Hacking Question Any good programs to restore NAND

[Tonydaexpert]

I do not know if I am missing something, but there seems to be no talk of how one would restore their Nand (except privately) and there are no tutorials in sight for Switch users who could use one. if anyone has a payload that allows NAND restoring that would be great. Thanks in Advance

 

[Ericthegreat]

Sad if you have a problem, probably someone will release something soon, you could ask on reswitched discord.

 

[martyjake]

Hekate-IPL.

 

[DarkMatterCore]

Well, given that it is possible to run dd/dcfldd under Linux, you should be able to restore a raw, full, uncompressed (32 GiB) eMMC backup from the SD card using something like this:

sudo dcfldd if=/home/alarm/rawnand.bin of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=512

Assuming that your full backup is located at /home/alarm/rawnand.bin, that is. Please note that I haven't used this myself; I created my full dump using Linux before Hekate-IPL was released, although I see no reason why this shouldn't work.

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Hekate-IPL.

Could you be more descriptive on how it can be used to restore a NAND?

 

[Gnarmagon]

Do you have a backup ?
(raw Nand or parts ?)
https://switchtools.sshnuke.net/
you could use memloader to mount you switch to the pc and hacdisktool to restore your old dump (parts)

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Do you have a backup ?
(raw Nand or parts ?)
https://switchtools.sshnuke.net/
you could use memloader to mount you switch to the pc and hacdisktool to restore your old dump (parts)

Raw NAND, would memloader and hacdisktool work for that as well?

 

[Gnarmagon]

Raw NAND, would memloader and hacdisktool work for that as well?

give me a few minutes, I used somewhere a tool that can split the raw nand into pieces, but I have to search a bit....

 

[Stoned]

Nand Restore = Downgrade whit a Old Nand Backup?

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Nand Restore = Downgrade whit a Old Nand Backup?

No just say someone bricked their switch, and you wanna restore the NAND so it is no longer bricked (Same OS Version)

 

[Gnarmagon]

give me a few minutes, I used somewhere a tool that can split the raw nand into pieces, but I have to search a bit....

Here ya go, praise google for keeping track of my search history lmao:
https://pastebin.com/vdCqxrci

This script can split your nand into pieces.
(needs linux to run)

 

[CTCaer]

Here ya go, praise google for keeping track of my search history lmao:
https://pastebin.com/vdCqxrci

This script can split your nand into pieces.
(needs linux to run)

Hacdisktool (in windows) can restore/extract individual partitions.

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Here ya go, praise google for keeping track of my search history lmao:
https://pastebin.com/vdCqxrci

This script can split your nand into pieces.
(needs linux to run)

Lol Thank you very Much!

 

[Starleon15]

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[jakkal]

Hekate-IPL.

Really clear and answer there buddy
The option to restore nand will be added to hekate once it's ready. I'm looking forward to that too

 

[TheSynthax]

Linux can be used to flash the backup.

Nand Restore = Downgrade whit a Old Nand Backup?

No. The Switch uses efuses to prevent downgrades just like the Xbox 360. They're write-once only.

 

[Tonydaexpert]

Really clear and answer there buddy
The option to restore nand will be added to hekate once it's ready. I'm looking forward to that too

Saying something is coming is not the same as saying it currently exists, I could say GameCube emulation on Switch and mods are coming “when it’s ready as well” anyways thank you for the info, I appreciate it

 

[martyjake]

Saying something is coming is not the same as saying it currently exists, I could say GameCube emulation on Switch and mods are coming “when it’s ready as well” anyways thank you for the info, I appreciate it

There was a guy who bricked his system, and one of the more tech literate users wrote a script to fix it. If your really worried about bricking just wait till Athmosphere or TX cfw comes out in like a month. TX has a garantee and a warranty.

 

[jakkal]

Saying something is coming is not the same as saying it currently exists, I could say GameCube emulation on Switch and mods are coming “when it’s ready as well” anyways thank you for the info, I appreciate it

obviously it meant that it will be released once its ready

 

[Tonydaexpert]

There was a guy who bricked his system, and one of the more tech literate users wrote a script to fix it. If your really worried about bricking just wait till Athmosphere or TX cfw comes out in like a month. TX has a garantee and a warranty.

This isn't for me, its for many people I have come across with bricked switches, and I did see the post and the tech literate user that wrote the script. Having a method to restore NAND should not be kept obscure regardless of the recommended qualifications for one to hack their switch.