instinct nx or hwfly picofly rp 2040

[Jowi]

During 3 days I've been gathering information about all the different modchips for nintendo switch in the market. I own a nintendo switch lite which i am willing to modchip. I've seen that there are various alternatives such as instinct nx (v6,v6s) and hwfly Picofly RP2040.

1. instinct nx v6 was made by the original hwfly group but its first batch with black PCB has some QC issues and also causes chipcrash and needs a reset when boot0/boot1 is updated on OFW updates. Software-wise is fully compatible with hwfly-nx firmware.

2. hwfly Picofly RP2040 uses its own firmware (open source) but may have issues with hynix/toshiba emmcs.

I would like to know how accurate the information i gathered is and what are your recommendations for long term use also if i have missed any pros or cons let me know.

 

[Hayato213]

Get the instinct v6 make sure black one.

 

[Jowi]

Get the instinct v6 make sure black one.

If you dont mind can you explain yourself why would you choose instinct v6 and not v6s over hwfly?

 

[Hayato213]

If you dont mind can you explain yourself why would you choose instinct v6 and not v6s over hwfly?

Rp2040 also have the problem of corrupting nand, go for the v6s if you can find it.

 

[Viktorsilva]

forget about both and go for RP2040 Zero. 100ohm resistor on Dat0 and CMD, 47 Ohm on CLK and you will get a "bullet proof" hardmod. Made more than 100 installations and never had any trouble to solve.

 

[Consoledestroyer]

forget about both and go for RP2040 Zero. 100ohm resistor on Dat0 and CMD, 47 Ohm on CLK and you will get a "bullet proof" hardmod. Made more than 100 installations and never had any trouble to solve.

Interesting comment, could you explain why you use 100 ohm resistors on Dat0 and CMD instead of 47 ohm like it's described in picofly guide ? I would like to know also if you use flex cpu cable or modding with Mosfet?

Is the reason of using the 100 ohm resistors is preventing this situation without the risk it may happen? :

If you have slow EMMC issues after putting everything
together, one possible reason is that you need two
additional resistors, one each on CMD and DAT0, like
below, for a total of 94 ohms on each line:

 

[froggy55]

Rp2040 also have the problem of corrupting nand, go for the v6s if you can find it.

the v6s is a good chip but be aware that if your switch drops to 15% or below on battery and you reboot it wont glitch until you charge it to at least 20% this chip seems to be power hungry more so than its predacessors i discovered this today as i sent my switch to be fixed from a previouse installation and decided to upgrade to the v6s i got it back today and it was at 10% charge and would not boot to hekate after charging to at least 20% charge problem was solved i have another switch with the rp2040 and so far i have had no problems but that does not mean i wont later

 

[deeps]

Interesting comment, could you explain why you use 100 ohm resistors on Dat0 and CMD instead of 47 ohm like it's described in picofly guide ? I would like to know also if you use flex cpu cable or modding with Mosfet?

Is the reason of using the 100 ohm resistors is preventing this situation without the risk it may happen? :

If you have slow EMMC issues after putting everything
together, one possible reason is that you need two
additional resistors, one each on CMD and DAT0, like
below, for a total of 94 ohms on each line:

Because it has been proven over and over again that 100/100/47 is much more likely to work well than 47/47/47, so might as well do 100/100/47 from the start. The author of the picofly guide knows this, but is stubborn and seems to enjoy providing outdated information.

 

[froggy55]

the v6s is a good chip but be aware that if your switch drops to 15% or below on battery and you reboot it wont glitch until you charge it to at least 20% this chip seems to be power hungry more so than its predacessors i discovered this today as i sent my switch to be fixed from a previouse installation and decided to upgrade to the v6s i got it back today and it was at 10% charge and would not boot to hekate after charging to at least 20% charge problem was solved i have another switch with the rp2040 and so far i have had no problems but that does not mean i wont later

this is an update on my v6s it was an optional mod to allow for use of the usb port for resetting and flashing the chip that caused the problem and i dissconnected the three wires that were for that but i also accidently cut the b point wire and could not get it to solder back on in the process of removing the modchip to remedy this i tore the ribbon cable to cpu connector for the mod chip so now i have to send my switch back again to be fixed i am so mad at my self for being careless oh well lesson learned and for those interested donot setup the v6s for usb passthrough it doesnot work right it frequently fails to glitch when you connect a usb c to charge it would cause the chip to fail do to this mod so do not do it