Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

[malgamer]

yes, but will be hard to fit, very large

yes master, you are right

 

[Dee87]

could anyone please help me finding out what's wrong here?

rp2040 seems to glitch successfully, but instead of hekate, it boots directly to Nintendo screen, then after some time a red screen shows up.

I've checked the wiring and soldering, everything seems OK.

Yes u will have to install a second MOSFET like @rehius said I had the same issue after installing second MOSFET it worked fine

 

[Alex_wallace]

Hello. I'm trying to install picofly on switch v2, but the led on rp2040 first flashes blue, then flashes purple once and boots into ofw. Connections are all checked, soldered to the emmc board and to the main board, tried with and without 47 ohm resistors (ofw won't boot without them).
Pico fw_2.5_nw.uf2 + unlock.uf2 from 78 page

Emmc Toshiba thgbmjg8c2lbail. Switch fw 16.0.1

Have there been any problems with these emmc's?

 

[rehius]

Hello. I'm trying to install picofly on switch v2, but the led on rp2040 first flashes blue, then flashes purple once and boots into ofw. Connections are all checked, soldered to the emmc board and to the main board, tried with and without 47 ohm resistors (ofw won't boot without them).
Pico fw_2.5_nw.uf2 + unlock.uf2 from 78 page

Emmc Toshiba thgbmjg8c2lbail. Switch fw 16.0.1

Have there been any problems with these emmc's?

Post some photos of your connection. You can also try 94 Ohm (47 + 47).

There is a common issue with picofly design - chip works on 3.3v levels, and eMMC has 1.8v, I use some magic to make it working, but in theory you have to use a level shifter

 

[SQc04]

Post some photos of your connection. You can also try 94 Ohm (47 + 47).

There is a common issue with picofly design - chip works on 3.3v levels, and eMMC has 1.8v, I use some magic to make it working, but in theory you have to use a level shifter

Can level shifters be used with firmware version 2.5?

 

[Adran_Marit]

Can people just use the flex cables please? It makes everything easier

 

[Arakon]

Can people just use the flex cables please? It makes everything easier

Easy for you to say. They cost thrice the price of the rpi2040 and are hard to get at all here (i.e. aliexpress doesn't even list them from my location).

 

[Dee87]

Can people just use the flex cables please? It makes everything easier

sure probaly could , but i wasnt willing to wait 2-4 weeks for a flex cable to arrive some people would wait even longer Xd

 

[Adran_Marit]

I say that cause theu already have yhe mosfets needed. Plus only brings the cost up a couple of more bucks

 

[RadioNinety]

Post some photos of your connection. You can also try 94 Ohm (47 + 47).

There is a common issue with picofly design - chip works on 3.3v levels, and eMMC has 1.8v, I use some magic to make it working, but in theory you have to use a level shifter

Maybe use SN74LV1T34 logic level(3.3v to 1.8v(vcc on 3.3v) solve the problem?

 

[SQc04]

Maybe use SN74LV1T34 logic level solve the problem?

I think AW39112DNR is more appropriate

 

[RadioNinety]

I think AW39112DNR is more appropriate

So..two pins go to logic level shifter?

 

[SQc04]

So..two pins go to logic level shifter?

Looks like only D0 is needed? Or all of them, because the others have pull-up resistors inside,
I'm not quite sure either.

 

[RadioNinety]

So..two pins go to logic level shifter?what about this i2c logic level?

 

[SQc04]

However, D0 may require bidirectional level shifters

 

[Alex_wallace]

Post some photos of your connection. You can also try 94 Ohm (47 + 47).

There is a common issue with picofly design - chip works on 3.3v levels, and eMMC has 1.8v, I use some magic to make it working, but in theory you have to use a level shifter

With 94 Ohm resistor on clk rp2040 flashes blue once or twice, then flashes green once and boots into ofw.

 

[Danook28]

For the oled. You must have dat0 adapter and pace of Flex Cable v2 and 47R smd resistor. Pico Rp2040 chip. Wiers. Done

 

[Keremq]

Can’t really find an english guide or a video for the installation of an RP2040 chip, all of them are either in chinese or portugese. Would anyone happen to know a proper guide for the installation of an RP2040 or a similar chip on a v2 switch? Btw, I can’t really seem to find a guy who can properly install these chips in my country rn, is it safe if I pay a smartphone technician to do the solderings and other hardware parts, dunno how to solder but I’m pretty sure I can handle the software side by myself.

 

[overson]

Spoiler: Reboot to OFW / Vol+ & Vol- doesn't work, blue/black screen
Answer：Boot into Full Stock and perform a full system reset.

I used the backup BOOT0/1 and the firmware to extract a new BOOT0/1 for recovery, and used the backup NAND for recovery. The problem remains. Is there any other way to repair VOL+?

 

[RiotRetroGaming]

Hi all, managed to get my Erista to go blue, then a turquoise light flashes only to go off and boot to OFW.

I think it's the mosfet, I cannot see how the hell to solder it to the cap?
It just does not want to know. I have a thin tip but you cannot stop crossing pads.

Is there anyway to bypass the mosfet temporararily & get the chip to boot to see if it's defo the mosfet links causing the issue?
I was up to 2am trying everything to solder that last part.

Thanks, Ant