3DS Firmware 9.3.0-21 is out, patches some critical components of Ninjhax exploit.
3DS Firmware 9.3.0-21 is out today. Early reports confirm that Ninjhax does not work anymore on this firmware.
@qlutoo confirmed that one of the several exploits required for Ninjhax to launch has been patched with this latest firmware. People who try to run ninjhax on their freshly updated 3DS will face a crash when trying to run the exploit. The behavior, more precisely, is that you will be taken to a facebook page, then the console might crash.
smealum has however confirmed that 2 of the exploits used for Ninjhax are not patched, although to the end user that doesn’t mean much, as you need the “full” sequence in order to run the homebrew launcher. What it means, however, is that if a new exploit was found, it would be “relatively” simple to adapt Ninjhax, compared to having to find several exploits again.
still DO NOT UPDATE to 9.3. good news is at least 2 of the exploits used in ninjhax are still working so yay for that.
— smea (@smealum) December 9, 2014
In parallel, several users have confirmed that the major flashcarts, that got recently updated to work up to firmwares 9.2.0, are still working on 9.3.0-21.
Have updated my console to 9.3.0-21U, tested the r4i gold 3ds, dstwo and r4i sdhc dual core, r4i gold pro, r4i sdhc rts lite, ace3ds card, r5sdhc and sky3ds card can all work on the 3ds 9.3.0-21 directly. (source)
On a side note, we recently published an article where we claimed that Asia update 9.3.0-16 would probably be patching ninjhax. Although we truly thought this would be the case, and other major websites have speculated the same, several 3DS veterans have called us out on this piece of news: it appears the Asia region has a slightly different update schedule than the rest of the world, and a “-16” update would most likely not contain any patch for a hack that worked on “-20”. Although I am still slightly confused by the versionning mechanism on the Nintendo side of the force, I want to apologize: we strive to be one of the scene sites that actually don’t pull random stuff out of the blue, we verify our facts, and I can vouch for The Zett, who wrote this piece of news. That was an honest mistake here, and we’ll try to be more careful in the future. That being said, The Z has been properly punished, based on the suggestions made by our twitter followers.
i dont have a N3DS but it still a good post to not update the console yet
“Although I am still slightly confused by the versionning mechanism on the Nintendo side of the force”
the -20 or -16 is eshop version. 9.3.0 is the firmware version.
mmm to bad I sold my 3DS
Cant even describe my anxiety right now. My n3ds ll arrives on wednesday and if gateway is blocked and I cant make it play region free games I’m gna cry for days. DAYSSSS!!!!
Japanese N3DS? Yer outta luck. AUS consoles ship with 9.0.
Good thing I haven’t updated in a while. I wonder how far the homebrew scene is on the 3DS anyway.
Not far advanced. Just the beggining.
Lots of emu, not very stable except the Snes one (blargSnes).
More homebrews : http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/List_of_3DS_homebrew
If you wants better emulation on a 3DS, use the DSTWo linker, a DS linker working on the 3DS and with strong possibilities.
Seems that the 3DS firmware is more stable now.
XD
No, only sony devices get more “stable” 😉
A mistake is something that you accomplish which makes you wiser!
It’s confirmed! SKY3DS can support the newest update – V9.3.0-21U/E/J. http://www.r4gateway.com/sky3ds-3ds-flashcart-for-playing-3ds-games-on-3ds-3ds-xl-2ds-latest-firmware-p-42.html
So it begins
Gateway has released a statement on their front page that this update has killed support for 9.3 so don’t upgrade to it!
meu conta e rsbreno@live.com senha breno0 do miiverse
Anyway there is absolutely no reason to update 3DS firmware. I still have my 3DS 4.5 FW and I find it much better than new ones (I have 2 3DS consoles, one for home brew and another for games)
I just picked up the New 3DS in Red and it has firmware 9.0.0-20U. So now I don’t know whether to update my old 3DS or update the new one. I think I may update the old one once I confirm the Ninjhax exploit works on the NEW 3DS and then get another New 3DS later.