Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

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Darkspade said:
its worth a shot

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I can give it a go, what wire am I making longer?
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Ok quick update, left it pulsing blue for around 3 mins... then it went white and went a second time for 3 minutes, left it pulsing blue, then it went red and switched off.

Never booted to OFW both times.

That might help?
If you can get what cables need to be longer I can try that.
 
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RiotRetroGaming said:
I can give it a go, what wire am I making longer?
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Ok quick update, left it pulsing blue for around 3 mins... then it went white and turned off.
Second time for 3 minutes, left it pulsing blue, then it went red and switched off.

Never booted to OFW both times.

That might help?
If you can get what cables need to be longer I can try that.
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Looking at the video, if it's the blue cable that's used to make it longer then it looks like it's the CMD line.
 
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JackFrostSMT said:
Would also explain why my regular Pico didn't work. Is there a quick way to check flash id?
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Oh and here are my other points
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On the chip itself, it tells you the revision...

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JackFrostSMT said:
Oh yea mine is a B2 like yours. I chopped the usb on mine though.... sooooo rip
Can always solder to it if need be
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I plan on hooking up the D+/- to the usb-c (on switch) and see if/when like the trinket, allow you to boot into it to reflash if need be :)

You get the ONE working? I have a bunch of ONES and ZEROS.. so it doesn't matter to me, just hate desoldering/soldering USB-C Connectors
 
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khuong said:
I plan on hooking up the D+/- to the usb-c (on switch) and see if/when like the trinket, allow you to boot into it to reflash if need be :)

You get the ONE working? I have a bunch of ONES and ZEROS.. so it doesn't matter to me, just hate desoldering/soldering USB-C Connectors
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Im gonna wait until either I get the zero I ordered or if 2.6 comes out soon to retry my one
 
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Hello, I need help before sending it to a technician. gonna summarize what i learned. please correct me if im wrong.

gonna install picofly

PRE-install:
-reformat 256gb card to Fat32
-put HATS pack by sthetix on clean formatted FAT32 sd card (PC +card reader)
-flash pico with 2.5+ unlock.uf (the 4mb size one) by Vittorio
-desolder buttons and USB C in pico
-flex cable solder ONLY THE 2 MIDDLE or 3RD AND FOURTH pins

INSTALLATION: (since no proper video of picofly)-gonna follow stehthix MOD kit installation while refering to the picture and modsvilleusa picofly video

POST-install:
-if all goes properly, i should immediately boot to hekate and access atmosphere right?
 

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Dandan0404 said:
Hello, I need help before sending it to a technician. gonna summarize what i learned. please correct me if im wrong.

gonna install picofly

PRE-install:
-reformat 256gb card to Fat32
-put HATS pack by sthetix on clean formatted FAT32 sd card (PC +card reader)
-flash pico with 2.5+ unlock.uf (the 4mb size one) by Vittorio
-desolder buttons and USB C in pico
-flex cable solder ONLY THE 2 MIDDLE or 3RD AND FOURTH pins

INSTALLATION: (since no proper video of picofly)-gonna follow stehthix MOD kit installation while refering to the picture and modsvilleusa picofly video

POST-install:
-if all goes properly, i should immediately boot to hekate and access atmosphere right?
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Pretty much. Only thing I personally don't like are the premade "packs" with everything ready. Idk if I'm just a purist but I liked having hekate and atmosphere straight from github with nothing else crammed in there.

I'd also advise doing a sysnand backup the second you boot into hekate for the cleanest possible backup.
 
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JackFrostSMT said:
Pretty much. Only thing I personally don't like are the premade "packs" with everything ready. Idk if I'm just a purist but I liked having hekate and atmosphere straight from github with nothing else crammed in there.

I'd also advise doing a sysnand backup the second you boot into hekate for the cleanest possible backup.
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oh okay thank you thank you. for safety im gonna follow sthethix HATS pack but once more picofly installation videos. ill probably change to a NON premade pack. Thank you for the reply sir :) much appreciated
 
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