It will depend if you installed stuff to the internal memory and big those items were.
Got some questions:
1-Is there any way to compress the NAND backup? I think I saw someone mention it but not sure.
2- What cluster size should the SD card be formatted as? If it depends on size, what about 200-256 GB?
3- Does the Switch need a USB 3.0 cable to receive a payload through TegraRCMGUI? Or will a 2.0 cable be enough?
4- Been reading and apparently melonDS and pSNES are the best emulation options for those consoles. How well do they work? And what about GBA and NES; what are the best options for those two? How good is Retroarch (which I'm not too much into) in comparison?
5- Do you actually need / is it recommended to have any of the extra sysmodules in the Kosmos package? I don't have a need for a FTP server or a cheat engine.
1-Is there any way to compress the NAND backup? I think I saw someone mention it but not sure.
2- What cluster size should the SD card be formatted as? If it depends on size, what about 200-256 GB?
3- Does the Switch need a USB 3.0 cable to receive a payload through TegraRCMGUI? Or will a 2.0 cable be enough?
4- Been reading and apparently melonDS and pSNES are the best emulation options for those consoles. How well do they work? And what about GBA and NES; what are the best options for those two? How good is Retroarch (which I'm not too much into) in comparison?
5- Do you actually need / is it recommended to have any of the extra sysmodules in the Kosmos package? I don't have a need for a FTP server or a cheat engine.
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- You can use 7zip or any other compression software to do so
- It depends on the format of the SD card you are using. Default is sufficient but in case the formatter doesn't have a default setting, its 32 for FAT32 and 128 for exFAT
- For Windows OS, the USB port can be 2.0. For OSX and Linux, it must be USB 3.0
- Not really an emulator buff but those are the best non-Retroarch emulators on the console as everything else is outclassed by Retroarch. For GBA, mGBA is supposedly the best emulator. Don't know what is good for NES though. For everything else, the only option is Retroarch.
If your SD card was exFAT, its highly possible your SD card became corrupted after kezplez threw an error.
You didn't specify how large the .NSP files were. Also, if you deleted only the .NSP files, that won't affect the internal memory because whenever you install a .NSP file, you're merely making a copy of it. To actually delete any installed .NSP files, you will either have to use the internal Data Management feature or Goldleaf.
I've copied several nsp's on the external sd and installed the games to the internal drive via goldleaf. I've deleted some games and all the safe files with datamanagement. At this moment I've got one game (14 gb + 200 mb safe file) installed on the internal drive and goldleaf. And somehow 6~8 gb of disk space is ghosting somewhere and I've got 12 gb left.
So I'm better off using Retroarch + melonDS. Which cores would you use for the consoles I mentioned? I'm leaning Nestopia, Snes9x 2010 and mGBA.
Also, is installing the .nsp more convenient than using the .nro?
Last thing I can recommend is a factory restore or a NAND backup before those .NSP files were installed. Backup any save data beforehand.
That's a question reserved for the Retroarch thread since I barely know anything about it myself. All I know is you should use FAT32 with it or you're going to have a bad time.
Installing the .NSP file allows the games to make more use of the RAM than the NRO by itself.
@Draxzelex, thanks for your help earlier regarding autorcm and exfat/fat32.
I've got some more questions below:
1. How do I verify my nand and boot 0/1 backup?
I've backed up via Hekate before any cfw and the rawnand is 29.1GB and Boot 0/1 are about 4MB each - this appears fine?. However, I read your post about archive bits not copying over correctly on some windows 10 builds and wanted to verify my nand backup.
2. If my SD card corrupts for any reason, how do I fix this and what happens to the games/files installed on the SD card?
Can this be fixed by redownloading all files through the sdsetup tutorial and replacing files on my SD card?
3. Can you explain how tickets work and if it'd be safe to delete tickets?
For example, would I need to delete tickets if I had to format my SD card due to corruption and games were previously installed on the SD card?
I appreciate the work you do and would be grateful for your help.
I've got some more questions below:
1. How do I verify my nand and boot 0/1 backup?
I've backed up via Hekate before any cfw and the rawnand is 29.1GB and Boot 0/1 are about 4MB each - this appears fine?. However, I read your post about archive bits not copying over correctly on some windows 10 builds and wanted to verify my nand backup.
2. If my SD card corrupts for any reason, how do I fix this and what happens to the games/files installed on the SD card?
Can this be fixed by redownloading all files through the sdsetup tutorial and replacing files on my SD card?
3. Can you explain how tickets work and if it'd be safe to delete tickets?
For example, would I need to delete tickets if I had to format my SD card due to corruption and games were previously installed on the SD card?
I appreciate the work you do and would be grateful for your help.
Can't, was just asking if there was a solution for it at this moment, i think a saw a exploit being compatible, DejaVu right ?
I have a non patched switch running OFW 4.1.0
So far I have not even enabled Wifi. Just playing BOTW and enjoying it.
I'm confused only about one thing now.
Just a hypothetical here.
If I go online and upgrade via Nintendo to OFW 6.2, does that patch the vulnerability, or does it just burn fuses?
I think I read that the vulnerability is in the ROM, which is not writable.
So, other than burning fuses and perhaps limiting my homebrew choices, does it PATCH the vulnerability?
Thanks everyone.
So far I have not even enabled Wifi. Just playing BOTW and enjoying it.
I'm confused only about one thing now.
Just a hypothetical here.
If I go online and upgrade via Nintendo to OFW 6.2, does that patch the vulnerability, or does it just burn fuses?
I think I read that the vulnerability is in the ROM, which is not writable.
So, other than burning fuses and perhaps limiting my homebrew choices, does it PATCH the vulnerability?
Thanks everyone.
Fusee Gelee is a hardware flaw, so it would only burn fuses.
Use ChoiDujourNX if you're going to update.
- The archive bits is something that gets triggered when transferring folders (not files) from your computer to the SD card for usage with the Switch. Also archive bits are easily removable. Just right-click on the file/folder and there should be a check box, might possibly be under Attributes. This doesn't corrupt any files or folders, its just a nasty habit of certain builds of Windows 10 and MacOS. Another solution is to transfer files/folders with a third party program such as DD or Third Party Commander instead of the default Windows Explorer.
- Corruption can only be fixed by formatting the entire SD card which will obviously wipe out anything that is currently on the SD card
- Tickets are used for launching .NSP files. You either download legitimate tickets whenever you download any updates online or buy games off of the eShop or generate illegitimate tickets when installing any .NSP file using CFW. These fake tickets can be transmitted to Nintendo and flag a user for a ban. These aren't stored on your SD card regardless of where you install any .NSP files. They are always stored in the NAND
While Deja Vu can work on the ipatched units assuming they are running firmware 4.1 or below, there is still no ETA on when it will be released. You can probably find an unpatched unit by the time Deja Vu becomes public.
- If it was made with a version of Hekate past 3.1, then it should have already been fully verified as it was dumping since Hekate would never dump an unverified dump unless it was disabled by the user
- Like I said, formatting the SD card will remove anything on the SD card
- The ticket management function does exactly what it says; it manages the tickets installed to your system. While I've never heard of anyone having to remove tickets to get games working, its possible those particular installations were botched which installed incomplete tickets that needed to be manually removed
hello
my switch is brick Because I followed this Video Specifically at 6:15
now my switch stuck at logo even after i followed this guide https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...nofficially-without-burning-any-fuses.507461/
in step 9 .....i select FS301 (because my switch was on 3.0.2 firmware) it is still stuck at logo
plz i want solve for this problem.... i miss the home menu ><"
note:i have back up after the brick so that's not useful ><"
sorry for my English...i used google translate
my switch is brick Because I followed this Video Specifically at 6:15
now my switch stuck at logo even after i followed this guide https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...nofficially-without-burning-any-fuses.507461/
in step 9 .....i select FS301 (because my switch was on 3.0.2 firmware) it is still stuck at logo
plz i want solve for this problem.... i miss the home menu ><"
note:i have back up after the brick so that's not useful ><"
sorry for my English...i used google translate
I’m really new to the Nintendo Switch hacking scene (and hacking consoles in general) and I was wondering if I could get cfw on my switch without getting banned? I don’t wanna use pirated games or online cheats. Just some emulators and that’s probably it. Will that get me banned? I really don’t want to get banned but I wanna use cfw. I play smash bros with my friend a lot over the internet and getting banned on switch online is the last thing I want to happen.
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Something weird's happening with my SD Card, some games I install immediately crash or freeze my Switch when I install them. All are downloaded from the same source (the dark site).
The game in question is World of Final Fantasy. It crashes my console once after saving my file and then it reported that a "save data was corrupted". I deleted the save and played it from beginning but it still happened anyway.
I formatted my SD Card yesterday (full overwrite using SDFormatter) and I think it still happens occasionally, what should I do? Should I try deleting tickets so the game doesn't corrupt for no reason?
The reason I think it's tickets is because there are some games I installed a year ago that still hasn't corrupted/crashed even once.
The game in question is World of Final Fantasy. It crashes my console once after saving my file and then it reported that a "save data was corrupted". I deleted the save and played it from beginning but it still happened anyway.
I formatted my SD Card yesterday (full overwrite using SDFormatter) and I think it still happens occasionally, what should I do? Should I try deleting tickets so the game doesn't corrupt for no reason?
The reason I think it's tickets is because there are some games I installed a year ago that still hasn't corrupted/crashed even once.
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