Hacking Is it possible to repair a Switch with no EMMC?

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I bought a Switch that has no emmc, but I got a NAND backup along with it. I got a new emmc from china (assuming it does work), booting into hekate at least the new emmc module is detected and I can see some info on the IC. Trying to restore the NAND Backup with hekate does however not work; restoring itself does work 100%, though when I try to boot the system through hekate, it gets stuck at "loaded package1 and keyblob". It does not boot normal either (turning it on without RCM).
Is there anything I missed when inserting the new emmc module? or do i have to install some modified data in order to get it to boot?
 

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I think you have to restore the GPT partitions among other things and the crypto may need to be updated. Pretty sure the backups Hekate makes are still encrypted and this crypto may be tied to the old EMMC. At least that's how it was on 3DS. Not sure on the Switch though.
 

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I think you have to restore the GPT partitions among other things and the crypto may need to be updated. Pretty sure the backups Hekate makes are still encrypted and this crypto may be tied to the old EMMC. At least that's how it was on 3DS. Not sure on the Switch though.
I found a post, in which its described how to upgrade the switch emmc from 32GB to 64GB. There does not seem to be a problem to just write the NAND Backup from the 32GB emmc to the new 64GB, which is why I am even more baffled why I cant seem to get it to work

PS: cant link to anything, but a quick google search will direct you to the post I mention
 

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