Homebrew Question How can I track gameplay time in a hacked, always offline Switch?

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I am using the Atmosphere fork provided in SDFiles, with firmware updated manually to 5.1.0 (OFW 4.1.0).

I never connected my Switch online, which means I never linked a Nintendo account, and I don't want to do it because I am afraid of being banned.

In my understanding, to track gameplay time a Nintendo Account is needed, either to track the approximate values (15 hours or more) and the exact values via Phone App.

Is there a way to do it via Homebrew or another solution?

Thanks in advance!
 
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splinterbr said:
I am using the Atmosphere fork provided in SDFiles, with firmware updated manually to 5.1.0 (OFW 4.1.0).

I never connected my Switch online, which means I never linked a Nintendo account, and I don't want to do it because I am afraid of being banned.

In my understanding, to track gameplay time a Nintendo Account is needed, either to track the approximate values (15 hours or more) and the exact values via Phone App.

Is there a way to do it via Homebrew or another solution?

Thanks in advance!
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Hi, I think there is not a way for that right now
 
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Why are you scared of being banned if you never plan to go online?
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I plan to go online someday when there is an easier method than restoring clean NANDs everytime I want to play online (maybe emunand?). A better offering of online services and games would help too (looking forward for the 2019 Pokémon game). Until then I don't want to risk a ban.
 
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In some games (like BOTW) you can with the help of save editors. I found out my playtime in BOTW for the first time after installing the first homebrew savegame backup tool.

Looked at it, shrieked, never looked at it again. ;) (It was below 200 hrs... ;) )
 
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