HWFLY vs Picofly Vs instinct

[Blakejansen]

Which of these mod chips are recommended for beginners? Most of the tutorials on YouTube use the Instinct or HWFLY.

 

[A-Hacked-Soul]

None are suggested for beginners, you can damage your switch during all 3 of their installs physically.
Better to buy a unpatched V1 if you have 0 soldering skill and dont have the correct tools.

 

[Blakejansen]

None are suggested for beginners, you can damage your switch during all 3 of their installs physically.
Better to buy a unpatched V1 if you have 0 soldering skill and dont have the correct tools.

Which has an easier install? I have soldering experience but I don't like to make my life harder than it needs to be. I am still about a month away from attempting this as I need to gather materials and knowledge.

 

[A-Hacked-Soul]

Which has an easier install? I have soldering experience but I don't like to make my life harder than it needs to be. I am still about a month away from attempting this as I need to gather materials and knowledge.

They are about the same, all three require soldering to the same points almost. I had to use a microscope and monitor to solder some of the points cause they were so close.

 

[Blakejansen]

They are about the same, all three require soldering to the same points almost. I had to use a microscope and monitor to solder some of the points cause they were so close.

What size tips did you use on your soldering iron?

 

[madisonswitch]

Which of these mod chips are recommended for beginners? Most of the tutorials on YouTube use the Instinct or HWFLY.

Look at a grain of salt. Then, ask yourself if you can solder something that size.

Those videos on YT are all using microscopes.

 

[Blakejansen]

Look at a grain of salt. Then, ask yourself if you can solder something that size.

Those videos on YT are all using microscopes.

I've modded 13 oleds since this post.

 

[Ondrashek06]

The only differences are mostly just the chips used to perform the hacking.

Back then, it used to only be SX core. But then the group behind these chips got arrested, and some Chinese group basically copied it and made HWFly. And then someone discovered that a specialized chip isn't needed as you can only use a commonly found and cheap Raspberry Pi 2040 chip along with a few resistors and a transistor - and that got the name Picofly.

I have no idea what Instinct chips are, tbh.