Scene developer Zecoxao might be known for their contributions to the PlayStation hacking world, but this time around, they've got something major for the Nintendo scene. The longtime scener teased the existence of what they claim to be a $3 modchip for the Nintendo Switch, and which is said to work with Mariko and OLED systems, though not patched Erista consoles. A teaser video was also uploaded, where the modchip itself was revealed to be a Raspberry Pi--specifically, a RP2040 Zero unit, soldered into the Switch board, demonstrating Hekate launching on an OLED unit.

Given the tease of "coming soon", we can expect to see more details about the exploit eventually.

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[gnmmarechal]

I also had a Galaxy S5, which had this horrible connector

Though it worked just fine with a normal micro USB cable, I think at least over here they didn't ship with the micro 3.0 cable.

 

[hippy dave]

I have a raspberry pi with I think all accessories. it's never been used. it's a version 4a or b one iirc. I don't plan to exploit my system. doesn't anyone think that will be worth something?

The Pi 4 isn't relevant for this hack, but it's a nice little gadget that is always in demand. If you wanted to sell it you could get what you paid for it any time, or make a sneaky profit if you find a time it's in short supply.

 

[Pickle_Rick]

Hot take: I'm going to be honest... Is there even any point in installing CFW on the Switch? Cause I had CFW on my Switch for a long time (I have a launch day Switch and a Lite) and there's barely any worthwhile homebrew. Even then half of the few worthwhile things are half finished and unmaintained. Like that OpenRCT2 port. On top of that compared to other systems I've installed CFW on in the past the Switch is by far the most annoying. Gotta have your jig on you at all times in case you ever need to reboot (or literally brick my boot partition to AutoRCM it but then I can't ever just cold boot it normally), gotta have a USB-C to USB-C cable with me to send the payload from my phone, every piece of the CFW is a seperate download/install (hakate, atmosphere, sigpatches, teslaoverlay, mitm, 90dns, etc etc), etc etc... I mean the only thing I could justify running a modded Switch for is Android or Linux and for the latter I'd rather just use my Steam Deck. I can install whatever I want on that. Maybe I'm just getting old but the Switch isn't really worth modding. (Unless you're a pirate I guess. Lol.)

 

[RichardTheKing]

Are hardware revisión


https://gbatemp.net/threads/marikos-support-coming-for-linux-and-android.613909/post-9934692


Taking out something I have on my stack:, can we agree in these Nintendo Switch Versions?

Alias	Model	Code Name	SOC
Original (unpatched or patched)	HAC-001	Icosa	Erista
Red Box	HAC-001-01	Iowa	Mariko
Lite	HDH-001	Hoag	Mariko
OLED	HEG-001	Aula	Mariko

SOC is System on a Chip is the revision of the main Chip on the board. Mariko is a revised version which have a better performance and battery life.

Right, got it now; thanks for the helpful table.

 

[Zajumino]

Hot take: I'm going to be honest... Is there even any point in installing CFW on the Switch? Cause I had CFW on my Switch for a long time (I have a launch day Switch and a Lite) and there's barely any worthwhile homebrew. Even then half of the few worthwhile things are half finished and unmaintained. Like that OpenRCT2 port. On top of that compared to other systems I've installed CFW on in the past the Switch is by far the most annoying. Gotta have your jig on you at all times in case you ever need to reboot (or literally brick my boot partition to AutoRCM it but then I can't ever just cold boot it normally), gotta have a USB-C to USB-C cable with me to send the payload from my phone, every piece of the CFW is a seperate download/install (hakate, atmosphere, sigpatches, teslaoverlay, mitm, 90dns, etc etc), etc etc... I mean the only thing I could justify running a modded Switch for is Android or Linux and for the latter I'd rather just use my Steam Deck. I can install whatever I want on that. Maybe I'm just getting old but the Switch isn't really worth modding. (Unless you're a pirate I guess. Lol.)

Barely any worthwhile homebrew? What homebrew do you even want that the switch doesn't have?
Also, you can reboot without a jig. Plus, since the switch is designed to be left on all the time anyways, you rarely even need to.

 

[Kioku]

Any news about this, or is this now EOF material?

 

[Adran_Marit]

Any news about this, or is this now EOF material?

It's neither gotten new info (Id be surprised if the real dev releases this) but it's not EOF to my knowledge either.

Regardless of if this is released or not it is still news

 

[Sw1chGuy]

How about a 3D printed unique cartridge where you can assemble the Waveshare RP2040 board?
Still you will need to connect the wire to the mainboard but at least the additional hardware will be in stable place. And you could have the USB connector accessible in the cartridge slot.

 

[Adran_Marit]

How about a 3D printed unique cartridge where you can assemble the Waveshare RP2040 board?
Still you will need to connect the wire to the mainboard but at least the additional hardware will be in stable place. And you could have the USB connector accessible in the cartridge slot.

Have you heard of the dragon injector? was a RCM jig that fit in the cartridge slot of the switch. I say was for a reason. The project no longer exists and is super hard to come across.

 

[Sw1chGuy]

Have you heard of the dragon injector? was a RCM jig that fit in the cartridge slot of the switch. I say was for a reason. The project no longer exists and is super hard to come across.

Right, thanks.

 

[Kioku]

It's neither gotten new info (Id be surprised if the real dev releases this) but it's not EOF to my knowledge either.

Regardless of if this is released or not it is still news

I think you missed my point..

 

[Sphaa]

Hot take: I'm going to be honest... Is there even any point in installing CFW on the Switch? Cause I had CFW on my Switch for a long time (I have a launch day Switch and a Lite) and there's barely any worthwhile homebrew. Even then half of the few worthwhile things are half finished and unmaintained. Like that OpenRCT2 port. On top of that compared to other systems I've installed CFW on in the past the Switch is by far the most annoying. Gotta have your jig on you at all times in case you ever need to reboot (or literally brick my boot partition to AutoRCM it but then I can't ever just cold boot it normally), gotta have a USB-C to USB-C cable with me to send the payload from my phone, every piece of the CFW is a seperate download/install (hakate, atmosphere, sigpatches, teslaoverlay, mitm, 90dns, etc etc), etc etc... I mean the only thing I could justify running a modded Switch for is Android or Linux and for the latter I'd rather just use my Steam Deck. I can install whatever I want on that. Maybe I'm just getting old but the Switch isn't really worth modding. (Unless you're a pirate I guess. Lol.)

I love my modded Switch, and it got all the homebrew I want:
- I watch movies by retooting into Android
- I play retrogames in Retroarch
- Right now I play OOT, made by the Ship of something mod.
- Love A link to the past in widescreen mode (also a homebrew port)
- Yes, I do pirate

As for starting the Switch, I always have my switch in a carrying bag alone with my USB cable and jig so it's no problem. And, for most of the time my Switch stays on so I propaly just need to use the jig once every month.

I don't miss anything, except maybe a movie player for swith - but again, I use android for that and it works great.

 

[DiJornios]

Hot take: I'm going to be honest... Is there even any point in installing CFW on the Switch? Cause I had CFW on my Switch for a long time (I have a launch day Switch and a Lite) and there's barely any worthwhile homebrew. Even then half of the few worthwhile things are half finished and unmaintained. Like that OpenRCT2 port. On top of that compared to other systems I've installed CFW on in the past the Switch is by far the most annoying. Gotta have your jig on you at all times in case you ever need to reboot (or literally brick my boot partition to AutoRCM it but then I can't ever just cold boot it normally), gotta have a USB-C to USB-C cable with me to send the payload from my phone, every piece of the CFW is a seperate download/install (hakate, atmosphere, sigpatches, teslaoverlay, mitm, 90dns, etc etc), etc etc... I mean the only thing I could justify running a modded Switch for is Android or Linux and for the latter I'd rather just use my Steam Deck. I can install whatever I want on that. Maybe I'm just getting old but the Switch isn't really worth modding. (Unless you're a pirate I guess. Lol.)

the one and only reason i want cfw in any capacity is to play and beat Super Luigi Odyssey after that my switch goes back to being a dust collector

 

[Adran_Marit]

I love my modded Switch, and it got all the homebrew I want:
- I watch movies by retooting into Android
- I play retrogames in Retroarch
- Right now I play OOT, made by the Ship of something mod.
- Love A link to the past in widescreen mode (also a homebrew port)
- Yes, I do pirate

As for starting the Switch, I always have my switch in a carrying bag alone with my USB cable and jig so it's no problem. And, for most of the time my Switch stays on so I propaly just need to use the jig once every month.

I don't miss anything, except maybe a movie player for swith - but again, I use android for that and it works great.

Ship of harkinian rando is nuts

 

[keine]

Gods speed.
I pray this sees the light of github.

 

[Adran_Marit]

Gods speed.
I pray this sees the light of github.

Don't we all. I hope the guy isn't scared off. This would rock the scene so hard if it does release

 

[toolazytosearchitmyself]

What's the chance that this actually comes out instead of Zecoxao getting a threatening letter from Nintendo and cancelling the project?

 

[icantfly]

he's a tester so it's out there already

 

[Chonay]

How about a 3D printed unique cartridge where you can assemble the Waveshare RP2040 board?
Still you will need to connect the wire to the mainboard but at least the additional hardware will be in stable place. And you could have the USB connector accessible in the cartridge slot.

Well, note that it is a wonderful idea and worthy of applause, the detail is that we would always need micro-welding to make some connections from the board to the cartridge reader, the idea is 100% great, we would have to see how to put it into practice but we still need the code for rp2040

 

[A-Hacked-Soul]

Have you heard of the dragon injector? was a RCM jig that fit in the cartridge slot of the switch. I say was for a reason. The project no longer exists and is super hard to come across.

So glad I got two of them