Hacking Nintendo Switch Banning Hub & Warning

[Ch0pst1x]

Still not banned w/ SX OS been using since SX OS was released. Currently on latest SX OS and Switch firmware.

Can you use the eShop on the Switch? Y
If you cannot access the eShop, when was the last time/date you were able to? N/A
Did you restore a clean hack-free NAND before going online? N
Do you get the error code 2181-4008 trying to update your games? N
Do you get error code 2137-7403 trying to update your system firmware? N
Can you login to Nintendo's website using your linked Nintendo Account? Y
SX OS used? Y
Did you make an SX OS EmuNAND with a clean hack-free NAND then stay offline with it? N
Trimmed .XCI? Y
Did you connect to the Internet with SX OS and/or to activate the license? Y - have on occasion left WiFi on w/ CFW accidentally
Did you play any .XCI files online with a certificate/header? N
Do you have a certificate/header ban (look for error code 2124-4025)? N
Lowest SX Version used when Online/Offline (NOT Switch System Firmware)? ~1.9 - but did not play online
What do you use Non-SX OS LayeredFS for? N/A
Did you connect to the Internet with a non-SX OS LayeredFS Inject? N
Played online w/ Non-SX OS Layered FS Injects? N
Did you inject an .XCI certificate using LayeredFS to play online? I don't play online
Used DevMenu? N
Installed any .NSP? N
Did you connect to the Internet w/ any .NSP installed? N
Did you play any .NSP installed online? N
Did you perform any CDN/Freeshop downloading with your own Switch's certificate? N
Did you update your .XCI/.NSP games online? XCI - OFW
Did you ever use ReiNX? N
Homebrew/non-SX CFW Used? N
Connect to Internet with homebrew/non-SX OS CFW? N
Connect to eShop while using CFW/homebrew? N
AutoRCM? N
Did you update your firmware using ChoiDujour or ChoiDujourNX? N
Did you install the exFAT update offline? N
receive-lp1.dg.srv.nintendo.net blocked and/or "Don't Share Usage Information" ticked under "Other Settings"? Ticked
Do you have eclct disabled (look for pm.kip under sysmodules/modules)? N
Do you have creport enabled (look for a folder named 0100000000000036 under titles)? N
What firmware(s) were you on when you cleared error logs prior to going online? Never cleared logs
Wi-Fi settings deleted in CFW? N
Console/Account Region(s): US
What device(s) do you use to send payloads with? SX Pro Dongle
Do you enter RCM by bridging pins 9 & 10 together? Don't know
If Banned, provide proof (video preferred): not banned
Additional Comments

 

[Vadographer]

Is there a reliable way to test if a switch console is banned? Testing it sounds dangerous.

It got me thinking: If the youtube app doesn't work on banned Switchs, but work on unbanned ones using 90dns. Could it be a reliable way to test it? And it is possible that there is any danger on doing so?

well if you boot into ofw without any nsps installed, you could open eshop. as long as you dont have any nsps installed, and you arent in cfw, you should be able to find out if youre banned that way

 

[Elliott1986]

Still not banned w/ SX OS been using since SX OS was released. Currently on latest SX OS and Switch firmware.

Can you use the eShop on the Switch? Y
If you cannot access the eShop, when was the last time/date you were able to? N/A
Did you restore a clean hack-free NAND before going online? N
Do you get the error code 2181-4008 trying to update your games? N
Do you get error code 2137-7403 trying to update your system firmware? N
Can you login to Nintendo's website using your linked Nintendo Account? Y
SX OS used? Y
Did you make an SX OS EmuNAND with a clean hack-free NAND then stay offline with it? N
Trimmed .XCI? Y
Did you connect to the Internet with SX OS and/or to activate the license? Y - have on occasion left WiFi on w/ CFW accidentally
Did you play any .XCI files online with a certificate/header? N
Do you have a certificate/header ban (look for error code 2124-4025)? N
Lowest SX Version used when Online/Offline (NOT Switch System Firmware)? ~1.9 - but did not play online
What do you use Non-SX OS LayeredFS for? N/A
Did you connect to the Internet with a non-SX OS LayeredFS Inject? N
Played online w/ Non-SX OS Layered FS Injects? N
Did you inject an .XCI certificate using LayeredFS to play online? I don't play online
Used DevMenu? N
Installed any .NSP? N
Did you connect to the Internet w/ any .NSP installed? N
Did you play any .NSP installed online? N
Did you perform any CDN/Freeshop downloading with your own Switch's certificate? N
Did you update your .XCI/.NSP games online? XCI - OFW
Did you ever use ReiNX? N
Homebrew/non-SX CFW Used? N
Connect to Internet with homebrew/non-SX OS CFW? N
Connect to eShop while using CFW/homebrew? N
AutoRCM? N
Did you update your firmware using ChoiDujour or ChoiDujourNX? N
Did you install the exFAT update offline? N
receive-lp1.dg.srv.nintendo.net blocked and/or "Don't Share Usage Information" ticked under "Other Settings"? Ticked
Do you have eclct disabled (look for pm.kip under sysmodules/modules)? N
Do you have creport enabled (look for a folder named 0100000000000036 under titles)? N
What firmware(s) were you on when you cleared error logs prior to going online? Never cleared logs
Wi-Fi settings deleted in CFW? N
Console/Account Region(s): US
What device(s) do you use to send payloads with? SX Pro Dongle
Do you enter RCM by bridging pins 9 & 10 together? Don't know
If Banned, provide proof (video preferred): not banned
Additional Comments

I'm on a phone so it's hard to type all of this, but wanted to say my situation is the exact same as Ch0pst1x except I send payload with my android phone. Everything else is identical. Not banned, never used nsp or homebrew. Update xci games in official os, except for once I left wifi on while in sx os and it connected and updated a game or 2. Got lucky there I guess.

 

[bipi]

I have a question about this banning frenzy, if I get my own cartridge and play WITH a cartridge using a CFW online, is 100% confirmed that I will get a ban?

 

[M7L7NK7]

@Draxzelex I admire how much patience you have

 

[Draxzelex]

I have a question about this banning frenzy, if I get my own cartridge and play WITH a cartridge using a CFW online, is 100% confirmed that I will get a ban?

There's no such thing as 100% confirmation you will get a ban. After several months of collecting data, I'm 99% sure bans are random; just using CFW puts you at risk for a ban. If you don't want to get banned, don't hack the console/use CFW.

Anyway, the answer to your question is you may get a ban but nothing is set in stone.

 

[bipi]

So after 138 pages of report and discussion, you weren't able to identify some common denominator for the bans other the CFW?

Is not some kind of rant, people like you who do this test are a blessing for this community, thanks for doing what you do.

 

[Draxzelex]

So after 138 pages of report and discussion, you weren't able to identify some common denominator for the bans other the CFW?

Is not some kind of rant, people like you who do this test are a blessing for this community, thanks for doing what you do.

Not exactly. There are specific actions that I know have caused a ban alone and others that have not.

Confirmed:

• LayeredFS
• .XCI
• .NSP
  
• Homebrew (particularly save managers)
• Clearing error logs

Unconfirmed:

• AutoRCM
• Atmosphere (without save manager, LayeredFS, or .XCI/.NSP)
• Offline exFAT without ChoiDujourNX

 

[bipi]

Not exactly. There are specific actions that I know have caused a ban alone and others that have not.

Confirmed:

• LayeredFS
• .XCI
• .NSP
  
• Homebrew (particularly save managers)
• Clearing error logs

Unconfirmed:

• AutoRCM
• Atmosphere (without save manager, LayeredFS, or .XCI/.NSP)
• Offline exFAT without ChoiDujourNX

This actions apply even if you restore a clean NAND backup before booting OFW?

 

[Draxzelex]

This actions apply even if you restore a clean NAND backup before booting OFW?

Restoring a clean NAND backup prior to going online prevents bans regardless of whatever actions you took beforehand EXCEPT if you went online with CFW/homebrew.

 

[Rabbid4240]

i'm still a tad bit confused. switching the motherboard on the switch will technically unban it?

 

[TheCyberQuake]

i'm still a tad bit confused. switching the motherboard on the switch will technically unban it?

Yes. But it's more akin to unbanning by getting another system.

 

[Rabbid4240]

Yes. But it's more akin to unbanning by getting another system.

its just getting another system is like $500 and a new motherboard is like $12. Do you still have your data if you switch the motherboard?

 

[TheCyberQuake]

its just getting another system is like $500 and a new motherboard is like $12

Yes. But like getting a new system, it isn't "unbanning" your current system by definition, but rather replacing the mainboard, as a thus the unique console cert. It also will entail reinstalling everything because nand and SD are tied to the mainboard iirc

 

[Rabbid4240]

Yes. But like getting a new system, it isn't "unbanning" your current system by definition, but rather replacing the mainboard, as a thus the unique console cert. It also will entail reinstalling everything because nand and SD are tied to the mainboard iirc

but what about linking your nintendo account to the new switch/motherboard? Won't it just give you the games you got from the eshop?

 

[TheCyberQuake]

but what about linking your nintendo account to the new switch/motherboard? Won't it just give you the games you got from the eshop?

If you can unlink your old switch. Otherwise not really. Though there is some weirdness with that after update 6.0 so I don't really know

 

[Rabbid4240]

If you can unlink your old switch. Otherwise not really. Though there is some weirdness with that after update 6.0 so I don't really know

I think you can unlink your account on the nintendo website.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

I think you can unlink your account on the nintendo website.

If your banned switch was online on 6.x yes, if not then no.

 

[alexj9626]

So, just updated to 6.1. No ban (only used SXOS and XCI offline), gonna do a NAND backup.

Anything to know? Think im gonna play some XCI offline from here to December (smash) and then restore this backup, so it looks like its clean. Is that still the way to go? Any news about bans?

 

[M7L7NK7]

Well if you've used SX your NAND isnt clean and could be banned anytime