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...

Switch won't boot after booting into RCM mode

Mr-Cheese

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Mar 2, 2024

So recently I got into emulation and decided to dump some games from my switch to my PC. My switch has been homebrewed for a while now without any problems. Now I needed to boot another payload to dump some files over (I believe some key files, I was following the guide from yuzu's website). I enter hekate and pressed shut down and reboot to RCM, and suddenly, the switch will not boot. I know it's not in RCM, the screen isn't dimly lit. I've tried doing a hard shutdown and that didn't seem to change anything, I have autoRCM on so I didn't need to insert my jig, but just in case, I tried inserting the jig again and booting it like that, that didn't work. Tried charging it overnight, still not booting. The PC doesn't recognize it with and without the RCM driver. The only solutions I've seen is to restore the nand, but I can't because it doesn't boot up. Is it a hardware issue? Am I doing something wrong?

Edit - I was using a faulty cable and I'm and actual idiot. whoops.

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