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 SX Lite Issue - Anyone had faulty Chips?

Thread starter ConsoleKid69
Start date Sep 24, 2020
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ConsoleKid69

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Sep 24, 2020

Hi All.

Ive installed a few SX Core & Lite chips over the last few months all with 100% success and never really run into any major issues.

I get to the latest Lite mod and I installed both the ribbon cables perfectly etc and when I turn the console on all I get is the constant blue flashing light and it never reaches green.

Went over everything with microscope and all good then proceeded to swap the chip out.

The unit then works.

Looks like I have a faulty chip, I thought id try and flash it, I havent seen much info on this apart from whats on the SXOS website.
When I plug it into the PC I get a green light and it searches for drivers for DFU which dont get found.

Anyone else had this?

izy

Advanced Tech Pleb

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Level 14

Sep 24, 2020

flashing is as easy as plugging in the chip with a good cable it green lights
start the software and it auto detects if cable and ports good

the chip acts like a com device and drivers should be automatically built into windows 7+

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