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...

ROM Hack Paladins XCI anywhere ?

Thread starter Namelocked
Start date Jun 19, 2018
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Namelocked

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Jun 19, 2018

Hey mates,

is there a Paladins XCI version anywhere ?

I look straight forward into it

SG911

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Jun 19, 2018

There might be but i don't think you're allowed to ask for that sorta stuff here. I think anyway.

Namelocked

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Jun 19, 2018

I just ask if there might be an XCI for that type exist, i dont ask where to download that stuff i guess that might be ok

Bcs XCI can dumped just from Cartridges, and this is a Eshop game ^^

Thetoto

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Jun 19, 2018

There is no .xci for eshop games. It's NCA/NSP iirc.

Namelocked

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Jun 19, 2018

Is there some tool or stuff to put a nca back to an xci for SX OS ?

Thetoto

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Jun 19, 2018

No, TX OS can't run eshop games.

SG3xHERO

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Jun 19, 2018

when people are saying tx ox does everyone mean sx os if they do why?

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Jun 19, 2018

Well even if that would work you know that this game is an ONLINE game and that would be.. well... an instaban

or atleast they would fuck you up bad sometime later. just dont do stupid things man. this whole switch piracy stuff doesn't work like you all want to and it's not worth it because of this.