Hacking Question Anybody bricked with the fake sx payload?

[Deleted member 373223]

Because i THINK i might have... Stuck on Nintendo Switch screen forever and ever. All i remember is an easter bunny. Just realized i lost my backups.

EDIT:

Okay, so not many people are aware of what this payload actually does.
It does not replace your entire nand with garbage (that would be a huge waste of time) it just overwrites your gpt and part of your PRODINFO. Due to the fact that your PRODINFO is console specific, there is no way to recover without a NAND backup.

If anyone wants to check to be sure, the source for this payload is at
https://gitlab.com/iAmOG/PozzNX
It is a modified gptrestore with three multipliers, making it restore the gpt further into the nand then it is supposed to, all the way to your PRODINFO which causes an unrecoverable brick (Without a NAND backup.)
If you have a NAND backup, you can use real gptrestore and hekate to fix your switch by restoring said NAND backup. Everyone else affected by this... You're screwed.

 

[snails1221]

Anyone that fell for this deserves it imo

 

[Thetoto]

Happy brick
Just why when sigpatch are now free.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Anyone that fell for this deserves it imo

How could anyone have known it bricked? That it wasn't real sure, but at most i thought it'd be something like a "ha-ha! You wish!"

 

[slaphappygamer]

A fake? When did that happen? Easter bunny?

 

[KeyZiro]

Unlucky :^)

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Is a system partition enough?

 

[TheZander]

Easter Bunny what's that about

 

[Deleted member 411764]

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A fake? When did that happen? Easter bunny?

around 20m ago

the thread was taken down: https://gbatemp.net/threads/sx-os-license-crack-payload.512280/

 

[zaku]

Yeah my friend tried it and bricked his. n trying to recover it now.

 

[wurstpistole]

EDIT JULY 23TH

Fake SX OS "cracked" Payload bricks the Switch. Can't boot Horizon, can't get into maintenance menu.
RCM works. Only way to restore is a full raw NAND backup. Got none? Get a new Switch.
Building and flashing a firmware with ChoiDujour does not work.

Payload still up and around! Beware of ANY Payload not posted by original creator, downloaded from github/releases or built yourself.

Okay, so not many people are aware of what this payload actually does.
It does not replace your entire nand with garbage (that would be a huge waste of time) it just overwrites your gpt and part of your PRODINFO. Due to the fact that your PRODINFO is console specific, there is no way to recover without a NAND backup.

If anyone wants to check to be sure, the source for this payload is at
(LINK REMOVED)
It is a modified gptrestore with three multipliers, making it restore the gpt further into the nand then it is supposed to, all the way to your PRODINFO which causes an unrecoverable brick (Without a NAND backup.)
If you have a NAND backup, you can use real gptrestore and hekate to fix your switch by restoring said NAND backup. Everyone else affected by this... You're screwed.

 

[Mat37]

Which partition got screwed by that ?

 

[Deleted member 411764]

Bricked as well. Stuck at Switch logo. RCM works, Recovery/Maintenance doesn't. Please help if anyone has a working fix for this.

you could hardmod, or look for a nand restorer

 

[Viri]

Some are saying it was Kate who posted the fake brick code in Discord. At least that's what I heard.

 

[kitzuki]

Lol

sucks someone will somehow still blame tx for this lol

 

[urdaddy]

it's by those kids from hbg discord

 

[CarefulCrysis]

there is evil people out there

 

[Lumince]

Wait LOL the SX OS Cracked.zip???

 

[wurstpistole]

Yup, contained a payload that bricks the console.

Easter Bunny? That was no bunny. That was ASCII art of a guy spreading his butthole, and the message that one fell for a prank and you should power down.
And then, bricked. Console not booting anymore.

 

[Deleted member 373223]

Anyone got a clue if it's possible to fix withouth backup? Lost my system backup, my hard drive broke and i had forgot to re-backup. Maybe figure out what it does and undo it?