This article is for educational purposes. Piracy of games you do not own is illegal. The method described here applies only to legal backups of your own Pokemon X cartridge. Respect copyright laws and developers’ rights.

Includes increased detection for external cheat devices. Installing the Update as a CIA

You installed the CIA, but Pokemon X still says “A software update is available.” Here’s the fix.

: Place the .cia update file into a folder (commonly named "cias") on the root of your 3DS SD card. Install via FBI : Open the FBI homebrew application on your 3DS. Navigate to SD -> cias .