Updating B9S

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This page is for existing boot9strap users to update their installation of boot9strap to the latest version.

Note that the recent major release of Luma3DS is not compatible with boot9strap version 1.0. It requires you to update your boot9strap installation to version 1.2 by following the instructions on this page.

There have been reports of a wave of bans being handed out to CFW users by Nintendo. To protect yourself, please do the following steps before starting this guide:
  1. Go to System Settings, then “Internet Settings”, then “SpotPass”, then “Sending of System Information”
  2. Disable the “Sending of System Information” option
  3. Exit the System Settings
  4. Go to your Friend’s List (the Face Icon in the top row of your Home Menu)
    • If you receive an error and are kicked out of the menu, the Friend’s List setting is already disabled
  5. Go to the Friend’s List settings, then “Friend Notification Settings”, then “Show friends what you’re playing”
  6. Disable the “Show friends what you’re playing” option
  7. Exit your Friend’s List

What you need

  • The latest release of Luma3DS (the .7z file)
  • The latest release of SafeB9SInstaller
  • The latest release of boot9strap (standard boot9strap; not the devkit file, not the ntr file)
  • The latest release of GodMode9
  • The Homebrew Starter Kit
  • Magic (∩ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⊃━☆ﾟ

Instructions

Section I - Prep Work

For all steps in this section, overwrite any existing files on your SD card.

  1. Power off your device
  2. Insert your SD card into your computer
  3. Leave the old (v7.1) version of Luma3DS (boot.firm) as it is. You will update this later.
  4. Copy the contents of starter.zip to the root of your SD card
  5. Create a folder named boot9strap on the root of your SD card
  6. Copy GodMode9.firm from the GodMode9 .zip to the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card
  7. Copy SafeB9SInstaller.firm from the SafeB9SInstaller .zip to the /luma/payloads/ folder on your SD card
  8. Copy boot9strap.firm and boot9strap.firm.sha from the boot9strap .zip to the /boot9strap/ folder on your SD card
  9. Reinsert your SD card into your device
Section II - Installing boot9strap
  1. Reboot holding (Start) during boot to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu
  2. Launch SafeB9SInstaller by pressing (A)
  3. Wait for all safety checks to complete
  4. When prompted, input the key combo given to install boot9strap
  5. Once it has completed, press (A) to reboot your device.
  6. Power off your device
    • Note that you will receive the error Unsupported launcher (argc = 0) until you follow the rest of the instructions on this page
Section III - Updating Luma3DS
  1. Insert your SD card into your computer
  2. Delete the existing boot.firm from the root of your SD card
  3. Copy boot.firm from the Luma3DS .7z to the root of your SD card
  4. Reinsert your SD card into your device
Section IV - Configuring Luma3DS
  1. Your device should have rebooted into the Luma3DS configuration menu
  2. Use the (A) button and the D-Pad to turn on the following:
    • “Show NAND or user string in System Settings”
  3. Press (Start) to save and reboot
Section V - CTRNAND Luma3DS
  1. Reboot holding (Start) during boot to launch the Luma3DS chainloader menu
  2. Launch GodMode9 by pressing (A)
  3. Navigate to [0:] SDCARD -> luma -> payloads
  4. Press (X) on SafeB9SInstaller.firm to delete it
  5. Press (A) to confirm
  6. Press (B) to return to [0:] SDCARD
  7. Press (Y) on boot.firm to copy it
  8. Press (B) to return to the main menu
  9. Navigate to [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND
  10. Press (Y) to paste a copy of boot.firm
  11. Select “Copy path(s)”
  12. Press (A) to unlock SysNAND (lvl1) writing, then input the key combo given
  13. Press (X) on arm9loaderhax.bin to delete it
    • If you do not have this file, just proceed with the instructions
  14. Press (A) to confirm
  15. Press (B) to return to the main menu
  16. Navigate to [0:] SDCARD
  17. Press (Y) on the luma folder to copy it
    • If you have files or folders other than the ones from following an earlier version of this guide (config.bin and payloads) in your luma directory (such as LayeredFS files), you should instead just copy config.bin and payloads by marking them with the (L) trigger, then pressing (Y) to copy
  18. Press (B) to return to the main menu
  19. Navigate to [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND -> rw
  20. Press (X) on the existing luma folder to delete it
    • If you do not have this folder, just proceed with the instructions
  21. Press (A) to confirm
  22. Press (Y) to paste a copy of the luma folder from your SD card
    • If you only copied config.bin and payloads earlier, you will need to instead create the luma folder manually (hold the (R) trigger and pressing (Y) at the same time, give the name luma, then press (A) to confirm), then navigate to luma, then press (Y) to paste config.bin and payloads
  23. Press (Start) to reboot

Note that the .bak files in the /boot9strap/ folder on your SD card are only needed in the event of a failed boot9strap install. Once you have installed successfully, you can delete the entire boot9strap folder.

You can now press (L) + (Down) + (Select) while the system is booted to open the Rosalina menu integrated into Luma3DS. For a full list of Rosalina features, please see the Luma3DS v8.0 Release