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Nearly 1,800 step-by-step tutorials written by the GBAtemp community, covering custom firmware, homebrew, game backups, emulation, ROM hacking and hardware repair for Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox consoles, handhelds and PC.
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Nintendo Switch 397 tutorials Nintendo 3DS 545 tutorials Nintendo Wii U 172 tutorials Nintendo DS 164 tutorials Nintendo Wii 174 tutorials PC/MAC 40 tutorials Sony PlayStation 5 2 tutorials Sony PlayStation 4 57 tutorials Sony PlayStation 3 79 tutorials Sony PS Vita 87 tutorials Sony PSP 65 tutorials Xbox Series X|S 1 tutorials Microsoft Xbox One 55 tutorials Xbox 360 13 tutorials

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MailWriter | Use a memory card with content on any other Vita without formatting

Updated · Posted by xy2_
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MailWriter | Setup Mailwriter, allowing writing to the filesystem

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Dual Vita tricks | Install VHBL on latest firmware (multiple methods)

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How To Run 5.5.X Kernel Exploit & Set Up SD Card

Updated · Posted by DarkFlare69
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Replace Bad Tickets with Good Tickets for eShop downloads (Per Game)

· Posted by driverdis
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Answers to the Most Asked Questions on PS3 Jail Breaking

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Compiling Luma 3DS on OS X

· Posted by zentis
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11.0 Downgrade Tutorial [HARDMOD ONLY]

· Posted by Deleted member 366698
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How to make a legit-looking Virtual Console icon [Wii U/3DS]

· Posted by CeeDee
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Restore N3DS from FW 2.1 without NAND Backups

Updated · Posted by slslasher
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Tutorial - Making an a9lh setup as noob proof as possible

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Octohax on 5.32/5.40/5.50/5.51

· Posted by Bubsy Bobcat
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Glossary of Common 3DS Hacking Terms

Updated · Posted by daxtsu
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Run kexploit and loadiine OFFLINE using connectify

· Posted by Seita
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The 100% Unofficial WIP digital manual for developer tools

· Posted by Ryccardo
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How to use GW+Luma3DS+A9LH

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How to Record Xbox One - No Capture Card - ~Using Windows 10~

Updated · Posted by Tahomus
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Tutorial: RedNAND - How to have 64K Allocation Units (Sector Size) with RedNAND on Windows

Updated · Posted by driverdis
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How to access the famous Deep Web. (And be anonymous)

· Posted by Luglige
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Restore Patched Home Menu/NS/AGB/TWL (AuReiNand does this for us now)

· Posted by TeconMoon
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system transfer from one 3ds to cfw 3ds

· Posted by pbanj
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The Easy Way to Swap your Sysnand and Emunand (A9LH ONLY)

Updated · Posted by FenrirWolf
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Fix 022-2634

· Posted by Asia81
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Fixing browserhax returning an error

· Posted by mgrev
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3DS hacking IRC channel - #3dshacks at irc.rizon.net

· Posted by xy2_
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Updating or switching to AuReiNAND from Cakes or older AuReiNAND install (A9LH ONLY)

Updated · Posted by driverdis
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Howto: Install DevMenu and SaveDataFiler to NAND to Survive Formats and SD Card Wipes.

Updated · Posted by driverdis
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The Unofficial Guide of NSMBU Hacking

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Create tiny GBA forwarders for EmuNAND

Updated · Posted by TeconMoon
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Emulator and Homebrew to ISO/WBFS on Wii Mode

Updated · Posted by knm
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How to Get 9999 Plaza Tickets! SIMPLE AS HELL.

Updated · Posted by putti
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How to Sync & Compile various A9LH Forks(payload_stage1.bin + payload_stage2.bin)

· Posted by fr3quency
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How To Unsoft Brick

· Posted by DarkFlare69
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Getting arm9loaderhax

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Patching CIA Executable

· Posted by gudenau
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install A9LH in 20 minutes o3ds o3dsxl and 2ds only

Updated · Posted by jefffisher
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Using multiple A9LH Payloads without R/L buttons (Setting up BootCTR9 Boot Manager)

· Posted by mgrev
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OTP Guide

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More-or-less Catch-All Tutorial

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CakesFW use (decrypted) firmware.bin from another CFW -> e.g. firmlaunch 9.0

Updated · Posted by GothicIII
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Compiling CFW on Mac rxTools, ReiNand and CakesFW -Noob-Friendly-

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The Definitive guide to 3DS hacking

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How to compile and install arm9loaderhax

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n3DS XL with Integrated Bluetooth Audio (Hardware Mod)

· Posted by EddCase
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Removing SD Card without Crashing EmuNAND

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Downgrade NATIVE_FIRM from 11.0.0

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How to recover from a partial downgrade/Frankenfirmware without other exploits

· Posted by Juugetsu
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Installing rxTools 9.2.0-20 w/ Unlinking - Updating - Online Access

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The Homebrew Dictionary

· Posted by Luglige
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Full 3DS (3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, N3DS) hacking guide - from startup to full CFW

Updated · Posted by xy2_
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