Hacking RELEASE [Official] ReiNX thread [DEAD]

[hippy dave]

I do wonder if atmosphere will end up changing behaviour of the OS so it works better for homebrew.

Fixing exfat would mean reimplementing the FS sysmodule. It's been talked about, but nobody's in a hurry, as it's by FAR the biggest sysmodule. No urgent need either when you can just use fat32.

 

[natkoden]

Why are you so defensive about this? It has been PROVEN by trusted developers that Horizons exFAT support is shit and everyone should stay away from it: https://github.com/switchbrew/libnx/issues/161#issuecomment-473910049
Use what you want but don't recommed it to others if you KNOW it causes corruption.

I wasn't recommending anything.

 

[Brawl345]

I use exFAT but I don't run any homebrew that writes to SD

It also happens for file reads:

The bug is in Nintendo's exfat driver. It constantly changes folders/files even on reads. And because it never syncs properly, on a hang/force quit/force reboot/power off, the handles are lost and the files/folders become missing from the file allocation table. Because exFAT does not have a 2nd FAT like fat32, these file/folders cannot be recovered.

The trusted developers seem to be a bit salty that nintendo would design the OS in a way that makes it hard to support homebrew that writes to the sd card

No they are salty that Nintendo is so incompetent and doesn't care about data loss. Remember it's the same company that bricked ton of Wiis because they never tested their boot2 update code.

 

[smf]

No they are salty that Nintendo is so incompetent and doesn't care about data loss.

Yet it is only a problem for homebrew, so why would they expect Nintendo to care?

Fixing exfat would mean reimplementing the FS sysmodule.

It makes me wonder how official software manages to avoid corrupting the sd card & why homebrew can't do the same thing.

I've not seen any explanation, people just seem to have a meltdown about nintendo when asked instead

 

[arianadark]

Yet it is only a problem for homebrew, so why would they expect Nintendo to care?



It makes me wonder how official software manages to avoid corrupting the sd card & why homebrew can't do the same thing.

I've not seen any explanation, people just seem to have a meltdown about nintendo when asked instead

it happened to me 3 times long before I had homebrewed my switch, redownloading skyrim,xenoblade chronicles 2 and doom were no fun .

 

[Brawl345]

it is only a problem for homebrew

That's why it also affects normal shutdown. Cache and handles are per app/applet.

It makes me wonder how official software manages to avoid corrupting the sd card

Official software barely reads from the SD/writes to the SD. Games are almost always qutting safely and game crashes are handled by the OS.

 

[smf]

Games are almost always qutting safely and game crashes are handled by the OS.

Why can't homebrew hook into that then?

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Why can't homebrew hook into that then?

Most modern homebrew apps do iirc

 

[smf]

Most modern homebrew apps do iirc

How do we find that out? That seems massive news.

 

[hippy dave]

Why can't homebrew hook into that then?

It's more about what file access is happening when a crash occurs. Legit games do crash, but the only file writing they ever do is to save games, which are on NAND.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

How do we find that out? That seems massive news.

I’m pretty sure Libnx (or maybe it was something else, idk) implemented something sometime last year that allowed for homebrew apps to safely be closed with the home button, I have no idea whether this is optional or forced, and I have no idea how to tell if a homebrew app has this feature (I think retroarch does though).

And crashes have always been handled by the OS

 

[lettuce]

So i have just updated from FW 6.2 to 7.0.1 and also updated ReiNX to 2.1. I have just tired to install an NSP game with tinfoil and gives me an error message i then tried to install the game with goldleaf and the switch screen just went black and now i cant get the device to power off/on again. Any ideas?

 

[spotanjo3]

I use to use exfat, it was probably one of the worst decisions I ever made.

Seriously ? How come ? What does it made one of the worst decisions you ever made ? Specifically ?

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Seriously ? How come ? What does it made one of the worst decisions you ever made ? Specifically ?

It caused tons of corruption, which made my Switch practically unusable

 

[spotanjo3]

It caused tons of corruption, which made my Switch practically unusable

Interesting.

 

[mousan]

So i have just updated from FW 6.2 to 7.0.1 and also updated ReiNX to 2.1. I have just tired to install an NSP game with tinfoil and gives me an error message i then tried to install the game with goldleaf and the switch screen just went black and now i cant get the device to power off/on again. Any ideas?

I have the same issue..is there a way to install .nsp from sd card under reinx/7.0.1?

 

[natkoden]

I have the same issue..is there a way to install .nsp from sd card under reinx/7.0.1?

Tinfoil or lithium by blawar

 

[hippy dave]

I have the same issue..is there a way to install .nsp from sd card under reinx/7.0.1?

Devmenu works too.

 

[rksora]

i`m triying to use ldn_mitm.kip, update reinx, but if i erase the fs_mitm.kip i do this in the other version and ldn work but in this version reinx doesnt boot. only black screen, i cant use ldn_mitm any help

 

[lettuce]

Tinfoil or lithium by blawar

tinfoil is what i used and that kept coming up with an error when trying to install the nsp