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<li><ahref="#section-i---prep-work"id="markdown-toc-section-i---prep-work">Section I - Prep Work</a></li>
<li><ahref="#section-ii---launching-safeb9sinstaller"id="markdown-toc-section-ii---launching-safeb9sinstaller">Section II - Launching SafeB9SInstaller</a></li>
<li><ahref="#section-iii---installing-boot9strap"id="markdown-toc-section-iii---installing-boot9strap">Section III - Installing boot9strap</a></li>
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<li><ahref="#continue-to-finalizing-setup"id="markdown-toc-continue-to-finalizing-setup">Continue to Finalizing Setup</a></li>
<p>For technical details on the exploits that you will be using on this page, see <ahref="https://github.com/nedwill/soundhax">here</a> (Soundhax) and <ahref="https://github.com/TuxSH/universal-otherapp">here</a> (universal-otherapp).</p>
<p>Soundhax (when combined with universal-otherapp) is compatible with versions 1.0.0 through 11.3.0 in all regions.</p>
<h3id="what-you-need">What You Need</h3>
<ul>
<li>The latest release of <ahref="http://soundhax.com">Soundhax</a><em>(for your region, device, and version)</em>
<ul>
<li>If Soundhax appears in your browser as an unplayable video, press Ctrl+S or Cmd+S to save it to your computer</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The latest release of <ahref="https://github.com/d0k3/SafeB9SInstaller/releases/download/v0.0.7/SafeB9SInstaller-20170605-122940.zip">SafeB9SInstaller</a> (direct download)</li>
<li>The latest release of <ahref="https://github.com/SciresM/boot9strap/releases/download/1.4/boot9strap-1.4.zip">boot9strap</a> (direct download)</li>
<li>The latest release of <ahref="https://github.com/LumaTeam/Luma3DS/releases/latest">Luma3DS</a> (the Luma3DS <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> file)</li>
<li>The latest release of <ahref="https://github.com/TuxSH/universal-otherapp/releases/latest">universal-otherapp</a> (<codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">otherapp.bin</code>)</li>
</ul>
<h3id="instructions">Instructions</h3>
<h4id="section-i---prep-work">Section I - Prep Work</h4>
<p>In this section, you will copy the files needed to trigger both Soundhax and universal-otherapp.</p>
<ol>
<li>Power off your device</li>
<li>Insert your SD card into your computer</li>
<li>Copy the Soundhax <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.m4a</code> to the root of your SD card
<ul>
<li>The root of the SD card refers to the initial directory on your SD card where you can see the Nintendo 3DS folder, but are not inside of it</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Copy <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">otherapp.bin</code> to the root of your SD card</li>
<li>Copy <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot.firm</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot.3dsx</code> from the Luma3DS <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card</li>
<li>Create a folder named <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot9strap</code> on the root of your SD card</li>
<li>Copy <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot9strap.firm</code> and <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot9strap.firm.sha</code> from the boot9strap <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/boot9strap/</code> folder on your SD card</li>
<li>Copy <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SafeB9SInstaller.bin</code> from the SafeB9SInstaller <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card</li>
<h4id="section-ii---launching-safeb9sinstaller">Section II - Launching SafeB9SInstaller</h4>
<p>In this section, you will launch Soundhax through the Nintendo 3DS Sound app, which will use universal-otherapp to launch the boot9strap (custom firmware) installer.</p>
<li>If you’ve never opened Nintendo 3DS Sound before and get tips on how to use it from a bird icon, go through all of the bird tips, then close the app normally and relaunch it
<ul>
<li>In this situation, launching Soundhax immediately would cause these tips to appear on every launch of the Nintendo 3DS Sound until this is done</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Go to <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">/SDCARD</code>, then play “<3 nedwill 2016”
<ul>
<li>This may take many tries</li>
<li>If it freezes, force the console to power off by holding the power button, then try again</li>
<li>If the exploit was successful, you will have booted into SafeB9SInstaller</li>
</ol>
<h4id="section-iii---installing-boot9strap">Section III - Installing boot9strap</h4>
<p>In this section, you will install custom firmware onto your device.</p>
<ol>
<li>When prompted, input the key combo given on the top screen to install boot9strap</li>
<li>Once it is complete, press (A) to reboot your device</li>
<li>Your device should have booted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
<ul>
<li>Luma3DS configuration menu are settings for the Luma3DS custom firmware. Many of these settings may be useful for customization or debugging</li>
<li>For the purpose of this guide, <strong>leave these options on the default settings</strong> (do not check or uncheck anything)</li>
<li>If your device shuts down when you try to power it on, ensure that you have copied <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">boot.firm</code> from the Luma3DS <codeclass="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.zip</code> to the root of your SD card</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Press (Start) to save and reboot</li>
</ol>
<p>At this point, your console will boot to Luma3DS by default.</p>
<ul>
<li>Luma3DS does not look any different from the normal HOME Menu. If your console has booted into the HOME Menu, it is running custom firmware.</li>
<li>On the next page, you will install useful homebrew applications to complete your setup.</li>
</ul>
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<h3class="notice--primary"id="continue-to-finalizing-setup">Continue to <ahref="finalizing-setup">Finalizing Setup</a></h3>
