Hacking SWITCH NOOB PARADISE - Ask questions here

[Gep_Etto]

1. Good thing, nothing bad happens when I user my regular joy cons. I can still play the switch when using it. Sadly I don't have any other third party controller, besides my hori split pad pro.

2. I had my suspicions that the fuse we short to go to RCM Mode, is the culprit. I tested it by attaching the left hori split pad pro and regular joy cons on the right, and it worked normally. But as soon as I attach the Right Hori Split Pad pro, it prompts low battery and shuts down, within a few seconds.

Excellent, this narrows down the problem. Your right Hori split pad pro is doing something that it shouldn't, everything else is probably fine.

3. As per your request, I took photos of both the railings and hori split pad pro.

Thanks, but I may have been less clear than I should have. We need to see the contacts in the end of the railing, not the railing itself. We've already determined that the right Hori Pad Pro is the problem, so I only need a picture of the contacts on that one. Like so:

Approach from this angle, the bottom of the controller. See how there's a sort of overhang on the railing? The contacts are under there.

This is what I want to see. Notice all these little lined-up dots? These are the contacts. Normally they should line up perfectly with the ones on the Switch. But if I'm right, at least one of them will be bent somehow. Fixing that won't be especially easy because of their size and the poor access, but it should be just a matter of bending it back into position, so not especially hard either.

A closer shot.

 

[Tayfunx3]

What is considered good overclocking? Couldn't really find an answer. Is overclocking on handheld GPU to 460 and RAM to 1600 fine? Or u think any kind of performance boost no matter how small is bad?

THX

 

[Gep_Etto]

What is considered good overclocking? Couldn't really find an answer. Is overclocking on handheld GPU to 460 and RAM to 1600 fine? Or u think any kind of performance boost no matter how small is bad?

THX

The biggest factor in overclocking is heat dissipation, which the Switch doesn't exactly excel at. I've never overclocked a Switch because of this, but on PC, the rule I follow is to start small and go up in small increments, testing each setting for a while, and when you begin to notice either instability or your fans going a bit too fast or too loud, go back to the previous setting. Also, only change one thing at a time. OC your processor first and when you've found the sweet spot, move on to RAM. If you're in handheld mode, then of course also be on the lookout for the Switch getting hot in addition to the fans and instability. After you've determined all the ideal settings, still be on the lookout whenever you're gaming for longer periods of time and pay attention to the battery drain as well. It's going to drain faster than normal, of course, but if it's draining too fast you're going to want to dial down the overclock a bit to preserve battery life.

 

[Garant]

Hello guys, I haven't been using my switch for a long time so I was wondering if playing online with pirated games is still risky. I used to play original games on the system nand or what's called and pirated games on emuMMC, is this still the correct way to go?

 

[Draxzelex]

Is it possible to restore playtime data from an EmuNAND backup? The backup is corrupted but would it be possible to extract that data and inject it into a new EmuNAND.

Do you mean the actual playtime data or maybe something more tangible like the save data? If you mean the former, I don't know of any tools that can extract and restore strictly playtime data but there is a way to recover save data. Simply follow this tutorial.

I just updated my switch console and I can't remember what I do with the latest prod and title keys. I have them but idk where they go to get my games to work again. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Well your keys have absolutely nothing to do with getting your games working because your console already comes with those keys. What you actually need are the ES, FS, & Loader patches to launch backups. You can download them from this thread.

Hello guys, I haven't been using my switch for a long time so I was wondering if playing online with pirated games is still risky. I used to play original games on the system nand or what's called and pirated games on emuMMC, is this still the correct way to go?

As long as you never go online while or after using CFW/homebrew, you will not get banned. There will always be a risk of getting banned whenever dealing with CFW or homebrew until Nintendo stops banning people.

 

[MahoganyRaichu]

Can I update the OFW of the Switch without wi-fi? Like downloading some kind of file and injecting it via USB, or something like that? Not banned, but having trouble connecting to the Internet, so looking for other options.

 

[Draxzelex]

Can I update the OFW of the Switch without wi-fi? Like downloading some kind of file and injecting it via USB, or something like that? Not banned, but having trouble connecting to the Internet, so looking for other options.

Yes, you can use the homebrew application Daybreak which comes bundled with Atmosphere. You will have to download the firmware files of whatever firmware you wish to update to on your own and supply it to Daybreak but they are available somewhere on the Internet. If your console isn't hacked or you don't want to use hacks to update it, your only other options include purchasing a retail cartridge that contains the firmware you seek or a nearby console that is running a higher firmware. The latter option also requires that both consoles have the same game but the console with a higher firmware has to have a higher version of the game than the console you wish to update.

 

[MahoganyRaichu]

Yes, you can use the homebrew application Daybreak which comes bundled with Atmosphere. You will have to download the firmware files of whatever firmware you wish to update to on your own and supply it to Daybreak but they are available somewhere on the Internet. If your console isn't hacked or you don't want to use hacks to update it, your only other options include purchasing a retail cartridge that contains the firmware you seek or a nearby console that is running a higher firmware. The latter option also requires that both consoles have the same game but the console with a higher firmware has to have a higher version of the game than the console you wish to update.

Thanks for always being super-helpful=) Mine is hacked, so I should have no probs to find the files=)

 

[Psd99]

I haven't used any of them myself (yet?), but I found three BotW save editors that might do what you want:

https://pablopenna.github.io/savegame-editors/zelda-botw/
https://github.com/Jpe230/BOTW-Save-Editor-GUI
https://github.com/lud99/botw-unexplored

ok got stuck at the first hurdle

how do you get this one to work? https://github.com/Jpe230/BOTW-Save-Editor-GUI

I've copied the .nro file in the /switch directory also copied the content of the folders in there.

I try to launch the app and it just says bad data and nothing happens
not sure what the specific instructions are on this?

 

[CrystalDarkPinkie]

It's been a week since I bought my Nintendo Switch, CFW from second-handheld.

I have one issue, one of games I want to download is a Japanese-language game but that didn't display in my tinfoil files selection, how I can fix this?

Please i need a solution to this, I don't wanna be stuck playing always miitopia and mario games.

 

[Draxzelex]

It's been a week since I bought my Nintendo Switch, CFW from second-handheld.

I have one issue, one of games I want to download is a Japanese-language game but that didn't display in my tinfoil files selection, how I can fix this?

Please i need a solution to this, I don't wanna be stuck playing always miitopia and mario games.

You download it illegally from the Internet like you would any other Switch game.

 

[Gep_Etto]

ok got stuck at the first hurdle

how do you get this one to work? https://github.com/Jpe230/BOTW-Save-Editor-GUI

I've copied the .nro file in the /switch directory also copied the content of the folders in there.

I try to launch the app and it just says bad data and nothing happens
not sure what the specific instructions are on this?

The content of what folders? All you need is the .nro from the Releases page accessible from the right-hand side of the page you linked to.

Regardless, "bad data" usually means "something went wrong with your download". Try downloading just the "BOTW-Save-Editor-GUI.nro" file from here and putting it in your /switch folder. Get rid of the other files you copied as part of this applet.

 

[Psd99]

The content of what folders? All you need is the .nro from the Releases page accessible from the right-hand side of the page you linked to.

Regardless, "bad data" usually means "something went wrong with your download". Try downloading just the "BOTW-Save-Editor-GUI.nro" file from here and putting it in your /switch folder. Get rid of the other files you copied as part of this applet.

I will try that again but im pretty sure it would not load

I copied the .nro file into the /switch folder, went into homebrew and i saw the BOTW-save-game-editor icon but it failed when i tried to open it up by pressing A on the file

 

[Gep_Etto]

I will try that again but im pretty sure it would not load

I copied the .nro file into the /switch folder, went into homebrew and i saw the BOTW-save-game-editor icon but it failed when i tried to open it up by pressing A on the file

If it still says bad data after re-downloading, it's very unlikely that you'd get a corrupted file twice, and even less likely that the actual file on GitHub is corrupted. We could troubleshoot this, but since there are other save editors to try, I sugest trying them before spending time working on this one.

 

[gimbo77]

I all! I'm a new member and I would like to update firmware and atmosphere on my switch and I would like to use Deepsea 4.2.0 package to do it. In my switch there is already a Deepsea package but at today some games need firmware version 14.1.2. About this I have the following doubts:
1) do I have to update first firmware or Deepsea 4.2.0 package?
2) to update it, can I follow this guide switch.homebrew.guide/usingcfw/manualupgrade?

Thanks a lot for your support!

 

[Draxzelex]

I all! I'm a new member and I would like to update firmware and atmosphere on my switch and I would like to use Deepsea 4.2.0 package to do it. In my switch there is already a Deepsea package but at today some games need firmware version 14.1.2. About this I have the following doubts:
1) do I have to update first firmware or Deepsea 4.2.0 package?
2) to update it, can I follow this guide switch.homebrew.guide/usingcfw/manualupgrade?

Thanks a lot for your support!

1. Technically the order doesn't matter but logically speaking, newer firmware updates may not always be compatible with all versions of CFW but all versions of CFW should be compatible with all firmware updates. Therefore, there is no reason to ever be on the latest version of CFW and thus, this should always be priority number one over everything else including firmware updates
2. Yes, you can follow that guide for updating

For some reason every time I install the dlc the game just says an unexpected error has happened it doesn't do this unless I install the dlc I have looked everywhere for a different dlc but no luck can anyome help me with any info on why it's doing this

Is your game on the latest version? Also, please stop making new threads for every little issue. If you post all of your problems here, it will greatly reduce flooding the forum with useless threads.

 

[ThePokemonFan25]

1. Technically the order doesn't matter but logically speaking, newer firmware updates may not always be compatible with all versions of CFW but all versions of CFW should be compatible with all firmware updates. Therefore, there is no reason to ever be on the latest version of CFW and thus, this should always be priority number one over everything else including firmware updates
2. Yes, you can follow that guide for updating

Is your game on the latest version? Also, please stop making new threads for every little issue. If you post all of your problems here, it will greatly reduce flooding the forum with useless threads.

Ok sorry and yes it on 1.3.2 is what it says

 

[Draxzelex]

Ok sorry and yes it on 1.3.2 is what it says

Are you using any cheats and/or mods?

 

[AlphaBravo]

It has absolutely nothing to do with backslashes otherwise CFW or Stock wouldn't boot so I have no idea what that other guy is talking about. Try changing the sector in your emummc.ini file to 0X03CBB000. It worked for another person in this thread.

The whole point of emuMMC is to be on a different firmware than sysMMC in the first place. Them being on the same firmware almost defeats the purpose of emuMMC. Unfortunately, there is no workaround to make games work on whatever firmware you want because of the SDK they are built with which are hard-coded to whatever firmware they correspond with. If the issue truly is your firmware, then that is something that should be brought up with to the Atmosphere team and SciresM because Atmosphere as well as emuMMC is meant to be supported on all firmware versions.

I finally resolved the issue. Decided to take a break and come back. This time though i followed SwitchWay guide and found it to be superior to anything else recommeded here as is doesnt just say: "do this , then do that"...It also explains aspects of the process relating to hacking your switch. I followed the steps verbatim and got the system to boot into emunand first try.
Nothing to do with my card or my system firmware being 5.1.

I also recommend NEVER telling someone to change their boot sector to anything other than the one asigned by the system when setting up partition. It will only cause problems e.g boot loop.

 

[CrystalDarkPinkie]

You download it illegally from the Internet like you would any other Switch game.

I tried that but tinfoil did not display the title I want to download.