Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

[Captain Skank]

I was in the same boat but I managed to downgrade my N3DSXL without formatting. Took 5-7 tries with first browserhax then menuhax before it worked. Still got my NNID, digital games and saves. I haven't got to CFW yet, just wanted to downgrade in case Nintendo decides to fix the exploit.

Did you try the Mii Plaza games and all that? Does everything still work fine? Also, does your friend list still work?

 

[Intercise]

Hey Guys,

I,ve got the problem when i try to downgrade my N3DS from 10.3.0-28 E to 9.2.0-20 E :

titleException:
main.cpp:148: Result: 0xD900182F
Failed to get CIA info!

Maybe you guys can help me

Thx

 

[seb5049]

After 400+ tries on my O3DS I have come to the conclusion that everyone in here is playing a joke on me. :l Then I tried it on my friends 2DS and it worked first try.


Wtf?

Were you getting the "An error has occured" message on reboot? Because I have a similar situation. Endless softbricks on my 3ds, worked first try on my brother's.

 

[rikipy]

hey i try to downgrade and get this message

using 10.3.0-28U

 

[seb5049]

hey i try to downgrade and get this message

using 10.3.0-28U

Keep trying. It should work eventually.

 

[juiceciuj]

just thought i'd report that i'd successfully downgraded the animal crossing home designer bundle n3ds to 9.2u and installed rxtools and ctrbootmanager using this tutorial: https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutoria...ncluding-emunand-coldboot-cia-manager.405589/

successfully ran fbi and installed a number of cias

not sure how to change my vote in the pole. i originally voted "no" after hard bricking another animal crossing n3ds by downgrading to o3ds 9.2 instead of n3ds 9.2

 

[Crimsonova]

Im stuck on rebooting in 10 seconds what do I do?

 

[seb5049]

Im stuck on rebooting in 10 seconds what do I do?

Just reboot manually.

 

[Crimsonova]

Just reboot manually.

Gotcha also worked first try!
10.3u ---> 9.2u o3ds using Menuhax as entrypoint!

 

[seb5049]

Gotcha also worked first try!
10.3u ---> 9.2u o3ds using Menuhax as entrypoint!

Congrats! You're one of the lucky ones...There are many users (including me) who are facing continuous softbricks no matter what.

 

[Crimsonova]

Congrats! You're one of the lucky ones...There are many users (including me) who are facing continuous softbricks no matter what.

Thanks and hopefully it'll work for the rest of you so we all can have our cake and eat it too!

 

[KipMudz]

So far, I have 7 downgraded units, 0 soft bricks, 0 hard bricks.

Summary of each unit downgraded to 9.2U with MenuHax as the entrypoint:

1. Unit: Aqua blue o3DS
Original FW: 9.9U
Problems encountered: Black screen after downgrading.
Fix: Removal of SD card.

2. Unit: Black o3DS
Original FW: 8.1U (with dummy browser) then upgraded to 10.3U.
Problems encountered: None
Fix: N/A

3. Unit: Black o3DS XL
Original FW: 9.7U
Problems encountered: Black screen after downgrading.
Fix: Removal of SD card.

4. Unit: Pikachu o3DS XL
Original FW: 10.3U
Problems encountered: None.
Fix: N/A

5. Unit: Blue o3DS XL
Original FW: 10.1U then upgraded to 10.3U due to update message on the browser.
Problems encountered: None.
Fix: N/A

6. Unit: Red o3DS XL
Original FW: 9.6U
Problems encountered: Black screen after downgrading.
Fix: Removal of SD card.

7. Unit: Blue o3DS XL
Original FW: 10.3U
Problems encountered: Crashed at "Rebooting in 10 seconds" message.
Fix: Forced shut down after 5 minutes of waiting? Then encountered black screens upon boot up which is fixed by removing the SD card.

No plans to downgrade my n3DS XL though.

Thanks for this guide again!

 

[Glith]

Hey there!, I've got a question, after everything has been installed(every single cia), sysupdater says taht it will reboot in 10 seconds, although it has been more than 5 minutes and it hasn't rebooted by itself, what should I do?
(I'm on a europan o3ds that was on 10.3...and yes, I checked everything twice(md5 and so on) and I copyied everything with Teracopy).
Thanks in advance.

 

[seb5049]

Hey there!, I've got a question, after everything has been installed(every single cia), sysupdater says taht it will reboot in 10 seconds, although it has been more than 5 minutes and it hasn't rebooted by itself, what should I do?
(I'm on a europan o3ds that was on 10.3...and yes, I checked everything twice(md5 and so on) and I copyied everything with Teracopy).
Thanks in advance.

Somebody posted the same thing literally a page ago. Just reboot manually.

 

[Crimsonova]

Hey there!, I've got a question, after everything has been installed(every single cia), sysupdater says taht it will reboot in 10 seconds, although it has been more than 5 minutes and it hasn't rebooted by itself, what should I do?
(I'm on a europan o3ds that was on 10.3...and yes, I checked everything twice(md5 and so on) and I copyied everything with Teracopy).
Thanks in advance.

Try to reboot manually I had the same problem and it worked for me. and good luck hopefully it all worked well. Apparantly I was one of the lucky ones.

edit: ninja'd

 

[Glith]

Somebody posted the same thing literally a page ago. Just reboot manually.

Ok thank you both(sorry I didn't check the last page)

 

[seb5049]

Ok thank you both(sorry I didn't check the last page)

You're welcome

 

[Crimsonova]

Ok thank you both(sorry I didn't check the last page)

It's all good this is certainly a time of chaos

 

[Father Crilly]

Isn't a soft brick when you can still get into the recovery mode? As I said, no recovery mode. I can make the power light come on, that is all.

Did you use Menuhax? Remove your SD card and change your theme.

 

[Intercise]

Hey Guys,

I,ve got the problem when i try to downgrade my N3DS from 10.3.0-28 E to 9.2.0-20 E :

titleException:
main.cpp:148: Result: 0xD900182F
Failed to get CIA info!

Maybe you guys can help me

Thx

I used Browserhax and MenuHax for Entrypoint.
But still nothing.

This error comes and comes..
I have no idea