Hacking Question How do i fix this?

[DerekGeneric831]

I put my old NAND from my old Switch onto my new Switch unit and now I seem to be getting the Blue Screen when loading OFW.. and "Failed to load Firmware" when trying to push Hekate on Tegrarcmgui, I can boot into Hekate but yeah.. When loading any CFW it doesn't seem to load.

 

[stick267]

I put my old NAND from my old Switch onto my new Switch unit and now I seem to be getting the Blue Screen when loading OFW.. and "Failed to load Firmware" when trying to push Hekate on Tegrarcmgui, I can boot into Hekate but yeah.. When loading any CFW it doesn't seem to load.

You can't transfer NANDs from different Switches. I hope you made a backup of your new Switch's NAND.

 

[DerekGeneric831]

You can't transfer NANDs from different Switches. I hope you made a backup of your new Switch's NAND.

I did it because I was told that's the only way to get the saves from my old Switch due to my MICRO sd Port being messed up.. I should have made a backup of the NAND but I didn't.

 

[stick267]

If you didn't make any kind of backup from your new Switch then I'm afraid it's probably bricked.

See this thread:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/switch-was-brick.536944/

 

[Kubas_inko]

I did it because I was told that's the only way to get the saves from my old Switch due to my MICRO sd Port being messed up.. I should have made a backup of the NAND but I didn't.

Yea, no. You can use save transfer, cloud or homebrew. But this is definitely not the way to do it.
If you don't have a NAND backup, you need to rebuild your FW from the scratch.

 

[stick267]

Yea, no. You can use save transfer, cloud or homebrew. But this is definitely not the way to do it.
If you don't have a NAND backup, you need to rebuild your FW from the scratch.

He flashed a NAND from a different Switch, so rebuilding the NAND won't do him any good because it will just be rebuilding an invalid NAND for his current console.

 

[DerekGeneric831]

He flashed a NAND from a different Switch, so rebuilding the NAND won't do him any good because it will just be rebuilding an invalid NAND for his current console.

So it's probably best to go back to the eb games / gamestop I got it from and swap it for another one? Is there still any way I can get those saves off my old Switch that has an unfunctional micro sd slot?

 

[Kubas_inko]

He flashed a NAND from a different Switch, so rebuilding the NAND won't do him any good because it will just be rebuilding an invalid NAND for his current console.

Right. He reflashed his prodinfo as well...
If he used ams, he might be able to use the backup it generates.

 

[stick267]

So it's probably best to go back to the eb games / gamestop I got it from and swap it for another one? Is there still any way I can get those saves off my old Switch that has an unfunctional micro sd slot?
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Hopefully the store will accept the return. As far as recovering your saves, I'm not sure. There may be some PC based tools that are able to mount your NAND image so you can extract the saves from it but I wouldn't be able to help there.

 

[eyeliner]

If the store accepts the return of that console, they must be EXTREMELY stupid.

 

[JBMario]

The Switch 8.0 firmware allows you to transfer your game saves from one Switch to another one. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/43314

 

[eyeliner]

The Switch 8.0 firmware allows you to transfer your game saves from one Switch to another one. https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/43314

He fornicated the switch completely, yo. He got a paperweight, now. He made very big poo. Figuratively.

 

[JBMario]

He fornicated the switch completely, yo. He got a paperweight, now. He made very big poo. Figuratively.

I understood that. I'm just telling him in case the store accepts to exchange his already-bricked Swtich for a new one.

 

[eyeliner]

I understood that. I'm just telling him in case the store accepts to exchange his already-bricked Swtich for a new one.

I hope wholeheartedly that they do not.
I sincerely hope they laugh at him in that moment.
I wanted to be there...
Why would you mess withour your Nand WITHOUT MAKING A BACKUP?

 

[nestaa51]

he could still boot linux on it right?

 

[designgears]

just use hackdiskmount on the nand backup and pull the saves there, then use hactoolnet to resign them with new console keys.

Also you can swap the nand from the borked switch into the working one since it has that switch's nand on it and flash it again with the proper nand backup and then swap it back to the switch so it will boot again.

 

[Tidus]

Hope you get it sorted out.

 

[pcwizard7]

So it's probably best to go back to the eb games / gamestop I got it from and swap it for another one? Is there still any way I can get those saves off my old Switch that has an unfunctional micro sd slot?
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as long as your consus is clear and they don't test it before doing the trade i m sure that work... why is gamestop going under? LOL its not just the customer service

 

[nestaa51]

as long as your consus is clear and they don't test it before doing the trade i m sure that work... why is gamestop going under? LOL its not just the customer service

I'm sure that gamestop has a place they can send it out to to have the nand restored.... RCM is there for a reason...

 

[pcwizard7]

I'm sure that gamestop has a place they can send it out to to have the nand restored.... RCM is there for a reason...

but since he restore a nand backuo from old switch make it impossible now which makes it a paperweight