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...

Hacking Switch won't charge

Thread starter HOv
Start date Aug 30, 2018
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HOv

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Aug 30, 2018

I have a switch with SX OS 1.6.. While my switch was on custom firmware mode, I let my battery completely die. I plugged it in to charge for 2 hours only to find out that it was not charging at all. I do not have autorcm installed. I'm pretty sure I didn't brick my switch, hopefully. So what do I need to do to get it to boot up so I can charge it?

Help me out here guys

Kubas_inko

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Aug 30, 2018

Try force shutdown to "restart" it. Otherwise just keep charging it.

jakkal

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Aug 30, 2018

charge it for a while longer
that happens alot. just let it charge

HOv

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Aug 30, 2018

Ok I'll do the force shutdown and charge it for 3 hours and see if there's any changes. I'll post back with an update. Thanks guys.

HOv

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Aug 31, 2018

Hey guys I got my switch up and running. So I just did the force shutdown and charged it for a few hours. I turned it on and it was just 1 percent but it at least booted to the switch home screen and I was able to charge it normally from there. All is good now. Thanks for the help.