Hacking Hardware Picofly - a HWFLY switch modchip

[BlueBeans]

A few back someone found that cmd resistor is broken even when not touch by anything during instalation.
From my exp : broken clk, dat0, rst will result in black sod.
broken cmd will result in purple sod.
Once i had blue sod, thats when i made a scratch on pcb traces near apu n ram when tried to cut the shield bridge.

Oh my God I can’t even begin to Thank you. I had an OLED yesterday that went blue screen of death and I for sure thought it was the flex cable and I just fixed it after seeing your comment. I had broken two traces.

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Well, as I said, It had to be mosfet related (either that or some kind of witchcraft )
Glad you managed to get it up and running.

Oh man it’s amazing. This group rocks!

 

[tsukimaru]

Oh my God I can’t even begin to Thank you. I had an OLED yesterday that went blue screen of death and I for sure thought it was the flex cable and I just fixed it after seeing your comment. I had broken two traces.

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Oh man it’s amazing. This group rocks!

could you please show a picture of said trace? I'd like to see If I have the same problem :'(

 

[BlueBeans]

could you please show a picture of said trace? I'd like to see If I have the same problem :'(

I’ll take a pic when I get home. Yours is an OLED yeah? I broke the trace when cutting the shield

 

[tsukimaru]

I’ll take a pic when I get home. Yours is an OLED yeah? I broke the trace when cutting the shield

I have 1 OLED and multiple V2, I'll check the OLED to see if that changes anything

 

[BlueBeans]

I have 1 OLED and multiple V2, I'll check the OLED to see if that changes anything

Oh. Mine is only the OLED. I will still send pics though.

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I have 1 OLED and multiple V2, I'll check the OLED to see if that changes anything

Here ya go.

 

[chronoss]

Hi !!!

Can i use daybreak to update my switch with Picofly installed ?

 

[Takezo-San]

Alright, which one of you chucklef*@#s is selling pre-flashed picoflys on Etsy with the wrong size resistors? (SwitchModService in Plymouth UK according to the etsy listing)View attachment 378090

Alright, which one of you chucklef*@#s is selling pre-flashed picoflys on Etsy with the wrong size resistors? (SwitchModService in Plymouth UK according to the etsy listing)View attachment 378090

Good Lord. What has the world come to. Not even the intellectual capacity to use the correct value resistors. Mind boggling stuff. How do we smite this fool @lightninjay and who do you think it is?

 

[lightninjay]

Good Lord. What has the world come to. Not even the intellectual capacity to use the correct value resistors. Mind boggling stuff. How do we smite this fool @lightninjay and who do you think it is?

I dunno about smite, but I messaged them on Etsy to correct them, so hopefully nobody dumb enough to pay that price for a picofly gets one, attempts an install, corrupts their eMMC, and then comes to cry about it here.

40 dollars literally will buy 10 of the new RP2040-Tiny board, and they don't require any prep...

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Hi !!!

Can i use daybreak to update my switch with Picofly installed ?

Yes, but if you've never used daybreak, read a guide first.

 

[deeps]

Good Lord. What has the world come to. Not even the intellectual capacity to use the correct value resistors. Mind boggling stuff. How do we smite this fool @lightninjay and who do you think it is?

38 dollars and you don't even get the right combination of 4 dollar hardware. assholes

 

[chronoss]

Yes, but if you've never used daybreak, read a guide first.

i lost the link
black screen after the update, i can boot to hekate but after Atmo logo, i have a black screen

 

[BlueBeans]

i lost the link
black screen after the update, i can boot to hekate but after Atmo logo, i have a black screen

The switchway discord is really good with the softwares side of stuff.

 

[chronoss]

The switchway discord is really good with the softwares side of stuff.

have u a link ?

 

[cgtchy0412]

I found it interesting on why people doesnt do like this for v1/v2 .. its the safest way. Even with small enough wire you can get through the point hole and have a brezee in soldering.. Without hole i even not soldering the RST point on emmc and i choose the one in mainboard.
Its make me sad seeing someone ripped their mainboard pads.

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i lost the link
black screen after the update, i can boot to hekate but after Atmo logo, i have a black screen

If you have nothing to loose, then just boot to ofw then update. After that creates new emmc again from hekate.

 

[chronoss]

If you have nothing to loose, then just boot to ofw then update. After that creates new emmc again from hekate.

ofw give me samething...

 

[cgtchy0412]

ofw give me samething...

To test, remove the Dat0 wire from pico.. then boot.. it should go to ofw and it shouldnt be any error.
If confirmed then :
Reconnect Dat0 and add another 47ohm to dat0, so total 94ohm .. and see if it can boot normaly

 

[bingbingBOPOMOFO]

Are there any reputable modders who do this service? Looking to send in my switch. Thanks.

 

[cgtchy0412]

Are there any reputable modders who do this service? Looking to send in my switch. Thanks.

I think you can find that easily on your local online shop, or is it?
Look for one that will finish in 3 days the most, also have 1 month guarantee at the least.

 

[bingbingBOPOMOFO]

Online shop? I not sure what you mean. I can't seem to find any websites that offer send-in service packages. Was wondering if someone knew of any.

 

[lightninjay]

Online shop? I not sure what you mean. I can't seem to find any websites that offer send-in service packages. Was wondering if someone knew of any.

https://www.etsy.com/search?q=switch modding service

 

[cgtchy0412]

Online shop? I not sure what you mean. I can't seem to find any websites that offer send-in service packages. Was wondering if someone knew of any.

Hahhaa.. you can send i to one of us here .. .. the worst case that can happen is your switch will be the next star of this forum.
I dont know about Taiwan (assuming from profile).. but in here many service for mod install is easily avaiable on local e-shop.