3DS:Editing the HOME Menu

This page will cover how to edit your 3DS' HOME menu. With the guide below, you will be able to:

• Replace text and words on your HOME menu
• Customize the positions of things like the wireless indicator bar and the time
• Edit your Sleep Mode screen completely
• Change the color of applets, and the words that appear when you open them

Using LayeredFS to customize your HOME menu

This is not a guide for custom themes. If you have a full up-to-date 3DS CFW setup, you may already apply custom themes with the Anemone app that you installed.

Some things in this guide will require hexadecimal colors and knowledge of coordinates.

Prerequisites

• Home Menu Rebuilding Tool
• HME Positions
• The latest version of HxD
• The latest version of MSBT Editor Reloaded
• The latest version of Cheat Engine

Section I: Preparation Work

If you can't extract the .7z or .rar filetypes, download and install 7-Zip before continuing.

1. Download and extract the contents of HMRT_Dev_Build_v0.7.7z
2. Download and install HxD, or alternatively download and extract the portable version
3. Download and extract the contents of MSBT.Editor.Reloaded.v0.9.8.rar
4. Download and install the latest version of Cheat Engine
5. Download the HME Positions file

Section II: Obtaining and Decompressing your HomeMenu.cia File

1. Insert your SD Card into your console if you do not already have it in
2. Power on your console while holding the START button to open GodMode9
   • Navigate to [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND
   • Navigate to title
   • Navigate to 00040030
   • Navigate to the folder corresponding to your region:
     • USA: 00008F02
     • EUR: 00009802
     • JPN: 00008202
   • Navigate to content
   • Press (A) on the .tmd file → TMD file options... → Build CIA (standard)
3. Turn off your system and insert your SD card into your computer
4. Navigaate to /gm9/out on your SD card
5. Renamed your dumped .cia file to HomeMenu.cia and place in the same folder as the Home Menu Rebuilding Tool
   • The name of this file will include the name of the folder corresponding to your region above if you can't find it
6. Launch the Home Menu Rebuilding Tool.bat file from where you extracted it
   • In the newly opened window, press 1, let it complete the action, then press 5