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 {QUESTION} Is it possible to make a payload injector from a USB to Type-c?

Thread starter Hugopugo
Start date Nov 13, 2018
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Hugopugo

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Nov 13, 2018

Good day switch community,

Hope someone here can share their knowledge and help

i have this sandisk 16gb usb to type c HD and i was wondering if i can use that to make an payload injector similar to like a windows bootable usb...

tried ns atmosphere and it cant seem to find the port

any ideas are much appreciated

thanks again

Last edited by Hugopugo, Nov 13, 2018

0x40

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Nov 13, 2018

No. Just use a phone.

Do you guys not have phones??

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EhRabz

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Jun 29, 2019

0x40 said:
No. Just use a phone.

Do you guys not have phones??

But what can a phone do that a script can't? You can only use a phone if you have an Android or a jailbroken IOS device, which is rare currently.

Hayato213

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Jun 29, 2019

EhRabz said:
But what can a phone do that a script can't? You can only use a phone if you have an Android or a jailbroken IOS device, which is rare currently.

You must be living under a rock.

Djakku

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Jun 29, 2019

Well those are your options atm take it or leave it.

As to your question, to put it very simple terms, the phone/ computer pushes the data to the switch then execute it.

A usb stick is just a storage device.