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Hello everyone. So i have a v1 unpatched switch and i decided to install atmosphre (it's OFW is 22.1.0). I have a 120 gb microSD which i have formated to FAT32, since i read it's the best format. I downloaded latest hekate version and the latest HATS and i transfered the HATS files into the root of my SD. I injected hekate via tegrarcm and created an emuMMC and backed up my SYSNAND( or whatever i backed up i dont have a clue). Next i open switch and try to install a game with dbi. I try pokemon Z-A and the progress bar gets stack somewhere in the middle of the proccess and my switch freezes. I hold down power button 25 seconds and it closes. I try another game (pokemon violet) with XCI extension, same shit happens. i try awoo with ns-usbloader same thing happens, progress bar gets stuck in the middle and switch freezes so i have to hard reset. Then i try awoo again and now i get an error about the game files and it doesnt even let me start the installation progress. By the way awoo let me install a dlc for pokemon Z-A but not the game. I have to mention at this point that DBI says my SD is counterfeit, but i am almost sure that it's not. By the way i have used lockpick to dump the sysNAND keys needed in DBI. So now my question comes. What am i doing wrong and i can't install a game? I have tried everything and nothing seems to be working. Any ideas?
 
What am i doing wrong?
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Being ignorant ?
DBI is trying to tell you something and you think that it is wrong.

Fake SD cards are all over the place and we have all been there.
You can't distinguish a real from fake anymore as they are perfect copies these days.
They work perfectly fine until you put too much on them.

One way to find out is to run H2testw on windows (or F3 if you have a Mac).
https://h2testw.org/
 
Hayato213 said:
If the card is bootleg get a new card.
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These are the results. Do i need a new microSD?
Also i thought of creating an emuMMC on SD partition rather than SD file. Would that make a difference?
 
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