Hacking The Cons of using SX OS!

[retrofan_k]

I've opted to have two consoles with one on fw 2.0 (for Atmosphere) and the 2nd one on fw 3.02 (for the TX dongle) and get best of both worlds.

 

[comput3rus3r]

Greedy bastid in me says "I'm gonna buy more switches bitches".

One for live . One for TX. One for atmosphere/linux.

kinda makes you wonder if Nintendo is behind all of this

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I've opted to have two consoles with one on fw 2.0 (for Atmosphere) and the 2nd one on fw 3.02 (for the TX dongle) and get best of both worlds.

well you kinda missed the point of my post. Until we get an XCI splitter (not trimmer) and SX OS supports split XCI files you won't be playing any of the larger games on it unless you update to current firmware.

 

[DaveLister]

kinda makes you wonder if Nintendo is behind all of this

I have a 64gb in my switch on 4.1.0. I'm good to go no wukin furries.

 

[comput3rus3r]

I have a 64gb in my switch on 4.1.0. I'm good to go no wukin furries.

I don't think you understand the issue at hand. Your 64gb sd is formatted to FAT32 (unless you had updated for exFAT support before 5.0 came out)
in which case you'll only be able to play backups under 4GB in size since that's the limit on FAT32.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

You forgot the "I'm already on 5.X so i don't have to care about updating or not"

 

[comput3rus3r]

You forgot the "I'm already on 5.X so i don't have to care about updating or not"

Yes that's an option. But you may not have an easy method for installing Atmosphere when it comes out due to being on current firmware.

 

[DaveLister]

I don't think you understand the issue at hand. Your 64gb sd is formatted to FAT32 (unless you had updated for exFAT support before 5.0 came out)
in which case you'll only be able to play backups under 4GB in size since that's the limit on FAT32.

I understand perfectly well , lol your perception of my understanding is extremely flawed. I have the ExFat card running in my switch on 4.1.0 .lol jesus. Just popped in a 128GB for shits and giggles , guess what ? Confetti !.

 

[Naridar]

I have no internet connection on my Switch, nor did I ever have (I never even set up Wifi for the reason it might nag me with updates or silently update itself). The only time I updated was when Breath of the wild demanded it, and I did so from the cart (from 3.0.2 to 4.1.0, figured I'm already past 3.0.0 so why bother). What would happen if I plugged in an exFAT formatted microSD?

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Yes that's an option. But you may not have an easy method for installing Atmosphere when it comes out due to being on current firmware.

I know. But still should be an option. "I'm already on 5.X so i haven't got much of a choice."

 

[DaveLister]

I have no internet connection on my Switch, nor did I ever have (I never even set up Wifi for the reason it might nag me with updates or silently update itself). The only time I updated was when Breath of the wild demanded it, and I did so from the cart (from 3.0.2 to 4.1.0, figured I'm already past 3.0.0 so why bother). What would happen if I plugged in an exFAT formatted microSD?

@comput3rus3r has news for you , its bad im afraid.

 

[Naridar]

@comput3rus3r has news for you , its bad im afraid.

What do you mean by that? I'm under the impression 4.1.0 is a relatively good FW for atmosphere, at least much better than 5.x. I asked what would happen if the switch sensed an exFAT microSD while not being able to update itself, due to not having internet connection to download an update from.

 

[comput3rus3r]

I have no internet connection on my Switch, nor did I ever have (I never even set up Wifi for the reason it might nag me with updates or silently update itself). The only time I updated was when Breath of the wild demanded it, and I did so from the cart (from 3.0.2 to 4.1.0, figured I'm already past 3.0.0 so why bother). What would happen if I plugged in an exFAT formatted microSD?

You won't be able to use exFAT without updating. Maybe in the future after Atmosphere comes out it may become possible to change this.

 

[DaveLister]

What do you mean by that? I'm under the impression 4.1.0 is a relatively good FW for atmosphere, at least much better than 5.x. I asked what would happen if the switch sensed an exFAT microSD while not being able to update itself, due to not having internet connection to download an update from.

Oh right atmosphere is fine no worries just don't hope for large XCI file support on Fat32 partitions that don't support larger than 4GB chunks . But sure you have no need for piracy with atmosphere god bless your good honest soul sir . I bid you good evening , now gimme all yer fucking money im a dirty pirate.

 

[comput3rus3r]

I understand perfectly well , lol your perception of my understanding is extremely flawed. I have the ExFat card running in my switch on 4.1.0 .lol jesus. Just popped in a 128GB for shits and giggles , guess what ? Confetti !.

I specifically stated (unless you had updated for exFAT support before 5.0 came out) There's no misunderstanding.

 

[DaveLister]

You won't be able to use exFAT without updating. Maybe in the future after Atmosphere comes out it may become possible to change this.

Told ya ! @comput3rus3r , im i doing ok here ?

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Let's be honest, early adopters of SX products is because they want access to backup loading ASAP. But there's a caveat. You will have to update your switch to the latest firware version and thus cutting yourself off from the earlier versions of Atmosphere.
Here's why:
SX OS backup loader uses game dumps in the XCI format which is a 1:1 copy of the game cartridge. Small games won't be a problem but let's say you have a switch on fw 4.1.0 and you want to load a backup of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe which has an XCI file of almost 8GB. You will need an SDXC card formatted to exFAT since you can't copy a file over 4GB to a FAT32 formatted sd card. The moment you put that 64GB sd card on your switch it will prompt you to update. So even though you get backup loading sooner with SX OS, you will have to wait longer to get more support from Atmosphere once it comes out since you will be on the latest firmware.

UPDATE: This release might be a workaround if it does indeed work.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/xci-cutter-tool-windows.504818/

UPDATE 2 Actually this tool won't cut it. No pun intended. A trimmed rom won't be enough to bring an 8GB file to less than 4GB.

Good catch OP, lots to suck on in this post , those who have held off and resisted the urge to uber nerd and play around with the device and stick all types of chips into said devices and use they're "IT Skillz" to see what worx and does not worx. Getting the Exfat support early for most of us should be fine, the tinkerers ..
I missed TS stating it was mandatory - would they not patch exfat in FW ? to add as mentioned earlier all Grog and swill downloads come in separated Rar's for the most part game loaders can be configured to read roms still in compression binaries, it would also help the scene covers, nfo's and title id world a little to have unification, ahem, we cant be having no Parlay.

 

[xxxacexxx]

and that means......wait for it.... legendary evil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Backups for everyone for 2/3 price of a game, I think its a fair price

love your wee pirate parrot hes so kewl.....

 

[Yami Anubis ZX]

I'm buying it cause of multiple reasons, I'm glad I went physical this time but also it comes with the USB C adaptor, which will be useful for future Nintendo Switch exploits and also the RCM jig, I'm too lazy to make my own, plus I don't wanna damage the pins.

 

[comput3rus3r]

Being first does come with a lot of perks. CFW might be weeks away and 40 USD is not a ton of cash. I'm waiting for a review before I pull the trigger.

I'll post a review once i get mine.

I'm buying it cause of multiple reasons, I'm glad I went physical this time but also it comes with the USB C adaptor, which will be useful for future Nintendo Switch exploits and also the RCM jig, I'm too lazy to make my own, plus I don't wanna damage the pins.

I believe it is a good investment regardless of how you choose to use it.(this is not a review)

 

[tomhanks69]

Greedy bastid in me says "I'm gonna buy more switches bitches".

One for live . One for TX. One for atmosphere/linux.

Way ahead of ya, my brotha. Lol grey joycon switch in my bedroom, red and blue in my sons room, and mario odyssey edition in the den

 

[comput3rus3r]

Way ahead of ya, my brotha. Lol grey joycon switch in my bedroom, red and blue in my sons room, and mario odyssey edition in the den

how does it feel having to buy the same game 3 times?