See what I got here..It's a brand new R4i Gold 3DS Plus.
I am going to use this card to install custom firmware on my console
See the NTR boot text right there ? It's going to be fun
So actually I have two R4i Gold 3DS flashcart. The R4i Gold 3DS RTS and the R4i Gold 3DS Plus
Both flashcarts are compatible with ntrboot. The difference is, you just need to slide the switch
to the ntrboot mode for the R4i Gold Plus, whereas you need to flash the ntrboot
for the R4i Gold 3DS RTS
Let's disassemble the flashcart to see the differences between the two of them
The blue one is the R4i Gold 3DS Plus and the red one is the R4i Gold 3DS RTS
Look at the size difference between those chips. The R4i Gold 3DS Plus has a built-in
ntrboot feature. That is why it needs a bigger chip to operate.
And the R4i Gold 3DS Plus has an internal switch.
Slide to N for ntrboot mode and slide to D for normal mode.
By using this switch, you don't have to worry about flashing the wrong firmware to the flashcart.
Let's get started
This is my New 2DS XL running stock firmware 11.6. Remember, you can follow this guide on
any 2DS or 3DS variants on any firmware version
Let's turn off the console and insert the R4i Gold 3DS RTS flashcart.
You need a micro sd card for this flashcart to work correctly.
But I will show you what will happen if you ignore it.
Turn on the console
You can see the flashcart or game cartridge icon here.
Try to run it
Nothing happened. You only see a black screen. I am sure many of you will think
that this flashcart is broken. It is not broken. You must put the correct firmware of the
flashcart inside the flashcart's micro sd card.
Now press the home button and close it
The same thing will happened if you use the R4i Gold 3DS Plus without the micro sd card
Yes, the black screen. But you can ignore the micro SD card for the R4i Gold 3DS Plus
unless you are planning to play some NDS games with it.
On any other flashcart, you may see this icon on the screen. It means you need to put the
correct firmware for the flashcart inside the flashcart's micro sd card
Just go to the official site for your flashcart and download the correct firmware for it
Now remove the flashcart and the console's micro sd card
For the first alternative, we are going to mod the console using the R4i Gold 3DS RTS.
You will need a micro sd card for the flashcart. Any brand and size will work.
This is the ntrboot package. You need Winrar to open this archive
This is the flashcart's micro sd card and this is the content of the ntrboot package
There are four folders inside the package. Extract the flashcard sdcard root content
to the flashcart's micro sd card
Now you can remove the flashcart's micro sd card and insert the console's micro sd card
to the computer
Extract the console sd card root content to the console's micro sd card
Insert the flashcart's micro sd card to the flashcart
Then insert the flashcart and the console's micro sd card to the console
And load the flashcart
Choose the micro SD card icon and run the ntrboot flasher
You will see a notification screen. Just press A to continue
Read the top screen and press Up or Down button to select your flashcart.
I am using R4i Gold 3DS RTS flashcart so I chose the last page.
Press A to confirm it
Press A to Inject ntrboothax
Then press A to select Retail
It will begin injecting ntrboothax to the flashcart
It will take about 1.5 minutes to process. Please be patient
Then press A and then B to exit
Then turn off the console
Now turn on the console
Now you cannot see the flashcart icon on the home screen. Don't worry, you can restore the
flashcart functionality later
If you are using the R4i Gold 3DS Plus, you don't have to inject the ntrboothax to the flashcart.
Just disassemble the R4i Gold 3DS Plus flashcart
And slide the switch to N for ntrboot mode.
Then reassemble the flashcart
At this stage, if you swap the R4i Gold 3DS RTS or any other flashcart with the R4i Gold
3DS Plus, you will get the same result.
Same result means, you cannot see the flashcart icon on the homescreen, because it is already on ntrboot mode
Now prepare a magnet. Any magnet works as long as it is strong enough to trigger the sleep
mode. You don't need a magnet if you have an old 2DS console. You just need to
slide the sleep switch
I used this magnetizer and demagnetizer. You can buy this on ebay or aliexpress
To use the magnet, just put it near the ABXY button. If the console sleeps, then you have found the sweet spot.
If you have a New 3DS XL console, then here's the sweet spot. It is located below the ABXY button
Now turn off the console
Place the magnet at the sweet spot
Press and hold X, Start and Select button, then press the power button.
If done correctly, you will be at SafeB9SInstaller
You can put aside the magnet if you like
Make sure you can see all the green texts on the bottom screen
Then press the given combo keys to continue
And It will begin installing boot9strap
Now you will have to turn off the console
Then you should remove the console's micro sd card and insert it to the computer
At this stage, you won't be needing the flashcart function anymore. You can remove it
or leave it there as you like.
This is the console's micro sd card and this is the ntrboot package
Open the latest luma3ds folder and extract its content to the root of the console's micro sd card.
Replace the current safeb9sinstaller boot.firm file with the luma3ds boot.firm file.
Reinsert the micro sd card to the console
Then turn it on
If done correctly, you will be a Luma3DS configuration screen.
Press the down button to select Show NAND or user string in System Settings and then press A to select it.
You must see the x character inside the parentheses
Then press Start to reboot the console
Now go to system settings and check its firmware version
You should see the Sys prefix in front of the firmware version. It means you are running
a custom firmware on SysNAND
Now we are going to do the finalization step
Open the Download Play app
Now you need to press and hold L + Down + Select button to open the Rosalina menu
Then select Miscellaneous options...
Select Switch the homebrew title to the current app.
Press B several times to exit Rosalina menu
Then press Home button and close the Download Play app.
Then reopen the Download Play app
If done correctly, you will be at the Homebrew Launcher
This is temporary. You can always have the original function of the Download Play app after restarting the console.
Now find FBI and run it.
Now you are on the main FBI screen. Navigate to SD and then cias folder.
Select the current directory and choose install and delete all CIAs
Press any button then press B several times to go back to the main screen
then press start to exit FBI
Now you will have to press the home button
Ignore the pop up window then press OK
Then get back to the Download Play icon and close it.
Now you can unwrap all the new installed titles
Run DSP1 app
This app is responsible for outputting sounds on homebrew app
It will dump the required data and place it into the 3ds folder.
You just need to press B to delete this app and return to the home screen.
Now you can open the Luma3DS updater and see if there is an updated version of Luma3DS
As I made this video, the latest version of Luma3DS is version 8.1.1
This console is already running the latest version of Luma3DS. I just pressed Start button
to exit the updater
You can go to the system settings to update the console firmware if available
And as I made the video, the latest 3DS firmware version is 11.6.
So for my case, there is no new firmware available to update.
Just remember this, updating the console to the latest version, won't break the custom firmware.
In other words, it is 100% safe to update the console to the latest firmware version if available
At this stage, you have successfully installed custom firmware on your console
The next step is to make a NAND backup
Press and hold Start then press Power button to enter Godmode9
Then press the Home button and choose Scripts. Choose Backup SysNAND
then press A to confirm it.
It will take about 8 minutes to backup the NAND. Please be patient.
Press A and then press A again then press Start to reboot the console
The next part is to restore the flashcart to its original settings
Turn off the console
Remove the flashcart from the console
To restore the R4i Gold 3DS Plus to normal mode, you need to disassemble it again.
Then slide the switch to D
And reassemble it
Then you will see the flashcart icon back on the home screen.
Now remember, I have injected the ntrboot to the R4i Gold 3DS RTS too.
So you still cannot see the flashcart icon on the home screen.
To restore it, just remove the console's micro sd card.
Then insert the micro sd card to the computer
This is the console's micro sd card and this is the ntrboot package
Navigate to flashcard restore folder
Enter the flashrom folder
There are several flashroms to restore any compatible flashcart.
I chose R4i Gold 3DS RTS HW A7 Flashrom
To be honest, I don't know any differences between those A5 A6 or A7. I just picked the highest number.
Drag the backup.bin file to the ntrboot folder on the console's micro sd card
Double click the dots to get back to the previous folder then enter sd card root folder.
Drag all the folders to the console's micro sd card
Insert the micro sd card to the console
Press and hold Start then Power button to enter Luma Chainloader screen, then choose Ntrboot_flasher.
Press A to continue
There are four flashcarts to choose. I chose R4i Gold 3DS.
Select Restore Flash
It will begin restoring the flashcart
Press A to return to the main menu
Then choose Reboot the console
Now you can see the flashcart icon back on the home screen.
Congratulation, you have completed the tutorial for now. You can install any homebrew apps or out of region games from now on.
I am sure many of you don't know about this trick. You can run any firm payload without the need to mod the console permanently.
Make sure you have an ntrboot compatible flashcart, either injected or switched to ntrboot mode
Remove the micro sd card or sd card from the console
Look at these archives. All of them have firm payload inside it.
Pick the one you need. For example Decrypt9WIP.
Copy the firm file to the console's micro sd card then rename it to boot.firm
Then insert the micro sd card to the console
This console is still on stock firmware. You can see its status on the system settings
Turn off the console
Prepare a magnet and put it on the sweet spot
Then press and hold X button, Start button, and Select button then press the Power button.
If done correctly, you will be running Decrypt9WIP
Remember, you are running this app without modding the console first.
By running this app, you can backup the stock firmware or do anything else.
How about running Luma3DS without modding the console first?
Of course you can. Just do the same thing. Put the Luma3DS boot.firm file to the console's micro SD card and do the magnet thing.
Now select Show NAND or user string in system settings and then press Start to reboot the console
When you go to system settings, you will see the Sys prefix. That means it is now running the Luma3DS
But when you reboot the console...
You will be back at the stock firmware
So, in other words, you can run any firm payload without modding the console first, but it will run temporarily.
You have come to the end of the lengthy tutorial. Thank you for watching this. I hope it helped you.
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