Installing boot9strap (Soundhax)
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Required Reading
Soundhax (when combined with universal-otherapp) is compatible with versions 1.0.0 through 11.3.0 in all regions.
What You Need
- The latest release of Soundhax (for your region, device, and version)
- If Soundhax appears in your browser as an unplayable video, press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S to save it to your computer
- The latest release of SafeB9SInstaller
- The latest release of boot9strap
- 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 the Soundhax
.m4a
to the root of your SD card- The root of the SD card refers to the initial directory on your SD card where you can see the Nintendo 3DS folder, but are not inside of it
- 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 - Reinsert your SD card into your device
-
Power on your device
Section II - Launching SafeB9SInstaller
- Reinsert your SD card into your device
- Power on your device
-
Launch Nintendo 3DS Sound
- If you’ve never opened Nintendo 3DS Sound before and get tips on how to use it from a bird icon, go through all of the bird tips, then close the app normally and relaunch it
- In this situation, launching Soundhax immediately would cause these tips to appear on every launch of the Nintendo 3DS Sound until this is done
- Go to
/SDCARD
, then play “<3 nedwill 2016”- This may take many tries
- If it freezes, force the console to power off by holding the power button, then try again
- If your console displays a red and white screen and your console is on system version 9.4.0, 9.5.0, or 9.6.0, try following Homebrew Launcher (Soundhax)
- If the exploit was successful, you will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller
Section III - Installing boot9strap
- When prompted, input the key combo given on the top screen to install boot9strap
- Once it is complete, press (A) to reboot your device
Section IV - Configuring Luma3DS
- Your device should have rebooted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
- You can access the Luma3DS configuration menu at any time by powering off, holding SELECT, then powering on your device while still holding SELECT
- 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 to the next page
At this point, your console will boot to Luma3DS by default as long as the SD card is inserted.
- Luma3DS does not look any different from the normal HOME Menu. If your console has booted into the HOME Menu, it is running custom firmware.
- On the next page, you will copy Luma3DS to internal memory so that you can boot without an SD card.