Hacking *Coming Soon* [Guide] Community noob guide to Switch hacking

[Kafluke]

Thanks! Still waiting for some switch news for noobs. Not much yet other than announcements and promises

 

[Jonna]

just pointing out that gbatemp is getting littered with people creating threads in the hope to get some behind the scene information, when nothing has been released.

these threads are as much use as creating a PS5 N00b hacking guide.

Alright, he didn't argue with you, is being absolutely positive through all this, even took action upon himself to appease you (which he didn't even have to do in the first place), and has even asked your opinion on how to work together to make this great in the first place. Even after insulting him, despite him making positive contributions in his past experience, you're now ignoring his question.

If you're not interested at all, he's being super about the whole thing, so the absolutely tiniest ounce of respect a human can muster, at least, could be followed through with two words: "No thanks."

Please feel free to pass by this message if you are a robot or AI.

 

[AlphaSapphire]

is it coming feb 18 idc really

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

It's been my understanding that plutoo's work requires PegaSwitch, so by now I'd think this guide at least have a link to this.

 

[tunip3]

2-20-18

Homebrew guide!
Taken from https://switchbrew.github.io/nx-hbl/

1. Download latest nx-hbmenu.
2. Put the hbmenu.nro on the root of your sdcard.
3. Insert the sdcard into the device.
4. Set your Switch DNS server to 104.236.106.125, and perform a connection test.
5. Click "Install".
   If you see 2000-1337 on your screen it means installation succeeded.
   
6. Restart the device, and perform a new connection test.
7. Click "Run".
   The exploit is finished when there's a popup asking you to exit.
   
8. Go to the home menu and click the Album icon

Spoiler: Old updates to the guide

Spoiler: 2-1-18

2-1-18



Things are heating up. No content yet. Just reserving the title.



I'm already working on content.



This thread will serve as a "community guide" meaning that it will have as many approved contributers as want to participate.



Just like the Wii U noob community guide it will be updated frequently to stay current and concise. There will inevitably be many incorrect guides and YouTube videos sending countless misinformed users flocking to gbatemp asking for help. Let's make a kick ass noob guide together to keep it all straight.



Let the fun begin ...

Thanks for the guide yours don't create people with no clue what they are doing unlike plailects

 

[Foundforgood89]

So question: I am having trouble getting the error after connecting to the network. What's strange is it works fine (gives me the error) when I use my phone to make a tethered network, but connenects normally (with no error) on my home network. Is there some router settings I should check? Both networks were tested using the same DNS settings

 

[nWo]

Hey Kafluke. Thank you man. Been following your works a good time now, I really appreciate all this man.

 

[Type_O_Dev]

2-20-18

Homebrew guide!
Taken from https://switchbrew.github.io/nx-hbl/

1. Download latest nx-hbmenu.
2. Put the hbmenu.nro on the root of your sdcard.
3. Insert the sdcard into the device.
4. Set your Switch DNS server to 104.236.106.125, and perform a connection test.
5. Click "Install".
   If you see 2000-1337 on your screen it means installation succeeded.
   
6. Restart the device, and perform a new connection test.
7. Click "Run".
   The exploit is finished when there's a popup asking you to exit.
   
8. Go to the home menu and click the Album icon

Spoiler: Old updates to the guide

Spoiler: 2-1-18

2-1-18



Things are heating up. No content yet. Just reserving the title.



I'm already working on content.

What firmware versions will above work, what exploits are available to different versions? How to prevent updates?



This thread will serve as a "community guide" meaning that it will have as many approved contributers as want to participate.



Just like the Wii U noob community guide it will be updated frequently to stay current and concise. There will inevitably be many incorrect guides and YouTube videos sending countless misinformed users flocking to gbatemp asking for help. Let's make a kick ass noob guide together to keep it all straight.



Let the fun begin ...

2-20-18

Homebrew guide!
Taken from https://switchbrew.github.io/nx-hbl/

1. Download latest nx-hbmenu.
2. Put the hbmenu.nro on the root of your sdcard.
3. Insert the sdcard into the device.
4. Set your Switch DNS server to 104.236.106.125, and perform a connection test.
5. Click "Install".
   If you see 2000-1337 on your screen it means installation succeeded.
   
6. Restart the device, and perform a new connection test.
7. Click "Run".
   The exploit is finished when there's a popup asking you to exit.
   
8. Go to the home menu and click the Album icon

Spoiler: Old updates to the guide

Spoiler: 2-1-18

2-1-18



Things are heating up. No content yet. Just reserving the title.



I'm already working on content.



This thread will serve as a "community guide" meaning that it will have as many approved contributers as want to participate.



Just like the Wii U noob community guide it will be updated frequently to stay current and concise. There will inevitably be many incorrect guides and YouTube videos sending countless misinformed users flocking to gbatemp asking for help. Let's make a kick ass noob guide together to keep it all straight.



Let the fun begin ...

What firmware versions will above work, what exploits are available to different versions. How to prevent updates.
How to install AppstoreNX

 

[Sephirosu]

What firmware versions will above work, what exploits are available to different versions. How to prevent updates.
How to install AppstoreNX

"... for Switch, version 3.0.0"

Because you know... Even thou 2.x and 3 are interchangeable nobody wants to code for 2.x... oh well... A few more months to go.

 

[Kafluke]

What firmware versions will above work, what exploits are available to different versions. How to prevent updates.
How to install AppstoreNX

I don't know yet. My switch is 4.1.0. That information was added by @epickid37

 

[APartOfMe]

What firmware versions will above work, what exploits are available to different versions. How to prevent updates.
How to install AppstoreNX

Homebrew works only on 3.0.0 right now. Cfw will be released on all firmwares in the summer, but will be harder to install on 5.x.x. there's a guide on switch.cfw.guide that will tell you how to block updates

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I don't know yet. My switch is 4.1.0. That information was added by @epickid37

I'm on 5.0.1. I accidentally updated my switch

 

[Hondyn]

Great! This way we sure gonna go through the proccess the right way instead of

Okay, I get it you guys are hilarious. The joke is over. No need to keep "reserving" posts. I just wanted to create a space for real contributers to build an awesome guide before 50 other guides all pop up. Instead of having multiple guides it's better to have one single community guide that gets updated frequently by multiple users. Just like the Wii U guide.

If you re willing to give it up just because of anbunch of haters you should not even have started making this post. It doesnt matter what you do, you cannot make everone happy buddy. So enough with this bull**** and keep the good work up and f*** off the haters. There are so many people out there who needs this post, keep it up.

 

[Kafluke]

Great! This way we sure gonna go through the proccess the right way instead of


If you re willing to give it up just because of anbunch of haters you should not even have started making this post. It doesnt matter what you do, you cannot make everone happy buddy. So enough with this bull**** and keep the good work up and f*** off the haters. There are so many people out there who needs this post, keep it up.

I haven't given up. I just don't have an exploitable switch yet so as soon as an exploit for 4.1 comes out I can start playing with homebrew and then work on this some more

 

[poisonedbite]

Irritating it doesn't work on 4.1. if anyone is wondering, it just gets stuck on the pegaswitched logo when it fails.

 

[Kafluke]

Irritating it doesn't work on 4.1. if anyone is wondering, it just gets stuck on the pegaswitched logo when it fails.

Everybody knows pegaswitch doesn't work on 4.1. Its 3.0 only

 

[APartOfMe]

Irritating it doesn't work on 4.1. if anyone is wondering, it just gets stuck on the pegaswitched logo when it fails.

Many of the bugs needed for pegaswitch were patched in 4.0.0

 

[mmajunkie77]

Just curious, and I apologize if this shouldn't be asked here, but what are the chances of a backup loader being released after cfw in the summer? And have there been any talk/news about one? Also was wondering with cfw, will you be able to update games with the firmware you're currently on, without having to update the system?

 

[Kafluke]

Just curious, and I apologize if this shouldn't be asked here, but what are the chances of a backup loader being released after cfw in the summer? And have there been any talk/news about one? Also was wondering with cfw, will you be able to update games with the firmware you're currently on, without having to update the system?

No body really knows what is going to be released. There's nothing right now and no CFW released so how could we possibly know what's to come? It's all speculation right now

 

[Dust2dust]

Just curious, and I apologize if this shouldn't be asked here, but what are the chances of a backup loader being released after cfw in the summer? And have there been any talk/news about one? Also was wondering with cfw, will you be able to update games with the firmware you're currently on, without having to update the system?

If a cfw really does get released this summer, I'd be surprised if we don't get some kind of backup loader by the end of the year, especially if everything is open source. The BBB dumps are already available, it will just be a matter of matching the puzzle pieces together. And emunand (if released) should take care of any updates issues.

 

[mmajunkie77]

If a cfw really does get released this summer, I'd be surprised if we don't get some kind of backup loader by the end of the year, especially if everything is open source. The BBB dumps are already available, it will just be a matter of matching the puzzle pieces together. And emunand (if released) should take care of any updates issues.

That's exactly what I was thinking as well. Like you said, seeing as the dumps are already available, I figured it would just be a matter of time. Also good to know that it'll take care of game updates.

I also found a 1.0 on Craigslist and I'm curious if I should get rid of my 4.1 for it? Any REAL advantages of having one over the other? Besides some minor hardware mods that were spoken of? If all firmware are getting the same exact thing, I don't mind keeping my 4.1 and waiting it out.