Hacking Can't boot into OFW

[Teds]

As the title says, I can't boot into OFW. I am able to load Hekate v5.3.3 using RCMloader, however selecting "Launch" from the main menu says "No main boot entries found... You can use the following entry to boot stock, or use More configs button for more boot entries".

I am at a total loss at the moment, I have formatted my 1tb micro sd card and tried a 'fresh" start. Even without the RCMloader, I can't just startup the switch normally. I have AutoRCM on "off". This problem started to occur when I didn't have my Switch docked and I guess it lost power completely.

What else can I do? I don't know if I've bricked my switch, but since it fires up Hekate, I think it's something else.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[petspeed]

What happens if you completely shutdown the Switch, remove the SD card and then turn on the Switch again? If it doesn't boot is there an error message or just black screen?

 

[lordelan]

Two ways:
1. Download latest hekate and put it completely on your SD card (putting the payload on the dongle alone isn't enough). You should end up with a bootloader folder in your SD root directory. If this still doesn't work, then your card is formatted the wrong way. In this case use the Tegra Explorer payload to format your card correctly to FAT32, then start over unzipping hekate to the card and using hekate.
2. Inside hekate (the payload should at least take you to the text based hekate version without NYX) look for AutoRCM (under tools or something like that) and make sure it's disabled. If so, shut down the console completely either from hekate's option to do that or by holding POWER for a little over 12 seconds, then press POWER again for 1 second to start the console. It should boot to stock like a fresh console.

If even 2. is not working, it could be the case that your FW has been downgraded so there's a mismatch with the burned fuses count and the (stock) bootloader panics out. This however shouldn't be the case for when you boot into stock with a payload like hekate or SX OS bootmenu.
Speaking of which, this is something you could also try. Look for SX OS and their payload. Use that and you'll have an option to boot stock from their main menu. It's the only payload beside hekate that I know can boot into stock.

If all of that doesn't work then your sysNAND is damaged/corrupted or even bricked. If it's not bricked, there are a few tutorials on how to repair the sysNAND in the tutorial section here.

 

[Draxzelex]

As the title says, I can't boot into OFW. I am able to load Hekate v5.3.3 using RCMloader, however selecting "Launch" from the main menu says "No main boot entries found... You can use the following entry to boot stock, or use More configs button for more boot entries".

I am at a total loss at the moment, I have formatted my 1tb micro sd card and tried a 'fresh" start. Even without the RCMloader, I can't just startup the switch normally. I have AutoRCM on "off". This problem started to occur when I didn't have my Switch docked and I guess it lost power completely.

What else can I do? I don't know if I've bricked my switch, but since it fires up Hekate, I think it's something else.

Thanks in advance for your help!

You need boot entries in order to launch through Hekate. Where did you download them before?