3DS:Editing the HOME Menu

This page will cover how to edit your 3DS' HOME menu. With the guide below, you will be able to:
 * Replace text and words on your HOME menu
 * Customize the positions of things like the wireless indicator bar and the time
 * Edit your Sleep Mode screen completely
 * Change the color of applets, and the words that appear when you open them

Prerequisites

 * Home Menu Rebuilding Tool
 * HME Positions
 * The latest version of HxD
 * The latest version of MSBT Editor Reloaded
 * The latest version of Cheat Engine

Section I: Preparation Work

 * 1) Download and extract the contents of
 * 2) Download and install HxD, or alternatively download and extract the portable version
 * 3) Download and extract the contents of the latest  file
 * 4) Download and install the latest version of Cheat Engine
 * 5) Download the HME Positions file

Section II: Obtaining and Decompressing your HomeMenu.cia File

 * 1) Insert your SD Card into your console if you do not already have it in
 * 2) Power on your console while holding the START button to open GodMode9
 * 3) *Navigate to
 * 4) *Navigate to
 * 5) *Navigate to
 * 6) *Navigate to the folder corresponding to your region:
 * 7) **USA:
 * 8) **EUR:
 * 9) **JPN:
 * 10) * Navigate to
 * 11) * Press (A) on the .tmd file → TMD file options... → Build CIA (standard)
 * 12) Turn off your system and insert your SD card into your computer
 * 13) Navigaate to  on your SD card
 * 14) Renamed your dumped .cia file to  and place in the same folder as the Home Menu Rebuilding Tool
 * 15) *The name of this file will include the name of the folder corresponding to your region above if you can't find it
 * 16) Launch the  file from where you extracted it
 * 17) In the newly opened window, press , let it complete the action, then press

Section III: Editing the HOME Menu and Sleep Mode Screen Text

 * 1) Launch the  file from where you extracted it
 * 2) Open  in MSBT Editor
 * 3) *You may now edit any of the text by selecting a string from the list on the left and editing the text in the top left box
 * 4) **Depending on what you edit, your changes may not appear in the places you want them to
 * 5) *If you're only wanting to edit the sleep menu text, the strings to edit are as follows:
 * 6) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click
 * 1) *When you are done, click  in the very top left corner and click

Section IV: Editing the Sleep Mode Screens Colors

 * 1) Launch HxD from wherever you installed or downloaded it
 * 2) Open the  file in HxD
 * 3) *These are the values you can modify:
 * To jump to a value, press  and enter everything from the offset value excluding
 * Each of these values are 3 size offsets, so only edit the next 3 pairs of hex for each offset
 * After you are done replacing the hex values with the colors you desire, click  in the top left corner and click

Section V: Editing Applet Colors

 * 1) Open the  file in HxD
 * 2) *These are the values you can modify;
 * To jump to a value, press  and enter everything from the offset value excluding
 * Each of these values are 3 size offsets, so only edit the next 3 pairs of hex for each offset
 * After you are done replacing the hex values with the colors you desire, click  in the top left corner and click
 * You will need to edit banner colors seperately in their own unique files;


 * Color offsets for these files are different, they are the same for each file;
 * After editing all of your files and replacing all the colors, close HxD

Section VI: Editing the HUD

 * 1) Launch Cheat Engine from wherever you downloaded or installed it
 * 2) Open the file  in Cheat Engine
 * 3) *If an error occurs, just press  and continue
 * 4) *You may now edit the color and position values of elements as you please
 * 5) *Colors here are not in hexadecimal format, they are in RGB format