ROM Hack Question Play online with Nintendo Switch Unlocked + Android

Reiknis · Aug 4, 2021

Good afternoon community!

I recently bought a Nintendo Switch.

I spent many hours modeling ds and 3ds, but I am just entering this world of the switch.

I would like to know if it is possible to have a console that can run Android on an SD and use the console to play the games that I am going to buy on the account.

I understand that to run Android, you have to unlock the console, and with it, the online is lost. Still if there is an option, I would like to know if someone could give me a small guide or links to consult.

I am not interested in installing "pirated" games. I thought it was interesting to have Android as an additional system inside the switch if there are no significant risks of banning.

Thank you in advance for the information that you can share with me!

zerofalcon · Aug 4, 2021

If your console is a V1 unpatched Switch, yes, it can run switchroot android. You can use emunand for homebrew apps and sysnand for purchased and online games.

kidkat210 · Aug 5, 2021

you don't lose online capabilities just because you soft modded your console. it just highly advised to not go online while running cfw.
As long as you have an unpatched V1, you can run android on it. if its any of the other models that require the mod chip to mod it. then you cant run android as its currently not supported. but yes you can run android and still play online. i just suggest having 2 sd cards. 1 for android and 1 for regular play

osaka35 · Aug 5, 2021

Reiknis said:
Good afternoon community!

I recently bought a Nintendo Switch.

I spent many hours modeling ds and 3ds, but I am just entering this world of the switch.

I would like to know if it is possible to have a console that can run Android on an SD and use the console to play the games that I am going to buy on the account.

I understand that to run Android, you have to unlock the console, and with it, the online is lost. Still if there is an option, I would like to know if someone could give me a small guide or links to consult.

I am not interested in installing "pirated" games. I thought it was interesting to have Android as an additional system inside the switch if there are no significant risks of banning.

Thank you in advance for the information that you can share with me!

To see if your device is capable of being "hacked" (unlocked) without a modchip: find your device’s Serial Number on the bottom of the switch.

Once you have the number, compare with this list:

For Serial Numbers beginning in XAW1
Serials between XAW10000000000 to XAW10074000000 are hackable.
Serials between XAW10074000000 to XAW10120000000 are potentially hackable.
Serials from XAW10120000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For Serial Numbers beginning in XAW4
Serials between XAW40000000000 to XAW40011000000 are hackable.
Serials between XAW40011000000 to XAW40012000000 are potentially hackable.
Serials from XAW40012000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For Serial Numbers beginning in XAW7
Serials between XAW70000000000 to XAW70017800000 are hackable.
Serials between XAW70017800000 to XAW70030000000 are potentially hackable.
Serials from XAW70030000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For Serial Numbers beginning in XAJ1
Serials between XAJ10000000000 to XAJ10020000000 are hackable.
Serials between XAJ10020000000 to XAJ10030000000 are probably NOT hackable, but it's possible.
Serials from XAJ10030000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For Serial Numbers beginning in XAJ4
Serials between XAJ40000000000 to XAJ40046000000 are hackable.
Serials between XAJ40046000000 to XAJ40060000000 are probably NOT hackable, but it's possible.
Serials from XAJ40060000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For Serial Numbers beginning in XAJ7
Serials between XAJ70000000000 to XAJ70040000000 are hackable.
Serials between XAJ70040000000 to XAJ70050000000 are potentially hackable.
Serials from XAJ70050000000 and up are NOT hackable.
For serials beginning in XKW1, XKJ1, XJW1, and XWW1 all of the consoles released with these numbers cannot be hacked.

Lenks · Aug 5, 2021

For that you can even use only 1 SD card if it's partition correctly, but personally use 1 big SD Card for SWITCH CFW and one smaller for Android, because I only use Android when I'm on my villa to watch Cinemapk, HBO, Netflix etc. and local paid sport TV app, so don't need to bring my laptop with me...
If you don't turn off your switch you don't even need to inject payload every time as you can go to hekate from CFW and Andoird after restart and just switch (pun not intended) the sd cards from there...

Reiknis · Aug 22, 2021

Thanks for the answers guys! I was able to install the emunando on the SD with Android, separating it from the original system.

raging_chaos · Aug 22, 2021

kidkat210 said:
As long as you have an unpatched V1, you can run android on it. if its any of the other models that require the mod chip to mod it. then you cant run android as its currently not supported.

Not correct. Here's a video.

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