Hi I'm a long time lurker who recently purchased a used switch from Gamestop*I had a launch system but my wife forbid me to mod it). It had 2018 written on the box and the serial number shows that it was not patched, but I kinda wondered if it was patched by Gamestop via Nintendo.
It came with the most recent firmware 8.1.0 so it made me wonder. I tried damn near everything to get into rcm mode, paperclips, screwdrivers. I bought a jig and that didn't work either and my atmosphere isn't coming until August 5th. So pretty frustrated I checked the list of ways to do it and saw one I hadn't tried. The tinfoil method worked like a charm. I had auto inject checked off in TegraSmash and away it went. So now you know if you get a used switch from Gamestop it is not patched provided the serial numbers match the list.
It came with the most recent firmware 8.1.0 so it made me wonder. I tried damn near everything to get into rcm mode, paperclips, screwdrivers. I bought a jig and that didn't work either and my atmosphere isn't coming until August 5th. So pretty frustrated I checked the list of ways to do it and saw one I hadn't tried. The tinfoil method worked like a charm. I had auto inject checked off in TegraSmash and away it went. So now you know if you get a used switch from Gamestop it is not patched provided the serial numbers match the list.