Hacking Question Dual boot/Nand Setup using EmuNand, and have several Questions

quantumboy · Dec 11, 2018

Hi all, I currently have a Switch on FW 6.1 using SX OS, 90DNS, and as far as I know still un-banned, but I am open to various tools to make this solution work.

Basically what I wanna do is move all of the files/setup I have to emunand on the sd card. I want the sd card to be used for all things "SX". The idea is that I would want to be able to boot the regular NAND with out any hacks or cfw (I could even take the sd card out to be extra safe)(maybe even do a system format). I figured since the switch would essentially be fresh and unmodified, I should be able to go online and do the online features etc.

THEN if I want to play any "SX"/modded content I would just have to put the sd card in and boot to SX CFW, I'm assuming it would boot the emuNand from the sd card along withe emunintendo folder worth of installed content, and 90DNS, or airplane.

So my questions:
0. Is this idea even remotely possible?
1. With SX os not able to boot 6.2 yet can I update nand to 6.2 and keep emuanand on 6.1 and still boot between them?
2. Is there a way to boot nand with no modification with autoRCM installed?
3. is there any way for Nintendo to detect if auto rcm is installed when going online?
4. Anything else I should consider? Logs? reports? etc.

Kubas_inko · Dec 11, 2018

To be as safe as possible, you would need a clean NAND backup in the first place.
Otherwise, updating to 6.2.0 is a dumb idea (sleep mode won't work), and you can't access eshop on 6.1.0 (AFAIK).
So don't do it.

0. Yes. Just create EmuNAND and restore your clean backup or at least format your console.
1. Yes, but sleep mode won't work on the EmuNAND.
2. Yes. Choose default. But it won't boot with 6.2.0 and SX OS.
3. Yes, they can detect it. They are just not doing it. And for example hekate hides/masks that you have booted from RCM. Idk how is it with SX OS but I guess that it is not relevant yet.
4. Unless you have a clean backup, you are out of luck with logs. Don't clean reports with dreport. That can get you banned if you ever were online with any errors before.

quantumboy · Dec 11, 2018

Kubas_inko said:
To be as safe as possible, you would need a clean NAND backup in the first place.
Otherwise, updating to 6.2.0 is a dumb idea (sleep mode won't work), and you can't access eshop on 6.1.0 (AFAIK).
So don't do it.

0. Yes. Just create EmuNAND and restore your clean backup or at least format your console.
1. Yes, but sleep mode won't work on the EmuNAND.
2. Yes. Choose default. But it won't boot with 6.2.0 and SX OS.
3. Yes, they can detect it. They are just not doing it. And for example hekate hides/masks that you have booted from RCM. Idk how is it with SX OS but I guess that it is not relevant yet.
4. Unless you have a clean backup, you are out of luck with logs.

in terms of question 1, can I use sleep mode after sx 3 comes out or if I use atmosphere cfw

In regards to point 2 and 3. Can you point me to a payload/method that will allow me to boot nand with no modifications or patches to NAND. Or should I just disable autoRCM to boot normal and use a jig (not ideal)

4. will a clean format of nand be enough to clear any reports or logs?

Kubas_inko · Dec 11, 2018

quantumboy said:
in terms of question 1, can I use sleep mode after sx 3 comes out or if I use atmosphere cfw

In regards to point 2 and 3. Can you point me to a payload/method that will allow me to boot nand with no modifications or patches to NAND. Or should I just disable autoRCM to boot normal and use a jig (not ideal)

4. will a clean format of nand be enough to clear any reports or logs?

1. You can't use sleep mode when you boot FW which needs fewer fuses than you currently have. So booting 6.1.0 EmuNAND (7 fuses) will work without sleep mode, if you have 8 fuses burned. Same goes for downgraded FWs.
2,3. Hekate is the only bootloader which supports 6.2.0, so only with that one. Or you can disable autoRCM.
4. Nope.

quantumboy · Dec 11, 2018

Kubas_inko said:
1. You can't use sleep mode when you boot FW which need less fuses than you currently have.
2,3. Hekate is the only bootloader which supports 6.2.0, so only with that one. Or you can disable autoRCM.
4. Nope.

I have tried to boot stock fw/nand with hekate rcm payload but it doesn't seem to work right, does any one have instructions on how to boot unmodified from hekate? (last time I tried various issues came up, no boot configs, or no sleep mode

Kubas_inko · Dec 11, 2018

quantumboy said:
I have tried to boot stock fw/nand with hekate rcm payload but it doesn't seem to work right, does any one have instructions on how to boot unmodified from hekate? (last time I tried various issues came up, no boot configs, or no sleep mode

Launch -> Stock. Or on the first menu "reboot to stock" or something like that (although that might reboot you back to RCM if you have autoRCM, idk).

quantumboy · Dec 11, 2018

...also good thing I have backup from when i first got it on 4.1

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