Hacking Switch from Gateway to CFW?. What is best CFW for n3ds?

[Pecrow]

Hi everyone! I am a bit tired of having my n3ds's battery last half when using the gateway chip and have been looking into possibly switching to a CFW. I have used pasta cfw and after having an emunand to mess with I am a bit hesitant to using pasta cfw as it works directly with sysnand and I would prefer something that uses an emunand similar to gateway.

I have a Jap n3ds *not xl* running 9.2fw.

I think the most promising one I have been able to find is rxtools but I am not sure what benefits or options are available with rxtools on a n3ds. Does rxtool have an emunand as well like gateway? I am also having a hard time finding a guide for rxtools on a n3ds.

I have seen a lot of news recently on 10.3 kernel access and gateway is also promising support on upto 10.3 (I would assume that also includes emunand 10.3) so I am unsure since I already have gateway if I should move to cfw or not. Battery time is annoying but If it is worth the stay I could carry a power bank, etc.

I am looking for some honest opinions from very patient people that would like to share and possibly give some pros/cons to the subjects above.

Thank you all for your time in advance.

 

[Fylosopher]

Yes rxTools does have an emunand
You can follow this guide
rxTools is as powerful as Gateway, except for playing .3ds (not really matter when u can use .cia). And it's FREE
But since u've already had a Gateway, maybe u should wait for this:

That’s right! We can already reveal another surprise that is coming SOON: We will be bringing Gateway support to systems that are on the current LATEST FIRMWARE: 10.3 and lower.
So do not update past this version, because we will not be able to bring support for versions after that any time soon!