Hacking Edit: It is safe to update to 6.2 using atmosphere

[Cortexfou]

Maybe it's already asked (if it is, sorry).
Can you have, on SX, a 6.2 sysnand (to play recent games, ect) and a 6.1 emunand (to play homebrew and xci) ?

 

[Frank1905]

Maybe it's already asked (if it is, sorry).
Can you have, on SX, a 6.2 sysnand (to play recent games, ect) and a 6.1 emunand (to play homebrew and xci) ?

Yes, but if you updated sysnand in the official way (so burning fuses) you will not be able to go into sleep mode in your Emunand

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5X utilizzando Tapatalk

 

[Ian095]

Glad I'm on 5.1.0 never updating again, became obsolete once I found out you don't have to update to play higher firmware games. Was annoyed as I had updated from 4.1.0 to 5.1.0 but even hearing 4.1.0 likely won't get anything special from booting into RCM anytime soon guess this is how it is. My consoles done fine in sleep mode for months anyways.

As long as none of this affects Smash Bros working on my current firmware then there's never a reason for me to update. I always worry that they'll change something that would break the game on older firmwares, but as of so far they haven't from what it seems.

 

[Shadow_man7]

Since I missed opportunity to update from 6.0.1 to 6.1. There is actually no way for me to update only to 6.1?

 

[Draxzelex]

Since I missed opportunity to update from 6.0.1 to 6.1. There is actually no way for me to update only to 6.1?

https://gbatemp.net/threads/choiduj...ller-homebrew-for-the-nintendo-switch.513416/

 

[Shadow_man7]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/choiduj...ller-homebrew-for-the-nintendo-switch.513416/

I know, but is out there an XCI with 6.1 update to extract it from it? I know that Civ 6 update is nagging about updating but is it including 6.1 update or just wants to update to newest firmware from Nintendo servers?

 

[Draxzelex]

I know, but is out there an XCI with 6.1 update to extract it from it?

There are other ways to find the 6.1 firmware files if you read through the OP

 

[pleccy]

Advice please - my Switch auto downloaded 6.2 in the background. It now says, that it's 'ready to install' (but hasn't yet) My NS atmosphere arrived today. I'm not sure if I can still go ahead with CFW or am i consigned to 6.2 now?

 

[Draxzelex]

Advice please - my Switch auto downloaded 6.2 in the background. It now says, that it's 'ready to install' (but hasn't yet) My NS atmosphere arrived today. I'm not sure if I can still go ahead with CFW or am i consigned to 6.2 now?

Boot into maintenance mode by holding volume + and - when turning the console on. This will automatically clear the pending system update.

 

[Skeet1983]

Hi guys. I have 2 Switches: One with FW 5.1.0 and is in Airplane Mode with no Internet connection, other Switch is sitting on FW 6.1 I think. Anyway, I just checked my higher FW Switch and not only do you need to update to use eShop now, but you also need to update to even check online time to see if new/upcoming games can be played. Frankly, this really sucks...

 

[ZachyCatGames]

They're not bricking the console, though. That's the worst part. The console can still be used, but many of it features will become unavailable. The salt on the wound.

How is a bad thing that they’re not bricking the system

 

[ChromoTec]

I literally asked that on the last page. But, just like in real life, I got ignored and nobody responded.

 

[regnad]

Glad I'm on 5.1.0 never updating again, became obsolete once I found out you don't have to update to play higher firmware games. Was annoyed as I had updated from 4.1.0 to 5.1.0 but even hearing 4.1.0 likely won't get anything special from booting into RCM anytime soon guess this is how it is. My consoles done fine in sleep mode for months anyways.

As long as none of this affects Smash Bros working on my current firmware then there's never a reason for me to update. I always worry that they'll change something that would break the game on older firmwares, but as of so far they haven't from what it seems.

How do you bypass having to update? I couldn’t get Civ VI to work on 6.0.1 and ended up updating to 6.1.

 

[Cortexfou]

Is it possible to update the games in 6.1 ofw without activating the "auto-download 6.2 update" ?

 

[wurstpistole]

Glad I'm on 5.1.0 never updating again, became obsolete once I found out you don't have to update to play higher firmware games. Was annoyed as I had updated from 4.1.0 to 5.1.0 but even hearing 4.1.0 likely won't get anything special from booting into RCM anytime soon guess this is how it is. My consoles done fine in sleep mode for months anyways.

As long as none of this affects Smash Bros working on my current firmware then there's never a reason for me to update. I always worry that they'll change something that would break the game on older firmwares, but as of so far they haven't from what it seems.

Where did you get the idea that you don't have to update to play higher firmware games? If the games require a higher fw that has new master keys, then this cannot be bypassed.

 

[Shadow_man7]

Where did you get the idea that you don't have to update to play higher firmware games? If the games require a higher fw that has new master keys, then this cannot be bypassed.

Exactly, and because we don't have 6.2 keys we can't actually bypass update. He is thinking about Tinfoil bypass but it's relying on master keys from required software and we simply don't have it for 6.2.

 

[wurstpistole]

Exactly, and because we don't have 6.2 keys we can't actually bypass update. He is thinking about Tinfoil bypass but it's relying on master keys from required software and we simply don't have it for 6.2.

I never fiddled with the Tinfoil bypass but it was in my understanding that you can only bypass fw updates for firmwares that use the same masterkeys - as if you were to play a 6.1 game on 6.0.1 for example - but you couldn't play a 6.0 game on 5.1 - or do I have this wrong?

 

[regnad]

So does 6.2 essentially end eShop pirating since you can’t go to the eShop on 6.1 and you can’t dump on 6.2?

 

[bodefuceta]

So does 6.2 essentially end eShop pirating since you can’t go to the eShop on 6.1 and you can’t dump on 6.2?

We can still dump 6.2 carts when they release, but there's no way to run them at the moment it seems. I think it's possible to dump new eshop releases using FG payloads or whatever, but if they require new keys, it's the same problem.

 

[Shadow_man7]

I never fiddled with the Tinfoil bypass but it was in my understanding that you can only bypass fw updates for firmwares that use the same masterkeys - as if you were to play a 6.1 game on 6.0.1 for example - but you couldn't play a 6.0 game on 5.1 - or do I have this wrong?

I'm not sure but I think tinfoil is updated with keys from other softwares to decrypt it and install them on any firmware but it doesn't guarantee to actually boot the game because it depends if game is looking for some higher firmware features or not.