Hacking Switch Stays Black When Booting SX OS + Lost License.dat

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Okay, so I want to make this post as short as possible and straight to the point. Please avoid any hate towards SX too, as they helped me recover from a corrupted BOOT0 & 1 when I accidently injected my old BOOT0 & 1... I only got lucky I dumped my important files cause I was going to use emuNAND with SX.

Anyways... When I try to boot SX OS using my dongle and jig, my screen stays black. I seriously don't know what has caused this to happen, as it only started happening in late December. I remember staying up one night just creating codes on my Switch then I rebooted my console and tried to load SX and it never worked. I also did look around for information as to whether it had happened to other users of the dongle.
I'm currently running FW 6.2.0E on the Switch, console was bought before June of last year before the new revision were released and I've never been banned, I also should state that I never used the dongle consistently so it's pretty much brand new, though I did use it a lot back in August of last year. SX only worked when I sent the payload from my computer using TegraRCM. I should also add that I did read a comment about formatting the SD so I did that, and stupid old me forgot to backup the License.dat too, like my other files...

What I'm trying to say is, how am I able to load SX without having to use my computer to send the payload everytime I use it, as my dongle doesn't seem to work unless I do so anymore + how do I re-validate my key as entering SX only brings up the [Enter valid key] and I'm unable to access perks from having SX such as creating cheats.

I'll upload a video soon about this...

All help appreciated :)
 

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You never showed that the dongle is charged maybe it's capacitor is faulty, also have you tried copying everything and put it back?

Also you need the license for it to work but it should boot on the menu, you must show the contents of your sd maybe something is missing
 

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you should hold vol+ then power, not holding power first

What are you talking about ‍♂️ I held vol+ first then power.

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You never showed that the dongle is charged maybe it's capacitor is faulty, also have you tried copying everything and put it back?

Also you need the license for it to work but it should boot on the menu, you must show the contents of your sd maybe something is missing

I’ll create a new video with the content, and I forgot to show the dongle LED when I powered My switch on. I’m going to be mad if I have to buy a license since I bought the dongle for like £55.

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You never showed that the dongle is charged maybe it's capacitor is faulty, also have you tried copying everything and put it back?

Also you need the license for it to work but it should boot on the menu, you must show the contents of your sd maybe something is missing

I also charged it over night when I realised it stopped working. Still never worked
 

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my bad then, thought I heard and saw you holding power then push Vol+
keep holding vol+ after pushed power gives you anything?

Sadly no, it still shows a black screen ;(. First I get charged £5 more for the dongle and now this happens 4months after using it... I don’t even know if I’ll get a refund for this.
 

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Sadly no, it still shows a black screen ;(. First I get charged £5 more for the dongle and now this happens 4months after using it... I don’t even know if I’ll get a refund for this.
usually, if you don't get a solid green led on the dongle when in ofw or it doesn't flashes when you hold vol+ + power, that's means the dongle could be dead
hold power for 15 seconds then plug dongle and jig , look at the dongle led and hold vol+ then push Power and see if the dongle led flashes
 
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Splitting the issues here into 1. Sx Pro not booting and 2. Missing License

1. I've heard issues of these not working after months however not knowing much about them since I don't have one I can't help you much here I'm sorry, maybe contacting TX on their website might help?

2. I have SX OS on one of my consoles and I lost my License long time ago due to a memory card issue, I found that if I got a License_request.dat from my SD, and uploaded it to the website I was then asked for my key, after I was able to download a new copy of the License.dat file that worked on my switch. with you having the Pro I imagine it would just let you download it without a code.

First I would use a PC with a USB-C cable to test if it's the Dongle or your Switch, Maybe copy everything off the SD card and format it again too into FAT32 (while you have the Chance) as you mentioned you were using cheats which is known to have issues on ExFAT. (or go all out and test the card to see if it's failing?). Download a fresh copy of Boot.dat and if it loads move your folders back over. it'll also allow you to grab a copy of License_request.dat and try activate it again too.

Hope that helps with your License issue, was thinking of getting one of these myself long ago, so I hope you can get it sorted
 
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What are you talking about ‍♂️ I held vol+ first then power.

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I’ll create a new video with the content, and I forgot to show the dongle LED when I powered My switch on. I’m going to be mad if I have to buy a license since I bought the dongle for like £55.

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I also charged it over night when I realised it stopped working. Still never worked
if you have the dongle and it wasnt activated on another switch, with the license request file you can get it again, the thing is that is not even booting to the rcm menu, you could try with a pc and a c type cable to see if its the dongle or your switch, also a screenshot of the contents of your sd could be helpful, specifically the root
 

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Splitting the issues here into 1. Sx Pro not booting and 2. Missing License

1. I've heard issues of these not working after months however not knowing much about them since I don't have one I can't help you much here I'm sorry, maybe contacting TX on their website might help?

2. I have SX OS on one of my consoles and I lost my License long time ago due to a memory card issue, I found that if I got a License_request.dat from my SD, and uploaded it to the website I was then asked for my key, after I was able to download a new copy of the License.dat file that worked on my switch. with you having the Pro I imagine it would just let you download it without a code.

First I would use a PC with a USB-C cable to test if it's the Dongle or your Switch, Maybe copy everything off the SD card and format it again too into FAT32 (while you have the Chance) as you mentioned you were using cheats which is known to have issues on ExFAT. (or go all out and test the card to see if it's failing?). Download a fresh copy of Boot.dat and if it loads move your folders back over. it'll also allow you to grab a copy of License_request.dat and try activate it again too.

Hope that helps with your License issue, was thinking of getting one of these myself long ago, so I hope you can get it sorted

I’ll try this method

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if you have the dongle and it wasnt activated on another switch, with the license request file you can get it again, the thing is that is not even booting to the rcm menu, you could try with a pc and a c type cable to see if its the dongle or your switch, also a screenshot of the contents of your sd could be helpful, specifically the root

I’ll try rcm again and I’ll send my sd files when I get back home
 

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if you have the dongle and it wasnt activated on another switch, with the license request file you can get it again, the thing is that is not even booting to the rcm menu, you could try with a pc and a c type cable to see if its the dongle or your switch, also a screenshot of the contents of your sd could be helpful, specifically the root
 

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