Hacking [Guide] Install a9lh without buying anything in 11.2

[N64]

Got it to work! Now for the final step it tells to remove the SD card and boot up the Ds to get STEP 17 to pop up again. However, my 2DS does not want to start anymore without the SD card inserted. If i try to boot it without the SD card inside, the power button light will flash once but stay off. Any fix for this? So i cant get the Lumaconfig screen to pop up :/

I do have thelumaupdater and hb luancher on my homescreen now.

you copied the arm9loaderhax.bin file in the right place? step 28
Select SD, press A on arm9loaderhax.bin, Copy.
29. Press any button and press B.
30. Select CTR NAND, press A on <current directory> and Paste.

 

[potatoes828]

Got it to work! Now for the final step it tells to remove the SD card and boot up the Ds to get STEP 17 to pop up again. However, my 2DS does not want to start anymore without the SD card inserted. If i try to boot it without the SD card inside, the power button light will flash once but stay off. Any fix for this? So i cant get the Lumaconfig screen to pop up :/

I do have thelumaupdater and hb luancher on my homescreen now.

It's because you haven't done this part yet:

Select SD, press A on arm9loaderhax.bin, Copy.
29. Press any button and press B.
30. Select CTR NAND, press A on <current directory> and Paste.
31. Press HOME, close FBI and wait a few seconds.

 

[jack_okami]

Got it to work! Now for the final step it tells to remove the SD card and boot up the Ds to get STEP 17 to pop up again. However, my 2DS does not want to start anymore without the SD card inserted. If i try to boot it without the SD card inside, the power button light will flash once but stay off. Any fix for this? So i cant get the Lumaconfig screen to pop up :/

I do have thelumaupdater and hb luancher on my homescreen now.

Did you out the arm9laucher in CTRNAND?

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[lnbl]

Yes I have followed those steps, just did it again. but it won't boot without the SD card.

 

[Eastonator12]

O3DS/2DS v11.2.0-35U with soundhax as entrypoint: https://mega.nz/#!a9EjiLha!KxGuk2QaEVYyDrXBaNjjQZ6EgIFlFyKJTDoD57kcCLw
N3DS v11.2.0-35U with soundax as entrypoint: https://mega.nz/#!b0kxURKB!GdMPmiDVC4Veg-ieyL9BZq5DDJAizSno89QjDjNUIhI

If you want a video guide, here's one, made by KanterZ:

If you have any error during the process, read this post entirely (the answer might be there). If the answer's not here, just ask.

Here are the instructions:

Requirements: uTorrent or Deluge.

WARNING: If you have a 3DS from a region other than USA, read the steps after the "Instructions" section first. IF YOU HAVE N3DS, DO NOT PUT YOUR CONSOLE IN SLEEP MODE WHILE IN 2.1.

Spoiler: Instructions

1. Go to the link above that contains the ZIP for your device.
2. Go to this link and download the SafeA9LHInstaller 7z. We'll get to it later.
3. Go to this link (Note: it's a torrent magnet link, you'll need a torrent client to open it), download the file for your region and extract the zip.
4. Go to this link and scroll down until you reach "Otherapp/ropbin payloads". Download the otherapp for your device and region, rename it to "otherapp.bin" and put it in your microSD root.
4. Extract the Safehax ZIP you downloaded to your microSD root.
5. Get the 2.1.0 ctrtransfer files and put them in your files9 folder in your microSD root.
6. Put your microSD in your console.
7. Open Nintendo 3DS Sound, press DOWN (d-pad) two times and press A two times.
8. Homebrew will boot. Scroll down and launch Safehax. (If you crash or get a black screen, go to the Troubleshooting Steps)
9. Decrypt9WIP will launch. Choose "SysNAND Options", "CTRNAND tranfer...", "Auto CTRNAND Transfer". Press LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP and A. Press A twice. (one to select the downgrade file and the other to create a backup)
10. Press B and SELECT.
11. Put your microSD in your PC.
11. Now you can delete the 2.1.0 ctrtransfer files from your files9 folder.
12. Extract the SafeA9LHInstaller 7z and copy the "arm9.bin" to your microSD root.
13. Open the folder: "Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000" and delete the folder "0000008f".
14. Put the microSD in your console and press START.
15. Open your browser, do the initial setup, click URL and go to "http://dukesrg.github.io/2xrsa.html?arm11.bin". (If your screen glitches, refer to the bottom of the post)
16. It'll open a black screen with a few things written on it. Press SELECT, wait a few seconds and press any button to shutdown your console.
17. Power it on. The Luma3DS config screen will show. Press A at each one of the options (from "Autoboot SysNAND" to "Patch SVC/service/archive/ARM9 access). If you're on N3DS, also, Press A thrice at "New 3DS CPU". Press START and power off your console. If you get "Failed to Mount CTRNAND", just continue following the guide.
18. Power it on again. Exactly after you press the POWER button, hold START. It'll boot Houglass9.
19. Select "SysNAND Backup/Restore...", "SysNAND Restore (keep a9lh)". Now, press LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP and A. Press A. After it successfully restores your 11.2 backup, just reboot your console. (If you don't have a backup, follow this)
20. Put your microSD into your PC and backup the "otp.bin" inside your "a9lh" folder.
21. Download this file, extract, rename the "Decrypt9WIP.bin" to "up_Decrypt9WIP.bin".
22. Put it in the folder "payloads" inside "luma" in your microSD root.
24. Go to here and download the "fbi-2.4.2-injectable.zip" in the "What you need" section. Extract the "fbi-2.4.2-injectable.zip" and put all the .app in the files9 folder.
25. Put the microSD back in your 3DS.
26. Press UP while booting your console and choose "SysNAND Options", "Miscellaneous", "Health&Safety Inject". Press LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP and A. Press A and START to reboot into Home Menu.
27. Now open Health & Safety (which now is FBI), select TitleDB and install "hblauncher_loader v1.2" and "Luma3DS Updater".
28. Select SD, press A on arm9loaderhax.bin, Copy.
29. Press any button and press B.
30. Select CTR NAND, press A on <current directory> and Paste.
31. Press HOME, close FBI and wait a few seconds.
32. Power off your console and put your microSD in your PC.
33. Boot your 3DS and re-follow Step 17.
34. Now you can delete the "a9lh", "files9", "Themes" folders and the "arm9.bin", "arm11.bin", "SafeA9LHInstaller.dat" and "soundhax-usa-o3ds.m4a" (on O3DSes, on N3DSes it's "soundhax-usa-n3ds.m4a") files and put your microSD in your 3DS again.

For all those of you getting something similar to this:
"arm11.bin loading.
Shows a black bottom screen for less then a second.
Glitched bottom screen.
Both black screens.
Turn off 2ds.
Turn on + start.
Normal startup."
Copy the contents of this zip to the root of your microSD, excluding the arm9loaderhax.bin and try again.



If you have a 3DS from other region than U, follow these steps.
1. Go to http://soundhax.com/ and select the right config for region and device.
2. Instead of going to "Nintendo 3DS/(32 Character ID)/(32 Character ID)/extdata/00000000" and deleting the "0000008f" folder, delete "00000098" if yours is EUR, "00000082" if yours is JPN and "000000A9" if yours is KOR.

Spoiler: Troubleshooting Steps

If you came here from step 8, put a game in the cartridge slot.



If you came here from step 15, just follow the guide imagining nothing happened.


If you can't get to Luma3DS screen after successfully following 16, get the arm9loaderhax.bin from this file and put in your microSD root.
If, after getting a glitched screen on step 15 and continuing like nothing happened you still don't see Luma's config, just re-start step 15.

CREDITS:
Smealum for homebrew: Twitter, GBATemp, Github
Ned Williamson for soundhax and fasthax: Twitter, GBATemp, Github (Couldn't find his profile)
AuroraWright for Luma3DS, SafeA9LHInstaller and her a9lh fork: Twitter, GBATemp, Github (Couldn't find her twitter)
Dark-Samus for the a9lh from which AuroraWright forked her version: Twitter, GBATemp, Github (Couldn't find his Twitter)
Jason Dellaluce, a.k.a Delebile, for the a9lh from which Dark-Samus forked his version: Twitter, GBATemp, Github
Andres Puel , a.k.a TiniVi for safehax: Twitter, GBATemp, Github (I think I got the right Twitter)
Plailect for teaching me the first time I installed CFW with his guide: Twitter, GBATemp, Github

Without each one of you, none of this would be possible.

Spoiler: People who reported mistakes or errors/Helped me

Zoogie and Tsumes for providing the zip with safehax+fasthax already compiled
Quantumcat and Zidapi for helping me when I was still a noob in this whole 3DS thing
KanterZ for the video guide

EDIT: Apparently, some entrypoints not working is luck. Just keep retrying it. A user reported success with soundhax after 50+ attempts. But change exploit first. Might be a time saver.

I have a question. When i finished installing everything(luma and a9lh) I have noticed when I run Homebrew Launcher cia, it sometimes boots into a download play menu? wtf?

 

[W0rm_]

I deleted file9 and all the other folders and arm9 is working like a charm but I can't dump my cartridges via cia? And I don't get directories for game or work in Decrypt9

 

[Valnjes]

33. Boot your 3DS and re-follow Step 17.
17. Power it on. The Luma3DS config screen will show. Press A at each one of the options (from "Autoboot SysNAND" to "Patch SVC/service/archive/ARM9 access). Press START and power off your console.
DONE
18. Power it on again. Exactly after you press the POWER button, hold START. It'll boot Houglass9.
Does not boot to "Houglass9" whatever I do.
Should I re-insert the SD?

 

[jack_okami]

33. Boot your 3DS and re-follow Step 17.
17. Power it on. The Luma3DS config screen will show. Press A at each one of the options (from "Autoboot SysNAND" to "Patch SVC/service/archive/ARM9 access). Press START and power off your console.
DONE
18. Power it on again. Exactly after you press the POWER button, hold START. It'll boot Houglass9.
Does not boot to "Houglass9" whatever I do.
Should I re-insert the SD?

That is only only for Step 17, you don't need to go to Hourglass9

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[Valnjes]

Well shit then.. I insertet the SD and I did "SysNAND Backup/Restore".

 

[W0rm_]

That is only only for Step 17, you don't need to go to Hourglass9

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Do you know how I fix my problem? I can't dump my cartridge

 

[HeirofBlood124]

okay so i got it to work and everything thanks to people here
but i still have a question
will i be able to play Smash 3DS using the texture pack mods online???

 

[jack_okami]

Do you know how I fix my problem? I can't dump my cartridge

Sorry man, I haven't done any of that yet. I'm sure there should be a program for Cartridge dumping :/

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[jack_okami]

Well shit then.. I insertet the SD and I did "SysNAND Backup/Restore".

Just exit that, you simpleade a backup of sysNAND nothing wrong, take the time to save it up in your computer the cloud a usb and everywhere else you can imagine. It's your one way ticket out of brick land

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[kasai07]

Bientot!!!

 

[potatoes828]

Do you know how I fix my problem? I can't dump my cartridge

use Hourglass9(Power on then press start immediately)
>Gamecart dumper
>Dumpcart to CIA

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Bientot!!!

This looks awesome!
Too bad I can't try it. Also, do you have english translation yet?

 

[lnbl]

I got it all to work, except the fact that the SD card needs to be in the 2DS to be able to power it on. Which is fine, no problem with it.

Can I actually put the 2DS safely into sleep mode now that it is back to the 11 version? The warning was only for putting it in sleep mode while in the version 2..., right?

 

[xtheman]

I got it all to work, except the fact that the SD card needs to be in the 2DS to be able to power it on. Which is fine, no problem with it.

Can I actually put the 2DS safely into sleep mode now that it is back to the 11 version? The warning was only for putting it in sleep mode while in the version 2..., right?

You can put in sleep now that your on 11.2

 

[kingdruid]

Sorry if this has been answered, but should I updated to 11.2 first before doing this? I am currently on 11.1

 

[jack_okami]

Sorry if this has been answered, but should I updated to 11.2 first before doing this? I am currently on 11.1

Yeah, just update it's completely fine. ^^

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[kingdruid]

Yeah, just update it's completely fine. ^^

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Thanks