Hi everyone!
I hacked my old unpatched Switch (fw 10.1.0) last night but as I'm still very much a noob, I think I made some mistakes that I'm hoping someone here can help me with.
I followed the instructions in the homebrew guide:
• injected hekate payload and made a NAND and BIS backup before launching any kind of CFW
• enabled AutoRCM before proceeding with LockPick so I wouldn't have to use a jig after powering my Switch off
• partitioned my SD and created an emuMMC
BUT when I launched CFW for the first time I accidentally chose sysMMC. Before I noticed I was supposed to be in emuMMC I set up 90DNS (AFAIK I never actually connected to the internet, I only set it up in the settings and did a connection test which failed and to my understanding that's what I'd want, cause it means my Switch couldn't connect to the servers, unless I misunderstood that? I also deleted all my wifi settings prior to hacking.) Rebooted my Switch after that using AutoRCM and Hekate, launching CFW emuMMC and set up 90DNS, put it in airplane mode and that's about it. I'm not sure anymore if I opened the "album" folder in sysMMC, too, but I didn't run any of the apps in there.
My main concern rn is that I probably dirtied my sysMMC by launching CFW on it and I sadly still have my main account linked to that Switch cause I completely forgot that I wouldn't be able to unlink it without connecting to the servers. I also share an online subscription with family members and purchased a bunch of digital games so I'd like to remove my account from my old Switch altogether before I properly hack it again in the future.
So my questions are:
• If I restore my Switch using the NAND backup, will it be "safe" again and can I treat it like an unhacked Switch from there (till I decide to hack it again) i.e. go online to unlink my account? Will the logs match? If yes, do I just reboot it using AutoRCM and payload injection like before, disable AutoRCM, recover everything from my NAND backup and power it on normally after removing my SD? Or should I remove AutoRCM, power off my console, use a jig and THEN restore from my NAND backup? Also is a factory reset recommended after restoring? I know that's a lot of questions but I wanna be really careful to keep everything clean this time and as I'm a rookie, pointers in case I'm missing something would be great!
• Also is there any real risk once I go back online on my restored Switch to unlink my account that my second (clean) Switch that my account is also linked to or my family members will catch a ban?
Thank you in advance!
I hacked my old unpatched Switch (fw 10.1.0) last night but as I'm still very much a noob, I think I made some mistakes that I'm hoping someone here can help me with.
I followed the instructions in the homebrew guide:
• injected hekate payload and made a NAND and BIS backup before launching any kind of CFW
• enabled AutoRCM before proceeding with LockPick so I wouldn't have to use a jig after powering my Switch off
• partitioned my SD and created an emuMMC
BUT when I launched CFW for the first time I accidentally chose sysMMC. Before I noticed I was supposed to be in emuMMC I set up 90DNS (AFAIK I never actually connected to the internet, I only set it up in the settings and did a connection test which failed and to my understanding that's what I'd want, cause it means my Switch couldn't connect to the servers, unless I misunderstood that? I also deleted all my wifi settings prior to hacking.) Rebooted my Switch after that using AutoRCM and Hekate, launching CFW emuMMC and set up 90DNS, put it in airplane mode and that's about it. I'm not sure anymore if I opened the "album" folder in sysMMC, too, but I didn't run any of the apps in there.
My main concern rn is that I probably dirtied my sysMMC by launching CFW on it and I sadly still have my main account linked to that Switch cause I completely forgot that I wouldn't be able to unlink it without connecting to the servers. I also share an online subscription with family members and purchased a bunch of digital games so I'd like to remove my account from my old Switch altogether before I properly hack it again in the future.
So my questions are:
• If I restore my Switch using the NAND backup, will it be "safe" again and can I treat it like an unhacked Switch from there (till I decide to hack it again) i.e. go online to unlink my account? Will the logs match? If yes, do I just reboot it using AutoRCM and payload injection like before, disable AutoRCM, recover everything from my NAND backup and power it on normally after removing my SD? Or should I remove AutoRCM, power off my console, use a jig and THEN restore from my NAND backup? Also is a factory reset recommended after restoring? I know that's a lot of questions but I wanna be really careful to keep everything clean this time and as I'm a rookie, pointers in case I'm missing something would be great!
• Also is there any real risk once I go back online on my restored Switch to unlink my account that my second (clean) Switch that my account is also linked to or my family members will catch a ban?
Thank you in advance!
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