Recent content by thesjaakspoiler

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    Hacking Homebrew Failed (?) Picofly install on Switch Lite. Please help!

    Poor solder joints or a badly seated DAT0 adapter can cause those green artifacts on your screen. Sometimes the DAT0 will warp a little bit due to heat from the APU and thus cause issues after booting successfully. Sometimes things look fie but still be causing problems. With a multimeter in...
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    Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

    Your idea should work as I recall seeing it before. But aren't those wires way too thick for the eMMC BGA balls to connect to the board?
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    Is it possible to make Switch-managed dirs/parts inaccessible to homebrew?

    Nintendo so far only looked at the ticket list of games installed on your Switch. Pirated games are also have tickets, but the signature of the ticket is incorrect. Problem with the sysMMC is that if you go into the sysMMC with a CFW and then install a pirated game, the ticket for that game...
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    PS5 Slim EDm-044 RAM Issue?

    During the boot, there is only a very simple check if the dram chips are present and responding but it is far from a complete test. That is why the UART results might not be showing anything. What kind of artifacts do you see? If it is like pink dots or tearing images, then the dram might be...
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    Backup restore from OFW to CFW

    Assuming the your OLED isn't chipped, your V2 isn't banned and has an emuMMC : you need to link each profile to a Nintendo account on the OLED to make save games available for transfer. Then you can set up those same accounts on your V2 on the OFW and transfer save games via a local transfer...
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    PS5 slim (EDM-040) BLOD (10 seconds to infinite)

    Sounds like a full short of something related to the SSD Controller. That is also likely preventing the UART from functioning. Were there any signs of leaked liquid metal? It could be that some liquid metal is shorting a data line of the SSD controller either to the APU or RAM. issues with...
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    Hacking modding ERRO HWFLY

    Somehow the attached video doesn't load for me. Errors that sometimes happen while other times everything works fine, usually indicate a bad connection somewhere. With a multimeter in diode mode, you can measure whether you have a good or bad connection. This is the same procedure as for the...
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    did I brick my Switch?

    If AutoRCM is on, your USB port is fine and the drivers on your PC are working, then TegraRCMgui should recognize it. For an unpatched Switch those three things need to be working but sometimes issues with the USB port or drivers also become apparent at such times. If you just happened to...
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    did I brick my Switch?

    Whatever you do in Hekate, it will only affect your CFW and your switch should boot into OFW without an SD card if you don't have autorcm enabled. If autorcm is enabled, you will only get a faint black screen (only visible in a dark room/ bathroom without windows). So maybe your autorcm is on...
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    Hacking [HELP] Switch Lite Mariko FW 22.0.0 - fs abort 2002-4144 after MMC Rebuild - SPL in backtrace - need expert advice

    Maybe my understanding is not correct but if your assumption that your SYSTEM partition is corrupt (what would explain the 2002-4144 error) is correct, shouldn't you use a SYSTEM partition dump from a working device? Might the tools now just be restoring your corrupted SYSTEM partition?
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    Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

    The Picofly works on every model but do take care of the details. Also don't try it unless you are convinced you have the right skill set. Note that DAT0 adapters might fail after a while so the kamikaze method to make a permanent DAT0 connection is the preferred way. If you have any...
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    Hacking [HELP] Switch Lite Mariko FW 22.0.0 - fs abort 2002-4144 after MMC Rebuild - SPL in backtrace - need expert advice

    It's been years ago since I had to rebuild an EMMC so I'm no expert but this is what my AI overlord had to say about it : Yes, this is a known issue. It typically happens when the custom firmware's warmboot or package1 files do not match your console's specific hardware or fuse count. Root...
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    Bulge and crack on back of OLED after modchip install

    The back cover is very thin so it can be either due to impact from the outside or something sticking out more that it is supposed to. If it is due to internal pressure on the casing, you might want to check it out else that crack might go all the way to the edges. Are you sure it is not the...
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    Nintendo Switch Lite boots to first logo then black screen after FPC connector replacement

    Retrosix has a good write up on how the power stages should behave during the boot process. https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/full-boot-from-bench-power https://retrosix.wiki/wiki/max77620-cpu-regulator (You might need to register to see the full article on the website but it is legit and he won't spam...
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    Does the Switch Lite support USB 3.0 in DBI?

    USB3 works with 1 RX/TX pair but display port needs 2 pairs : One major question is whether the operating system will see the USB3 port. Maybe it won't detect it because it might be disabled in the software settings for the Lite. You could try adding the caps and an emi filter. Adding the...
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