Installing boot9strap (PicHaxx)
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Required Reading
This method of using Seedminer for further exploitation uses your movable.sed
file to write a custom save file for Pokémon Picross, which can then be used with universal-otherapp to run SafeB9SInstaller.
What You Need
- The game “Pokémon Picross” (free on eShop)
- Your
movable.sed
file from completing Seedminer - The latest release of SafeB9SInstaller
- The latest release of boot9strap (
boot9strap-1.3.zip
; not thedevkit
file, not thentr
file) - The latest release of Luma3DS
- The latest release of universal-otherapp
Instructions
Section I - Prep Work
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Copy
otherapp.bin
to the root of your SD card - Copy
boot.firm
andboot.3dsx
from the Luma3DS.zip
to the root of your SD card - Create a folder named
boot9strap
on the root of your SD card - Copy
boot9strap.firm
andboot9strap.firm.sha
from the boot9strap.zip
to the/boot9strap/
folder on your SD card - Copy
SafeB9SInstaller.bin
from the SafeB9SInstaller.zip
to the root of your SD card
Section II - PicHaxx
- Open the PicHaxx Injector website on your computer
- Select your
movable.sed
file - Select “Build and Download”
- Wait for the process to complete
- Navigate to
Nintendo 3DS
-><ID0>
-><ID1>
->title
->00040000
->0017c100
->data
on your SD card- The
<ID0>
will be the same one that you used in Seedminer - The
<ID1>
is a 32 character long folder inside of the<ID0>
- The
- Copy the newly downloaded
00000001.sav
file to thedata
folder on your SD card- Overwrite the old save file when prompted
- Reinsert your SD card into your device
- Power on your device
- Launch “Pokemon Picross”
- If the exploit was successful, your device will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller
Section III - Installing boot9strap
- Wait for all safety checks to complete
- When prompted, input the key combo given to install boot9strap
- Once it has completed, press (A) to reboot your device
Section IV - Configuring Luma3DS
- Your device should have rebooted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
- If you get a black screen, follow this troubleshooting guide
- Use the (A) button and the D-Pad to turn on the following:
- “Show NAND or user string in System Settings”
- Press (Start) to save and reboot
- If you get an error, just continue the next page