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3DS:Alternate Exploits/Homebrew Launcher (steelhax)

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Revision as of 07:24, 31 August 2022 by Lifehackerhansol (talk | contribs) (Apparently steelhax loads otherapp as /steelhax/payload.bin)

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Steelhax is a savegame exploit for Steel Diver: Sub Wars. It is compatible with versions 1.0.0 through 11.15.0 on EUR, USA, or JPN region devices.

This method of using Seedminer for further exploitation uses your movable.sed file to write a custom save file for Steel Diver: Sub Wars, which can then be used with universal-otherapp to run SafeB9SInstaller.

Warning icon If you already have Steel Diver: Sub Wars, this process will overwrite your game's save file!

What You Need

  • The free eShop game "Steel Diver: Sub Wars"
  • Your movable.sed file from completing Seedminer
  • The latest release of Steelhax (direct download)
  • The latest release of SafeB9SInstaller (direct download)
  • The latest release of boot9strap (direct download)
  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)
  • The latest release of universal-otherapp

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

  1. Power off your device
  2. Insert your SD card into your computer
  3. Copy boot.firm and boot.3dsx from the Luma3DS .zip to the root of your SD card
  4. Create a folder named boot9strap on the root of your SD card
  5. Copy boot9strap.firm and boot9strap.firm.sha from the boot9strap .zip to the /boot9strap/ folder on your SD card
  6. Copy SafeB9SInstaller.bin from the SafeB9SInstaller .zip to the root of your SD card
  7. Copy the steelhax folder from the Steelhax-release.zip to the root of your SD card
  8. Copy otherapp.bin to the /steelhax/ folder on your SD card and rename it to payload.bin
  9. Reinsert your SD card into your device
  10. Power on your device

Section II - Steelminer

  1. Launch "Steel Diver: Sub Wars" once and select a Mii to initialize your save file
    • Decline the game update when prompted
    • If you have already updated the game, use the Data Management menu of the System Settings to delete the update
  2. Exit "Steel Diver: Sub Wars"
  3. Power off your device
  4. Insert your SD card into your computer
  5. Open the Steelminer Injector website on your computer
  6. Select your movable.sed file
  7. Select "Start!"
  8. Wait for the process to complete
  9. Navigate to Nintendo 3DS -> <ID0> -> <32-character-id> -> title -> 00040000 -> <8-character-region> -> data on your SD card
    • EUR Region: 000d7e00
    • JPN Region: 000d7c00
    • USA Region: 000d7d00
  10. Copy the new downloaded save file to the data folder on your SD card
    • Overwrite the old save file when prompted
  11. Reinsert your SD card into your device
  12. Power on your device
  13. Launch "Steel Diver: Sub Wars"
  14. If the exploit was successful, your device will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller

Section IV - Installing boot9strap

  1. When prompted, input the key combo given on the top screen to install boot9strap
  2. Once it is complete, press (A) to reboot your device
  3. Your device should have rebooted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
    • If your device shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied boot.firm from the Luma3DS .zip to the root of your SD card
  4. 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.

Continue to Finalizing Setup