Hardware Mig Switch on Switch 2

[wartutor]

So is the MiG switch safe if you've dumped all your own roms? I know people were on the fence for awhile. Is the consensus that it's safe now or still risky?

They say its safe but truthfully noone but nintendo knows. If your willing to use this then expect a ban or don't use it. Truth is noone knows exactly what nintendo collects or can detect in the end.

 

[soadownz]

It's clear that you're new around here

You've already banned yourself by staying on airplane mode,

Incorrect speculation.

 

[SecureBoot]

Incorrect speculation.

"newcomer: level 2"

And by the airplane mode is banning yourself in just saying you're giving yourself the same experience as a ban without being explicitly banned.

Also noticed you didn't address the actual body of my message but whatever

 

[Darth Meteos]

"newcomer: level 2"

joined october 29 2009
they've been here longer than either of us, even if we're much more active

 

[ezkitty]

So is the MiG switch safe if you've dumped all your own roms? I know people were on the fence for awhile. Is the consensus that it's safe now or still risky?

so far with switch 1, i've never been banned (i got my migswitch 1 week after their first release batch). Since the release of Switch 2, the migswitch banned users possibly before and after the migswitch FW update. The latest firmware of migswitch is truly unknown to be safe since the ban scared a lot of users to even try despite having their own dumps used. I would like to test it myself just for offline play but i wont be doing anything until there's an actually way to backup the nand like hekate to switch 1. Nand backup would allow me to truly stay offline, dirty the nand as much i wanted and still be able to restore clean nand if i wanted to resume online play

 

[SecureBoot]

joined october 29 2009
they've been here longer than either of us, even if we're much more active

Fair enough. still think there's something to be said about not being active enough to know what's going on and acting like you know better than those who are active, but whatever ig

 

[Divineheresy88]

so far with switch 1, i've never been banned (i got my migswitch 1 week after their first release batch). Since the release of Switch 2, the migswitch banned users possibly before and after the migswitch FW update. The latest firmware of migswitch is truly unknown to be safe since the ban scared a lot of users to even try despite having their own dumps used. I would like to test it myself just for offline play but i wont be doing anything until there's an actually way to backup the nand like hekate to switch 1. Nand backup would allow me to truly stay offline, dirty the nand as much i wanted and still be able to restore clean nand if i wanted to resume online play

I was talking about on the switch 2. I know i'm safe on my switch 1. I i figured the topic talking about the switch 2 would make that more clear. My misatke

 

[Deleted member 702243]

as far as I know it just blanket ignores the nsp ticket to write its own instead, because duckbill is lazy and this is an easy way to fix how incompetent the scene has been with writing tickets

it didn't use to be that way, dbi in older versions just installed the nsp ticket directly, then master key 0x10 happened and it became a problem. duckbill's solution was to ignore the ticket and rewrite it every time on install as a way to fix bad fake tickets

to his credit, it works, but it breaks the use case where you would want to share updates with other consoles that don't have cfw

it would be better to check the ticket signature and only replace the ticket is the signature is bad, but that's additional work and it's his program he works on in his free time and he does what he wants

jesus christ it's worse than I thought

so as if overwriting valid nsp tickets when installing wasn't bad enough, the newer versions of dbi won't even properly export tickets you already have if you try to export them from the ticket menu

I have a valid signed ticket installed, I want to export it so I can view it and validate it, but instead of actually exporting what's on my nand, dbi thinks it knows better and generates a new (fake) ticket and puts that on the sd card instead of exporting the one I already have

you tell this garbage program to export and instead of doing that it just makes stuff up

658 is fine, I can export my valid tickets just fine. I don't know when he started that garbage but 715 insists that I need to generate a fake ticket instead of actually exporting the files I actually have. so basically "export" actually means "generate new ticketto sd card", except it's still spelled "export". good job duckbill making your program not actually do what it says it's doing

I haven't tested it but it's likely it also overwrites the tickets when dumping installed games and updates to nsp. so you could have a valid signed update with a valid ticket, but because you dumped the nsp with dbi, it doesn't matter if you install it with a different installer later... it would still have an invalid ticket and still wouldnt transfer to switch 2

Fair enough. still think there's something to be said about not being active enough to know what's going on and acting like you know better than those who are active, but whatever ig

the average user on gbatemp is completely clueless, it's just people hearing one thing from another clueless person with no basis on reality most of the time and then repeating it over and over. being active on here or not means nothing

easy example: how many here actually understand what every signature patch does and what each of them is used for? but because you regularly post in threads that gets dozens of pages all day you get it in your head that it must mean you know what you're talking about, and those who dont participate must not know anything

 

[soadownz]

Back to the topic on hand, no lies, no logical falicies, no ad hominem attacks.

I am still not banned on switch 1 using mig even updated games on it. So some people here are flat out lying.

Yet to try on switch 2 but becoming more convinced it's safe because of all the LOLs from people here.

 

[TheZander]

now that the fw is released i can build my own mig switch

 

[TheStonedModder]

now that the fw is released i can build my own mig switch

No. The FW isn’t fully released

It’s missing necessary packages

 

[switchy99]

Somebody tried the MigFlash on 20.4.0?
It will probably work, but i'm gonna wait a couple of days just to be safe.

 

[Prof0nWear]

Somebody tried the MigFlash on 20.4.0?
It will probably work, but i'm gonna wait a couple of days just to be safe.

I've just tested my legal Super mario oddysey backup and played and also went on the e-shop both connected to wi-fi.

Lets see.

 

[dolpf]

A user from a Russian forum managed to locally update the:
- Persona 5 Tactica and Metroid Dread game (from a torrent) on an unbanned Switch 2 (20.1.5) via a hacked Switch 1 (with firmware 20.3.0 and an update installed via Tinfoil).
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 game (from a torrent) on an unbanned Switch 2 (20.1.5) via a hacked Switch 1 (with firmware 18.1.0 and an update installed via Goldleaf).
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Super Mario Odyssey game (from a torrent) on an unbanned Switch 2 (20.1.5) via a hacked Switch 1 (with firmware 18.1.0 and an update installed via Awoo Installer).
Other local update test results are here.

 

[TheStonedModder]

I know it takes a bit, but I am 4 days into using my MiG with privately shared games between 4 people (including myself)

I’ll give it a month, but after all my switch 1 testing with game sharing since SXOS I think I’m going to be fine

 

[soadownz]

I know it takes a bit, but I am 4 days into using my MiG with privately shared games between 4 people (including myself)

I’ll give it a month, but after all my switch 1 testing with game sharing since SXOS I think I’m going to be fine

Are these single player or online games?

 

[TheStonedModder]

Are these single player or online games?

single player. I can't afford the online membership rn

But that also really shouldnt matter too much since im connected online anyways

 

[Dogmj]

I just bought the switch 2 and I have a mig switch full of games (not my dumps), I'll never connect to wifi and will use it only to play my switch 1 games until a safe and complete jailbreak arrives. Is this a good strategy? Also is it already possible to update games that require update on migswitch?

 

[SecureBoot]

I just bought the switch 2 and I have a mig switch full of games (not my dumps), I'll never connect to wifi and will use it only to play my switch 1 games until a safe and complete jailbreak arrives. Is this a good strategy? Also is it already possible to update games that require update on migswitch?

You'll get banned for sure

 

[dolpf]

Is this a good strategy?

This strategy is at your own risk. Switch 2 is not banned on new Mig firmware now, but what will happen in a week/month/year - no one knows, there are no guarantees. When using Mig, you need to clearly understand the risks and always be prepared for the consequences.

Also is it already possible to update games that require update on migswitch?

If there is an update for a game that improves the graphics on Switch 2, then such an update will only work if you download it from eShop. Updates that can be transferred locally from Switch 1 do not contain graphics improvements.