Hacking Can I use an old micro-SD card from a jailbroken Switch to another jailbroken Switch without having to reformat the micro-SD card?

[Dothackjhe]

So, my old Switch is already showing a sign of damage to its micro-SD adapter with an occasional "1-bit mode" error on Hekate, which prompted me to buy a new one. I have a nearly full 1Tb micro-SD card on my old Switch which I'd like to use with the newly bought hacked Switch. Can I do that without actually needing to reformat the micro-SD card?

Note: My old Switch is on the latest firmware and runs the latest version of Atmosphere on SYSNAND.

 

[impeeza]

The switch do not is Jailbroken, that term is for apple devices.

you Mod a Switch console.

Sadly the game data is encrypted using the console own keys so you can not copy nor the EmuNAND or the Nintendo folders from a console to other easy. you can decrypt the EmuNAND and recrypt using the keys, there is a tutorial here on gbatemp to use a Donor NAND in to another console, but really do not wort the effort, you can extract the Savegame data from old SD card and import that savegames on the new console.


https://gbatemp.net/threads/extract-save-from-nand-backup.514261/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/extract-save-from-nand-backup.514261/#post-8299285


https://gbatemp.net/threads/manual-system-transfer-for-saves-content.388033/page-5#post-10291167



By the way are you willing to sell the old console?

 

[zamastyle]

Agree on all points. Back up your saves, delete the emummc folder and nintendo folder, and you can use whats left to kick start the process on thd new switch.

 

[impeeza]

Agree on all points. Back up your saves, delete the emummc folder and nintendo folder, and you can use whats left to kick start the process on thd new switch.

yeah, start from scratch on the new card and then transfer the savegames, will save you lots of work and frustration.

 

[Dothackjhe]

I can imagine importing my saved files being the easier route.

 

[impeeza]

The big n do it well. They encrypted everything