The reason I ask is I realized I have been making some assumptions which may not be correct. For example when I asked about the exFat patch earlier you said If I want to be safe I should never go online in the first place. I haven't used the 3DS mods, just the Wii. With the mod I did to the Wii it was safe to go online eventually, and also eventually safe to do updates. The CFW also allowed us to play games without updating and to use Eshop without updating. That's really all I want to do, apart from using emulators to basically put my entire game collection on the Switch and maybe some custom video channels if they exist in the future. So my goal for installing Atmosphere in the first place would just be to access Eshop and stuff and still have a 4.1.0 system. I assume my Wii had a ban risk too, but it never happened to me so eh.
Neither SX OS nor Atmosphere are released. Using Hekate, we have access to a very early build of Atmosphere that allows us to use homebrew. Using CFW will always present a ban risk as it is a modification of your device without Nintendo's permission. Of course, very rarely are people banned for using just a CFW. They usually do something else stupid that warrants a ban. Since neither of them are out yet, we don't know what will guarantee a ban
Unfortunately, this is all still speculation as Atmosphere has not been finished yet. Obviously, the goal is to make it as safe and undetectable as possible but it can never truly be 100% ban-free. The exFAT update for example should not be on a Switch without connecting to Nintendo but we cannot say if Nintendo can detect this and subsequently start banning users. For you, it would be best to use EmuNAND to run games that require higher firmware as we can control its firmware much easier than SysNAND's. Not sure if Atmosphere can and will implement spoofing when we have EmuNAND, but we shall see.
You can follow a tutorial here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-transplant-savedata-system-and-user-from-other-switches.506840/
Is the EmuNAND you are mentioning part of Atmosphere or is that just available already? I know there are some Homebrew solutions available, but I'd like something at least a little permanent. I don't mind doing a special boot off an SD card.
Eventually there will be a backup loader for atmosphere, but we don't know when someone will create one. There might be a way to boot RCM without shorting pin 10, but that's unlikely
1.0.0 doesn't require you to short pin 10 to access RCM. Essentially you don't have to hardmod.
No one really knows. I doubt it'll be released on the 15th. There's an unreleased warmboot exploit for 4.1.0 iirc, but it won't release for a long time.
Emunand isn't available yet
Not in the foreseeable future, but its not impossible. For example, there is an exploit that has been tested to work up to 4.1 but has not been released yet due to the fact that it hasn't been tested on 5.X yet. So once they get a chance to test it on those firmwares, we'll know what options 5.X has available outside of RCM.
Basically what epickid said. Soon (TM)
You can install Fake News via buying Puyo-Puyo Tetris. If you want to install it without Fake News, you would follow this guide: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-transplant-savedata-system-and-user-from-other-switches.506840/
Yes, just follow this guide using RCM: https://gbatemp.net/threads/guide-1-x-5-x-how-to-run-homebrew-on-your-nintendo-switch.506529/
I never heard of 2 being an option. Only 1, 7, and 9 are viable. I always use 9 but there's been some controversy as to if 9 may cause problems. I'd say your best bet is 1.
Both Lakka and Linux will cause the battery to become de-synced with the Switch. If you want to use either, I would advise that you have the Switch at 100% before you turn it on and charge it to 100% before you exit Lakka/Linux. If the percentage is off even a little bit, you may see the effects of the battery problem. This seems to be the place for all progress and updates to Retroarch: https://gbatemp.net/threads/development-thread-retroarch-libnx.505672/
If you have the proper DNS blocked, you should be able to use PegaSwitch without downloading an update. Although PegaSwitch has slowly been falling out of favor due to the power of RCM.
Here is a list of the pins and their functions: https://reswitched.tech/hardware/joycon
