Okay, so I did the Seedminer/Bruteforce steps.
I did the Steelminer part and this is where Homebrew didn't seem to install (I had uninstalled the game's updated data prior to starting anything).
Next up is the B9S/Frogtool... then the Japanese Flipnote which seems an essential step. I can't do this step because of no Homebrew.
So, is it SAFE (i.e. I won't brick my 3DS) to skip the above step and go straight to Finalising Steps, creating the cias folder, etc.?
Sorry if I'm annoying, I just don't want to brick my 3DS & lose hundreds of euroes of paid for games.