Good day, friends! We are pleased to announce the release of SX OS 2.7 beta.

Well, if you been waiting to try out 'boost mode' in Zelda or play MK11, well no more waiting, you can now update and enjoy!

This update brings full compatibility with firmware 8.0.0 and 8.0.1. All your favorite SX OS functionality (emuNAND, XCI emulation, cheats, etc.) should work as intended.

SX OS v2.7 beta is available on our website and through our Online Update right now!

We keep getting excellent feedback from our users, and have accumulated a nice todo list for new SX OS functionality. Its been almost a year since our initial release, but we promise we're still actively working on adding new features and improving existing ones.

Of course, behind the scenes we are also still working hard on our solution for those "unhackable" switches. Good progress is being made, so hang in there!

That's it for today, keep checking back for more updates!

—< Team-Xecuter - Rocking the Switch in 2019 and beyond! >—​

Source: MaxConsole

 

[Empha]

Thanks, it worked on 7.01 - then I updated my emunand with 8.01 files and it bricked the emunand.

EDIT: I was using a custom theme, after removing sxos/titles/0100000000001000 folder - emunand is working fine with 8.01 now.

There is an update for NxThemes Installer with 8.x.x support, i got stuck with errormessage in boot right after the Nintendo Switch logo, also deleted the custom themes and my Switch booted without any error again.

 

[Deleted User]

sig patches are messed up

 

[peteruk]

Everything working as intended here, only tried loading a few retail titles but all good

 

[Tumbleweed]

If I'm on 8.0.1 it's not possible to use NSCBuilder anymore since I can't get keys to build a MK11 xci with all the updates am I wrong? Is there any other way to build it without the 7.0.x keys that I didn't get with lockpick_rcm :/

 

[guily6669]

to this date they haven’t discovered a single exploit on Switch, I somehow don’t think that’ll change

They were always pretty good exploiting "the others" I guess it counts as discovering an exploit too .

But now seriously, I think Team Xecuter always added something for the community for many old consoles, they could be using other's exploits but they always do something different on the software even though at some point in time the community do something much better...

I only bought SXOS when emunand appeared else I wouldnt have bought it anyway, but I'm always wating for Atmosphere emunand to switch, also what I'm waiting really for is that someone release some software exploit that would run on my switch 3.02, now that would make my day .

I would also be very happy if the new Switch is much better and someone could hack it, would sell my Switch right away since I barely used it, its still like brand new and used only like 20 hours max...

 

[comput3rus3r]

The one thing you missed is being able to grab game updates directly from Nintendo with XCIs. Big hassle saver.

If SX implemented overclocking it'd indisputably be better than CFW. I'm sticking with SX for now to avoid a ban (so I can grab the aforementioned updates) but it sucks to know my games could be performing / looking much better with an overclock.

The Switch already has terrible heat dissipation. Nintendo implemented overclocking in order to more quickly damage original (hackable) consoles. Their new upcoming switches will handle the higher clocks without any issues. I don't plan on overclocking my switch. If you want better frame rates then go play on a PC.

 

[rockbmi]

i just updated OFW and CFW to 8.0.1 when i press to boot OFW throught launch menu with autorcm installed it doesnt boot. Could anyone explain me what happens?

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Its caused by the diference of efuses burned, you need to run the same version of firmware, thats how i solved it in the past but now its broken i have the same problem




You can update directly to 8.0.1

I’m using 8.0.1 on both emunand and stock so I’m not sure if it is fuses. Might just be a bug.

 

[Redferne]

Perhaps I'm missing something.
How can the OFW see the XCI in the SD card? Shouldn't this be something for which a homebrew is required?

The OFW doesn't see the XCI it just see that you played a game like any other cartridge game.

 

[JJTapia19]

If I'm on 8.0.1 it's not possible to use NSCBuilder anymore since I can't get keys to build a MK11 xci with all the updates am I wrong? Is there any other way to build it without the 7.0.x keys that I didn't get with lockpick_rcm :/

Just don't patch them at all with NSCBuilder. Every game and update should work on 8.0.1 without patching it for a specific firmware.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

They were always pretty good exploiting "the others" I guess it counts as discovering an exploit too .

But now seriously, I think Team Xecuter always added something for the community for many old consoles, they could be using other's exploits but they always do something different on the software even though at some point in time the community do something much better...

I only bought SXOS when emunand appeared else I wouldnt have bought it anyway, but I'm always wating for Atmosphere emunand to switch, also what I'm waiting really for is that someone release some software exploit that would run on my switch 3.02, now that would make my day .

I would also be very happy if the new Switch is much better and someone could hack it, would sell my Switch right away since I barely used it, its still like brand new and used only like 20 hours max...

heh

I didn’t get into console modding until the around the 3ds era, so I can’t say much about them in the xbox days personally

luckily both of those things are coming soon

It would be great if whateve new system is coming out was hackable, but Nintendo has really uped their security, current ipatched systems are already unhackable on 8.0+, and the exploit chain for <=7.0.1 partially relies on a bootrom exploit that’ll probably be fixed :/

 

[shado9573]

As Always haters gonna hate…

Everything work as it should ! Who cares of the beta name ?

2 weeks is nothing and sx has wayyy more features than atmo anyway..

Any custom sysmodules? How about Lan play which was updated to 1.2 while for SX OS its still on a previous version? Any support for custom gamepads? HID-MITM is an example. How about most NRO's which work well in AMS but horrible in SX OS. HDD loading is being made currently by a dev called Xortroll. EmuNAND is being made by Hexkyz and SciresM called an FS EmuNAND with An EL2 EmuNAND coming eta June 15th.
AMS can use custom things made by users freely while SX OS you have to actually wait for the features to be actually implemented in a small boot.dat file. (Ahem Custom gamepads/controllers).
Plus USB loading is really a hassle for someone who wants to play on the go and risk breaking there usb cable of usb c pen drive.
AMS has more releases with features being constantly added and has probably the most dev support and they actually implement the features we request (for free). Or we can support them on patreon if we want of if they have any links which is really just a choice.

 

[guily6669]

The Switch already has terrible heat dissipation. Nintendo implemented overclocking in order to more quickly damage original (hackable) consoles. Their new upcoming switches will handle the higher clocks without any issues. I don't plan on overclocking my switch. If you want better frame rates then go play on a PC.

I don't think Nintendo OC will affect it much since its mostly for the loading game... I mean I never heard my Switch ever going loud while loading any game, also while loading if it goes like on PC gaming, most of the times the GPU\CPU utilisation will be very low so even OC won't probably produce much heat as I think it won't be using much of the SOC...

Now a full OC yes, keeping high clocks will make components hotter, pushing more wattage and so on, but I think who is going to OC also most likely already did cooling improvements or plan to do...

I would definitely like trying OC, but I will fully mod my Switch, planning to buy Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut and cool everything, I'm even planning to buy copper sheets and add them to every god damn big chip inside the switch like I did on my X360, but in there I used small memory coolers, its a Falcon which has heat problems, but its still alive and super cold with 2 extra fans added and a custom air tunnel that I made for maximum air pressure for the GPU cooler only...

However I still haven't opened up my Switch, only the controller to add a ON\OFF button below it for RCM and jeez almost couldnt find a button to fit inside the sucker, though I had the perfect one but it just got in pieced all over my hands when removing it from a micro RC heli...

I'm hopping I can find space to put some copper in it, I wish someone would also make a custom full copper CNC cooler for it like I bought a cheap one from a guy I met in a forum that made one cheap for my laptop (though I bought the cheap aluminum one not the full copper that he also made, but was to add above the original cooler so it will always improve cooling and was specially made for that exact laptop with maximum size exploited, he made quite a lot of different testing prototypes until he could make the final one and I paid only like 15€ or so). The laptop also have a custom Bios and support OC, with the added cooler, bottom cover removed and on a laptop base with a huge fan that I bought from thermaltake it can OC quite a lot specially on the old Nvidia, though I didn't risk finding max clocks on it and also power supply wattage is limited though I had to upgrade the power supply before buying the laptop since I chose a high power Intel I7 that requires more power...

The Switch already has terrible heat dissipation. Nintendo implemented overclocking in order to more quickly damage original (hackable) consoles. Their new upcoming switches will handle the higher clocks without any issues. I don't plan on overclocking my switch. If you want better frame rates then go play on a PC.

heh

I didn’t get into console modding until the around the 3ds era, so I can’t say much about them in the xbox days personally

luckily both of those things are coming soon

It would be great if whateve new system is coming out was hackable, but Nintendo has really uped their security, current ipatched systems are already unhackable on 8.0+, and the exploit chain for <=7.0.1 partially relies on a bootrom exploit that’ll probably be fixed :/

My friend had to use a Xecuter chip on his Xbox, the softmod failed which we already knew it would probably fail since if I remember well only the HDD with a rubber X on it would allow hotswapping on the PC for the softmod, the others just kept burning after hot plugging them...

XBMC was the best thing ever done to any kind of console EVER, really miss something like XBMC on a newer good hardware console its like a full OS packed with all goodies and still looking very amazing as just a console menu, though nowadays their latest stuff called Kodi I don't think it looks any good (And no, they are not related to team Xecuter, but team xecuter was rocking back in the day with nice hardware stuff for the console like the LCD panel connected to the Xecuter chip).

This thing looks amazing:

(Not my Xbox, mine I painted all red and black and the Xbox symbol in blue).

 

[JJTapia19]

Any custom sysmodules? How about Lan play which was updated to 1.2 while for SX OS its still on a previous version? Any support for custom gamepads? HID-MITM is an example. How about most NRO's which work well in AMS but horrible in SX OS. HDD loading is being made currently by a dev called Xortroll. EmuNAND is being made by Hexkyz and SciresM called an FS EmuNAND with An EL2 EmuNAND coming eta June 15th.
AMS can use custom things made by users freely while SX OS you have to actually wait for the features to be actually implemented in a small boot.dat file. (Ahem Custom gamepads/controllers).
Plus USB loading is really a hassle for someone who wants to play on the go and risk breaking there usb cable of usb c pen drive.
AMS has more releases with features being constantly added and has probably the most dev support and they actually implement the features we request (for free). Or we can support them on patreon if we want of if they have any links which is really just a choice.

They both have their exclusive features so...

 

[ZachyCatGames]

The Switch already has terrible heat dissipation. Nintendo implemented overclocking in order to more quickly damage original (hackable) consoles. Their new upcoming switches will handle the higher clocks without any issues. I don't plan on overclocking my switch. If you want better frame rates then go play on a PC.

The Switch’s CPU doesn’t generate much heat lol. even with all 4 cores at full load at 1785mhz (the max speed it supports) it only gets a bit warm

 

[guily6669]

The Switch’s CPU doesn’t generate much heat lol. even with all 4 cores at full load at 1785mhz (the max speed it supports) it only gets a bit warm

Never tried OC yet, will only try after official SX support for the emunand and only after I do the cooling mods, but there are indeed a lot of consoles overheating and dying out there...

The 1st time I ever saw a Nintendo switch was a friend of mine who bought one and that thing was running hot and loud on the dock, 4 days later or so the console was giving problems, it was giving a high pitch loud noise portable and docked, he ended up returning it and bought a PSVR instead. Anyway he even paid for the Zelda digital game and couldnt play it lol, this was more than a year ago.

He only bought a new one a few months ago (I think January) in a promotion for 230€, mine I paid 250€ in a promotion close to a year ago...

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I bought a 2nd switch, i checked and it's an unpatched unit that is on 7.0.1. It hasn't been connected to the internet yet and I was wondering if I should just update it to 8.0.1 and then install sxos then or if there is any reason to create a emunand while I am still on 7.0.1. Does it matter?

Thanks

Update it, make a NAND backup with Hekate before anything else (so you have a clean fallback) and keep all your CFW activities on emuNAND (which should be kept offline or patched with Incognito)

Never tried OC yet, will only try after official SX support for the emunand and only after I do the cooling mods, but there are indeed a lot of consoles overheating and dying out there...

The 1st time I ever saw a Nintendo switch was a friend of mine who bought one and that thing was running hot and loud on the dock, 4 days later or so the console was giving problems, it was giving a high pitch loud noise portable and docked, he ended up returning it and bought a PSVR instead. Anyway he even paid for the Zelda digital game and couldnt play it lol, this was more than a year ago.

He only bought a new one a few months ago (I think January) in a promotion for 230€, mine I paid 250€ in a promotion close to a year ago...

That isn't normal. Yes the Switch gets warm in docked mode but so does any modern phone when you play a game. And the Switch has much better cooling than any of those.
The issue with heat is more that it can warp the plastic.
It takes a lot to make the SoC hot enough to overheat, you would have to cover the Switch in blankets or disable the fan, and yes someone tested this. By the way, the Switch actually will shut down if it overheats. Not that that guarantees the CPU won't be slowly damaged over time by heat, but at the kind of temperatures the Switch reaches in normal operation (even in docked mode) that's not what you should be worrying about.
I think your friend had a faulty fan judging by the noise. I had a faulty fan on my laptop, it made a loud grinding noise and a week or two died completely and the laptop would shut down in seconds after getting to the logon screen. Not enough time for me to actually log in and check a temp monitor.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Never tried OC yet, will only try after official SX support for the emunand and only after I do the cooling mods, but there are indeed a lot of consoles overheating and dying out there...

The 1st time I ever saw a Nintendo switch was a friend of mine who bought one and that thing was running hot and loud on the dock, 4 days later or so the console was giving problems, it was giving a high pitch loud noise portable and docked, he ended up returning it and bought a PSVR instead. Anyway he even paid for the Zelda digital game and couldnt play it lol, this was more than a year ago.

He only bought a new one a few months ago (I think January) in a promotion for 230€, mine I paid 250€ in a promotion close to a year ago...

The GPU in the Switch, unlike the CPU, can get pretty hot

It was probably just a defect, the fan can sometimes get a bit loud in docked though

I got mine in March 2017, haven’t had any issues

 

[comput3rus3r]

Never tried OC yet, will only try after official SX support for the emunand and only after I do the cooling mods, but there are indeed a lot of consoles overheating and dying out there...

The 1st time I ever saw a Nintendo switch was a friend of mine who bought one and that thing was running hot and loud on the dock, 4 days later or so the console was giving problems, it was giving a high pitch loud noise portable and docked, he ended up returning it and bought a PSVR instead. Anyway he even paid for the Zelda digital game and couldnt play it lol, this was more than a year ago.

He only bought a new one a few months ago (I think January) in a promotion for 230€, mine I paid 250€ in a promotion close to a year ago...

He's talking out of his ass. There's plenty of other examples of switches malfunctioning from heating problems including and not limited to cracking and warping.

 

[guily6669]

Update it, make a NAND backup with Hekate before anything else (so you have a clean fallback) and keep all your CFW activities on emuNAND (which should be kept offline or patched with Incognito)

That isn't normal. Yes the Switch gets warm in docked mode but so does any modern phone when you play a game. And the Switch has much better cooling than any of those.
The issue with heat is more that it can warp the plastic.
It takes a lot to make the SoC hot enough to overheat, you would have to cover the Switch in blankets or disable the fan, and yes someone tested this. I think your friend had a faulty fan judging by the noise.

I have seen that video for a long time trying to overheat the Nintendo Switch, but there are still a lot of ppl reporting their switch very loud and hot... Mine I have never used the dock, didnt even test it, only tried for the first time like 2 months ago on my friend's Dock, but overall my Switch is barely heard almost completely silent, only spins up slightly from time to time when I played Zelda, lots of times I even have to put my ears on the cooler air exit to try to hear the fans after exiting a game and sometimes I can't even hear it .

I also always leave the console in the menu for at least 1 minute before shutting it down, its a good practise since the Xbox360 I do this on all consoles, though Switch will never need it, but on the Xbox360 at least the GPU smaller cooler was so badly designed that even after turning the console OFF temps would keep going higher and higher as it had not enough metal and with the fans stop, it would actually go over 80cº if I remember well from a test someone did back in the day on youtube, so it was a good practise to always let the console in the menu cooling down a few minutes before shutting down instead of turning OFF while playing a game.

And about my friend's defective Switch, no it wasnt the fan that was faulty, it was working normal and only after a few minutes of gaming the fans would spin very loud to try cooling the console as it was very hot to the touch and all around it, and the high pitch noise was coming from the speakers, you could even mute the console but the speakers were making a huge high pitch noise, other than that the console was running the games normal at normal frames, but pretty hot, maybe someone did a bad job on its thermal paste and it ended up affecting other component making the noise from the speakers or had something shorting inside, no idea...

He's talking out of his ass. There's plenty of other examples of switches malfunctioning from heating problems including and not limited to cracking and warping.

Yep, I agree even though my Switch is not hot, but I have seen so many people reporting overheating and loud fan switches out there, maybe a bad branch, who knows, but the fact is I have nothing to deny tons of reports from other ppl experiences on their switch even though like I said mine seems pretty cool just warm, my Nvidia Shield tablet is even way hotter to the touch.

And then yes there are even more reports of warped switches and the plastic LCD cover coming off and all sorts of shit like that...

Anyway I'm having problems is with my PS4 Pro since day one, its already out of warranty, it randomly shuts down, same on my friend's PS4 Pro and his older non PS4 Pro (its the same friend who had the defective switch, he really has no luck lol, his PS4 Pro had 4 months and completely died, no power, Sony fixed it but its also randomly shutting down like before being repaired and before dying completely off course, just like my pro, it seems to be a power supply problem and also the latest 3rd PS4 Pro version has one extra big condenser, I guess there is a reason for Sony to have made that change).

 

[stewacide]

'Overclocking' is obviously safe in portable mode if it's under what the Switch is already doing out-of-the-box in docked mode.