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The Homebrew Launcher has many different entrypoints, or methods of launching. The most common is browserhax, which launches the Homebrew Launcher using nothing more than the included browser. {: .notice--info}

Browserhax will work for EUR / JPN / USA / KOR regions ONLY! {: .notice--warning}

What you need

• The Homebrew Starter Kit
• The latest release of Decrypt9WIP
• An internet connection setup on your 3DS

Instructions

Section I - Prep work

1. Copy the contents of the starter.zip to the root of your SD card
2. Reinsert your SD card into your 3DS

Section II - Version check bypass

This section is only needed for versions from 9.9.0 to 10.6.0

2. Open the theme menu, change your theme to any other theme, then switch back. This will initialize the theme data and is required
3. Launch the Settings application
4. Change the date to January 1, 2000
5. Change the time to 00:00
6. Launch the browser, then open the browser settings as fast as possible
7. Scroll to the bottom and Initialize Savedata (it also may be called Clear All Save Data) as fast as possible

Section III - Bookmark browserhax

This section is only needed for New 3DS on version 10.7.0

1. Launch the browser
2. Select the bookmarks menu star at the bottom left of the bottom screen
3. Edit the first bookmark to instead be the URL http://3ds.mordor.space/3dsbrowserhax_auto.php
4. Press "Done", then go back to the home menu
5. Select the home menu options at the top left of the bottom screen
6. Scroll down and turn off "Wireless Communication / NFC"
7. Use the power button to turn off your 3DS
8. Turn on your 3DS
9. Use the home menu options to turn back on "Wireless Communication / NFC"
10. Launch the browser as fast as possible, then launch your bookmark
11. This may take several tries; if you get the prompt to update your 3DS, restart at the step to turn off "Wireless Communication / NFC"
12. Your console should load the homebrew menu
13. Skip Section IV - browserhax

Section IV - browserhax

8. Navigate to http://3ds.mordor.space/3dsbrowserhax_auto.php
   • You can also load the page by scanning the following QR code (press (L + R) on the home menu, then tap the QR icon on the bottom screen)
     
   • If you get an error, follow this troubleshooting guide
9. Your console should load the homebrew menu

If you are above the version 9.2.0, continue to 9.2.0 Downgrade {: .notice--primary}

If you are on the version 9.2.0 or below, continue to Decrypt9 (Homebrew Launcher) {: .notice--primary}