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'''''YOU DO NOT NEED TO MINE YOUR SEED AGAIN.'''''
'''''YOU DO NOT NEED TO MINE YOUR SEED AGAIN.'''''
For instructions on extracting your <code>movable.sed</code> from your NAND backup or from <code>essentials.exefs</code>, see [[3DS:Recover movable.sed|this page]].}}
For instructions on extracting your <code>movable.sed</code> from your NAND backup or from <code>essentials.exefs</code>, see [[3DS:Recover movable.sed|this page]].}}
{{info|text=If Internet access isn't currently set up, you can set up an Internet connection from Safe Mode as the keyboard will still work there (hold {{Key press|L|R|Up|A}} on boot, then follow its prompts).}}


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If you can't install Pokémon Picross, there's no point following the rest of this guide. If Internet access isn't currently set up, you can set up an Internet connection from Safe Mode as the keyboard will still work there (hold Left Shoulder + Right Shoulder + D-Pad Up + A on boot, then follow its prompts).
{{warning|text=If you can't install Pokémon Picross, there's no point following the rest of this guide and you should choose another method.}}


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<li>Open home menu settings
<li>Open home menu settings
<li>Scroll down, and select redownload software
<li>Scroll down, and select redownload software
<li>Find Pokémon Picross on the redownload list
<li>Find Pokémon Picross or Steel Diver: Sub Wars <li>the redownload list
<li>Follow the prompts to download and install Pokémon Picross.
<li>Follow the prompts to download and install Pokémon Picross.
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If you dont have Pokèmon Picross Installed, please select another method.
==Section II: Mii mining==
==Section II: Mii mining==
{{info|text=If you already have your <code>movable.sed</code>, you can skip this section.}}
{{info|text=If you already have your <code>movable.sed</code>, you can skip this section.}}

Revision as of 04:39, 18 August 2023

If a custom keyboard is installed and custom firmware is removed from the console, System Settings will be inaccessible and you will not be able to launch the keyboard. This is obviously detrimental to the overall functioning of your 3DS and should be fixed as soon as possible.

There are other ways to reinstall custom firmware on such a console, but they may require additional hardware. This guide aims to reinstall custom firmware without any additional hardware, but if you have the means, ntrboot will probably be less of a pain.

Unbricking a 3DS with a custom keyboard installed

Info icon If you have a copy of any of the following:
  • Your NAND backup (e.g. 220101_AA000000000_sysnand_000.bin)
  • essentials.exefs
  • movable.sed

YOU DO NOT NEED TO MINE YOUR SEED AGAIN.

For instructions on extracting your movable.sed from your NAND backup or from essentials.exefs, see this page.
Info icon If Internet access isn't currently set up, you can set up an Internet connection from Safe Mode as the keyboard will still work there (hold L+R++A on boot, then follow its prompts).

Section I: Installing Pokémon Picross

Warning icon If you can't install Pokémon Picross, there's no point following the rest of this guide and you should choose another method.
  1. Power on your device
  2. Open home menu settings
  3. Scroll down, and select redownload software
  4. Find Pokémon Picross or Steel Diver: Sub Wars
  5. the redownload list
  6. Follow the prompts to download and install Pokémon Picross.

Section II: Mii mining

Info icon If you already have your movable.sed, you can skip this section.

Because you can't enter a friend code due to the broken keyboard, you'll need to get your console's encryption key a different way. We can accomplish this by Mii mining.

Follow Mii mining to extract the movable.sed from your console, but do not continue onto the main guide as it suggests. Come back to this page once you have the movable.

Section III: PicHaxx

Now that you have your movable.sed, continue to Homebrew Launcher (PicHaxx).

If everything went well, you should end up with boot9strap installed and the keyboard / System Settings should work again.

Critical icon Do not uninstall custom firmware again without guidance. You've now seen first-hand how it can go wrong.