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[3DSBricker]

So Should I just format my sd card and start the process over from scratch?

Unless you already have things you don't want to lose (like games or saves inside EmuNAND or installed games to the SD card in SysNAND), yes. Clean all partitions (don't format them separately). I mostly use Diskpart, but it's a very powerful tool. I completely wiped my C drive accidentally (with proper recovery software you can recover everything in most cases), you can also use something like Aomei or EaseUs. If there isn't some write locked partition you could manually delete them in disk management.

 

[FrienemyStand]

Unless you already have things you don't want to lose (like games or saves inside EmuNAND or installed games to the SD card in SysNAND), yes. Clean all partitions (don't format them separately)

Alright, I'll do that then. I made a complete backup of my sysnand including save data and dlc, so I'll be fine. I'll let you know how it goes. So after I booted into Hekate and selected emummc, I noticed there was a second option called sd file, might that be an easier way to create one?

 

[3DSBricker]

Alright, I'll do that then. I made a complete backup of my sysnand including save data and dlc, so I'll be fine. I'll let you know how it goes.

Make a backup of the Nintendo folder too, just in case. That's where the games installed to the SD card are. (when they're not installed to the NAND)

 

[FrienemyStand]

Make a backup of the Nintendo folder too, just in case. That's where the games installed to the SD card are. (when they're not installed to the NAND)

I have that folder on my desktop already.

 

[omeguito]

Well you're connecting to that server if it's LAN play in the game and if it's local play too. To redirect ad-hoc you do need the ldn_mitm.kip file, which can only be used with CFW.

Yes, and this drawback that made me wonder if no one has ever retrieved the pre-shared key from a Switch.

 

[FrienemyStand]

Make a backup of the Nintendo folder too, just in case. That's where the games installed to the SD card are. (when they're not installed to the NAND)

HOLY SHIT I THINK I FIGURED OUT WHAT I DID WRONG. This guide says to not format the sd card when i plug it into my pc after creating the partition, but I formatted it on my pc.
https://www.cfwaifu.com/switch-emunand/

 

[Draxzelex]

Hi, I´ve got a problem after updating Atmosphere with the All-in-one Updater.
Maybe someone could please help me, don´t know how I could fix it.
Got the latest atmosphere version from the all-in-one-updater on 13.1 fw (not using emunand).
after the update he asked me to also update hekate to 5.6.2. everything fine so far, then the question came: "should hekate payload /bootloader/update.bin being copied to /atmosphere/reboot_payload.bin" ? I wasn´t sure what to do and accepted.
Now I can boot into hekate perfectly and also start the cfw but after any click on anything the switch is getting extremely slow, takes about one minute to react after pushing a button. there are no slowdowns booting into the ofw. copied the update.bin on the sd card from a backup without any change.. everything is freezing for minutes.
is there anything i could try to fix without starting from scratch ? thanks for any help.

Well just so you know, all you said yes to was setting Hekate as your reboot_to_payload so whenever you press Restart from the Power menu or your console crashes while you're in CFW, it will launch that payload so your SD card being slow is unrelated. How is your SD card formatted?

Well, Tinwoo worked flawlessly (in combination with NS-USBloader). Consider me converted
I saw that Tinwoo also had the option to update the sigpatches for me. Can I trust it and stop doing these updates manually?

Unfortunately some users report problems when using that so I cannot advise you to use to it.

 

[jkirk]

Well just so you know, all you said yes to was setting Hekate as your reboot_to_payload so whenever you press Restart from the Power menu or your console crashes while you're in CFW, it will launch that payload so your SD card being slow is unrelated. How is your SD card formatted?

Unfortunately some users report problems when using that so I cannot advise you to use to it.

Hey Draxzelex,

What is the most foolproof way to update the firmware on my switch, I think I managed to update my atmosphere and hekate, but don't want to use an incorrect way of updating my firmware from 11 to 13. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[rotteldastation]

Is it possible to do ACNH local play between a stock console and a modded console? Also, I'm using 90DNS-- you don't need to connect to Nintendo's servers for local play, right?
(Edit: I tried it, and it does work! even with 90DNS )

 

[Draxzelex]

Hey Draxzelex,

What is the most foolproof way to update the firmware on my switch, I think I managed to update my atmosphere and hekate, but don't want to use an incorrect way of updating my firmware from 11 to 13. Any advice would be appreciated.

Use the homebrew application Daybreak. It comes bundled with Atmosphere automatically.

Is it possible to do ACNH local play between a stock console and a modded console? Also, I'm using 90DNS-- you don't need to connect to Nintendo's servers for local play, right?

I don't see why it wouldn't be possible.

 

[Chaosta]

Again, thank you so much for such a concise response and helping me understand these things.

So since Nintendo would know the moment I went online that I booted into CFW before making my emuNAND, would factory resetting before doing a system update, wipe that information or "flag" from the switch? I want to look 100% legit to Nintendo when I'm on sysNAND so I can play online with some games, other games I want to use cheats, I will own all games legitimately though (buy the eshop version then back it up to SD), I just love the trainers with Tesla overlay idea, it brings me back to the OG XBOX xbcm and the PSP GTA:LCS cheat device plugin days *sighs reminiscently* "such fond memories" (adjusting gravity on the fly then cause some chaos and crank the gravity up to 19x , the cops all dropped dead as soon as they got out of the vehicles. Sorry for getting distracted.

One more question, can I update my emuNAND after sysNAND gets updated without having to start anew? Is this where daybreak comes into play?

system restore wont wipe the logs on that nand. the only way to do that would be to restore the nand to a state before any cfw was on it.(assuming you have a backup) if you just used save editors or such on that nand youll be fine.

yes, update sysnand, shutdown then dl and inject latest tegraexplorer, dump sysnand fw, then boot emunand, open daybreak and install the fw you just dumped

 

[Szizorillo]

Hi,
I've put the Data folder in atmosphere/contents/<TitleID>/romfs/ but I just get a black screen and nothing happens when I attempt to boot the game -

• contents/
  • <Title ID>/
    • romfs/
      • Data/
        • StreamingAssets/
          • AssetAssistant/
            • Pml/
              • personal_masterdatas

I tried a more simple mod (no intro videos) and this seemed to work so I'm not sure what's going wrong.
atmosphere/

• contents/
  • <Title ID>/
    • romfs/
      • Data/
        • StreamingAssets/
          • Movie/

So any mod that modifies the "AssetAssistant" fails for me. This is the first time I've ever tried any mod stuff so I'm trying to figure this out from fresh basically. Any advice? Any settings or config files I need to change? Thanks!

Btw I migrated from SXOS to atmosphere i dont know if this is relevant

 

[LegzRwheelz]

system restore wont wipe the logs on that nand. the only way to do that would be to restore the nand to a state before any cfw was on it.(assuming you have a backup) if you just used save editors or such on that nand youll be fine.

yes, update sysnand, shutdown then dl and inject latest tegraexplorer, dump sysnand fw, then boot emunand, open daybreak and install the fw you just dumped

Excellent. Thank you so, so very much. I'm having difficulties remembering if I did the NAND bup before or after I booted to CFW on sysNAND..I am not THAT worried about wiping the flag, you said that I should be fine and I trust you, that's good enough for me.

After booting into CFW on sysNAND, I didn't do anything besides check to see that it was running atmosphere then powered off and create my emuNAND then booted that to see if it shows the version ending with an "E" rather than an "S", that's when I proved to myself that I am capable of doing this correctly, then I proceeded to educate myself on updating it to 13.2 which ultimately led me here.

I really appreciate your time and patience with my long, drawn out questions and taking the time to answer each part of my posts. You're awesome.

 

[3DSBricker]

Excellent. Thank you so, so very much. I'm having difficulties remembering if I did the NAND bup before or after I booted to CFW on sysNAND..I am not THAT worried about wiping the flag, you said that I should be fine and I trust you, that's good enough for me.

After booting into CFW on sysNAND, I didn't do anything besides check to see that it was running atmosphere then powered off and create my emuNAND then booted that to see if it shows the version ending with an "E" rather than an "S", that's when I proved to myself that I am capable of doing this correctly, then I proceeded to educate myself on updating it to 13.2 which ultimately led me here.

I really appreciate your time and patience with my long, drawn out questions and taking the time to answer each part of my posts. You're awesome.

Only starting Atmosphère won't get you banned. To wipe system logs, TegraExplorer has a full system wipe script which does wipe the logs.

 

[seany1990]

Is there a way (with an update file or homebrew app) to update the joycons and pro controller?

 

[Chaosta]

Is there a way (with an update file or homebrew app) to update the joycons and pro controller?

theres a hb app to flash a color onto your joycons. called jc color swapper. useful if you shell swapped your joycons. but otherwise no. boot to stock ofw and update them there or install a higher fw on a emunand then go to settings and update there. either way the joycon firmware is paired with the switch firmware.

 

[cloudfe]

Unfortunately some users report problems when using that so I cannot advise you to use to it.

I'll keep it in mind, thank you

 

[NeoGranzon]

Sorry guys,i ask questions and get ignored.

 

[BigOnYa]

Sorry guys,i ask questions and get ignored.

All you have to do is look in the Switch Tutorial section:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/quick-tuto-how-to-boot-linux-on-your-switch.501918/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-install-android-8-1-lineageos-to-your-nintendo-switch.544568/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/partition-based-emummc-and-l4t-ubuntu-on-the-same-sd-card.543956/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/running...-core-switch-dont-expect-much-from-it.573657/

 

[MrFoda123]

Hey, so since I don't know how the homebrew works, I bought my switch already homebrewed. The guy who sold to me said everytime I wanted to turn the system on, I had to inject it in my PC through a cable using TegraRcmGUI and it always worked fine. Today I've attempted to turn it on with my cellphone (android) using NSloaderRB. I have used the same .bin file as the one from TegraRcm and when I connected it the cellphone displayed an error message, I ignored it and tried to inject it, and started a infinite loading screen saying that it was beeing injected. i've got impatient and closed the app and since neither my phone nor my PC recognize my switch. I've reinstalled the drivers on the PC and even used my backup of the sd card, but it still does not recognize. After a while of beeing connected, windows says "USB Device not recognized". What can I do to reverse this???
p.s.: sorry for my bad english, I am not a native speaker.