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RXtools CFW coldboot full installation guide for New3DS, from Browserhax & Homemenuhax to Rxtools

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 :
3dsbrowserhax_auto_qrcode.png

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.

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.
 
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My bad. I used browser hax because I didn't have CN or OOT. If browser hax does not work then use a nightly (I prefer 9/28) for rxTools 3.0 and go into devmode. After injecting FBI to health and safety (sysNAND), go into it via devmode and install yellows8's hb_launcher.cia for cfw (https://github.com/yellows8/hblauncher_loader/releases). With boot.3dsx (and the modified menuhax installer given by OP at beginning of this guide in the 3ds folder) on your SD card, Launch The hb_launcher app and install homemenuhax. Then follow the steps in the guide. Maybe this will change your results. It is important you do this on sysNAND.
 

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Thanks for the tutorial, i got my 3ds installed cfw yay!!
I have a question what is the limit of emunands firmware? , i use rxtools to boot emunans
In my 1st attempt i tried updating it to the latest firmware. But its a black screen, so i have to reapeat the process my firmware was sys 9.0 emunand 9.0
 

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Running into an issue, pickup up a 9.0 N3DS and ran through the steps detailed, every step looked good. Went to boot into RXtools and it freezes on the "rxtools with pasta" splash screen, I tried both a nightly and stable build, what could be going wrong here?
 

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Running into an issue, pickup up a 9.0 N3DS and ran through the steps detailed, every step looked good. Went to boot into RXtools and it freezes on the "rxtools with pasta" splash screen, I tried both a nightly and stable build, what could be going wrong here?
Done two reruns through the tutorial, second run using new releases, third one using old releases. Everything works fine until I go to load rxtools finaly, and I'm greeted with this

irRjbfKm.jpg


It's not proceeding to load any further, I'm head off for a couple hours and going to leave it running. I'll be trying other options when I get back, but if anyone might have seen this I could use assistance.
 

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Done two reruns through the tutorial, second run using new releases, third one using old releases. Everything works fine until I go to load rxtools finaly, and I'm greeted with this

irRjbfKm.jpg


It's not proceeding to load any further, I'm head off for a couple hours and going to leave it running. I'll be trying other options when I get back, but if anyone might have seen this I could use assistance.

You need to put the firmware.bin<--or whatever name it is for n3ds in rxtools folder

or maybe you just have to unlink your sysnand.
 

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That wasn't it, I'm apparently having the same problems as these guys, in that it is actually booting, but its a display error on the bottom screen. I went in and built the 11-24 nightly, and I'm now to the point shere I'm in RXtools, but it didn't recognize an Emunand. I'm going to go ahead and backup sysNAND but I'm not sure where to go from here exactly
 

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this is like super cool ! but i would like to ask a few things, firstly i read the guide not thoroughly though! xD cause i want to know few things before i look it up more seriously ,

i would like to know if RxTools really runs on the n3ds ?! i recently put it on my og3ds !! and its so damn sweet i tell yaa ! i no more need to swap my GW red card in everytime no more settings ds profile thingie ,as i now use the menuhax thing which boots me directly into RxemuNAND !

i didnt need to wipe my SD card so i still have all my cia installed games in the RxemuNAND showing up and all work amazingly !

my question is, is this really working the same way that it is on my og3ds? i used Ninjhax, i had installed FBI on sysnand and then with fbi in sysnand installed CN then ran it from there and i managed to get into homebrew and install menuhax!

can all the same be done on the n3ds now ?? if yes i will do it in a heartbeat ~

Edit: i am noticing how users here are having issues gettinng RxTools to boot into its emuNAND !! i hope these get resolved so i am teased better :C

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

My bad. I used browser hax because I didn't have CN or OOT. If browser hax does not work then use a nightly (I prefer 9/28) for rxTools 3.0 and go into devmode. After injecting FBI to health and safety (sysNAND), go into it via devmode and install yellows8's hb_launcher.cia for cfw (https://github.com/yellows8/hblauncher_loader/releases). With boot.3dsx (and the modified menuhax installer given by OP at beginning of this guide in the 3ds folder) on your SD card, Launch The hb_launcher app and install homemenuhax. Then follow the steps in the guide. Maybe this will change your results. It is important you do this on sysNAND.


Buddy question, i remember i had a hard time booting my og3ds into the HomebrewMenu using Ninjhax< i needed to get into HB basically so that i could install the MenuHax.
my question is , now that we have a HB Cia , could i boot into SysNAND using my GW card by holding B then A and then X < you know booting into Sysnand with sig. patches etc. and from there if i install the HB cia i could literally get into the HB without having the need to use Ninjhax etc.?!

edit: i forgot to ask, but will the cia games work no matter which region they are from? since the n3ds is using the firmwarebin of the Reinand.. hm thought it wouldnt be like the same as RxTools, as RX runs every region game for me just fine on my og3ds.
 
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this is like super cool ! but i would like to ask a few things, firstly i read the guide not thoroughly though! xD cause i want to know few things before i look it up more seriously ,

i would like to know if RxTools really runs on the n3ds ?! i recently put it on my og3ds !! and its so damn sweet i tell yaa ! i no more need to swap my GW red card in everytime no more settings ds profile thingie ,as i now use the menuhax thing which boots me directly into RxemuNAND !

i didnt need to wipe my SD card so i still have all my cia installed games in the RxemuNAND showing up and all work amazingly !

my question is, is this really working the same way that it is on my og3ds? i used Ninjhax, i had installed FBI on sysnand and then with fbi in sysnand installed CN then ran it from there and i managed to get into homebrew and install menuhax!

can all the same be done on the n3ds now ?? if yes i will do it in a heartbeat ~

Edit: i am noticing how users here are having issues gettinng RxTools to boot into its emuNAND !! i hope these get resolved so i am teased better :C

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------




Buddy question, i remember i had a hard time booting my og3ds into the HomebrewMenu using Ninjhax< i needed to get into HB basically so that i could install the MenuHax.
my question is , now that we have a HB Cia , could i boot into SysNAND using my GW card by holding B then A and then X < you know booting into Sysnand with sig. patches etc. and from there if i install the HB cia i could literally get into the HB without having the need to use Ninjhax etc.?!

edit: i forgot to ask, but will the cia games work no matter which region they are from? since the n3ds is using the firmwarebin of the Reinand.. hm thought it wouldnt be like the same as RxTools, as RX runs every region game for me just fine on my og3ds.
First answer. Probably, I heaven't tested it myself but I am pretty sure. You would have to launch HomeBrewMenu with the sig patches though.

Second answer. I have no Idea. I just use the RX not Rei nand
 

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Done two reruns through the tutorial, second run using new releases, third one using old releases. Everything works fine until I go to load rxtools finaly, and I'm greeted with this

irRjbfKm.jpg


It's not proceeding to load any further, I'm head off for a couple hours and going to leave it running. I'll be trying other options when I get back, but if anyone might have seen this I could use assistance.

If you want to use rxTools, you need :
- rxTools nightly : http://jheberg.net/captcha/rxtools-2015-11-19-265d53e/

1. Create a "firm" folder inside the rxTools folder, copy the "firmware9.5.bin" in it
2. Rename the " firmware 9.5.bin" to "0004013820000002.bin". Then copy the rxTools folder on your micro-sd card root
3. Copy the rxTools folder from the ninjhax folder in your "3ds" folder.
4. Then start rxTools from the HBL. Press a key at the end of the data installation to boot into your emunand.

The "firmware9.5.bin" is for Cakes CFW ;)
 

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I got everything to work perfectly the first time, but I accidentally changed theme from home menu so now I'm trying to reinstall from step 1 but it doesn't work. I'm using browser method to enter HBL but after clicking the slide bar the screen just flashed yellow and then stuck at a gray screen instead of flashing yellow/green/red like previous attempt. I've made sure I got the correct boot.3dsx, deleted the Home Menu theme exdata. What else can I try?
 

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I got everything to work perfectly the first time, but I accidentally changed theme from home menu so now I'm trying to reinstall from step 1 but it doesn't work. I'm using browser method to enter HBL but after clicking the slide bar the screen just flashed yellow and then stuck at a gray screen instead of flashing yellow/green/red like previous attempt. I've made sure I got the correct boot.3dsx, deleted the Home Menu theme exdata. What else can I try?
clear the browser data.
 

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I've done that, no dice. :(

if you have the gw red card, you could use the signed.patches sysnand of it to install FBI and then inside FBI install the Home_brew cia , open Home_brew and you might just get into the home-brew way easier than the browser method.

i have not tried it yet, but i think its possible.. i used NinjHax (installed CN cia and done the QR code thing) to get into the HB menu which took me about ..1hour to make it work =_= ..

Note: i am talking about my OG3DS, i still have yet to try it on my N3DS, i am abit lazy but i want to try if it actually will work if i just simply install the HBcia inside my SD 'sysnand' and then from there start it and continue on installing the MenuHax thingie XD. (Plus i see some are having issues with booting up RxTools, so i will wait abit more..)
 
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