Hacking Question Error Code 2168-0002 booting SX OS

gamecaptor · Nov 11, 2019

Let me begin by stating I am a dumb @$$. I haven’t touched my hacked Switch in a while and I should have done more homework prior to me doing anything with it.

My setup is SX OS v2.9.2 with an EmuNAND CFW.

I went to test out a game and it required an update. I can’t recall what version the CFW OS was previously, but I was updating to 9.0.1. Here is the first mistake I made. I did the update via the CFW Switch OS. Now when it boots (after both the Nintendo and Switch logos) it says:

Error Code: 2168-0002
Oops! Something went wrong.
Your switch ran into a problem and needs to be restart.
To restart SX OS press the power button.

(p.s. that bad grammar is not mine, that’s really what it says).

SO THEN I remembered the right way to update the CFW OS was via ChoiDujourNX.

I followed the instructions below to update the original (non-EmuNAND) CFW to 9.0.1 so I can try said new game and now I get the same error message on it. The original CFW is now having the same error as the EmuNAND CFW:
Error Code: 2168-0002
https://team-xecuter.com/community/...ine-nintendo-switch-with-choidujournx.128170/

So at the moment only the official Switch FW is booting fine (v9.0.1) and I’m not touching it!

Any recommendations on how to clear this up? I’m good with wiping everything out and starting over if this is what it takes. This is just my test before I buy Switch so there is nothing important on it.

I’ve also been reading there really isn’t a big need for the EmuNAND. Is that the general consensus or is it a good thing to have/use?

Thanks in advance!

GC

Draxzelex · Dec 12, 2019

gamecaptor said:
Let me begin by stating I am a dumb @$$. I haven’t touched my hacked Switch in a while and I should have done more homework prior to me doing anything with it.

My setup is SX OS v2.9.2 with an EmuNAND CFW.

I went to test out a game and it required an update. I can’t recall what version the CFW OS was previously, but I was updating to 9.0.1. Here is the first mistake I made. I did the update via the CFW Switch OS. Now when it boots (after both the Nintendo and Switch logos) it says:

Error Code: 2168-0002
Oops! Something went wrong.
Your switch ran into a problem and needs to be restart.
To restart SX OS press the power button.

(p.s. that bad grammar is not mine, that’s really what it says).

SO THEN I remembered the right way to update the CFW OS was via ChoiDujourNX.

I followed the instructions below to update the original (non-EmuNAND) CFW to 9.0.1 so I can try said new game and now I get the same error message on it. The original CFW is now having the same error as the EmuNAND CFW:
Error Code: 2168-0002
https://team-xecuter.com/community/...ine-nintendo-switch-with-choidujournx.128170/

So at the moment only the official Switch FW is booting fine (v9.0.1) and I’m not touching it!

Any recommendations on how to clear this up? I’m good with wiping everything out and starting over if this is what it takes. This is just my test before I buy Switch so there is nothing important on it.

I’ve also been reading there really isn’t a big need for the EmuNAND. Is that the general consensus or is it a good thing to have/use?

Thanks in advance!

GC

Have you tried using Atmosphere?

gamecaptor · Dec 12, 2019

Hi @Draxzelex thanks for the reply. I ended up just wiping out the SD card and starting over. After some more research it seemed that the custom themes were the culprit. All is good now. Thanks!

The Real Jdbye · Dec 12, 2019

gamecaptor said:
Let me begin by stating I am a dumb @$$. I haven’t touched my hacked Switch in a while and I should have done more homework prior to me doing anything with it.

My setup is SX OS v2.9.2 with an EmuNAND CFW.

I went to test out a game and it required an update. I can’t recall what version the CFW OS was previously, but I was updating to 9.0.1. Here is the first mistake I made. I did the update via the CFW Switch OS. Now when it boots (after both the Nintendo and Switch logos) it says:

Error Code: 2168-0002
Oops! Something went wrong.
Your switch ran into a problem and needs to be restart.
To restart SX OS press the power button.

(p.s. that bad grammar is not mine, that’s really what it says).

SO THEN I remembered the right way to update the CFW OS was via ChoiDujourNX.

I followed the instructions below to update the original (non-EmuNAND) CFW to 9.0.1 so I can try said new game and now I get the same error message on it. The original CFW is now having the same error as the EmuNAND CFW:
Error Code: 2168-0002
https://team-xecuter.com/community/...ine-nintendo-switch-with-choidujournx.128170/

So at the moment only the official Switch FW is booting fine (v9.0.1) and I’m not touching it!

Any recommendations on how to clear this up? I’m good with wiping everything out and starting over if this is what it takes. This is just my test before I buy Switch so there is nothing important on it.

I’ve also been reading there really isn’t a big need for the EmuNAND. Is that the general consensus or is it a good thing to have/use?

Thanks in advance!

GC

I don't think SX OS has been updated to support 9.0.1 yet.
If you don't care about online and you're sure you won't use it in the future then yeah there's not much point to emuNAND. I still think it's a good idea though as there have been malicious NSPs before and emuNAND would save you a lot of hassle as if your emuNAND was bricked you could easily create a new one or just flash the SYS partition from sysNAND over to emuNAND to fix it without losing data, without needing to dig up a NAND backup stored on a PC which sometimes get lost or corrupted, usually due to user error but not always. If you have any legit purchased games though it is easier to keep them up to date on a clean sysNAND where you can actually go online and update them normally, without needing to look for update nsps that take a while to get released. So it makes sense to keep legit and CFW stuff separate even if you don't care about online play.

Gamerjin · Dec 12, 2019

no, it has. im using sxos 2.9.3 on fw 9.0.1

Timtacle · Apr 21, 2020

Hi!

So I'm having a quite similar issue.
I was playing, and then I got that same error message.

So I pushed Power but nothing happened. I can't even boot on OFW and the console doesn't seem to boot at all.

So I tried to inject the payload from TegraRCM on my laptop. TegraRCM recognized my Switch and I can switch between RCM ON/OFF.

But when I inject the payload, nothing happens. I tried everything... Nothing seems to work. I'm quite desperate here. Do anyone knows what's going on?

Gamerjin · Apr 21, 2020

Timtacle said:
Hi!

So I'm having a quite similar issue.
I was playing, and then I got that same error message.

So I pushed Power but nothing happened. I can't even boot on OFW and the console doesn't seem to boot at all.

So I tried to inject the payload from TegraRCM on my laptop. TegraRCM recognized my Switch and I can switch between RCM ON/OFF.

But when I inject the payload, nothing happens. I tried everything... Nothing seems to work. I'm quite desperate here. Do anyone knows what's going on?

dumb question: have you tried updating to the latest version?

Timtacle · Apr 21, 2020

Gamerjin said:
dumb question: have you tried updating to the latest version?

Nope, I did not try. My Switch is always on airplane mode, so not connected.

Gamerjin · Apr 21, 2020

Timtacle said:
Nope, I did not try. My Switch is always on airplane mode, so not connected.

......actually, i meant updated to 2.9.4 from here:
-snip-

Timtacle · Apr 22, 2020

Gamerjin said:
......actually, i meant updated to 2.9.4 from here:
-snip-

Oh yeah, I have the last SX OS version, so 2.9.4

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