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[Kuin]

Never ever, ever, ever, ever.... update your sysnand.

Ever....


Ever... Never.

Ahah, yes, it's the first rule! My blue French PAL New3DSXL is waiting with it's 9.0 FW.

 

[Ritchie555]

If "Soon" is this long then I have no idea what waiting "a while" would be like.

"A While™" Measurement of Gateway time. See also "SOON™" and "Around the Corner™"
Closely related to Infinite but just a little shorter.

 

[Breith]

Ahah, yes, it's the first rule! My blue French PAL New3DSXL is waiting with it's 9.0 FW.

Mine doesn't even have WiFi configured on it

 

[Kuin]

Mine doesn't even have WiFi configured on it

Same!

And when I use it I even turn off the NFC/WiFi connexion, JUST IN CASE! XD Then, I feel absolutly safe. ^^"

 

[XenoWarrior]

Is this a legitimate concern? I just ordered my AU N3DSXL two days ago and gonna be ordering either of the flash carts (depending on the outcome) and I still gotta do a whole lot of research since am a "newbie/noob" but this concerns me.
How would you recover from this? I mean if it were to ever get bricked? Is there a recovery mode of some sorts? or a hardware nand flash is required?
Just curious so I can be very careful about it

GateWay implemented this intentional bricker to make sure people can't run modified Launcher.dat files.
Based on what I have read, you're fine as long as you make sure your Launcher.dat MD5 is exactly the same as the one they provide on the download page.

However, yes. There have been reports on consoles bricking because of the GW brick trigger. As for un-bricking, I am unsure, sorry!
It is a legitimate concern. (in my opinion)

If you're looking to play region locked games, you'll need the GateWay (or an original 3DS + Sky3DS + RegionThree Launcher exploit).

At the moment, GateWay do not have a public support for N3DS. Sky3DS do, but it is region locked.
So you'll have to decide what you'd prefer to do.

In a quick way:
GateWay:

• Pros
  • Bypass region lock.
  • Homebrew support.
  • In-system menu to launch games.
  • Multi-rom.
• Cons
  • Only original 3DS systems with version 9.2 or less. (subject to change!).
  • Potential brick for invalid/custom Launcher.dat files.
  • No online or eShop support.

My review on GW is hopefully accurate. Based on my experiences + finding with GW.
Sky3DS:

• Pros
  • Works on all systems to date.
  • Works on all firmware versions.
  • Multi-rom (blue button version).
  • No risk for bricking.
  • Online + eShop support.
• Cons
  • Region-locked (unless you use the RegionThree, of course on orignal 3DS systems only).
  • Pressing a button to switch roms could become tedious.

For the Sky3DS, this is based on my finding on the card. I will more than likely order one in time to come and properly review it.
I'm trying to keep you with an open mind... In some cases, it might be good to just get both. XD

 

[Classicgamer]

Ahah, yes, it's the first rule! My blue French PAL New3DSXL is waiting with it's 9.0 FW.

Mine is AUS! my wife looked at me like I was crazy importing it. The 3d movie on it was epic!

 

[Kuin]

XenoWarrior, your review is nice but about the Gateway, you CAN go on the eShop and download anything you want, and you CAN play online! XD I play MH4U everyday, no problem.

 

[XenoWarrior]

XenoWarrior, your review is nice but about the Gateway, you CAN go on the eShop and download anything you want, and you CAN play online! XD I play MH4U everyday, no problem.

You're on the latest version of 3DS system firmware? OwO
This is news to me!

 

[jimskeet2002]

I sent an email 2 days ago, they answered to me today, no it's not a fake, but of course you'll believe what you want. ^^

http://imgur.com/a4mJjf1

Here is the link.

If this mail is not fake then the update really is not around the corner but the update is so far from the corner that cannot even see it....
It appears to be said in this mail response this

"We can't give a time soon but working to make it as soon as possible"

They can't even give a time frame soon??? And we expect for the update to be released soon???

 

[guitarheroknight]

You're on the latest version of 3DS system firmware? OwO
This is news to me!

There's a thing called emunand.

Edit: and even if you're not on the latest firmware you can still go online with GW.

 

[Kuin]

If this mail is not fake then the update really is not around the corner but the update is so far from the corner that cannot even see it....
It appears to be said in this mail response this

"We can't give a time soon but working to make it as soon as possible"

They can't even give a time frame soon??? And we expect for the update to be released soon???

It is not fake (I dunno how can I do to prove it, but anyway XD), and yes I felt like it too, it seems that it won't be coming REALLY SOON (or just they don't want get my hopes up). And it's not funny to me since I have a New 3DS bought yesterday, and I can't use it/update it since I've to wait for the GW update. So I have to stick on my old 3DS XL for now. ^^"

XenoWarrior: Well my sysnand is on 4.5 FW but my emunand is on the last FW (9.5) so yes I can access eShop (I downloaded the CodeName STEAM demo for exemple), and I can play online games, yes (with private headers, which is safer!).

 

[jimskeet2002]

It is not fake (I dunno how can I do to prove it, but anyway XD), and yes I felt like it too, it seems that it won't be coming REALLY SOON (or just they don't want get my hopes up). And it's not funny to me since I have a New 3DS bought yesterday, and I can't use it/update it since I've to wait for the GW update. So I have to stick on my old 3DS XL for now. ^^"

XenoWarrior: Well my sysnand is on 4.5 FW but my emunand is on the last FW (9.5) so yes I can access eShop (I downloaded the CodeName STEAM demo for exemple), and I can play online games, yes (with private headers, which is safer!).

REALLY SOON? even the simple gw soon is far away from the picture after this mail.... And I am in the same boat. I try to avoid playing games on my old 3ds cause I want to enjoy them on my new 3ds xl :S

 

[Kuin]

REALLY SOON? even the simple gw soon is far away from the picture after this mail.... And I am in the same boat. I try to avoid playing games on my old 3ds cause I want to enjoy them on my new 3ds xl :S

Ahah sorry my English is not good. xD But yes I meant it DOESNT SEEM to be REALLY SOON, so it's why this email don't make me that happy. >.<

But at least I know they're working on it, and also we won't need to buy a new version of the GW card. ^^

 

[Maximilious]

If this mail is not fake then the update really is not around the corner but the update is so far from the corner that cannot even see it....
It appears to be said in this mail response this

"We can't give a time soon but working to make it as soon as possible"

They can't even give a time frame soon??? And we expect for the update to be released soon???

Apparently you missed their responses from the holidays regarding 9.2FW support...

 

[jimskeet2002]

Apparently you missed their responses from the holidays regarding 9.2FW support...

It is really clear now that all those responses from the holidays were about the old 3ds and 3ds xl only and had nothing to do with new 3ds xl...
After this mail, the possibility that they don't have a valid entry point at the moment and that they are still looking for one is really very big...
I mean some days ago they sent a message to a guy that uploaded a video of new3ds crashing on the web browser... Then gary says that he was told by them that they will make an official announcement soon when we were all thinking that the next move was to release support. Then they respond that they can't give a time frame soon.... This is getting worse every day...

 

[CrazySpaniard]

I swear every page of this thread is different people having the same dumbass argument

 

[Miles54321]

did gateway ever confirm 9.4 ever having compatibility for the n3DS in the future?

they said that EMUNAND 9.5 will never work on the N3DS but they never said SYSNAND

They never said emunand 9.5 will no be supported in general, they said it won't be supported at launch

 

[Miles54321]

I swear every page of this thread is different people having the same dumbass argument

Welcome to Gatewait Hell

 

[omegart]

Why they have answered at your mail and never answered to any other mail for which regards n3ds support? <.<

 

[Kohmei]

So why would they have told Gary that it's coming in a few days if release isn't even "soon" yet? Something doesn't add up, one way or another