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[tonsofun]

I've been away from running CFW on my switch since OS 6.0 or so and I keep reading about "burning fuses".

Would someone be nice enough to give me a brief explanation of "burning fuses" on the switch?

Are these physical fuses? What causes them to burn/how can I avoid it? What are the consequences if you do burn them? Thanks in advance!

 

[Hayato213]

I've been away from running CFW on my switch since OS 6.0 or so and I keep reading about "burning fuses".

Would someone be nice enough to give me a brief explanation of "burning fuses" on the switch?

Are these physical fuses? What causes them to burn/how can I avoid it? What are the consequences if you do burn them? Thanks in advance!

Fuse are used for anti downgrade, if you burn your fuse you can't downgrade in term of concept.

 

[tonsofun]

Fuse are used for anti downgrade, if you burn your fuse you can't downgrade in term of concept.

What causes the fuse to burn?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

What causes the fuse to burn?

Not the update itself but the Nintendo boot loader.

 

[Akion94]

After updating to 8.1.0, I could no longer use hekate to boot in cfw (Unknown pkg1 version. Failed to launch firmware). I saw the other post saying that we could use fusee-primary to boot into Atmosphere cfw directly instead of hekate, but the problem is my screen just turns black when I use fusee-primary as boot-loader. If I press the power button after that, my switch will boot into stock fw again. Does anyone know what is the problem here?

 

[tonsofun]

Not the update itself but the Nintendo boot loader.

So since I have updated my switch to 8.1, my fuses have blown? If so what is the downside, just so you cannot downgrade? I can still run an updated CFW, correct?

 

[Ultimabuster]

Hey, I'm new to switch CFW. I just put ReiNX 2.3 on it and updated my switch to 7.0.1
I then noticed they released ReiNX 2.4, so I installed that via the ReiNX toolkit (I don't know how to verify though). I then updated to 8.1.0 using Choidujounx
Everything seems to be fine except for sleep mode. Before these updates (on 7.0.1) I could sleep my switch fine, but now when I put it to sleep it won't wake up. I have to hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds, then inject the reinx payload again. I could wake up my switch fine on ReiNX 2.3 and switch 7.0.1

Is there a fix for this?

 

[hiraka]

Hey all,

Switch is currently banned :< in saying that it keeps checking online for legitimacy of my games, Weather or not they are pirated I can no longer play them. How do i get pass this or am i doomed?

 

[pLaYeR^^]

So since I have updated my switch to 8.1, my fuses have blown? If so what is the downside, just so you cannot downgrade? I can still run an updated CFW, correct?

You can check your fuses with hekate (Print fuses). Depends on how you updated. If you have updated with ChoiDujourNX and didn’t disable autoRCM, your fine. If you have updated with official system update, you very likely burnt the fuses. But as I mentioned before, check your fuses with hekate.
You can also downgrade with burnt fuses but you can’t boot with official Nintendo boot loader anymore. So you always have to boot with hekate or SX OS boot loader to disable the fuse check.

 

[dagarui]

You pretty much answered your own question. As for which firmware you should update to, either 8.0 or 8.0.1 is fine as Hekate does not support firmware 8.1 yet.

And while emuEMMC is out for Atmosphere, it is considered experimental and only supports the hidden partition method. It is also currently not very user-friendly.

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thanks for helping me! so with this update, I don't will update the OFW right? because I do have a clean nand backup from 5.xx
if the "hidden partition" method works fine, how can I do this as well? I would like to have a OFW partition and a CFW partition so I can still play online with the OFW. maybe you can help me out with that as well?

my steps for now are

1. update athmosphere
2. download 8.0.0 fw
3. update ChoiDujourNX
4. update hekate
5. update in CFW the 8.0.0 without burning fuses,
6. restart and boot into CFW -> no fuses burned right?

if I want to play with "hidden partition" I need to downgrad to original 5.x.x right? and then do everything from new? or can I do it some how else?

thanks for helping me

 

[lpoolm]

Hi guys please can someone give detailed tutorial on how to install nsp files on switch sx os? Thanks

Just put them in the root of the sd then boot up and install from the album folder

 

[1alien1]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/botw-save-converter-switch-wii-u.499483/

You can try this, both have to have the same update version.

hey man, thx again for the tip. all went perfectly well, even with the wiiu version being on 1.5.0 instead of 1.6.0 of my switch version.
do you know such a software for mario kart 8?

 

[Hedgehog576]

Recently, i've been encountering an issue where when i try to turn on Tinfoil, the loading bar shows the titles from the db folder loading and then it just cuts to the main menu of Tinfoil. Therefore i can't install games, pls halp

 

[ssfirme]

How can i install atmosphere since hekate is not working for me since updating

 

[Hedgehog576]

How can i install atmosphere since hekate is not working for me since updating

Did you try to use the fusee primary payload?

 

[maciek930]

That .GIF file shows nothing. But if you copied the files over and merged them, it probably did not properly update your files. Delete everything from your SD card except the Nintendo and possibly Switch folders then move the new files over. Also how did you format it to FAT32? And what cluster/allocation size did you select?

Try launching ReiNX a second time?

I use AOMEI Partition Assistant and I choose 32KB. I try everything sd card with necessary files and empty but nothing new still I see only ns-atmosphere logo and Welcome to Atmosphere.

 

[brattanek]

Hi guys,

I have problem with New_Super_Mario_Bros._U_Deluxe I don't know why but always the game is starting with nabbit and with 99 lives :/ and is lack of nabbit in gameplay


Yesterday was ok :/

 

[Draxzelex]

@Draxzelex If all switch units have the ability to go into RCM then why is mine not after I've followed the instructions to the T on the gbatmp.net link for how to find out if you switch is patched that Hayato213 kindly guided me too. I did the instruction correctly and it would not turn on until I replaced the joy-con controller back on the switch. Instructions said to insert the jig I did. Download the app needs I did then press and hold Vol+ and power then there should be a black screen after it turns on but nothing turned on. Wouldn't power up @ all and switch was fully charged and still is before I attempted. Can anyone tell me where I did wrong and provide the solution.

RCM is user-dependent. That means whether or not you enter RCM depends on whether or not you are shorting pin 10 which cannot be verified unless you enter RCM. If you aren't entering RCM, then you are not shorting pin 10. And if you are not shorting pin 10, you may have to use something else to enter RCM such as a paperclip, aluminum foil, sim card remover, screwdrivers, etc. Not all jigs successfully boot a console into RCM. Consult this thread for a list of items other people used to enter RCM.

Hi guys just wanted to ask whether all homebrew works on 8.1.0?
Like themes, retroarch, goldleaf, edizon, etc.

I haven't heard of any incompatibilities on 8.1 but nothing requires you to be on 8.1 aside from online play which isn't a good idea with a hacked console anyways.

Hi guys please can someone give detailed tutorial on how to install nsp files on switch sx os? Thanks

1. Download SX Installer
2. Put .NSP files on SD card
3. Launch SX Installer
4. Profit

After updating to 8.1.0, I could no longer use hekate to boot in cfw (Unknown pkg1 version. Failed to launch firmware). I saw the other post saying that we could use fusee-primary to boot into Atmosphere cfw directly instead of hekate, but the problem is my screen just turns black when I use fusee-primary as boot-loader. If I press the power button after that, my switch will boot into stock fw again. Does anyone know what is the problem here?

Make sure your fusee-primary is the latest one from Atmosphere V0.9.1

Hey, I'm new to switch CFW. I just put ReiNX 2.3 on it and updated my switch to 7.0.1
I then noticed they released ReiNX 2.4, so I installed that via the ReiNX toolkit (I don't know how to verify though). I then updated to 8.1.0 using Choidujounx
Everything seems to be fine except for sleep mode. Before these updates (on 7.0.1) I could sleep my switch fine, but now when I put it to sleep it won't wake up. I have to hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds, then inject the reinx payload again. I could wake up my switch fine on ReiNX 2.3 and switch 7.0.1

Is there a fix for this?

Redownload the latest version of ReiNX here. This release is missing the homebrew menu which you can redownload from the guide here.

Hey all,

Switch is currently banned :< in saying that it keeps checking online for legitimacy of my games, Weather or not they are pirated I can no longer play them. How do i get pass this or am i doomed?

What CFW are you using? And does your console have a linked Nintendo Account? If yes, is your console the Primary or Secondary account holder?

thanks for helping me! so with this update, I don't will update the OFW right? because I do have a clean nand backup from 5.xx
if the "hidden partition" method works fine, how can I do this as well? I would like to have a OFW partition and a CFW partition so I can still play online with the OFW. maybe you can help me out with that as well?

my steps for now are

1. update athmosphere
2. download 8.0.0 fw
3. update ChoiDujourNX
4. update hekate
5. update in CFW the 8.0.0 without burning fuses,
6. restart and boot into CFW -> no fuses burned right?

if I want to play with "hidden partition" I need to downgrad to original 5.x.x right? and then do everything from new? or can I do it some how else?

thanks for helping me

Problem is Atmosphere's emuEMMC is a bit unstable and not user-friendly so I do not recommend using it for the time being or at least until its more stable and/or noob-friendly. But you can setup the hidden partition at any point. You just have to restore your clean NAND backup before going online in sysEMMC.

I use AOMEI Partition Assistant and I choose 32KB. I try everything sd card with necessary files and empty but nothing new still I see only ns-atmosphere logo and Welcome to Atmosphere.

Try formatting with GUIFormat instead. The cluster size is appropriate.

 

[ssfirme]

Did you try to use the fusee primary payload?

No, I'm kind of newb to all this

 

[Draxzelex]

No, I'm kind of newb to all this

I would recommend starting over as you clearly lack the fundamental understanding of Switch hacking. Follow this guide to refresh your mind.