Homebrew Launcher (super-skaterhax)

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Compatibility Notes

Super-skaterhax (when used to launch the Homebrew Launcher) is compatible with New models on version 11.16.0 in all regions except TWN/CHN.

The instructions provided only apply to the New 3DS, New 3DS XL, and New 2DS XL. Please ensure that the device you are modding is a New 3DS, New 3DS XL, or New 2DS XL before continuing.

What You Need

  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the Luma3DS .zip file)
  • The latest release of super-skaterhax (the release .zip file)

Section I - Updating the System

  1. Update your device by going to System Settings, then “Other Settings”, then going all the way to the right and using “System Update”
    • The updater may display a message saying “Your system is up to date” instead of updating. This is normal if you are already up to date; continue to the next section
    • If this gives you an error, set both your DNS settings and Proxy settings to “Auto”

Section II - Prep Work

In this section, you will copy the files needed to trigger both super-skaterhax and the Homebrew Launcher.

  1. Power off your device
  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 all files inside the folder for your device’s region in the super-skaterhax .zip to the root of your SD card
  5. Reinsert your SD card into your device
  6. Power on your device

Section III - super-skaterhax

In this section, you will visit the browser exploit webpage, which will launch the Homebrew Launcher.

If you haven’t already, make sure you have a working Internet connection set up on your device.

  1. On the HOME Menu, press the Left and Right shoulder buttons together to open the camera
    • If you are unable to open the camera, open the Internet Browser and manually type the URL instead (https://zoogie.github.io/web/super/ for EUR/USA/JPN, https://zoogie.github.io/web/korea for KOR)
  2. Tap the QR code button and scan one of the following QR codes for your device’s region here
  3. Press the (Select) button to open the bookmark tab
    • If your (Select) button does not respond, tap the star icon on the bottom-left corner of the screen
  4. Tap “Bookmark this page”
  5. Press (B) once to return to the browser
  6. Press (Start) to open the context menu
    • If your (Start) button does not respond, tap the 3-line menu on the bottom-right corner of the screen
  7. Tap on “Settings”
  8. Tap on “Delete Cookies”
  9. Press (A) to continue
  10. Press (Home) to return to the HOME Menu, then immediately press (A) to launch the browser again
  11. Select the “GO GO!” button on the top screen
    • If any prompts appear, approve all of them
  12. If the exploit was successful, your device will have booted into the Homebrew Launcher
  13. Power off your device

Section IV - Hardware Button Check

  1. With your device still powered off, hold the following buttons: (Left Shoulder) + (Right Shoulder) + (D-Pad Up) + (A), and while holding these buttons together, power on your device
    • Keep holding the buttons until the device boots to a system update screen (this is Safe Mode)
  2. If you see the system update screen, press Cancel
    • Your device will power off
    • If the device boots to the HOME Menu, just power off your device

Next step: Choose an exploit

If you saw the system update screen in the previous section, Safe Mode is working on your device.

If your device booted into Safe Mode, continue to Installing boot9strap (HBL-USM)

If your device did NOT boot into Safe Mode, continue to Dumping Movable (nimhax)