Tutorial More-or-less Catch-All Tutorial

[Clydefrosch]

Now I fixed the problem. I had to move the boot3ds file from the starter file and place it on the root of my sd card. but another question is how do I get apps on the hombrew? I only get region free launcher

ah, ok, you just unpacked the file wrongly.
just move the 3ds and theme folder from the starter folder to the root of the sd card too. you can then remove the empty starter folder.

dang, new page.

if anyone has a lot of time, I've had lots of dumb questions a page ago
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-more-or-less-catch-all-tutorial.407080/page-20#post-5936490

 

[OfficialBrony]

ah, ok, you just unpacked the file wrongly.
just move the 3ds and theme folder from the starter folder to the root of the sd card too. you can then remove the empty starter folder.

dang, new page.

if anyone has a lot of time, I've had lots of dumb questions a page ago
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-more-or-less-catch-all-tutorial.407080/page-20#post-5936490

got it woks thanks!!! how do I get the manage save file app for genning pokemon games??? I don't always want to use my powersaves

 

[Mizzetto937]

First of all, thank you for put all this info in one guide.

Can anyone help me ? I can't install browserhax once i downgraded, keeps crashing

I have the same issue. My O3ds is downgraded, the issue is that if I turn the 3ds on with the SD loaded it shows the black screen, and I can't access HomebrewLauncher by pressing L as before.
Basically, I'm stuck at .6 of the Downgrading guide. I tried to turn it on without the SD, insert the SD and change themes to uninstall Menuhax, but an error message shows up saying that the SD data was corrupted.

Even Browserhax doesn't work.

 

[Daniele_997]

Hi guys, i really need your help. I have a n3ds xl with ironhax installed. I'm searching everywhere a way to install roms of 3ds games. Can you explain me how to do that? My firmware is the last(10.3.0-28E). What do i have to do? Downgrade and install a CFW? Can you link me a solution? Thank for everyone Who Wanna help me

 

[Kioku]

Hi guys, i really need your help. I have a n3ds xl with ironhax installed. I'm searching everywhere a way to install roms of 3ds games. Can you explain me how to do that? My firmware is the last(10.3.0-28E). What do i have to do? Downgrade and install a CFW? Can you link me a solution? Thank for everyone Who Wanna help me

Everything you need to know is on the first page.

 

[funtuna464]

First of all, thank you for put all this info in one guide.



I have the same issue. My O3ds is downgraded, the issue is that if I turn the 3ds on with the SD loaded it shows the black screen, and I can't access HomebrewLauncher by pressing L as before.
Basically, I'm stuck at .6 of the Downgrading guide. I tried to turn it on without the SD, insert the SD and change themes to uninstall Menuhax, but an error message shows up saying that the SD data was corrupted.

Even Browserhax doesn't work.

I have the same issue. (I'm having so many issues)

 

[OfficialBrony]

Its Working!!! But how do I pokegen with it? I don't have the save manager app thing. Help???

 

[WakingMavUp]

Ok, I finally did everything. I even upgraded the emuNAND to 10.3.
I've installed the homebrew from the menu, I tried to run Monster Hunter x (cartridge) and it stays in black screen.
Could be the launcher buggy? Or maybe a problem with the version? I really can't give myself an answer, because with no cfw, just ninjhax, it worked in 10.2

 

[Momisnom]

I'm already stuck at the Sliderhax step, when I click the right end of the slider, the bottom screen turns yellow for a moment and then I get a black screen with the message 'an error has occurred, hold down the power button to...'.

My 3DS firmware is 9.5.0-23E, I've placed the starter files (3DS folder, themes folder + boot.3dx file) onto my SD card's root and already tried replacing them as well. I made a bookmark for the sliderhax page and clear my cookies + history every time I try again, doesn't matter whether I do nothing or press A/tap the screen like I've read in other tutorials, the browser either freezes and boots me back to the Home menu or the above happens...

What did I do wrong? Help would be appreciated

 

[V0ltr0n]

Open browser, in settings, delete history and cache. Hit home button. Hold l and r to open camera. On your pc, go to yellows8 site that has the qr code for sliderhax. The qr works better from my experience. Every time it fails, u need to delete cache and history or it wont work.

 

[AileenLumina]

As people keep running into the same issues, I do feel the urge to help by redirecting them to my guide as it has always been a help to people. It's The easy, complete, comprehensive CFW Guide for everyone.

 

[V0ltr0n]

This guide worked for me, but i do have to say that it is not wordy enough in places. For someone like me with no 3ds cfw experience, it should have had a bit more detail. And pics would go a long way. There are a few little half steps that are kinda skipped over in this tut. It definitely works, but isnt foolproof. Got mine running cfw over the course of 2 days. Probably spent 5+ hours on it. Now that i know what to do (partly figured things out myself and partly got help via pm with the op) it should only take an hour or so to do it again. (depending how long the sd backup and things like that take)
Overall a good guide, but definitely would benefit from some additional hand holding.

 

[noobmeonce]

Ok can someone please help me out once more? I'm stuck for answers...
Whenever I try to boot into Homebrew browser from ctr_boot I get this message;

Spoiler

Everything else seems to work fine besides that... I even have emunand working properly and updated+disconnected from sysnand

 

[V0ltr0n]

Did you reinstall menuhax properly? You could always try sliderhax to get to homebrew, then reinstall menuhax. Not too sure as i didnt run into that problem.

 

[GabrielConnor]

Hello and thanks for your wonderfull guide. I successfully downgraded my NEW 3DS XL from 10.3 to 9.2 and I am not trying to follow the installing of CFW part of the guide.

I am downloading the software I'm gonna be needing and I got stuck in this part:

N3DS: firmware9.5.bin/firmware9.2.bin on Google. Rename to firmware.bin. That's all I can say. For good measure, also download ReiNAND 2.1. Extract its firmware.bin to rxtools/data. Rename to 0004013820000002.bin if using the Nightly or rename to 0004013820000002orig.bin if using the alternate version.

I am having such a hard time locating these firmware that I feel stupid. Could someone maybe PM me the correct file? Is there an MD5 I can check the file with to make sure I am DLing the right one?Do I need both firmware9.5.bin and firmware9.2.bin ? If yes, which one do I rename and put in my SD folder?

My question is probably incredibly silly, but I don't want to mess up my New 3DS!!!!

 

[SSMatt123]

It's all worked fine up until the final step. EMUNAND boots fine and the health and safety loads the thing.

The problem is I can't install the cia's to SD... It says:

"Install Failed!
Could not install app
Raw Error: 0xc8a0802b
Module: AM (0x20)
Level: Status (0x19)
Summary: Invalid State (0x5)
Description: Database does not exist (0x2b)"

Anyone familiar with this problem?

 

[pofer]

It's all worked fine up until the final step. EMUNAND boots fine and the health and safety loads the thing.

The problem is I can't install the cia's to SD... It says:

"Install Failed!
Could not install app
Raw Error: 0xc8a0802b
Module: AM (0x20)
Level: Status (0x19)
Summary: Invalid State (0x5)
Description: Database does not exist (0x2b)"

Anyone familiar with this problem?

Q: I'm getting a "Database does not exist" / "Invalid database" error! A: You likely haven't installed anything from eShop or other locations before. You will need to go to the "Nintendo 3DS/<id0>/<id1>/dbs/" directory on your SD card and create empty "title.db" and "import.db" files. Then, go to System Settings -> Data Management -> Nintendo 3DS -> Software on your 3DS and let it repair the database files.

 

[Cornholio309]

Since I own a New 3DS, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the tutorial to install rxTools.

I've dumped the hs.app, placed it in the "input" folder along with the fbi_inject.app, and tried using Universal Inject Generator, but it seemingly didn't change anything. Is this step unnecessary, and am I just expected to rename fbi_inject to hs?

 

[pofer]

Since I own a New 3DS, I'm having a bit of trouble understanding the tutorial to install rxTools.

I've dumped the hs.app, placed it in the "input" folder along with the fbi_inject.app, and tried using Universal Inject Generator, but it seemingly didn't change anything. Is this step unnecessary, and am I just expected to rename fbi_inject to hs?

donwload the latest version of FBI.cia

https://github.com/Steveice10/FBI/releases

and this step is necessary, It'll create 2 files, one called FBI_no_banner.app (or something like that) and one called FBI_with_banne.app, just rename the one called "FBI with banner app" to "hs.app", place it at you'r SD card root and inject it again using decrypt9

 

[V0ltr0n]

Response to SSMatt & pofer: (forgot to quote)
make sure to do this in emunand. i did it in sysnand and thought all was good and still failed. just a little while ago someone clarified it via pm for me. Not to sound ungrateful, but it seems alot of tutorials arent specific enough. Not just here, but i searched other placed for help and no tutorials i saw mentioned that it must be done in emunand. That may or may not be obvious to an experienced 3ds cfw user, but not so much to a noob.