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...

Homebrew Question Retroarch switch playstation them

Thread starter DannyDarth
Start date Oct 14, 2018
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DannyDarth

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Oct 14, 2018

Hi, im new to this forum, Can someone please help me out with getting my menu's to look like the playstation home screw in retroarch, if its even possible without lakka. Thanks.

jakkal

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Oct 14, 2018

Just download retroarch switch version from the retroarch website

DannyDarth

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jakkal said:
Just download retroarch switch version from the retroarch website

I did that and it didnt have the theme.

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DannyDarth said:
I did that and it didnt have the theme.

I don't know what you downloaded but the one from the website has the xmb

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jakkal said:
I don't know what you downloaded but the one from the website has the xmb

I got it to work For some reason it had the old theme attached to it. Thanks

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Oct 15, 2018

If you overwrote files from the old installation without deleting the old .cfg file, you will have the old interface. you must update it in the settings or delete the old .cfg file and let RA regenerate them.