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...

Hardware Should My nintendo rewards include Amiibos?

Thread starter Futurdreamz
Start date Dec 19, 2017
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Replies 4

Would you like to be able to redeem points for Amiibos?

HELL YES
Votes: 1 33.3%
HELL NO
Votes: 1 33.3%
HELL I DON'T KNOW
Votes: 1 33.3%

Total voters

3

Futurdreamz

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Dec 19, 2017

We should ask Nintendo for this.

Last edited by Futurdreamz, Dec 19, 2017

Shadow#1

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Dec 19, 2017

Futurdreamz said:
do you?

No reason for a hypthedical thread

PatrickD85

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Dec 19, 2017

I just want actual Switch rewards and not rewards I can not use because well different system this that.
For amiibo ... I bought an N2elite quite a while back. Sorry but games with amiibo walls for content just suck. (yes I am looking at you botw)

Last edited by PatrickD85, Dec 19, 2017

HamBone41801

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Dec 19, 2017

PfsquadFreakz said:
I just want actual Switch rewards and not rewards I can not use because well different system this that.
For amiibo ... I bought an N2elite quite a while back. Sorry but games with amiibo walls just suck for content. (yes I am looking at you botw)

riiiiiight. because a single horse, a few weapons, and some clothes make up the vast majority of botw's content.

PatrickD85

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Dec 19, 2017

Nah not saying that by any means but still I would have like it to be obtainable in a normal non amiibo fashion. Like Super Mario Odyssey has done it.