If you have a custom theme installed, make sure to uninstall it (via
NXThemesInstaller) before you proceed to update.
Whenever you're about to update your firmware and before you do so, make sure that both
Hekate and
Atmosphere support the latest firmware or the firmware you're currently updating to. If they do, check if the
sigpatches are updated to support the latest firmware and Atmosphere version. Sigpatches also work retroactively, meaning that if you're on a lower versions of firmware and Atmosphere, it should still work properly.
While sigpatches should be enough for game backups to work, you can install
sys-patch module as well. Optionally, you can install
Tesla +
nx-ovlloader as that will allow you to see whether sys-patch is working properly.
Atmosphere 1.7.0 no longer supports ips kip patches (
check the release notes here) which are usually used for piracy reasons. Therefore sigpatches won't work unless you:
1) Load Atmosphere's package3 via Hekate's FSS0 - You'll need to reboot to Hekate, go to Launch and select emuNAND CFW or sysNAND CFW (depending on which one you use). If you've downloaded the sigpatches from
here. your bootloader/hekate_ipl.bin will already have everything you need to have configured.
2) Use modified Atmosphere's
fusee.bin payload with ips kip patches support.
3) Use sys-patch instead of sigpatches.
Having both sigpatches and sys-patch at the same time should cause no conflict at all, but it's recommended to stick to one that works for you in order to reduce the clutter on your SD card since they are doing the same thing.
If everything seems okay, update Hekate and Atmosphere first, followed by sigpatches.
Once you do that, update firmware via Daybreak as well. Daybreak comes bundled with Atmosphere. You can find firmware files on that certain site we aren't allowed to link to (that's what I usually do) or you can dump the latest firmware after you update your OFW. I personally like to keep my OFW firmware version the lowest possible just in case a future exploit is found and supports the firmware I have (unlikely to happen, but one can never know). Once you download the files, just extract them to the folder (e.g.
firmware) on the root of your SD card, just to make it easier to be found once in Daybreak.
If you plan on connecting your console to the Internet,
90DNS or
DNS MITM at the very least must be set up prior to connecting to the Internet. Blanking your prodinfo via Exosphere is possible, but it's usefulness is questionable.
DBI, for example, can guess your serial number through "creative coding". You can see whether it's true or not by going into its system info option.
