Seedminer (Mii)
This method requires a reasonably powerful GPU (any dedicated graphics card made in the last few years) and the ability to use a command line. If you don’t know what those are or do not have the hardware necessary, you can ask someone to do this for you at Nintendo Homebrew on Discord. You will need to have the following information ready:
- Your Mii QR code, uploaded directly to Discord (do not take a screenshot or a photo of the image, just send the HNI_XXXX.JPG image itself)
- Your console’s ID0 (the name of the 32-character folder directly inside of Nintendo 3DS - see this troubleshooting section if you have multiple)
- Your console model (e.g. 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, New3DS, New3DS XL, New2DS XL)
- Your console’s approximate year of manufacturing (it may be present behind the frontplate or backplate; if you don’t know, just guess - it’s not super important)
Détails techniques (facultatif)
To install boot9strap on your console, we derive your console’s unique encryption key. To accomplish this, we use a tool called Seedminer to calculate the data encryption key (movable.sed) for your console.
Because we do not have access to the Friends List, we are deriving the first part of movable.sed
using a Mii QR code instead of by performing a two-way friend exchange.
Pour plus d’informations sur le fonctionnement de Seedminer, regardez cette présentation.
Instructions
If you are on Linux or macOS, replace py -3
with python3
in all commands.
Ce dont vous avez besoin
- The latest release of Seedminer (the Seedminer .zip)
- Any 3.x version of Python installed
- If you are on Linux, you likely already have Python 3. Check by opening a terminal and entering
python3 -V
. If this returns a version number, it will work for this guide.
- If you are on Linux, you likely already have Python 3. Check by opening a terminal and entering
Section I - Préparatifs
In this section, you will set up Seedminer and obtain your console’s files that are needed for mining.
- Extract the contents of the Seedminer
.zip
and move the folder with your operating systeem’s name to anywhere on your PC- Keep this location handy, as this Seedminer folder will be where multiple other files are placed
- In the Seedminer folder, hold SHIFT and right-click anywhere in the folder’s empty space, then click the option that opens Terminal, PowerShell, or Command Prompt
- In the command line window, type
py -3 -m pip install pycryptodomex
, hit ENTER, and allow it to install- If this command fails with the error
No module named pip
, you must manually install pip. The methods to do this can be found on this page.
- If this command fails with the error
- Power on your console while the SD card is inserted
- Open the Mii Maker app
- Tap the “QR Code/Image Options” button
- Tap “Save Mii as QR Code”
- Select any Mii Character (make a new one first if you don’t have any), and press “OK”
- Éteignez votre console
- Insérez votre carte SD dans votre ordinateur
- Naviguez vers le dossier
Nintendo 3DS
de votre carte SD - Copiez le nom du dossier de 32 lettres que vous voyez directement à l’intérieur du dossier Nintendo 3DS
- Ce nom de 32 lettres est propre à votre console et sera différent pour chaque console
- Si vous voyez plusieurs dossiers de 32 lettres, suivez ces instructions
- Vous pouvez ignorer le dossier
private
si vous en avez un
- Collez votre nom de dossier de 32 lettres dans un document auquel vous pourrez vous référer ultérieurement
- Ce dossier représente votre “ID0”. Prenez note de cela car ce guide y fera référence plus tard
- Navigate to the
DCIM
folder on the SD card - Look for the QR Code, which will be a
.JPG
file starting withHNI
- You may have many other files in here already if you use the Nintendo 3DS Camera app
- Copy this file to the Seedminer folder on your PC
Section II - Processing Mii QR and Mining
In this section, you will turn the Mii QR code into a usable file and mine movable.sed
with it.
- Open the editMii website on your computer
- Click on “Import from…”, then select “QR Code” and upload the Mii QR code from earlier
- Click on “Export to…”, then select “encrypted (.bin)”
- This will download a file named
input.bin
- This will download a file named
- Copy this
input.bin
to the Seedminer folder - Open the terminal/PowerShell/Command Prompt window from earlier
- Inside this window, enter the command
py -3 seedminer_launcher3.py id0 <id0>
- Replace
<id0>
with the ID0 you copied into a document - Do not include the angle brackets
- N’essayez pas d’entrer manuellement l’ID0, car il est facile de faire une erreur. Assurez-vous que l’ID0 est correctement entré en le copiant et en le collant depuis l’endroit où vous l’avez enregistré dans la section précédente
- Replace
- Once it completes, enter the command
py -3 seedminer_launcher3.py mii <model> <year>
- Replace
<model>
with the model of your console (new
orold
) - if you aren’t sure, only models with the ZL/ZR buttons and C-Stick are “new” - Replace
<year>
with the year the 3DS was made (you often find this behind the backplate) - leave this empty if you aren’t sure, in which case it will start from the middle - The mining process will usually take up to 90 minutes, depending on luck and your GPU’s strength
- The first stage will likely max out at roughly offset 1500, depending on console model
- If the second stage (after seeing
movable_part2.sed generation success
) gets past offset 100, verify that you input the correct ID0. If your ID0 is correct, you cannot use this method and will have to update to the latest version and see if a non-Seedminer method is available for you here - If you see the message
input.bin is invalid size
, remake theinput.bin
using your QR Code. If it still fails, open a different browser and remake theinput.bin
there - If you see the message
LFCS has been left blank
, use the opposite console model (e.g.mii old
instead ofmii new
)
- Replace
- When it finishes, a file called
movable.sed
will appear in the Seedminer folder
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