Hacking Question Extract the licence from SX Pro ?

[Forge]

You can only use the license-request on the website only with the key from an SX OS purchase. SX Pro does *not* come with a serial, and the serial embedded in the dongle does *not* work on the SX mini-site. It's been tried.

 

[3DSDSXL]

So if your switch broke and you get a new replacement but your sx pro dongle wont work now because it was tied t your console. So if you buy a new sx licence how would you activate it using the old dongle ?

 

[CanIHazWarez]

So if your switch broke and you get a new replacement but your sx pro dongle wont work now because it was tied t your console. So if you buy a new sx licence how would you activate it using the old dongle ?

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the dongle would still work. You would have to purchase a new license for the new console though. According to their FAQ on their site, you can use a dongle on multiple systems if you purchase a separate license for the other systems. It would be the same as activating a license normally, but then just using the dongle to deliver the payload instead of your computer/android.

 

[snoofly]

Thats why in a way it's a pity you can't buy a dongle without a preactivated license.

Then you'd have an option to buy both dongle and OS separately at the expense of a few extra $$ but in the knowledge that in future, if your dongle goes wrong or you lose it,
you could buy another one without having to buy another license. If you lose any of your license* files, that doesn't matter as you could regenerate both with the
payload then using the xecuter website as long as you had your key from your reseller email stashed somewhere.

For ex. SX OS, $25
SX Pro $35
Dongle only $15

Maybe I'm missing something that would undermine TX's strategy if they provided the dongle untethered but thats perhaps how I would do it.

 

[sj33]

I’d say the reason for that can be determined by the fact that the price difference between the SX standalone and the SX Pro bundle is relatively small - the dongles are so cheap to produce.

They make their money from SX itself rather than the dongle, so they would probably rather make people buy SX rather than just the dongle for a few dollars.

 

[snoofly]

I’d say the reason for that can be determined by the fact that the price difference between the SX standalone and the SX Pro bundle is relatively small - the dongles are so cheap to produce.

They make their money from SX itself rather than the dongle, so they would probably rather make people buy SX rather than just the dongle for a few dollars.

OK, but I'd say most people like the idea of Pro for the ease of use of the dongle, and if you lose/break your dongle, to get a new one you have to pay out for another Pro and by doing so, pay implicitly for an extra tethered license you don't even need (unless you have another switch lying around) or can even sell on.
Anyway, just debating theories really (and trying to take a break from the dramas
A few lost dollars isn't really going to ruin someones day.

 

[sj33]

I do agree with you. Just saying that TX make more money from SX than anything else.

 

[wolf_]

You can only use the license-request on the website only with the key from an SX OS purchase. SX Pro does *not* come with a serial, and the serial embedded in the dongle does *not* work on the SX mini-site. It's been tried.

That is incorrect I activated mine using license request file on their website from my sx pro

 

[sj33]

I think there’s just a misunderstanding there. SX Pro can can activated on the website using license-request.dat. But you can’t extract the serial from the dongle and redeem that on the website.

 

[osm70]

This begs the question of what's actually saved on the dongle. Has anyone tried plugging it into a computer and checking?

 

[Zytos]

Back up your license.dat file. You don't need the dongle inserted to verify each time, as long as your have the license.dat on your SD, you're good. If you lose that AND the dongle, you can use the license-request.dat file on the website to get a new license.dat. If you lost your dongle, license-request.dat AND license.dat file well then you kinda deserve to re-purchase it.

I've read this thread twice and I think I know the answer to the following question ("yes"), but I want to make sure:

I order SX Pro. The dongle works; I activate and obtain the license. License.dat is on my SD card. The dongle later dies. Effectively, it is now as if I just purchased an SX OS license, and I can launch the SX OS payload using another method (TegraRCMSmash, NXLoader, etc.) as long as license.dat remains on my SD card. Correct?

 

[sj33]

From what I understand, yes. Once you have requested your license.dat, that will be your license. The licence-request.dat will be needed if you lose your license.dat, and the dongle is needed if you lose both.

 

[snoofly]

I've read this thread twice and I think I know the answer to the following question ("yes"), but I want to make sure:

I order SX Pro. The dongle works; I activate and obtain the license. License.dat is on my SD card. The dongle later dies. Effectively, it is now as if I just purchased an SX OS license, and I can launch the SX OS payload using another method (TegraRCMSmash, NXLoader, etc.) as long as license.dat remains on my SD card. Correct?

Yes correct.
<ninja'd>

 

[Ransom342]

The dongle just puts the key in the license request.dat once its activated it puts a license.dat file on your sd card.. Back up that file and your good.

 

[slaphappygamer]

So, it’s the key (not the license), embedded in the dongle.

 

[aikon]

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