Kernel must work with trust zone. By beating it you basically say do my biding. Think of it like a copywrite protection on dvds
Hacking TrustZoneHax on 3.x and below
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Please do not use this as an excuse to update 1.0.0s to 2.x's.
TZ on 2.x is much harder, more difficult to reproduce, and not nearly as reliable. If you want TZ/emuNAND stick with 1.0.0.
Do not burn the valuable and extremely finite resource that is 1.0.0.
TZ on 2.x is much harder, more difficult to reproduce, and not nearly as reliable. If you want TZ/emuNAND stick with 1.0.0.
Do not burn the valuable and extremely finite resource that is 1.0.0.
Bought a 2nd one yesterday that came wih 2.3. Look for the splatoon bundle.
Im glad I didnt update my Switch which came with firmware 2.1.0 (Splatoon 2 bundle) and I also purchased Pokken Tournament which is on 3.0 but something was telling me all the time not to update my Switch 
The vibe I'm getting is:
- Get to 2.3 or lower
- Up to 3.0.2 may be ok
- Higher is fucked?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
- Get to 2.3 or lower
- Up to 3.0.2 may be ok
- Higher is fucked?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
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As we learn more about the Switch system, the better chance we have of finding exploits in future firmware.
Since SciresM found another entry point on 2.x, he now has the knowledge of where that weakness is.
And even if that exact entry point is not accessible on 3.x , he and others can try to exploit the same weakness from another attack vector.
Bottom line... Hold on to yer britches. It only gets better from here.
Since SciresM found another entry point on 2.x, he now has the knowledge of where that weakness is.
And even if that exact entry point is not accessible on 3.x , he and others can try to exploit the same weakness from another attack vector.
Bottom line... Hold on to yer britches. It only gets better from here.
4.x is as far as we know, rock solid going from the top and has even handled many but not all of nVidia's screw ups. 5.x or whatever the next major update with bug fixes is, will only make this worse.
Thanks to TX cashing in early, the bootloader bug will also disappear and unless you're going to start building your own glitching unit, it will likely become difficult to use any software solution from the top-down since you have no access to lower level functions.
Remember, again:
We have found zero kernel exploits in Nintendo's code.
It has all been nVidia, and its not inexhaustible.
It is in fact the opposite. We're running out of compromises, and our understanding of just how well Nintendo is mitigating problems is becoming more and more profound.
Hexkyz already made this abundantly clear.
Software solution(as of now as far as I know):
-1.0-2.x will get their piracy.
-3.0.0 gets Homebrew/play decrypted ROMs like in Wii U.
-3.0.1 and above are screwed (for now).
Hardware solutions (according to what we know from TX):
-all hardware will be susceptible to piracy unless Nintendo revises their hardware.
So I should be hunting down a new switch at a lower firmware? Mine is on 4.1 as of now.
You can also take the risk of a modchip, but then I don't generally recommend fucking with the hardware in a unit as tight as the Switch. Solderless or not.
But if you are after software holes, that opportunity is quickly dwindling in newer firmwares.
I get the message. Time to pay a visit to Toys R Us. Hopefully they haven't sold many units.
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Well yeah, that's the whole point of security updates and patches. As time goes on, it will continue to become more difficult.
That still does nothing to negate the fact that more knowledge of a system is... more knowledge. And with that knowledge you have more opportunities.
I've been following/part of the android scene since before the Droid X days, so this is familiar territory.
Owning TZ gives you access to the lowest levels of the system. With that, you can install or modify the bootloader, recovery, and just about every other partition.
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