Hacking Question Should I set up Emunand (SX OS)?

[Sweglord]

Hey there,
So I haven't touched my switch since I believe SX OS 1.3, also haven't been following on what's been happening in the scene since then. My question now is then, I currently have a new SD card, and dont have SX OS or any files on it right now, plus I think my switch updated from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 and I never even realized it happened. Should I go through and make an emunand on my switch, or is there no point?

 

[Draxzelex]

The only 2 reasons you would want to setup an EmuNAND is:

1. You do not want to update your SysNAND's firmware but wish to enjoy the benefits of being on a higher firmware
2. You want to play online safely in SysNAND

If you aren't interested in either then all TX's EmuNAND does for you is take up up to 15 GB of space in your NAND. But if you are interested, you can follow this tutorial here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-setup-emunand-keep-sysnand-online.520471/

 

[Xenon Hacks]

I would not use it since it's not a real Emunand

 

[Sweglord]

The only 2 reasons you would want to setup an EmuNAND is:

1. You do not want to update your SysNAND's firmware but wish to enjoy the benefits of being on a higher firmware
2. You want to play online safely in SysNAND

If you aren't interested in either then all TX's EmuNAND does for you is take up up to 15 GB of space in your NAND. But if you are interested, you can follow this tutorial here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-setup-emunand-keep-sysnand-online.520471/

I do somewhat care about playing online safely (usually play splatoon online with friends, thats about it). For that reason, is it worth going through the hassle of creating Emunand, or should I just use airplane mode anytime I decide to boot up SX OS, along with having stealth mode on to play .nps/xci files?

 

[Draxzelex]

I do somewhat care about playing online safely (usually play splatoon online with friends, thats about it). For that reason, is it worth going through the hassle of creating Emunand, or should I just use airplane mode anytime I decide to boot up SX OS, along with having stealth mode on to play .nps/xci files?

That's up to you to decide, not me.

 

[Awstoned]

That's up to you to decide, not me.

How well is the emunand and discreet mode working? Have you herd reports of bans yet

 

[Draxzelex]

How well is the emunand and discreet mode working? Have you herd reports of bans yet

Nope. Well there was one but that user didn't bother cleaning his SysNAND before setting up EmuNAND so a ban was inevitable with or without EmuNAND.

 

[RedHunter]

I do somewhat care about playing online safely (usually play splatoon online with friends, thats about it). For that reason, is it worth going through the hassle of creating Emunand, or should I just use airplane mode anytime I decide to boot up SX OS, along with having stealth mode on to play .nps/xci files?

With offline xci you should be safe with just being offline with SX cfw but not with nsp because they can see very easily that you didn't bought them in their shop once you connect to the internet.
If you want to use nsp you have to use emunand so you can hide all of your nsp to Nintendo.