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[bupeapoop]

No because you imported the save data from the folders into Doom, or more accurately, onto the console itself. Those files have to be deleted from within the console's internal memory.

Thanks @Draxzelex. That's me went ahead and deleted the Doom save using Checkpoint. Hopefully, that resolves the issue. Now that its been deleted, I'll go ahead and mount the Switch back on the dock and see whether or not this issue reoccurs.

 

[bupeapoop]

** double post **

 

[misticknight1]

Getting this error message now whenever i try to install anything on my switch. Ever since my SD card corrupted once a while back. I’m thinking I need to just start fresh on a new sd card ? It’s a sadisk 256 didn’t even last me 2 years so don’t want to go that route if I don’t have to.

 

[leosel]

My switch stuck at boot joycon logo how to fix it, please help?

- Switch is not on CFW, never tried doing it.
- Switch is an unpatched model
- After playing Asphalt online for a couple of hours, then the battery runs out
- Charge the switch normally, charging battery icon appears
- After charged and power it on my switch is stuck at boot joycon logo.
- Already tried the recovery mode but nothing happens
- Already tried removing the sd card, game card, joycons still stuck on logo
- Drain the battery and then charge it for a couple of minutes, just enough to power, but still stuck on logo

Question?
1. Is there a way to know if my switch is software brick?
2. Is there a way also to know if my switch has an hardware parts failure?

Please much appreciated to anyone who can help me.

 

[switchme]

I have filled my SD card with games and have no more space and I am planning to use Tinfoil to delete a few to make room for new ones.

My question is: How can I backup (i.e., transfer off the SD card) games prior to deleting them, in case I want to restore them later? (I understand how to backup save files with Tinfoil. It's backing up actual games I can't figure out.)

Any help much appreciated, thank you.

 

[binkinator]

My switch stuck at boot joycon logo how to fix it, please help?

- Switch is not on CFW, never tried doing it.
- Switch is an unpatched model
- After playing Asphalt online for a couple of hours, then the battery runs out
- Charge the switch normally, charging battery icon appears
- After charged and power it on my switch is stuck at boot joycon logo.
- Already tried the recovery mode but nothing happens
- Already tried removing the sd card, game card, joycons still stuck on logo
- Drain the battery and then charge it for a couple of minutes, just enough to power, but still stuck on logo

Question?
1. Is there a way to know if my switch is software brick?
2. Is there a way also to know if my switch has an hardware parts failure?

Please much appreciated to anyone who can help me.

1) since you’ve not modded anything you can’t be software bricked.
2) you’ve already done the recommended troubleshooting. further diagnostics are best done in person and are beyond “Noob“ level remote diagnostics.

The best person to help you would be a local electronics repair shop. Next best (but not recommended since you’d likely get a patched model in return) would be to send your switch in to Ninty for repair/replacement.

Best of luck with this!

 

[binkinator]

Getting this error message now whenever i try to install anything on my switch. Ever since my SD card corrupted once a while back. I’m thinking I need to just start fresh on a new sd card ? It’s a sadisk 256 didn’t even last me 2 years so don’t want to go that route if I don’t have to.

yes, that’s not a good sign.

Once an sd card starts going bad other areas will of the card will soon follow. Sometimes a full format will fix it and other times nothing will.

Two years is a decent run. Not stellar for an expensive sandisk but again I’m not surprised. I personally rotate between a couple “main” sd cards whenever I do a FW upgrade or any major software change. Then if/when one card gives out I only lose a couple weeks worth of activity.

bottom line: backup what you can, order a couple of matched brand name SD cards, and set up a backup rotation so you minimize this risk in the future.

edit: found this on Reddit but it doesn’t look promising:

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SylentQ

· 1 yr. ago

A quick google turns up this and this and also this. Not sure what you've tried yet so wanted to give a few options.

 

[binkinator]

I have filled my SD card with games and have no more space and I am planning to use Tinfoil to delete a few to make room for new ones.

My question is: How can I backup (i.e., transfer off the SD card) games prior to deleting them, in case I want to restore them later? (I understand how to backup save files with Tinfoil. It's backing up actual games I can't figure out.)

Any help much appreciated, thank you.

you need to dump your installed games using something like NXDumptool.

Theres a quick rundown on how to dump installed titles is in section 2 here: https://suchmememanyskill.github.io/guides/switchdumpguide/

unfortunately you will need to have enough space on your card to dump games so start by deleting something you don’t need or already have elsewhere. mThen start dumping your smallest and start working yiur way up until you have enough storage space to dump a larger one.

 

[leosel]

Thans

yes, that’s not a good sign.

Once an sd card starts going bad other areas will of the card will soon follow. Sometimes a full format will fix it and other times nothing will.

Two years is a decent run. Not stellar for an expensive sandisk but again I’m not surprised. I personally rotate between a couple “main” sd cards whenever I do a FW upgrade or any major software change. Then if/when one card gives out I only lose a couple weeks worth of activity.

bottom line: backup what you can, order a couple of matched brand name SD cards, and set up a backup rotation so you minimize this risk in the future.

edit: found this on Reddit but it doesn’t look promising:

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SylentQ

· 1 yr. ago

A quick google turns up this and this and also this. Not sure what you've tried yet so wanted to give a few options.

Thanks for the respond, but It's ok I finally fixed it, it's a corrupt boot0, recovering prodkeys and rebuilding the system did the job

 

[binkinator]

Thans

Thanks for the respond, but It's ok I finally fixed it, it's a corrupt boot0, recovering prodkeys and rebuilding the system did the job

Good deal. Glad you got it sorted!

(it looks like you responded to a different thread..confused for a sec)

 

[misticknight1]

yes, that’s not a good sign.

Once an sd card starts going bad other areas will of the card will soon follow. Sometimes a full format will fix it and other times nothing will.

Two years is a decent run. Not stellar for an expensive sandisk but again I’m not surprised. I personally rotate between a couple “main” sd cards whenever I do a FW upgrade or any major software change. Then if/when one card gives out I only lose a couple weeks worth of activity.

bottom line: backup what you can, order a couple of matched brand name SD cards, and set up a backup rotation so you minimize this risk in the future.

edit: found this on Reddit but it doesn’t look promising:

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SylentQ

· 1 yr. ago

A quick google turns up this and this and also this. Not sure what you've tried yet so wanted to give a few options.

Thanks for the help man. I might just give up and get a new card been thinking of a 512gb for a while so I’ll use this as a catalyst. I’ll transfer it all when I know I have a weekend to kill

 

[Walo]

Hi, I was trying to update my CFW and ran into some issue.

I’m getting this screen when launching from the payload.

I’m not sure what’s up

EDIT: Fixed the issue. I was using an outdated Hekate payloader which didn't work on 13.2.1 So just changed that and it worked.

 

[bupeapoop]

So somehow I've went from this error yesterday:

To this today:

Yesterday, all I did was delete the 'PlayerData' from the .saves folder within Checkpoint.

Whatever I've done last night has completely screwed my SD Card. Before any deletions, at least Atmosphere would reboot after the first error message whenever I clicked the VOLUME button. Now though, whenever I restart Atmosphere, I'm getting the error message in the second screenshot. Atmosphere OS no longer loads.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Whatever I've done to try attempt to resolve the first error has went and completely screwed everything all together.

Thanks and I really look forward to any informative responses.

 

[jazzeux]

I'm running on 13.2.1 and since this morning, my switch only load on stock firmware (like if I don't have my hwfly chip installed). The chip's led flash only one small purple blink then stock emmc is loading.

Do you think it's a loose soldering problem or else?

 

[binkinator]

So somehow I've went from this error yesterday:



To this today:


Yesterday, all I did was delete the 'PlayerData' from the .saves folder within Checkpoint.

Whatever I've done last night has completely screwed my SD Card. Before any deletions, at least Atmosphere would reboot after the first error message whenever I clicked the VOLUME button. Now though, whenever I restart Atmosphere, I'm getting the error message in the second screenshot. Atmosphere OS no longer loads.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Whatever I've done to try attempt to resolve the first error has went and completely screwed everything all together.

Thanks and I really look forward to any informative responses.

https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/issues/1378

Doesn’t look good. That error suggests your SD card might be corrupted.

edit: is your machine a Mac or PC? Can you see everything on the SD card with your machine?

 

[binkinator]

I'm running on 13.2.1 and since this morning, my switch only load on stock firmware (like if I don't have my hwfly chip installed). The chip's led flash only one small purple blink then stock emmc is loading.

Do you think it's a loose soldering problem or else?

Very likely. Probably take it back too the guy that installed it. Did you solder it in yourself?

 

[MarkEagle131]

binkinator - just wanted to start by thanking you for your help. You've saved me from throwing this thing out the window.​

just a very quick question about backups (nsp files). I've made the nsp files using the nxdump tool and have saved them to my pc. I don't think I need anything else to restore - as I have made sure to take backups of the updates and DLC content I have.
So am I missing anything here -do I need 'keys' or anything similar ? I've googled this - but I can't see anything definite, and would like to make sure before something did get corrupted in my switch and i was stuck.
thanks

 

[binkinator]

binkinator - just wanted to start by thanking you for your help. You've saved me from throwing this thing out the window.​

just a very quick question about backups (nsp files). I've made the nsp files using the nxdump tool and have saved them to my pc. I don't think I need anything else to restore - as I have made sure to take backups of the updates and DLC content I have.
So am I missing anything here -do I need 'keys' or anything similar ? I've googled this - but I can't see anything definite, and would like to make sure before something did get corrupted in my switch and i was stuck.
thanks

Nope. NXDumptool is absolutely the right tool for the job. Your keys file should already be in /switch/ so there’s nothing else to do with them for now.

BTW i refer to this when dumping:

https://suchmememanyskill.github.io/guides/switchdumpguide/

not for a step by step because I don’t change my hekate_ipl.ini or any of the other stuff…mostly for the right boxes to tick while dumping.

I’m assuming you are not messing with any games installed in Sysnand and are offline!

Step 2: The Dump​

Instructions (Digital based dump)​

1. Launch into EmuMMC cfw via hekate <—-Modified from Orig instructions…do not boot Sysnand!
2. Open the Homebrew Menu and open nxdumptool
3. Select Dump installed SD card / eMMC content
   • Note: to dump an update for a gamecard game, press Y to access the orphan title list.
4. Select the game you want to dump, then select Nintendo Submission Package (NSP) dump
5. If prompted, select Dump base application NSP (Redo section if there's also an update to dump)
6. Turn the following options on: Split output dump (FAT32 support), Remove console specific data, Generate ticket-less dump and Change NPDM RSA key/sig in Program NCA. <——boxes to tick here!
7. Select Start NSP dump process
8. After this is done, either dump your game update too, or return to the homebrew menu by pressing + (Don't forget to reboot into EmuMMC!!)

Your game dump got dumped in the /nxdumptool/nsp folder




Once you’re at this point you can test recovery of one of your less critical games by deleting the entire thing using “Data Management“ in the Switch menu and then reinstalling from your new .nsp file in /nxdumptoo/nsp/

if they don’t install right it will only impact the one game and not corrupt your SD card or anything. Just delete it again from “Data Management“ again should anything go sideways and you can’t launch the game.

 

[MetalGear-DD]

Hi, today I was about to create a backup of my Sysnand.

I already hacked my switch with emunand and all, but as my SD is not that big I decided to use another one to create the backup (I had a backup before but I lost it).
The thing is that when I run Hekate on the SD I get a different interface than the "normal" one. It is a simple interface with text only, and below it appears "Warning: Nyx is Missing".

Should I do the backup even so? or should I fix this problem?
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I put the latest version of Hekate and nothing else on the SD, there is only the "bootloader" folder and the payload.

 

[binkinator]

Hi, today I was about to create a backup of my Sysnand.

I already hacked my switch with emunand and all, but as my SD is not that big I decided to use another one to create the backup (I had a backup before but I lost it).
The thing is that when I run Hekate on the SD I get a different interface than the "normal" one. It is a simple interface with text only, and below it appears "Warning: Nyx is Missing".

Should I do the backup even so? or should I fix this problem?
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I put the latest version of Hekate and nothing else on the SD, there is only the "bootloader" folder and the payload.

You can do a backup, however something is not right. You’ll get the cli version of Hekate if Nyx is broken. Nyx comes with and would have unzipped with Hekate. You could have corruption on your sd card in which case you’ll end up trusting a bad backup. I would go back and redownload Hekate zip file again fro GitHub and make sure everything is working correctly on this new SD card before continuing.