Hacking Luma3DS - Noob-proof 3DS Custom Firmware

[Aurora Wright]

This is the official thread for the Luma3DS "CFW". Please be civil, and read the wiki below before asking questions or contacting me privately. No "CFW wars" allowed on the thread.

Wiki guide, explanation of all options and features: https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/wiki
Download: https://github.com/AuroraWright/Luma3DS/releases

 

[Svaethier]

Does this work with ctrboot? If so can you provide the boot.cfg file that'll work with this and rxtools? I'd do it myself but don't know how :/

 

[Koalabuttz]

I love the idea of people editing or making their own CFWs. Good job on making it O3DS compatible

edit: Little did I know when I wrote this, it would become one of the most used CFWs due to it's A9LH compatibility. Good job Aurora Wright XD

 

[Aurora Wright]

Does this work with ctrboot? If so can you provide the boot.cfg file that'll work with this and rxtools? I'd do it myself but don't know how :/

[DEFAULT]
path = /ReiNand.dat
delay = 150
payload = 1

Try this with BootCtr. I have very good boot rates with it.
Add another section for RxTools replacing the .dat path and the "DEFAULT" to one of the keys it mentions in the default config.ini

 

[kiwiis]

Nice. I'll have to give this a try sometime instead of rxTools.

 

[Svaethier]

Nice. I'll have to give this a try sometime instead of rxTools.

Works great like rxtools, just no 'rx10.x.x' in system settings and i guess it takes up less space then rxtools does.

 

[reiyu]

wow, great job on making it o3DS compatible! any chance you'd be able to add region free patches like what GW has?

 

[Svaethier]

wow, great job on making it o3DS compatible! any chance you'd be able to add region free patches like what GW has?

Think this already has region free like most (if not all) CFWs now these days.

 

[Zidapi]

You didn't like my suggested title?

But seriously, good work, and good luck.

 

[Kioku]

.. But I like the splash screen, customizationnnn.. Anyway. Gonna try this when I get home. Got CTR setup so I boot into Pasta mode on RX if I need sysnand with sig patches.

If I can have an aio, that'd be awesome!

 

[Supster131]

Thanks for this! Glad I can use ReiNAND on my o3DS as well!

 

[reiyu]

Think this already has region free like most (if not all) CFWs now these days.

reinand doesn't have region free. you gotta use FMP or NTR, which is an additional step that could be integrated... hopefully.

 

[The Catboy]

Quick question, I love the boot screen, can I bring it back?

 

[Svaethier]

Quick question, I love the boot screen, can I bring it back?

Pretty sure you could edit it back in provided she provide the source code for us with gitbin

 

[Noktrnl]

so im using rei 3.1 on a n3ds xl. sysnand is 9.2 (or 9.0? I got the 9.2 update from "that iso site" and i hear the 9.2 might be mislabeled)

Anyways, would i only need the firm file from rei's link, or would I also need the 9.0/9.2 firm bin stored somewhere else?

 

[The Catboy]

I am also unable to get this boot with CtrBootManager, I just keep ending up with a black screen.
Old3DS running 9.0 SysNAND, I also have RXtools and Cakes running 10.4 EmuNAND

 

[Svaethier]

Make sure your dat file isn't 0kb and on your sd card root

 

[The Catboy]

Make sure your dat file isn't 0kb and on your sd card root

Nope, that's just fine, here's my boot.cfg

Spoiler

// Boot menu configuration
boot_config =
{
    // Default timeout in secondes
    // If timeout = -1, disable autoboot
    timeout = 3;

    // Some devices (n3ds?) seems to have
    // some timing problems when using timeout=0 (autoboot).
    // You may increase this value to improve boot success rate.
    // Default delay (8) should be good for o3ds, 2 seems good for n3ds
    autobootfix = 8;

    // if timeout = 0 (autoboot),
    // hold this key to enter the menu
    // keycode list : https://goo.gl/4XLDIL
    recovery = 2; // SELECT

    // Default boot entry
    default = 0;

    // Boot menu entries (11 max)
    entries =
    (
        {
            title  = "rxTools";
            path = "/rxTools/sys/code.bin";
            offset = "0x12000";
        },
        {
            title  = "ReiNand";
            path = "/ReiNand.dat;
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title = "Cakes";
            path = "/3ds/Cakes/Cakes.3dsx";
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title  = "HomeBrewMenu";
            path = "/bootHBL.3dsx";
        }
    );
};

 

[Svaethier]

Nope, that's just fine, here's my boot.cfg

Spoiler

// Boot menu configuration
boot_config =
{
    // Default timeout in secondes
    // If timeout = -1, disable autoboot
    timeout = 3;

    // Some devices (n3ds?) seems to have
    // some timing problems when using timeout=0 (autoboot).
    // You may increase this value to improve boot success rate.
    // Default delay (8) should be good for o3ds, 2 seems good for n3ds
    autobootfix = 8;

    // if timeout = 0 (autoboot),
    // hold this key to enter the menu
    // keycode list : https://goo.gl/4XLDIL
    recovery = 2; // SELECT

    // Default boot entry
    default = 0;

    // Boot menu entries (11 max)
    entries =
    (
        {
            title  = "rxTools";
            path = "/rxTools/sys/code.bin";
            offset = "0x12000";
        },
        {
            title  = "ReiNand";
            path = "/ReiNand.dat;
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title = "Cakes";
            path = "/3ds/Cakes/Cakes.3dsx";
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title  = "HomeBrewMenu";
            path = "/bootHBL.3dsx";
        }
    );
};

Change key to offset and 0 to match rxtools offsef

 

[kiwiis]

Nope, that's just fine, here's my boot.cfg

Spoiler

// Boot menu configuration
boot_config =
{
    // Default timeout in secondes
    // If timeout = -1, disable autoboot
    timeout = 3;

    // Some devices (n3ds?) seems to have
    // some timing problems when using timeout=0 (autoboot).
    // You may increase this value to improve boot success rate.
    // Default delay (8) should be good for o3ds, 2 seems good for n3ds
    autobootfix = 8;

    // if timeout = 0 (autoboot),
    // hold this key to enter the menu
    // keycode list : https://goo.gl/4XLDIL
    recovery = 2; // SELECT

    // Default boot entry
    default = 0;

    // Boot menu entries (11 max)
    entries =
    (
        {
            title  = "rxTools";
            path = "/rxTools/sys/code.bin";
            offset = "0x12000";
        },
        {
            title  = "ReiNand";
            path = "/ReiNand.dat;
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title = "Cakes";
            path = "/3ds/Cakes/Cakes.3dsx";
            key = 0; // key to override default boot entry (A)
        },
        {
            title  = "HomeBrewMenu";
            path = "/bootHBL.3dsx";
        }
    );
};

All CFW except Gateway uses 0x12000 offsets.