Latest guides for 3DS hacking up to firmware 11.2
With the recent 33c3 concluding at the end of last year, came numerous exploit announcements for the 3DS scene, many of which have since been implemented and are in working stable condition. Two of those exploits being soundhax and fasthax, both developed by Ned Will, a prominent hacker of the 3DS scene.
Alongside these many exploits and developers, the 3DS scene also consists of many involved and active community members, which can be noted from the active discussions on their sub-reddit along with the rapid development rate of recent releases.
As of this writing, it is now possible to downgrade all current N3DS models and most O3DS models based on firmware version, using the combos of waithax/svchax/safefirmhax or fasthax/safefirmhax, keep in mind fasthax is still in alpha, well technically beta, though not officially beta as of this writing, but it should be soon, thanks to an active community, many users have implemented and compiled their own versions of the exploit and have had great success for many users in the process of downgrading/installing a9lh+cfw of choice.
Starting with 3DS models firmware 11.1 and lower, fasthax doesn’t support firmwares below 11.2, but there is waithax, which provided you have the patience as the name says, to wait, works flawlessly. A guide for 3DS models below firmware 11.2 can be found here:
Since Plailect has both updated links and instructions.
For 3DS models on firmware 11.2, things get a little complex. Users of these systems can follow reddit user Aurolei’s guide, using a custom fasthax/safefirmhax compiled binary file, that works with any entry point, same as prior.
Keen warning that this current implementation may be unstable as it is not an official stable release, but a community release for those eagers users who would like to downgrade and install the a9lh exploit alongside Luma3DS/NTR or whichever customer firmware of choice is preferred. I have personally downgraded two of my own systems using both exploits and their respectful guides, with absolutely no trouble, exact step by step instructions must be followed, or user errors are likely to cause unnecessary conflicts and errors.
Custom guide can be found here:
Aurolei’s Guide
Downgrades can take around 2+ hours, so time and patience are key.
neato, just got a n3ds
It should also be noted that, while FreeShop has officially been killed via DMCA, it can still be found on the internet by those industrious enough. And, since the later versions have the ability to update both the app and titlekeys from within the app itself, it’s still one of the best things you can download if you’re willing to go through the trouble of installing CFW.
I used this guide on one of my 3DS https://3ds.guide/ but it seems that I can’t boot the 3DS without a SD Card installed…how do I go around this?
Use FBI to copy arm9loaderhax.bin from the root of the SD to the root of CTRNAND.
The Guide has a step for this on the Installing A9LH page.
Assuming you’re talking about this page https://3ds.guide/installing-arm9loaderhax i thought i did it all but where should I start off from? All i know is my 3ds don’t boot without the SD card and I can get into something when i pressed R wshile booting or something that I remembered
So is that meaning sky3ds+/gateway 3ds card will be soon replaced by these exploits?
About the same as the 9.2 firmware hacking scene. Sky3ds will provide a means to games without effort or risk from hacking a 3DS. Gateway provides an additional slot for games on an SD card and proprietary cheat function.
idk why the heck this guy has to make it sound so complex just follow Plailect’s Guide using soundhax yeah it takes an hour to complete but if you follow it exactly you will have no issues
This! just followed it after reading this article, had no problems at all.
I have a n3ds XL on 11.0.0 33us. I’m planning on doing the hardmod tonight but I’ll skip that if I don’t have to do it with the recent exploits. Anyone know if that’s the case now? Or should I go ahead and mod?
New Article incoming, this was written prior to the updated guide and tools were made available.
Any chance this works on a Korean n3ds?
Seriously do not understand why you bother mentioning anything other than Plailects guide. It covers 11.2 as well. clearly you haven’t looked at the site in some days as i was on it yesterday and 11.2 was supported. 9.0.0 – 11.2 on all devices.
I just did my N3DS XL on 11.2 and it wasn’t hard. Just tedious. As long as you follow the step and never put your 3DS in sleep mode until you’re completely done, it’s very difficult to screw it up.
Do I have to do all these to steps to each 3DS I own ? Isn’t there an option to hack more easily my second 3DS ?