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ReiNX: It just works.​

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So, you want to install ReiNX?​

Good, you probably should. Now that it has working sigpatches, ReiNX is the most effective free CFW on the market right now! But you're gonna need to get into the thing, so that's where this helpful guide comes into play. You'll need a few things before we get started:

If you brick your Switch somehow- which would be impressive, honestly- I'm not responsible for that. If you follow these instructions to the letter, you'll have a working and more importantly sexy custom firmware on your system that will suit all your legal needs!
Installing NSP files is going to get you banned. This is only for people who are indifferent about being banned or have been banned already. You were warned.

Spoiler: Hardware

• A Nintendo Switch console
• An SD Card that's been formatted to be used by your Nintendo Switch
• A USB C to USB A cable
• Some way to get into RCM mode, please consult this comprehensive list of ways to enter RCM mode.
• The sheer willpower and hype to take your console to the next stratosphere!

Now that you have all the hardware, you'll need some software, too.
There's a file called Darth Meteos' Super Special SD Stash v5.0.zip, that has sigpatches in it to allow you to run NSP backups. Please grab it here. The zip file has everything you need for the installation ahead. It also contains the following homebrew:​

• Tinfoil (to install NSP files)
• Retroarch (all the best emulators)
• FTPD (for moving files between your PC and your Switch)
• NX-Shell (a basic file manager)
• EdiZon (for backing up/restoring/editing savegames)
• The Homebrew App-Store (for getting even more homebrew)

The zip file will also contain a bin payload to boot the CFW. However, if you've never connected your Switch to a computer, you'll need to do a couple of things first, to get the drivers playing fair. This guide is assuming that you've already done that, but if you're brand new to the scene- welcome, by the way- you'll need to do some one-time setup.​

Spoiler: First-Time Installation

You'll need these things:

• TegraRCMSmash GUI with the original TegraRCMSmash by @rajkosto and GUI additions done by @eliboa. Download the portable zip file from the latest release
• Zadig USB driver installer
• This test payload to try it out!

1. Once you've got those, connect your Switch in RCM mode to your computer. Windows will recognize an APX device. This is good!
2. Run Zadig with admin privileges. On the dropdown menu, find APX. That's your Switch!
3. Next to a green arrow, there will be a series of driver types that you can cycle through. Choose libusbK (v3.0.7.0), and do it carefully, because this is the most important step.
4. Click the big button. Congratulations, your Switch is now ready to run payloads!
5. Extract the folder from the TegraRcmGUI_vX.X_portable.zip that you downloaded, (with X.X being the version, mine is 2.1) and open TegraRCMGUI.
6. To run payloads, simply click the folder icon and browse to the testpayload.bin and inject the payload. Congratulations on running your first payload!

This only works on Windows, because that's what I have. Mac users, check elsewhere.

Now, for the main installation.

1. Power off your Switch and connect your Switch's SD Card to a computer of your choice.
2. Extract the contents of the zip file you downloaded. There'll be a bin file, an SD Files folder, as well as a little readme with more information. Check the spoilered text for what it should look like:
   Spoiler: Image

   
3. Go into the SD Files folder and drag the contents onto the root of your SD Card. Overwrite everything.
   NOTE: If you don't know your firmware, you can find it in the system settings menu. The latest (as of this writing) is 5.1.0.
4. If your card was empty except for the Nintendo folder beforehand, you should have a layout like the one in the spoiler:
   Spoiler: Image

   
5. Now that the SD Card is set up, please return it to your Nintendo Switch and enter into RCM mode through the method of your choice.
6. Using TegraRCMGUI, inject the ReiNX.bin Payload from the Stash package to get into your Switch.
7. After the splash screen vanishes and you see the Nintendo Switch logo, you can disconnect the Switch from your computer. You're in!

Accessing the homebrew menu is easy, just open the album! Inside will be the Tinfoil NSP installer and the Homebrew App Store, which in turn has basically everything you could ever want. Keep an eye on the 'Temp, though, for future updates~

When inside the homebrew menu, you can use Tinfoil to install nsp files, by placing them into the /tinfoil/nsp/ folder on your SD Card. All homebrew goes into the /switch/ folder.
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IF YOU NEED NOGC, PLEASE MAKE A FILE CALLED NOGC IN THE REINX FOLDER
READ THE FUCKIN' F.A.Q BEFORE POSTING, IF YOUR QUESTION IS ANSWERED IN THE F.A.Q, IT WILL NOT BE ANSWERED OUTSIDE OF A SNIDE REMARK, POSSIBLY

Thank you so much for making the choice to use ReiNX!
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[BaamAlex]

I cant start the hbmenu. I saw the ReiNX Logo. But no hbmenu.

 

[Tasemu]

Nice one, I'm keen to check this out... Though currently i'm playing octopath through SX... So will have to wait.

 

[medi01]

You guys need to upgrade to 5.1 to get this to work. I followed the tutorial that describes how to upgrade the OS without burning fuses to 5.1 and now, with ReiNX, my Switch is very happy!

I would, if there was a way to do it without going online (and still on onfuse)

 

[jvv]

¿Does someone know why I've got white screen after all the patch process?

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¿Does someone know why I've got white screen after all the patch process?

Solved it was related to osx folder issue

 

[Priyam]

Subarashii! Thankyou for this wonderful guide.
Edit: I think including a step of doing nand backup is necessary.

 

[Draxzelex]

@Darth Meteos I think it would make sense to also credit Adubbz for actually making Tinfoil in addition to the person who compiled it.

 

[disence]

Very grateful for your work but ... Am I stupid and blind if I do not like anime? That's how the people who watch anime think?

 

[cagycee]

So I may have f-ed up real bad. Maybe. So I haven't been banned and I've done all sorts of stuff(not really). But like I tried the ReiNX software with sig patches fixed. And Installed a game just for a test on Tinfoil. Annnnddddd it worked. So. I went to sleep. Woke back up and I looked in the top left corner and it said "Game has been updated" and Im look shoot. I forgot that I needed to turn off Auto Updates so yeah. Maybe getting banned. ;n; nah im a g. i can walk this off

 

[Darth Meteos]

Very grateful for your work but ... Am I stupid and blind if I do not like anime? That's how the people who watch anime think?

it's just a meme, man
you aren't stupid or blind, you can watch whatever you wanna watch

@Darth Meteos I think it would make sense to also credit Adubbz for actually making Tinfoil in addition to the person who compiled it.

I had him credited, then I rewrote a section which killed the @. I'll do it now, good eye.

 

[Draxzelex]

I had him credited, then I rewrote a section which killed the @. I'll do it now, good eye.

Now you're making me double check your whole post

Aside from having to add details on how to send ReiNX.bin from non-Windows devices (I wouldn't push that responsibility onto you), this goes not just to you but to anyone who says RCM mode: RCM mode literally translates to Recovery Mode mode.

 

[Darth Meteos]

Now you're making me double check your whole post

Aside from having to add details on how to send ReiNX.bin from non-Windows devices (I wouldn't push that responsibility onto you), this goes not just to you but to anyone who says RCM mode: RCM mode literally translates to Recovery Mode mode.

Thanks for the feedback c:

 

[Pluupy]

Will I be banned from Nintendo forever if I say the splash screen girl is trash?

 

[Draxzelex]

Thanks for the feedback c:

Also, while the warning about bricks is very useful (and should be common sense), you should link to a tool that can backup the NAND in the first place rather than leaving people scratching their heads about how to go about backing up their NAND.

 

[davidabsenta]

I can not access the discord. when you selected to join the server it does not do anything

 

[koyuki38]

Installing NSP leads to ban.

Is it any NSP (like updates or free games/dlc) or only games ?
Edit : I know Tinfoil does not support updates or dlc NSP yet. But the question is still valid for free eshop games, or other ways to install nsp.

 

[Justin20020]

The ban risk itself is when you install the cfw right? Mehhhh

 

[tito83]

How i can use layeredfs with this CFW?

 

[Draxzelex]

I can not access the discord. when you selected to join the server it does not do anything

I don't think you clicked it properly or something unless you managed to get yourself banned before actually joining the server.

Installing NSP leads to ban.

Is it any NSP (like updates or free games/dlc) or only games ?
Edit : I know Tinfoil does not support updates or dlc NSP yet. But the question is still valid for free eshop games, or other ways to install nsp.

We don't know yet but games might be easier to detect than updates or DLC because they're right on your console's home screen.

How i can use layeredfs with this CFW?

You would have to use Hekate as ReiNX currently does not support LayeredFS.

 

[Gunz4Hire]

What a time to be alive!

 

[failzers]

Very grateful for your work but ... Am I stupid and blind if I do not like anime? That's how the people who watch anime think?

Yes

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The ban risk itself is when you install the cfw right? Mehhhh

No, when you install NSP's. And that's unavoidable and not the fault of the CFW.