Few Questions on CFW on 3DS

[zapptheman 281]

Hi guys, just a question to all the Nintendo guys on this forum. i have been doing a bit of research into the CFW for the 3ds and it seems that i have a console which can be exploited with little effort as it doesn't need to be downgraded and is sitting in the prime firmware range for CFW. 

 

so i had been following this tutorial here --> https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/3ztqqv/all_you_need_to_know_by_popular_demand/

and i have come up with a few questions which i am still uncertain about.

 

Question:

- In the thread the bloke says the most supported firmware is 9.2.0-20, so i am currently on 9.0.0-20. would i still be able to follow this tutorial exactly for my firmware version?

 

- After i have the cfw working correctly on my current firmware version, will i be able to update the system and keep the cfw running on top of the new firmware? 

 

- If i will be able to update, is there a specific way it has to be done to keep the CFW?

 

Thanks guys for any help. i appreciate it

 

Edit: As i have a new3ds i will be using ReiNAND + NTR CFW

Edited June 12, 2016 by zapptheman

[tjhooker73 166]

Yes

 

[zapptheman 281]

1 minute ago, tjhooker73 said:

Yes

 

haha thanks for that. do you know how to update the system to the latest firmware while keeping the cfw? cheers

[TheZander 549]

11 minutes ago, zapptheman said:

haha thanks for that. do you know how to update the system to the latest firmware while keeping the cfw? cheers

I think you update the CFW (emuNAND) not the sysNAND. So your verison will have some identifier i.e: 'GW' , 'RX' etc. depending on your CFW of choice. 

 

Just read up beforehand if nintendo screwed it over. If so and you update you'll black screen. So wait for some confirmed results and then update the launcher.dat on the SD card

[zapptheman 281]

1 minute ago, thezander said:

I think you update the CFW (emuNAND) not the sysNAND. So your verison will have some identifier i.e: 'GW' , 'RX' etc. depending on your CFW of choice. 

 

Just read up beforehand if nintendo screwed it over. If so and you update you'll black screen. So wait for some confirmed results and then update the launcher.dat on the SD card

 

how would i know which one i'm updating tho? from what i gathered, it's like booting into two different systems. so doe that mean that as long as i'm booted into emunand, it will update the emunand, and if i'm booted in the sysnand it will update the sysnand? 

 

and when doing this update from the emunand, do i just use the update that the console asks me to download when booted up, or do i have to use the sysupdater tool

[TheZander 549]

Depending on the CFW you have and the boot sequence it entails like any MSET exploit ( which I dont know if it works for >9) but once you're booted in and you goto to system settings if it says just the version number you're in sysNAND. If it has some kind of identifier before hand than you're in emuNAND and you can update from there. However  if you leave the settings menu you'll get thrown back into sysNAND so it will screw you up. As long as you make sure it has something before the version you're safe. 

[M tha MaN 86]

Only update via settings!

 

When entering the settings you'll see what thezander mentioned. E.g. you have rx-tools as an CFW, youl see RX-E 9.2.0 when you're in emunand. When you update now, you'll update just the emunand.

 

When you enter setting in sysnand, you'll just see 9.2.0.

[zapptheman 281]

3 minutes ago, thezander said:

Depending on the CFW you have and the boot sequence it entails like any MSET exploit ( which I dont know if it works for >9) but once you're booted in and you goto to system settings if it says just the version number you're in sysNAND. If it has some kind of identifier before hand than you're in emuNAND and you can update from there. However  if you leave the settings menu you'll get thrown back into sysNAND so it will screw you up. As long as you make sure it has something before the version you're safe. 

 

2 minutes ago, M tha MaN said:

Only update via settings!

 

When entering the settings you'll see what thezander mentioned. E.g. you have rx-tools as an CFW, youl see RX-E 9.2.0 when you're in emunand. When you update now, you'll update just the emunand.

 

When you enter setting in sysnand, you'll just see 9.2.0.

 

alright sweet, thanks guys, i guess i should have also mentioned that i have the new3ds so i'll be using ReiNAND + NTR CFW gonna go ahead with the process now. appreaciate all the help

[zapptheman 281]

Update: alright guys, just going through setting up emunand now and noticed that emunand9 wouldn't boot from menuhax 0_o but for some reason it works with browserhax. so used that entry point and it's working and backing up my sysnand now. 

 

Update2: ok so i just did step 0 to prepare the emunand and then started step 1 before unlinking the nands. and i got these screens. i tihiink i will go back and unlink now that i haven't bricked yet XD

Edited June 12, 2016 by zapptheman

[tjhooker73 166]

Just follow the tutorials and it will be fine. 

Yes. ?

[zapptheman 281]

3 hours ago, tjhooker73 said:

Just follow the tutorials and it will be fine. 

Yes. ?

 

haha yeah it was, cheers man. just setting up the final touches. i was going to update the emunand now but just read somewhere that the new version might break the cfw. is this true? i'll keep looking in the meantime

 

Edit: i have come short with info. damn the ds scene is a pain to look through XD might just give it an update and hope for the best

 

Final update: ok so to anyone out there able to lend a hand, i got up to the last part of the procedure where i was updating the system. it errored out during the install and shut down. thankfully it didn't break any of the nands and nothing bricked. but i don't know what to do from here now. should i try again with the update or am i missing something

 

nvm, it worked. thanks guys

Edited June 12, 2016 by zapptheman