Hacking SX OS contains brick code!

[Mrdx]

According to hexkyz:

https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1010994458316271616

Seems like he has bricked his switch trying cracking it.

Edit :
It looks like you won't be able to restore your NAND easily even if you did a backup
https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1010995311920025600

 

[DKB]

I would think this would be a "no shit" type of thing. Of course they want to fuck over people trying to crack it. That's why the people trying to crack it should just try to make their own uh..loader.

 

[tunip3]

sx os has now been confirmed by Mike Heskin aka hexyz has now officially confirmed that sx os contains brick code that locks your nand with a specific password similar to how the gateway bricks worked.

https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1010994458316271616

 

[One_Must_Fall]

>Tries to modify complicated system-changing software
>Gets bricked

Yeah no shit

 

[Xandrid]

That's crazy

 

[punderino]

>Tries to modify complicated system-changing software
>Gets bricked

Yeah no shit

TX purposely bricked them, it wasn't an accident. Don't fuck with other peoples business.

 

[CeeDee]

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

 

[cearp]

autorcm = brick code

but yeah, as long as it's safe and won't ever trigger by accident, i'm fine with anti-tamper brick code.

is it recoverable if you have a nand dump?

they could do evil stuff, like burning all your fuses lol

 

[MaxAni]

https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1010995311920025600
More info.

 

[Cubuss]

 

[cearp]

https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1010995311920025600
More info.

'unlock', gw did something similar right? locking the nand i think

 

[V-Temp]

'unlock', gw did something similar right? locking the nand i think

This is basically the same thing as brickway. If clone products show up, history will repeat itself.

 

[daxtsu]

is it recoverable if you have a nand dump?

Probably not, since the chip becomes locked with a password. You'd need to remove the password first.

 

[Deleted User]

So it's not really bricked then is it? TX could unlock it for you if they wanted to. Owait.. you shouldn't have been messing with the boot.dat file in the first place

 

[alepman90]

Fun Fun i predicted GW methods

 

[One_Must_Fall]

TX purposely bricked them, it wasn't an accident. Don't fuck with other peoples business.

So they messed around with the sx os code without fully knowing what the code entailed? Not really sure what they expected.

 

[naddel81]

are you fucking shitting me? those xecuter bastards! makes me want to NOT have bought that crap!

same shit as GW!

 

[Deleted-442439]

This comes as no shock to anyone lol, good to have it confirmed.

 

[punderino]

So they messed around with the sx os code without fully knowing what the code entailed? Not really sure what they expected.

It's encrypted. Not like they can just read it like a book.

 

[SkittleDash]

Sooo... This is basically an Anti-Piracy measure on something that's used mostly for... Piracy. Makes perfect sense. Though, still a scummy move if it's bricking people's Switches. Doesn't matter if cracking their software is right or wrong, it's still scummy either way.