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some users have 2 (or more) switch, one with official firmware to play online, and one for homebrew. it's useful to be able to dump the latest firmware from the updated one to install on the offline device with ChoixDuJourNX.
it also let you backup and keep different firmware versions, in case you want to downgrade it back one day (as long as you don't burn any fuse). say, you are on 5.1.0 and want to test 6.1.0, dump your current (not pending) 5.1 before updating so you can revert back to it if needed.
you might wonder why someone want to downgrade instead of using always the latest version, but it can be useful for example for homebrew developers to try their application on different firmware versions to be sure it works fine on all of them.
it's probably not useful for the end user, but choices and options are always welcome, even if it seems useless someone might want or need it
A lot of homebrew tools exists only because it's possible, not necessarily because it's useful.
it also let you backup and keep different firmware versions, in case you want to downgrade it back one day (as long as you don't burn any fuse). say, you are on 5.1.0 and want to test 6.1.0, dump your current (not pending) 5.1 before updating so you can revert back to it if needed.
you might wonder why someone want to downgrade instead of using always the latest version, but it can be useful for example for homebrew developers to try their application on different firmware versions to be sure it works fine on all of them.
it's probably not useful for the end user, but choices and options are always welcome, even if it seems useless someone might want or need it
A lot of homebrew tools exists only because it's possible, not necessarily because it's useful.
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