3DS: Firmware 11.0 now available
3DS’s latest firmware is just out, and brings piles of stability, because you know you want it.
3DS Firmware 11.0 – What’s new
Here’s what the official changelog says:
Main changes for version 11.0.0-33U
Update released: May 9th, 2016
- Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience
3DS 11.0 – impact on 3DS hacks?
The typical suspicion is that this firmware update might be patching some exploits, in particular since reports on yellows8‘s maintained page show that pretty much everything, including Native_firm, has been updated with this version.
As always, it’s not recommended to update unless you really need it. People on Arm9LoaderHax are, apparently, safe to update, but wait for full confirmation.
Update: Smealum seems to say this update is attempting to kill exploits such as ninjhax and oot3dhax with some ASLR.
Edit: LOL, gotta love these replies from fololowers on Twitter, keep those coming guys 🙂
source: Nintendo
OoThax still working. Cfw emunands confirmed on rxtools and luma can be safely updated as well as gateway if anybody still bothers with it.
how can you get oothax atm i dont have it i have the game
Wololo pretty fast o_O
Any brave soul want to update their emunand on Gateway 3DS and report back if it still works?
It works.
It does not work for me, now clicking gateway just brings up a black screen
Okay after about 3 failed attempts it started working again. Don’t know what happened.
damn looks like i updated to downgrade just in time xD so glad i didn’t hold out any longer than i did lol
I have the firmware version before this one.
So my 3DS hasn’t been hacked yet. But I’ve been wondering, since it’s getting more and more trouble to hax a 3DS the later the version of the FW (the process to install arm9loaderhax is ludicrously complicated). But I’m just wondering, what are the main reasons a casual pleb like me would hack my 3DS? The only reasons I can think of is stuff like romhacks or fan translations. Maybe region free mode? I feel like I should make my decision whether to hack it or not pretty soon.
The process *is* ludicrously complicated, but it’s a one-and-done permanent hack. It’s well worth it if you can do it.
But what do I really get out of it, even as a casual pleb? I originally ended up hacking my Wii out of curiosity and to play my US import games since they kept patching out freeloaders. I hacked the Wii U’s vWii to be able to move my WiiWare games without having to copy over the whole ID.
In this day and age I don’t usually have US import games anymore, they are quite difficult for me to obtain.
The fact that I do not have access to any primary exploit also makes it bothersome. I don’t even own any of the secondary exploit games.
I suppose I could use my old 3DS which should have firmware that is quite old. Browserhax or some jazz might still work on that.
I was able to install it fully just using the browserhax, and I was on a very recent FW – which version are you on now?
The one before this one. 10.7.0 it seems.
Mate, compared to Vita hacks the 3DS is an absolute doddle. Full hardware control only takes two to five hours depending on how you do it and which softmods you go for. I took an O3DS on firmware 9.0 up to 9.2, created an emuNAND on the SD card, got menuhax working to load the softmod from boot, all based on rxTools 3.0. The tutorial link should be in my name if this comment shows properly. Runs games and emulators straight off the SD card.
Sadly, I tried doing this on my backup 3DS and I probably made some minor mistake somewhere. Either way, my backup 3DS is now hard bricked (recovery mode does not work). It’s ok, I feel a bit sad, but yeah this is not encouraging me to hack my main 3DS at all. There’s just way too much room for error where I might ruin everything.
Time to ship it someone who can do a hardmod to recover it, I guess.
I already found the guy. I’m just contemplating whether it’s actually worth spending money on. I mean after I hack it what tf am I going to even DO with it?
I followed the process recently, and it ended up taking 7 hours. It’s not complicated; it’s just time-consuming.
The only reason I hacked my 3DS is to make it region free, as I recently took the plunge and imported Sega 3D Fukkoku Archives. The custom firmware I have installed, SaltFW is really minimal as a result. It’s working great.
Updated my N3DS with Arm9LoaderHax installed to 11.0.0-33U. Everything still works flawlessly – FBI is there and works; CIA-installed games still work; and so on.
To make the Homebrew Launcher work, I had to rename it on my microSD from “hblauncherloader_otherapp_payload_NEW-10-7-0-32-USA.bin” to “hblauncherloader_otherapp_payload_NEW-11-0-0-33-USA.bin”. After that, it loaded and ran just fine.
Thanks for the tip! That made my hbl work.
When I did this, mine just stays at “The homenu ropbin is ready” then it crashes to the homescreen, saying, “An error has occured.”
Help?
When I did this, I started HBL and it just stays at “The homemenu ropbin is ready.” Then it crashes. Help?
was there any way to get A9LH on 11.0 without having before on 10.7 and so on?
Uhhh… my comments disappeared.
TL;DR A9LHax still works fine, but you have to rename the .BIN file for the Homebrew Launcher.
… and they’re back. D’oh.
OoThax and Ninjhax are patched for non hacked consoles. Downgrading has been patched as well.
While OoThax and Ninjhax can be fixed, there’s still no word for the downgrading feature. People that want to do it shouldn’t update.
Secondary Entrypoints still works: V*hax, humblehax, SMDhax.
I have cubic ninja game and a majoras mask edition new 3ds stock in version 10.3. So many different tutorials out there but which is the best to use to downgrade? And why are many saying the need of a second 3ds is needed when some video tutorials don’t even do this? The brick risk is there too so I want to do this right. Thanks
This is the best guide: https://github.com/Plailect/Guide/wiki
Make sure to follow it to a t. Don’t skip any (repeating) steps. Don’t experiment. Worked for me.
Reason they say second 3ds is because if I have a 3ds on 9.2, I can put the 10.4 payload on OOT so you can access homebrew menu with that. If you downgrade or upgrade, I can change the payload to suit the firmware version you are currently on at a given time.
That changelog totally justifies a major version increment.
I wonder if console makers like Sony and Nintendo will ever come up with a euphemism for “closing exploit holes caused by oversights in cryptography/other security” that isn’t just “system stability updates”. They could at least be a little more honest about what they’re doing. In all fairness most hacks are to allow running of homebrew and whatnot, not to destabilise the system.
Being honest about it would be bad form in this case, strangely enough. Being roundabout like this is basically like, they know what they mean, we know what they mean, and nobody else needs to know.
Anybody using SKY3DS or R4 card with OFW ? Do the card still usable to play without CFW ?
yeah i had to install 11 after a soft brick from a random chance failure while trying to downgrade my sky3ds+ still works fine
MSET exploit works?
Its moment like this where I say “I’m fu%#ing glad I have full CFW. I can even update my sysCFW to match the latest OFW
I updated my unexploited 3ds to 11.0 (out of my own stupidity) . What should I do to get homebrew running.
Hay gays I have a problem I was finishing all the steps allmost but accidantly I updated the emunand to 11.0.0 after doing the merge with the sysnand I can’t find a way to go to my hombre is there a way or I got my 3ds regular customer I need to finish part 5 section v and I’m know really frustrate because it took me a lot of ours to be at the end wasted my time!
Can someone tell me if its possible to instal RXTOOLS in a 11.0 3ds? Without CF
I got 9.5 is it possible to have full CFW from this firmware?
is it safe to update system from rxtool settings?