Hacking Should I Always Update rxtools' CFW to highest firmware?

[Calico]

Should I update it to 10.3 as of now, or use an updater to update emunand to 9.0-9.2? Should I block Nintendo's updates on my emunand, (doesn't anyone have advice on how I should do so?)

 

[Ruby Gloom]

Block Nintendo, and don't update to 10.3. Doing so will actually update your SysNand and you're screwed. RxTools doesn't support anything past 9.5.

 

[Calico]

rxtools doesn't support emunand 10.3? I swear I saw people using 10.3 emunand on rxtools.

 

[Ruby Gloom]

rxtools doesn't support emunand 10.3? I swear I saw people using 10.3 emunand on rxtools.

EDIT: Here lies an old post.
I'm an idiot. XD
RxTools EmuNand on the older systems support all the updates.
9.5 for N3DS

 

[shadowofdarkness]

rxTools supports 10.3 on o3ds but only up to 9.5 on n3ds

 

[Karuta]

The latest rxTools nightlies (lavanoid.github.io) support emuNAND 10.3 on Old 3DS and 9.5 on New 3DS. You can update if you'd like, but make sure you only do it you're using emuNAND. If you update your sysNAND past 9.2, you will lose the ability to access rxTools.

If you're using an Old 3DS (or XL, or 2DS) then you can just update from system settings (on emuNAND of course).
If you're using a New 3DS (or XL) then use sysUpdater and the 9.5 update pack from your region (available on a certain ISO site).

 

[Ruby Gloom]

rxTools supports 10.3 on o3ds but only up to 9.5 on n3ds

It must not include the 2DS because I wasn't able to get on the latest FW
^ Ignore this. It's false. XD

 

[Karuta]

It must not include the 2DS because I wasn't able to get on the latest FW

The latest rxTools nightlies support 10.3 emuNAND on everything except the New3DS/New3DSXL. Same for Gateway and other CFWs. It's not due to limitations of the CFW, it's just because 9.6+ encryption hasn't been broken yet on the New 3DS.

 

[Ruby Gloom]

The latest rxTools nightlies support 10.3 emuNAND on everything except the New3DS/New3DSXL. Same for Gateway and other CFWs. It's not due to limitations of the CFW, it's just because 9.6+ encryption hasn't been broken yet on the New 3DS.

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

[Tony_93]

There are nightly builds by other users. I'm not into using those from other people. If you got your version of RxTools from the offical Github or the website, don't update. Otherwise, if you're using the nightly builds from other users, you might be okay to update.

I have an o3DS with the official 2.6 rxTools release and emunand 10.3 works just fine.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Block Nintendo, and don't update to 10.3. Doing so will actually update your SysNand and you're screwed. RxTools doesn't support anything past 9.5.

This is not true

 

[Ruby Gloom]

This is not true

Already reviewed and discussed. I'll edit it.

 

[Xenon Hacks]

Should I update it to 10.3 as of now, or use an updater to update emunand to 9.0-9.2? Should I block Nintendo's updates on my emunand, (doesn't anyone have advice on how I should do so?)

While in Emunand you can update through the system settings app.

 

[Karuta]

While in Emunand you can update through the system settings app.

If he has an Old 3DS. New 3DS will require sysUpdater and the 9.5 update files.

 

[Calico]

I have an Old 3DS, 4.4 sysnand as of now. I'm thinking of getting rxtools CFW and then updating my sysnand to 9.2 to autoboot. It's just that I don't know if I should always be updating emunand to 10.3 right now or update it to a lower version; any benefits of updating emunand to 9.2 vs 10.3?

 

[Karuta]

I have an Old 3DS, 4.4 sysnand as of now. I'm thinking of getting rxtools CFW and then updating my sysnand to 9.2 to autoboot. It's just that I don't know if I should always be updating emunand to 10.3 right now or update it to a lower version; any benefits of updating emunand to 9.2 vs 10.3?

You can update your sysNAND to 9.2 easily enough through sysUpdater, just make sure you use a CFW without firmlaunch (PastaCFW / rxTools dev mode) while you're doing it. Gateway launcher or standard rxTools will cause a brick.

Main advantages of 10.3 emuNAND are not having to spoof the eShop or firmware spoof games that require higher firmware. Apart from that not much, but its easy to do so I'd recommend it.