Hacking Partial Dowgrade from 10.3 to 9.2. Stuck at Hax Init now, how?

[Timburpton]

FIXED

As an update, I installed OOThax and launched PlaiSysUpdater.

It managed to pass Hax Init and downgraded just NFIRM and it failed to reboot automatically.

I powered it off and turned it on manually, checked with downgrade checker and there were still some mismatches.

Tried to launch emunand9 and it works fine though... Strange

On a n3dsxl, originally 10.3 firm.

Am using plailect's guide and worked fine till the downgrade section.

While downgrading, many files were install completed and after a while I got the error screen asking me to power off. I powered off and then managed to boot. When I checked the system version, it shows as 9.2.

However, I downloaded the homebrew downgrade checker and it found some mismatch. This means I have a partial downgrade right?

So I reinstalled menuhax and have been trying to re-run the downgrade but I've been stuck at "hax init"

Any ideas?

 

[solress]

just keep trying to re-run the downgrade, if it keeps doing that for 20 times, try to update with a game cart and redo the downgrade then.

 

[guitarheroknight]

This happened to me once, try using safesysupdater

 

[Timburpton]

Crap. I don't have any game carts.

Will it be any different if I were to launch from OOThax?

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This happened to me once, try using safesysupdater

Trying it now but it seems like it freezes on "init ->" Plailect's guide says if it freezes, wait 30 seconds. I'm going to be extra safe and wait for 2 minutes

EDIT: Check files work but seems like it freezes on "init ->"

 

[Gamemaster1379]

Doubtful. I know that SafeSys was not much more successful for me. Somebody recommended PlaiSysUpdater which I got to go on first try. Give that a go?

 

[proflayton123]

try this

 

[Timburpton]

try this

And where is this from?

 

[guitarheroknight]

Well if he followed the guide he already used PlaiSysUpdater, if this doesnt work maybe you should try wiping our SD card. Maybe theres some bad data from 10.3 there, who knows? Ive downgraded multiple 3DSs and 90% of them gave me a partial downgrade error and every single time i had to downgrade again with the Native firm being left out.

 

[proflayton123]

And where is this from?

@gnmmarechal - also this https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-r...mware-w-o-upgrading-to-10-3-or-higher.413368/

 

[gnmmarechal]

try this

Why are you recommending that? That is pretty much broken, potentially dangerous, and incomplete. Also, it doesn't help with this case afaik.

 

[proflayton123]

Why are you recommending that? That is pretty much broken, potentially dangerous, and incomplete. Also, it doesn't help with this case afaik.

Oh, sorry. I thought it would help bc frankenfirm..

 

[gnmmarechal]

On a n3dsxl, originally 10.3 firm.

Am using plailect's guide and worked fine till the downgrade section.

While downgrading, many files were install completed and after a while I got the error screen asking me to power off. I powered off and then managed to boot. When I checked the system version, it shows as 9.2.

However, I downloaded the homebrew downgrade checker and it found some mismatch. This means I have a partial downgrade right?

So I reinstalled menuhax and have been trying to re-run the downgrade but I've been stuck at "hax init"

Any ideas?

It might not be needed. Some titles will be left and don't really matter. If you can boot 9.2 exploits, the system should work properly. Continue as if it were 9.2.

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

*derp im bad at reading*

 

[gnmmarechal]

Oh, sorry. I thought it would help bc frankenfirm..

FrankenUpdater was supposed to be used to update friends module, NVer, eShop and Mint, while checking if the title corresponds to the correct region/model. Not for something like this.

 

[Timburpton]

It might not be needed. Some titles will be left and don't really matter. If you can boot 9.2 exploits, the system should work properly. Continue as if it were 9.2.

Is there a way I can test for 9.2 exploits?

EDIT : well it looks like I can't launch emunand9 so this probably means it doesn't work.

 

[proflayton123]

Is there a way I can test for 9.2 exploits?

EDIT : well it looks like I can't launch emunand9 so this probably means it doesn't work.

Test various downgraders and post results ?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Is there a way I can test for 9.2 exploits?

EDIT : well it looks like I can't launch emunand9 so this probably means it doesn't work.

FIRM is the last title downgraded in PlaiSysUpdater and SafeSysUpdater, so 9.2 exploits won't work until the downgrade completes.
Best is to get a 10.3-10.5 game cart and use it to update, then downgrade again.
Assuming your console is EUR, the EUR games containing those updates according to 3dsdb.com are:
Yo-Kai Watch, Mario and Sonic At The 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Hyrule Warriors Legends, Bravely Second End Layer and lastly Fire Emblem Fates (all versions)
Your only other option unless you can get PlaiSysUpdater or SafeSysUpdater to work is to update to 11.0, and from there your only option for CFW is to get a hardmod installed and use the hardmod downgrade method described here: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Hardmod-Downgrade

 

[gnmmarechal]

Is there a way I can test for 9.2 exploits?

EDIT : well it looks like I can't launch emunand9 so this probably means it doesn't work.

I suppose you still have the other NATIVE_FIRM installed.

FIRM is the last title downgraded in PlaiSysUpdater and SafeSysUpdater, so 9.2 exploits won't work until the downgrade completes.
Best is to get a 10.3-10.5 game cart and use it to update, then downgrade again.
Assuming your console is EUR, the EUR games containing those updates according to 3dsdb.com are:
Yo-Kai Watch, Mario and Sonic At The 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Hyrule Warriors Legends, Bravely Second End Layer and lastly Fire Emblem Fates (all versions)
Your only other option unless you can get PlaiSysUpdater or SafeSysUpdater to work is to update to 11.0, and from there your only option for CFW is to get a hardmod installed and use the hardmod downgrade method described here: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki/Hardmod-Downgrade

Pretty sure PlaiSys puts it in the middle? Am I wrong?

 

[Timburpton]

Damn, that sucks. So the only option is to update and reattempt the downgrade? I can't just downgrade without updating first?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I suppose you still have the other NATIVE_FIRM installed.



Pretty sure PlaiSys puts it in the middle? Am I wrong?

Might be, I'm not 100% sure about it, but either way it seems like FIRM is not downgraded yet in OP's case.