Installing a Permanent Entrypoint (sudokuhax)

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We will now install install a permanent entrypoint.

Make sure you have followed the Getting Started page before proceeding.

There is a risk of bricking. Please ensure that all steps are followed correctly, and keep the NAND backup we will create in a safe place.
Ensure that your DSi has at least 30 blocks free before proceeding or you WILL brick! This can be found in Settings -> Data Management -> System Memory.

To use the magnet links on this page, you will need a torrent client like Deluge.

What you need

Instructions

Section I - Preparing

  1. Insert your system's SD card into your computer.
  2. Copy the contents of sudokuhax.zip to the root of your SD card.
  3. Remove the SD card from your computer, and insert it into the SD card slot on your DSi.
  4. Power on your DSi, and open Flipnote Studio.
  5. Press "View Flipnote", then "SD Card".
  6. Choose "select folder", then choose "user" instead of "normal".
  7. Open the ugopwn folder.
  8. Click on the note with the red bottom half, then choose "edit".
  9. Once you are on the editing page, click on the flipnote frog icon in the bottom left.
  10. Click on the film roll icon, then choose "copy".
  11. Choose "back", then "exit".
  12. Click on the second note, then choose "edit".
  13. Click on the flipnote frog icon in the bottom left.
  14. Click on the film roll icon.
  15. Click on the single right arrow (the next to last arrow icon) two times. You will see a new frame be created.
  16. Click on the paste button exactly 122 times.
  17. Click the erase button, then the paste button. If twlnf doesn't appear, ensure that booting to Calender mode is disabled in Flipnote Studio's settings.
  18. You are now in twlnf. If prompted, press (A) to create a NAND backup. This will take a few minutes.
  19. When prompted, press (X) to mount the NAND directly. (twlnf does not list this as an option.)

Section II - Installing your Permanent Entrypoint

  1. Open to the sudoku folder, then the content folder.
  2. Navigate to title.tmd, and press (A).
  3. When prompted, press (A) to install to NAND.
  4. twlnf is now installing your permanent entrypoint. When all done appears, Sudoku and sudokuhax have been successfully installed.
  5. Press (SELECT) to quit twlnf, then (A) to confirm. Your DSi will power off.
  6. Power on your DSi, and tap the new gift box on your system menu to "unwrap" Sudoku.

Section III - Launching your Permanent Entrypoint

sudokuhax is triggered with the following method:
  • Wait for the ESRB and EA screens to pass.
  • When the game prompts you to touch to start, touch the screen to load the entrypoint.
sudokuhax will load whatever homebrew you have on your SD card as boot.nds. Currently, this is twlnf. It is recommended that you install SRLoader, as it can launch both commercial ROMs and homebrew, and has several emulators built in.

You may now run homebrew at any time using sudokuhax.