Installing hiyaCFW
Do not system update after installing hiyaCFW. Doing so will remove hiyaCFW’s SD patches.
Requirements #
- A Nintendo DSi with Unlaunch installed
- A NAND Backup taken from your device using dumpTool
- A Windows, macOS, or Linux device
Part 1: Preparing your PC for installing hiyaCFW #
The hiyaCFW Helper is known to cause false positives with Windows Defender and other antivirus programs, please temporarity disable such programs if you have trouble downloading or running it.
- Download & install the latest version of 7-Zip
- This will not work with any other archive extractor tool, such as WinRAR, the hiyaCFW helper relies on 7-Zip itself, and not a general archive extractor
- Download the latest Windows version of the hiyaCFW Helper
- Extract the hiyaCFW Helper archive anywhere on your PC
- Download the latest macOS version of the hiyaCFW Helper
- Extract the hiyaCFW Helper archive anywhere on your PC
- Install Python 3 using your package manager if its not already installed
- Download the latest Python version of the hiyaCFW Helper
- Extract the hiyaCFW Helper archive anywhere on your PC
- Install tkinter with the following command for your distro if you don’t already have it:
- Debian-based:
sudo apt-get install python3-tk
- Debian-based:
Part 2: Adding hiyaCFW files to your SD card #
- Launch the hiyaCFW Helper
- Windows: Launch the
HiyaCFW_Helper.exe
file extracted from the hiyaCFW Helper archive (you may need to temporarily disable your antivirus) - macOS: Right click the
HiyaCFW_Helper
file extracted from the hiyaCFW Helper archive and chooseOpen
- Linux: Launch the
HiyaCFW_Helper.py
extracted from the hiyaCFW Helper archive
- Windows: Launch the
- Click the
...
button in the “NAND file with No$GBA footer” box - Navigate to your NAND backup, and click
Open
- Press
Start
- In the new pop-up window, navigate to the root of your SD card, and press
OK
.- The process may take several minutes
- When the application says
Done!
, close out of the hiyaCFW Helper - Close the terminal window
Part 3: Configuring Unlaunch and hiyaCFW #
- Power on your Nintendo DSi console while holding A and B
- This should take you to Unlaunch’s file menu
- Navigate to
OPTIONS
, thenNO BUTTON
- Select
hiyaCFW
and press A- This will make the system launch hiyaCFW automatically
- Save your settings and restart your console
- Hold SELECT while powering on your Nintendo DSi console to access the hiyaCFW settings
- Change the settings to your liking, then press START to continue
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, please see the faq page.
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