This Multi-Guide provides instruction for the following:

Back up your NAND,
Backup your system information,
Restore your NAND,
Make exFAT work on lower system versions
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Please read and follow the following disclaimer before attempting to follow this guide:

Only use the files attached, I update these when needed to ensure that they are functioning. Failure to use the attached files may result in issues.

I take no responsibility for issues you may have as a result of the use of the files or instructions contained within these guides. You execute this/these guide(s) at your own risk. I'm happy to help with any questions. Please review the comments and answers on this thread as well. I try to provide assistance when requested.

Before any modification of your system, I recommend you back-up your NAND (to make yourself a clean back-up and/or a virgin NAND). Don’t use Auto RCM until after you complete your back-up.​

To follow the below guides, you will need the following:

• A micro SD card formatted to exFAT or FAT32 with at least 32 GB of free space
• All files attached at end of this guide, extracted to your PC
• Fully charged Switch (or the ability to keep the Switch plugged into a power source during the restore process)
• USB to USB-c cable (short is better)

This guide assumes you have some method of entering into RCM. (e.g. RCM jig installed or shorting pins 1+10 on the Joy-Con rail.)
You may also run the "Hekate.bin" from your own dongle or method from the
"Payloads to be used with tegra.zip" if you do not wish to use TegraGUI​

For Fat32 users only >>Join RawNand Parts Mini Guide​

Spoiler: Join or Merge RawNand Parts guide into 1 file

Download this first click here > >joiner_scripts_for_windows_linux_macos.zip
to combine the 15 parts or 30 parts of rawnand00.bin etc into 1 rawnand.bin file
Place the correct script into the folder where you have the 15 or 30 parts backed up.
example
If you have 15 parts rawnand files use the join_15_2GBparts_linux_macosx.bat For Mac
or for windows use the join_15_2GBparts_windows.bat
Simply move the desired script that matches your system windows or mac 15 or 30 parts to the folder where you have your rawnand in parts 15 or 30 double click the bat file and it will merge/join those into one file called rawnand.bin

Backup Guide ​

Spoiler: Click show to view Backup Guide

In order to run the "Hekate.bin", you first need to setup and install a payload sender and the apx driver. I have provided an application (TegraRcmGUI) in the zip files at the end of this post.

You may also run the "Hekate.bin" from your own dongle or method from the "Payloads to be used with tegra.zip" if you do not wish to use TegraGUI



Steps for this are as follows:

1. Extract TegraRcmGUI_v#.#_Installer.zip on your PC and install
   
   
2. In TegraRcmGUI, select the “Settings” tab and then click “Install Driver”
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Place the contents of “SDFILES PART 1.zip” and “SDFILES PART 2.zip” and also “SDFILES PART 3.zip” onto the root of the SD card
   - Remember to format your 32 GB SD card to exFAT or FAT32 first
   
   
4. Place the SD card into the Switch
   
   
5. Put your Switch into RCM by holding volume up + power
   - Click this link for instructions for entering >RCM<
   
   
6. With TegraRcmGUI open, connect the Switch to the PC
   - Before injecting, the Switch Icon will change to green and indicate “RCM OK” if Switch was connected correctly in RCM mode
   
   
   
7. In TegraRcmGUI: Payload tab, navigate to the location of the hekate.bin on your PC and Inject payload
   (the hekate.bin is in the payloads to be used with tegra.zip)
   
   - The Switch Icon in TegraRcmGUI will change to orange hourglass during injection
   - If payload is sent correctly, Switch Icon in TegraRcmGUI will change to green checkmark
   - If the payload is not sent, try using a different (shorter) cable and repeat from step 5.
   
   
8. Switch will automatically boot into Hekate bootloader (steps 9-24 take place on the Switch)
   
   
9. From the hekate main menu, select “Console Info”
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Select “Ipatches & bootrom info” (this isn’t in the screenshot above but should be in the Hekate Console info menu.)
    
    
11. Follow the instructions to dump to SD card
    
    
12. Return to Console info menu
    
    
13. Repeat steps 10-12 for “Print fuse info”, “Print kfuse info” and “Print TSEC keys”
    
    
14. Return to Hekate main menu (by selecting “Back” at the top)
    
    
15. From the hekate main menu, Select “Tools”
    
    
    
    
    
    
16. Select “Dump package1/2” and allow this to run
    
    
17. When complete, return to Tools menu
    
    
18. “Select “Backup”
    
    
    
    
    
    
19. Select “Backup eMMC BOOT0/1” and allow this to run
    
    
20. When complete, return to “Backup options” menu (by selecting “Back” at the top)
    
    
21. Repeat steps 19 & 20, selecting “Backup eMMC RAW GPP”, “Backup eMMC SYS” & “Backup eMMC USER” instead of “Backup eMMC BOOT0/1”
    - These may take some time so be patient. The result will be a
    - dump of Full NAND Minus the boot0/1
    
    
    - (I RECOMMEND YOU BACKUP EMMC SYS , YOU WILL NEED A EXTRA 2.61GB ON SD CARD FOR THIS..
    Used so you can recover switch in case of bad rawnand)
    ANOTHER COPY OF YOUR SYS FILES THE SAME IN YOUR RAWNAND.BIN Basically
    
    
    - (Backing up EMMC USER is Your Choice as it requires 26gb Extra)
    Used to backup your User files saves games etc
    
    
    emmc user and emmc sys are in your rawnand.bin > (eMMC RAW GPP)
    
    
    
    
22. Return to Hekate main menu (by selecting “Back” at the top)
    
    
    
23. From the hekate main menu, Select “Launch”
    
    
    
    
    
    
24. Select “BisKeyDump" from the Tools section
    
    
25. Your keys will display on the screen. Follow the onscreen instructions to dump keys to SD card
    - Resulting file, on the root of the SD card, will be named device.keys
    - Rename to “biskeys.txt” if you wish.
    
    
26. With TegraRcmGUI open, connect the Switch to the PC
    
    
27. In TegraRcmGUI: Payload tab, navigate to the location of the Lockpick_RCM.bin on your PC and Inject payload... (Lockpick_RCM.bin is in the payloads to be used with tegra.zip)
    - You should now be presented with a freaking rainbow
    - It will automatically dump your keys to your SD card to the "switch folder" the file will be named "prod.keys"
    
    
28. Press the power button on your switch.
    - Once powered off remove your SD card and put it into your pc.
    -You can now close Tegra and remove USB cable from switch to pc, if still connected.

You could also read the exFAT guide on my main post if you're having trouble running CFW or accessing Homebrew menu to update your lower system version to have exFAT support​

If you have an error when trying to use Goldleaf, please try the Goldleaf Error Guide below.
If you don't, you can skip Goldleaf Error Guide

Goldleaf error guide ​

A Big Thanks @shchmue for sorting out the bugs and for her work on the Goldleaf issues.
​

Spoiler: Click Here to show [B]Goldleaf[/B] error guide

Ensure you have a complete set of dump files:

Dump all the console info using the payload I included hekate.bin
(the hekate.bin is in the payloads to be used with tegra.zip)

1. From the hekate main menu, select “Console Info”
   
   
   
   - Console Info -> Print fuse info -> Press power button
   - Console Info -> Print kfuse info -> Press power button
   - Console Info -> Print TSEC keys -> Press power button
   
   
2. From the hekate main menu, Select “Tools"
   
   
   - Tools -> Backup -> Backup eMMC BOOT0/1
   - Tools -> Dump package1/2
   
3. Ensure all of the following files are on your SD card:
   - /switch/Goldleaf.nro
   
   
4. In the backup folder on the SD card, inside the letter and number folder, open folder dumps. Confirm the following files are present:
   
   
   - fuses.bin
   - kfuses.bin
   - tsec_key.bin
   
   
   If you’re missing one of the above .bin files, follow the Console Info instructions (above) to dump them again.
5. In the pckg1 and pckg 2 folders on the SD card, confirm the following files are present:
   
   
   pckg1 folder
   - nxloader.bin
   - pkg1_decr.bin
   - secmon.bin
   - warmboot.bin
   
   pckg2 folder
   - ini1.bin
   - kernel.bin
   - pkg2_decr.bin
   
   
   If you’re missing one of the above .bin files, follow the Tools -> Dump package 1/2 instructions (above) to dump them again.
6. On the SD Root, confirm the following files are present:
   
   
   - Boot0
   - Boot1
   
7. In the backup random number letters folder, confirm the above files are present as well.
   
   
   
   If you’re missing one of the above files, follow the Tools -> backup emmc BOOT0/1 instructions (above) to dump them again.
   
   If they are missing from one location or the other, they can be copied to the location where they are missing.

Try the Goldleaf.nro again

Before you continue

It has come to my attention that some windows 10 operating systems with builds 1507/1511/1607 will experience an issue transferring nand or switch system files from PC to your SD card or Switch. This issue results in missing bits in the copies of the archive bits, needed for the switch to operate correctly or restore of nand to work.

Our member here @Draxzelex was nice to point this out , so I thought I would add it to the guide.

If you’re on one of the affected versions of Windows 10, before transferring your files, it is recommended to use a third party application called Total commander to transfer the backups to your SD card or even when you’re moving the backup folders on PC

To check your windows 10 version:

Go to windows search by clicking the windows key (start)

Search for ‘about your PC’ in the search bar, and select ‘About your PC’ in the search results

On the right-hand side scroll down to Windows Specifications

In this section, you will see your build version

If you are above build 1607 you can ignore this information in blue.
If you are not above version 1607 then either please use Windows Update to update your build or use Total commander to move your backups around your PC or to SD card

Instead of using Total commander, you could try a method of using a compression zip/rar program like WinRAR to archive or compress the backup folder on your SD before you even think about transferring to PC, and when you go to move backup back to SD card transfer your zip or RAR to SD then extract it from there

(Not tested )

You may Continue


29. On your PC make a folder where you're going to place your backup switch nand and files



30. If you used lockpick to backup your prod.keys then Open your SD card on your PC and copy the prod.keys from the switch folder on the SD card to the folder.



31. Copy the entire backup folder from SD card to your backup folder on PC.



32. Please zip or rar the backup folder once you have transferred it on your PC
this will also save space.



Also, save the biskey.txt and prod.keys You made earlier to your backup folder
Once you backed up to your PC

And that's it.


I hope this may of helped you all or i just wasted hours of my life here


You can skip the guide below if your only backing up your nand and keys

Restore Nand Guide​

I take no responsibility for issues you may have or if your system fails to boot after restoring your NAND.
You do this at your own risk!

Please make sure to read the blue text in my Backup guide above when you made your backup

To follow the below guide, you will need the following:

Make sure your battery is charged (at least enough to complete the restore process) or keep the switch plugged into a power source (USB cable should be fine)

Spoiler: Click show to view Restore Nand Guide

Restoring your nand.....

Providing you have followed my guide above to back-up your NAND, you should have the 3 required files in your backup folder
(Plus some other files we won't be using for your restore)

- boot 0 ​

- boot 1​

- rawnand.bin
​

If you do not have these files please do not continue

1. From your number and letters folder inside the backup folder on pc, copy the below files to the restore folder on your SD card
   
   
   - Boot 0
   - Boot 1
   - rawnand.bin
   
   
   Example on sd card
   inside The folder on SD card Backup>numberletter folder>restore folder <....place files here...
2. Place the SD card into the Switch
   
   
3. Put your Switch into Rcm Mode
   
   
4. Boot into the hekate bootloader *Hekate.bin* By using tegrarcmsmashGUI
   
   
   
   
   
5. From the bootloader hekate main screen, select tools option with the volume +/- buttons and press power button to select
   
   
   
   
   
6. In the tools section, Select Restore
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. In the restore options screen, select “Restore eMMC BOOT 0/1”
   - You will be warned and asked if you are sure. To continue, press the power button and wait for the process to finish.
   - Once finished press any key to go back (do not power off at any time)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Still in the restore options screen, select “Restore eMMC RAW GPP”
   - You will be warned and asked if you are sure. To continue, press the power button and wait for the process to finish. This will take some time.
   - Once finished press any key to go back (do not power off at any time)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Now assuming all the processes went smoothly and you got no errors you should now be restored!
9. Go back to the Hekate main menu by selecting back
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. On the main menu select power off.
    
    
    
    
    
11. Reboot your switch as normal with the power button

If all went well, you should now see the Nintendo logo and should boot back into the main OS of the switch.


Well done you successfully restored your NAND!!

Did you sh*t your pants ???


Again I take no responsibility For backing up and or restoring your NAND, this is a dangerous process and you do it at your own risk.


If I have helped you and this worked for you please hit that like button.


Thanks, and have a good day!

Exfat Update Guide For
Lower System Versions​

Spoiler: Click here to view exfat update guide

At this time I have not made the exFAT guide myself so until I do I thought I’d link to another exFAT guide,
Please like his thread if it helps you and mine if you like the information I’ve provided

Method 1 (Not as easy but doable)
Method 1 Link
Method 2 (A lot easier)
Method 2 Link


Info taken from Method 2


Q: I just want to install exFAT on the current firmware version I already have. Can I do this using ChoiDujourNX?


A: Absolutely, just place a folder containing the exFAT version of the firmware you are currently running and choose it inside ChoiDujourNX. It will only install the required couple of packages needed for exFAT, and you can even disable the AutoRCM option (if you are sure the firmware you are installing is the same burned fuse count as the one you are currently running).

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If i have helped you, Or you like my post
Then Please hit that like button it will help me a'lot thank you

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[Canna]

Biskeys Can be done separately from the Hekate main menu navigate to launch then select tools,,and should see biskeys dump and memloader... Providing your using my hekate ini file included in my sd card files... i will check the ini i uploaded to make sure it is correct if so then the issue is your end,,

 

[ammaralidj]

I accidentally updated to 7.0 while i was on Reinx .i i have a nand backup created with Hekate when on 3.0.2. Can i follow this guide to restore my nand, my switch is stuck in RCM mode .
Secondlyif use this guide what about fuses?

 

[McFly7889]

Hi,
Thanks very much for this excellent guide !
Just one question, before proceding this tutorial i am not able to download the 3 following files you are refering :

"Place the contents of “SDFILES PART 1.zip” and “SDFILES PART 2.zip” and also “SDFILES PART 3.zip” onto the root of the SD card"​

When I click on these links I receive the message : The requested attachment could not be found.

Many thanks for your help !

 

[Canna]

I accidentally updated to 7.0 while i was on Reinx .i i have a nand backup created with Hekate when on 3.0.2. Can i follow this guide to restore my nand, my switch is stuck in RCM mode .
Secondlyif use this guide what about fuses?

Hekate bypasses fuse checks ,,, im not sure on the support for 7.0 atm...

I recommend you make a full backup of what is on your console now.. aka follow the guide for backup...

then maybe only after you backup,

Try to restore your old nand with hekate ,, and make sure you boot with hekate or the 3.0.2 will not load..
If all goes well then you must use hekate to boot everytime..

Unfortunalty your stuck with the fuse count for 7.0 so you must use hekate to boot lower system versions.



The above is just a suggestion do this at your own risk.. sorry to hear you updated to 7.0 so soon..

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Hi,
Thanks very much for this excellent guide !
Just one question, before proceding this tutorial i am not able to download the 3 following files you are refering :

"Place the contents of “SDFILES PART 1.zip” and “SDFILES PART 2.zip” and also “SDFILES PART 3.zip” onto the root of the SD card"​

When I click on these links I receive the message : The requested attachment could not be found.

Many thanks for your help !

Sorry about that the links in the guide seem to be dead i will fix this next time i edit... For now use the Download links at the bottom under the guide attached, like everyone else..

Or click these
SDFILES PART 1
Link

SDFILES PART 2
Link

SDFILES PART 3
Link


Heres what it looks like..

 

[ammaralidj]

Hekate bypasses fuse checks ,,, im not sure on the support for 7.0 atm...

I recommend you make a full backup of what is on your console now.. aka follow the guide for backup...

then maybe only after you backup,

Try to restore your old nand with hekate ,, and make sure you boot with hekate or the 3.0.2 will not load..
If all goes well then you must use hekate to boot everytime..

Unfortunalty your stuck with the fuse count for 7.0 so you must use hekate to boot lower system versions.



The above is just a suggestion do this at your own risk.. sorry to hear you updated to 7.0 so soon..

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Thank you for your reply. I restored my nand successfully. And yes i always use hekate.

Sent from my Redmi Note 5 Pro using Tapatalk

 

[Robika]

How can I get exfat support without updating to 7.0? I am on 6.2 right now.

 

[Canna]

6.2 has exfat support...
if you dont have it for some reason use choidujourNX and update to same firmware version but tick the add exfat ...
You should already have exfat tho..

 

[Robika]

6.2 has exfat support...
if you dont have it for some reason use choidujourNX and update to same firmware version but tick the add exfat ...
You should already have exfat tho..

thanks I did it now when I got to the part with biskeydump it froze with the QR code on screen what should I do? HELP I got the keys on my email but I can't do anything on my switch should I turn it off en reenter the recovey?

 

[Canna]

thanks I did it now when I got to the part with biskeydump it froze with the QR code on screen what should I do? HELP I got the keys on my email but I can't do anything on my switch should I turn it off en reenter the recovey?

Yes a restart will not hurt you

 

[Robika]

I did everything on the list and Kezplez gives me me an Error, I tried the error guide. Did it with Lockpick and everything goes fine having a lot of trouble xD

 

[leon315]

i followed the guide and i managed to created both BOOT0, BOOT1 AND rawnand.bin, they are 29,1gb, but the who process there are also other folders were generated:

-dumps
-partitions(which weights 28gb!)
-pkg1 and 2
-restore

Should i keep them beside those 3 nands?

 

[Canna]

I did everything on the list and Kezplez gives me me an Error, I tried the error guide. Did it with Lockpick and everything goes fine having a lot of trouble xD

Kezplez is full of errors. Lockpick was made to replace kezplez but I've included it here so users have a choice.
Any issues with lockpick, speak to @shchmue

 

[HappyDX]

I'm having the exact same issue as post #409. I'm on 5.1 and I'm using your files. I've done the NAND back up but its just these keys that are causing errors. Any help Canna?

 

[xarcadex]

when downloading files and trying to unzip I keep getting errors, using winrar 5.01

 

[Canna]

when downloading files and trying to unzip I keep getting errors, using winrar 5.01

try 7zip no errors here for extracting

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I'm having the exact same issue as post #409. I'm on 5.1 and I'm using your files. I've done the NAND back up but its just these keys that are causing errors. Any help Canna?

use lockpick instead of kezplez please .

thinking of removing kezplez completely from guide

 

[Draxzelex]

use lockpick instead of kezplez please .

thinking of removing kezplez completely from guide

I don't get why you haven't removed it. Lockpick is superior in every single imaginable way. Its faster, dumps more keys, less prone to bugs, easier to troubleshoot, under active development, etc.

 

[HappyDX]

try 7zip no errors here for extracting

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use lockpick instead of kezplez please .

thinking of removing kezplez completely from guide

Oh! I'm failing at the "“Print TSEC keys" and dump package1/2 stage. Are you saying Lockpick does this anyway? Sorry was a bit confused.

 

[jadelaroche]

On step 21 of Backup, it says to backup "eMMC SYS and eMMC User" but on step 7-9 of Restore, it only says to restore eMMC boot0/1 and eMMC RAW GPP.

Why do we need to back up SYS/User files if we are not restoring GPP partitions or do we need to restore GPP partitions too?

 

[Canna]

On step 21 of Backup, it says to backup "eMMC SYS and eMMC User" but on step 7-9 of Restore, it only says to restore eMMC boot0/1 and eMMC RAW GPP.

Why do we need to back up SYS/User files if we are not restoring GPP partitions or do we need to restore GPP partitions too?

i asked everyone to do that so they have another recovery option (way to rebuild from partitions) im doing you a huge favour by asking you to back that up also

rawgpp =all partitions into 1 file.

rawsys = all operating partitions in multiple files

rawuser = user partition only

 

[jadelaroche]

i asked everyone to do that so they have another recovery option (way to rebuild from partitions) im doing you a huge favour by asking you to back that up also

rawgpp =all partitions into 1 file.

rawsys = all operating partitions in multiple files

rawuser = user partition only

Thanks for the info.

1. If I turn off my switch in Custom Firmware or the battery depleted, I have to make sure to turn it back on with RCM mode right?

2. If happen to press power button to turn on without entering RCM, this means the nand backup is wasted since it already power on to original firmware without restoring?