Hacking Where to get a firmware 4.5 or below 3DS XL?

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i went into my local CEX and GAME and just said bluntly, im looking for a second hand 3ds between firmwire 4.0 and 4.5 lol. Thgey both went through all their consoles.

Cex had updated all their 3ds's and Game only had 1 on the firmware i needed, it was it great condition apart from 3 scratches on the top screen, not huge but meh, i dont care really.
 

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- Serial: SW1252xxxx x
- FW: 4.4.0-10U
- Copyright: 2012
- Color: Blue+Black
- Model: 3DS XL
- Country:USA, Gamestop on Feb. 21 2014 (New)

Last Blue model in stock with SW12, but they had some Reds with usable Serials.
 

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4.4 in Tesco at Christmas, probably still got a load. I used the date as a guide, they were 2012, they had them on offer for £125 one weekend. should have bought 2. I sold my sons 6.3, that I had upgraded from 4.4 before I knew you needed a 4.5 or lower doh!!! managed to get £115 result.
 

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- Serial: SW1246xxxx x
- FW: 4.5.0-10U
- Copyright: 2012
- Color: Pink+White
- Model: 3DS XL
- Country:USA, Gamestop on Feb. 23 2014 (New)

I asked their stock date and they were able to tell me when they arrived, had a look at the boxes and was able to snag the last one. They restocked a bit since the holiday seasons and of course no one wanted the pinky it seemed. :( So i rescued it from never being bought, the sales associate jokingly told the manager, hey! I finally sold the pink one.
 

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I'm going to buy a BLUE 3DS XL Mario Kart 7 Bundle, can someone guarantee it is 4.5 or below? I read about it, but they sayd it was the white one.
I tyred of waiting another exploit, I updated my 3DS before the Gateway sayd it whould only work with 4.5!!! :(
 

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I'm going to buy a BLUE 3DS XL Mario Kart 7 Bundle, can someone guarantee it is 4.5 or below? I read about it, but they sayd it was the white one.
I tyred of waiting another exploit, I updated my 3DS before the Gateway sayd it whould only work with 4.5!!! :(

Nobody can or will guarantee it. Read the faq regarding 4.5 sets. There are heaps of information there.
 

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For people in UK looking for 3DS XL FW <4.5

I ordered a white 3DS XL from an eBay shop and they have several more.
Delivered today, and can confirm the following details:

- Serial: SEF1128XXXX X
- FW: 4.4.0-10E
- Copyright: 2013
- Color: White
- Model: 3DS XL
- Country:UK (eBay link HERE)

Muggins here (me) fell for this one.
 

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Muggins here (me) fell for this one.

Fell for this one? Does that mean you got a 3DS with a higher FW version? Sorry if you have.
Did you check the Serial before opening? When I contacted them and asked if I could return it if the serial didn't match they said I could so long as I hadn't opened the box.
 

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So I ended up going with the Japanese 3DS LL Super Robot Taisen UX edition, after the discount it ended up bring $250 + free shipping. Comes with the game so I plan on selling that on ebay for ~$60 so I can make some money back.
  • - Serial: SJF1263XXXX X
  • - FW: 4.5.0-10J
  • - Copyright: 2011
  • - Color: Super Robot Taisen UX
  • - Model: 3DS LL
  • - Country: Japan
So far, it's been great with my SC DSTWO. I plan on waiting for a better 3DS cart, not gonna risk a brick plus my backlog of DS and GBA games will keep me entertained for a while. The design looks amazing imo.
 

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1195 and 6.2 unfortunately, hope I can find a white one before its too late (one try left).

Will edit my original post to explicitly ask other members to contact the seller beforehand. Sorry to hear about that. Are you able to send it back?
Have you tried looking at Amazon? IIRC there was a link posted previously to a '2012 3DS'.

Edit: Actually the Amazon link only mentions 'Release Date: ...' in other details. Perhaps you could contact them? Also I believe that the Mario Kart 7 Bundle (White 3DSXL) is <4.5? You'll have to get confirmation on that - I don't want to blow your final chance.

 
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Got a 3DS XL from the mail today finally :) ! Ordered it from Ebay .. yes I had my doubts but i got it anyway

  • - Serial: SUH1028XXXX X
  • - FW: 4.4.0-10E
  • - Copyright: 2012
  • - Color: Silver/Black
  • - Model: 3DS XL
  • - Country: UK
 
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Thanks to this Thread I dared to buy a 3DS - XL

  • - Serial: SEF110...
  • - FW: 4.4.0-10E
  • - Copyright: 2012
  • - Color:Blue
  • - Model: 3DS XL
  • - Country: Germany
 

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Do not use copyright date as an indicator for safe purchase. I just grabbed a blue/black from best buy that said copyright 2012 and it came with 6.2, luckily I had a spare 4.5 motherboard...
 

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I got two Blue 3DS XLs from target for $150:

The first one was Nintendo Serial Number SW1353xxxx x and came with 6.1.0
The second one was Nintendo Serial Number SW1225xxxx x and came with 4.4.0

Needless to say I returned the first one, I just repacked everything and told them I barely touched it and they accepted it with no fuss.

Went to Wal-Mart yesterday and bought a red/black 3ds XL with the serial number SW1116xxxx.x. I saw two with SW12xxxx.x so i got the one with the lowest Serial Number to be on the safe side and it checked out, System Menu is 4.2.0-9U:teach:
 

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