This can be done by accessing the 'Settings' button in the web browser. If you the installation continues to fail, try deleting the browser's cookies and history. If you are stuck in the screen flashing part for more than 30 seconds the installation has failed and you will need to turn off your system and try again. We will then be greeted by the homebrew launcher menu, with several pieces of software already installed for us to play with. If we have set everything up correctly, we'll see the bottom screen flash several different colors and eventually the top screen will turn black with some white text appearing momentarily.

Navigate to the 3DS web browser, which can be found at the top of the bottom screen when in the main menu, and either type in this url ( ) or you can use the 3DS's camera, which can be activated by pressing both the L and R buttons while in the main menu, to scan this qr code which will automatically direct you to the webpage. Now that we've prepared our SD card we can utilize Browserhax on our system. As you can see the red New3DS is not capable of being homebrewed, while the black 3DS XL and black original 3DS are. In the bottom picture you can see three examples of the firmware version. Once the date reaches January 2 you will need to perform these steps again in order to use this workaround. If you see the nag message you will not be able to use Browserhax, but it is possible to circumvent the nag message by performing the following steps:ġ.Go to System Settings and change the date to January 1, 2000, 00:00.Ģ.Use the browser 'Initialize save data' option, before any page gets loaded triggering the browser version message.(Note that you can't press the HOME button to return from the browser, otherwise you will have to re-initialize the save data again. However, starting with version 9.9 the firmware will check if the system is up to date, and if not, refuse to allow you to use the browser. Currently in order to use Browserhax your firmware must be lower than 10.3.0-28. The firmware version of your 3DS can easily be determined by selecting the System Settings icon and checking the bottom-right corner of the top screen.

Firmware is updated as time goes on just like any major product, with higher numbers being newer versions.

The firmware is the operating system that the 3DS runs on.

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