Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Hacking Removing Parental Lock when linked to App?

Thread starter Tankz
Start date Aug 31, 2019
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Tankz

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Aug 31, 2019

I bought a Switch on Ebay with a parental lock, I have reported this to nintendo as I want to see if the item is stolen, and so ill try to return to the owner if I can, HOWEVER if I cant get anything from them I'm wondering If I can take control of this Switch?

This is a patched switch so I cannot RCM it, and its linked to an app, so I cant master password it.

I have access to other switches that I could put the EMMC in to and delete data etc (if that's possible?) Could I just boot another switch in to some software, format a partition and setup from scratch again?

Thanks for the input

Nangwan

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Sep 1, 2019

Hi, I bought a legit Nintendo switch from Facebook. When I recieved the item it had parental lock on it. I did message the people I got it from but was impatient. I decided to contact Nintendo and they unlocked the switch for me. Nintendo would be your best bet. They should walk you through some steps which generates a code they use this to remove parental lock.