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...

Homebrew How do you access hb App Store without internet?

Thread starter Mechachu
Start date Aug 15, 2020
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Mechachu

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Aug 15, 2020

If going online gets you banned... how do I access it?

bad361

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Aug 15, 2020

You can find each and every homebrew on the internet and transfer it to your switch manually. Or you can use atmosphere's prodinfo blanking to hide your console's personal info and stuff. That way you can safely use ftp and other stuff like accessing hb store (you won't be able to connect to ninty's servers of course).

Last edited by bad361, Aug 15, 2020

Zkajavier

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Aug 15, 2020

You can use Incognito, 90DNS, and as said above I think atmosphere already can blank prodinfo just like Incognito but without really deleting it. This is only "safe" if you're using Emunand though, because you really don't want to go online after using CFW on Sysnand.

Basketto

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Aug 15, 2020

1).Banned means banned from connecting to nintendos servers.
2). Most safety nets put in place dont prevent you from connecting to these, even if your trying to avoid getting banned.