The beginners guide to CFW on the 3DS

July 3, 2015 3DS Homebrew, News, Tutorial & Guides

For everyone new in the 3DS Scene and wondering what a CFW is or which CFWs exist. Then how to employ CFW, this beginners Guide to custom firmware is for yous. (You other guys tin have a look at this as well :P)

A CFW is also called "Custom Firmware". It is a modified Firmware for your Device that uses the Official Firmware as a base. It allows yous to use applications that aren't immune by the producer (Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft).
Yes this also means Piracy can be acchieved with CFWs -_-

So If y'all want to take a CFW on your 3DS your Systemfirmware has to be ix.2 or beneath. Atm it is not possible to exploit 3DS systems with firmware 9.three+.

If y'all don't have a 3DS on FW9.2 or beneath you lot can only buy one from Ebay or find one in a store near you if y'all are lucky.

Now for the 3DS CFWs (I'thou not going to embrace Gateways EmuNAND hither)
1. Palantine CFW v.one.0
Palantine CFW was the showtime 3DS CFW just it simply works on Firmware 4.5.
Information technology got leaked while information technology all the same wasn't working good. It has a high charge per unit of declining to start. It had signatures patched then that yous could install Homebrew applications and besides pirated content.It featured a way to install DevMenu or BigBlueMenu (CIA installer) over Wifi.

two.Palantine CFW 5.i.1
Information technology had a encrypted Loader then that information technology could be used with Gateways ROP Loader and a amend ARM9 Loader that decreased the start failures but it was still unstable.It has the same functions as the original Palantine CFW.

iii.RXTools

RXTools features a bunch of Utilities:

rxMode, free 3DS custom firmware
CTR Titles Decryption
Title Keys Decryption
Xorpad Generation
NAND Dumping
NAND Partitions Decryption/Injection
NAND FAT16 Xorpad Generation
System Titles Dumping
NAND Files Dumping/Injecting, for various hacks/mods
Much, much more

These are the features of RXTools:

Full and gratuitous EmuNAND support, upwardly to the latest version, nine.viii
Access to the eShop and to online playing (requires an updated emuNAND)
Back up for 100% of the games (newer ones will require emuNAND)
Support for sysNAND, in case an emuNAND is not plant
Support for the latest emuNAND version
Signatures Checks disabled
Support for installing FBI (a CIA Manager) in both emuNAND and sysNAND
Dynamic ram dumping (just for debug purpouses)
Support for sysNAND, in case an emuNAND is not establish
AGB (GBA Virtual Panel) Support
TWL (DSiWare/DS Cardriges) Support

It works from Firmware 4.ane to nine.2 and is maintained past Roxas75
For this CFW to work y'all will need slot0x25KeyX.bin (3DS 7.x.x Decryption Central, Merely google it) and firmware.bin (RXTools gives yous a programme to download it).
The Thread tin can be found here
A Tutorial on how to install rxtools can be found here
If yous want RegionFree it is explained here (Yeah 3DS is region Locked -_- then if y'all want to play Games from another Region you lot will demand RegionFree)

four.Pasta CFW
CFW that started from a unknown Pastebin. It boots into sysNAND and supports N3DS 9.0-ix.two and O3DS 4.ane-nine.2 . Has a high run a risk of bricking your 3DS if you do something stupid. It lets you use unsigned DSiWare, GBA Virtual Console, Homebrew and of grade Piracy 😐
It needs Cubic Ninja (3DS Game) to work on N3DS. It can be used on O3DS upwardly to Firmware 4.five with MSET (DS Contour Exploit) and if you have 5.0+ yous will also need Cubic Ninja.

The latest Beta added FIRMLAUNCH. It is a method to load a newer Firmware.bin to play games that you normally tin can't play on your 3DS Firmware.

This is the Team backside Pasta CFW:
Team: capito27, AlbertoSONIC, motezazer, felipejfc, nop90, dela
Contributors: crusard, FrozenFish24

Pasta CFW Thread
Hither is the Method on how to install Pasta CFW with MSET

v. CakesFW

CFW by mid-kid and b1l1s.
Features right now:

Spider four.10-9.ii and MSET iv.x and nine.0-9.2 support. Only for o3ds.
Options to boot to sysNAND (for GBA/DSi) and emuNAND up to nine.8.
Emunand supports redNAND, toshiba and samsung GW emuNANDs.
Sig patches
Patches are contained in "cakes". The .block format is a unproblematic format that bundles FIRM patches, and tells the patcher what those patches need to piece of work.

At the moment it is basically the aforementioned as rxtools merely without the decryption tools.

Thread tin can be found here

6.ReiNand CFW
Developed by Reisyukaku. It's the outset CFW that has slot0x25keyX.bin and firmware.bin build in so that you lot don't have to search for them online. This also means that the CFW is "illegal" and then I tin can't link to the CFW straight.

Features equally of Right Now

O3ds Only
Ninjhax just
Emunand Support
Region Free
Eshop
Firm for higher up 9.x
Signigture patches
Retentiveness Debugger like to NTR'south
Ram Dumping

N3DS support is being added later together with MSET support.
If you want to use this CFW google for "Reisyukaku Pastebin" so open the "ReiNand ane.0 Beta" Post. There you will discover the download link. Simply atm you will need Cubic Ninja with NinjHax installed.

seven.NTR CFW

This is a anti-piracy CFW for the N3DS. Anti-Piracy means no pirated cias (Signatures aren't patched) Idk if the Sky3DS menu is working.

Features:
Region Gratis. Region-locked games could be launched in Home Menu directly.
CFW Carte. Press X+Y in games or Domicile Bill of fare will show the NTR CFW Menu, to take screenshots or interact with plugins.
Plugin back up. Users can develop or install their ain plugins with libntrplg, plugin will run in the groundwork and is callable via NTR CFW Menu. (screenshot is a built-in plugin now)
Realtime Debugger. Debugging your plugins on wi-fi direct with NTR Debugger
Savegame Manager. Manage your savegame of 18-carat gamecards, back up migrating savegame from NTR 1.0 to NTR 2.0

For this CFW yous will need A Eu/AUS/JP/The states New 3DS with firmware 8.ane.0/nine.0.0/9.1.0/9.ii.0 and a Cubic Ninja Gamecard or the e-shop version.

The NTR CFW Thread tin be found here.

I promise I was able to help yous with choosing a CFW and getting it to run. If you take question just comment and I will endeavour to aid you 😀

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