Hacking Why Plailect remove OTPLess method form his guide ?

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When Slowhax releases I will be installing A9LH on my N3DS XL, that means I have to downgrade to 2.1?
(BTW, my siblings just like to close my 3DS/DS lite/DSi if they find it open just because reasons)
your only on 2.1 for about 5 mins to dump the otp, just don't leave the 3ds during the process and you will be fine
 

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I always use the sd card of the console that is 4GB ... and Always with patience when using homebrew applications!
 

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The thing is that the risk isn't reduced that much when we account for human error (which was almost null with OTPLess method).

Here are some stats for the US:
Odd of dying in car crash 1/113
Odd of dying in pedestrian accident 1/672

Let me ask you this, do you walk everywhere?

That's a bad comparison for a number of reasons.

Let's say that your car had a 1% chance for its engine to spontaneously explode for no reason when exceeding 80 MPH. Would you then suggest to everyone to go 80+ MPH down the highway to save a bit of time? You might be able to afford the replacement should something go wrong, but not everyone can.

OTPless only saved a bit of time for a small but sizable chance of the console bricking for no known reason. The only known bricks from 2.1 ctrtransfer are user error. You can warn the user not to put a 2.1 N3DS into sleep mode. With OTPless you trade a negligible risk of doing something stupid for a small but real risk you lose a coin flip.
 

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I guess everyone has answered the question. Just to reiterate the answer, because it's not safe.
FWIW though, at least we have a data and statistics on the failure and success rate of OTPless method.
 

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