are you booted to the emmumc which runs soly from the sd card or are you in the sysnand which is the internal system in order to update you need to be in emmumc then access the homebrew menu by launching a game well holding the right bumper once you are in the homebrew look for the all in one updater launch it you will see different options the first you should choose is bootloaders update atmosphere first then update hekate then update to 18.0 if you scroll through all these options yo will find what im talking about i hope this helps by the way for ofw mode you can update the regular way through nintendo as long as you are not banned but i strongly reccomend updating the emmumc first i forgot to mention when you select update firmware once it downloads it will redirect you to day break once in daybreak make sure you select fat32/exfat theren proceed to install the update
if you go to settings scroll down to system where it shows your firmware version along with ams 1.7.0 look for an E at the end of the number if you see the letter E it means you are in emmumc if you see the letter s you are in sysnand with cfw and stock mode just shows 18.0 if thats your firmware also when you reboot if you launch from hekate you should see under the options cfw sysnand cfw emmumc and ofw sysnand the cfw sysnand is running the system with cfw behind it use this only for transfering saves and dumping legit games you want to put on the emmumc also never run tinfoil in cfw sysnand it will install to the system and get you banned it is fine to use in emmumc as everything being used is on the sd card for offline its best to use the emmumc the sysnand ofw launches stock mode on your switch
for your console the chip is the only way to hack it so you can use hekate to run atmosphere other wise you could try finding an unpatched v1 which is pretty hard now if you need a chip i can refere you to someone who did it for mehey all,
i've done different file management projs on other consoles but have no idea where to start when it comes to switch homebrewing/hacking. i'm familiar w the basics of github, file installation, etc. but am overwhelmed w the amount of information from everything. my question is where do i start? is HATS a safe bet? is the 18.0.1 firmware posted in their tele all encompassing? (has atmosphere, etc.) if so what then? how do i launch the software itself/boot the file loader? lots of stupid questions like that which i don't know where to start w.
im running a patched v2 switch lite which would be a pain to put a chip in so wondering if it's worth going down the road of attempting CFW - are v1s that much better and worth investing into? no experience soldering
if you don't have the patience yourself to explain, would appreciate a redirect as i can't find much on google/yt - if this post gets taken down sorry im slow lmao
should note that im intending to use atmosphere for safe pkhex manipulation, so whatever works in that direction would be happy to hear
did some more research and it seems i might pick up a v1 unpatched - seems smart to have a vanilla device along w the hacked one just for extra security sake and to manage multiple accs for pokemon specifically. thanks for the reply and might go down the chip road if the unpatched route is a bust
ya i have 2 switches both are oled the first is my pokemon switch and the other is just a plain white i picked up because my pokemon switch got banned and i wanted to be able to play online both are modded with chips but the stock mode on my white one is untouched with the exception of importing saves and dumping my legit content to put on my pokemon switchdid some more research and it seems i might pick up a v1 unpatched - seems smart to have a vanilla device along w the hacked one just for extra security sake and to manage multiple accs for pokemon specifically. thanks for the reply and might go down the chip road if the unpatched route is a bust
question if you dont mind me asking - do you just take the mons from the genned file onto the vanilla one, or do you trade them over? curious about this myself
According to rentry.org guide, transferring any modified save file from emuNAND to OFW carries a ban risk, especially the one where cheats were used for online games. Do it at your own risk, but I'd strongly advise against doing that. It's not worth getting your console banned.
As far as I'm aware or, updating firmware works even on banned consoles.
I'd suggest that you go through these two guides: NH Switch guide and Rentry.org Switch guide. Getting familiar with the terms used will make using and updating your Switch a much easier task for you. Rentry.org Switch guide is pretty straightforward, but doesn't really go too much into details. NH Switch guide, however, is pretty detailed but doesn't mention installing sigpatches anywhere, which is required for game backups to work. If you want, you can even check the now-defunct Switch Homebrew guide website which also has a lots of useful info. That's where I started out.
HATS has a way more than you probably need. Go through the guides I've posted above and they'll set you up with the minimal stuff you need to have to begin with. After that, you can expand on tools and homebrew apps you might find useful.
Indeed. They've probably listed everything that's included in their pack.
I'd say they are worth it, especially since you don't need to do any hardware modification in order to hack them.
as it turns out you are correct i just tried it on my banned switch and it updated in stock mode. for some reason in the past it gave me an error saying it could not connect go figure
Thanks for confirming. Maybe you've used 90DNS or similar in the past, therefore blocking Nintendo servers?
That's most likely because your console was CDN banned in the past. A CDN ban blocked any communication with Nintendo's servers from online play to even downloading firmware updates. The reason was a tool called CDNSP was used to download games, updates, and DLC from the eShop at the cost of the unique certificate of a Switch. Initially, Nintendo reacted by banning any certs caught abusing this. Eventually, Nintendo reworked their CDN to make this less easy to achieve which made CDNSP useless. And since certs weren't being abused anymore, Nintendo downgraded all CDN bans to more appropriate level bans such as console bans.
The developer of Hekate recommended users to try this to fix that issue.
Delete that program ID from your atmosphere/contents folder.
