Hacking Switch 4.1.0

[darrin41]

Just brought me a switch 2 day. Very cheap. I wanna run cfw . Should I update or just go with the hack. Just checking before i proceed.

 

[Lacius]

Just brought me a switch 2 day. Very cheap. I wanna run cfw . Should I update or just go with the hack. Just checking before i proceed.

You should test an RCM payload first to make sure it's vulnerable, even though it's second-hand. Some new 4.1.0 systems are not.

As for whether or not to update, that depends on if you care about future exploits that don't require RCM and use the web browser instead. If you don't care about future exploits, go ahead and update after you're sure RCM payloads work. If you do care about future exploits for 4.1.0, you shouldn't update, or you should update without burning your efuses, but that requires that you install AutoRCM.

 

[darrin41]

This what I have on screen which 1 do I back up and I don't see full raw band dump anywhere

 

[XpertXP1]

This what I have on screen which 1 do I back up and I don't see full raw band dump anywhere View attachment 137247

You will want to backup both of those. The one that says RAW is your full NAND backup, will take roughly an hour to backup.

 

[Lacius]

This what I have on screen which 1 do I back up and I don't see full raw band dump anywhere View attachment 137247

For a complete backup, you need to backup both the BOOT0/1 and the RAW GPP.

Alternatively, if you want to save some time and space, you really only need the BOOT0/1 and the eMMC SYS. This is the same as a complete backup, except it skips the optional USER partition (your personal settings, files, etc.).

Edit: The USER partition is very big, even if you dont have anything, so a lot of people skip it. Compressing your backups can save a lot of space if you don't have any games installed to your internal storage.

 

[shchmue]

that looks like an old build of hekate. get 3.2

 

[darrin41]

its 3.2 v latest hakate and 5.2.1 v

 

[shchmue]

ah okay, wasn’t sure if the verification stuff was on the same page

 

[darrin41]

ah okay, wasn’t sure if the verification stuff was on the same page

yep lol I had a 16gb sd card going to buy a 64 GB ad card

 

[regnad]

For a complete backup, you need to backup both the BOOT0/1 and the RAW GPP.

Alternatively, if you want to save some time and space, you really only need the BOOT0/1 and the eMMC SYS. This is the same as a complete backup, except it skips the optional USER partition (your personal settings, files, etc.).

Edit: The USER partition is very big, even if you dont have anything, so a lot of people skip it. Compressing your backups can save a lot of space if you don't have any games installed to your internal storage.

Is the RAW GPP a file called rawnand.bin that's about 30gb?

 

[darrin41]

Is the RAW GPP a file called rawnand.bin that's about 30gb?

yep

 

[disence]

For a complete backup, you need to backup both the BOOT0/1 and the RAW GPP.

Alternatively, if you want to save some time and space, you really only need the BOOT0/1 and the eMMC SYS. This is the same as a complete backup, except it skips the optional USER partition (your personal settings, files, etc.).

Edit: The USER partition is very big, even if you dont have anything, so a lot of people skip it. Compressing your backups can save a lot of space if you don't have any games installed to your internal storage.

So, RAW GPP also includes the user partition, which is unnecessary for me, and it would only be enough for me to make a copy of BOOT0 / 1 and the eMMC SYS to have a full backup?

 

[darrin41]

So, RAW GPP also includes the user partition, which is unnecessary for me, and it would only be enough for me to make a copy of BOOT0 / 1 and the eMMC SYS to have a full backup?

if I was u . I would get a full dump. Don't sale yourself short.its nothing but a little of your time.