Hacking Speculations about Switch 2 hacking

[kbad]

Which game comes with firmware 2.xxx?

 

[JeezLuise]

Which game comes with firmware 2.xxx?

Super Mario Party Jamboree updates to firmware 20.1.0.

 

[lemres]

Yes Retroarch would fall under userland. Emulators and homebrew games would fall under userland.

That’s all I’d pretty much want tbh. If people are seriously ONLY want and expect games to get dumped this december then they’re in for a rude awakening lol. Kinda sad less people actually care about general homebrew apps and just go like “where r murr pirated gamesss”

 

[ChibiMofo]

Kinda sad anyone cares about running Retroarch on a Switch 2 or shitty ports of old games on hardware that is capable of so much more. Not that this alleged hack in any way makes that possible. Don't you care at all about preservation? That only happens with a complete hack and decryption of all games. Nothing else matters at all.

 

[geraltbutcherofblaviken]

What does it mean? That I should have updated my console day 1 instead of let it inside the box? Not update is the main rule of scene. One year ago, how we were going to know that we should update to an specific version in order to activate SD port for a possible exploit in the future?

I feel like "making the sd card slot function correctly" is very important for exploits and should have been a no brainer I'm sure it will still work for you, you just need a physical switch 1 game that has 20.x.x firmware on it and will need an older microsd with fat32. There's probably a way to enable the exfat drivers unofficially. It just means its gonna be more work

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

What does it mean? That I should have updated my console day 1 instead of let it inside the box? Not update is the main rule of scene. One year ago, how we were going to know that we should update to an specific version in order to activate SD port for a possible exploit in the future?

Because its pure guesswork on what FW will be required for exploits

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I feel like "making the sd card slot function correctly" is very important for exploits and should have been a no brainer I'm sure it will still work for you, you just need a physical switch 1 game that has 20.x.x firmware on it and will need an older microsd with fat32. There's probably a way to enable the exfat drivers unofficially. It just means its gonna be more work

Exfat is a download from Nintendo's servers either way. Basically it's a paid standard so Nintendo has 2 different builds of the OS (one with and without ExFat drivers) and will never attempt to install the ExFat version unless you insert an SD card. Basically makes it so they only have to pay for the ExFat license for those who are actually using it. Only way to enable it without a download of the firmware from Nintendo is to have kernel access and the ability to install firmware updates. Which no matter what would require SD card access.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Kinda sad anyone cares about running Retroarch on a Switch 2 or shitty ports of old games on hardware that is capable of so much more. Not that this alleged hack in any way makes that possible. Don't you care at all about preservation? That only happens with a complete hack and decryption of all games. Nothing else matters at all.

Games are games. Just because a game is old doesn't mean it's not as enjoyable as a newer game. My softmodded Switch 1 was my place to play my old favorites, as it consolidated them all into one unit. I mainly play games on my Switch 2 now, both Switch 1 and Switch 2 games. But I can't play the retro games that aren't part of NSO.

 

[Elfransat]

Kinda sad anyone cares about running Retroarch on a Switch 2 or shitty ports of old games on hardware that is capable of so much more. Not that this alleged hack in any way makes that possible. Don't you care at all about preservation? That only happens with a complete hack and decryption of all games. Nothing else matters at all.

Let’s ban this guy from the forum LMAO

 

[weatMod]

Because its pure guesswork on what FW will be required for exploits

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Exfat is a download from Nintendo's servers either way. Basically it's a paid standard so Nintendo has 2 different builds of the OS (one with and without ExFat drivers) and will never attempt to install the ExFat version unless you insert an SD card. Basically makes it so they only have to pay for the ExFat license for those who are actually using it. Only way to enable it without a download of the firmware from Nintendo is to have kernel access and the ability to install firmware updates. Which no matter what would require SD card access.

Why though?
Do we actually know this?
The switch 2 has two type C ports
How do we know that we couldn't use the USb C port and an OTG drive to get the SD update?

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

Why though?
Do we actually know this?
The switch 2 has two type C ports
How do we know that we couldn't use the USb C port and an OTG drive to get the SD update?

That's just not how it works. The driver is part of the system firmware itself and needs to be downloaded directly from Nintendo's servers. The versions of the firmwares on the game carts are the build without the ExFat support as its a licensing thing more than anything.

The system also does not allow for transfering/mounting of FS over the USB ports. It is simply a data stream.