3DS:Editing the HOME Menu

This page will cover how to edit the 3DS HOME Menu. By following this guide, 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/date display
 * Edit your Sleep Mode screen completely
 * Change the color of applets and the words that appear when you open them

What You Need

 * 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: Prep 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) Navigate to  on your SD card
 * 14) Rename 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
 * 16) Launch the  file from where you extracted it
 * 17) In the newly opened window, press , let it complete the action, and 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 separately 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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 Okay and continue
 * 4) Drag and drop the HME Positions  file into the Cheat Engine window
 * 5) *You may now edit the color and position values of elements as you please
 * 6) *Colors here are not in hexadecimal format, they are in RGB format
 * 7) *Refer to the below image for coordinates;
 * [[File:Coordinates.png]]
 * 1) *If you want to remove an element, you can edit the position values of the corresponding element to a very high number
 * 2) *This does not work for the connection status bar. If you want to remove it, open hud.LZ in HxD and change the following offsets to 00:
 * 3) *The above are 1 size offsets, so only edit the pair your cursor jumps to when entering the offset value
 * 4) *When you are done editing the values, check the box of each one you edited and close Cheat Engine
 * 1) *The above are 1 size offsets, so only edit the pair your cursor jumps to when entering the offset value
 * 2) *When you are done editing the values, check the box of each one you edited and close Cheat Engine
 * 1) *When you are done editing the values, check the box of each one you edited and close Cheat Engine

Section VII: Using LayeredFS to Apply your Changes

 * 1) Launch the  file from where you extracted it if it is not already open and press
 * 2) Navigate to the  folder on your SD card
 * 3) Create a folder named  if it doesn't already exist
 * 4) Go into your newly created folder and create another folder with the name corresponding to your region;
 * 5) *USA:
 * 6) *EUR:
 * 7) *JPN:
 * 8) Copy your  folder from where you extracted the Home Menu Rebuilding Tool to the   folder
 * 9) Rename the  folder you just copied to
 * 10) Put your SD card into your console
 * 11) Power on your console while holding SELECT to bring up the Luma Configuration menu
 * 12) Use the D-Pad to scroll down to  and press A to enable it if it is not already enabled
 * 13) Press START

Credits
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