going to mod my v2 switch need some tips

[LEGOMYEGGO]

my budget is $150 what modchip and other stuff do i need?

 

[SylverReZ]

Go with a RP2040 and PicoFly, its cheaper and supports all Switch models. You're welcome.

 

[Hayato213]

I recommend Hwfly Core instead if you can find them.

 

[SylverReZ]

I recommend Hwfly Core instead if you can find them.

Most of the HWFLY chips sold nowadays use the RP2040 chips, the older versions have been discontinued, however they can still be bought from other places.

 

[Hayato213]

Most of the HWFLY chips sold nowadays use the RP2040 chips, the older versions have been discontinued, however they can still be bought from other places.

That I know, you actually have to asks sellers for Hwfly Core, that how one of my friends got a Core instead RP2040, atleast no corrupted NAND problem.

 

[randy_w]

For v2 the only modchip in production is picofly/rp2040. If you can find an original hwfly core (MV1-7.1), I'd go with that instead. Avoid those v5 chips (with BGA fpga chip) at all cost. Price difference should be less than $10 on aliexpress. Get it soldered at your local repair shop and you should still got enough money to add a 512GB mirco sd card.

 

[SylverReZ]

That I know, you actually have to asks sellers for Hwfly Core, that how one of my friends got a Core instead RP2040, atleast no corrupted NAND problem.

Did they get them from AliExpress and ask the seller for one? I know that AliExpress is the most commonly well known place to buy Switch chips.

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Avoid those v5 chips (with BGA fpga chip) at all cost.

What makes the v5 chips unusable?

 

[Hayato213]

Did they get them from AliExpress and ask the seller for one? I know that AliExpress is the most commonly well known place to buy Switch chips.

Yea my friend got the Hwfly Core from Aliexpress, he was also able to get two Instinct NX V6 black.

 

[SylverReZ]

Yea my friend got the Hwfly Core from Aliexpress, he was also able to get two Instinct NX V6 black.

On many occassions, I have become very lucky with AliExpress. Managed to get some hard to find PS2 chips for about £5 GBP.

 

[randy_w]

What makes the v5 chips unusable?

I never used them since my supplier on taobao only sold v4 chips (with QFN fpga chip) before hwfly group got busted in April this year. According to my supplier the so called "v5" chips (with BGA fpga chip) are made by a different team, and they are less stable than original hwfly. Probably another team reverse engineered the FPGA chip used on original hwfly clones and made their own implementation. Just look at those posts here a while ago, a lot of people got their emmc corrupted by the v5 chip, which rarely/never happened with original hwfly chips.

 

[SylverReZ]

I never used them since my supplier on taobao only sold v4 chips (with QFN fpga chip) before hwfly group got busted in April this year. According to my supplier the so called "v5" chips (with BGA fpga chip) are made by a different team, and they are less stable than original hwfly. Probably another team reverse engineered the FPGA chip used on original hwfly clones and made their own implementation. Just look at those posts here a while ago, a lot of people got their emmc corrupted by the v5 chip, which rarely/never happened with original hwfly chips.

So they're a clone of a clone of a clone. Right?

 

[randy_w]

So they're a clone of a clone of a clone. Right?

Well sorta, since hwfly is a clone of original sx core/lite but with some improvements..
And to make things worse, some hwfly listings on aliexpress are clones of v5 (like the one with green pcb), so a clone of a clone of a clone

 

[SylverReZ]

Well sorta, since hwfly is a clone of original sx core/lite but with some improvements..
And to make things worse, some hwfly listings on aliexpress are clones of v5 (like the one with green pcb), so a clone of a clone of a clone

I must say that when Picofly came around, prices for the chips started to plumet down to around 20 to 30 bucks a piece. Before then, they were around 70 dollars or so depending on where you get them from.