Homebrew How to install legit CIA files 9.3-10.3

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Invalid signature means the cia is not legit. Make sure you only use this to install legit cia.

What? I already know that xD. First, I was answering to the user who asked what would happen if he tried to install a non-legit .cia, and then someone else asked me about the error code. I was just telling him the type of error he would get :).
 

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Dammit, I really wanna try this but I can't find a decent "That ISO Website". And I'm also a coward, can this brick?
Not a single brick has been reported so far (I myself installed all of my region cias without issues other than getting in FBI) so you're safe, as for that iso site

For an up-to-date thread with all legit CIAs google (with quotation marks):
"[MEGA] Collection of all 100% Legit/legal/Perfect CIA (All regions)".
You should be able to find it with this.
 
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I think I may have found something else that helps FBI to work: launching the e-Shop before launching Homebrew. I just couldn't get anything to install last night and pretty much gave up since I got sick of turning my 3DS off/on so much. This morning I was browsing the e-Shop just because, and decided afterwards I'd try to install a legit CIA again since I'd be turning the 3DS off anyway. When I tried, it worked on the first try.

Of course, it's likely this was just a coincidence, but I'll experiment some more and see if it works well for me again.
So I tested this again and it worked.

I tried to start up FBI normally 3 times and it didn't work. Then I started up the eShop, entered HBL, launched FBI and it worked on my first try. Is this just coincidental, or is there something here? I don't understand why starting the eShop would help, but then again, I don't understand why inserting a cartridge and spamming the A button would help either.
 

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So I tested this again and it worked.

I tried to start up FBI normally 3 times and it didn't work. Then I started up the eShop, entered HBL, launched FBI and it worked on my first try. Is this just coincidental, or is there something here? I don't understand why starting the eShop would help, but then again, I don't understand why inserting a cartridge and spamming the A button would help either.
How do you directly go to HBL after going to the eShop?
 

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Did dream team work for you? Can you get it to play out of region?
The cias installed were all from my region (or region free) but I remember seeing someone saying it worked fine. Though you'll have to launch them from hans and won't be able to update the game.
 

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So I tested this again and it worked.

I tried to start up FBI normally 3 times and it didn't work. Then I started up the eShop, entered HBL, launched FBI and it worked on my first try. Is this just coincidental, or is there something here? I don't understand why starting the eShop would help, but then again, I don't understand why inserting a cartridge and spamming the A button would help either.

For whatever reason, opening and force closing back to HBL creates threads in the active memory which the unofficial FBI with arm11 built into it can piggy back off of to load more efficiently iirc.
 

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For whatever reason, opening and force closing back to HBL creates threads in the active memory which the unofficial FBI with arm11 built into it can piggy back off of to load more efficiently iirc.
... force closing?
Once you launch FBI and it gets stuck, it freezes the system so how do you 'force close' back to HBL?
 

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A question regarding something with the CIA of monster hunter, for some reason I can play the game fine, but if I try to go to home (press home) the game freezes, does this happen to any one else?
 

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A question regarding something with the CIA of monster hunter, for some reason I can play the game fine, but if I try to go to home (press home) the game freezes, does this happen to any one else?
If it's out of region, the home menu freezes because it cannot find the game's icon if loading with Regionfree
But if it's in a region, Too much resources being used i guess.

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L + R + down (pad) + B iirc. Smea added this feature with 2.5 i think.
Tried to do so however it wouldn't respond. I'm sure I'm using 2.5
 

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Tried to do so however it wouldn't respond. I'm sure I'm using 2.5

You have to hold it for a few seconds for to it kick in, otherwise i'd have to make hbl my boot.3dsx again to make sure that's the right combo.

What people are doing is using eShop, or FTBony, or some other HBL app, force closing it afterward with that combo, then going into FBI.
 

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I had success installing Mario Kart 7 (USA), but whenever I try to install Pokemon X or Y, I get an error.
I'm on N3DS with 10.3, and have tried about 15 times to get either version installed, but no success.
Pokemon Y install error.jpg
 

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I had success installing Mario Kart 7 (USA), but whenever I try to install Pokemon X or Y, I get an error.
I'm on N3DS with 10.3, and have tried about 15 times to get either version installed, but no success.
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You know the first screen you see when you start FBI? It MUST show Done or this will happen
 

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