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[Hayato213]

Hopefully someone can answer this for me before I start playing around with my switch.

I currently have a switch which uses sxos. I'm able to install games fine on to it no problem. Are these games installed on the system no matter what cfw I booted in to? If I was to install atmosphere as well on my sd card and boot to that, will the games all show as working still and saves be in tact or is everything different for different cfw?

ReiNX and Atmosphere rely on sig patches for games, SXOS doesn't rely on that.

 

[DrDoctor]

Could someone explain to me why this guide says that at least one eshop game or game cart is required to set up a console for homebrew?

https://switchgui.de/switch-guide/user_guide/getting_started/#console-preparation

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else.

 

[pLaYeR^^]

Could someone explain to me why this guide says that at least one eshop game or game cart is required to set up a console for homebrew?

https://switchgui.de/switch-guide/user_guide/getting_started/#console-preparation

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere else.

You don’t need that since you can launch homebrew with album.

You will now be able to launch the Homebrew Menu by by holding the R button while launching any game (including demos/cartridges), application (e.g. Youtube/Hulu), or the album. If R is not held, the album, game, or application will launch like normal.

 

[mikey1armstrong]

You won't be immediately banned for going online with a hacked Switch. You should have enough time to go online, update to the latest firmware, and link a Nintendo Accout.

Ok so i was playing around last night creating an emunand which was fine, restored sysnand back to my original which was 4.1 i think it was, went online and updated. Proper $hit myself when i checked the settings and it said fw 8.0. Bad timing or what? Well it doesn't seem to have broken anything, i can still boot into my 6.2 emunand.
Can i reinstall my sysnand back with my backup? is there any point? Am i right in thinking to wait until tx have sorted the sxos with fw 8.0, go online with my emunand and link a nintendo account which was my original requirement, or should i update the emunand with ChoiDujourNX to fw 8 when its available?
Sorry for all the questions....

 

[Madridi]

No, it still works for any switch firmware. The downside is that you will have issues modding the joycons (if you even do that).

Thanks. Could you elaborate on mods that I would be losing on? I assume it’s jig stuff (which I know nothing about). Would just buy in a jig replace the need for joycons to be modded?

 

[DrDoctor]

You don’t need that since you can launch homebrew with album.

Oh okay, so it was an older requirement.
I'm starting to doubt which guide should I follow, each seems to have various degrees of outdatedness...

 

[boubou34]

Hi,
quick question

I read the tutorials on how to reset a switch, dump nand etc... And it seems super complicated and i WILL mess it up..

I'm on 6.0 and sx os pro on, i haven't done any nand, so my question is :

If i remove SD card, i remove all the games installed on the desktop (xci only) and i reboot the switch, what are my chances to get ban ? I know it's not an exact science but can you give me an approx. ?
If ban, what type of ban would it be (ban from accessing online ?)

 

[TheMagicMan]

Yo,
So I haven't done anything with switch hacking and still have my console from getting it a couple months after launching. I want to be able to use online as well as switch between having it hacked and it being clean(because other people also use my switch). Is this currently possible? How hard is it to switch back and forth between hacks and no hacks?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

Oh okay, so it was an older requirement.
I'm starting to doubt which guide should I follow, each seems to have various degrees of outdatedness...

https://guide.sdsetup.com/

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Yo,
So I haven't done anything with switch hacking and still have my console from getting it a couple months after launching. I want to be able to use online as well as switch between having it hacked and it being clean(because other people also use my switch). Is this currently possible? How hard is it to switch back and forth between hacks and no hacks?

1) Use SX OS with EmuNAND.
OR
2) Create NAND backup and restore before you go online after CFW.

 

[TheMagicMan]

https://guide.sdsetup.com/

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1) Use SX OS with EmuNAND.
OR
2) Create NAND backup and restore before you go online after CFW.

Ah so if I use sx os with emunand, I can have a hacked base system with my emunand on the latest version?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

Ah so if I use sx os with emunand, I can have a hacked base system with my emunand on the latest version?

You can keep your EmuNAND on 7.0.1 (for CFW) and update SysNAND to latest version (for online).

 

[TheMagicMan]

You can keep your EmuNAND on 7.0.1 (for CFW) and update SysNAND to latest version (for online).

And how would I launch my emunand?

 

[zerohealinzz]

I have bought a (secondhand) unpatched switch. I was checking the settings and clicked on tv output (in handheld mode) and it only shows 480p, while my patched switch 480 p 720 and 1080p. I only play handheld mode so i assume its not a big deal, but i am curious to why this unpatched switch is just showing 480p

It runs on FW 7.1, no CFW of any sorts yet.

I did attemp a factory reset.

no tips at all? D:

 

[Madridi]

Thanks. Could you elaborate on mods that I would be losing on? I assume it’s jig stuff (which I know nothing about). Would just buy in a jig replace the need for joycons to be modded?

@pLaYeR^^ .. any clue?

 

[Hayato213]

no tips at all? D:

You try docking it ? that fix one of mine just by docking it.

 

[zerohealinzz]

You try docking it ? that fix one of mine just by docking it.

I use the dock to charge it yes, but since i dont have any hdmi tv/screens i cant connect it to an actual screen.

 

[Hayato213]

I use the dock to charge it yes, but since i dont have any hdmi tv/screens i cant connect it to an actual screen.

Think it needs to connect to a TV/Monitor to get the other two (720p and 1080p).

 

[zerohealinzz]

Think it needs to connect to a TV/Monitor to get the other two (720p and 1080p).

Doesn't hurt to try! Thanks for the idea

 

[cost69er]

Yes, the web site was down. However, you can just replace the 2.5.3 boot.dat file on your SD card, with the newer boot.dat file that you download from their web site.

thanks i just kept checking until it finally worked

 

[pLaYeR^^]

@pLaYeR^^ .. any clue?

Color mod afaik. I am not really in modding joy cons, maybe someone knows more details