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.

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Hacking Anyone use SX OS online?

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Start date Apr 27, 2020
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CarefulCrysis

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Apr 28, 2020

I was banned recently using sxos and pirate games, never played online I simply updated the system fw and bang was banned

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Terrorize420

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Apr 28, 2020

Ive played my backups i made online and ive also used alot of homebrew apps while connected to N servers and while debugging one of my apps I remember i had at least 50 crash logs in about 48 hour period and never got banned but I haven’t turned of stealth mode off for awhile now but last i knew i wasn’t banned

Omar0131

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Aug 7, 2020

What about with the sx core modchip? Using the genuine boot function for online and creating an emunand for the other stuff. Does that decrease or increase the chances of getting a console ban compared to injecting the payload on an unpatched console?

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Is using the sx core genuine boot function more safe than injecting a payload on an unpatched console? (For playing online)