Knowing that someone - anyone - on a New 3DS has escaped the endless soft bricks once they start WITHOUT FORMATTING or otherwise losing ANY save data would give me the motivation to keep going.

 

I hate to break it to you, but the solution is formatting.

 

Had 4 softbricks in a row before fixing it by removing the Nintendo DS cartridge I had in my console and changing SD. But yeah, the only real fix is formatting.

 

My problem got solved like this, but I've heard no one except me fixed it like this. Stars must've aligned themselves and I was chosen by Lord Helix to downgrade it seems.

I did not have to format but everyone else with the softbrick loop seems to have been forced to do it. That's why I told you it is the only real fix.

 

They didn't format. but they also only got 4 soft-bricks. I got well over a dozen at least, I formatted and it downgraded instantly. There have been several other users with the same issue (well over a dozen soft-bricks and trying everything).

Formatting is the fix to the constant soft-bricking. Some users get lucky and aren't plagued with eternal soft-bricks and only some soft-bricks.

Wouldn't the update prompt go away after updating back to 10.3 due to soft-bricking? The type we're talking about here is well over 10-12 soft-bricks.

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If it helps, you can back up your actual save files by using SVDT and extdata_dump (for games like fantasy life that save to extdata). And then restore them after the format. You don't lose the games either, since you can relink your NNID and just download them again (or pirate ;P).

So really the only stuff lost are: game notes, friends list/friendcode, Street Pass Plaza, and a couple other things that you can't backup.

 

Yea, I assumed by "soft brick loop of doom" we're talking about the "tried everything, but still soft bricking over a dozen times" club. .

 

You have to opportunity to downgrade to an exploitable firmware, the timeframe window is closing and your biggest concern is losing your streetpasses?

I lost ALL of my eshop games because I had to format. Kinda sucks but best tradeoff ever

 

Simple.. Don't downgrade. Outside of trying a different MSD.. then who knows.

 

Formatting the system. This step must be done after several softbricks from attempting to downgrade. It literally solved the problem for me.

 

Seems to solve the problem... for me and a few other people who posted here on this thread.