Hacking Should we update now before its too late?

[Duo8]

I have a few questions.

1. Is there any reasons to use EmuNAND besides eshop access and classic mode for retail carts?
Streetpass Relays?

2. If a new firmware comes out, won't the eshop detect your EmuNAND is on an old firmware and try to force you to update before you can access it anyway?
Yes

I am just very paranoid about accidentally updating my SysNAND. I don't have the soldering experience to restore it if it messes up.

 

[Ryft]

So if you just want to play game backups, there isn't really a need for EmuNAND? I think skip using it for now, thanks.

 

[justinkb]

Not too worried about EmuNAND being blocked to be honest. Not much Nintendo can do about the fact that they left a hole in 4.5. Using that hole gateway team can patch basically anything. Nintendo hasn't really shown to be doing all that much to stop piracy of 3DS games. They didn't even put any anti piracy measures in their top title of the year...

 

[tyons]

So if you just want to play game backups, there isn't really a need for EmuNAND? I think skip using it for now, thanks.

if you just want to play game backups of games which require firmware < 5.0.

 

[dc0]

if you just want to play game backups of games which require firmware < 5.0.

So, if emunand is blocked and unupdateable, how will we play games that require a fw such as 6.2 and above? I know the gateway can spoof the firmware but if the games are relying on features from a higher than 5.0 sdk then surely they won't work with just a simple fw spoof?

 

[Ryft]

if you just want to play game backups of games which require firmware < 5.0.

Wait... isn't Zelda:LBW built on the 5.X SDK? I can play it just fine with my 4.4 Firmware without using EmuNAND and just regular Gateway mode. The patches are built in with the exploit I believe.

 

[mznova]

Is it possible for someone to save/emulate the update data nintendo sends out so that we can set up a proxy at home and update our firmware manually in the future if necessary? Also, has anyone thought about doing this and spoofing an older firmware?

 

[MadButch]

I have a few questions.

1. Is there any reasons to use EmuNAND besides eshop access and classic mode for retail carts?

2. If a new firmware comes out, won't the eshop detect your EmuNAND is on an old firmware and try to force you to update before you can access it anyway?

I am just very paranoid about accidentally updating my SysNAND. I don't have the soldering experience to restore it if it messes up.

1. It seems to work better in regards to save issues and white line hang ups (again, for some people, not all).
2. Yes, but this is what you want anyways (you want your emunand to be the latest firmware).

And if you setup your internet connection in emunand and then delete the internet connection in sysnand, it's almost impossible to update your sysnand by accident.

 

[petspeed]

Wait... isn't Zelda:LBW built on the 5.X SDK? I can play it just fine with my 4.4 Firmware without using EmuNAND and just regular Gateway mode. The patches are built in with the exploit I believe.

For now game compatibility is the same on sysNAND and emuNAND but that might change in the future

 

[Kei00]

For now game compatibility is the same on sysNAND and emuNAND but that might change in the future

Now and forever... Because you would need to update your EmuNAND in order to run new games...

 

[dagro]

Is it possible for someone to save/emulate the update data nintendo sends out so that we can set up a proxy at home and update our firmware manually in the future if necessary? Also, has anyone thought about doing this and spoofing an older firmware?

I am not sure how your 3DS is communicating with Nintendo but if someone who has Hardware Flashing setup could attempt and help in finding out. If you can find out how Nintendo sends your 3DS a list of what needs to be downloaded you can maybe edit the list before it reaches your 3DS so it only receives part of it. From what I know i you are on lets say 4.5 and latest is 6.3 your 3DS would download all the contents in between. Here is a list containing the specific files associated with firmware version: http://yls8.mtheall.com/reports.php
Once you have the file name like "0004001000026800" you can easily get it from Nintendos update server.

This is just guessing I don't know anything of how 3DS update work.