Hacking RELEASE Firmware Version Inspector - get FW version from NAND dump

[comput3rus3r]

I suppose you can try mounting them via hackdiskmount then seeing which biskeys decrypt them as long as you know which biskeys belong to which Switch.

hmmm maybe making new nand backups might be easier lol.

 

[shchmue]

finally got this to run (my syntax understanding is awful), but now I get the error /contents/ not found.

This is a dump from I believe 5.0, but I wanted to check before I restore.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance for the help.

that's pretty weird. that means it successfully decrypts so the bis keys are correct, it just can't find /contents/ in the partition table. if you can use memloader + hacdiskmount to mount your system partition and post the results of running the command DIR inside the system:/contents/registered folder (put it inside a QUOTE block on the forum please) then i can tell you which firmware it's from

hmmm maybe making new nand backups might be easier lol.

yeah, what drax said or just use this tool and try bis keys until one works are the only practical ways to do it

 

[Shoruk3n]

Anyone mind helping out a newb? I don't know how to carry out the pycryptocore installation.

 

[shchmue]

Anyone mind helping out a newb? I don't know how to carry out the pycryptocore installation.

what happens when you type the command i wrote

 

[Shoruk3n]

what happens when you type the command i wrote

I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong...

 

[shchmue]

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I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong...

yeah you’re typing it in python you have to type it in a regular command prompt. i edited the OP for clarity

 

[Shoruk3n]

yeah you’re typing it in python you have to type it in a regular command prompt. i edited the OP for clarity

From a cmd prompt. Is python not installed correctly?

 

[shchmue]

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From a cmd prompt. Is python not installed correctly?

well if you’re fine with navigating in command prompt you can find pip in your python folder and run it with the correct path but easy mode is just uninstall and reinstall python but this time make sure “add python to PATH” is selected

 

[Shoruk3n]

Got it! Thank you!

 

[Shoruk3n]

Ok getting closer...still need help though. I'm pretty sure I have input the directory structure correctly, but it's not recognizing the dump file.



For the text within the biskeydump.txt file, can I just copy/paste the text that was generated by the QR code?

 

[shchmue]

Ok getting closer...still need help though. I'm pretty sure I have input the directory structure correctly, but it's not recognizing the dump file.

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For the text within the biskeydump.txt file, can I just copy/paste the text that was generated by the QR code?

oh! i guess mine takes linux style paths because of stuff i have installed. instead of typing the paths like the example, just drag each file onto the command prompt and it’ll produce a compatible path with c:\ instead of /c/. not sure about the QR code, it never worked for me i just did the method from the biskeydump readme where it dumps the output into command prompt and i copied it into a text file

 

[Shoruk3n]

Drag/drop works great!

Would you mind copy/paste the contents of your biskeydump.txt (without the actual keys of course)? This is where I am now...

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[shchmue]

Drag/drop works great!

Would you mind copy/paste the contents of your biskeydump.txt (without the actual keys of course)? This is where I am now...

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you missed the -b= before the biskeydump file path but as it says in OP it needs these two lines

BIS Key 2 (crypt): <32-digit hex key>
BIS Key 2 (tweak): <32-digit hex key>

 

[Shoruk3n]

you missed the -b= before the biskeydump file path but as it says in OP it needs these two lines

BIS Key 2 (crypt): <32-digit hex key>
BIS Key 2 (tweak): <32-digit hex key>

That was it! I missed the -b.

My console is still on 5.1.0, so there shouldn't be any issues with restoring with this dump right?

 

[shchmue]

That was it! I missed the -b.

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My console is still on 5.1.0, so there shouldn't be any issues with restoring with this dump right?

yeah that’s fine

 

[purechaos996]

I've been having some issues as well. I've installed Python 3 (made sure to completely remove my previous install of python 2) Used pip to install cryptodome but I keep getting this error and Im not exactly sure why.

 

[shchmue]

I've been having some issues as well. I've installed Python 3 (made sure to completely remove my previous install of python 2) Used pip to install cryptodome but I keep getting this error and Im not exactly sure why. View attachment 149967

hmm. try changing “crypto” in line 9 of FVI.py to “Crypto”

 

[GothicIII]

Thanks! That was exactly what I was looking for. Did a backup from my wifes console when I bought it a few months ago but I forgot to look for the version and upgraded it afterwards.
Yesterday I guessed the version by serial number and today I could confirm it

BTW: If you never booted the console and made a backup, the date will be a zero value:

Most recent boot: 1980-01-01 00:00:00

 

[purechaos996]

hmm. try changing “crypto” in line 9 of FVI.py to “Crypto”

That did help it seems, however now I'm getting this error.

 

[DerYamu]

The error I always get is:

I tried so many different variations for the paths. With slash, with backslash, with "/c/", with "C:\\", copying the files in different directories, copying everything in the same one and use the file names directly instead of paths.