Hacking Question I accidentally updated to 5.0 while playing mario

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If someone says it's impossible, it usually means that homebrew of any kind, userland or kernel, is pushed back at LEAST a whole year for that FW. Remember, it took several years for the PS3 to get cracked again. I wouldn't expect anything from 5.0.0 onward until at least mid-2019 or later.
 

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You likely won't get anything anytime remotely soon. Should have been blocking updates like everyone has been saying to do.
At this point I wouldn't hold my breath for anything 5.0.0+ until maybe the end of 2019.
Your best option at this point is if TX actually release their modchip or if the free bootrom exploit does not rely on previous exploits to install.
 

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I agree with the previous:
- With a modchip you will get access, regardless of FW. Just needs to be released ... (Will cost some money too)
- Software seems still be possible. However question is how long you want to wait. Most here waited so long that they got a second switch just to play games ... What when smash comes out and needs FW 6.0 or 7.0? Not gonna play smash?

I would advice to wait for a modchip and just keep playing, esp if you can solder, you can eventually (*sigh*) likely build your own for very little money. Eeither way until another FW comes out you don't need to decide.
 
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I hihgly doubt that you will brick by this. (But I never tried it so...)
Powering off a console during update is one of the few ways a normal console user can brick their system. When literally every title is being updated and being given new encryption keys, you'll at best end up with a frankenfirmware that has parts of it broken, or at worst you'll corrupt critical system titles and completely brick the system.
Turning off in the middle of an update is one of the biggest console no-nos
 
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No good modern update (or flash) process should brick your device. The warning is likely just for legal safety.

A good update will keep the old data around and swap out all old and new data (file links) at the last step. It will also use a commit history and a restore (or delete) approach on next boot if interrupted. Only if an update needs to be done in-place (due to size and storage restrictions) it may be prone to bricking. And I highly doubt the switch does that TBH.
 
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