Hacking No main boot entries found... Check that bootloader/hekate_ipl.ini has boot entries Please help!

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So to just boot atmosphere, you only need to use fusee-primary.bin on your injector. Hekate can do more stuff, but if all you're shooting for is atmosphere, don't even worry about hekate.
 
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Ok I think I see what you mean, I installed the fusee-primary.bin on my injector and was able to boot straight into atmosphere. I am very confused now as to hot that worked...

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Would I lose all my game saves if I do this?
No they are on the switch memory itself...SYSNAND
 

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So to just boot atmosphere, you only need to use fusee-primary.bin on your injector. Hekate can do more stuff, but if all you're shooting for is atmosphere, don't even worry about hekate.
So that is what I did, and I was able to boot to atmosphere, however, I would like to understand the ongoing issue with hekate if possible and why it wont allow me to boot from "launch" in its menu

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No they are on the switch memory itself...SYSNAND
So you are recommending I just redo my micro SD card and start over again?
 

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Yeah idk why it tells you there's no boot entries cause if that hekate_ipl.ini we edited is actually there on the switch sd card then it should show up as a boot entry. Maybe it's mac idk, I doubt that tho.
 
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So to just boot atmosphere, you only need to use fusee-primary.bin on your injector. Hekate can do more stuff, but if all you're shooting for is atmosphere, don't even worry about hekate.
Problem with this is you can't backup or restore NAND if gets corrupted, hekate does this. But yea you are correct, but I'd use hekate. IMO
 
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I def see the potential and usefulness of hekate and I use it as my primary payload, but I didn't for a very long time because of stuff like OP is experiencing. In fact that's why I told him to use the payload as a boot entry cause I've never successfully launched atmos with sigpatch from hekate without just booting to fusee-primary. I end up with errors about nosigpatch failing etc, so I just use hekate to boot android or fusee.
 
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1 - Format SD card to FAT32
2 - Fresh install of Atmosphere files on SD card. - https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases
3 - Get and put Correct Sigpatches in "atmosphere" folder - https://github.com/ITotalJustice/patches/releases
4 - (optional) Get Tinwoo or Goldleaf and place inside "switch" folder - https://github.com/XorTroll/Goldleaf/releases
5 - Boot into Hekate menu, select "Payloads", then select "Fusee-Primary"
Good Luck and Have fun!
If I do this will i have to redo the partitions on my micro sd card for my back up as well?
 

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the partition of my sysnand? I believe that is on my micro sd is it not?
SYSNand is on your switch itself, EMUNand will be created on the sd card....easiest way is to just create another Emunand once you get back up and running...but if you had games saves while playing on EMUNand then they will be saved to sd card EMUNand...

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If you value your EMUNand and games saved to it then don't format it, just replace atmos /sigpatch files...

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And put "hekate_ctcaer_5.5.4.bin" on your injector.

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https://switch.homebrew.guide/index.html
 

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SYSNand is on your switch itself, EMUNand will be created on the sd card....easiest way is to just create another Emunand once you get back up and running...but if you had games saves while playing on EMUNand then they will be saved to sd card EMUNand...

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If you value your EMUNand and games saved to it then don't format it, just replace atmos /sigpatch files...

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And put "hekate_ctcaer_5.5.4.bin" on your injector.
i have replaced the atmos folders, I will try to play around with the sig patches and see if that changes anything. I really would like to not lose my game saves. anyway I can just copy them off the micro sd card and drop them back in once I have my games reinstalled?
 
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Next time, Before updating FW and Atmosphere, run Checkpoint and backup all your game save files, then there'd be no worries if you have re-format/ or if sd card get corrupted. You can update then copy saves files back using same Checkpoint app.. Good Luck!
 
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Thanks for all your help guys, I somewhat got hekate working now, to start atmosphere I have to click on "payload" instead of "launch" what is the difference in me not having an emummc now?
 

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Thanks for all your help guys, I somewhat got hekate working now, to start atmosphere I have to click on "payload" instead of "launch" what is the difference in me not having an emummc now?
If you want to go online with it and help prevent a ban, you should setup EMUNand, if you keep it in "Airplane" mode and dont go online at all, can just use Sysnand. And yes in hekate - Payloads - Fusee-primary to start, or change the hekate_ini file like user earlier was trying to explain to you.
 
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Here are the correct Boot Entries for you hekate_ipl.ini:

Code:
[Atmosphere SYS]
emummc_force_disable=1
payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee-primary.bin

[Atmosphere Hekate SYS]
emummc_force_disable=1
fss0=atmosphere/fusee-secondary.bin

[Atmosphere EMU]
payload=bootloader/payloads/fusee-primary.bin

[Atmosphere Hekate EMU]
fss0=atmosphere/fusee-secondary.bin

Copy fusee-primary.bin to bootloader/payloads whenever you Update Atmosphère.

Also make sure your hekate_ipl.ini is not named hekate_ipl.ini.txt
 
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If you want to go online with it and help prevent a ban, you should setup EMUNand, if you keep it in "Airplane" mode and dont go online at all, can just use Sysnand. And yes in hekate - Payloads - Fusee-primary to start, or change the hekate_ini file like user earlier was trying to explain to you.
Ok, do you mean if I want to go online and connect to the eshop or just go online even if I have configured my dns, I was thinking of configuring my dns in order to use aio updater. but as of now I have always kept my switch in airplane mode.
 

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Ok, do you mean if I want to go online and connect to the eshop or just go online even if I have configured my dns, I was thinking of configuring my dns in order to use aio updater. but as of now I have always kept my switch in airplane mode.
If you're thinking of using 90DNS, you cannot go online when you are using it.
 

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Get the latest fusee-primary.bin and stick it in your bootloader/payloads directory, and then add this to bootloader/hekate_ipl.ini

[Payload Fusee Primary]
fss0=bootloader/payloads/fusee-primary.bin
When you mean this you mean the thing you wrote or the file??(sorry , I'm kinda new in this)
 

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