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ub3r1337's first impressions from a direct demo of TX upcoming new hardware mods!
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ub3r1337 recently meet with TX to have them demo to him their upcoming new mods for the Switch (patched, mariko and lite). Unfortunately, he didn't get any pictures, but he says they'll be coming later on. Even so, he shared some of this new information at MaxConsole, also shown below:
First Off: It is a hardware mod. TX went back to its roots, and this solution is a device you need to install inside your Switch. :)

From what we could tell the install looks ultra simple and almost plug and play. When pushed about the install requirements, TX held back from claiming its fully solder-less, stating clearly that this particular design will always benefit from a few simple solder connections, versus the original intent of fully solder-less (at least for the classic model which is the unit we got to inspect).

In other words, a fully solder-less install is potentially possible with the classic models however it is not recommended by TX due to long term reliability concerns (we will cover this more in-depth at a later date, once we have our preview unit in our hands and put it thru some tests)

Second Point: There is one device for Patched and Mariko unit which is probably under production (see point three) and should be available soon :) They plan to release 2 devices; one for all classic versions (original, patch and mariko) and one for the Switch Lite.

Third Point: I really pushed for a release date, but TX refused to confirm anything during our meeting. From what I understood, even though it seems to be currently under production, because all sorts of things can occur in the factory during production, they will not commit to a date to me or their resellers until they are certain they can deliver on time enough stock to meet the demand.

I guess I can only respect that, this is probably why they did not announce anything yet, and we should know more once it is finally officially announced on their TX website.
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At some point ub3r1337 hopes to get some pictures and videos from TX and a review unit, but we have no clue when that will happen. For now we just have to sit and wait for some more news regarding these new TX hardware mods to appear online!

:arrow: Source: MaxConsole
 
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UnXecuter said:
Just as a it of a warning the method this uses is Firmware dependant so when its relased any new firmware won't work with it and here's the kicker they won't tell you at the moment if its installs and the switch is then updated the switch wont boot up so will be a brick.
I wonder why they have been economical with the truth ?
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You got any Proof it's FW dependent? Since that's what everyones crying for in this thread anyways.
 
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masbass said:
There's quite a few of us waiting for confirmations or any news about this development, I'd really appreciate it if people kept to posting any relevant info instead of pissing on each other whether TX sucks or not. I think by now we've all read the same proof/no proof arguments 100 times and it's so annoying reading through pages and pages of speculations looking for any actual news. Then again, it's the internet, and can't expect much.
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For right now, the only speculation I've seen is, the modchip might be a direct mod chip as in you just push agaisnt the board and solder. The reason I think for this is because they say there's two different boards, for lite and the newer switch model.

the "solderless" version, if it's not a usb-C dongle is pretty much most likely going to be Pogo pins, because anything else is pretty much dogshit so to speak.

Also will the launch model switch mod chip differ from the newer model, or is it the same exploit
 
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UnXecuter said:
Just as a it of a warning the method this uses is Firmware dependant so when its relased any new firmware won't work with it and here's the kicker they won't tell you at the moment if its installs and the switch is then updated the switch wont boot up so will be a brick.
I wonder why they have been economical with the truth ?
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What makes you think it's any more or less firmware dependent than the current methods? This claim is completely unfounded.
 
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I am curious about one thing: what could be a reasonable explanation for the present absence of “physical” proof (e.g. photos or videos) of TX’s new solution?

I promise I’m not being polemic (I like Atmosphere and I’m a happy TX customer) - just curious.
 
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Wonder that if there will be a chance for a permanent CFW (instead of injecting payload all the time) since the Tegra exploit won't be used. I mean it's feasible theoritically.
 
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Alchemy_Gaming said:
What makes you think it's any more or less firmware dependent than the current methods? This claim is completely unfounded.
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Well ask Garyopa and get him to make a clear statement to the otherwise with a guarnatee of money back should his lciams of it not being firmware dependant and updatebale etc
Somethign tells me he won't.
Anyway wait until Xmas eve and the present to the community
 
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Shalashaska98 said:
Wonder that if there will be a chance for a permanent CFW (instead of injecting payload all the time) since the Tegra exploit won't be used. I mean it's feasible theoritically.
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It still uses a form of the Tegra exploit a chip has to be used to insert a glitch so that the code which allows the loading from the dongles. But once a chip is used you also no longer need a dongle.
 
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UnXecuter said:
Well ask Garyopa and get him to make a clear statement to the otherwise with a guarnatee of money back should his lciams of it not being firmware dependant and updatebale etc
Somethign tells me he won't.
Anyway wait until Xmas eve and the present to the community
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Weird. I don't recall anyone telling or forcing anyone to go pre-order or buy anything. If you don't want to wait for an Official Announcement before doing anything, whether resellers have pre-orders or not then that's kinda on you.... :blink:
 
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"You can't have permanent CFW without it being properly signed by Nintendo; that's why we need an exploit to load any unsigned code aka homebrew/CFW" so far this isn't possible
 
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UnXecuter said:
Well ask Garyopa and get him to make a clear statement to the otherwise with a guarnatee of money back should his lciams of it not being firmware dependant and updatebale etc
Somethign tells me he won't.
Anyway wait until Xmas eve and the present to the community
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Why would he make a statement denying any of the bogus claims that get dropped in these threads? What incentive does he have to engage?
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It still uses a form of the Tegra exploit a chip has to be used to insert a glitch so that the code which allows the loading from the dongles. But once a chip is used you also no longer need a dongle.
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Sounds like you know an awful lot about this chip. The chip allows you to use a dongle but you don't need a dongle anymore? Which is it? You're clearly just a troll that made a new account for this thread.
 
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I wish they said something useful like "don't update from this firmware" or "there will be no firmware restriction"
 
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Guys, they are selling the CFW in the website to Europe, its pre order, they said it will at the end of this year :)
 
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I wish they said something useful like "don't update from this firmware" or "there will be no firmware restriction"
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If this required everyone to stay on a lower firmware, don't you think that would be something that is stated as early as possible so people could use it?

edit: I wouldn't go any higher than the firmware versions that are supported by SX OS (obviously).
 
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UnXecuter said:
Just as a it of a warning the method this uses is Firmware dependant so when its relased any new firmware won't work with it and here's the kicker they won't tell you at the moment if its installs and the switch is then updated the switch wont boot up so will be a brick.
I wonder why they have been economical with the truth ?
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Thank you for the valuable information, may we get a source? Or are you the source?
 
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Alchemy_Gaming said:
Sounds like you know an awful lot about this chip. The chip allows you to use a dongle but you don't need a dongle anymore? Which is it? You're clearly just a troll that made a new account for this thread.
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He's probably saying, that if they already need a modchip for the new "exploit" they could probably include something like a trinket m0 on the same board, which would be the equivalent to a dongle but mounted inside the switch.
 
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cloudfe said:
I am curious about one thing: what could be a reasonable explanation for the present absence of “physical” proof (e.g. photos or videos) of TX’s new solution?
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The way I see it TX did a heads up with their resellers to inform them of the upcoming solution without it being perfected so they can get ready. There was a leak by one such impatient reseller and now TX either has to show some ghetto / incomplete / buggy setup as proof or wait and drop a finished product. Maybe them showing us a preview would alert copycats (irony, I know) of some exploit that they could also get out to the market in the same time TX releases theirs? We can only speculate but this is how it looks to me: Something's close but we heard about it before we were meant to.
 
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