For 11.2+ this is a work around guide. Hence to begin with this guide you should be on 11.2 firmware

 

[Onepunchbruh]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-using-luma3ds-gateway-on-b9s.431691/

Officially gateway only supports only till 11.2. For 11.2+ this is a work around guide. Hence to begin with this guide you should be on 11.2 firmware

Hmmmmmm any other way to use it on 11.4?

 

[telon22]

Hmmmmmm any other way to use it on 11.4?

No direct way. You can just maybe try to downgrade those incompatible titlles to 11.2 ones. But there is a high chance your emunand will brick, so even if you want to experiment just make sure you have backup. And don't try it on sysnand.
edit 2-nvm something might go wrong

 

[Onepunchbruh]

No direct way. You can just maybe try to downgrade those incompatible titlles to 11.2 ones. But there is a high chance your emunand will brick, so even if you want to experiment just make sure you have backup. And don't try it on sysnand.
edit 2-nvm something might go wrong

Any news of gateway team getting with this 11.4 update? Also tomorrow I'm getting a New 3ds XL which is on 11.3. How do I downgrade to 11.2?

 

[telon22]

Any news of gateway team getting with this 11.4 update? Also tomorrow I'm getting a New 3ds XL which is on 11.3. How do I downgrade to 11.2?

No idea on Gateway tbh. They have no sense of following any schedules. If you dont have any 11.2 nand backups you can try this old method
1-Try this on emunand only. Keep sufficient backups
2- After following the b9s guide, keep your emunand at 11.3.
3- Backup emunand & install this https://github.com/Plailect/sysDowngrader/releases/tag/2.0.2
4- Grab a 11.2 n3ds pack from chaos site or using 3dnus.
5-downgrade with sysdowngrader

Now this might or might not work as I have not tried it. But its worth a try.

 

[TheShadowRunner]

telon22, why did you write this in the OP: "You can actually just do a system update from setting in case you want to update your firmware fully."!?
In the context of GW11.4, this is an emunand brick for sure..
So hmm..?

 

[telon22]

telon22, why did you write this in the OP: "You can actually just do a system update from setting in case you want to update your firmware fully."!?
In the context of GW11.4, this is an emunand brick for sure..
So hmm..?

This is for when/who want to actually fully update their emunand to 11.4 whenever the GW update is out or those you just want to use their cfw.
EDit- Also this was in response to frankenfirmware question. I think first line states that too.

 

[Kazuma77]

Great guide. I can't wait to try it. You did make one tiny mistake though -- recommending 3DNUS 1.8 for O3DS owners. There are no such things as N3DS and O3DS variants of the same title ID. In every case where the N3DS uses a different version, it gets a separate ID (the difference usually being that the 8th digit from the right is a 2 instead of a 0). The "N3DS" and "O3DS" buttons in 3DNUS 1.9 are only for automatic mode. Their only purpose is to tell the program which IDs to download when you ask it to grab a full firmware set. That's why these options turn grey unless you type in a firmware version. When you type in a title ID, you're telling the program to download a specific file. There is no alternative version for it to grab, and it's trying to tell you as much. 3DNUS 1.8 and 1.9 actually function identically in manual mode. They both grab whatever system title you tell them to. As long as you type in the correct IDs, they will both get you the same files. Still, I'd suggest using 1.9, since it probably has less bugs. A newer build might function even better, but good luck finding the instructions (or even a readme file for that matter).

 

[telon22]

Great guide. I can't wait to try it. You did make one tiny mistake though -- recommending 3DNUS 1.8 for O3DS owners. There are no such things as N3DS and O3DS variants of the same title ID. In every case where the N3DS uses a different version, it gets a separate ID (the difference usually being that the 8th digit from the right is a 2 instead of a 0). The "N3DS" and "O3DS" buttons in 3DNUS 1.9 are only for automatic mode. Their only purpose is to tell the program which IDs to download when you ask it to grab a full firmware set. That's why these options turn grey unless you type in a firmware version. When you type in a title ID, you're telling the program to download a specific file. There is no alternative version for it to grab, and it's trying to tell you as much. 3DNUS 1.8 and 1.9 actually function identically in manual mode. They both grab whatever system title you tell them to. As long as you type in the correct IDs, they will both get you the same files. Still, I'd suggest using 1.9, since it probably has less bugs. A newer build might function even better, but good luck finding the instructions (or even a readme file for that matter).

True but I recommended this because as far as I can remember, someone told me that that they couldn't download an o3ds titles on 1.9, which might or might not be a bug. 1.9 had just added support for new 3ds titles, but yes still recommended to use latest 1.9.

 

[justnew111]

must we pack the update files as .cia?

 

[telon22]

must we pack the update files as .cia?

ofcourse, or else how we are going to install it.

 

[justnew111]

must the 11.3 files install before the 11.4 or Does the orDer not matter?

 

[telon22]

must the 11.3 files install before the 11.4 or Does the orDer not matter?

Wont matter as long as the title is of latest version.

 

[justnew111]

u say that certain DLC (such as with FoE: SoV) won't run on 11.4 EMUNAND (gateway 3DS), But how about FoE: SOV Without the DLC? Does it work with Gateway 11.4 EMUNAND if a person upDates their system using ur techniques?