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...

Strange Short?

SteveC4

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Jan 28, 2022

Hi all, I have a few switches and switch lites to practice repairing on.

I have some experience with board repair but it is limited. Had some success repairing two already by replacing graphics IC and M92 etc but this one is confusing me.

The USB C port was damaged so I removed this and tried to power it but it gave a 2001 error so I replaced the M92 and this got it booting to the Home Screen.

Next I replaced the USB C port (first one) I was heating the board from underneath and this has appeared to go well but I did knock a couple of components out of place which I’ve now put back but I have a short where I don’t think it should and certainly doesn’t on my other switch that works. (Older board revision)

The really odd thing is, I’ve taken this part off the board and the short disappears but in testing the chip it’s also not shorted across those pins. Put it back on and off twice now just to be sure no bridged connections but still shows a short as marked on the pic. I’m don’t want to plug power in with this being unanswered! Any ideas? Confused!