So I wanted to jump in on this whole switch hacking thing early while the vulnerabilities are still relatively fresh. Got my paperclip ready, deleted the Wi-Fi settings, and put my switch into RCM mode. Cool. Set up my SD card for ReiNX because the guide didn't tell me that a Hekate backup was cleaner. Awesome. Load the payload. Only now am I told to ensure my SD card is 32GB. Turn off system, check, start again. Make backup NAND. How much "damage" is irreparably on my Switch and how likely am I to bite the ban bullet on this one. (And before everyone goes calling me an idiot for not reading the stickies more thoroughly, my last taste of hacking was on 3DS, which was comparably unbannable. I was misguided in thinking the Switch was more of the same.)
Update (12/1/2018):
I managed to restore my NAND without issue, but I couldn't check for signs of banning due to update nags. I have my Switch connected to the parental control app (mostly because my friends are jerks who were trying to hook their phones up so I had to beat them to it) and I just got the monthly play time record. I checked it and it still sent play reports even when the system is nagging for an update, which confirms that the Switch communicates with Nintendo servers even when Nintendo services such as eshop are blocked by update nags. To that end I'm pretty sure I'm clear of banning, at least thus far.
Update (12/1/2018):
I managed to restore my NAND without issue, but I couldn't check for signs of banning due to update nags. I have my Switch connected to the parental control app (mostly because my friends are jerks who were trying to hook their phones up so I had to beat them to it) and I just got the monthly play time record. I checked it and it still sent play reports even when the system is nagging for an update, which confirms that the Switch communicates with Nintendo servers even when Nintendo services such as eshop are blocked by update nags. To that end I'm pretty sure I'm clear of banning, at least thus far.
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