3DS:Alternate Exploits/Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)

What you need

 * Your  file completing Seedminer or nimhax
 * The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS  file)
 * The latest release of Frogminer_save (direct download)
 * One of the following:
 * System version 11.14.0 or 11.15.0: The 6.0.1 release of b9stool (direct download)
 * System version 11.16.0: The 6.1.1 release of b9stool (direct download)

Section I - CFW Check
As an additional safety measure, we will perform an additional check for custom firmware. This is because using this method when custom firmware is already installed has a risk of bricking the console (rendering it unusable without recovery methods like ntrboot).


 * 1) Power off your device
 * 2) Hold the (Select) button
 * 3) Power on your device while still holding the (Select) button
 * 4) If the check was successful, you will boot to the HOME Menu and you may proceed with this guide
 * 5) Power off your device

Section II - BannerBomb3
In this section, you will trigger the BannerBomb3 exploit using the DSiWare Management menu and copy the resulting file dump to your computer so that you can use it on the next section.


 * 1) Reinsert your SD card into your device
 * 2) Power on your device
 * 3) Launch System Settings on your device
 * 4) Navigate to   ->  ->
 * 5) * Your device should show the BB3 multihax menu
 * 6) * If this step causes your device to crash, follow this troubleshooting guide
 * 7) Use the D-Pad to navigate and press the (A) button to select "Dump DSiWare"
 * 8) * Your device will automatically reboot
 * 9) Power off your device

Section III - Prep Work

 * 1) Insert your SD card into your computer
 * 2) Open the DSIHaxInjector_new website on your computer
 * 3) Under the “Username” field, enter any alphanumeric name (no spaces or special characters)
 * 4) * You might want to put in a different name to differentiate it from BannerBomb3’s output
 * 5) Under the “DSiBin” field, upload your   file using the first “Browse…” option
 * 6) Under the “MovableSed” field, upload your   file using the second “Browse…” option
 * 7) Under the “InjectionTarget” field, set the injection target to  (NOT memorypit)
 * 8) Click “Build”
 * 9) * Wait a few seconds for the build process to complete
 * 10) In the Build History section on the left, type the Username into the “Filter Builds” field
 * 11) Click on the first search result
 * 12) * This result should have the latest timestamp
 * 13) Click the “output_(name).zip” link
 * 14) Navigate to   ->   ->   ->   on your SD card
 * 15) Delete   from your Nintendo DSiWare folder
 * 16) Copy the    file from the   folder of the downloaded DSiWare archive (output_(name).zip) to the   folder
 * 17) Copy `boot.firm` and `boot.3dsx` from the Luma3DS `.zip` to the root of your SD card
 * 18) * 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
 * 19) Copy `boot.nds` (B9STool) from the release `.zip` to the root of your SD card
 * 20) Copy the `private` folder from the Frogminer_save `.zip` to the root of your SD card
 * 21) Reinsert your SD card into your device
 * 22) Power on your device

Section IV - Overwriting DS Connection Settings
In this section, you will copy the hacked DS Connection Settings DSiWare to internal memory, which will temporarily replace it with Flipnote Studio.


 * 1) Launch System Settings on your device
 * 2) Navigate to   ->
 * 3) Under the “SD Card” section, select the “Haxxxxxxxxx!” title
 * 4) Select “Copy”, then select “OK”
 * 5) Exit System Settings
 * 6) Return to main menu of the System Settings
 * 7) Navigate to   -> , then select “OK” (image)
 * 8) If the exploit was successful, your 3DS will have loaded into the JPN version of Flipnote Studio

Section V - Flipnote Exploit
If you would prefer a visual guide to this section, one is available here.

In this section, you will perform a series of very specific steps within Flipnote Studio that, when performed correctly, will launch the boot9strap (custom firmware) installer.


 * 1) Complete the initial setup process for the launched game until you reach the main menu
 * 2) * Select the left option whenever prompted during the setup process
 * 3) Using the touch-screen, select the large left box, then select the box with an SD card icon
 * 4) Once the menu loads, select the face icon, then the bottom right icon to continue
 * 5) Press (X) or (UP) on the D-Pad depending on which is shown on the top screen
 * 6) Select the second button along the top with a film-reel icon
 * 7) Scroll right until reel “3/3” is selected
 * 8) Tap the third box with the letter “A” in it
 * 9) Scroll left until reel “1/3” is selected
 * 10) Tap the fourth box with the letter “A” in it
 * 11) If the exploit was successful, your device will have loaded b9sTool
 * 12) Using the D-Pad, move to “Install boot9strap”
 * 13) * If you miss this step, the system will exit to HOME Menu instead of installing boot9strap and you will need to open Nintendo DS Connections and start over from the beginning of this section
 * 14) Press (A), then press START and SELECT at the same time to begin the process
 * 15) Once completed and the bottom screen says “done.”, exit b9sTool, then power off your device
 * 16) * You may have to force power off by holding the power button
 * 17) * If your device shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied  from the Luma3DS   to the root of your SD card
 * 18) * If you see the Luma Configuration screen, power off your device and continue to the next section

Section VI - Luma3DS Configuration

 * 1) Press and hold (Select), and while holding (Select), power on your device. This will launch Luma3DS configuration
 * 2) * Luma3DS configuration menu are settings for the Luma3DS custom firmware. Many of these settings may be useful for customization or debugging
 * 3) * For the purpose of this guide, these settings will be left on default settings
 * 4) * If you boot to HOME Menu, follow this troubleshooting guide
 * 5) Press (Start) to save and reboot
 * 6) Power off your device

Section VII - Restoring DS Internet

 * 1) Insert your SD card into your computer
 * 2) Navigate to   ->   ->   ->   on your SD card
 * 3) Copy the    file from the   folder of the downloaded DSiWare archive (output_(name).zip) to the   folder
 * 4) Reinsert your SD card into your device
 * 5) Power on your device
 * 6) Launch System Settings on your device
 * 7) Navigate to   ->
 * 8) Under the “SD Card” section, select the “Haxxxxxxxxx!” title
 * 9) Select “Copy”, then select “OK”
 * 10) Exit System Settings
 * 11) Power off your device

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