Hacking Question Wiping NAND with ChoiDujourNX - safe to go online afterwards?

[Deleted User]

with nsps no.
nsps are easy to find.
for example if your game would gets wiped out than you would be banned by downloading it legally again.
because redownload option would be a ban because you dont have the game ticket stored.

 

[crimsonnight]

with nsps no.
nsps are easy to find.
for example if your game would gets wiped out than you would be banned by downloading it legally again.
because redownload option would be a ban because you dont have the game ticket stored.

Sorry, this doesn't answer my questions

 

[Draxzelex]

Sorry, this doesn't answer my questions

Ignore him, he is either a troll or an actual idiot if you check his post history (his age is 13 so he may be legitimately stupid). To answer your original question, factory resets will never affect EmuNAND installed to the SD card whether its as a file or hidden partition but it will wipe EmuNAND installed to internal memory. You can also rebuild part of your NAND with ChoiDujour where the missing part is PRODINFO because it cannot be recreated due to it being console unique.

 

[crimsonnight]

Ignore him, he is either a troll or an actual idiot if you check his post history (his age is 13 so he may be legitimately stupid). To answer your original question, factory resets will never affect EmuNAND installed to the SD card whether its as a file or hidden partition but it will wipe EmuNAND installed to internal memory. You can also rebuild part of your NAND with ChoiDujour where the missing part is PRODINFO because it cannot be recreated due to it being console unique.

Thanks! I have my Emunand on my internal memory as my SD card is formatted to exfat and I'm worried about it getting corrupted - I guess I'll move it over to the SD card, wipe the Switch... and then I'm not really sure lol - keep the emunand on the SD card and just make regular backups I guess!

Cheers for the link, but which part of that guide helps my clean my nand? Pretty sure I haven't gone online since using SXOS so I'm hoping that a factory reset will be sufficient...

 

[Draxzelex]

Thanks! I have my Emunand on my internal memory as my SD card is formatted to exfat and I'm worried about it getting corrupted - I guess I'll move it over to the SD card, wipe the Switch... and then I'm not really sure lol - keep the emunand on the SD card and just make regular backups I guess!

Cheers for the link, but which part of that guide helps my clean my nand? Pretty sure I haven't gone online since using SXOS so I'm hoping that a factory reset will be sufficient...

There are no tools for cleaning the NAND. ChoiDujour is designed to upgrade or downgrade your firmware by rebuilding the NAND apart from PRODINFO which you then flash with hacdismount.

 

[Deleted User]

There are no tools for cleaning the NAND. ChoiDujour is designed to upgrade or downgrade your firmware by rebuilding the NAND apart from PRODINFO which you then flash with hacdismount.

hacdiskmount can be used for cleaning nand.
idiots.

 

[Draxzelex]

hacdiskmount can be used for cleaning nand.
idiots.

That is like going into your System32 folder to uninstall applications manually by deleting the files and folders.

 

[Deleted User]

That is like going into your System32 folder to uninstall applications manually by deleting the files and folders.

never said its easy

 

[Hayato213]

never said its easy

Mount the emmc in hacdiskmount.

For 100% clean emmc...

Mount SYSTEM, bis key 2.
You will have:

Contents
save
saveMeta (maybe)

1) Delete saveMeta folder if it exists.
2) Go in to save, delete everything apart from 8000000000000120 - you will want to complete initial setup when booted!
3) Go into Contents/placehld. Delete anything that may be in here (probably empty)
4) Go to SD card, delete Nintendo folder. It is now useless.

Unmount, boot. Done.

Not sure if this is correct or not as this info was given by MattyTrog to another user on the forum, but then again @Sumandora has been known for providing people misleading info, I agree with @Draxzelex on that.

 

[Deleted User]

Mount the emmc in hacdiskmount.

For 100% clean emmc...

Mount SYSTEM, bis key 2.
You will have:

Contents
save
saveMeta (maybe)

1) Delete saveMeta folder if it exists.
2) Go in to save, delete everything apart from 8000000000000120 - you will want to complete initial setup when booted!
3) Go into Contents/placehld. Delete anything that may be in here (probably empty)
4) Go to SD card, delete Nintendo folder. It is now useless.

Unmount, boot. Done.

Not sure if this is correct or not as this info was given by MattyTrog to another user on the forum, but then again @Sumandora has been known for providing people misleading info, I agree with @Draxzelex on that.

thats my source too

 

[crimsonnight]

Mount the emmc in hacdiskmount.

For 100% clean emmc...

Mount SYSTEM, bis key 2.
You will have:

Contents
save
saveMeta (maybe)

1) Delete saveMeta folder if it exists.
2) Go in to save, delete everything apart from 8000000000000120 - you will want to complete initial setup when booted!
3) Go into Contents/placehld. Delete anything that may be in here (probably empty)
4) Go to SD card, delete Nintendo folder. It is now useless.

Unmount, boot. Done.

Not sure if this is correct or not as this info was given by MattyTrog to another user on the forum, but then again @Sumandora has been known for providing people misleading info, I agree with @Draxzelex on that.

Thanks - do I do this before or after the system update (via Choi)

 

[Hayato213]

Thanks - do I do this before or after the system update (via Choi)

If you meant ChoidujourNX, then no, you still have to run CFW to use ChoidujourNX, it just revert you back to square one, cleanest thing is to have a NAND backup before even attempting to do CFW, Im not sure if what Mattytrog said is correct or not it is more of a proof of concept, usually people recommend doing clean nand restore.

 

[crimsonnight]

If you meant ChoidujourNX, then no, you still have to run CFW to use ChoidujourNX, it just revert you back to square one, cleanest thing is to have a NAND backup before even attempting to do CFW, Im not sure if what Mattytrog said is correct or not it is more of a proof of concept, usually people recommend doing clean nand restore.

So the best thing to do would be the following (as I don't have a clean nand backup)?:

1. Update to the latest firmware using ChoidujourNX, selecting the option to initialise the system
2. Perform Mattytrog's steps
3. Then select the factory reset option through the Switch's OS

Also, do I need to burn the fuses to be safe?

 

[Hayato213]

So the best thing to do would be the following (as I don't have a clean nand backup)?:

1. Update to the latest firmware using ChoidujourNX, selecting the option to initialise the system
2. Perform Mattytrog's steps
3. Then select the factory reset option through the Switch's OS

Also, do I need to burn the fuses to be safe?

You can try that but I don't guarantees you won't get ban.

 

[crimsonnight]

You can try that but I don't guarantees you won't get ban.

I understand, just want to ensure I'm being as safe as possible!

Sorry, 1 other question. So obviously I have the SD card set up to work with my emunand - if I copy my emunand over to the sd card, then initialize my Switch's internal memory. Can both the nand (on the system) and the emunand use the SD card? If so, is there any evidence of Nintendo being able to check SD cards for things such as emunand?

 

[Deleted User]

I understand, just want to ensure I'm being as safe as possible!

Sorry, 1 other question. So obviously I have the SD card set up to work with my emunand - if I copy my emunand over to the sd card, then initialize my Switch's internal memory. Can both the nand (on the system) and the emunand use the SD card? If so, is there any evidence of Nintendo being able to check SD cards for things such as emunand?

what do you want. 2 EmuNANDS? no problem theres: EmuNAND Switcher. and Nintendo can check for EmuNAND BUT they dont do.

 

[Hayato213]

I understand, just want to ensure I'm being as safe as possible!

Sorry, 1 other question. So obviously I have the SD card set up to work with my emunand - if I copy my emunand over to the sd card, then initialize my Switch's internal memory. Can both the nand (on the system) and the emunand use the SD card? If so, is there any evidence of Nintendo being able to check SD cards for things such as emunand?

In theory it should work as long the system can boot, Nintendo check for if the person actually purchase the content or not, if you are offline obviously they can't find anything.

 

[crimsonnight]

In theory it should work as long the system can boot, Nintendo check for if the person actually purchase the content or not, if you are offline obviously they can't find anything.

Ok cool, that's good - I will go online with the nand and obviously stay offline when using the emunand.

 

[Bobissad]

I have a question: Can I use someone's backup (since I didnt make one before hacking my switch) and play online safely ?

 

[Hayato213]

I have a question: Can I use someone's backup (since I didnt make one before hacking my switch) and play online safely ?

lol no.