Hacking Advise for Already Hacked Switch

[_Pro_Man_]

Hey guys,

It's been a while and I've been out of the switch scene for a bit, but I've been checking in every so often to see what developments have been made. Just wanted to figure out some things and ask some questions regarding the state of the switch. I'm currently running ReiNX on 5.1.0 with Auto RCM enabled. What is currently the "ideal" firmware to be on in regards to hacking? I see that ReiNX was updated to 2.1 today, but is Atmosphere or another CFW better to use? And if so, reasons why one is better than other CFWs would be very appreciated. If I was to switch CFWs, would the installed nsps and saves transfer over? As far as installers, I had been using Tinfoil to install nsp files. I've heard the name Goldleaf tossed around, but I don't know that it offers any benefits over Tinfoil. My microsd card is also currently formatted to FAT32, with the limitation being that 4gb+ files cannot be transferred and have to be split. I know that it can be formatted to exFAT, but from what I can recall the switch would need to undergo an update. I've kept the switch offline leading up to hacking it to avoid an update and after hacking it in order to avoid a ban. Ideally, I would like to keep it this way, having an unbanned switch, so I suppose keeping it offline is the best option.

Thanks in advance for any help and advise!

 

[Kubas_inko]

Hey guys,

It's been a while and I've been out of the switch scene for a bit, but I've been checking in every so often to see what developments have been made. Just wanted to figure out some things and ask some questions regarding the state of the switch. I'm currently running ReiNX on 5.1.0 with Auto RCM enabled. What is currently the "ideal" firmware to be on in regards to hacking? I see that ReiNX was updated to 2.1 today, but is Atmosphere or another CFW better to use? And if so, reasons why one is better than other CFWs would be very appreciated. If I was to switch CFWs, would the installed nsps and saves transfer over? As far as installers, I had been using Tinfoil to install nsp files. I've heard the name Goldleaf tossed around, but I don't know that it offers any benefits over Tinfoil. My microsd card is also currently formatted to FAT32, with the limitation being that 4gb+ files cannot be transferred and have to be split. I know that it can be formatted to exFAT, but from what I can recall the switch would need to undergo an update. I've kept the switch offline leading up to hacking it to avoid an update and after hacking it in order to avoid a ban. Ideally, I would like to keep it this way, having an unbanned switch, so I suppose keeping it offline is the best option.

Thanks in advance for any help and advise!

Depends. Every CFW now works on 7.0.x.
Best FW is probably 6.2.0 (or 7.0.x and ams).
Ams has reboot to payload, proper shutdown (for autorcm), kips and so on. Reinx has some Ams stuff but does not add anything (except anime grils). SX OS is paid and has usb, usb and EmuNAND (but is missing a lot of ams stuff). If you can, go with Ams, as it is constantly updated and the default CFW (every CFW is based on it).
Goldleaf is an evolution of tinfoil.
You can install the update via choidujourNX (that's how you should update anyway).

 

[_Pro_Man_]

Depends. Every CFW now works on 7.0.x.
Best FW is probably 6.2.0 (or 7.0.x and ams).
Ams has reboot to payload, proper shutdown (for autorcm), kips and so on. Reinx has some Ams stuff but does not add anything (except anime grils). SX OS is paid and has usb, usb and EmuNAND (but is missing a lot of ams stuff). If you can, go with Ams, as it is constantly updated and the default CFW (every CFW is based on it).
Goldleaf is an evolution of tinfoil.
You can install the update via choidujourNX (that's how you should update anyway).

From what I can recall, Atmosphere didn't enable signature checks by default. Is there an extra step that I have to do to enable this step? And then would I encounter any issues switching from ReiNX to Atmosphere or would it be as simple as changing the payload to push and the files on the SD card? And would you suggest that I update to 6.2.0 through choidujourNX as I would be able to use an exFAT formatted microsd card right?

 

[Kubas_inko]

From what I can recall, Atmosphere didn't enable signature checks by default. Is there an extra step that I have to do to enable this step? And then would I encounter any issues switching from ReiNX to Atmosphere or would it be as simple as changing the payload to push and the files on the SD card? And would you suggest that I update to 6.2.0 through choidujourNX as I would be able to use an exFAT formatted microsd card right?

You just need to download them from here and copy the ams folder on root and override everything.
You can change just by that. putting new files on SD and pushing ams payload. If you already have reinx, probably just update reinx and continue using it.
Definitely update using choidujourNX.