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   <li><a href="#what-you-need" id="markdown-toc-what-you-need">What You Need</a></li>
   <li><a href="#instructions" id="markdown-toc-instructions">Instructions</a>    <ul>
       <li><a href="#section-i---prep-work" id="markdown-toc-section-i---prep-work">Section I - Prep Work</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-ii---updating-the-system" id="markdown-toc-section-ii---updating-the-system">Section II - Updating the System</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-iii---homebrew-launcher" id="markdown-toc-section-iii---homebrew-launcher">Section III - Homebrew Launcher</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-iv---rtc-and-dsp-setup" id="markdown-toc-section-iv---rtc-and-dsp-setup">Section IV - RTC and DSP Setup</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-v---installing-cias" id="markdown-toc-section-v---installing-cias">Section V - Installing CIAs</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-vi---ctrnand-luma3ds" id="markdown-toc-section-vi---ctrnand-luma3ds">Section VI - CTRNAND Luma3DS</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-vii---cleanup-sd-card" id="markdown-toc-section-vii---cleanup-sd-card">Section VII - Cleanup SD Card</a></li>
-      <li><a href="#section-viii---backup-essential-files" id="markdown-toc-section-viii---backup-essential-files">Section VIII - Backup Essential Files</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-ii---cfw-check" id="markdown-toc-section-ii---cfw-check">Section II - CFW Check</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-iii---updating-the-system" id="markdown-toc-section-iii---updating-the-system">Section III - Updating the System</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-iv---homebrew-launcher" id="markdown-toc-section-iv---homebrew-launcher">Section IV - Homebrew Launcher</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-v---rtc-and-dsp-setup" id="markdown-toc-section-v---rtc-and-dsp-setup">Section V - RTC and DSP Setup</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-vi---installing-cias" id="markdown-toc-section-vi---installing-cias">Section VI - Installing CIAs</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-vii---ctrnand-luma3ds" id="markdown-toc-section-vii---ctrnand-luma3ds">Section VII - CTRNAND Luma3DS</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-viii---cleanup-sd-card" id="markdown-toc-section-viii---cleanup-sd-card">Section VIII - Cleanup SD Card</a></li>
+      <li><a href="#section-ix---backup-essential-files" id="markdown-toc-section-ix---backup-essential-files">Section IX - Backup Essential Files</a></li>
     </ul>
   </li>
   <li><a href="#information-and-notes" id="markdown-toc-information-and-notes">Information and Notes</a></li>
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 <p class="notice--info"><img src="https://3ds.hacks.guide/images/screenshots/godmode9-location.png" alt="" /></p>
 
-<h4 id="section-ii---updating-the-system">Section II - Updating the System</h4>
+<h4 id="section-ii---cfw-check">Section II - CFW Check</h4>
+
+<p>As an additional safety measure, we will perform an additional check for custom firmware. If custom firmware is not installed by this point for any reason, the next section may render your console unable to be hacked without external hardware.</p>
+
+<ol>
+  <li>Power off your device</li>
+  <li>Hold the (Select) button</li>
+  <li>Power on your device while still holding the (Select) button</li>
+  <li>If the check was successful, your device should have booted into the Luma3DS configuration menu</li>
+  <li>Press (Start) to save and reboot</li>
+  <li>Power off your device</li>
+</ol>
+
+<p class="notice--danger">If you do NOT boot into the Luma3DS configuration menu, custom firmware was not installed on your device. Join <a href="https://discord.gg/MWxPgEp">Nintendo Homebrew on Discord</a> and ask, in English, for help.</p>
+
+<h4 id="section-iii---updating-the-system">Section III - Updating the System</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will update your system to the latest version, which is safe to do with custom firmware.</p>
 
@@ -551,7 +567,7 @@ window.cookieconsent.initialise({
   </li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-iii---homebrew-launcher">Section III - Homebrew Launcher</h4>
+<h4 id="section-iv---homebrew-launcher">Section IV - Homebrew Launcher</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will temporarily replace Download Play with Homebrew Launcher (which we need to launch FBI). Download Play will automatically go back to normal once you reboot your device.</p>
 
@@ -574,7 +590,7 @@ window.cookieconsent.initialise({
   </li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-iv---rtc-and-dsp-setup">Section IV - RTC and DSP Setup</h4>
+<h4 id="section-v---rtc-and-dsp-setup">Section V - RTC and DSP Setup</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will sync your 3DS internal clock with the actual time and dump the sound firmware (which is necesssary for some homebrew software to use sound properly).</p>
 
@@ -589,7 +605,7 @@ window.cookieconsent.initialise({
   <li>Press (B) to exit the Rosalina menu</li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-v---installing-cias">Section V - Installing CIAs</h4>
+<h4 id="section-vi---installing-cias">Section VI - Installing CIAs</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will install several useful homebrew applications to HOME Menu.</p>
 
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   <li>Press (Home), then close Download Play</li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-vi---ctrnand-luma3ds">Section VI - CTRNAND Luma3DS</h4>
+<h4 id="section-vii---ctrnand-luma3ds">Section VII - CTRNAND Luma3DS</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will use a script to copy some of Luma3DS’s files to internal memory so that they can be accessed, even without an SD card inserted.</p>
 
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   <li>Press (A) to continue</li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-vii---cleanup-sd-card">Section VII - Cleanup SD Card</h4>
+<h4 id="section-viii---cleanup-sd-card">Section VIII - Cleanup SD Card</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will use a script to remove some unnecessary files from your SD card.</p>
 
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   <li>Press (B) to return to the main menu</li>
 </ol>
 
-<h4 id="section-viii---backup-essential-files">Section VIII - Backup Essential Files</h4>
+<h4 id="section-ix---backup-essential-files">Section IX - Backup Essential Files</h4>
 
 <p>In this section, you will make backups of files that can be used to recover from software bricks or to recover data.</p>