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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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[Migz]

can you install nsp files on firmware 3.00 yet?

 

[SaffronXL]

If I install dlc and updates with hekate will they work when booted on reinx?

That's what I've been doing, installing updates and DLCs in Devmenu in Hekate and rebooting to ReiNX for everything else.

 

[kylum]

ON 4.1.0. Getting error "A system update is required to use the microSDXC memory card" after boot. The system takes much longer to boot than usual, example: takes 30 sec from ReiNX splash to show Switch splash. Obviously, no SD shows up in settings. Works perfect with OFW and with Hekate with 128gb SD. Havnet tried a non SDXC yet. Also the existing SDXC/Exfat update is official.

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

 

[mitcha]

ON 4.1.0. Getting error "A system update is required to use the microSDXC memory card" after boot. The system takes much longer to boot than usual, example: takes 30 sec from ReiNX splash to show Switch splash. Obviously, no SD shows up in settings. Works perfect with OFW and with Hekate with 128gb SD. Havnet tried a non SDXC yet. Also the existing SDXC/Exfat update is official.

Any assistance would be much appreciated.

thats because you boot into OFW with an exfat sc card ,its normal that the switch demand the driver.
you have tl install the exfat driver manually , there are two guide in the tutorial section to do that

 

[kylum]

thats because you boot into OFW with an exfat sc card ,its normal that the switch demand the driver.
you have tl install the exfat driver manually , there are two guide in the tutorial section to do that

Ok so my exfat SD card works 100% in OFW but not ReiNX. I only get Update Nag on ReiNX. Could you answer why it Wouldn't ask for to update drivers on OFW and be able to use it? Im using it right now with exfat on OFW works 100%. Drivers are obviously installed if working on OFW!!!!!

 

[Draxzelex]

Ok so my exfat SD card works 100% in OFW but not ReiNX. I only get Update Nag on ReiNX. Could you answer why it Wouldn't ask for to update drivers on OFW and be able to use it? Im using it right now with exfat on OFW works 100%. Drivers are obviously installed if working on OFW!!!!!

Because if you downloaded Darth Meteos' SD stash, it contained files for patched Switch firmwares meaning you weren't running your original 5.X firmware through ReiNX but someone else's. Anyway, because of that copyrighted content, those files have now been removed.

 

[Ryu009]

Is there a way to install CFW through software only aka without hardware modification (shorting of 2 pins) ?

 

[kylum]

Because if you downloaded Darth Meteos' SD stash, it contained files for patched Switch firmwares meaning you weren't running your original 5.X firmware through ReiNX but someone else's. Anyway, because of that copyrighted conten, those files have now been removed.

So how do i get it to work?
Im on 4.1.0 by the way

 

[Draxzelex]

Is there a way to install CFW through software only aka without hardware modification (shorting of 2 pins) ?

ReiNX is currently only designed to be loaded via the RCM exploit (no love for PegaSwitch or Puyo-Puyo sadly)

So how do i get it to work?
Im on 4.1.0 by the way

Combine the ReiNX.bin with the other pinned SD files (these contain the files that will patch the kernel for you which is not copyrighted)

 

[kylum]

Is there a way to install CFW through software only aka without hardware modification (shorting of 2 pins) ?

Not yet. But you can do the reed switch inside of joycon. This way you can activate rcm with a magnet. This is how i did it.

ok, Thanks Draxzelex

 

[Ryu009]

Not yet. But you can do the reed switch inside of joycon. This way you can activate rcm with a magnet. This is how i did it.

Can you link to a guide or tutorial on how to do the reed switch inside of joycon? Thanks

 

[Draxzelex]

Can you link to a guide or tutorial on how to do the reed switch inside of joycon? Thanks

https://gbatemp.net/threads/tutorial-another-magnetic-reed-switch-rcm-installation.505438/
https://gbatemp.net/threads/f-g-joycon-mod-magnethax-switch-edition.502459/

 

[kylum]

@Ryu009
Dont attempt unless you now how to solder.

 

[Ryu009]

@Ryu009
Dont attempt unless you now how to solder.

Unfortunately, I don't
Will wait for software entry

 

[Draxzelex]

Unfortunately, I don't
Will wait for software entry

What firmware are you on? If you're on 3.0 or less, your likely to get the softmod sooner than those on 3.0.1-4.1. 1.0 already has Puyo-Puyo Tetris and Jamais Vu (not sure if I spelt it properly).

 

[kylum]

Combine the ReiNX.bin with the other pinned SD files (these contain the files that will patch the kernel for you which is not copyrighted)

Sorry to sound dumb but what can the SD stash files do that the new pinned SD’s can’t do?

 

[Draxzelex]

Sorry to sound dumb but what can the SD stash files do that the new pinned SD’s can’t do?

Let's start over. Using Tinfoil installs .NSP files. However, none of those installed .NSP files will launch because they need the proper ticket which you can either acquire by downloading the title from the eShop or bypassing this check.

• The Stash that was originally linked had pre-patched firmwares that were designed to run over your firmware. These pre-patched firmwares had the check bypass built into them but since they replaced whatever firmware you were originally running, any modifications made to your firmware would not carry over. This is why you were nagged with the exFAT update on ReiNX only because the pre-patched firmware included in the Stash did not have the exFAT update applied to it
• The SD Files contain sysmodules that will patch your system firmware for you. These are as legal as any other hacks to your system. They achieve the same effect as the Stash files without linking copyrighted software. When ReiNX is booted, these sysmodules are ran and patch your firmware so it can launch the installed .NSP files via bypassing the ticket check

This is why the Stash was removed because the system firmwares are copyrighted, modified or not. Unlike Sony, Nintendo does not provide copies of their system firmwares so any distribution of it is not allowed neither on GBATemp nor Discord. However, having something else modify the firmware for you is legal (well, borderline) as all of these hacks are designed to modify your system in some way, shape, or form.

 

[kylum]

Thank you very much for the detailed info.

You rock!!

 

[MarzDaindigo]

ReiNX made my dick smaller wtf @Reisyukaku Dx GIMME MY BBC BACK!

@Darth Meteos Nice guide tho

 

[luca1]

Combine the ReiNX.bin with the other pinned SD files (these contain the files that will patch the kernel for you which is not copyrighted)

Where are these SD files?