Hacking Question Any reason not to burn fuses? (read the post)

[facundoj]

I want to play a (legal) game online on my switch. I've never gone online on OFW, so now I'm following a guide to clean my sysnand so nintendo won't ban me. The problem is I need to update the firmware to play online (I'm on 6.1.0 I think). I guess that will burn fuses, but is it really a problem? I have homebrew on emunand.

p.s.: I have AutoRCM

 

[Kingslayer_Kyle]

Burning fuses just means you can't go back to previous firmware that has a higher fuse count.

Ask yourself the question- Will I ever need to be back on older firmware? If the answer is no, then it isn't a problem.

 

[hallo23]

You can also update your Switch without burning fuses with this method: An EASY(but a bit more risky) way to update Switch Firmware WITHOUT burning any fuses | GBAtemp.net - The Independent Video Game Community

 

[facundoj]

I think I'll just update normally, thanks!

 

[Kafluke]

I see no reason to go back to 6.1. Update away!

 

[BaamAlex]

A few peoples think it is better to keep the fuse counter low or to stay on a lower firmware because they think hackers will find a new way to exploit the system. This is bullshit when they have a fusee gelee unit. This exploit is almost the "holy grail" like kate said. What i want to say is, when you can use cfw, your fuse counter doesn't matter because cfw works even when the firmware is too low for the fuse counter.

 

[eyeliner]

Burn away.

 

[Kafluke]

A few peoples think it is better to keep the fuse counter low or to stay on a lower firmware because they think hackers will find a new way to exploit the system. This is bullshit when they have a fusee gelee unit. This exploit is almost the "holy grail" like kate said. What i want to say is, when you can use cfw, your fuse counter doesn't matter because cfw works even when the firmware is too low for the fuse counter.

Did you read the OP? User wants to go online.

 

[Lacius]

• If you don't care about future exploits, then you can update and burn your fuses. It won't matter.
• If you do care about future exploits, then you should use one of the available methods to update to 9.1.0 on your clean NAND without burning fuses.

 

[Draxzelex]

The real question should be is there a reason to burn fuses. There is no reason to burn fuses therefore not burning fuses is objectively better.