Installing Unlaunch (Flipnote)
Before starting, Windows users should enable the option to show file extensions using File Extensions (Windows)!
Before starting, you may want to check your SD card for errors using H2testw (Windows), F3 (Linux), or F3X (Mac)!
Before proceeding, if your system region is USA, make sure your console language is set to English.
Ensure your SD card is formatted to FAT32 before proceeding.
Unlaunch is a DSi bootcode exploit which will allow you to install HiyaCFW, a DSi Custom Firmware, to your console.
Downloads
- The latest release of Unlaunch
- The latest release of HBMenu
- The latest release of Flipnote ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (“Flipnote Lenny”)
Preparing your SD card
- Insert your system’s SD card into your PC
- Copy the
private
folder from the Flipnote Lenny.zip
file to the root of your SD card - Copy
fwTool.nds
from thends
folder in the Flipnote Lenny.zip
file to the root of your SD card - Copy
BOOT.NDS
from thehbmenu
folder in the HBMenu.tar.bz2
file to the root of your SD card - Eject your SD card, and insert it back into your DSi
Creating a NAND backup
- Open the Flipnote Studio application
- Ensure that the booting to Calendar mode is disabled in Flipnote Studio’s settings
- If you already have another DSiWare exploit installed, open that and skip to Step 12
- Note that Sudokuhax cannot adequately make a backup with the required footer!
- Select
View Flipnote
->SD Card
- Click on the lenny corresponding to your region (USA, JPN or EUR)
- If you’re on an AUS console, then select EUR
- Select “Edit”
- Click on the Flipnote frog icon in the bottom left
- Click on the film roll icon
- Select
Copy
->Back
->Exit
- Click the second note with a larger lenny face, and select “Edit”
- Click on the Flipnote frog icon in the bottom left
- Click on the film roll icon
- Select
Paste
- This will launch HBMenu
- Navigate to
fwTool.nds
, and press (A)- fwTool will appear
- Navigate to
Backup DSi NAND
, and press (A)- This will take a few minutes
- Store this NAND backup in a safe location, it is a critical backup and we will need it later to install HiyaCFW
- When
saved nand.bin.sha1.
appears, the backup is finished
- Navigate to
Exit
, press (A), and power off your system
Installation
- Insert your system’s SD card into your computer
- Copy
UNLAUNCH.DSI
from the Unlaunch.zip
file to the root of your SD card - Rename
UNLAUNCH.DSI
tounlaunch.nds
- Unplug your SD card, and insert it in your DSi
- Power on your DSi, and repeat steps 1 through 11 in
Creating a NAND backup
- HBMenu will appear
- Navigate to
unlaunch.nds
, and press (A)- Unlaunch’s installer will appear
- Navigate to
INSTALL NOW
and press (A)- If Unlaunch freezes at
ERROR: MISMATCH IN FAT COPIES
, please read our FAQ
- If Unlaunch freezes at
- When done, navigate to
POWER DOWN
and press (A)- Your system will power off
- Power on your system, to verify Unlaunch installed properly
- You should now see Unlaunch’s management screen
With Unlaunch installed, your system now has primitive brick protection, unless the launcher’s TMD file is destroyed. Unlaunch has protections that should prevent this from happening, and HiyaCFW uses your SD card as the DSi’s NAND, adding a very resilient layer of brick protection.
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