3DS:Alternate Exploits/BannerBomb3: Difference between revisions

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Compatibility Notes

These instructions work on USA, Europe, Japan, and Korea region consoles as indicated by the letters U, E, J, or K after the system version.

What You Need

Your movable.sed file from completing Seedminer or nimhax

Section I - Prep Work

In this section, you will copy the files needed to trigger the BannerBomb3 exploit onto your device's SD card.

Power off your device
Insert your SD card into your computer
Open Bannerbomb3 Injector on your computer
Upload your movable.sed using the “Choose File” option
Click “Build and Download”
- This will download an exploit DSiWare called F00D43D5.bin and a payload called bb3.bin inside of a zip archive (DSIWARE_EXPLOIT.zip)
Copy bb3.bin from DSIWARE_EXPLOIT.zip 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
- This file does not need to be opened or extracted
Navigate to Nintendo 3DS -> <ID0> -> <ID1> on your SD card
- <ID0> is the 32-letter folder name that you copied in Seedminer
- <ID1> is a 32-letter folder inside of the <ID0>
- If you have multiple <ID1> folders, follow the instructions here
Create a folder named Nintendo DSiWare inside of the <ID1>
- If you already had the folder and there are any existing DSiWare backup files (<8-character-id>.bin) inside, copy them to your PC and remove them from your SD card
Copy the F00D43D5.bin file from DSIWARE_EXPLOIT.zip to the Nintendo DSiWare folder

Section II - Hardware Button Check

In this section, you will see whether you can access Safe Mode on your device. This will determine which method you will follow on the next page.

Your SD card should remain in your computer while you perform this check.

With your device still powered off, hold the following buttons: (Left Shoulder) + (Right Shoulder) + (D-Pad Up) + (A), and while holding these buttons together, power on your device
- Keep holding the buttons until the device boots to a system update screen (this is Safe Mode)
If you see the system update screen, press Cancel
- Your device will power off
- If the device boots to the HOME Menu, just power off your device

Next steps: Choose an exploit

If you saw the system update screen in the previous section, Safe Mode is working on your device.

If your device booted into Safe Mode, continue to Installing boot9strap (USM)

If your device did NOT boot into Safe Mode, continue to Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)

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 #* This file does not need to be opened or extracted
 # Navigate to <code>Nintendo 3DS</code> -> <code><ID0></code> -> <code><ID1></code> on your SD card
-#* <code><ID0></code> is the 32-letter folder name that you copied in [[3ds:seedminer|Seedminer]]
+#* <code><ID0></code> is the 32-letter folder name that you copied in [[3dsguide:seedminer|Seedminer]]
 #* <code><ID1></code> is a 32-letter folder inside of the <code><ID0></code>
 #* If you have multiple <code><ID1></code> folders, follow the instructions [[3dsguide:troubleshooting#bannerbomb3|here]]
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 Your SD card should remain in your computer while you perform this check.
-# Power on your device
+# With your device still powered off, hold the following buttons: (Left Shoulder) + (Right Shoulder) + (D-Pad Up) + (A), and while holding these buttons together, power on your device
-# Press the (Left Shoulder) and (Right Shoulder) buttons at the same time
+#* Keep holding the buttons until the device boots to a system update screen (this is Safe Mode)
-#* The camera applet should appear
+# If you see the system update screen, press Cancel
-# Power off your device
+#* Your device will power off
+#* If the device boots to the HOME Menu, just power off your device
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 ===Next steps: Choose an exploit===
-If the camera appeared in the previous section, Safe Mode is likely to be working on your device.
+If you saw the system update screen in the previous section, Safe Mode is working on your device.
-<span style="font-size:200%;">If the camera appeared, continue to [[3dsguide:installing-boot9strap-(usm)|Installing boot9strap (USM)]]</span>
+<span style="font-size:200%;">If your device booted into Safe Mode, continue to [[3dsguide:installing-boot9strap-(usm)|Installing boot9strap (USM)]]</span>
-<span style="font-size:200%;">If the camera did NOT appear, continue to [[3DS:Alternate Exploits/Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)|Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)]]</span>
+<span style="font-size:200%;">If your device did NOT boot into Safe Mode, continue to [[3DS:Alternate Exploits/Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)|Installing boot9strap (Fredtool)]]</span>
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