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[binkinator]

I installed kirby fighters 2 using tinfoil and it worked fine but now it says the software closed cuz an error has occurred, how do I fix?

Did you recently upgrade your Firmware or Atmosphere? Might need to upgrade your Sigpatches. Click my signature block for more on those.

 

[james28909]

does anyone reputable offer switch emmc recovery?

 

[Infinity147]

Hi guys!

There questions if you would be so kind….

1) I’m using Tinwoo and want to install something small on my switch in order to access the HB menu through that rather than the album icon which puts me in applet mode. I have a partitioned emunand set up. I want to do my first install from the SD card and my question is, where do I copy the files to on my sd card do they go somewhere specific before install or can they go anywhere? Sd root? Switch folder?

2) I used the rentry guide to setup my switch and one of the last things that I didn’t do was setting up auto Rcm. Corrupting the switch to enable this sounds risky? I do have all the relevent backups off my switch so overall is it safe to do and should I not worry.

Also, is it true, as long as I power off the switch within Hekate then it will turn off properly and I won’t be in Rcm mode and drain the battery?

3) I can boot to OFW through Hekate, but On a couple of occasions I’ve plugged in my power cable to soon and I’ve booted to the official os. Is it safe to boot to the official os on the sysnand without going through Hekate and with my sd present with the partition based emunand On it?

 

[Buszu92]

Hi guys, i cannot install tinfoil. Nsp games work fine. Can someone help me?

 

[binkinator]

Hi guys!

There questions if you would be so kind….

1) I’m using Tinwoo and want to install something small on my switch in order to access the HB menu through that rather than the album icon which puts me in applet mode.

At a high level just remember that Tinwoo installs games and HBmenu is related to Homebrew. To access HBMenu in full memory mode (non-applet mode) you can just use title override on any game you have installed…so technically you already have X number of ways to get to HBMenu already installed and sitting on your Main menu as games available for title override.

I have a partitioned emunand set up. I want to do my first install from the SD card and my question is, where do I copy the files to on my sd card do they go somewhere specific before install or can they go anywhere? Sd root? Switch folder?

They can go anywhere. I created a folder called /transfer at the root of my SDCard that I never put anything important and can be deleted at any time I want. I use my /transfer folder for things like this…shuttling my game backups around. You can name your folder whatever you want, or put it in the root of the SDCard or heck, live like a savage and plunk them down right in your /atmosphere directory if you want (really don’t recommend that last one but you get my point.)

Please note that the largest game backup you can store on FAT32 will be 4G due to file system limitations. You might be tempted to reformat with exfat but resist the urge, it’s not worth it. Your switch can install larger games on FAT32 because it handles files splitting in its own behind the scenes without you knowing so FAT32 is still superior on Switch. A better way To install games is over USB. No copying files around. Your .nsp and .xci files stay on your PC and are installed directly to the Switch. Installing over USB is way faster than network installs and way cleaner than double copying files all over the place. Try it!

Tinwoo behaves just like Awoo so use the Awoo setting in the following tool…

• NS-USBLoader — Java based USB and Network installer.

2) I used the rentry guide to setup my switch and one of the last things that I didn’t do was setting up auto Rcm. Corrupting the switch to enable this sounds risky? I do have all the relevent backups off my switch so overall is it safe to do and should I not worry.

The corruption is literally flipping one bit in Hekate. OK…maybe two bits? Regardless it‘s very straight forward and controlled. Not really corruption if you’re doing it intentionally. It‘s just enough corruption to make the boot fail…and go into RCM mode. Very convenient and safe with the minor exception of being a bit annoying if you run out of battery with it on. This issue is largely overblown. You simply keep it on a charger overnight and then quickly go through the boot process and your back in business. When it first happened to people they panicked and thought they couldn’t get their switch to ever boot again. I’ve not hear of anybody in recent times have that be the case. Feel free to turn on AutoRCM.

Also, is it true, as long as I power off the switch within Hekate then it will turn off properly and I won’t be in Rcm mode and drain the battery?

Correct, but watch out for it turning back on. I’ve seen mine try to power on after a shutdown or after putting it on the charger. I mostly just let mine go to sleep on the charger so it’s never in any danger.

3) I can boot to OFW through Hekate, but On a couple of occasions I’ve plugged in my power cable to soon and I’ve booted to the official os. Is it safe to boot to the official os on the sysnand without going through Hekate and with my sd present with the partition based emunand On it?

No worries. This isn’t an issue. A company browsing your files remotely would be bad for privacy. A legitimate company is not going to risk getting caught looking at (for example) your banking statements you also happen to keep on your SDCard and catching a lawsuit. The presence of a dormant CFW just sitting on your card doesn’t mean you are doing anything actionable anyway. You can even upgrade your FW on your Sysnand using Ninty’s upgrade servers in this mode and then dump your legit firmware to upgrade your Emunand. Feel free to install legit games to your Sysnand and play Online even. All totally safe.

 

[binkinator]

Hi guys, i cannot install tinfoil. Nsp games work fine. Can someone help me?

Download the installable .nro version from here https://tinfoil.io/Download#download

E: site seems to be down. Use this link instead.



Place the .nro file in /switch directory on yiur SDCard

Use title override to get into HBmenu with full memory available. You will see Tinfoil available. Click it to install. Once it‘s done just exit out of HBMenu and you will have Tinfoil on you Main Menu.

 

[binkinator]

does anyone reputable offer switch emmc recovery?

You looking to pay somebody to read the instructions available to you for free here on GBAtemp? Kidding.

Let me ask you this, what has happened that you need this service?

 

[Dutt]

Where are these 5 files placed on your system?

Wherever the system downloads system update to.

 

[Infinity147]

At a high level just remember that Tinwoo installs games and HBmenu is related to Homebrew. To access HBMenu in full memory mode (non-applet mode) you can just use title override on any game you have installed…so technically you already have X number of ways to get to HBMenu already installed and sitting on your Main menu as games available for title override.

They can go anywhere. I created a folder called /transfer at the root of my SDCard that I never put anything important and can be deleted at any time I want. I use my /transfer folder for things like this…shuttling my game backups around. You can name your folder whatever you want, or put it in the root of the SDCard or heck, live like a savage and plunk them down right in your /atmosphere directory if you want (really don’t recommend that last one but you get my point.)

Please note that the largest game backup you can store on FAT32 will be 4G due to file system limitations. You might be tempted to reformat with exfat but resist the urge, it’s not worth it. Your switch can install larger games on FAT32 because it handles files splitting in its own behind the scenes without you knowing so FAT32 is still superior on Switch. A better way To install games is over USB. No copying files around. Your .nsp and .xci files stay on your PC and are installed directly to the Switch. Installing over USB is way faster than network installs and way cleaner than double copying files all over the place. Try it!

Tinwoo behaves just like Awoo so use the Awoo setting in the following tool…

• NS-USBLoader — Java based USB and Network installer.

The corruption is literally flipping one bit in Hekate. OK…maybe two bits? Regardless it‘s very straight forward and controlled. Not really corruption if you’re doing it intentionally. It‘s just enough corruption to make the boot fail…and go into RCM mode. Very convenient and safe with the minor exception of being a bit annoying if you run out of battery with it on. This issue is largely overblown. You simply keep it on a charger overnight and then quickly go through the boot process and your back in business. When it first happened to people they panicked and thought they couldn’t get their switch to ever boot again. I’ve not hear of anybody in recent times have that be the case. Feel free to turn on AutoRCM.

Correct, but watch out for it turning back on. I’ve seen mine try to power on after a shutdown or after putting it on the charger. I mostly just let mine go to sleep on the charger so it’s never in any danger.

No worries. This isn’t an issue. A company browsing your files remotely would be bad for privacy. A legitimate company is not going to risk getting caught looking at (for example) your banking statements you also happen to keep on your SDCard and catching a lawsuit. The presence of a dormant CFW just sitting on your card doesn’t mean you are doing anything actionable anyway. You can even upgrade your FW on your Sysnand using Ninty’s upgrade servers in this mode and then dump your legit firmware to upgrade your Emunand. Feel free to install legit games to your Sysnand and play Online even. All totally safe.

Awesome reply! Thank you!

just to say my initial setup and my sysnand backup were from a factory reset switch. So I have no titles or apps like YouTube etc installed yet. I had no idea about applet mode and only became aware of it when I ran Tinwoo from the HB menu and it announced that there maybe issues running in applet mode.

1) Concerning going online with the emunand to access the home brew store, is it worth it or can you just pickup most home brew apps from the various GitHub’s?

2) I’ve setup exosphere and blocked dns, so if I do go online, is it just a question of booting to the emunand through Hekate and then going into system settings and adding my connection details or should I be using a different method.

3) Should I be concerned with burning fuses? It’s my understanding that if fuses are burned it prevents downgrading, is this correct?

4) You mentioned using the sysnand dump of your current firmware to update your emunand, is that through the Daylight app?

5) If I don’t go with auto Rcm and still use the jig, is it still advisable to boot the my Sysnand through Hekate rather than straight to OFW when I want to do a system update from the official servers.

End of round two of questions

I really appreciate the help

 

[binkinator]

Wherever the system downloads system update to.

How did you take that screenshot? What were you using to view them? Apologies…I’m still trying to visualize what’s even going on. Never seen such a thing so have nothing to go on at the moment.

 

[prof72]

Hi there was this new game but it requires firmware 14.1.1

the game title is souldiers
my system:
current version: 13.2.1 | AMS 1.2.6/S

im using version 2 modded
i have never done this before
i dont know what to do as well
upgrade my system or downgrade the game

help

 

[binkinator]

Awesome reply! Thank you!

just to say my initial setup and my sysnand backup were from a factory reset switch. So I have no titles or apps like YouTube etc installed yet. I had no idea about applet mode and only became aware of it when I ran Tinwoo from the HB menu and it announced that there maybe issues running in applet mode.

I always install my backup of Othello.nsp with Tinwoo. No need to only have one installer…there are several good ones out there that all have their pros and cons.

• Tinfoil — Polished installer. Recommend the Self installing version.
• DBI — Capable feature filled and fast installer.
• Tinwoo — A nice installer for when you just want to install.
• Goldleaf — The kitchen sink but it can also install games.

Anyway, Othello is one of the smallest games out there and gets me my initial game on the menu.

1) Concerning going online with the emunand to access the home brew store, is it worth it or can you just pickup most home brew apps from the various GitHub’s?

Totally worth it. HB App Store is a very quick and easy way to install homebrew apps correctly from the start.

2) I’ve setup exosphere and blocked dns, so if I do go online, is it just a question of booting to the emunand through Hekate and then going into system settings and adding my connection details or should I be using a different method.

Was going to say something like this in the response to the previous question…as long as you have exosphere and dns:mitm set up you can go (relatively safely…but we never know 100%) go on the Internet. These two tools will stop you from being able to go Online with Nintendo (which is what we want.)

3) Should I be concerned with burning fuses? It’s my understanding that if fuses are burned it prevents downgrading, is this correct?

Fuses — Hekate bypasses the anti-downgrade fuse process but you still might be curious how many fuses are expected to burn for each FW version

As long as you run Hekate first, you will never burn fuses, BUT even if you do burn fuses (such as accidentally going online OFW as mentioned previously) it doesn’t really matter because Hekate will allow you to downgrade because it bypasses the fuse checker program. Hekate is awesome.

4) You mentioned using the sysnand dump of your current firmware to update your emunand, is that through the Daylight app?

I should mention, in the context of burning fuses from previous question, that to do this you really should boot OFW with the Hekate menu rather than just booting into Horizon OS (HOS) directly. It won’t get you banned. Just don’t go installing pirated games or cheat Online and you are (relatively) safe.

You would update your FW through the official System menu. No need to install tools on Sysnand. Then update your Emunand via Datbreak.nro.

Here’s a full tut on how to do it: https://nh-server.github.io/switch-...-dumping-an-updated-firmware-from-your-sysmmc

5) If I don’t go with auto Rcm and still use the jig, is it still advisable to boot the my Sysnand through Hekate rather than straight to OFW when I want to do a system update from the official servers.

‘oops…already answered above. Always go through Hekate. Hekate is awesome and makes burnt fuse concerns obsolete.

End of round two of questions

I really appreciate the help

You bet!

PS. Click my signature block for a bunch of tuts and software you didn’t know you needed.

 

[binkinator]

Hi there was this new game but it requires firmware 14.1.1

the game title is souldiers
my system:
current version: 13.2.1 | AMS 1.2.6/S

im using version 2 modded
i have never done this before
i dont know what to do as well
upgrade my system or downgrade the game

help

Upgrade your system. It‘s easy to do.

https://rentry.org/UpdateCFWAndFW

 

[Infinity147]

Thank you Binkinator!! You are Awesome!

you’ve done this before haven’t you

 

[Buszu92]

Download the installable .nro version from here https://tinfoil.io/Download#download

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Place the .nro file in /switch directory on yiur SDCard

Use title override to get into HBmenu with full memory available. You will see Tinfoil available. Click it to install. Once it‘s done just exit out of HBMenu and you will have Tinfoil on you Main Menu.

Thanks for fast reply. I do what you tell, but still i can't install tinfoil. My system version: 14.1.1|AMS 1.3.2|E

 

[prof72]

Upgrade your system. It‘s easy to do.

https://rentry.org/UpdateCFWAndFW

im sorry im still confuse..

the game ask for firmware update..

i think i saw something like this on tinfoil, update 14.1.1 for about 200mb
can i just click this? (use it) or not recommended?

if i the link it says i need daybreak and firmware files
i can get daybreak from downloading it from hb app right?
but where to get firmware files?

Then should i also update atmosphere?
it says i need All In One Switch Updater i think i can get also in hb app.

Now another big question is that, what should i do first?
im gonna be in big trouble if i did not do this right.

 

[binkinator]

Thanks for fast reply. I do what you tell, but still i can't install tinfoil. My system version: 14.1.1|AMS 1.3.2|E

Did you recently upgrade your Firmware and/or Atmosphere?

Please go through this and see if you missed anything:

https://rentry.org/MigrateToAtmosphere1_0_0

I'm thinking you didn't update fusee.bin...

If that doesn't work then please post your /bootloader/hekate_ipl.ini file here.

 

[binkinator]

im sorry im still confuse..

the game ask for firmware update..

Correct. The instructions I sent will get you to an upgraded FW. You don't want to have upgraded FW before you've updated your CFW to handle it.

i think i saw something like this on tinfoil, update 14.1.1 for about 200mb
can i just click this? (use it) or not recommended?

No need to improvise your own instructions. The guide I sent you has everything you need.

if i the link it says i need daybreak and firmware files
i can get daybreak from downloading it from hb app right?
but where to get firmware files?

Daybreak.nro is installed by default. It's already on your switch. No worries. It will update if needed.

Then should i also update atmosphere?
it says i need All In One Switch Updater i think i can get also in hb app.

Yes, you will need to update your CFW (Atmosphere). I highly recommend you follow the PC (not AIO) way. AIO is for experts who know what to do if things break.

Now another big question is that, what should i do first?
im gonna be in big trouble if i did not do this right.

Correct. Go to the link I sent you and execute them in the following order:

First do the one circled in Red.
Then do the one circled in Blue.
Lastly you will need to do the one circled in Black.
Unless you have a Mod Chip you don't likely need to do the rest.

 

[XaneTenshi]

Hey guys
I'm back in the switch hacking scene after about half a year of abscene, and after upgrading to FW 13.2.1 and CFW to 1.3.2 for a new game I want to play, I get an error in Hekate in red text saying "Failed to apply nosigchk" and some of my games refuse to boot.

The problem is that I have already tried updating my sigpatches, first using the newest patches from https://gbatemp.net/threads/sigpatches-for-atmosphere-hekate-fss0-fusee-package3.571543/ and since that didnt work, I tried https://github.com/ITotalJustice/patches/releases/tag/13.2.1-1.2.6.

Neither of these changed the situation and certain games still refuse to boot and I don't know what to try now. I have tried re-installing one of the games that won't boot and it did not help either.

Extra background info: I stopped using my hacked EmuNand half a year ago when it stopped working (Atmosphere would crash upon boot) and I was going to switch to my SysNand anyway and wasn't planning on switching back for a long time.

I have since managed to get it working again, but then noticed that certain games had stopped working ( this was BEFORE FW upgrade). I tried copying over a fresh batch of sigpatches but it didn't work. Since I was going to upgrade to 13.2.1 anyway, i decided to try again after the update and here we are.

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[binkinator]

Hey guys
I'm back in the switch hacking scene after about half a year of abscene, and after upgrading to FW 13.2.1 and CFW to 1.3.2 for a new game I want to play, I get an error in Hekate in red text saying "Failed to apply nosigchk" and some of my games refuse to boot.

The problem is that I have already tried updating my sigpatches, first using the newest patches from https://gbatemp.net/threads/sigpatches-for-atmosphere-hekate-fss0-fusee-package3.571543/ and since that didnt work, I tried https://github.com/ITotalJustice/patches/releases/tag/13.2.1-1.2.6.

Neither of these changed the situation and certain games still refuse to boot and I don't know what to try now. I have tried re-installing one of the games that won't boot and it did not help either.

Extra background info: I stopped using my hacked EmuNand half a year ago when it stopped working (Atmosphere would crash upon boot) and I was going to switch to my SysNand anyway and wasn't planning on switching back for a long time.

I have since managed to get it working again, but then noticed that certain games had stopped working ( this was BEFORE FW upgrade). I tried copying over a fresh batch of sigpatches but it didn't work. Since I was going to upgrade to 13.2.1 anyway, i decided to try again after the update and here we are.

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Just be safe, make a copy of your /atmosphere and /bootloader directories. Name them /atmosphere.bk and /bootloader.bk so they don’t get overwritten while we test a few things.

Run through this and see if you missed anything (like downloading a new fusee.bin). Might as well get FW 14.1.1 to go with your Atmos 1.3.2 and Hekate 5.7.2 While you’re at it. If you are injecting…you might want to update that as well.

Let Us know if that doesn’t fix things for you.