Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

[Dee87]

yes i speak with Dee87,he explain about those chips are fakes or clons from the originals you make,i so sorry but i dont know nothing about fake or clones chips,i just order like always do,even aliexpress start selling,so well sorry for all the problems guys but i really dont have any idea about those chips

i never said they are clones they are just chips mades from this guide, there are some in the forum who made there own chips but i doubt they are the ones who are selling them at the hwfly shop

 

[LogicalMadness]

yes i speak with Dee87,he explain about those chips are fakes or clons from the originals you make,i so sorry but i dont know nothing about fake or clones chips,i just order like always do,even aliexpress start selling,so well sorry for all the problems guys but i really dont have any idea about those chips

No one does, yet. That's the point XD

Edit: Sorry, mb, I shouldn't speak in definitives like "No one". Should be:

You're one of the first

 

[EAGLE-1]

well guys thanks a lot a so sorry for all the mess,i really dont know,i only buy like before,my old chips also comes with flex chips never have any problem,dont know now if they are fake,clones,originals....bit for the final words,the chips you made or the chips you recomend here are the ones without any flex then?? only the single board right?? i want to be sure about buying the correct thing

 

[LogicalMadness]

well guys thanks a lot a so sorry for all the mess,i really dont know,i only buy like before,my old chips also comes with flex chips never have any problem,dont know now if they are fake,clones,originals....bit for the final words,the chips you made or the chips you recomend here are the ones without any flex then?? only the single board right?? i want to be sure about buying the correct thing

Hmm, I wonder if anyone has made a definitive guide...? Have you tried Google?

 

[Dee87]

well guys thanks a lot a so sorry for all the mess,i really dont know,i only buy like before,my old chips also comes with flex chips never have any problem,dont know now if they are fake,clones,originals....bit for the final words,the chips you made or the chips you recomend here are the ones without any flex then?? only the single board right?? i want to be sure about buying the correct thing

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005004967926448.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.130eayGzayGzsJ&algo_pvid=f0299a9d-f97d-44cd-885c-5d265ebb499b&algo_exp_id=f0299a9d-f97d-44cd-885c-5d265ebb499b-0&pdp_npi=3@dis!EUR!4.0!0.48!!!!!@2145288516846300981016300d072e!12000031187720208!sea!DE!0&curPageLogUid=CTSetMnZ0kWb


these are the boards that are mostly used here there are some selfmade ones from some user of this forum ,check important post and also check the picofly Aio thread there are all the other supported board for this thread and the firmware we use


there is also a guide from our friendly user @lightninjay who took his time to explaine everything link is in my signature everything u need to know or buy is in that guid check it out and u wil understand

 

[LogicalMadness]

Psst, @Dee87 @lightninjay ur supposed to repeat the chant...

XD

Edit: er, I can't start a chant if no one repeats it. It's like looking for a fist pound or high five ..

 

[Dee87]

Psst, @Dee87 @lightninjay ur supposed to repeat the chant...

XD

what chant ?

LET HWFLY DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
????

 

[LogicalMadness]

what chant ?

LET HWFLY DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
????

You got it, thanks. Man, that was a close call...

 

[voidz9]

Are the “i cant update my chip please help and no i dont want to hear your advise on what to do” guy finally done? Amen. I

That what you get when you want to be early adopter (stated on your chip plug/ supplier listing)

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Thank you @rehius for 2.73 . " the "*" LED indication after successfully glitching" confirmed

 

[LogicalMadness]

Thank you @rehius for 2.73 . " the "*" LED indication after successfully glitching" confirmed

Lmao, so we're speaking in-code now...

Just to check before we get some 'questions'...

Looking at the spoiler in the "Important" posts, I infer:

Success: Blue, short yellow
Fail: Blue, *yellow code*

Did I drink too much this Saturday?

 

[H3xxCat]

I'm currently experimenting with the code to support any arbitrary board, by omitting the board detection completely and creating multiple builds per board. I'm still in the process of learning the original code provided by rehius, so its by no means ready to be used with Switch.

https://github.com/h3xcat/brokenfly/tree/main

 

[EAGLE-1]

https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005004967926448.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.130eayGzayGzsJ&algo_pvid=f0299a9d-f97d-44cd-885c-5d265ebb499b&algo_exp_id=f0299a9d-f97d-44cd-885c-5d265ebb499b-0&pdp_npi=3@dis!EUR!4.0!0.48!!!!!@2145288516846300981016300d072e!12000031187720208!sea!DE!0&curPageLogUid=CTSetMnZ0kWb


these are the boards that are mostly used here there are some selfmade ones from some user of this forum ,check important post and also check the picofly Aio thread there are all the other supported board for this thread and the firmware we use


there is also a guide from our friendly user @lightninjay who took his time to explaine everything link is in my signature everything u need to know or buy is in that guid check it out and u wil understand

really thanks a lot for your great support,again sorry about all the mess about this chips,i really dont know,only order some like always do,hope can use your soon

Post automatically merged: May 21, 2023

Hmm, I wonder if anyone has made a definitive guide...? Have you tried Google?

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you mean a guide fot thise " weirds chips"??

 

[abal1000x]

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[LogicalMadness]

really thanks a lot for your great support,again sorry about all the mess about this chips,i really dont know,only order some like always do,hope can use your soon

Post automatically merged: May 21, 2023

you mean a guide fot thise " weirds chips"??

I mean, I guess they're pretty 'new to the scene', but have you heard of a Raspberry Pi? They're really cool mini computers that you can program to do whatever you want. But, to add to that even, they make a "Pico" variant that is super small and you have to solder things to it to add functionality. Then, on top of EVEN THAT^, they make "Zero" and "One" variants that break the board down to be NEARLY as minimal as possible. Most commonly we use the Pico-Zero variant to mod Switchs (as of about March 2023), you bought a rip-off that.

 

[Takezo-San]

bummer technical question. got bsod on a switch lite install. All normal points (rst/clk/dat0 etc) were bang on with readings but it was my first time making my own mosfet install. solder Masked the hell out of it, everything looked solid but....got blue screen. Disconnected everything, removed pico, removed mosfets and still bsod. So is that it? How did the mosfets cause the system to die? because im sure i closed the gates when everything was ready to boot up. Also tested the mosfets singularly before install. All worked as they should. Any way to revive the console or is it bricked!? thanks...and........shit.

 

[abal1000x]

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[Takezo-San]

Do you check the D-S for Short Circuit before turning it on?

drain and source. thats what i used to check if the gate was opening and closing. both mosfets checked for full functionality. I don't know what it could be but the im starting to think the mosfets part of this install is just either too high level for me or just to unstable to as of yet. lot of uncertainty as to what the right way is. single or double. resistor attached or stand alone mosfets. the other parts of the install are straight forward, no problem. but this....hmmm reading back on this thread....most people fail or have issues with this part. turns out, im no different.
Ofcourse, I know i did something wrong but its frustrating when you don't what exactly that is. The only thing i can think of is touching the gate accidently on one of the mosfets without knowing. Other than that, all values of apu caps checked out, mosfets checked out, pico points/switch board checked out.
Will go away and learn more and as much as i can about mosfets in depth. Learn and move on.

 

[abal1000x]

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[Takezo-San]

I am sorry, i ask a lot.

But how you check it?
The opening and closing means its still battery connected right?

no, used multimeter with the battery disconnected. Used this as way of learning how to test mosfets

 

[abal1000x]

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