Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

MigSwitch is here, what is next?

Thread starter WiseDan
Start date Feb 4, 2024
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WiseDan

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Feb 4, 2024

so, major hack from russian bros is already here and works.
i wonder what will be next jb thing for ns?
let the creativity to get out from you...
prizes awaits for best ideas or dreams...
++ my dream is to play games from external ssd without installing them on console !!

Ethelbert

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Feb 4, 2024

Nothing. Migswitch is also pretty bad with how limited it is.

TheStonedModder

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Feb 4, 2024

WiseDan said:
++ my dream is to play games from external ssd without installing them on console !!

esp32's can mount SD cards I think(thats how the memcard pro for ps2 works) If clones dont do it, I wonder how hard it would be to do a MITM thing with an esp32 and have a "game selector" via its web browser so it can just mount 1 game/virtual SD card at a time. Could have a pseudo game browser/selector that way

IDK how the the gamecart functions tho it probably needs that reset(the reinsertion) to even initiate the SD card read