Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

[LogicalMadness]

This is exactly correct. This would need to be implemented in Atmosphere, and as @SciresM doesn't condone piracy with Atmosphere there is a good chance this will not happen. Sorry.

Thanks for the answers everyone. I understand more clearly now, it's SX OS that does it, not the chip or it's FW. Bummer, was hoping something could be done through FW.

Guess it's time to learn code and add the functionality to AMS? Where do I even start...?

AMS 'not condoning piracy' has always seemed like a joke to me. There's plenty of piracy w\o USB storage and AMS is, arguably, the easiest gateway to doing so. But, if that REALLY is THE THING that keeps the ninjas at bay, I get it. It's just hard for me to believe that USB storage is the line to not cross.

New hope: PicoFly opens the floodgates on programmers into the scene and we get AMS alternatives.

 

[impeeza]

you can on an time create de addon or mod the Atmosphère source to allow any functionallity you need, the source is open code., only need and Ide and start to coding.

 

[rcpd]

Guess it's time to learn code and add the functionality to AMS? Where do I even start...?

Doing this is a long path and if you genuinely have zero coding experience the Switch will be long retired before you achieve this.

AMS 'not condoning piracy' has always seemed like a joke to me. There's plenty of piracy w\o USB storage and AMS is, arguably, the easiest gateway to doing so. But, if that REALLY is THE THING that keeps the ninjas at bay, I get it. It's just hard for me to believe that USB storage is the line to not cross.

USB loading has nothing to do with it. Atmosphere doesn't even come with signature patches. With a bone stock Atmosphere setup, you cannot play backup games. And yes, this generally has been enough to keep the ninja's at bay. Its likely to ever change, either.

 

[hippy dave]

Thanks for the answers everyone. I understand more clearly now, it's SX OS that does it, not the chip or it's FW. Bummer, was hoping something could be done through FW.

Guess it's time to learn code and add the functionality to AMS? Where do I even start...?

AMS 'not condoning piracy' has always seemed like a joke to me. There's plenty of piracy w\o USB storage and AMS is, arguably, the easiest gateway to doing so. But, if that REALLY is THE THING that keeps the ninjas at bay, I get it. It's just hard for me to believe that USB storage is the line to not cross.

New hope: PicoFly opens the floodgates on programmers into the scene and we get AMS alternatives.

If you wait until Atmosphere finally reimplements the FS module, then you'd be in a much better starting position to modify it for your purposes, otherwise you'd have to reverse engineer the relevant parts of it yourself and make patches for them. Though once Atmosphere's implementation is done, other people who've been wanting the same might get there first so you don't have to. The reimplementation is still on Atmosphere's list of plans, it's just been left until a lot of other stuff is done first because it's the biggest OS module, or one of them.

 

[Dee87]

Hey guys i got everything in today installed it and get a blue light then cyan switch boots normal no hekate ??

it says check cpu mosfet wire but i reinstalled the mosfet like 4 times tried thicker wire but it doesnt work
@binkinator tell me what my issue is

 

[detilmalala]

I don't understand something, placing the pikofly can't play backups yet?

 

[Dee87]

upps double post

 

[rehius]

Hey guys i got everything in today installed it and get a blue light then cyan switch boots normal no hekate ??

it says check cpu mosfet wire but i reinstalled the mosfet like 4 times tried thicker wire but it doesnt work
@binkinator tell me what my issue is

let me guess, did you use only the right cap?

oh, check the RGB mode, after USB write it must be red

 

[Dee87]

let me guess, did you use only the right cap?

oh, check the RGB mode, after USB write it must be red

no i used the dead bug style with two caps removing one and isolating the bottum pad
already did that rgb at the beginning, after flashing it was green

 

[linuxares]

Interesting. I'm not sure what the point would be without game loading or expanding storage somehow, but neat never the less.

Basically he just made the drivers. What others do with them it's up to them.
https://github.com/DarkMatterCore/libusbhsfs

Sorry for the off-topic everyone.

 

[linuxares]

Hey guys i got everything in today installed it and get a blue light then cyan switch boots normal no hekate ??

it says check cpu mosfet wire but i reinstalled the mosfet like 4 times tried thicker wire but it doesnt work
@binkinator tell me what my issue is

What memories are your Switch using? Check the ram chips if they're Sk-hynix, Samsung or Toshiba.

 

[Dee87]

What memories are your Switch using? Check the ram chips if they're Sk-hynix, Samsung or Toshiba.

SEC 946

 

[linuxares]

SEC 946

Okey Samsung, so it must be some soldering issue then. I just wanted to make sure it isn't the dreaded Toshibas.

 

[nqtal]

Can someone tell me, please, what is this component m28? It seems I burned it (short circuit) and now my switch does not turn on

 

[linuxares]

Can someone tell me, please, what is this component m28? It seems I burned it (short circuit) and now my switch does not turn on
View attachment 360767

Honestly, it just looks like the middle leg is connected to the left one. Sure it's not a bridge?

 

[rehius]

Hey guys i got everything in today installed it and get a blue light then cyan switch boots normal no hekate ??

it says check cpu mosfet wire but i reinstalled the mosfet like 4 times tried thicker wire but it doesnt work
@binkinator tell me what my issue is

photos, please. + mosfet part number

 

[Adran_Marit]

I don't understand something, placing the pikofly can't play backups yet?

View attachment 360760

It can boot atmosphere now, but we all condone the playing of "backups" You're going to need to look elsewhere if you wnat to do that

 

[nqtal]

Honestly, it just looks like the middle leg is connected to the left one. Sure it's not a bridge?

It seems that there is no middle leg and I did not touch that side. How can I check in which parts of the electrical circuit there is a problem?

 

[linuxares]

It seems that there is no middle leg and I did not touch that side. How can I check in which parts of the electrical circuit there is a problem?

Can you take a better picture plus which version of the Switch?
Is it on the front or the back of the motherboard?

 

[nqtal]

Can you take a better picture plus which version of the Switch?
Is it on the front or the back of the motherboard?

This is the maximum that my camera is capable of, I don’t have a microscope. Front side switch lite.