EDIT: Solution here - https://gbatemp.net/threads/frustra...utorials-out-there.587702/page-2#post-9457204
Ive been using SXOS for 3 years, zero issues. But due to recent events I am trying to switch over to Atmosphere. Ive spent 8 hours trying to get it to run. My only requirements are Emunand and booting with SXOS dongle.
I got the latter down, converted hekate.bin into boot.dat. I can boot.
The tutorials out there are simply abysmal. They boil down to:
1) Boot via method of your choice, without zero explanation of what this may entail. But fine, I got this down.
2) Backup your NAND
3) Boot into CFW, as if this is freaking magic.
Not one tutorial that I came across talks about any ini files (hekate_ipl.ini), no talk about fusee-primary.bin, what it is, how to use it etc...
My steps are:
1. Format SD card to FAT32
2. Copy over latest Atmosphere files to Sd Card (do certain Atmospheres support only certain OFW versions? or would latest Atmosphere support any OFW no matter how old? Because Emunand is being created off of OFW 4.0)
3. Copy over latest Hekate files to Sd Card
4. Copy over latest sigpatches to Sd Card, not a single tutorial talks about how to do this. Ive found sigpatches labeled hekate, Ive found sigpatches labeled atmosphere, I only have to guess the difference between these and which to use in what cases. is there a difference? No idea! What about what sigpatches should really have? Ive seen zips with 4+ folders, Ive seen zips with 2 folders. Which one is the correct one?
5. Boot into Hekate and create Emunand (I tried both file and partition)
6. Attempt to boot into Emunand.
Now freaking what? There is no way to boot into it. Tutorials dont cover this. I tried injecting fusee-primary.bin and also putting it into payloads folder and selecting it from hekate. In both cases after atmosphere logo its black screen. Tutorials dont cover what to do here, so I am just trying to put together pieces from googling.
Atmosphere has been around for years, its astonishing how unfriendly it is to new users. I understand that the process may be easy, and second nature to someone who has been using it for a while. Or has it set up already. But to someone who is new, its extremely unfriendly, cant find a single tutorial that doesnt skip steps. Reading them its like someone decided to be helpful and write this great tutorial, then got bored half way through and just rushed the job.
At one point I gave up and tried using Deepsea package. Same thing, black screen. Found some Russian thing called "Kefir" that one actually worked, but it adds so much garbage apps and changes all of the boot screens etc that I really dont want to use it. I just want damn vanilla Atmosphere with nothing else, no homebrew, no cheats, no layerfs, nothing... just vanilla on Emunand. Why is it so hard?
PS - Sysnand boots no problem.
Ive been using SXOS for 3 years, zero issues. But due to recent events I am trying to switch over to Atmosphere. Ive spent 8 hours trying to get it to run. My only requirements are Emunand and booting with SXOS dongle.
I got the latter down, converted hekate.bin into boot.dat. I can boot.
The tutorials out there are simply abysmal. They boil down to:
1) Boot via method of your choice, without zero explanation of what this may entail. But fine, I got this down.
2) Backup your NAND
3) Boot into CFW, as if this is freaking magic.
Not one tutorial that I came across talks about any ini files (hekate_ipl.ini), no talk about fusee-primary.bin, what it is, how to use it etc...
My steps are:
1. Format SD card to FAT32
2. Copy over latest Atmosphere files to Sd Card (do certain Atmospheres support only certain OFW versions? or would latest Atmosphere support any OFW no matter how old? Because Emunand is being created off of OFW 4.0)
3. Copy over latest Hekate files to Sd Card
4. Copy over latest sigpatches to Sd Card, not a single tutorial talks about how to do this. Ive found sigpatches labeled hekate, Ive found sigpatches labeled atmosphere, I only have to guess the difference between these and which to use in what cases. is there a difference? No idea! What about what sigpatches should really have? Ive seen zips with 4+ folders, Ive seen zips with 2 folders. Which one is the correct one?
5. Boot into Hekate and create Emunand (I tried both file and partition)
6. Attempt to boot into Emunand.
Now freaking what? There is no way to boot into it. Tutorials dont cover this. I tried injecting fusee-primary.bin and also putting it into payloads folder and selecting it from hekate. In both cases after atmosphere logo its black screen. Tutorials dont cover what to do here, so I am just trying to put together pieces from googling.
Atmosphere has been around for years, its astonishing how unfriendly it is to new users. I understand that the process may be easy, and second nature to someone who has been using it for a while. Or has it set up already. But to someone who is new, its extremely unfriendly, cant find a single tutorial that doesnt skip steps. Reading them its like someone decided to be helpful and write this great tutorial, then got bored half way through and just rushed the job.
At one point I gave up and tried using Deepsea package. Same thing, black screen. Found some Russian thing called "Kefir" that one actually worked, but it adds so much garbage apps and changes all of the boot screens etc that I really dont want to use it. I just want damn vanilla Atmosphere with nothing else, no homebrew, no cheats, no layerfs, nothing... just vanilla on Emunand. Why is it so hard?
PS - Sysnand boots no problem.
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