Hacking Atmosphere-NX - Custom Firmware in development by SciresM

[andijames]

I do as well but I have no idea what they're adding or removing. But it's still exciting in a way

Yeah indeed. I know what services are being implemented to a degree which is good. See they've implemented reading from the SD now which is a big milestone. It's quite exticing

 

[chaoskagami]

I'd probably be testing already if I could figure out how to properly set up BCT.ini to load stage2, but oh well. I'm patient. It's not like they're far off from bootable. I suspect June was a worst-case estimate.

But seriously, these "Generations" are just stupid and mostly arbitrarily.

No matter how far backwards or forward you go in time, there are always going to be people who ask questions and ignore the answers if it isn't to their liking. This is a rule of the internet. Or it should be, anyways.

Let’s don’t forget that SciresM was the author of Boot9strap on 3ds. Surely he will find a way to run Atmosphere at every boot without needing to going on RCM every time.

Every time I see this I feel I need to point out that there's zero supporting evidence for this claim. It would require a low-level software exploit of the OS on the switch, kernel access, and probably a way to get in TZ too.

 

[Peabutt]

People figured out the usb cable was needed to send stuff to the switch via RCM because there's no other reason to buy a USB c to USB a cable. The problem was triggering RCM. Initially minor hardmod was referred to as inconvenient which people took more harshly than it implied. It's kinda true since there are easier ways of shorting pin 10 without bending it.

All progress for atmosphere can be found on its github page which is in the first post but only useful for developers. The 3DS guide was useful because the exploits were out. This scene is different because were still waiting for the CFW to come out

You can also join the reswitched discord if you want moment by moment updates on whats going on in development. All the devs chit chat on there about what is being worked on, issues, etc. I will warn everyone though.. be careful on there or you will get banned.

 

[Draxzelex]

Yeah indeed. I know what services are being implemented to a degree which is good. See they've implemented reading from the SD now which is a big milestone. It's quite exticing

SD card access is needed for pretty much everything from EmuNAND to homebrew. I would have bought a 64+ GB sd card but my brother would prefer a hard drive. I'll keep holding out until it's released.

You can also join the reswitched discord if you want moment by moment updates on whats going on in development. All the devs chit chat on there about what is being worked on, issues, etc. I will warn everyone though.. be careful on there or you will get banned.

Would you believe me if I told you I don't have a discord?

 

[Peabutt]

Would you believe me if I told you I don't have a discord?

I would believe you.

 

[andijames]

SD card access is needed for pretty much everything from EmuNAND to homebrew. I would have bought a 64+ GB sd card but my brother would prefer a hard drive. I'll keep holding out until it's released.
Would you believe me if I told you I don't have a discord?

Yeah exactly hence why this is a big milestone. It's not child's play to implement I/O access in C.

 

[Quantumcat]

Would you believe me if I told you I don't have a discord?

It isn't hard to get an account. You can access it via the Web, you don't have to download the app.

 

[annson24]

 

[garyopa]

@annson24 -- Here is full tweet:

Fixed a few more bugs, and Atmosphère's custom "loader" implementation (and its custom "sm" implementation) work on 5.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--YfiKhkzg … ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) NOTE: Atmosphère is still not usable to boot Horizon OS proper yet! With any luck that should be working soon, though

Source: https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/993746249416245248

 

[Quantumcat]

@annson24 -- Here is full tweet:



Source: https://twitter.com/SciresM/status/993746249416245248

You can embed tweets in messages - use TWEET as a tag:

Fixed a few more bugs, and Atmosphère's custom "loader" implementation (and its custom "sm" implementation) work on 5.0: https://t.co/hXdqXWufjb ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

NOTE: Atmosphère is still not usable to boot Horizon OS proper yet! With any luck that should be working soon, though :)

— Michael (@SciresM) May 8, 2018

 

[Crazy-S]

This is going so friggin' fast.
So with this progress we can expect an early usable build in a week or so

 

[annson24]

This is going so friggin' fast.
So with this progress we can expect an early usable build in a week or so

Well SciresM did said CFW can boot in a week or two, and that statement was almost a week ago.

 

[JohnMiller91]

Does this mean even when you are on a firmware higher than 4.1 you will be able to boot into horizon without shorting the pins at every cold boot? You just have to short them once to enable the HBL?

 

[Reploid]

We are not supposed to turn off NS completely, if we don't wanna run exploit every time, right? So sleep mode is da wae to go.

But did someone tested NS' sleeping capabilities? 3DS was really lousy at that, running out of juice during sleep in a matter of hours. While Vita could slumber for several days easily, which is far more acceptable.

So, is switch closer to 3DS or vita in that department?

 

[DarkIaspis]

Pretty much like awesome! This is going to make attractive an update toward higher firmware, even though I'm curios about which will be limitations on these firmwares > 4.1.0

 

[PatrickJr]

Fantastic work by the team, so fast!

 

[Duhasst0]

So, is switch closer to 3DS or vita in that department?

In my experience, sleep can last a few days but your gonna need to charge it after the couple days cause you'll be at < 20% battery. If you need a can test what it will be cause I just put the switch on the dock before I left for work at 7pm and I'll leave it off the dock just in standby to see what the percentage is after a couple days.

 

[nmkd]

We are not supposed to turn off NS completely, if we don't wanna run exploit every time, right? So sleep mode is da wae to go.

But did someone tested NS' sleeping capabilities? 3DS was really lousy at that, running out of juice during sleep in a matter of hours. While Vita could slumber for several days easily, which is far more acceptable.

So, is switch closer to 3DS or vita in that department?

Sleep easily lasts 4+ days.

 

[Zumoly]

That's why some people have a second switch. I technically have a second switch on 3.0 but it's considered my little brother's. I use mine for gaming and staying up to date which is not so bad since you can do the hardmod with a paperclip

Yeah a second switch would be awesome to get! Might consider that in the future.

 

[Maximilious]

Does this mean even when you are on a firmware higher than 4.1 you will be able to boot into horizon without shorting the pins at every cold boot? You just have to short them once to enable the HBL?

5.0+ hasn't been confirmed to have a softmod only method yet, so you will need to short the pins to get into CFW as far as we know.