Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Gaming Nintendo can ban for sharing my games and account?

Thread starter Awitas
Start date Feb 17, 2020
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Awitas

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Feb 17, 2020

I would like to share my switch account with someone important to me who lives in another country and I'm afraid that Nintendo blocks my account for a different ip or something like that

Sorry for my bad English btw.

chrisrlink

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i don't think so unless the console is hacked (and is later banned) then yes it would but setting up someone as your secondary shouldn't even if the ip's don't match

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jesterscourt

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Feb 17, 2020

Game sharing? No you are fine, just keep in mind the restrictions associated with game sharing on the Nintendo Switch. This thread should help.

If your Switch is hacked/modded that would be a different story.

Last edited by jesterscourt, Feb 17, 2020

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chrisrlink

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the only thing close is the Japanese only game Phantasy star online (but thats a game account ban for people outside of Japan and VPN's in japan are blacklisted on that game)

Awitas

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chrisrlink said:
i don't think so unless the console is hacked (and is later banned) then yes it would but setting up someone as your secondary shouldn't even if the ip's don't match

Thank you ^^!!