Hardware [Question] Will there ever be a CFW for 9.5 (and above)?

[anup756]

I have a US New Nintendo 3DSXL and I believe it came with 9.2 firmware. But I upgraded months ago to 9.5. Now I see that CFW supports on 9.2. I still have my 3DS on 9.5 on the hopes that there will be a CFW for 9.5 too.

But, with everyone talking about downgrading to 9.2, I don't see that there will be a possible CFW for 9.5 or above soon enough. I don't have a problem in waiting though...

My question here is... Should I stick with 9.5 for now? If not, what's the best way to downgrade it to 9.2?

 

[gameking66]

There will be a CFW for every version thanks to A9LH, but only if you dump your OTP with 2.1, which requires you to downgrade from a console on 10.3 or lower.

 

[anup756]

So, does the tutorial posted here http://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-downgrading-your-3ds.407888/ also support for 9.5? Or, do I need to first upgrade to 10.3 and then downgrade to 9.2?

 

[Devastus]

So, does the tutorial posted here http://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-downgrading-your-3ds.407888/ also support for 9.5? Or, do I need to first upgrade to 10.3 and then downgrade to 9.2?

I was under the impression that you can downgrade from any firmware 9.2 < X.X > 10.4. So anywhere between 10.3 and below.

 

[Alex3dss]

When you downgrade you need a old back-up of your nand right?

 

[Grim Ripper]

So, does the tutorial posted here http://gbatemp.net/threads/simple-guide-to-downgrading-your-3ds.407888/ also support for 9.5? Or, do I need to first upgrade to 10.3 and then downgrade to 9.2?

i was on 9.-22E when i downgraded, thankfully nothing went wrong. Just make sure you get the correct files and check the md5/sha-1 in case of bad download.

 

[pre10c]

downgrading from <10.3 was supposed to be a little more risky for softbricks, but if you want to make sure you gt a working downgrade you could always get it hardmodded and dowgrade trough the hardmod

 

[LiquidFenrir]

you can downgrade to 9.2 with anything under (and including) 10.3
make sure you download the full 9.2 firm for your region and your console type (o3ds or n3ds)
use safesysupdater to check the files (but not to downgrade!) and use "normal" sysupdater to downgrade
It's very unlikely to work on first try. if it freezes (for more than 10-30 seconds), reboot with the power button. just keep retrying until it works
EDIT: why sysupdater and not safesysupdater to downgrade you may ask?
well, you are under a risk of getting a "partial" downgrade if it errors/crashes/console turns off during the downgrade. partials made from safesysupdater have showed more often to leave browser unusable (and thus rendering impossible to finish the downgrade without another entrypoint/a cart to upgrade to a newer firmware and retry), while partials with sysupdater more often have a working browser (then just redo browserhax and keep retrying)