Things to check to ensure SafeB9SInstaller loads?

jestergi commented 6 years ago

Doing this for first time. Using an R4i Gold 3DS on an original 3DS running v11.4.0-20U. I can't get SafeB9SInstaller to launch. I've done the following:

Flashed ntrboot onto R4i Gold 3DS.
Copied SafeB9SInstaller.firm to root of my SD card and renamed to boot.firm.
Copied contents of starter.zip to root of my SD card.
Created folder named boot9strap in root of my SD card.
Copied v1.3 of boot9strap.firm and boot9strap.firm.sha into the boot9strap folder on my SD card.
Inserted flash card into 3DS.
Located sleep sensor.
Powered off 3DS.
Placed magnet on sleep sensor.
Pressed and held Power, Start, Select and X for anywhere from 5-10 seconds and released.

While holding power the power button would light up, but as soon as I released the buttons (still holding the magnet in place) the light would just go back off. My assumption is that upon releasing the buttons the card would boot and start the SafeB9SInstaller.

Is there something I'm doing wrong? Is there something special I need to have done to my flash cart? Or will this method not work with the 3DS version I'm running? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.

Derek1199 commented 6 years ago

Uh. Maybe you flashed the wrong b9s type to your cart...

jestergi commented 6 years ago

I haven't actually flashed any b9s yet that I'm aware of; I figured that's what SafeB9SInstaller was supposed to do. I'm following the guide at 3ds.guide/ntrboot. It advised to download the latest SafeB9SInstaller and the latest release of boot9strap. It specifies to download the "standard boot9strap; not the devkit file, not the ntr file", so I grabbed boot9strap-1.3.zip from this repository.

However I haven't been able to get SafeB9SInstaller to launch so no boot9strap has been installed yet.

EDIT Unless you mean the wrong ntrboot. I went through the menu options until it listed R4i Gold 3DS.

urherenow commented 6 years ago

Github is not a support forum. Also the page I think you're following is the follow-up to https://3ds.guide/flashing-ntrboot-(3ds-single-system). If you can't do that page, read up on ntrboot_flasher, which requires the ntr version of safeb9sinstaller in the folder "ntrboot", for flashing to your card.

Derek1199 commented 6 years ago

Wrong there. There is no "ntr" version of safeb9sinstaller. You place the files in ntr.zip in the ntrboot folder. Then you place the files from the regular .zip in the boot9strap folder, then rename safeb9sinstaller.firm to boot.firm , make sure you flash b9s to your flashcart. After that you can use the ntrboot exploit and install b9s. Very simple.

urherenow commented 6 years ago

My bad, I meant ntr version of boot9strap. using ntrboot_flasher I used the directions now located on this page: https://3ds.guide/flashing-ntrboot-(3ds-multi-system)

Never used a .zip file in the ntrboot folder.

either way, github isn't a support forum. This area is for reporting bugs.

jestergi commented 6 years ago

Ok, sorry about that. Thanks, folks.

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