
BETA Program

DISCLAIMER: Files on this page should be treated with extreme care and only used by advanced users who have access to a way to restore their 3DS NAND. Users should have a valid/known good copy of their NAND before proceeding!

Any issues identified with these BETA builds can be reported directly to: support@gateway-3ds.com

» Pre Setup

    Copy the contents of the “Console SD” folder on to root of your consoles SD card.
    Copy the contents of the “Red Card uSD” folder on to root of your GW Red Card uSD.

» How to setup (O3DS):

    Make sure you have WiFi configured and working.
    GATEWAY 3DS based entrypoint:
        Boot into GATEWAY 3DS sysNAND mode (Force GW Menu by holding down L during boot, hold B while pressing A to boot)
        Bring up the OSD, select GATEWAY Time Machine, select 2.x downgrade
    Homebrew based entrypoint:
        Boot GW_TIMEMACHINE.3DSX using your favourite homebrew entrypoint
        In the GATEWAY Time Machine menu select the 2.x downgrade
    Delete/rename the “Nintendo 3DS” folder on your console’s SD card.
    Boot your O3DS into 2.x
    Open up the web browser and surf to http://go.gateway-3ds.com/
    After a short wait, the GATEWAY Menu should appear, go into the A9LH Installer
    A9LH will be installed & sysNAND will be restored from NAND.bin
    Reboot your console and enjoy GATEWAY A9LH on your O3DS!

» How to setup (N3DS):

    For consoles with firmware over 9.2 use TimeMachine to first downgrade sysNand to 9.2
    Boot into GATEWAY 3DS menu using your favorite entrypoint
    Pick the format emuNAND option from the menu (if you don’t have a working emuNAND setup yet)
    Boot into GATEWAY (emuNAND) mode
    Make sure you have WiFi configured and working correctly
    Bring up the OSD, select GATEWAY Time Machine
    Launch GATEWAY Time Machine, select 2.x downgrade
    Boot back into GATEWAY 3DS menu after rebooting
    Select A9LH Installer menu option, follow instructions on screen
    Boot your N3DS into 2.x (if console doesn’t boot make sure ‘Nintendo 3DS’ folder has been renamed)
    Open up web browser and surf to http://go.gateway-3ds.com/
    Go to A9LH Installer menu option again, follow instructions on screen until congratulations message appears.
    Reboot your console and enjoy GATEWAY A9LH on your N3DS!

» GATEWAY 4.0 BETA CHANGELOG (20160601)

    Time Machine compatibility and stability fixes
    GATEWAY Menu compatibility and stability fixes
    Rename ‘Nintendo 3DS’ folder to 3DS_BAK (N3DS)
    Add warning/nag screen when A9LH user tries to boot into sysNAND (to prevent accidentical sysNAND updates)
    Time Machine won’t allow 9.x to 2.x downgrade on O3DS (Must upgrade to 10.x first, then go down to 2.x)
    OTP.bin is now detected when entering A9LH install and offers a way to re-install A9LH (without the nand restore step)
    Users who have an old browser (non A9LH related entrypoint) and were getting served the wrong payload can now use: http://go.gateway-3ds.com/old/
    Forced restore of emuNAND for N3DS and sysNAND for O3DS+N3DS prior to A9 install finalization.
