Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

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its worth a shot



I can give it a go, what wire am I making longer?
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Ok quick update, left it pulsing blue for around 3 mins... then it went white and went a second time for 3 minutes, left it pulsing blue, then it went red and switched off.

Never booted to OFW both times.

That might help?
If you can get what cables need to be longer I can try that.
 
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I can give it a go, what wire am I making longer?
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Ok quick update, left it pulsing blue for around 3 mins... then it went white and turned off.
Second time for 3 minutes, left it pulsing blue, then it went red and switched off.

Never booted to OFW both times.

That might help?
If you can get what cables need to be longer I can try that.
Looking at the video, if it's the blue cable that's used to make it longer then it looks like it's the CMD line.
 
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Would also explain why my regular Pico didn't work. Is there a quick way to check flash id?
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Oh and here are my other points

On the chip itself, it tells you the revision...

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Oh yea mine is a B2 like yours. I chopped the usb on mine though.... sooooo rip
Can always solder to it if need be

I plan on hooking up the D+/- to the usb-c (on switch) and see if/when like the trinket, allow you to boot into it to reflash if need be :)

You get the ONE working? I have a bunch of ONES and ZEROS.. so it doesn't matter to me, just hate desoldering/soldering USB-C Connectors
 
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I plan on hooking up the D+/- to the usb-c (on switch) and see if/when like the trinket, allow you to boot into it to reflash if need be :)

You get the ONE working? I have a bunch of ONES and ZEROS.. so it doesn't matter to me, just hate desoldering/soldering USB-C Connectors
Im gonna wait until either I get the zero I ordered or if 2.6 comes out soon to retry my one
 

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Hello, I need help before sending it to a technician. gonna summarize what i learned. please correct me if im wrong.

gonna install picofly


PRE-install:
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reformat 256gb card to Fat32
-put HATS pack by sthetix on clean formatted FAT32 sd card (PC +card reader)
-flash pico with 2.5+ unlock.uf (the 4mb size one) by Vittorio
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desolder buttons and USB C in pico
-flex cable solder ONLY THE 2 MIDDLE or 3RD AND FOURTH pins

INSTALLATION: (since no proper video of picofly)-
gonna follow stehthix MOD kit installation while refering to the picture and modsvilleusa picofly video

POST-install:
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if all goes properly, i should immediately boot to hekate and access atmosphere right?
 

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Hello, I need help before sending it to a technician. gonna summarize what i learned. please correct me if im wrong.

gonna install picofly

PRE-install:
-
reformat 256gb card to Fat32
-put HATS pack by sthetix on clean formatted FAT32 sd card (PC +card reader)
-flash pico with 2.5+ unlock.uf (the 4mb size one) by Vittorio
-
desolder buttons and USB C in pico
-flex cable solder ONLY THE 2 MIDDLE or 3RD AND FOURTH pins

INSTALLATION: (since no proper video of picofly)-
gonna follow stehthix MOD kit installation while refering to the picture and modsvilleusa picofly video

POST-install:
-
if all goes properly, i should immediately boot to hekate and access atmosphere right?
Pretty much. Only thing I personally don't like are the premade "packs" with everything ready. Idk if I'm just a purist but I liked having hekate and atmosphere straight from github with nothing else crammed in there.

I'd also advise doing a sysnand backup the second you boot into hekate for the cleanest possible backup.
 

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Pretty much. Only thing I personally don't like are the premade "packs" with everything ready. Idk if I'm just a purist but I liked having hekate and atmosphere straight from github with nothing else crammed in there.

I'd also advise doing a sysnand backup the second you boot into hekate for the cleanest possible backup.
oh okay thank you thank you. for safety im gonna follow sthethix HATS pack but once more picofly installation videos. ill probably change to a NON premade pack. Thank you for the reply sir :) much appreciated
 

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oh okay thank you thank you. for safety im gonna follow sthethix HATS pack but once more picofly installation videos. ill probably change to a NON premade pack. Thank you for the reply sir :) much appreciated

Regardless if you use a premade pack or not, safe to use hats if you know what is going on.
 
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