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Required Reading
This is a manual version of the Finalizing Setup section of the guide, for when all other options have been exhausted and the script does not work.
What You Need
- The latest release of FBI (Both
FBI.3dsx
andFBI.cia
) - The latest release of Anemone3DS (direct download)
- The latest release of FTPD (direct download)
- The v3.7.4 release of Checkpoint (direct download)
- The latest release of HBL Launcher Wrapper (direct download)
- The latest release of Universal-Updater (direct download)
- The latest release of GodMode9 (direct download)
Instructions
Section I - Prep Work
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Create the folder
sd:/3ds
- You may already have this from a earlier section in the guide.
- Place
FBI.3dsx
intosd:/3ds
folder - Create the folder
sd:/cias
- Place
FBI.cia
,Universal-Updater.cia
,Anemone3DS.cia
,ftpd.cia
,hblauncher_loader.cia
, andCheckpoint.cia
intosd:/cias
- Create the folder
sd:/luma/payloads
- Copy
GodMode9.firm
from the GodMode9 zip file intosd:/luma/payloads
- Copy the
gm9
folder from the GodMode9 zip file to the root of your sd card
Section II - CFW Check
- Power off your console
- Hold SELECT, and while holding SELECT, power on the console
- If the check was successful, your console should have booted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
- Press START to save and reboot
- Power off your console
If you do NOT boot into the Luma3DS configuration menu, custom firmware was not installed on your console. Join the Nintendo Homebrew Discord and ask, in English, for help |
Section III - Updating the System
- Update your console by going to System Settings, then “Other Settings”, then going all the way to the right and using “System Update”
- Updates while using B9S + Luma (what you have) are safe
- The updater may display a message saying “Your system is up to date” instead of updating. This is normal if you are already up to date; continue to the next section
- If this gives you an error, set both your DNS settings and Proxy settings to “Auto”
- If this still gives you an error, follow this troubleshooting guide
Section IV - RTC and DSP setup
- Press L+↓+SELECT at the same time to open the Rosalina menu
- If one of these buttons is broken, download this config.ini and put it in
sd:/luma
, replacing the existing one. This will change the Rosalina menu key combination to X+Y
- If one of these buttons is broken, download this config.ini and put it in
- Select “Miscellaneous options”
- Select “Dump DSP firmware”
- Press B to continue
- Select “Nullify user time offset”
- Press B to continue
- Press B to return to the Rosalina main menu
- Press B to exit the Rosalina menu
Section V - CIA Installation
- Open the Activity Log
- Press L+↓+SELECT at the same time to open the Rosalina menu
- Select “Miscellaneous options”
- Select “Switch the hb title to the current app”
- Press B to continue
- Press B twice to return to the Rosalina main menu
- Press B to exit the Rosalina menu
- Close Activity Log
- Reopen Activity Log
- This should open the Homebrew Launcher
- Open FBI from the list of homebrew
- Select
SD
, then clickcias
- Select the
Current directory
option, then choose toInstall and delete all CIAs
- Close FBI
- Six new applications should be on the home menu.
Section VI - NAND Backup and CTRNAND Luma/GM9
- Power off your console
- Press and hold Start, and while holding Start, power on your console. This will launch GodMode9
- If you do not boot into GodMode9, ensure that you copied
GodMode9.firm
intosd:/luma/payloads
and that the folders are not misnamed (e.g. luna, lumas, playloads, payload.) - If you are prompted to create an essential files backup, press A to do so, then press A to continue once it has completed.
- If you are prompted to fix the RTC date&time, press A to do so, then set the date and time, then press A to continue.
- If you do not boot into GodMode9, ensure that you copied
- Press Home to bring up the action menu
- Select
Scripts…
- Select GM9Megascript
- Select
Backup Options
- Press A to confirm
- The NAND backup process may take up to 20 minutes.
- Press B to exit to the main menu of GM9Megascript
- Select
Scripts from Plailect’s Guide
- Select
Setup Luma3DS to CTRNAND
- When prompted, press A to proceed
- Press A to unlock writing to SysNAND (lvl1), then input the key combo given
- Press A to continue
- Press B twice to exit GM9Megascript
- Hold R and press START to power off your console
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Copy the contents of
sd:/gm9/out/
to a safe location on your computer- These files are critical backups and should be backed up to multiple locations (i.e. cloud storage) if possible
- The two SysNAND files are your NAND backup and can be used to revert your console to a working state if it is bricked by a software issue
- The
essentials.exefs
file contains your console’s system-unique files and can be used to recover your data in the event of a hardware failure
- If you still have them, delete the two SysNAND files from
sd:/gm9/out/
from your SD card- The
essential.exefs
file is small and may be kept on your SD card for ease of access
- The
You’re done! Custom firmware is now fully configured on your console. |
Information and Notes
Here are some key combos that you should know:
|
See here for some suggestions on things to do with custom firmware. |
For information on using GodMode9’s various features, check out the GodMode9 Usage and Dumping Titles and Game Cartridges pages. |