Hacking Speculations about Switch 2 hacking

[gbazone]

Switch 2 can use a regular SD card, but it is limited to screenshots and video captures. No games can be stored/accessed on it while in use on Switch 2, which includes Switch 1 games. And because the Switch 2 is a completely different system, you can't just download your Switch 1 titles onto the card from a Switch 1, and then insert it into the Switch 2 to access them. They are encrypted by the system's unique signature. Tied to your Nintendo Account, but encrypted by your console.

I was talking about taking a microSD Express card (the new kind) and formatting it FAT32 with a PC SD card reader/writer and seeing how the Switch 2 reacts to it. Because the new cards are compatible with old reader/writers, it should format no problem. To see if it's less limited than just inserting an old type of microSD.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

No what it is is the Switch 2 lacks the actual SD drivers in the OS and they arent downloaded unless the user inserts an SD card. This is because they have to pay for usage of the driver so why pay for it on every unit when you can minimize it to just units who are using SD cards.

 

[DigBar]

No what it is is the Switch 2 lacks the actual SD drivers in the OS and they arent downloaded unless the user inserts an SD card. This is because they have to pay for usage of the driver so why pay for it on every unit when you can minimize it to just units who are using SD cards.

just found out this isnt an issue when it comes to exploits, the driver is for exfat support (just licensing) and it supports fat32 out the box (which is the format u would probably be using for mods and stuff)

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

just found out this isnt an issue when it comes to exploits, the driver is for exfat support (just licensing) and it supports fat32 out the box (which is the format u would probably be using for mods and stuff)

Yes that is it my bad. Typed my reply a bit tired. There are 2 builds of HOS. One with and without the ExFAT support.

 

[Elfransat]

When are developers gonna stop being lazy pull their finger out and hack this console. With the way games are at the minute we NEED a hacked Switch 2 with piracy and homebrew support NOW

 

[Dust2dust]

When are developers gonna stop being lazy pull their finger out and hack this console. With the way games are at the minute we NEED a hacked Switch 2 with piracy and homebrew support NOW

Developers hate being called lazy, so I'm sure you gave them the proper motivation to hack the Switch 2 now. Expect an announcement in the next few weeks. Thank you for your intervention in that matter.

 

[Skelletonike]

When are developers gonna stop being lazy pull their finger out and hack this console. With the way games are at the minute we NEED a hacked Switch 2 with piracy and homebrew support NOW

Grow up (or act your age) and buy the games you want if you're acting like that.

 

[hippy dave]

When are developers gonna stop being lazy pull their finger out and hack this console. With the way games are at the minute we NEED a hacked Switch 2 with piracy and homebrew support NOW

You do it

 

[Renos44]

When are developers gonna stop being lazy pull their finger out and hack this console. With the way games are at the minute we NEED a hacked Switch 2 with piracy and homebrew support NOW

If thats your attitude you don't NEED anything all you WANT is to to play games for free. Which in that case you prob better off just stealing physical releases from retailers. Same thing in the end really.

 

[Elfransat]

If thats your attitude you don't NEED anything all you WANT is to to play games for free. Which in that case you prob better off just stealing physical releases from retailers. Same thing in the end really.

Piracy, you wouldn’t steal a car… lmao

 

[Renos44]

Piracy, you wouldn’t steal a car… lmao

Tell that to massive Kia theft that went on a few years back.
Turns out many people will in fact steal a car if its easy enough to get away with.

 

[Elfransat]

Tell that to massive Kia theft that went on a few years back.
Turns out many people will in fact steal a car if its easy enough to get away with.

Maybe a better way to say it would be..

You’d steal a car from a corporation but not from someone who owned it lol

 

[Renos44]

Maybe a better way to say it would be..

You’d steal a car from a corporation but not from someone who owned it lol

But alas in modern times majority of people don't actually own their cars as it isn't paid off.
Its technically still owned by the dealer or bank until its finished being paid off.

So really you can say your stealing a car from the big bad bank and dealer and no harm has been done.

 

[hippy dave]

But alas in modern times majority of people don't actually own their cars as it isn't paid off.
Its technically still owned by the dealer or bank until its finished being paid off.

So really you can say your stealing a car from the big bad bank and dealer and no harm has been done.

Seeing as this is actually more interesting than any piracy debate...

I'm fully on board with the notion that while stealing from people is morally wrong, stealing from corporations is morally hilarious.

However, despite the above argument about car ownership, stealing someone's car would still cause them unnecessary stress and difficulty.

So, steal from the dealership, or get a few at once by hijacking one of those car carriers. Make sure not to hurt or unduly upset the driver tho, ideally leave them somewhere comfy with phone and hot beverage of their choice.

 

[ronin47]

I ask totally in serious. Are there any people working on the scene of Switch 2? Is there any achievement? I don't know where to get information about it. Thanks.

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

I ask totally in serious. Are there any people working on the scene of Switch 2? Is there any achievement? I don't know where to get information about it. Thanks.

Oh there has been active effort. It's just that there has basically been nothing useful to the user.

 

[Renos44]

I ask totally in serious. Are there any people working on the scene of Switch 2? Is there any achievement? I don't know where to get information about it. Thanks.

There will always be people who poke around because its fun to do but no serious push for something major as there isn't anything to find at the moment, The most software side that people can do is keep dissembling Switch 1 FW updates to check if nintendo added a bug that allows for a kernel exploit and then see if it even works on the switch 2 build of the FW, Hardware wise nothing has been found other then oops i fried a switch 2 or you can potentially adapt a NVME SSD to micro Sd Express.

You can do some neat party tricks in games that are vuln to save injection and i think someone found a way to display custom text in userland notifications or that in theory its possible. But as said many times nothing useful for the end user who just wants to play pirated games or homebrew,

That being said if you frequent various homebrew dev communities you can see what people are playing around with, But if you go in there and start spamming " WhEn HaCk" its a pretty quick way to annoy everyone and get yourself removed from said community.

 

[anhminh]

I ask totally in serious. Are there any people working on the scene of Switch 2? Is there any achievement? I don't know where to get information about it. Thanks.

If there is anything legit, you will see it here in the front page. People only say they are working on it when they actually get something going but so far there doesn't seem to be anything yet. It usually take around 3-4 years to hack there new console so it better just wait. Switch is an unusual case so don't expect it to be anything like that.

 

[DigBar]

There will always be people who poke around because its fun to do but no serious push for something major as there isn't anything to find at the moment, The most software side that people can do is keep dissembling Switch 1 FW updates to check if nintendo added a bug that allows for a kernel exploit and then see if it even works on the switch 2 build of the FW, Hardware wise nothing has been found other then oops i fried a switch 2 or you can potentially adapt a NVME SSD to micro Sd Express.

You can do some neat party tricks in games that are vuln to save injection and i think someone found a way to display custom text in userland notifications or that in theory its possible. But as said many times nothing useful for the end user who just wants to play pirated games or homebrew,

That being said if you frequent various homebrew dev communities you can see what people are playing around with, But if you go in there and start spamming " WhEn HaCk" its a pretty quick way to annoy everyone and get yourself removed from said community.

i think there might be some breakthroughs in 2027 with the release of the pokemon games, dont know if u remember but there was that game freak hack that happened a while ago, in that hack they had dev images of the new game, idk what its called (and i assume maybe even prototypes) but they will probably only be released after the game does (like they did with the prototypes for z-a) so there might be some useful info there, like for example what a switch 2 rom even looks like.

 

[linkenski]

My speculation is just I wonder when the fuck it will get hacked so I can download some files from a guide, and blow my Switch 2 the fuck out.