3DS:Alternate Exploits/Installing boot9strap (MSET9): Difference between revisions

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MSET9 is an exploit for the System Settings application developed by zoogie.

Compatibility Notes

This method only works on Old Models between 11.8 and 11.17. This is because the exploit is still in development.

What You Need

The latest release of MSET9 (currently a Pre-release)
Python installed (Download link)

Instructions

Section 1 - Prep Work

With the SD card inserted, power on your console
Open Mii Maker
Wait for your console to reach the "Welcome to Mii Maker" screen, then exit Mii Maker
Power off your console
Insert your console's SD card into your computer
Copy everything inside the SDMC folder in the Release .zip to the root of your console's SD card, overwrite/merge if asked
Execute the mset9.py script on the SD card root
- Windows Users: Double-click mset9.bat
  - If that doesn't work, shift+right-click empty space in the file explorer while in the root of your consoles SD card, select Open in Powershell/Terminal and enter py -3 mset9.py there
- Linux Users: open a Terminal in the root of your console's SD card and enter python3 mset9.py
- macOS Users: Live-boot Linux, as macOS is currently not supported
The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
- If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
Enter 1, then press Enter
Insert your console's SD card into your console
Power on your console

Section 2 - Whatever happens here

Follow these steps exactly as they are written or the exploit may not work!

Hover over the System Settings icon using the D-Pad
Power off your console
Power on your console
Launch System Settings
Go to Data Management -> Nintendo 3DS -> Extra Data
Don't press any buttons, or touch the screen, and make sure the Mii Maker icon is showing
Take your console's SD card out of your console without turning it off
Insert the SD card into your computer
Execute the mset9.py script on the SD card root
- Windows Users: Double-click mset9.bat
  - If that doesn't work, shift+right-click empty space in the file explorer while in the root of your consoles SD card, select Open in Powershell/Terminal and enter py -3 mset9.py there
- Linux Users: open a Terminal in the root of your console's SD card and enter python3 mset9.py
The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
- If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
Enter 2, then press Enter
Insert your console's SD card cleanly into your console while it's still turned on
If the exploit was successful, you will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller
- If you get a black screen, check the issues of the repository
- If you get a red screen, you didn't copy SafeB9S.bin from the SDMC folder in the Release .zip to the root of your SD card

Section III - Installing boot9strap

When prompted, input the key combo given on the top screen to install boot9strap
Once it is complete, press (A) to reboot your console
Your console should have rebooted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
- Luma3DS configuration menu are settings for the Luma3DS custom firmware. Many of these settings may be useful for customization or debugging
- For the purpose of this guide, these settings will be left on default settings
- If your console shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied boot.firm from the SDMC folder in the Release .zip to the root of your SD card
Press (Start) to save and reboot
- If you get an error, just continue to the next page

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 IV - Uninstalling MSET9

Power off your console
Insert your console's SD card into your computer
Execute the mset9.py script on the SD card root
- Windows Users: Double-click mset9.bat
  - If that doesn't work, shift+right-click empty space in the file explorer while in the root of your consoles SD card, select Open in Powershell/Terminal and enter py -3 mset9.py there
- Linux Users: open a Terminal in the root of your console's SD card and enter python3 mset9.py
- macOS Users: Live-boot Linux, macOS doesn't like funny
The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
- If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
Enter 4, then press Enter

Continue to Finalizing Setup

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 #**If that doesn't work, shift+right-click empty space in the file explorer while in the root of your consoles SD card, select Open in Powershell/Terminal and enter <code>py -3 mset9.py</code> there
 #*Linux Users: open a Terminal in the root of your console's SD card and enter <code>python3 mset9.py</code>
-#*macOS Users: Live-boot Linux, macOS doesn't like funny
+#*macOS Users: Live-boot Linux, as macOS is currently not supported
 #The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
 #*If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
-#Enter 1, then press ENTER/RETURN
+#Enter 1, then press Enter
 #Insert your console's SD card into your console
 #Power on your console
 ===Section 2 - Whatever happens here===
-Follow these steps exactly like they are written or the exploit may not work!
+Follow these steps exactly as they are written or the exploit may not work!
 #Hover over the System Settings icon using the D-Pad
@@ Line 50: / Line 50: @@
 #The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
 #*If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
-#Enter 2, then press ENTER/RETURN
+#Enter 2, then press Enter
 #Insert your console's SD card cleanly into your console while it's still turned on
 #If the exploit was successful, you will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller
 #*If you get a black screen, check the [https://github.com/zoogie/MSET9/issues issues] of the repository
-#*If you get a red screen, you didn't copy the files from the <code>SDMC</code> folder to the SD root correctly, to be precise, <code>SafeB9S.bin</code>
+#*If you get a red screen, you didn't copy <code>SafeB9S.bin</code> from the <code>SDMC</code> folder in the Release <code>.zip</code> to the root of your SD card
 ===Section III - Installing boot9strap===
@@ Line 79: / Line 79: @@
 #The (newly-opened) window should now show MSET9 ... SETUP by zoogie
 #*If it doesn't, make sure you're executing the script on the root of your SD card
-#Enter 4, then press ENTER/RETURN
+#Enter 4, then press Enter
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