I've been meaning to update my CFW O3ds from 4.5 to 9.2 but found the instructions a bit confusing and incomplete to follow them with certainty. I'd really appreciate it if somebody could clear up some of my worries here.
Tony_93, a very helpful user here, wrote:
afaik I don't have either Ninjhax or PastaCFW installed (you install these, right?) - is it hard to do so and is there a good tutorial to consult anywhere on these forums?
What is the update package I should look for on the iso website? Could somebody please at least help with a search query? I saw this done somewhere else on the forums so this is probably allowed. If not, please just edit this paragraph out of my post. I'd just like to know what I'm supposed to be looking for!
Disabling firmlaunch is apparently the way to avoid the bricking of your 3DS, but where exactly is firmlaunch and how do I know when to disable it (do I do it inside some 3DS application like PastaCFW or something else, or do I do something with some kind of file while my SD card is inserted into the computer's card reader?). This seems really important but nothing really covers it in an understandable way.
There's also this post from a topic dedicated to my goal specifically:
The OP doesn't seem to imply ninjhax is to be used, but seems to assume Pasta is in use. Do I need both, either, something else?
Again, very few details about the firmlauncher and what files I should be looking for. There was supposedly a way to get the files from 3DNUS but it won't work anymore so there's no point in getting 3DSNUS and those cias are meant to be found manually now? I hope I'm getting it right.
Also, am I right in my understanding that all the installation are to be done in sysnand and not emunand? I mean, it's sysnand I'm trying to update but still.
Many thanks in advance!
Tony_93, a very helpful user here, wrote:
1)Set up Ninjhax 1.1 + PastaCFW
2)Install sysupdater into sysnand using FBI.3dsx
3)Get the update package in some iso website and place the updates folder into the root of your SD card.
4)Make sure firmlaunch is disabled.
5)Run PastaCFW and sysupdater.
afaik I don't have either Ninjhax or PastaCFW installed (you install these, right?) - is it hard to do so and is there a good tutorial to consult anywhere on these forums?
What is the update package I should look for on the iso website? Could somebody please at least help with a search query? I saw this done somewhere else on the forums so this is probably allowed. If not, please just edit this paragraph out of my post. I'd just like to know what I'm supposed to be looking for!
Disabling firmlaunch is apparently the way to avoid the bricking of your 3DS, but where exactly is firmlaunch and how do I know when to disable it (do I do it inside some 3DS application like PastaCFW or something else, or do I do something with some kind of file while my SD card is inserted into the computer's card reader?). This seems really important but nothing really covers it in an understandable way.
There's also this post from a topic dedicated to my goal specifically:
I'm doing this guide because a lot of peoples asked how to do that recently.
I won't talk about the n3ds because ninjhax (which is required for the pasta cfw) doesn't work on 8.1J, and there's is no point in updating a 9.0 n3ds.
Disable the firmlaunch first if you're using the ninjhax version.
1. Download and launch 3DNUS
2. Type 9.2.0-20 in title id, and your region in version (EUR, USA or JPN)
3. It will create a 9.2.0-20 folder and download a bunch of cias in it, while it's downloading, download sysupdater and put the cia version on your sd card, then create a 'updates' folder in your sdcard root.
4. After the download finished, copy all the cias files from the 9.2.0-20 folder to the updates folder
5. Start Pasta, install sysupdater.
6. Launch sysupdater then follow the instructions
PS : You can also use PBT or the rxtools devmode, but never update while in gateway mode, rxMode, cakes or any other cfw using firmlaunch or you'll likely brick your console.
Mirror link for sysupdater : http://jheberg.net/captcha/sysupdater-03/
Edit : You can't use 3DNUS anymore to download the 9.0-9.2 update, but you can find the cia pack on that iso site.
The OP doesn't seem to imply ninjhax is to be used, but seems to assume Pasta is in use. Do I need both, either, something else?
Again, very few details about the firmlauncher and what files I should be looking for. There was supposedly a way to get the files from 3DNUS but it won't work anymore so there's no point in getting 3DSNUS and those cias are meant to be found manually now? I hope I'm getting it right.
Also, am I right in my understanding that all the installation are to be done in sysnand and not emunand? I mean, it's sysnand I'm trying to update but still.
Many thanks in advance!