Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS

[Santaros]

so formatting the 3DS seems to be the proper way to not bricking it when downgrading. but how to get my content (the most important are the saves) back to the newly formatted and downgraded 3DS? simple copy and paste won't work as there is a new AES key used to encrypt the new formatted 3DS. so I have to save them using homebrew before the format, right?

Yes you would use sdvt: https://gbatemp.net/threads/svdt-save-data-explorer-manager.396562/

to backup and reinsert the saves.

 

[WaffleWafer]

will there be a safer method for downgrading in the following weeks except KTM? (I dunno but seems like the whole pingo thing is pure bs to me so.)

 

[D1M13R]

Hi, i have tryied 3 times to downgrade O3dsXL to 9.2 but its soft bricks all the times after the downgrade (after wait 10 seconds)
What can i do? Im using the last sysupdating, menuxax and the right CIA. Someone got this problem?

 

[WaffleWafer]

the screen turned dark while installing and I am now softbricked. Is it safe to go on and will menuhax still work? I'm currently recovering

 

[Fabbbrrr]

it's still giving me the same error and i've retried so many times, i'm so frustrated

is there anything i should've done to prepare my ds? i backed everything up beforehand

I have the same error, please let me know if you find that out...

 

[Aternel]

When you finished downgrade Did you delete extdata?

No.

 

[Kafke]

Hi, i have tryied 3 times to downgrade O3dsXL to 9.2 but its soft bricks all the times after the downgrade (after wait 10 seconds)
What can i do? Im using the last sysupdating, menuxax and the right CIA. Someone got this problem?

the screen turned dark while installing and I am now softbricked. Is it safe to go on and will menuhax still work? I'm currently recovering

I have the same error, please let me know if you find that out...

Yay more people to join the 'constantly soft-bricking' club.

So far I've ruled out: FW files, SD formatting, Empty SD besides downgrade, entry points, removing Four Swords Adventures, Home layouts, starting/exiting FTP-3DS/FTBrony/any other app, using a higher capacity card, using a faster card, and plugging in the console.

I've soft-bricked maybe 8 or 9 times now, maybe more. I literally just soft-bricked like 3 times in the past hour or two. I'm on N3DSXL US though, not O3DS.

Edit: The answer is probably to format the console itself. But I'm trying to avoid doing that.

 

[regigiygas]

I have the same error, please let me know if you find that out...

i stopped for a bit, i got too frustrated

 

[WaffleWafer]

Yay more people to join the 'constantly soft-bricking' club.

So far I've ruled out: FW files, SD formatting, Empty SD besides downgrade, entry points, removing Four Swords Adventures, Home layouts, starting/exiting FTP-3DS/FTBrony/any other app, using a higher capacity card, using a faster card, and plugging in the console.

I've soft-bricked maybe 8 or 9 times now, maybe more. I literally just soft-bricked like 3 times in the past hour or two. I'm on N3DSXL US though, not O3DS.

Edit: The answer is probably to format the console itself. But I'm trying to avoid doing that.

did the screen go dark while installing?

 

[Kafke]

did the screen go dark while installing?

Nope. It's on the whole way through. It looks like it should work (all the CIAs say installed, all the way to Native firm, and then the reboot part). But when it reboots after it's finished, it's always a soft-brick.

 

[D1M13R]

Nope. It's on the whole way through. It looks like it should work (all the CIAs say installed, all the way to Native firm, and then the reboot part). But when it reboots after it's finished, it's always a soft-brick.

Same here. I dont want to format the sysnand too =/

 

[Aternel]

Also, how do I avoid getting banned, when playing online ?

 

[Phil5004]

Also, how do I avoid getting banned, when playing online ?

You Cant getting Banned with playing CIA's Online

 

[Aternel]

You Cant getting Banned with playing CIA's Online

Really ? wasn't there users getting banned when playing cia's ? I think it was
002-0102 error code

 

[Phil5004]

Really ? wasn't there users getting banned when playing cia's ? I think it was
002-0102 error code

Nope, That was the Sky3DS User without an Private header

 

[WaffleWafer]

Also, how do I avoid getting banned, when playing online ?

correct me if im wrong guys but i think CIAs are safe online.

 

[Aternel]

Nope, That was the Sky3DS User without an Private header

Ok ! So I don't have to dump a private header from a cartridge, I can just go online without getting banned ?

 

[Phil5004]

Ok ! So I don't have to dump a private header from a cartridge, I can just go online without getting banned ?

If you use an CIA ... Yes

 

[Aternel]

If you use an CIA ... Yes

Thanks !

 

[TBreaker]

The steps 1-8 that are displayed at the top of the screen in this video are they also visible in Julian20's latest build?
When I downgraded I didn't see them anywhere. I'm on O3DS.

EDIT: nvm, it really doesn't display the steps.