Homebrew Help to access Homebrew on NDS11.6

[Joey75421]

I don't really want to use custom firmware since I just want to be able to hack some savefiles for games saved to the SD card. A post on here said that oot3dHax was still working, but running the hacked save file and pressing A just makes the screen go black and say something like "Searching for target" and then "The homemenu robpin is ready" before just going back to the home screen without actually accessing the Homebrew menu.

 

[Quantumcat]

Do you have boot.3dsx on your SD card?

 

[Joey75421]

Yes. It's 473 kb and was last modified 11/26/2016. Do I maybe need a newer copy of it then?

 

[Zelbano]

Just a question. How did you add the savefile if you cant access the homebrew menu?

Have you downloaded the latest haxpayload from yellow8's github?
And if needed download the correct otherapp.bin

Heres a link to the payload site.
Link to otherapp.bin

 

[Joey75421]

I used powersaves to put the hacked file on the cartridge. I'll try with the latest files you just posted the links to and see if it works then.

 

[Deleted member 414991]

Why don't you just get CFW? It doesn't have any cons, and lets you not worry about updates and other things.

 

[Joey75421]

I wasn't familiar with CFW since I've never used it before. It does sound like a better idea, especially since after a game forced an update I can't access Homebrew anymore. I'm not sure where I'd start with doing it now, though I read a few things saying I would need a flashcart since I'm at version 11.6.

 

[Joey75421]

I realized what I was doing wrong. I took the files from the SD card that was in my old 3DS before getting the New one, so all the files needed replaced. Homebrew is working for me now.