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title: "Updating B9S"
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### Required Reading
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This page is for existing boot9strap users to update their installation of boot9strap to the latest version.
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While we believe that custom firmware is safe for online use, there have been online network bans in the past, primarily for cheating and suspicious eShop behavior.
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### What You Need
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* The latest release of [SafeB9SInstaller](https://github.com/d0k3/SafeB9SInstaller/releases/latest)
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* The latest release of [boot9strap](https://github.com/SciresM/boot9strap/releases/latest) *(`boot9strap-1.3.zip`; not the `devkit` file, not the `ntr` file)*
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* The latest release of [Luma3DS](https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/latest)
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### Instructions
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#### Section I - Prep Work
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For all steps in this section, overwrite any existing files on your SD card.
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1. Insert your SD card into your computer
1. Create a folder named `boot9strap` on the root of your SD card
1. Copy `boot9strap.firm` and `boot9strap.firm.sha` from the boot9strap `.zip` to the `/boot9strap/` folder on your SD card
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1. Copy `SafeB9SInstaller.firm` from the SafeB9SInstaller `.zip` to the root of your SD card and rename it to `boot.firm`
+ If a `boot.firm` already exists, replace it
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1. Reinsert your SD card into your device
New Crowdin updates (#1960)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Swedish)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Russian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Portuguese)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Portuguese)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Portuguese)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Russian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Russian)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Russian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Russian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Russian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Turkish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Turkish)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Turkish)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Turkish)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Turkish)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Turkish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Thai)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Thai)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Thai)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Indonesian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Thai)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Thai)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Thai)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Indonesian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Indonesian)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Indonesian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Indonesian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Indonesian)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Malay)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Malay)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Malay)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Malay)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Croatian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Croatian)
* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Croatian)
* New translations finalizing-setup.txt (Croatian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Croatian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Croatian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Malay)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(hardmod).txt (Pirate English)
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* New translations contribute.txt (Croatian)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Spanish)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Spanish)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (French)
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* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Dutch)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Greek)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Finnish)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (German)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Arabic)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Bulgarian)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Romanian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Romanian)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Malay)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(soundhax).txt (Croatian)
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* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (French)
* New translations seedminer.txt (French)
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* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Bulgarian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Arabic)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Czech)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Czech)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Catalan)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Catalan)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Catalan)
* New translations seedminer.txt (German)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (German)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Greek)
* New translations region-changing.txt (German)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Finnish)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Finnish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Finnish)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Greek)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Greek)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Hebrew)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Hebrew)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Hebrew)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Italian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Italian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Japanese)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Italian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Korean)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Korean)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Korean)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Japanese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Japanese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Norwegian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Polish)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Norwegian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Norwegian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Dutch)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Portuguese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Portuguese)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Polish)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Polish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Portuguese)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Swedish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Russian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Russian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Russian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Turkish)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Turkish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Swedish)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Swedish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Turkish)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Chinese Simplified)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Ukrainian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Chinese Traditional)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Vietnamese)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Portuguese, Brazilian)
* New translations region-changing.txt (Thai)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Indonesian)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Indonesian)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Croatian)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Pirate English)
* New translations seedminer.txt (Malay)
* New translations bannerbomb3.txt (Malay)
* New translations a9lh-to-b9s.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations ctrtransfer.txt (Hungarian)
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* New translations seedminer.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations a9lh-to-b9s.txt (Hungarian)
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* New translations contribute.txt (Hungarian)
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* New translations troubleshooting.txt (Hungarian)
* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Hungarian)
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* New translations installing-boot9strap-(ntrboot).txt (Hungarian)
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#### Section II - Installing boot9strap
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1. Power on your device
+ This should automatically launch SafeB9SInstaller
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1. Wait for all safety checks to complete
1. When prompted, input the key combo given to install boot9strap
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1. Once it has completed, force your device to power off by holding down the power button
+ Your device will only boot to the SafeB9SInstaller screen until the next section is completed
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#### Section III - Update Luma3DS
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1. Insert your SD card into your computer
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1. Copy `boot.firm` and `boot.3dsx` from the Luma3DS `.zip` to the root of your SD card, replacing the existing file
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1. Reinsert your SD card into your device
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1. Power on your device
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#### Section IV - Configuring Luma3DS
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This section is only needed if you are prompted with the Luma3DS configuration menu after the reboot.
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1. In the Luma3DS configuration menu, use the (A) button and the D-Pad to turn on the following:
+ **"Show NAND or user string in System Settings"**
1. Press (Start) to save and reboot
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### Continue to [Finalizing Setup](finalizing-setup)
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