3DS:Alternate Exploits/Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)

Technical Details
This method of using Seedminer for further exploitation uses your  file to decrypt any DSiWare title for the purposes of injecting an exploitable DSiWare title into the DS Internet Settings application.

This is a currently working implementation of the “FIRM partitions known-plaintext” exploit detailed here.

What You Need

 * Your  file from completing Seedminer
 * The latest release of Frogminer_save
 * 11.16.0 or 11.17.0 users: The v6.1.1 release of b9sTool (direct download)
 * The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS  file)

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 console
 * 2) Hold the (Select) button
 * 3) Power on your console 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 console

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

Section III - Prep Work
In this section, you will copy the files necessary to temporarily replace DS Connection Settings with Flipnote Studio, which is used to launch the boot9strap (custom firmware) installer.


 * 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) Under the “DSiBin” field, upload your DSiWare backup file (e.g. 42383841.bin) from the root of your SD card using the first “Browse…” option
 * 5) Under the “MovableSed” field, upload your  file using the second “Browse…” option
 * 6) Under the “InjectionTarget” field, set the injection target to  (NOT memorypit)
 * 7) Click “Build”
 * 8) *Wait a few seconds for the build process to complete
 * 9) In the Build History section on the left, type the Username into the “Filter Builds” field
 * 10) Click on the first search result
 * 11) *This result should have the latest timestamp
 * 12) Click the “output_(name).zip” link
 * 13) Navigate to  ->   ->   ->   on your SD card
 * 14) * is the 32-letter folder name that you copied in Seedminer
 * 15) * is a 32-letter folder inside of the
 * 16) Delete   from your Nintendo DSiWare folder
 * 17) Copy the   file from the   folder of the downloaded DSiWare archive (output_(name).zip) to the   folder
 * 18) Copy   and   from the Luma3DS   to the root of your SD card
 * 19) *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
 * 20) Copy  (B9STool) from the release   to the root of your SD card
 * 21) Copy the  folder from the Frogminer_save   to the root of your SD card
 * 22) Reinsert your SD card into your console
 * 23) Power on your console

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 console
 * 2) Navigate to  ->   ->   (image)
 * 3) Select the “Haxxxxxxxxx!” title
 * 4) *If you are unable to select the “Haxxxxxxxxx” title, follow this troubleshooting guide
 * 5) Select “Copy”, then select “OK”
 * 6) Return to main menu of the System Settings
 * 7) Navigate to  -> , then select “OK” (image)
 * 8) If the exploit was successful, your console will have loaded the JPN version of Flipnote Studio
 * 9) *If your console does not load the JPN version of Flipnote Studio, follow this troubleshooting guide

Section V - Flipnote Exploit
In this section, you will perform a series of very specific steps within Flipnote Studio that, when performed correctly, will launch b9sTool, 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) *If you encounter an issue while doing this section, check this troubleshooting guide for your issue
 * 4) Using the touch-screen, select the large left box, then select the box with an SD card icon
 * 5) Once the menu loads, select the face icon, then the bottom right icon to continue
 * 6) Press (X) or (UP) on the D-Pad depending on which is shown on the top screen
 * 7) Select the second button along the top with a film-reel icon
 * 8) Scroll right until reel “3/3” is selected
 * 9) Tap the third box with the letter “A” in it
 * 10) Scroll left until reel “1/3” is selected
 * 11) Tap the fourth box with the letter “A” in it
 * 12) If the exploit was successful, your console will have loaded b9sTool
 * 13) Using the D-Pad, move to “Install boot9strap”
 * 14) * 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
 * 15) Press (A), then press START and SELECT at the same time to begin the process
 * 16) Once completed and the bottom screen says “done.”, exit b9sTool, then power off your console
 * 17) *You may have to force power off by holding the power button
 * 18) *If your console shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied  from the Luma3DS   to the root of your SD card
 * 19) *If you see the Luma Configuration screen, power off your console and continue to the next section

Section VI - Luma3DS Configuration

 * 1) Press and hold (Select), and while holding (Select), power on your console
 * 2) Your console should have booted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
 * 3) *Luma3DS configuration menu are settings for the Luma3DS custom firmware. Many of these settings may be useful for customization or debugging
 * 4) *For the purpose of this guide, leave these options on the default settings (do not check or uncheck anything)
 * 5) *If your console shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied  from the Luma3DS   to the root of your SD card
 * 6) Press (Start) to save and reboot

At this point, your console will boot to Luma3DS by default.


 * 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 install useful homebrew applications to complete your setup.

Section VII - Restoring DS Connection Settings
In this section, you will restore DS Connection Settings to the way it was before it was temporarily replaced with Flipnote Studio in an earlier section.


 * 1) Navigate to  ->   ->   ->   on your SD card
 * 2) Copy the   file from the   folder of the downloaded DSiWare archive (output_(name).zip) to the   folder, replacing the existing one
 * 3) Reinsert your SD card into your console
 * 4) Power on your console
 * 5) Launch System Settings on your console
 * 6) Navigate to  ->   ->   (image)
 * 7) Select the “Nintendo DSi™” title
 * 8) Select “Copy”, then select “OK”

Continue to Finalizing Setup