[Guide] How to fix Switch games not booting after a FW/CFW update

Thanks for the information!

 

Aw man, i finally fixed my switch not playing any backups anymore! im posting it here, since this method is not part of this OP and some people might find it useful.
i installed atmosphere 0.14.4 on a previous installed atmosphere 0.14.3 and FW 10.2. Added sigpatches but thee atmosphere wouldnt start anymore (kernel panic on boot, when trying to load it via hekate, fatal error when trying to boot directly with fusee primary).

i could not get a fresh install of atmosphere to work. so i tried deepsea and it worked. but no games started and i could not reinstall them. i thought it might be the sigpatches, but just couldnt get my head around it.

today i've read about fixing the archive bit on files on the sd card. tl dr: files could get corrupted, when managing them with a mac, and i did a lot.
fixing that archive bit with hekate 5.3.3 (tools) did the trick. its working now.

best regards.marv

 

@ShadowOne333 I just found another direct link to the latest DBI releases you can add to your guide:
https://github.com/julesontheroad/NSC_BUILDER/tree/master/py/Documentation and Resources/DBI

 

I tried initializing console, and it did not work for me. Do not do it unless you absolutely have to. What worked for me was backing up my SD card onto my computer, deleting all the files, downloading DeepSea (or Atmosphere if that's what you're more comfortable with), and putting all that on the SD card. I transferred my game saves back to my SD card, and it worked immediately.

 

Here's what worked for me to save everyone the headache of initializing your console (which did not work):
1) backup your SD card
2) delete all files from SD card
3) download fresh copy of your CFW and Sig patches (I used DeepSea)
4) extract files and send everything to your SD card
5) put your backed up game save data back onto your SD card
6) put SD card back into Switch after safely ejecting from computer
7) enjoy working games again

 

It seems the link I gave you is no longer being updated with latest version of DBI...The new link is as follows:

https://github.com/rashevskyv/dbi/releases

 

Currently im having a problem with the game kirby star allies in the last update 4.0,without the update the game boots but with it the error message appears,i have everything update so I don't know what to do,is there any fix?

 

Whats the error? are you using any custom sys modules?

 

Thanks for this guide. I had a few games (smash bros, MH rise) not starting after I updated FW and CFW and could resolve it with the steps listed here. Games run with no issues after deleting the game tickets.

 

I'm having a problem with Pokémon Sword: before updating to 12.0 it worked flawlessly but, after updating, the game had a "Corrupted data" error forcing me to delete it. After re-installing it with the same files it worked perfectly until I installed the dlc, after that the game would get stuck at the loading screen and boot me out with a error message. I've tried all the methods in this guide (except the "Last Resort" ones, since I can still play it on yuzu and don't think this is such a huge deal that I have to clean my sd card) but it gives me the same result as before: works fine withut dlc, instantly crashes with.
Any idea of what could be the reason of this problem?

 

I tried both using awoo and goldleaf and it always gives me an error message.

 

I did, and both the old one and new one work flawlessy on yuzu but not on switch

 

I can happily confirm that by doing a clean installation and using fusee-secondary it works, I haven't checked with fusee-primary yet but thank you so much!