@OGDUCK6 I am looking to install homebrew on my switch to have a play around with and learn how it all works,
I already have a 128GB SD card in my switch that has games on it. When I go to install homebrew should i use a new SD card or is it safe to use the same card?[/QUOTE]Its personally up to you. In the future, we will be utilizing EmuNAND so that's gonna be 32 GB wiped of space needed. Switch games vary greatly in size. First party games like Mario and Zelda are around 4 GB but 3rd party titles are usually at least 20 GB. It might be just easier to have everything on one card in case you want to use a specific homebrew for a specific game.
@Sora Takihawa Are you still using the jig to boot into RCM? First, try booting into RCM with something other than the jig be it tin foil, screwdrivers, paper clip, etc. Next, try to boot into RCM while its connected to your computer. If the screen stays black while holding power and vol + but it doesn't show up as an APX device on your computer, IMMEDIATELY try booting into RCM again by holding power and vol +. This was how I got around this issue.
@marios75 You would have to run this script with Pegaswitch:
https://github.com/reswitched/pegaswitch/blob/master/usefulscripts/DumpBIS.js Sorry, never formally installed Pegaswitch myself so I'm not sure of the best guide to link but a quick Google search should yield some good results.
@Blank67 Supposedly this version of Hekate works with your SD card:
https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases/tag/v1.3 The issue has to do the size of the SD card. The build you are using doesn't support sizes bigger than 128 GB. Go figure.
@NANASHI89 Santa says if you ask him nicely with a handwritten letter
@Doickls You're really not missing out on much. The only useful thing to do with CFW is backup the NAND which can be done through more troublesome methods, but there will be an easier method in the future and the chances of bricking the Switch with everything else on the market is close to zero.
@horokeusama There are supposedly softmods that the ReSwitched team have and are waiting till Atmosphere is completed to release them. Unless you're referring to an untethered coldboot. That would take a miracle and a lot of luck.
@daijobu Bricking right now is very low, but there have been at least 2 reports of soft bricks. These were done due to running a certain CFW that is unstable at the moment. Booting Fusee Gelee won't brick the console.
Although we can't boot into CFW from the start without Fusee Gelee, there are changes made while the Switch is on and running Atmosphere that Nintendo can easily track. So even loading Atmosphere once runs the risk of a ban. The problem is we don't know how big of a risk that is yet as Atmosphere is not done yet. Best advice I can give is to wait maybe a week or 2 after its completed and people have tested it after going online then seeing if anyone has gotten banned.
For Windows PCs, you can use TegraSmash.
https://gbatemp.net/threads/tegrarcmsmash-a-fusee-launcher-for-windows.502334/
@Asia81 That's the goal, according to its creator. What's more important than firmware is timing as Nintendo is planning on releasing a new Switch revision as evidenced by firmware 5.0 that adds support for a new chip that will patch the exploit that is making the CFW possible. As far as we know, the revision is not being sold but that can change in a day.
@xScorchMuffinx Yes since all of this is happening without boot into the Switch so no changes have been made to the NAND. Have you tried other NAND dumping tools?
