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...

PC crashes when using NUT

MickN

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Jul 17, 2023

Hey all,

After my old switch kinda died and just got a new one with a low serial.

I have Atmosphere a Tinfoil running without issues. Got my keys and sigpatches too.
Howevere when i try to launch Nut on my PC it stats loading all the title.xx.json files and at random ones my PC looses it network connection??

Its only my PC that is loosing the connection no other devices in my household looses their connection. When i try to close down Nut on the "x" it does nothing.
Neither does trying to do it through the task manager - it actually freezes the task manager when i try to close it.

I have tried running Nut with the switch bot connected with USB and not connected. Also tried while connected with and without Tinfoil open.
I have no antivirus on my PC and windows defender is disabled.

I can get it to

Any ideas to more troubleshooting of this issue?

UPDATE:
I got it working.
Apparently it didn't like being run from a network drive (though it has worked for the last couple of years)
Ran it from a local folder and it spun right up with no issues

PC crashes when using NUT

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