HWFLY reliability

[dehydrated_lemur]

I read a lot of stories online about how these chips are not reliable. I'm curious as to how many have been using a chip without issues and for how long.

I like to think I made the right choice of choosing a V2 over a V1 unpatched.

I chose V2 because they're newer, better battery and usually in better condition. Also I love installing chips in things.

A V1 can always boot into cfw but if hwfly fails V2 can't do anything.

 

[binkinator]

I read a lot of stories online about how these chips are not reliable. I'm curious as to how many have been using a chip without issues and for how long.

I like to think I made the right choice of choosing a V2 over a V1 unpatched.

I chose V2 because they're newer, better battery and usually in better condition. Also I love installing chips in things.

A V1 can always boot into cfw but if hwfly fails V2 can't do anything.

Rock solid HWFLY over here. Haven’t read much about them being unreliable. I would assume it’s just people who have bad installs since HWFLY is solid state and dead simple in what it does.

 

[dehydrated_lemur]

Rock solid HWFLY over here. Haven’t read much about them being unreliable. I would assume it’s just people who have bad installs since HWFLY is solid state and dead simple in what it does.

Awesome dude! Love my install! Thanks.

Just stories on Reddit but yeah you're probably right. Most likely bad installs.

I read like 50% have issues according to some people. Some chips come in not working. I don't know.

Do you sleep your switch or shut it off?

 

[binkinator]

Awesome dude! Love my install! Thanks.

Just stories on Reddit but yeah you're probably right. Probably bad installs.

I read like 50% have issues according to some people.

No way in hell that’s even close to accurate. Somebody is pulling numbers out of their pink nether regions. GBATemp would be full of horror stories if chips were 50% bad. Not saying some don’t end up with a bad chip. Just saying that a very high percentage of all “issues” here surrounding HWFLY are install related.

E: On my chipped switches I don’t have a “regular” state of power. Always doing something FUNky so sometimes I fall asleep and they fully discharge and shut off. Sometimes I leave them asleep on charger. Once you’re chipped…it’s not that big a deal anymore.

 

[Hayato213]

Zero issue with mine, people messed up because they have bad install, or they messed up when they tries to update the firmware on the chip.

 

[dehydrated_lemur]

Zero issue with mine, people messed up because they have bad install, or they messed up when they tries to update the firmware on the chip.

May I ask this. I'm new to this but why would someone need to update the chip? Does something prevent it from injecting a payload?

 

[Hayato213]

May I ask this. I'm new to this but why would someone need to update the chip? Does something prevent it from injecting a payload?

The chip has it own firmware, newer version of the firmware has new feature so sometime people update, but there has been case of people messing up the update, I have never updated mine, I only update the system firmware. I am on an OLED.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Mine has been working perfectly too, there isn't much to be said that hasn't already been said by the others here. I'm also an OLED.

 

[dehydrated_lemur]

Mine has been working perfectly too, there isn't much to be said that hasn't already been said by the others here. I'm also an OLED.

Thanks. Great news. Makes me glad I made the choice of a v2