Homebrew Launcher (Soundhax)

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The Homebrew Launcher has many different entrypoints, or methods of launching.

Soundhax is compatible with versions 9.0.0 through 11.3.0 in the EUR, JPN, KOR, and USA regions.

Ensure your device’s Wireless Communication is turned on as udsploit (used in the next page) will need the wireless module to be active to function, and some devices (New 3DS, New 2DS, and Old 2DS) cannot adjust the Wireless Communication setting from the Homebrew Launcher. Wireless Communication only has to be on; connecting it to an access point is not required.

Note that Cart Updates will only deliver updates to core features, such as the System Settings, Home Menu, etc. Cart Updates will not deliver updates to Nintendo 3DS Sound and Network features, such as System Transfer, Internet Browser, StreetPass Mii Plaza, or eShop.

This means that using a Cart Update from a version containing an older Nintendo 3DS Sound version (<7.0.0 for Old 3DSs in the EUR, JPN, KOR, and USA regions) to one that introduced a newer Nintendo 3DS Sound version will break Soundhax! You will need an alternate method of entering the Homebrew Launcher!

What you need

The Homebrew Starter Kit
The latest release of Soundhax (for your device and region)
The latest release of SafeB9SInstaller
The latest release of boot9strap (standard boot9strap; not the devkit file, not the ntr file)
The latest release of safehax
The latest release of udsploit
The latest release of Luma3DS (the .7z file)
The otherapp payload (for your version and region)

Instructions

Power off your device
Insert your SD card into your computer
Copy the contents of starter.zip to the root of your SD card
Copy the Soundhax .m4a to the root of your SD card
Copy the otherapp payload to the root of your SD card and rename it to otherapp.bin
Copy boot.firm from the Luma3DS .7z to the root of your SD card
Create a folder named boot9strap on the root of your SD card
Copy boot9strap.firm and boot9strap.firm.sha from the boot9strap .zip to the /boot9strap/ folder on your SD card
Copy safehax.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
Copy udsploit.3dsx to the /3ds/ folder on your SD card
Copy SafeB9SInstaller.bin from the SafeB9SInstaller .zip to the root of your SD card and rename SafeB9SInstaller.bin to safehaxpayload.bin
Reinsert your SD card into your device
Power on your device
Launch Nintendo 3DS Sound
If you’ve never opened Nintendo 3DS Sound before and get tips on how to use it from a bird icon, go through all of the bird tips, then close the app normally and relaunch it
- In this situation, launching Soundhax immediately would cause these tips to appear on every launch of the Nintendo 3DS Sound until this is done
Go to /SDCARD, then play “<3 nedwill 2016”
- This may take many tries
- If it freezes, just force the console to power off by holding the power button, then try again
- If you get a red screen, ensure you copied the contents of the starter folder to the root of your SD card
Your device should load the Homebrew Launcher

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