This tutorial will allow you to install Browserhax then HomemenuHAX & finally launch a Rxtools CFW from coldboot.
To make a full working tutorial, I tried to gather all informations possible around GBAtemp.
This tutorial works for me, i own a New3DSXL EUR in 9.0 firmware, it sould work until 9.2​

Video tutorial made by @Ericzander​

Requirement :
- A 3DS, 2DS, New3DS between 9.0 and 9.2
- Use a theme at leat once
optional :
- Emunand with a Manager installed on it
- blank N3DS/3DS & Blank SDCard

BrowserHAX

1) Download Smea’s starter pack: #LINK and extract the files on your SDcard.
1.1) Download the modified MenuHAX : #LINK , put in SDcard/3DS & overwrite.
2) If you have never use a theme on your 3DS, go into the theme setting & wait for the preparation to finish then return in home menu.
3) 1st you have to turn off the Wi-Fi, next open the 3DS camera by pressing L & R at home screen, touch the QR icon at bottom-left of the bottom screen and scan the QR CODE :

then open the internet browser when the message appear.
4) The connection will fail since there is no internet, press home and activate the Wi-FI. Launch again the internet browser and wait until the Homebrew Launcher is launched. The bottom will flash into different colors, yellow, gray, blue & red.
For O3DS user : When you launch the internet browser you have zoom-in several times then go in the upper-left. You will see a slide bar, you have to click a the end of the bar. You may have to retry if it doesn't work, you also try to wait 20 seconds before clicking & hold the A button when you click on it. IT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO GET INTO HBL !!!!
5) Once you are in the Homebrew Launcher browse through the homebrews and select MenuHAX 2.0.[/code]

MenuHAX 2.0 BY YELLOWS8 & EDITED BY legofan623 (READ ALL FIRST !!!)

6a) Now that you are are in MenuHax manager, select “Install” and MenuHax will be installed. Press A to go back at select screen & quit if you don’t need anything else.
6b) You can configure the button to use to boot MenuHax, select “Configure/check haxx trigger button” & choose the option that you want to use.
- Type1, Boot MenuHAX with selected setting
- Type2, Boot Sysnand with selected setting
- Type 0 is default, L to boot MenuHAX

Exemple :
- Autoboot MenuHAX type1, select type 1, touch the bottom screen.
MenuHAX will autoboot when the 3DS is turned On & if any button is hold at boot the 3DS will boot into Sysnand.
- Autoboot MenuHAX type2, select type 2, hold specific button or combo button then touch bottom screen. HomeHax will autoboot, if you hold your specific button or combo button the 3DS will boot into Sysnand.
- Non AutoBoot MenuHax, select type 1 & hold specific button then touch bottom screen if no button is hold, Sysnand will boot if specific or combo button is hold MenuHAX will boot.

6c) You can change the boot screen image by choosing “configure MenuHAX boot logo”.
You will a 800x240 (3D work, so non 3DS logo, use twice the same picture (400x240)) png file named “imagedisplay” & put in SDcard/3DS/MenuHAX_manager then select “configure MenuHAX boot logo”
6d) If you want a custom theme on your sysnand with MenuHAX, put the body_lz.bin and BG.CWAV into SDcard/3DS/MenuHAX_manager & choose “Install custom theme” then select “install” for install MenuHAX
6e) If you want a basic theme on your sysnand with choose “Setup a basic color theme” then select “install” for install MenuHAX

CFW - RXTOOLS

This custom firmware will allows you run .CIA.

1) Rename the boot.3DSX in your SDcard into bootHBL.3DSX
2) Download Rxtools boot.3DSX (updated) :
TYPE1 : https://gbatemp.net/attachments/rxtools-rar.26153/
TYPE2 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/ydvv3aa3mk1kuy7/rxtools.3dsx
Use Type1, if you have a low boot rate, try Type2. If it's still not working try CTRbootmanager
3) Put the Rxtools.3DSX of the extracted zip in the 3DS SDcard root
3.1) Rename the Rxtools.3dsx to boot.3dsx
4) Download
- Rxtools older release : https://mega.nz/#!KQ1HVDLZ!TJhiM4zQlknFSqdkDDf8oGMHaNod6-WbR_ggznC8b3c
- Rxtools nightly build (unstable use older release if rxtools does not work correctly): https://lavanoid.github.io/ or https://www.dropbox.com/sh/blmecish9rb1r87/AACOS5s8u0xucXy59vZk6i1pa?dl=0 (last one)
5) Extract rxtools folder from Rxtools archive to sdcard root.

Spoiler: ALTERNATIVE METHOD if you want to install multiples CFW and use Homebrew launcher at the same time

1) Rename the boot.3dsx into boot_hb.3dsx
2) Download Rxtools nightly build : here or on dropbox
3) Extract rxtools folder from Rxtools archive to sdcard root.
4) Download : CTRBootManager
5) copy the two files inside the archive to your SDcard root

FOR NEW3DS USER :
6) Download Reinand 2.1 CFW
7) In Reinand archive find firmware.bin (in rei folder) the MD5 must be 006559E2567DC7DF6C0F1AF17EDD9CE8
7.1) extract it to rxtools/data (you may have to create it)
7.2) rename the firmware.bin into 0004013820000002orig.bin for old release of RXTools or 0004013820000002.bin for latest release of RXTools.
8) Put back SDcard to the N3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax method (L or not)
it should boot Rxtools and Emunand.

FOR O3DS, 2DS USER :
older release :
DL link : https://mega.nz/#!KQ1HVDLZ!TJhiM4zQlknFSqdkDDf8oGMHaNod6-WbR_ggznC8b3c
6) Find the firmware.bin ont the internet, the MD5 MUST be A9DCD99A360E8629810F8ED08403D746
7) Put the Firmware.bin in Rxtools/sys
8) Put back SDcard to the O3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax method (L or not)
10) For the first boot you will see the installation suite, wait until the 6 square are full.

newer release, you will need Python installed on your computer :
6) use the "cdn_frm" file in the "tools" directory of the rxtools to generate a folder named "firm"
7) Put the folder in rxtools folder
8) Put back SDcard to the O3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax
10) For the first boot you will see the installation suite, wait until the 6 square are full.
it should boot to emunand automatically

You can use other CFW if you don't like Rxtools
For CakesFW
CakesFW thread : https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-cakesfw.391200/
CakesFW boot.3DSX : https://www.dropbox.com/s/eigz92hojmnelrs/CakeBrah.zip?dl=1
Take the Cakes.3DSX , rename it Boot.3DSX & put in SDcard root

For Reinand
Reinand thread : http://gbatemp.net/threads/source-release-reinand-n3ds-cfw.394309/
Reinand boot.3DSX : https://mega.nz/#!dp4knbDT!TDKIFrEbbJG2g1R4m7b9TC_JE63Fl7BTS0aKdYnALsw
Take the Reinand.3DSX , rename it Boot.3DSX & put in SDcard root

Install a CIA manager : O3D, 2DS ONLY & Unlinked NAND ONLY ! (for the moment)
- boot your 3DS
- Hold L at debug screen toget into Rxtools menu
- go to advanced tab (press right)
- Select "Install FBI" & choose "emuNAND" by press the Y button
- Press the B button, a message should appear.
- Keep in mind the region of your 3DS & number of the line "Version of TMD : XXXX"
- Power off your 3DS and put your SDcard in your computer
- In the rxtools archive of this guide or any nigthly go to Release/Tools/fbi_injection/Your 3DS Region/The version number of TMD and copy the 2 files at the root of your SDcard.
- Put Back your SdCard into you 3DS boot to RXtools menu
- Go to Advanced > install FBI > choose Emunand & it should install FBI on your Emunand
- Keep the files by pressing B on the follow screen.
- Boot emunand and launch the safety app (yellow triangle)
- it should launch FBI
- Instal either big blue menu or any of your CIA.

More informations :

- if you have trouble to get into emunand after boot Rxtools follw this order of installation :
- Format SDcard
- create emunand : put launcher.dat & use the web browser to get gateway menu, select format
- unlink emunand : go to Settings > remove your SDcard from 3DS > orange icon (bottom-right) > format
- activate theme on sysnand : put back sdcard, use a theme
- run browserhax : read guide
- install themehax : read guide
- install rxtools : read guide
- launch rxtools : read guide
- update emunand in rxtools : go to setting check that there is RX-E before firmware, update in settings
- reboot

- If want you want use differents Boot.3DSX at the same time, maybe a CFW and Homebrew Launcher, you can install Ctrbootmanager. It allows to choose which boot.3DSX or any files to boot when you switch on your 3S with HomemenuHAX.
Link : http://gbatemp.net/threads/ctrbootmanager-3ds-boot-manager-loader-homemenuhax.398383/

Since ctrBootManager boots rxTools directly from code.bin, it is working very nicely as a replacement for the rxTools boot.3dsx. Anyone having problems should give that a try. And if you want your boot time to be fast as possible, change the timeout to 0 in boot.cfg, and if you ever need to boot into the menu, you can just hold select.

- If 3D is broken just close your 3DS and open it should fix the 3D.
- If you want to boot in sysnand with homemenuhax autoboot just hold any button at boot.

- If you have a black screen tell in the comment what is the last thing that appear on your screens
- if nothing work i suggest you to format your SDCard & retry every step of this guide, do not skip any of them, some old files on your sdcard may prevent the good behavior of this guide.

 

[:-infern:]

It's the L button

Will try it now and post, guess there a mistake in the RxTools.pdf guide!

"When you launch rxTools, it will automatically boot into rxMode. To show the menu, simply
hold R while launching rxTools."

Edit: L worked!

 

[GamingAori]

does exist a method that theme hax don't work on emunand? because when i go into emunand i must press any button. this isn't a problem for me but for my little brother and sister i think

 

[ChrisN8]

does exist a method that theme hax don't work on emunand? because when i go into emunand i must press any button. this isn't a problem for me but for my little brother and sister i think

Sorry but didn't really understand your question, what do you mean don't work in emunand ? If you want to boot to RxTools & go to emunand directly without pressing any button you have to use the auto version of the themehax installer.

 

[GamingAori]

my problem is i have the auto version and when i go into the emunand i must press any button because when i don't press any button the exploit start the second time. sry for my bad english.

 

[ChrisN8]

my problem is i have the auto version and when i go into the emunand i must press any button because when i don't press any button the exploit start the second time. sry for my bad english.

That's because you didn't unlink your emunand from your sysnand or you don't have a emunand. Please go in your emunand then in the 3DS settings, tell if it's written RX-E or RX-S in front of your firmware.

 

[SpaceJump]

So what's the current status on rxTools with HomeMenuHaxx and GW emuNand? Can it work? I did everything as described in the first post. I can get Pasta to load, but not rx emuNand.

Did you follow this ?

- if you have trouble to get into emunand after boot Rxtools follw this order of installation :
- Format SDcard
- create emunand : put launcher.dat & use the web browser to get gateway menu, select format
- unlink emunand : go to Settings > remove your SDcard from 3DS > orange icon (bottom-right) > format
- activate theme on sysnand : put back sdcard, use a theme
- run browserhax : read guide
- install themehax : read guide
- install rxtools : read guide
- launch rxtools : read guide
- update emunand in rxtools : go to setting check that there is RX-E before firmware, update in settings
- reboot

No, I really don't want to erase my existing emuNand because there's so much stuff on it installed. Is there no other way?

What alternative CFW can I use to get into my GW emuNand?

 

[ChrisN8]

So what's the current status on rxTools with HomeMenuHaxx and GW emuNand? Can it work? I did everything as described in the first post. I can get Pasta to load, but not rx emuNand.


No, I really don't want to erase my existing emuNand because there's so much stuff on it installed. Is there no other way?

What alternative CFW can I use to get into my GW emuNand?

You can try Cakes or ReiNAND.

 

[SpaceJump]

You can try Cakes or ReiNAND.

Do both work on N3DS?

 

[ChrisN8]

Do both work on N3DS?

Yes

 

[:-infern:]

So what's the current status on rxTools with HomeMenuHaxx and GW emuNand? Can it work? I did everything as described in the first post. I can get Pasta to load, but not rx emuNand.


No, I really don't want to erase my existing emuNand because there's so much stuff on it installed. Is there no other way?

What alternative CFW can I use to get into my GW emuNand?

Hmm. I'm using an unlinked gateway emunand on n3ds with rxtools, cakes and gateway and it works fine across all three.

I have to try it a few times but it does load

 

[ChrisN8]

my problem is i have the auto version and when i go into the emunand i must press any button because when i don't press any button the exploit start the second time. sry for my bad english.

In fact just go into your emunand & activate a theme, if they are unlink it should stop homemenuhax working on your emunand, before check befre if you hae the Rx-E in your setting.

 

[Stang]

@ChrisN8 We have success !!!!

Thank you so much, now when i power on while holding down L i get some static in top screen and white in bottom screen and then a couple of seconds later it boots to Reinand press start to boot (to enter emuNAND)

2 final questions please...

1.) is it possible to bypass having to press the L button when turning on the unit ?

2.) is it possible to not have to hit start when reinand loads and instead automatically boot into emuNAND ?

Thank you

btw... i notice now the wb browser hack in sysNAND takes me to reinand instead of Homebrew launcher, this is normal ?

So you got everything set up and working?? Nice! See, it wasnt as bad as you thought right?

 

[peteruk]

So you got everything set up and working?? Nice! See, it wasnt as bad as you thought right?

Yes all working now mate, thank you again for all that helped me

 

[SpaceJump]

You can try Cakes or ReiNAND.

Cakes and Rei also don't work, and Pasta only booted once. Can this be because of my micro sd card? It's a Sandisk Ultra HC I 32GB card.

 

[Methsman]

Hi! Thanks for your effort
One Question.
How can i update the emunand correctly without owning Gateway Card Red?
3DNUS doesnt download the FW for me....

 

[the3dsguy]

i just installed auto boot, awsome feature. only problem now is i cant access my gateway card.
how do i bring up multi rom menu
never mind.

hold R and then use the ds profile exploit.
figured it out myself

 

[mhermannxx]

I managed to install rxtools and other cfw but can not install on my .cias N3DS FBI works not somebody help me ?

 

[aenoch]

will i have to reinstall all my cia
if im already using rxtools emunand 10.1

 

[Conti93]

Installed ThemeHax on my O3DS 9.2.0-20E with 10.1 LINKED emuNAND. Tried to start latest RxTools nightly build --> Black screen.
Tried every other build --> Black screen.
Finally (after a hour..) tried to boot gateway --> Black screen
Tried with 9.2.0 emuNAND, working.
Deleted themehax by changing theme, restored 10.1 emuNAND, all working.
I guess it's not compatible with LINKED 10.1 emunand?

 

[ChrisN8]

Hi! Thanks for your effort
One Question.
How can i update the emunand correctly without owning Gateway Card Red?
3DNUS doesnt download the FW for me....

You must have an unlinked emunand, launch Rxtools & go to system settings. Check if there is the RX-E in front of your firmware then update the 3DS in the setting.

will i have to reinstall all my cia
if im already using rxtools emunand 10.1

I don't think so but some users have trouble to make their emunand work with the autoboot & rxtools. You need a unlink emunand too. Try & you will see.

Installed ThemeHax on my O3DS 9.2.0-20E with 10.1 LINKED emuNAND. Tried to start latest RxTools nightly build --> Black screen.
Tried every other build --> Black screen.
Finally (after a hour..) tried to boot gateway --> Black screen
Tried with 9.2.0 emuNAND, working.
Deleted themehax by changing theme, restored 10.1 emuNAND, all working.
I guess it's not compatible with LINKED 10.1 emunand?

Thanks for your feedback, the requirement about the unlinked Emunand wasn't there anymore. I'm gonna fix it quickly !