https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...om-4-1-8-1-to-9-2-0-20-with-pasta-cfw.389187/
follow this thread, upgrade your 4.5 to 9.0-9.2
than you can follow any of those new cfw-setup thread to install menuhax, after that, you should be able cold boot into homebrew launcher and use gw.3dsx to load emunand now. Alternatively, rename gw.3dsx as boot.3dsx, or use ctrbootmanager(https://gbatemp.net/threads/ctrbootmanager-3ds-boot-manager-loader-homemenuhax.398383/)

 

i suggest staying in 4.5, and just using the DS Profile exploit to launch gateway. the only thing you lose is autoboot anyway.

 

I understand this but I don't know how to use sysupdater if I am not in gateway mode. I don't have CFW installed. It looks like the tutorial is for those who have pasta CFW installed.

 

But why you need absolutly 9.2 and not 9.0?

 

9.0 and 9.2 are identical from a hacking point of view. I think 9.2 introduced theme shuffling or something.

 

OK thanks, then I won't be set on getting to 9.2.

Starzboy77, I tried to follow that guide linked above and did not have the best results.

What wound up working for me (Starting at 4.4 on US O3DS) was formatting a fresh SD card, copying the sysupdate CIA and updates folder (containing all the cia's from the updates downloaded) onto it, and gateway files, booting into gateway mode, using big blue menu 3ds to install the sysupdate CIA onto sysnand. Powered off and removed SD card and prepared rxTools 2.5.2 (2.6 would not launch for me) copied that to the SD card and booted up o3ds and setup Internet (before connecting 3ds to wifi, first made sure my local DNS server was not resolving ANY *.nintendo.net names to avoid any update prompts)

I was able to then open browser and go to launch.rxTools.net

When it launched I chose dev mode and when I was back at the main menu of my 3ds I launched sysupdate icon and updated. The only issue was I wound up on 9.0.0-20U, but as others have stated I guess it is good enough.

I also then booted back into gateway mode (using the browser) and uninstalled sysupdate from sysnand with big blue menu.

I don't know if I could have simplified it any more, but it worked.

 

I think my problem is that I can't find where to download the 9.2.0.20 cia pack or even the 9.0.0.20 cia pack. Again, I think I know what iso site everyone refers to but I can't find firmware cias on there.

 

Did it definitely say .exe and not .py?

 

You should be able to run it if you have Python 2.7 installed. But it sounds strange being 1kb. I'll look into it when I get home, if no one else has solved it for you. It shouldn't be that hard, hopefully we can help you work it out.

Edit: I have my computer with me I just realised. In my rxtools 2.6 folder, my cdn_firm.py is also 1KB but it worked. The readme says .exe but it's not.

I also realised I have 3.0.7 and 3.0.8 and the cdn_firm.py are all 1KB and each one has a firmware.bin in it so they must have worked also!

 

Just a follow up to this, I wound up updating to 9.2.0.20, don't use the 9.2.0.20 update on that iso site, it's not right. Like I said it before, it updated my O3ds to 9.0.0-20 actually, and then I found out my dev mode was broke. So I jumped through hoops and finally got it downgraded back to 4.2 and dev mode worked again, re-updated to 9.2.0-20 - THIS TIME USING the update package for 9.2.0-20 on the OTHER website that had these CIA packages. This one worked, now I am on 9.2.0-20. I still can't get back into dev mode though.

I compared the 6 CIA files from the one on that iso site, and they all differed then the 9.2.0-20 package from the other site.


I went through this because I have been having really poor consistency in booting into gateway mode. (2 out of 5 boots) I have no idea if this will help, but after I found out I could no longer get into dev mode on 9.0.0-20 I figured it was worth a try getting to the right 9.2.0-20.

Does dev mode NOT work in 9+ versions? Or maybe the devmode is not being upgraded in the CIA pack for 9.2.0-20? Anyone know?