Homebrew [WIP] List of known bricks due to an attempt to downgrade to 9.2.

[markh78]

Soft brick as well with error message saying contact customer support, after seemingly successful downgrade process.
Unit: 10.6j new 3DS
Entry point: Cubic Ninja
MD5 for 9.2 files are checked, deleted 000400102002CA00 from update.

Well, I guess I'm not really in a hurry to downgrade just yet since I own Cubic Ninja for general homebrew.
What's really frustrating is all the folder information was lost in the process, now I need to sort everything again (and I have tons of DL software)

 

[Gil_PL]

My friend tried downgrade 10.3U to 9.2U and got softbrick 3 times, the last attempt he simply removed the SD card in 1 second after sysupdater restart. only then was downgraded successfully without softbrick.

edit: sysupdater install all cia's with no any errors, and after restarting got black screen error.

 

[Deleted User]

Weird Still stops after reaching a certain point in recovery mode, Any other Ideas?

Are you able to update without a DNS set or are you already trapped in recovery mode? If possible I would try and set your router to use the google DNS. That's really all I can tell you to do. Sorry. :/

 

[LoveHina]

I just downgraded a JPN N3DS 10.4 with 9.2 CIAs, but it ended up with 9.1. Very Strange!

 

[Hide616]

Downgraded with old 3ds cia files instead of the new 3ds cia files lol lesson learned already have the replacement.

 

[kloklojul]

Downgraded one 10.6 and one 10.5 n3ds both EU. The 10.6 downgraded just fine but the 10.5 which appears to hardbricked (with an errormessage in the sysupdater at a specific cia). It boots into the normal systemenu i see it for a second but gets an error message telling me to contact the support rightafterwards. I get a blackscreen when trying to get into the recovery mode. Is there any hope or can i throw it away ?

 

[Duckling]

You should add me on the list of Bricked devices.
Reason: Installing n3DS CIA's on o3DS...

 

[twocows]

Delete the Tubehax DNS before doing anything, as you won't be able to update from recovery if anything happens.

From what I've heard, you can get around this simply by going out of range of that connection or shutting your router off; if the 3DS can't find any of the stored connections, supposedly it lets you set up a new one. I've had one person tell me they were successful in restoring a Tubehax'd softbrick doing this after I suggested it to them. I've never softbricked myself, so I wouldn't know.

 

[Gamwhiz]

Also a softbrick victim, particularly frustrating as this exact thing happened a few months back when I tried it using my Ironhax entrypoint, forcing me to upgrade to 10.5.

Unit: 10.5U old 3ds
Entry Point: Menuhax

Grabbed USA 9.2U payload for old3ds, ran it through the safe updater, got the all-clear, updated through the most recent system updater build, everything succeeded, pressed b to restart, comes up with the "error has occured, visit support.nintendo.com, blah blah blah".

Same thing happened last time around, figured the safe updater would save me this time but no dice. Removing SD card does nothing, removing SD card partway through boot does nothing, removing all the MenuHax payloads + folder 0000008f does nothing, removing SD card with said files removed partway through boot does nothing, going into recovery mode then rebooting while jumping through all the aforementioned hoops in sequence does nothing. If there's something I'm missing I'm all ears, as I'd really prefer not to have to recover back to latest firmware if at all possible - not going to grab cubic ninja or fuck with my OOT saves with someone else's console, it's just too much of a pain in the dick.

E; tried copying all files off the SD card, formatting it, putting them back on, and trying again while doing the whole put in, take out, go to recovery (and shake it all about) dance. Nada.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Used an incomplete downgrade pack. Only ~65 or ~67 CIA files. RIP Old 3ds XL (got a new one, came on 8.1!).

 

[Halvorsen]

Used an incomplete downgrade pack. Only ~65 or ~67 CIA files. RIP Old 3ds XL (got a new one, came on 8.1!).[/QUOTE
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Your signature!
Just got back from that post.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Your signature!
Just got back from that post.

Yeah man. We go way back (to that post)!

 

[Monody]

N3DS here,

1st attempt:

Menuhax
Sysupdate ( had to reset a lot of time due to it freezing , so took like 4 hours )
Update was successful but black screen on boot - assumed soft bricked so I went into recovery mode to get to 10.7

** I didn't try out this step which was to remove the SD card after updating as it wasn't shown in the guides I've read so it 'might' have not been soft bricked? **

2nd attempt:

Ninhax
Safesysupdate
Successful downgraded without any hiccups.

 

[jman0125]

N3ds 10.7
Downgrade finished successfully, wouldn't restart so I force reset it
Didn't boot without the card (didn't read that until after)
Soft brick, got to recovery mode but now I'm stuck on 11.0

 

[LuigiSmash220]

N3ds 10.7
Downgrade finished successfully, wouldn't restart so I force reset it
Didn't boot without the card (didn't read that until after)
Soft brick, got to recovery mode but now I'm stuck on 11.0

did you reformat?
before downgrading

 

[vb_encryption_vb]

N3ds 10.7
Downgrade finished successfully, wouldn't restart so I force reset it
Didn't boot without the card (didn't read that until after)
Soft brick, got to recovery mode but now I'm stuck on 11.0

You will need to do a hardmod to downgrade now.

 

[Boured]

Moral of the story, make sure you are absolutely sure you have the right stuff before downgrading. Also think when you downgrade that you have basically made it your fault if your system bricks



I'm lucky since I have never had a brick, and I downgraded a lot of console.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Moral of the story, make sure you are absolutely sure you have the right stuff before downgrading. Also think when you downgrade that you have basically made it your fault if your system bricks



I'm lucky since I have never had a brick, and I downgraded a lot of console.

Nope. Not necessarily your fault. Some users are unlucky and have incompatible data. Which is why a format before downgrading is highly recommended. Many don't want to do so though.

 

[Boured]

Nope. Not necessarily your fault. Some users are unlucky and have incompatible data. Which is why a format before downgrading is highly recommended. Many don't want to do so though.

K then, just do a lot of research and ask if it's worth it to you.

 

[gnmmarechal]

K then, just do a lot of research and ask if it's worth it to you.

Lmao, I did. I'm fully aware of the advantages. However, I do have a 9.2 system. It has a broken screen tho. I'm just waiting to get $ so I can get a new screen, update both (one with A9LH), then system transfer over to the A9LHaxed system.