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This is the approved revision of this page, as well as being the most recent.
This is the approved revision of this page, as well as being the most recent.
Required Reading
This method applies to devices that were purchased from certain sellers on Amazon or AliExpress, usually "Ancient Moon Game Store". These devices come with a specially modified version of Luma3DS to hide all configuration and features. During attempts to set up homebrew, this causes problems, usually when attempting to run nimdsphax. This guide explains how to replace it with a standard boot9strap install. If you were sent this guide in the Nintendo Homebrew Discord server with proper intent, do not follow any previous CFW installation method you were following (Skaterhax, SSLoth-Browser, etc.) and only remain on this guide.
What You Need
- The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS
.zip
file) - The latest release of boot9strap (direct download)
- config.bin (direct download)
- Original 3DS/2DS consoles: This native.firm (direct download)
- NEW 3DS/2DS consoles: This native.firm (direct download)
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On Windows, don't use WinRAR to extract files. It has a high chance of corrupting files, leading to confusing errors. |
Instructions
Section I - Prep Work
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Copy
boot.firm
andboot.3dsx
from the Luma3DS.zip
to the root of your SD card- The root of the SD card refers to the initial directory on your SD card where you can see the Nintendo 3DS folder, but are not inside of it
- Create a folder named
boot9strap
on the root of your SD card - Copy
boot9strap.firm
andboot9strap.firm.sha
from the boot9strap.zip
to the/boot9strap/
folder on your SD card - Create a folder named
luma
on the root of your SD card, if it does not already exist- If this folder already exists and there is a file named
config.bin
inside it, delete this file
- If this folder already exists and there is a file named
- Copy
native.firm
to the/luma/
folder on your SD card - Copy the
config.bin
to the/luma/
folder on your SD card - Reinsert your SD card into your device
Section II - Installing boot9strap
- Power on your device
- If the exploit was successful, you will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller, then immediately have booted 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 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 - If your device booted to the HOME menu without showing SafeB9SInstaller, proceed to Installing boot9strap (MSET9).
- Press (Start) to save and reboot
- If you get an error, just continue to the next section
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At this point, your console will boot to Luma3DS by default.
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Section III - Removing files
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This section is mandatory and should not be skipped, otherwise, the console may crash or throw an error the next time it turns on. |
- Power off your device
- Insert your SD card into your computer
- Delete
native.firm
from the/luma/
folder on your SD card
Continue to Finalizing Setup