Tutorial Simple Guide to Downgrading your 3DS
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What? Why?
Edit: Never mind. Yep it's a stupid Nintendo thing.
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Well, I guess I'll just keep marathon downgrading until 10.4 comes out. I'm gonna need a lot of Mountain Dew. And I may have to call in to work.
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I found a solution through internet sleuthing! launch the eshop (legit way) once and allow it to do its thing to your sd card (not talking about update like it puts files on the card when you use it for the first time). after this launch sysUpdate and it should work on your first successful launch (successful meaning it doesn't freeze).
Good luck
Just run the sysUpdater App from page 95, all CIA files installed well, but ends in softbrick everytime on the end after the rebooting. Also tried to boot without the SD Card. Whats the problem ?
Executed through menuhax 2.1. Also have the right CIA Files. Tried it for 2 times now, but softbrick everytime.
Any advice, what I can try to make it work ?
Executed through menuhax 2.1. Also have the right CIA Files. Tried it for 2 times now, but softbrick everytime.
Any advice, what I can try to make it work ?
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ok, i put all the files needed for the downgrade on my sd card, but i'm not sure if i should do it.
Format your system. Your downgrading for piracy so pirate all your games. If your worried about saves back them up or just cheat and use save editors or find 100% complete saves online. Or you can keep getting soft bricks. Or stay on 10.3.
actually i'm on 9.9, since my console got ban by nintendo (to enter the store) for buying a majoras mask code from some guy in facebook, i never saw the point on updating.
that is why i started to use piracy (legit cias) on my 3ds
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Just used the installer on my N3DS that was on 10.1. Update worked on the first try pretty seamlessly, so I'm now going to install RxTools. 
Followed the instructions to a tee, no problems, no issues loading, no anything like that.
Followed the instructions to a tee, no problems, no issues loading, no anything like that.
No save editors there's a few of them. Back em up with them. When you format it gives a new encryption key to your console for saves and stuff. Then you can just use that tool to transfer back.
@williamdabastrd Which version of the sysupdater did you use, and which entrypoint did you launch it from?
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And svdt doesn't work with many 3DSware titles, like Mii Plaza, Sakurai Samurai, etc. That's a primary reason I'm downgrading, to backup.
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And svdt doesn't work with many 3DSware titles, like Mii Plaza, Sakurai Samurai, etc. That's a primary reason I'm downgrading, to backup.
For everyone getting constant soft-bricks on N3DS when downgrading: The only fix so far appears to be doing a system format. Some users have lucked out and managed to downgrade after a /couple/ of soft-bricks, but for those that have like 10-12 times, then formatting is most likely the solution. Take it from someone who's managed to downgrade after that awful crap.
My guess is that there's something left over on the NAND that isn't being cleanly downgraded or overwritten, and is freaking out the lower FW. The downgrades themselves (provided everything is right) are fine. This is evident that it works immediately first try after a system format.
Back your stuff up, and do a system format if you really care about downgrading before 10.4. Unless a specific fix comes out for it, chances are you'll always have the problem.
My guess is that there's something left over on the NAND that isn't being cleanly downgraded or overwritten, and is freaking out the lower FW. The downgrades themselves (provided everything is right) are fine. This is evident that it works immediately first try after a system format.
Back your stuff up, and do a system format if you really care about downgrading before 10.4. Unless a specific fix comes out for it, chances are you'll always have the problem.
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I used 0.4.2b with MenuHax 2.1. I used NinjiHax 2.5 to install MenuHax. Found the files I needed via the *iso site.
has there been any progress on the n3ds front?
i downgraded my 2ds a few days ago with no problems, at that time there were reports of bricks for the n3ds (much more so than o3ds), is that still the case? has it been improved in any way?
it's been hectic around here lately, finding answers in my own is a bit difficult!
i downgraded my 2ds a few days ago with no problems, at that time there were reports of bricks for the n3ds (much more so than o3ds), is that still the case? has it been improved in any way?
it's been hectic around here lately, finding answers in my own is a bit difficult!
No progress. Some people have no problem, others can't do it after many many softbricks. And the safer method, KTM, was discontinued by @JustPingo because people wouldn't leave him alone.
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