Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

This software is not currently on the console error after modchip install.

Thread starter vstar950
Start date Feb 25, 2024
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vstar950

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Feb 25, 2024

I have many games that I have bought on the eShop. But after a mod chip install, all my DLC games have this issue when I want to boot them.

This software is not currently on the console. Please read download the software to continue. if the software was originally downloaded to a MicroSD card, please cancel, turn off the console, and insert that microSD card.

I did not clone this SD card or copy any files. This is the original SD card that has my paid for games. how do you fix this so I can play my games again without having to re-download them all over again?

Post automatically merged: Feb 25, 2024

I figured it out! And it was super simple. Do not try to launch your games through emummc. Rather launch them from sysmmc. Mic drop!

Last edited by vstar950, Feb 25, 2024

MoeXzl

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Feb 25, 2024

Never start games from SysNand... This can lead to a ban.
You can easily start your original games on the EmuNand. Copy the Nintendo folder into the EmuNand folder. That's all!