Hacking Upgrade 4.1.0 to 8.x or 9.x from hekate 4.0

steffxxx · Apr 1, 2020

Hi

What is the easiest way to update my hacked 4.1.0 and to which firmware to update?
I have the unpatched switch with hekate 4.0 and sdfiles 8.1
Son wants a game that requires 8.0 or 8.1 I think
Thanks a lot!

Lacius · Apr 1, 2020

I recommend the following steps:

Make a NAND backup with Hekate if you haven't made one before. Store it somewhere safe.
Remove all CFW files/folders from your SD card (that would be folders like /sept/ and /atmosphere/)
Download the latest Atmosphere fork from here (includes all of the necessary patches)
Download the latest fusee-primary (next to Atmosphere)
Put Atmosphere and the signature patches onto your SD card
Download the 9.2.0 update files and put the folder onto your SD card
Download ChoiDujourNX and put it into the /switch/ folder on your SD card
Put the SD into your Switch
Launch Atmosphere using fusee-primary
Run ChoiDujourNX from the homebrew launcher and update to 9.2.0. If your SD card is exFAT (not recommended), make sure you install exFAT support at the same time. If you do not want to use AutoRCM, make sure you disable it before the update.
Reboot the system.

annson24 · Apr 1, 2020

IiRC, FW v.4.1.0 supports caffein which is a warmboot, although rcm is better to use for some, it would be such a waste if you'll update such a good firmware. IMO, just create an emunand and update that one to the latest fw.

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steffxxx · Apr 1, 2020

annson24 said:
IiRC, FW v.4.1.0 supports caffein which is a warmboot, although rcm is better to use for some, it would be such a waste if you'll update such a good firmware. IMO, just create an emunand and update that one to the latest fw.

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thanks but not sure how to create the emunand

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Lacius said:
I recommend the following steps:

Make a NAND backup with Hekate if you haven't made one before. Store it somewhere safe.

Remove all CFW files/folders from your SD card (that would be folders like /sept/ and /atmosphere/)

Download the latest Atmosphere fork from here (includes all of the necessary patches)

Download the latest fusee-primary (next to Atmosphere)

Put Atmosphere and the signature patches onto your SD card

Download the 9.2.0 update files and put the folder onto your SD card

Download ChoiDujourNX and put it into the /switch/ folder on your SD card

Put the SD into your Switch

Launch Atmosphere using fusee-primary

Run ChoiDujourNX from the homebrew launcher and update to 9.2.0. If your SD card is exFAT (not recommended), make sure you install exFAT support at the same time. If you do not want to use AutoRCM, make sure you disable it before the update.

Reboot the system.

there are games over the fat32 limit this is why I current micro sd is exfat, what do others do for those games with fat32?

pLaYeR^^ · Apr 1, 2020

steffxxx said:
thanks but not sure how to create the emunand

Follow this guide for setting up EmuMMC: https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/

steffxxx said:
there are games over the fat32 limit this is why I current micro sd is exfat, what do others do for those games with fat32?

Install them over USB.

Lacius · Apr 1, 2020

steffxxx said:
thanks but not sure how to create the emunand

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there are games over the fat32 limit this is why I current micro sd is exfat, what do others do for those games with fat32?

Install over USB, install over FTP, install over the internet using HBG, or split them. exFAT has a significantly higher likelihood of corruption due to how bad the exFAT drivers are. FAT32 is very highly recommended.

steffxxx · Apr 2, 2020

pLaYeR^^ said:
Follow this guide for setting up EmuMMC: https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/

Install them over USB.

in the guide under section "Partitioning the SD Card" using tegra explorer using "format for EmuMMC setup" option when done the main partition on the sd card is exfat. Do I now need to format it on a pc to fat32 leaving the other hidden partition as is? I did so but next in the guide at "Tap on Create emuMMC, then select SD Partition" it doesn't work: "failed to find applicable partition"

I reformatted the sd and tried again tegra explorer but it doesn't see/mount the sd card anymore, tried twice now
shows fine in settings in switch (normal boot) and on PC

*creating now emummc, I followed this guide just to create the 2 partitions on the SD card https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/set-up-emummc-emunand-on-nitendo-switch.html

** all done, I can now go to emummc which is same version as sysmmc
How do I update now emummc without updating sysmmc?
Thehttps://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/extras/updating/ guide is for updating sysmmc first

*** I just updated emummc using ChoiDujourNX
Now to find a guide to install games over usb

annson24 · Apr 2, 2020

steffxxx said:
Now to find a guide to install games over usb

Just a suggestion, you can use ns-usbloader and Awoo-installer, they're both noob friendly. Both those files communicates with each other when used; ns-usbloader is a desktop app that will send the game file (nsp/nsz/xci/xcz) to your switch, and awoo installer will then install it.

steffxxx · Apr 2, 2020

annson24 said:
Just a suggestion, you can use ns-usbloader and Awoo-installer, they're both noob friendly. Both those files communicates with each other when used; ns-usbloader is a desktop app that will send the game file (nsp/nsz/xci/xcz) to your switch, and awoo installer will then install it.

thanks
all works now except I i found 3 nsps for maker 2 and none of them work with goldleaf and awoo
animal cr.. also doesn't work
both show corrupted data has been detected after installation
all other games I installed and tested (about 10) work fine
any idea? did I miss to add to sd card or install something to work with these newer games?
yoshi... a 2019 games, works fine

pLaYeR^^ · Apr 3, 2020

steffxxx said:
thanks
all works now except I i found 3 nsps for maker 2 and none of them work with goldleaf and awoo
animal cr.. also doesn't work
both show corrupted data has been detected after installation
all other games I installed and tested (about 10) work fine
any idea? did I miss to add to sd card or install something to work with these newer games?
yoshi... a 2019 games, works fine

Pretty sure you are using the wrong sigpatches.

steffxxx · Apr 3, 2020

pLaYeR^^ said:
Pretty sure you are using the wrong sigpatches.

any way you can point me in to the right direction? Found the zip file here in this forum

pLaYeR^^ · Apr 3, 2020

steffxxx said:
any way you can point me in to the right direction? Found the zip file here in this forum

You boot with hekate or fusee primary?

steffxxx · Apr 3, 2020

pLaYeR^^ said:
You boot with hekate or fusee primary?

hekate I believe
I used this guide https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/

pLaYeR^^ · Apr 3, 2020

steffxxx said:
hekate I believe
I used this guide https://nh-server.github.io/switch-guide/

Then you don't need the patches from the thread here but from here. Copy everything on your sd card.

steffxxx · Apr 3, 2020

pLaYeR^^ said:
Then you don't need the patches from the thread here but from here. Copy everything on your sd card.

thanks much appreciated, works now!!

MarkDarkness · Apr 3, 2020

annson24 said:
Just a suggestion, you can use ns-usbloader and Awoo-installer, they're both noob friendly. Both those files communicates with each other when used; ns-usbloader is a desktop app that will send the game file (nsp/nsz/xci/xcz) to your switch, and awoo installer will then install it.

I just went through exact same process as OP due to Animal Crossing, and Goldleaf/Quark was giving me no end of troube. TThis setup though works really well.

steffxxx · Dec 15, 2020

Hi all
I tried today to update 9.2.0 cfw to 10.2.0
I updated atmosphere, hekate and I upgraded the cfw firmware to 10.2.0 using ChoiDujorNX
it was showing in settings/system current version correctly 10.2.0 AMS 0.15.0....
then I used sigpatch-updater.nro and not sure what happened, I can't see now the version in settings/system but I can access hekate config and hbmenu
sd card is exfat and I don't have an emu partition
any idea where I messed up or how to make it show in system settings 10.2.0 AMS 0.15.0 ?
also all games installed in 9.2.0 work fine but every time I open them it asks me "ready to start system update?"
thank you for your kind help

** I realised I have a downloaded firmware waiting to be installed... in recovery mode it says current system 10.2.0 AMS 0.15.0 S but not sure how I can delete the downloaded firmware so no more messages to install it when I open games

*** all good now, no more messages to update and system settings shows correctly now 10.2.0 AMS 0.15.0 S

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