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installing the Godmode9 bootloader

im bored so I decided to write this
this tutorial uses a version of GodMode9 that's not the latest because 1.4.2 was the latest when I wrote this, you can grab the latest from github if you want or you can try out my mod (in my sig)

ntrboot instructions are not included because you can just install b9s with it then follow the have cfw section
if you have a9lh just update to b9s then follow the have cfw section

now onto installing the awesome gm9 bootloader!

this is a slightly modified and shortened version of 3ds.guide
there may be errors

1. Make sure you have your system

2. Download the SoundHax file for your system and put it on the root of your sdcard

3. Download the SafeB9SInstaller and copy the folder in the archive to the 3ds folder on your sdcard then copy the bin file to your sd card and name it "safehaxpayload.bin"

4. Download UDSploit and put it in the 3ds folder on your sdcard

5. Download SafeHax and put it in the 3ds folser on your sdcard

6. Download b9s 1.3 then create a folder on your sdcard named "boot9strap" and extract the files into it

7.
(7 is my favorite number :P) Download GodMode9 1.4.2 and extract the files to your sdcard then name the firm file "boot.firm"

8. download the 3ds starter kit and extract the boot.3dsx to your sdcard and download the other app and ropbin from here then put it on your sdcard and name it "otherapp.bin" and "ropbin.bin" respectively

9. put the sdcard in your system and turn it on

10. launch 3ds sound (yes ive given up on capitalization)

11. play "<3 NedWill 2016"

12. select udsploit from the list of homebrew

13. wait about 1 second then press start

14. select safehax from the list

15 wait for it to finish then reboot

16. 3ds.guide tells you to use luma, but you should check out other cfws too and not hate others for using them, i recomend checking out ReiNand

17. goto have cfw (b9s)

1. download godmode9 1.4.2 and replace your boot.firm with it (unless boor.firm is already gm9)

2. boot your system

3. select boot.firm

4. in FIRM IMAGE OPTIONS pick install firm

5. choose install to both

6. reboot holding r+left

7. chose continue godmode9

8. move all your payloads to gm9/payloads

9. replace boot.firm with your old boot.firm

10. profit
instructions for updating or installing my mod are the same as the have cfw section
You can actually get an always up to date compiled saltmode9 from the nightly site or this link
https://d0k3.secretalgorithm.com/SaltMode9/latest.zip
 
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how this could be better ?
Don't use the bootloader mode,use the salt mode version instead and hold start on boot to launch it.The main advantage to this is if your luma dies on your ctrnand and your sysnand is bricked this will still boot up regardless.
 
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So does this add on to b9s? I haven't been keeping up with cfw stuff lately.
it replaces b9s
Is there also a way to remove it if you where like running a stealth patch on the ctrnand?
just reinstall b9s
Don't use the bootloader mode,use the salt mode version instead and hold start on boot to launch it.The main advantage to this is if your luma dies on your ctrnand and your sysnand is bricked this will still boot up regardless.
holding start with a saltmode build boots into bootloader mode
what are you trying to say?
also not everyone uses luma
but its safe to assume he does
 
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holding start with a saltmode build boots into bootloader mode
what are you trying to say?
also not everyone uses luma
but its safe to assume he does
Well one of the latest links lets me hold start to get into god mode 9 and it says salt mode on the right hand corner so I assumed that's salt mode. The one you linked in your tutorial sead bootloader mode after the install,which would pop up each time i turned on my 3ds without holding any buttons,but gave me that aeskeydb.bin error which I can't get rid of even with a aeskeydb.bin in the support folder which is why I installed it with the other link instead that says latest at the end.

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also not everyone uses luma
but its safe to assume he does
What other cfws run in the ctrnand besides luma? I'm pretty shure I sead ctrnand luma and not sd card luma since this boots without a boot.firm on the ctrnand when you have no sd card in the 3ds,which makes this super useful.
 
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Don't use the bootloader mode,use the salt mode version instead and hold start on boot to launch it.The main advantage to this is if your luma dies on your ctrnand and your sysnand is bricked this will still boot up regardless.
I don't call it a brick, it's just a bad file or bad luma hourly, just change the file in the SD and it's ok
 
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I don't call it a brick, it's just a bad file or bad luma hourly, just change the file in the SD and it's ok
If your sysnand is truly bricked then your 3ds may not read the boot.firm on the sd card either.Then you have the ctrnand luma as the second layer of protection but that can also get corrupted,so the gm9 chainloader pretty much adds a 3rd layer of protection since it boots without a boot.firm on the ctrnand.
 
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What other cfws run in the ctrnand besides luma? I'm pretty shure I sead ctrnand luma and not sd card luma since this boots without a boot.firm on the ctrnand when you have no sd card in the 3ds,which makes this super useful.
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