Homebrew Launcher (Steelhax)

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

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

What You Need

  • The game “Steel Diver: Sub Wars” 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 Steel Diver: Sub Wars
  • Your movable.sed file from completing Seedminer
  • The latest release of Steelhax (direct download)
  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)
  • The latest release of HBL otherapps (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 steelhax folder from the Steelhax-release.zip to the root of your SD card
  5. Copy the otherapp payload for your model/region/version from otherapps_with_CfgS_11.17.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
  6. Copy movable.sed from your computer to the root of your SD card
  7. Reinsert your SD card into your console
  8. Power on your console

Section II - Steelminer

In this section, you will create a hacked Steel Diver: Sub Wars save file that, when used, will load the Homebrew Launcher on your console.

  1. Launch “Steel Diver: Sub Wars” once and select a Mii to initialize your save file
    • Decline the game update when prompted
    • If you have already updated the game, use the Data Management menu of the System Settings to delete the update
  2. Exit “Steel Diver: Sub Wars”
  3. Power off your console
  4. Insert your SD card into your computer
  5. Open the SteelHax Save Tool website on your computer
  6. Select your movable.sed file
  7. Select your region based on your console
  8. Select “Build and Download”
  9. Wait for the process to complete
  10. Navigate to Nintendo 3DS -> <ID0> -> <ID1> -> title -> 00040000 -> <8-character-region> -> data on your SD card
    • EUR Region: 000d7e00
    • JPN Region: 000d7c00
    • USA Region: 000d7d00
  11. Copy the newly downloaded 00000001.sav file to the data folder on your SD card
    • Overwrite the old save file when prompted
  12. Reinsert your SD card into your console
  13. Power on your console
  14. Launch “Steel Diver: Sub Wars”
  15. If the exploit was successful, your console will have booted into the Homebrew Launcher
  16. 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)