Migswitch backups without certificate files

[SwimmerAnt]

Hi


I purchased a migswitch online and waiting for it to arrive. I have downloaded a few XCI files but I have been reading I also need certificate and bin files to play the games ?


Is there a way around this ? Like an app for a pc that will create the files I'm looking for?
I don't ever play online (my switch hasn't ever seen a WiFi connection)
I didn't purchase the migswitch dump tool

 

[linuxares]

No, why didn't you research before buying it?

 

[Hayato213]

You are wasting your money if you have no certificate

 

[SylverReZ]

You've wasted your own money on a flashcart whereas you can get somebody to chip your Switch for you. There are currently reports of people being banned from their Switch while playing their legitimate games online with the Mig Switch. A chipped/softmodded Switch is a safer alternative compared to a $70 POS.

 

[SwimmerAnt]

You've wasted your own money on a flashcart whereas you can get somebody to chip your Switch for you. There are currently reports of people being banned from their Switch while playing their legitimate games online with the Mig Switch. A chipped/softmodded Switch is a safer alternative compared to a $70 POS.

I don’t care for online gaming I never play any game online, here is the UK we don’t have skilled people that I would trust modding my switch

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No, why didn't you research before buying it?

I did but obviously not enough thought there would be a certificate and bin file out there to download

 

[TheStonedModder]

You've wasted your own money on a flashcart whereas you can get somebody to chip your Switch for you. There are currently reports of people being banned from their Switch while playing their legitimate games online with the Mig Switch. A chipped/softmodded Switch is a safer alternative compared to a $70 POS.

Those where fake as far as I can tell. The picture looked hella sus and the poster deleted the threads both times(and his account)

Ive been playing my gamefly games that I promptly returned and I have yet to be banned

 

[SwimmerAnt]

If I was to buy the Dumper (from migswitch) could I use one my games files to play other XCI files ?

 

[Blythe93]

If I was to buy the Dumper (from migswitch) could I use one my games files to play other XCI files ?

From what I've gathered, each game cartridge comes with five different files you need for the game to work: 1) base game, 2) initial data, 3) certificate, 4) card id set and 5) card uid. Any XCI files found online will need to be redumped with matching initial data files. Otherwise, they are useless for the MIG Switch at the moment. The rest of the files apparently can be taken from a cheap donor game, renamed accordingly.

Now, what kind of telemetry your console will collect is unknown, I guess. I've heard that people had no issues so far playing games that way, other than that one questionable banned user that posted on reddit and deleted their post shortly after.

I didn't purchase the migswitch dump tool

Unless you have a hacked Switch, you won't be able to extract all the additional files you need from a cheap donor game. I wouldn't download any random cert files from the Internet as those will be used by people that don't care about getting their consoles banned.

If I was to buy the Dumper (from migswitch) could I use one my games files to play other XCI files ?

Not unless you get initial data file for that game at the very least. It must match the game you're about to put on your MIG Switch, there's no way around it (for now?).

Is there a way around this ? Like an app for a pc that will create the files I'm looking for?

None at the moment.

 

[deeps]

here is the UK we don’t have skilled people that I would trust modding my switch

yes you do, you just didn't bother looking
https://console-repairs.uk/

 

[Lumpofcoal]

The MIG cart itself is already elusive enough as it is with many orders still being unfufilled or just outright cancelled. It's even worse for the dumper. I don't think there's any normie in the world who has gotten one outside of a few prototypes for youtubers. Many of those shops are accepting orders for the dumpers without any sort of indication or guarantee that the dumper would be going into mass production.

As such, I think it would be more prudent to plan around a situation where you are unable to get your hands on a dumper.

 

[RedColoredStars]

Ive been playing my gamefly games that I promptly returned and I have yet to be banned

Hope you used your own private donor files along with those gamefly dumps.

 

[Keylogger]

If I was to buy the Dumper (from migswitch) could I use one my games files to play other XCI files ?

Nop
Initial Data file is unique per game.

 

[TheStonedModder]

Hope you used your own private donor files along with those gamefly dumps.

I was at first but got lazy and stopped