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I have successfully injected ntrboothax into my system, and now I have to hold (Power) + (Start) + (Select) + (X) for several seconds to boot into SafeB9Installer to install boot9strap. I put the magnet in the place that puts my 3DS into sleep mode and have pressed the button combination many times, but nothing happened, so I'm at a loss in how to finish installing Luma on my 3DS.
Maybe the magnet isn't powerful enough or it's in the wrong spot.
When you try booting the console with the buttons held does it actually boot the system in sleep mode? (home menu appears immediately when you remove the magnet after waiting like half a minute to make sure the system has had time to boot)
If so I believe that means that ntrboot loaded successfully but it couldn't find boot.firm on the SD, since normally the system won't boot while in sleep mode, so it would take some time for the home menu to appear once the magnet is removed. The default behavior of ntrboot is to boot the system normally if boot.firm isn't found.
There's also the $2 seedminer method, which someone can brute force a file for you then you can install boot9strap from there.

Or somoene can troubleshoot your ntrboot issue and work with you on it. Meet me on Discord if you want some personal assistence.
You can actually do the whole process without any help from other people now, though you still need to find a CtCert somewhere and you still need a PC for the bruteforcing. If he can't figure out ntrboot though then seedminer will be even harder.
 

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yeah I would be happy to do it for free to help out a fellow GBA'er, but being in UK the shipping costs make it crazy expensive, hopefully you get it sorted stateside
 

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I have successfully injected ntrboothax into my system, and now I have to hold (Power) + (Start) + (Select) + (X) for several seconds to boot into SafeB9Installer to install boot9strap. I put the magnet in the place that puts my 3DS into sleep mode and have pressed the button combination many times, but nothing happened, so I'm at a loss in how to finish installing Luma on my 3DS.
Hi, i had the same problem some time ago with an EUR old 3DS.

1: Make sure the sd that is inside the 3ds (not the flashcard with ntrboothax) is clean, with only the files that are necessary for the hax work.
2: To avoid problems with possible currupeted files, extract the files to do the process in the pc (NOT DIRETCT IN THE SD), so then grab these on the sd as any normal file, so then eject from the pc and put inthe 3ds.
3: Make sure that the SD is formated in fat32 and in cluster size of 32kb (some sds because of the size cannot be formated by windows assistent, so you'll need another program to do that, id suggest the MiniTool Partition Wizard, its free and easy to use.)
4: Make sure that after formated in the right format, boot one time in the 3ds to let the system make the home menu files inside sd.
5: Make sure that the flashcard for ntrboothax that you're using can be used in any firmware ('till 11.6)
6: Make sure that the flashcard for ntrboothax has any sd inserted on it, files doesn't matter just put a formated in the slot of the flashcard.
7: Make sure that the magnet is right in place, i'd suggest put it on the right side of the 3ds, its the less awkward position to do the combo.(if it is, the blue led and the 3ds shouldn't turn on, unless you're using the button combo). Hold it for at least 10~15 seconds before releasing it. If the blue led fade off without booting the safe9installer, you sure are missing one of the steps above.

I hope it can help you,if not just blow the flashcard and the cartridge slot on 3ds hahaha
 
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Hi, i had the same problem some time ago with an EUR old 3DS.

1: Make sure the sd that is inside the 3ds (not the flashcard with ntrboothax) is clean, with only the files that are necessary for the hax work.
2: To avoid problems with possible currupeted files, extract the files to do the process in the pc (NOT DIRETCT IN THE SD), so then grab these on the sd as any normal file, so then eject from the pc and put inthe 3ds.
3: Make sure that the SD is formated in fat32 and in cluster size of 32kb (some sds because of the size cannot be formated by windows assistent, so you'll need another program to do that, id suggest the MiniTool Partition Wizard, its free and easy to use.)
4: Make sure that after formated in the right format, boot one time in the 3ds to let the system make the home menu files inside sd.
5: Make sure that the flashcard for ntrboothax that you're using can be used in any firmware ('till 11.6)
6: Make sure that the flashcard for ntrboothax has any sd inserted on it, files doesn't matter just put a formated in the slot of the flashcard.
7: Make sure that the magnet is right in place, i'd suggest put it on the right side of the 3ds, its the less awkward position to do the combo.(if it is, the blue led and the 3ds shouldn't turn on, unless you're using the button combo). Hold it for at least 10~15 seconds before releasing it. If the blue led fade off without booting the safe9installer, you sure are missing one of the steps above.

I hope it can help you,if not just blow the flashcard and the cartridge slot on 3ds hahaha
Actually, flashcards blocked by firmware updates still work if ntrboot is installed. And, as I've said twice before, because I've seen this happen before, please make sure the flashcard is inserted in the system. ntrboot itself doesn't install to the system, it just installs to the flashcard.
 

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Actually, I want to try doing the seedminer method before physically sending my console. Would anyone like to work with me on that?
 

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Thank you for being so helpful, everyone. I finally got it to work after all this time. Whenever you are stuck on something, remember what the definition of insanity is. I stopped trying an insane method and tried something different, and it finally worked. I love this forum and it's members! ^_^
 
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