not really a issue but worth mentioning.

[zjxlsgh]

i saw many threads mentioned that: by running ftp bony(or ftp-3ds, open and exit) once before running sysupdater can increase the success rate significantly.

just want to ask does that really help?

background: i have successfully downgraded 3 n3ds, each of them i did a pre-ftp-3ds-run, and i got my consoles downgraded perfectly, so i wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

the threads i am talking about are all in chinese, the biggest China BBS of 3ds hacking.

[profi200]

Generally the problem lies in the library which exploits the system. "sulib" or what they call it. It is unstable and highly depends on the state of the system. Running some other app can change the state but it is rather luck than guaranteed that it will work after.