Hacking Question Is Switch hacking safe enough to do in 2021?

[TheCosmicWarrior]

Hi everyone. I hacked my 3DS in 2016 when Soundhax was a popular entrypoint (everyone and their mother at that point had a hacked 3DS), but I'm aware that the Switch is an entirely different beast, and I'm still not sure if the pros to hacking the Switch outweigh the many cons I've found people have experienced. (TLDR; Is it safe to homebrew my console in 2021? And what's the safest option I have? Are there any precautions I can take?)

 

[Hayato213]

You can't play online and run backup/homebrew on the same NAND though there is always a chance of getting a ban. You have to run an emunand if you want to do all your hacking stuff on one NAND and play online on Sysnand.

 

[lordelan]

hacking the Switch outweigh the many cons

Which cons?
Create an emuNAND, hide it from Nintendo (90DNS and/or Incognito) and do what you want.
Keep your sysNAND clean (as it is right now) and play online there.
No cons at all beside the fact that you have to boot between those two NANDs everytime.

 

[dangopig]

I personally recommend doing it for all the homebrew possibilities. However, the usual rule applies - if you're not mentally prepared to be banned at some point, don't do it.

Having said that, being console banned only stops you from accessing Nintendo's services and let's be real here, Nintendo online sucks.

 

[Lightyose]

You can't play online and run backup/homebrew on the same NAND though there is always a chance of getting a ban. You have to run an emunand if you want to do all your hacking stuff on one NAND and play online on Sysnand.

I agree with what @Hayato213 says. Plus, should something go wrong on EmuNand(EmuMMC), you can just create another in worst case scenario.

Doing it(hacking) on SysNand is not recommended, for most things. Also, having a corrupt/damaged SysNand may be harder to deal with, if you lose your NAND backup.

If you're going to touch SysNand into the hacking side of things, it is recommended always to a NAND backup before doing so.

 

[Krude]

I've been homebrewing online for almost two years now and nothing happened.

As long as you keep your homebrew to the homebrew launcher and don't do something fundamentally stupid like cheating online or installing pirated software, nothing will happen.

 

[Deleted member 194275]

I must point out that, if you are running on the latest switch system update, things are not working flawless yet. I am waiting to proceed just because that (even that there are workarounds already).

 

[AngryCinnabon]

I assume you're on the proper model for RCM, I'd run as others said an emunand for all your homebrew and totally legit backups and use sysnand for "Normal Switch Things". the moment you run homebrew of any sort on your sysnand you're very likely going to be banned at some point, it honestly isn't worth the hassle and fear to not use emunand. and arguably it's healthier for your switch's real nand chip.
Go with atmosphere unless you absolutely NEED gamecart backup mounting or aren't good at updating on your own. which i'd assume since you already have used CFW in soundhax days you know enough to drag and drop a few files.

 

[kwlc]

Hi everyone. I hacked my 3DS in 2016 when Soundhax was a popular entrypoint (everyone and their mother at that point had a hacked 3DS), but I'm aware that the Switch is an entirely different beast, and I'm still not sure if the pros to hacking the Switch outweigh the many cons I've found people have experienced. (TLDR; Is it safe to homebrew my console in 2021? And what's the safest option I have? Are there any precautions I can take?)

it's really safe as long as you create an emuNAND to use your hacking stuff

 

[TheCosmicWarrior]

Thank you to all who tried to help me in the right direction! Hopefully this thread will help others that are curious like I was.