Hacking Discussion Backing up rented/others games and returning them

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Xenon Hacks

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How will they know If I have not gotten ANY error code and technicilly I am using legal backups since june so very unlikely
If two different unique cert ID's are online at the same time (this is impossible) Nintendo will know and they will be the cart and possibly the consoles using that ID.
 

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Its better than getting banned lmao. Though i wouldnt even worry about someone else using the cartridge . Id just send it back working because from my understanding its the certs that have 100 other people on it that get banned. If you dump the cartridges yourself they wont ban it for 2 people using the same cartridge..atleast i dont think they would
Yes they will ban, it is impossible for 2 people to use the same cert online, that is why each cartridge has a different cert so people dont pirate things but if you break it, nobody else will be able to use that cert, only you

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If two different unique cert ID's are online at the same time (this is impossible) Nintendo will know and they will be the cart and possibly the consoles using that ID.
ok but nobody else has the the cert from my preowned game, I did this the first day waindumper released, I bought the preowned games like in first week of June something, just enough to return it for full refund

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Jesus... Piracy is one thing and I'll admit, I do it time to time when I haven't got the cash until I do. But breaking them and returning them for your own selfish needs? Come on, that's just disgusting.
Well then tell me, how else are you not supposed to get banned without the possiblity of another person trying to get the same cert as me when I return the game and both of us get banned?
 

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Well then tell me, how else are you not supposed to get banned without the possiblity of another person trying to get the same cert as me when I return the game and both of us get banned?
Buy the game and don't return it. If you pirate, you acept you can be banned. Don't f*** others up because of your selfshness.
 

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Buy the game and don't return it. If you pirate, you acept you can be banned. Don't f*** others up because of your selfshn
I could care less of getting banned, but what I am doing has a less risk of ban, I still understand If I get banned, like i said in my first comment, I have not been banned because I use cert and I have not gotten error codes YET
 

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I could care less of getting banned, but what I am doing has a less risk of ban, I still understand If I get banned, like i said in my first comment, I have not been banned because I use cert and I have not gotten error codes YET
If you really don't care about getting banned, but still do this. The I have no words for you (obv I have, but they are against the forum rules). Again: you are just being selfish, don't try to justify your actions.
 

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Buy the game and don't return it. If you pirate, you acept you can be banned. Don't f*** others up because of your selfshness.
Returning them is a **** move its why i ruin the cart and return it instead, no sense in getting some random 8 year playing splatoon 2 banned.
 

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So right now it sounds like nintendo is targeting specific game certs that are known to be pirated copies. So why not buy games and return them after making a backup? Would this be safe then?
Buy, dump, Break, return. Sounds easy right?
If you really don't care about getting banned, but still do this. The I have no words for you (obv I have, but they are against the forum rules). Again: you are just being selfish, don't try to justify your actions.
I do this so I can play online, otherwise i would not. WE cant generate a cert BUT like I said if I do get banned, that's fine
 
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Can mods please lock this thread? It's completely pointless and has become a shitshow.
Just report the thread if you think it breaks a rule, don't see any arguing just replies to questions or statements.
I kind of a agree, this thread isn't an issue, it's a discussion, no mocking or abuse present, just a discussion. Nothing wrong with that
 
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This is what I do. I buy used games, back them up with the certificate and then I break the game cartridge so nobody else will be able to use it, then i return it for full refund hahaha.

This is what I do, i just short the cart with a battery and wire.

Let me get this straight - you are buying used games, backing them up and then deliberately destroy and return them to get your money back, leaving your game retailer with a broken copy and no money for it?
That is extremely low, even for GBATemp standards.

Returning them is a **** move its why i ruin the cart and return it instead, no sense in getting some random 8 year playing splatoon 2 banned.

No, destroying goods and thus scamming your shop to get your money back is the asshole move. At least be honest and say that you do not care the least about some random 8 year old, but only about yourself.
 

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Wow, it makes me realize how old am i seeing this things.
25 years ago, we could just make a copy of a cassette from a close friend to listen music, we returned the cassette, and everything was good, piracy, as we know it now, was nearly inexistent those days.
Now i see people "Buying" games, "Copying" them, "Destroying" them and "Returning" them for a refund, just wow.

Do you guys have any morals at all?
Not joking.

I don't have near a 5% of time to play as i had in my 15, and then we didn't had FB, Instagram, Twitter and so on...

Big question is: ¿Do you pirate games for actually playing them or for collection?
 

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tbh this thread is disgusting, I've thought about doing this but not fucking destroying the cart and returning it that's fucked up.
 

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Let me get this straight - you are buying used games, backing them up and then deliberately destroy and return them to get your money back, leaving your game retailer with a broken copy and no money for it?
That is extremely low, even for GBATemp standards.



No, destroying goods and thus scamming your shop to get your money back is the asshole move. At least be honest and say that you do not care the least about some random 8 year old, but only about yourself.
new games not used
 

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I have two questions I need clarifications about:
1. If two people use the same game ID online, will their switch get banned at the same time?
2. Can Nintendo ban a legit cart cert from online play?
 

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I have two questions I need clarifications about:
1. If two people use the same game ID online, will their switch get banned at the same time?
2. Can Nintendo ban a legit cart cert from online play?
1) Possibly if anything the cart or cert wont be able to go online anymore
2) I want to say yes but I use SX OS and the pro dongle and have not had any ban so far I only connect online after I inject the game to the cartridge slot
 
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