Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Hacking Pool for buying switch games to get title keys

Thread starter jakkal
Start date Jul 7, 2018
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jakkal

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Let's make it happen
Let's set up a pool where we can pump money into to purchase eshop titles so we can get their title keys

Essometer

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Jul 7, 2018

LUL. You can’t be serious. This really not the right place for this.

Last edited by Essometer, Jul 7, 2018

MightyMoe

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Aldoria

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I don't think I understand

leon315

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Jul 7, 2018

ME work hard,
ME work hard to earn sweaty money
ME use sweaty money to buy original crt
And yet a jakkal ask ME to share it for free?!
Are you serious?

jakkal

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Aldoria said:
I don't think I understand

Poor thing

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jakkal said:
Poor thing

Well if I say that it's because I want to understand, so maybe I can help you. If you're just here to be fed and be rude with people who ask questions then get the hell out

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jakkal

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Aldoria said:
Well if I say that it's because I want to understand, so maybe I can help you. If you're just here to be fed and be rude with people who ask questions then get the hell out

I'm not in need of any help. This would be a group effort to everyone's benefit