Homebrew Launcher (PicHaxx)

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PicHaxx is an exploit for the game Pokémon Picross released by zoogie, originally discovered and demonstrated by MrNbaYoh.

This method of using Seedminer for further exploitation uses your movable.sed file to write a custom save file for Pokémon Picross, which can then be used to launch the Homebrew Launcher.

This process will overwrite your Pokémon Picross save file, if you have one. If you wish to preserve your Pokémon Picross game data, you should make a backup of your 00000001.sav file before overwriting it.

What You Need

  • The game “Pokémon Picross” installed on your console
    • If you have downloaded it before, you can redownload it
    • Your SD card must be inserted in your console to install Pokémon Picross
  • Your movable.sed file from completing Seedminer
  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)
  • otherapps.zip (direct download)

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

In this section, you will copy some of the files that will be used to launch the Homebrew Launcher.

  1. Power off your console
  2. Insert your SD card into your computer
  3. Copy boot.firm and boot.3dsx from the Luma3DS .zip to the root of your SD card
    • 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
  4. Copy the otherapp payload for your model/region/version from otherapps.zip to the root of your SD card, then rename the payload to otherapp.bin
    • Do not add the .bin extension if you do not already see it
  5. Copy movable.sed from your computer to the root of your SD card

Section II - PicHaxx

In this section, you will create a hacked Pokémon Picross save file that, when loaded, will run the Homebrew Launcher on your console.

  1. Open the PicHaxx Injector website on your computer
  2. Select your movable.sed file
  3. Select “Build and Download”
  4. Wait for the process to complete
  5. Navigate to Nintendo 3DS -> <ID0> -> <ID1> -> title -> 00040000 -> 0017c100 -> data on your SD card
    • The <ID0> will be the same one that you used in Seedminer
    • The <ID1> is a 32 character long folder inside of the <ID0>
  6. Copy the newly downloaded 00000001.sav file to the data folder on your SD card
    • Overwrite the old save file when prompted

  7. Reinsert your SD card into your console
  8. Power on your console
  9. Launch “Pokémon Picross”
  10. If the exploit was successful, your console will have booted into the Homebrew Launcher
  11. Power off your console

Section III - Hardware Button Check

In this section, you will see whether you can access Safe Mode on your console. This will determine which method you will follow on the next page.

In this section, you will see whether your shoulder buttons are working on your console. This will determine which method you will follow on the next page.

  1. Power on your console
  2. Once you see the HOME Menu, press the (Left Shoulder) and (Right Shoulder) buttons at the same time
    • The camera applet should appear
  3. Power off your console

Next step: Choose an exploit

If the camera appeared in the previous section, Safe Mode is likely to be working on your console.

If the camera appeared, continue to Installing boot9strap (HBL-USM)

If the camera did NOT appear, continue to Installing boot9strap (Frogtool)