Hacking [RCM Payload] Hekate - CTCaer mod

[ErrADDict]

I'm wondering about the "Restore" options. I noticed that the BOOT0 and BOOT1 are required to be in different locations:
/Backup/Restore/BOOT0
/Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1

Is this a typo?

From OP:
Restore eMMC BOOT0/1 (Dangerous!):
Do not use that if you don't know what you are doing! No one is responsible for messing with your device.
You have a 10 second mandatory wait time before letting you start restore by pressing POWER.
This let's you restore your eMMC BOOT0 and BOOT1 partitions.
It will only restore the files at /Backup/Restore/BOOT0 and /Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1.

 

[whyyes]

I did a full restore earlier tonight and it seems to have worked fine except during the verification of the rawnand I got the old issue mentioned here https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/issues/30 . It did complete properly, my NAND backup was the correct size and all. It definitely took 70 minutes though so maybe I just have a weird SD I used for my restore. I think I'll be picking up a second samsung to use for backup and restore instead of this kingston. Seeing an error spooked me

Edit: Maybe the kingston is fake? It was able to contain the full nand backup to restore but in SD Info it says it's speed class 4. Yep, definitely thinking fake after closer inspection of it.

Basically I created the backup on a known good sd card but attempted to restore on a spare I had laying around. I might try to restore again with my known good card but my switch appears to be working fine so I'm not sure if I should bother

 

[XaneTenshi]

I'm wondering about the "Restore" options. I noticed that the BOOT0 and BOOT1 are required to be in different locations:
/Backup/Restore/BOOT0
/Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1

Is this a typo?

From OP:
Restore eMMC BOOT0/1 (Dangerous!):
Do not use that if you don't know what you are doing! No one is responsible for messing with your device.
You have a 10 second mandatory wait time before letting you start restore by pressing POWER.
This let's you restore your eMMC BOOT0 and BOOT1 partitions.
It will only restore the files at /Backup/Restore/BOOT0 and /Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1.

I don't know why he does not include the file extensions on the boot files in that path, but no, it's not really a typo, but it's not an extra folder either. The "BOOT1" and "BOOT0" refers to the files themselves, so you'd just place the boot files under "Restore/"

Look here for another example:

From OP
"This let's you restore your eMMC general purpose partition. If hekate find the /Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/rawnand.bin it will restore it and verify it."

As in previous example, you place "rawnand.bin" under "/Restore/". It is not an extra folder. Basically all 3 files need to be in the same directory.

 

[CTCaer]

I'm wondering about the "Restore" options. I noticed that the BOOT0 and BOOT1 are required to be in different locations:
/Backup/Restore/BOOT0
/Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1

Is this a typo?

From OP:
Restore eMMC BOOT0/1 (Dangerous!):
Do not use that if you don't know what you are doing! No one is responsible for messing with your device.
You have a 10 second mandatory wait time before letting you start restore by pressing POWER.
This let's you restore your eMMC BOOT0 and BOOT1 partitions.
It will only restore the files at /Backup/Restore/BOOT0 and /Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/BOOT1.

I don't know why he does not include the file extensions on the boot files in that path, but no, it's not really a typo, but it's not an extra folder either. The "BOOT1" and "BOOT0" refers to the files themselves, so you'd just place the boot files under "Restore/"

Look here for another example:

From OP
"This let's you restore your eMMC general purpose partition. If hekate find the /Backup/<eMMC S/N>/Restore/rawnand.bin it will restore it and verify it."

As in previous example, you place "rawnand.bin" under "/Restore/". It is not an extra folder. Basically all 3 files need to be in the same directory.

It's a typo. Both have to be in /backup/<emmc sn>/restore/ folder.

I did a full restore earlier tonight and it seems to have worked fine except during the verification of the rawnand I got the old issue mentioned here https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/issues/30 . It did complete properly, my NAND backup was the correct size and all. It definitely took 70 minutes though so maybe I just have a weird SD I used for my restore. I think I'll be picking up a second samsung to use for backup and restore instead of this kingston. Seeing an error spooked me

Edit: Maybe the kingston is fake? It was able to contain the full nand backup to restore but in SD Info it says it's speed class 4. Yep, definitely thinking fake after closer inspection of it.

Basically I created the backup on a known good sd card but attempted to restore on a spare I had laying around. I might try to restore again with my known good card but my switch appears to be working fine so I'm not sure if I should bother

Class 4 are dead, since ever. So, if it's not an old sd card, it's def fake.


EDIT:
Fixed the typo in OP. If you find anything else please tell me.
I never properly updated it though.. Just some bits here and there.

 

[whyyes]

Class 4 are dead, since ever. So, if it's not an old sd card, it's def fake.

So should I rerun the restore with a legit card? It did work with the fake it just failed to verify, possibly because of how slow the card is.

 

[GDT]

Yes, in the ini file just add this kind of line after the [config] block

{-- category name --}
[sub category name]
payload=bootloader/payloads/nameofpayload.bin
{ }

On the sd card, put your payload in the bootloader/payloads folder
Then in ctcaer mod, go to autoboot and select your payload under your chosen category name and select it for autoboot

I'm a noob about switch modding, I need to understand... I enabled autoRCM, after going the first time in RCM mode with a modded paperclip. I don't have a usb dongle for inject payload, so with this method I can autoboot a payload from sd?

 

[CTCaer]

So should I rerun the restore with a legit card? It did work with the fake it just failed to verify, possibly because of how slow the card is.

It's better to do that yeah!

I'm a noob about switch modding, I need to understand... I enabled autoRCM, after going the first time in RCM mode with a modded paperclip. I don't have a usb dongle for inject payload, so with this method I can autoboot a payload from sd?

You always need to inject a payload.
It's just that now you don't need the paperclip.

 

[p1w1x]

Hi, I have some troubles to get a new nand dump. I did a backup before (I was on 5.1.0) and I am trying to do a new one with my Switch on 6.1.0 with the fuses burned & exFat update. MicroSD info: SanDisk Ultra 32gb 10 HC I, its the same SD used in my first backup. Using the lastest version of hekate I have the next errors and it is imposible to do a nand backup.

SD in exFat with more than 29.8 gb free space
[fatfs] Error: WLIO. Fatal error (1)

SD in exFat with less than 29.8 gb free space (partition enabled)
SD card and eMMC data (@LBA <code>), do not match! Verification failed..

Resuming the last one:
[fatfs] Error: WLIO. Fatal error (1) - Again!

SD in fat32 with more than 29.8 gb free space
SD card and eMMC data (@LBA <code>), do not match! Verification failed.. - Again!

I dont know what to do.
I am going to try with ReiNX Toolkit, but the format of that backup nand works with Hekate for restore in the future?

EDIT: now I remember that my last nand backup was using Rei Toolkit, the new files this tool just generated looks the same

 

[CTCaer]

Hi, I have some troubles to get a new nand dump. I did a backup before (I was on 5.1.0) and I am trying to do a new one with my Switch on 6.1.0 with the fuses burned & exFat update. MicroSD info: SanDisk Ultra 32gb 10 HC I, its the same SD used in my first backup. Using the lastest version of hekate I have the next errors and it is imposible to do a nand backup.

SD in exFat with more than 29.8 gb free space
[fatfs] Error: WLIO. Fatal error (1)

SD in exFat with less than 29.8 gb free space (partition enabled)
SD card and eMMC data (@LBA <code>), do not match! Verification failed..

Resuming the last one:
[fatfs] Error: WLIO. Fatal error (1) - Again!

SD in fat32 with more than 29.8 gb free space
SD card and eMMC data (@LBA <code>), do not match! Verification failed.. - Again!

I dont know what to do.
I am going to try with ReiNX Toolkit, but the format of that backup nand works with Hekate for restore in the future?

That's a low level I/O error.
Can you send me a photo of Console info -> Sd card info?

EDIT:
And prepare yourself

 

[p1w1x]

That's a low level I/O error.
Can you send me a photo of Console info -> Sd card info?

EDIT:
And prepare yourself

You scared me a little haha. I attached a picture. I am doing the backup with Rei Toolkit and it seems there is no problem, it stopped at 7 of 10 because the space. If this continue to 100% and a get the backup, is compatible with Hekate for restore?

I appreciate your response and I take the opportunity say great job with your mod!

 

[CTCaer]

Your card seems to be a very good fake.

Unfortunately, it's easy to see for me.
1: All sandisk A1 cards and generally A1 cards are U1 also.
2: All sandisk A1 careds are also SDR104, aka 104MB/s bus speed.

But, even though this data is valid afaik, there's a chance that this is not a fake and Sandisk cheaped out and started creating even more crappier cards.
So to see if it's not really fake or it hasn't any problem, it's best to test it with a program like h2testw.
(Can you attach a photo of the card? I'm curious to see how it looks like)

 

[whyyes]

It's better to do that yeah!

I got a new Sandisk 128 from Office Depot today and restored backup with no errors this time. It's much faster to transfer files on to. Thanks for your response!

 

[p1w1x]

Your card seems to be a very good fake.

Unfortunately, it's easy to see for me.
1: All sandisk A1 cards and generally A1 cards are U1 also.
2: All sandisk A1 careds are also SDR104, aka 104MB/s bus speed.

But, even though this data is valid afaik, there's a chance that this is not a fake and Sandisk cheaped out and started creating even more crappier cards.
So to see if it's not really fake or it hasn't any problem, it's best to test it with a program like h2testw.
(Can you attach a photo of the card? I'm curious to see how it looks like)

I'm not surprised at all, I know there are a lot of fake cards around *sigh*. This is my card from a local store. I think I will buy a 128gb Samsung from amazon. Can you confirm my last question about the nand backup? or anyone?

 

[CTCaer]

I'm not surprised at all, I know there are a lot of fake cards around *sigh*. This is my card from a local store. I think I will buy a 128gb Samsung from amazon. Can you confirm my last question about the nand backup? or anyone?

Oh god. There are no white sandisks.
Ultras are either black with red letters or Blue-grey/red.
Also there's no A1.

It's a fake :/
Hekate correctly reported errors.

Hekate can restore that backup (If you rename the 2 boot partitions to BOOT0 and BOOT1).
But if you do it, you'll risk of corrupting your eMMC.

EDIT:
Just saw that these white ones are new. Let me research and check your pic again

EDIT2: @piwix
OK, didn't know these exist.
I looked the picture again it seems that it's pretty good to be fake.
Also these cards are rated at max 48MB/s which matches your bus speed.
(Still A1 without U1 is strange)

So, I'm not sure why you have these errors.
It may be from not fully seated sd card reader (so some bits can change).
I would be careful in your case.

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@piwix
Ping for importance

 

[p1w1x]

Oh god. There are no white sandisks.
Ultras are either black with red letters or Blue-grey/red.
Also there's no A1.

It's a fake :/
Hekate correctly reported errors.

Hekate can restore that backup (If you rename the 2 boot partitions to BOOT0 and BOOT1).
But if you do it, you'll risk of corrupting your eMMC.

EDIT:
Just saw that these white ones are new. Let me research and check your pic again

I am sad, but I appreciate your help. I was able to get the BOOT0 and BOOT1 with Hekate. Sounds crazy but I need to ask, can I use these boot backups with the nand backup generated with the toolkit?

 

[rafalince]

Can i convert a SX backup on a Rawnand ?

 

[gundamu]

amazing loader
question why is the nand back up so slow??
i thought switch hardware was decent??

 

[CTCaer]

amazing loader
question why is the nand back up so slow??
i thought switch hardware was decent??

The actual backup is around 23 minutes.
Depends on your sd card and format.

What takes a long time is that green bar which is the verification process. It basically reads back the data from your sd card and checks it bit for bit.

You can disable it if you know that you have a legit card, or at least you can choose the faster mode.

But if you don't know if your card is OK, I wouldn't do that.

Anyway, that process takes a long time, mostly because the whole process runs on a tiny cpu, called BPMP, which is designed only to boot your console and do power management.
Down the road I plan to port it to the normal cores, so it can have max speed.

 

[gundamu]

The actual backup is around 23 minutes.
Depends on your sd card and format.

What takes a long time is that green bar which is the verification process. It basically reads back the data from your sd card and checks it bit for bit.

You can disable it if you know that you have a legit card, or at least you can choose the faster mode.

But if you don't know if your card is OK, I wouldn't do that.

Anyway, that process takes a long time, mostly because the whole process runs on a tiny cpu, called BPMP, which is designed only to boot your console and do power management.
Down the road I plan to port it to the normal cores, so it can have max speed.

wow didn't know it ran on cpu then a tegra
cheers mate

 

[Calebotomy]

So, Ive tried searching through the thread and cant find anyone who had my same issue. I have my boot0.bin and boot1.bin the the correct restore folder. I was able to restore my rawnand.bin just fine but when I try to do the BOOT1 & 2 I get error (4) even though the files are in the correct location.

Am I missing something simple? any help is much appreciated.

Edit1: I've tried 2 different cards. both 200GB sandisk cards onee FAT32 and the other exFAT(which i restored the nand with)

Edit2: Just tried a 32GB samsung card and same thing. What am I doing wrong?