Hacking SWITCH NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

[Purple_Shyguy]

I was a while ago (like maybe late 2020?) It wasn't well publicized...or at least I didn't know about it. Good PSA.

The only reason I eventually found out about it is I was setting up one of the HomeBrew apps that does the same thing and I was googling for a howto and found out I was reinventing the wheel. Ungh.

I installed the Homebrew anyway though.

Wow 2 years? Lol

Yeah, FTP'ing will still be faster but this is still neat and super handy if you just wanna grab one clip real quick.

 

[MsMythchief]

I am trying to follow the Rentry guide and I am stuck. Do I need to make a NAND backup if I have not signed in or downloaded any games to this Switch yet? If not, the next step is to dump the device's keys. What does "Boot into Lockpick" mean? I need the Switch Hacking for dummies version.

 

[Dutt]

I am trying to follow the Rentry guide and I am stuck. Do I need to make a NAND backup if I have not signed in or downloaded any games to this Switch yet? If not, the next step is to dump the device's keys. What does "Boot into Lockpick" mean? I need the Switch Hacking for dummies version.

The first thing you need to do is a NAND Backup no matter what...

 

[Moritz]

Who said they could do that? And who said that is even a reliable way of banning people? What do you think would happen if a user with a non-hacked console just so happens to use an SD card full of homebrew? You really think Nintendo will ban them because they have the files on their SD card? It would lead to so many false positives and probably lawsuits. You need more than just the files on your SD card to hack the console anyways.

I am really sorry to bother you by asking a noob question here.
Thanks for the detailed response.

 

[Infinity147]

Greeting friendly folks…

I’m coming along a treat with your guys help and the rentry guides…. Just had a few questions.

1) I asked about if the home brew AppStore was worth it.. Is this the correct app as I saw some variations

https://github.com/fortheusers/hb-appstore/releases

2) I just wanted to get some clarity on the following guide particularly part 4

https://rentry.org/EristaEmuNAND

I followed this guide and did everything except enable auto Rcm, just wanted to check based on the setup if this is alright and not going to cause any issues?

3) The guide asks you to put fusee bin in the payloads folder, what is the purpose of this seeing as you would be booting into Hekate if you had auto Rcm enabled?

4) I noticed there is a icon in the HB menu that says something like reboot to payload, how does this work? Being new to the switch I assumed that if you booted into Hekate using a jig for example that in order to run fusee or lock pick or other payloads that you just powered down the switch and did the jig thing again?

cheers guys!

 

[binkinator]

Greeting friendly folks…

I’m coming along a treat with your guys help and the rentry guides…. Just had a few questions.

1) I asked about if the home brew AppStore was worth it.. Is this the correct app as I saw some variations

https://github.com/fortheusers/hb-appstore/releases

Thats the correct one. It will get your switch connected to https://apps.fortheusers.org/switch and all the cool apps they host there.

2) I just wanted to get some clarity on the following guide particularly part 4

https://rentry.org/EristaEmuNAND

I followed this guide and did everything except enable auto Rcm, just wanted to check based on the setup if this is alright and not going to cause any issues?

This setup is well within accepted practice. Highly recommend you do a Partition based emunand.

There’s nothing wrong with AutoRCM. There was concern about running out of battery and not being able to recharge because AutoRCM mode consumes battery and can only trickle charge but in the unlikely event you do get into this situation you can get out of it by leaving it in the charger overnight. Not a big deal for the massive return of not having to keep a jig in your pocket.

3) The guide asks you to put fusee bin in the payloads folder, what is the purpose of this seeing as you would be booting into Hekate if you had auto Rcm enabled?

Fusee.bin is called by Hekate.

Check out this stanza:

[Atmosphere CFW]
payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee.bin
icon=bootloader/res/icon_payload.bmp

You will want to execute that step so you can boot into CFW. It‘s the target payload.

4) I noticed there is a icon in the HB menu that says something like reboot to payload, how does this work? Being new to the switch I assumed that if you booted into Hekate using a jig for example that in order to run fusee or lock pick or other payloads that you just powered down the switch and did the jig thing again?

cheers guys!

Right…using the jig is a PITA so people wanted a way to reboot to the payload (Hekate) instead of booting back to default and having to do the right joycon truffle-shuffle. As you do more of this, the more the little annoyances become big annoyances.

 

[Switchoslav]

e: on your new card move your /emuMMC/RAW1/Nintendo folder to /emuMMC/RAW1/Nintendo.bk and then copy the /emuMMC/RAW1/Nintendo from your old card to your new card. That should get you there.

So I should make a new folder in emuMMC/RAW1 called Nintendo.bk and move the Nintendo folder to it. Then move the Nintendo folder from my old card to emuMMC/RAW1? Can I just delete the Nintendo.bk, it is taking 70GBs of storage. Also, after I went through that tutorial for switching SD cards, RAW1 is now ER00.

 

[binkinator]

So I should make a new folder in emuMMC/RAW1 called Nintendo.bk and move the Nintendo folder to it. Then move the Nintendo folder from my old card to emuMMC/RAW1? Can I just delete the Nintendo.bk, it is taking 70GBs of storage. Also, after I went through that tutorial for switching SD cards, RAW1 is now ER00.

Just rename the current Nintendo folder to Nintendo.bk

This is just to get it out of the way but keep it nearby in case you want to roll back. If you were a sadist, you could just delete it and roll forward. I just don’t advise doing that until everything is running. Correct, you will need to copy it to wherever the emummc.ini file says it needs to be.

 

[Infinity147]

Just a quick check before I go online….

when setting up the ini files for Hekate, Exosphere as well as the default.txt for the dns blocking, do I just include the text or do I include the numbers for each line?

eg..like this

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[config] autoboot=0 autoboot_list=0 bootwait=3 backlight=100 autohosoff=0 autonogc=1 updater2p=0 bootprotect=0 [Atmosphere CFW] payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee.bin icon=bootloader/res/icon_payload.bmp [Stock SysNAND] fss0=atmosphere/package3 stock=1 emummc_force_disable=1 icon=bootloader/res/icon_switch.bmp

 

[binkinator]

Just a quick check before I go online….

when setting up the ini files for Hekate, Exosphere as well as the default.txt for the dns blocking, do I just include the text or do I include the numbers for each line?

eg..like this

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[config] autoboot=0 autoboot_list=0 bootwait=3 backlight=100 autohosoff=0 autonogc=1 updater2p=0 bootprotect=0 [Atmosphere CFW] payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee.bin icon=bootloader/res/icon_payload.bmp [Stock SysNAND] fss0=atmosphere/package3 stock=1 emummc_force_disable=1 icon=bootloader/res/icon_switch.bmp

Just the text. No line numbers.

[config]
autoboot=0
autoboot_list=0
bootwait=3
backlight=100
autohosoff=0
autonogc=1
updater2p=0
bootprotect=0

[Atmosphere CFW]
payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee.bin
icon=bootloader/res/icon_payload.bmp

[Stock SysNAND]
fss0=atmosphere/package3
stock=1
emummc_force_disable=1
icon=bootloader/res/icon_switch.bmp

 

[Infinity147]

Just the text. No line numbers.

Thanks!

 

[james28909]

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?

well i do not have the tools to do it and i would be willing to pay someone a fee to dump the contents of the emmc. they can keep the emmc as well if they want, i just need the files to restore my switch online functionality. if i got to pay 30 bucks and wait 10 years for an adapter to get here from china, id rather pay someone that 30 bucks to get me a raw dump of my chip. i am not certain if the emmc is even readable. if i send it to someone who knows wtf they are doing, they would stand a much better chance at being successful.

sure i could buy the stuff to do it, but what happens when there is some problem that no forums can help with? like what if i cant read it? what then? by a 120 dollar solder station and reflow the chip? xD i think i would like to just pay someone else to handle this for me if someone like this exists

also, can you link me to this instructions here on gbatemp that you mentioned?

 

[Evan5935]

Howdy friends!

Can anyone link me to an up to date skyrim modding tutorial? (Video or thread)
The Modded Warfare video on the topic seemed to only show the nx toolkit when it was just .ini's and you had to add each mod manually with a set limit.
From what i have read on threads from shortly after that video was posted, they are talking about new things like ffmpeg and other tools that werent covered in Modded's video. As such, i dont want to try using those 2.5 year old threads in case THEY are out of date now lol

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

 

[xSiareZx]

hello I have a question, can I download games with tinwoo or awoo via USB or LAN while playing in sysnand?

 

[lunar808]

Not too long ago my power went out (obviously taking my internet out too) and ever since whenever I try to launch a game it says “Checking whether this software can be played” Then a moment later

“A Nintendo Account is required. You can link a Nintendo account from your user page, accessed by selecting your user icon from the HOME menu.”
The error code is 2124-0220
I can also not delete any users

I am unable to link/unlink my account and I have used softwares to try too. Could someone please help me with this. Sorry if this is simple but anything I think of doesn't work

 

[Draxzelex]

hello I have a question, can I download games with tinwoo or awoo via USB or LAN while playing in sysnand?

Your question is a little vague. If you want to install any games in emuMMC, you must be in emuMMC.

Not too long ago my power went out (obviously taking my internet out too) and ever since whenever I try to launch a game it says “Checking whether this software can be played” Then a moment later

“A Nintendo Account is required. You can link a Nintendo account from your user page, accessed by selecting your user icon from the HOME menu.”
The error code is 2124-0220
I can also not delete any users

I am unable to link/unlink my account and I have used softwares to try too. Could someone please help me with this. Sorry if this is simple but anything I think of doesn't work

Is your console hacked? If yes, is this in CFW or OFW? If not, is the account a Secondary Account?

 

[lunar808]

Your question is a little vague. If you want to install any games in emuMMC, you must be in emuMMC.

Is your console hacked? If yes, is this in CFW or OFW? If not, is the account a Secondary Account?

CFW, the power went out and my game crashed when I tried to relaunch it I was given that error

 

[Draxzelex]

CFW, the power went out and my game crashed when I tried to relaunch it I was given that error

Is your SD card formatted as exFAT and is there a linked Nintendo Account?

 

[lunar808]

Is your SD card formatted as exFAT and is there a linked Nintendo Account?

my SD card is FAT32 and there was then I used linkalho to unlink and relink in an attempt to fix it but when I unlink it I receive an unknown error

 

[binkinator]

well i do not have the tools to do it and i would be willing to pay someone a fee to dump the contents of the emmc. they can keep the emmc as well if they want, i just need the files to restore my switch online functionality. if i got to pay 30 bucks and wait 10 years for an adapter to get here from china, id rather pay someone that 30 bucks to get me a raw dump of my chip. i am not certain if the emmc is even readable. if i send it to someone who knows wtf they are doing, they would stand a much better chance at being successful.

sure i could buy the stuff to do it, but what happens when there is some problem that no forums can help with? like what if i cant read it? what then? by a 120 dollar solder station and reflow the chip? xD i think i would like to just pay someone else to handle this for me if someone like this exists

also, can you link me to this instructions here on gbatemp that you mentioned?

I’m glad I asked the follow up question then instead of just being a dick!

I was thinking you just needed to restore from a backup. Sounds bigger than that. You’re saying your eMMC isn’t working period and your just trying to get the data off?

If that’s the case then you are absolutely correct, it will require tools and skills. That’s the bad news. The good news is that it’s stuff that a decent local cellphone/electronics repair shop should be able to handle. The eMMC chip is a common BGA153 format.