This tutorial will allow you to install Browserhax then HomemenuHAX & finally launch a Rxtools CFW from coldboot.
To make a full working tutorial, I tried to gather all informations possible around GBAtemp.
This tutorial works for me, i own a New3DSXL EUR in 9.0 firmware, it sould work until 9.2​

Video tutorial made by @Ericzander​

Requirement :
- A 3DS, 2DS, New3DS between 9.0 and 9.2
- Use a theme at leat once
optional :
- Emunand with a Manager installed on it
- blank N3DS/3DS & Blank SDCard

BrowserHAX

1) Download Smea’s starter pack: #LINK and extract the files on your SDcard.
1.1) Download the modified MenuHAX : #LINK , put in SDcard/3DS & overwrite.
2) If you have never use a theme on your 3DS, go into the theme setting & wait for the preparation to finish then return in home menu.
3) 1st you have to turn off the Wi-Fi, next open the 3DS camera by pressing L & R at home screen, touch the QR icon at bottom-left of the bottom screen and scan the QR CODE :

then open the internet browser when the message appear.
4) The connection will fail since there is no internet, press home and activate the Wi-FI. Launch again the internet browser and wait until the Homebrew Launcher is launched. The bottom will flash into different colors, yellow, gray, blue & red.
For O3DS user : When you launch the internet browser you have zoom-in several times then go in the upper-left. You will see a slide bar, you have to click a the end of the bar. You may have to retry if it doesn't work, you also try to wait 20 seconds before clicking & hold the A button when you click on it. IT CAN BE REALLY HARD TO GET INTO HBL !!!!
5) Once you are in the Homebrew Launcher browse through the homebrews and select MenuHAX 2.0.[/code]

MenuHAX 2.0 BY YELLOWS8 & EDITED BY legofan623 (READ ALL FIRST !!!)

6a) Now that you are are in MenuHax manager, select “Install” and MenuHax will be installed. Press A to go back at select screen & quit if you don’t need anything else.
6b) You can configure the button to use to boot MenuHax, select “Configure/check haxx trigger button” & choose the option that you want to use.
- Type1, Boot MenuHAX with selected setting
- Type2, Boot Sysnand with selected setting
- Type 0 is default, L to boot MenuHAX

Exemple :
- Autoboot MenuHAX type1, select type 1, touch the bottom screen.
MenuHAX will autoboot when the 3DS is turned On & if any button is hold at boot the 3DS will boot into Sysnand.
- Autoboot MenuHAX type2, select type 2, hold specific button or combo button then touch bottom screen. HomeHax will autoboot, if you hold your specific button or combo button the 3DS will boot into Sysnand.
- Non AutoBoot MenuHax, select type 1 & hold specific button then touch bottom screen if no button is hold, Sysnand will boot if specific or combo button is hold MenuHAX will boot.

6c) You can change the boot screen image by choosing “configure MenuHAX boot logo”.
You will a 800x240 (3D work, so non 3DS logo, use twice the same picture (400x240)) png file named “imagedisplay” & put in SDcard/3DS/MenuHAX_manager then select “configure MenuHAX boot logo”
6d) If you want a custom theme on your sysnand with MenuHAX, put the body_lz.bin and BG.CWAV into SDcard/3DS/MenuHAX_manager & choose “Install custom theme” then select “install” for install MenuHAX
6e) If you want a basic theme on your sysnand with choose “Setup a basic color theme” then select “install” for install MenuHAX

CFW - RXTOOLS

This custom firmware will allows you run .CIA.

1) Rename the boot.3DSX in your SDcard into bootHBL.3DSX
2) Download Rxtools boot.3DSX (updated) :
TYPE1 : https://gbatemp.net/attachments/rxtools-rar.26153/
TYPE2 : http://www.mediafire.com/download/ydvv3aa3mk1kuy7/rxtools.3dsx
Use Type1, if you have a low boot rate, try Type2. If it's still not working try CTRbootmanager
3) Put the Rxtools.3DSX of the extracted zip in the 3DS SDcard root
3.1) Rename the Rxtools.3dsx to boot.3dsx
4) Download
- Rxtools older release : https://mega.nz/#!KQ1HVDLZ!TJhiM4zQlknFSqdkDDf8oGMHaNod6-WbR_ggznC8b3c
- Rxtools nightly build (unstable use older release if rxtools does not work correctly): https://lavanoid.github.io/ or https://www.dropbox.com/sh/blmecish9rb1r87/AACOS5s8u0xucXy59vZk6i1pa?dl=0 (last one)
5) Extract rxtools folder from Rxtools archive to sdcard root.

Spoiler: ALTERNATIVE METHOD if you want to install multiples CFW and use Homebrew launcher at the same time

1) Rename the boot.3dsx into boot_hb.3dsx
2) Download Rxtools nightly build : here or on dropbox
3) Extract rxtools folder from Rxtools archive to sdcard root.
4) Download : CTRBootManager
5) copy the two files inside the archive to your SDcard root

FOR NEW3DS USER :
6) Download Reinand 2.1 CFW
7) In Reinand archive find firmware.bin (in rei folder) the MD5 must be 006559E2567DC7DF6C0F1AF17EDD9CE8
7.1) extract it to rxtools/data (you may have to create it)
7.2) rename the firmware.bin into 0004013820000002orig.bin for old release of RXTools or 0004013820000002.bin for latest release of RXTools.
8) Put back SDcard to the N3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax method (L or not)
it should boot Rxtools and Emunand.

FOR O3DS, 2DS USER :
older release :
DL link : https://mega.nz/#!KQ1HVDLZ!TJhiM4zQlknFSqdkDDf8oGMHaNod6-WbR_ggznC8b3c
6) Find the firmware.bin ont the internet, the MD5 MUST be A9DCD99A360E8629810F8ED08403D746
7) Put the Firmware.bin in Rxtools/sys
8) Put back SDcard to the O3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax method (L or not)
10) For the first boot you will see the installation suite, wait until the 6 square are full.

newer release, you will need Python installed on your computer :
6) use the "cdn_frm" file in the "tools" directory of the rxtools to generate a folder named "firm"
7) Put the folder in rxtools folder
8) Put back SDcard to the O3DS
9) Power on your New3DS with your homemenuHax
10) For the first boot you will see the installation suite, wait until the 6 square are full.
it should boot to emunand automatically

You can use other CFW if you don't like Rxtools
For CakesFW
CakesFW thread : https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-cakesfw.391200/
CakesFW boot.3DSX : https://www.dropbox.com/s/eigz92hojmnelrs/CakeBrah.zip?dl=1
Take the Cakes.3DSX , rename it Boot.3DSX & put in SDcard root

For Reinand
Reinand thread : http://gbatemp.net/threads/source-release-reinand-n3ds-cfw.394309/
Reinand boot.3DSX : https://mega.nz/#!dp4knbDT!TDKIFrEbbJG2g1R4m7b9TC_JE63Fl7BTS0aKdYnALsw
Take the Reinand.3DSX , rename it Boot.3DSX & put in SDcard root

Install a CIA manager : O3D, 2DS ONLY & Unlinked NAND ONLY ! (for the moment)
- boot your 3DS
- Hold L at debug screen toget into Rxtools menu
- go to advanced tab (press right)
- Select "Install FBI" & choose "emuNAND" by press the Y button
- Press the B button, a message should appear.
- Keep in mind the region of your 3DS & number of the line "Version of TMD : XXXX"
- Power off your 3DS and put your SDcard in your computer
- In the rxtools archive of this guide or any nigthly go to Release/Tools/fbi_injection/Your 3DS Region/The version number of TMD and copy the 2 files at the root of your SDcard.
- Put Back your SdCard into you 3DS boot to RXtools menu
- Go to Advanced > install FBI > choose Emunand & it should install FBI on your Emunand
- Keep the files by pressing B on the follow screen.
- Boot emunand and launch the safety app (yellow triangle)
- it should launch FBI
- Instal either big blue menu or any of your CIA.

More informations :

- if you have trouble to get into emunand after boot Rxtools follw this order of installation :
- Format SDcard
- create emunand : put launcher.dat & use the web browser to get gateway menu, select format
- unlink emunand : go to Settings > remove your SDcard from 3DS > orange icon (bottom-right) > format
- activate theme on sysnand : put back sdcard, use a theme
- run browserhax : read guide
- install themehax : read guide
- install rxtools : read guide
- launch rxtools : read guide
- update emunand in rxtools : go to setting check that there is RX-E before firmware, update in settings
- reboot

- If want you want use differents Boot.3DSX at the same time, maybe a CFW and Homebrew Launcher, you can install Ctrbootmanager. It allows to choose which boot.3DSX or any files to boot when you switch on your 3S with HomemenuHAX.
Link : http://gbatemp.net/threads/ctrbootmanager-3ds-boot-manager-loader-homemenuhax.398383/

Since ctrBootManager boots rxTools directly from code.bin, it is working very nicely as a replacement for the rxTools boot.3dsx. Anyone having problems should give that a try. And if you want your boot time to be fast as possible, change the timeout to 0 in boot.cfg, and if you ever need to boot into the menu, you can just hold select.

- If 3D is broken just close your 3DS and open it should fix the 3D.
- If you want to boot in sysnand with homemenuhax autoboot just hold any button at boot.

- If you have a black screen tell in the comment what is the last thing that appear on your screens
- if nothing work i suggest you to format your SDCard & retry every step of this guide, do not skip any of them, some old files on your sdcard may prevent the good behavior of this guide.

 

[AileenLumina]

Rxtools

Do NOT use the latest nightly, it's not that stable. Instead, use the nightly of September 28. You can find it on the rxTools github.

 

[tomx86]

Better use the nightly of September 28, you can still find it on the rxTools github. It's much more stable than the latest nightlies.

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Hold [L] or any other button to prevent menuhax from re-triggering on and on. This is also why you should unlink your NANDs so you can just uninstall menuhax in emuNAND by changing the theme without affecting your sysNAND.

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You have to press and hold [L] to enter the rxTools menu.

Well I feel sheepish..... Thanks it works.

 

[LordDaemon]

Yes. Hold [L] until you are finally in emuNAND.

it doesn't works on the touch screen appear an red screen flashing

 

[tomx86]

Hey, do anybody knows what's that blank present, that sometimes installs itself when you enter rxMode, and how to stop that?

 

[Escorpion]

(QUESTION)

Well, i already make the downgrade successfully on mi Old 3ds. The thing is, after i downgraded my 3ds from 9.9 to 9.2 launching the SysUpdater via ironhax, results than i don´t have ironhax more. So, i need install Rxtools but i haven´t an Exploit to launch the Homebrew Channel. So i tried to install BrowserHax and the thing is... sorry guys but i can´t, i check some tutorials and just try and try but nothing. Can someone please help me installing browserHax on my O3DS 9.2 please????

 

[Shirako]

whenever i launch rxtools via homebrew, i get a black screen; therefore i can't setup coldboot properly. However, i can still launch rxtools only via internet browser. This gets inconvenient if i do not have internet

 

[wurstpistole]

Do NOT use the latest nightly, it's not that stable. Instead, use the nightly of September 28. You can find it on the rxTools github.

I use the latest nightly without the least issues. For me it's absolutely not any less stable than other builds. Plus is has region free while sept build doesn't.

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It's kind of annoying that people run into errors when using other guides than mine just because tut makers left things out or weren't exact enough. And it's even worde when they don't even try to fix these things. As this happens on this thread pretty often, I think I should recommend The easy, complete, comprehensive CFW guide for everyone here.

Sorry but I think my guide is also not that bad and I have it very up to date and fixed almost every issue you can possibly run into. Plus, it gets a lot of love at the moment. So, yeah.

 

[DjoeN]

Great guide!

Everybody should read it before asking questions!

 

[wurstpistole]

The main thing about this guide is that it doesn't have preparation and Emunand setup. While you're at it in another guide you can also just stay there, it's more or less the same everywhere only with differences in how up to date it is.

 

[AileenLumina]

I use the latest nightly without the least issues. For me it's absolutely not any less stable than other builds. Plus is has region free while sept build doesn't.

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Sorry but I think my guide is also not that bad and I have it very up to date and fixed almost every issue you can possibly run into. Plus, it gets a lot of love at the moment. So, yeah.

Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

I didn't mean it that way at all; no offense, really. Your guide is pretty good, but did you mention that people should hold any button when triggering of menuhax is not wanted? Because ppl ask because of that. Many tut writors left that out.

 

[wurstpistole]

I explain the two types of menuhax in my tutorial. Menuhax itself is pretty self-explanatory. Many many people had problems of rxtools just crashing into red/black because they actually had menuhax installed before creating emunand, having it copied over to emunand and causing the crashes. Then you need to hold the menuhax skip button when starting rxtools to get into emunand and change themes to kill menuhax. Took some pages to figure that out though.

 

[Propellent]

I need help, I've been trying to do this for 3 days now. So I boot my n3ds, it auto boots into menuhax and then I choose rxTools and the main screen shows up for less than a second and both screens go black.

 

[LordDaemon]

I had my 3ds with games, then i made downgrade, backup nand, install emunand, then rxtools, So far so good XD After the rxtools was equal to sysnand so here format the ds for deslink, but after use ctrbootmanager and this bug the rxtools
it doesn't run, there is somehow able to recover the games that I have on the Nintendo 3DS folder? idk how to make the Acknowledge D: What occurred to me was to use the emunand as it has the same nand my original, but not let me in ! XD wha i dooo??

sry the english xd

 

[Miguel Padrão]

if I want to install a .cia in my emunand, will I be able to do it via the homebrew menu fbi app? I'm on a N3ds xl

 

[Aeth-r]

Trying to use browserhax, I entered the URL correctly (I've double and triple checked) and I continue to get "communication error" and a blank page when trying to execute browserhax to launch HBL.

EDIT: For whatever reason, it's working now *shrug*

 

[Aeth-r]

my rxtools folder didn't have a "sys" folder in it, so I created one and dropped "firmware.bin" in it. Upon doing so, I boot to a screen telling me I need to have "code.bin" in the "sys" folder instead. "code.bin" is not mentioned anywhere in the tutorial video, am I missing something or do I just rename "firmware.bin" to "code.bin"?

EDIT: Dunno what I did, but I got it all working flawlessly. Disregard my questions lol.

 

[j3yps]

snip snip

 

[Cydget]

How can I update emunand to 9.5? I think I can find a download pack for the system update, but how do I install it?

 

[enrick]

i followed this tutorial, and i cant acces rxtools menu to install fbi .. any suggestion?

 

[Giodude]

What does it mean when rxtools crashes every single time, and on occasion loads the top screen? Sometimes i even get to press any key to continue and nothing farther. This happens with all kinds of emunad, from gateway classic boot, emunand9, and now rxtools. All of them crash. Is there any reason for this? Downgraded from 10.3 N3dsXL 9.2.0-20U.