Over 1.5 years ago i attempted to update to 8.10 via ChoiDujourNX and somewhere in the process it failed and my Switch was no longer bootable and thought i had bricked it. I had been using sxos prior with no issues and simply wanted to be able to play newer games. I finally realized that this whole time, my Switch had been stuck in RCM mode as it would power on to the logo then turn off or at least i thought it did. The screen was dimmly lit to the point that the battery would run out. Today using TegraRCMGui, i was able to use Hekate payload to access the Switch but am not able to use the SX_loader.bin. I have my original nand backup but was created from within sxos with the files: boot0, Boot1, full.00.bin-full.07.bin. When i dig into restoring, its seems like Hekate has an option for restore but is looking for Rawnand.bin. Is there a way to use what i have to complete a restore without access to SXOS bootloader? Is there a known method to convert my nand backup to something useable? thoughts/opinions on how to restore and or get back to factory setting? The device has always been used offline.
Hacking Stuck in RCM/ nand restore options?
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why not just try running sxos from hekate and restore your backup this way or better yet download Atmosphere and try booting it from hekate see if it works if it does then you can use Daybreak it comes with Atmos to update to 11.0.1 or 11.0.0 if you want to use SXOS
Even if it doesn't boot, you should still be able to boot up the SX OS bootloader menu (I believe it is the volume down key) while the payload is injected, and you can restore the NAND backup from there.
I've had nothing but issues since I've purchased SXOS. Basically what is occurring now would occur for short periods of time and found myself having issues rebooting into SXOS. I did try sxos from tegra and booted to the SXOS screen then went to a dim lit screen. I'll look into booting sxos from within hekate, but i think at this point going to Atmos might be a safer bet.
i was able to boot using the bootloader but Nand restore fails with an error: 00ffd47
Upate: I deleted Emunand , now I'm actually in the process of restoring NAND. keeping the fingers crossed.
Last edited by BlubberBob1,
Well i was able to restore NAND and able to turn RCM off. It seems like my dongle is the problem as the payload via TegraRCM always works. I was able to normally boot into 5.10. What recommendations would you all have to update to 11 or something more current without negatively affecting the switch/fuses.
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