Homebrew ¿Painless upgrade from 7.0.1 to 8.0.1?

[untipofeliz]

Hi there!
I´m new at the forums. I chose gbatemp to make my question because it´s where I´ve found relevant answers before as a lurker.
However, I´m now stuck with something that needs some guidance.
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I´m currently on ofw 7.0.1 and ams 0.9.3.
I´d like to upgrade to 8.0.1 so I can install ams 0.9.4, but can´t do it through Nintendo´s updater because I´m banned and of course don´t want to be in 9.0.0.
I heard there is a homebrew named Choidujour which allows users to manually upgrade to any firmware.
I don´t have my nand backed up -something important as I´ve been able to read in many threads-.

How do I make this upgrade as painless as possible?
Should I wait for another ofw iteration like 9.0.2 and wait to see what does Atmosphere do with all the hid and cartridge slot issues on 9.0.0?

Thank you in advance guys.

 

[Hayato213]

Update to 8.1.0 via ChoidujourNX, get your firmware file at darthsternie

 

[untipofeliz]

Is this process straightforward or should I have my nand backed up before?
Until now I didn´t need it at all; just updated the console and loaded the latest files for my R4S dongle...

 

[Hayato213]

You can make a NAND backup if you want to, update your CFW file and then do the firmware update via ChoidujourNX, not Choidujour (PC Version).

 

[untipofeliz]

So first of all I should copy AMS 0.9.4 to my SD or can I update ofw first and cfw last?

 

[Hayato213]

I usually copy the CFW file first then do the update via ChoidujourNX.

 

[untipofeliz]

It´s all done and working perfectly. I just needed someone like you sheding light to some spooky steps.