Hacking SX OS contains brick code!

[Darth Meteos]

Oh come on, you know people are going to read only the title of the thread and immediately think their Switch is gonna get bricked. Trying to circumvent that.

I'm being serious. Considering changing my fucking sig for this. Gateway's code was bad because it was prone to misfire, due to all but invisible hardware differences. Nobody bought a fake Gateway and were like "heh heh heh, time to pirate the pirates"

 

[Deleted User]

Sorry, but locking people out of their own device with a password is malicious, no matter what the reason is. Especially when it's someone selling piracy-enabling devices doing it. Damn.

They aren't locking out normal users though.

The only people that have been locked out are the ones going out of their way trying to "crack" the OS so that they don't have to purchase a license..

 

[linuxares]

respect others peoples job, crack not shit pay for it.

Kind of ironic isn't it?

 

[V-Temp]

https://twitter.com/hexkyz/status/1011007501104377856
he fixed it guys. Back up your NAND and keep it safe.

Most users aren't that savy or aware.

 

[gamesquest1]

Kind of ironic isn't it?

idk, I wouldn't blame Nintendo if they made a FW update that bricks consoles using TX OS, although they have more to loose if it backfires....and yanno, morals and shit XD

 

[NeoSlyde]

Kind of ironic isn't it?

The guys who clearly spend never to the point of neither buying the games nor buying the linkers I gloat alone at home!

 

[WeedZ]

idk, I wouldn't blame Nintendo if they made a FW update that bricks consoles using TX OS, although they have more to loose if it backfires....and yanno, morals and shit XD

Is it even legal to do that?

 

[V-Temp]

Is it even legal to do that?

No. Brickcode is illegal in general.

 

[gamesquest1]

Is it even legal to do that?

morals and laws

TX are already operating outside the law, so once you take that step you might as well go all the way

 

[Armadillo]

Being illegal didn't seem to stop Nintendo bricking region changed korean wiis intentionally. Nintendo would just play the "unauthorised modifications caused it" card.

As for TX, not shocked. Shady company does something shady, stop the presses.

 

[Altina]

I remember reading news about people getting their systems bricked for using a third party dock after updating their firmware. Not sure if it’s true though.

 

[linuxares]

I remember reading news about people getting their systems bricked for using a third party dock after updating their firmware. Not sure if it’s true though.

Worse actually. The docks weren't handling Nintendos stupid implementation of USB 3. So the docks fried the USB port. It can be fixed by replacing a chip, still this isn't really Nintendos fault, except not following god damn standards.

 

[dashkiller]

Mess with Nintendo - get your console banned from online, mess with TX - get your console bricked. I mean it is what it is.

 

[Rel]

morals and laws

TX are already operating outside the law, so once you take that step you might as well go all the way

Right

 

[comput3rus3r]

idk, I wouldn't blame Nintendo if they made a FW update that bricks consoles using TX OS, although they have more to loose if it backfires....and yanno, morals and shit XD

how would that be any different if innocent users start experiencing bricks? anyways this is starting to sound like the unwarranted fear of a9lh/b9s and whether or not a new 3ds update can brick you if it detects it.

 

[V-Temp]

morals and laws

TX are already operating outside the law, so once you take that step you might as well go all the way

The retailers are the one who would be in trouble here. They *are* operating in a way that could be held accountable by both Nintendo and people who got their shit bricked.

They probably won't like this news.

 

[gamesquest1]

The retailers are the one who would be in trouble here. They *are* operating in a way that could be held accountable by both Nintendo and people who got their shit bricked.

They probably won't like this news.

or maybe retailers asked for it? if the software gets cracked, no more sales for them

 

[V-Temp]

or maybe retailers asked for it? if the software gets cracked, no more sales for them

I highly doubt this.

 

[fallingrat]

I was thinking about getting an SX OS Pro, but after seeing that my switch could get bricked, I'll wait for atmosphere.

 

[Friendsxix]

Is it even legal to do that?

Whether it is or not, Nintendo has already done it on the Wii:

Nintendo did deliberately brick Wiis, though it wasn't for usage of the Homebrew Channel. Rather, it was for having a region-changed Korean Wii. This manifested in the form of Error 003. Essentially, starting with version 4.2, the Wii would attempt to use the Korean Key to encrypt a specific series of bytes, and then compare the result to hard coded values. If the result matched the hard coded values, it meant that the Wii had the Korean Key, and thus had been tampered with -- making it throw Error 003. If the result did not match, the Wii continued on its merry way.

Source: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Error_003

I'm guessing Nintendo did this because there were people region changing Korean Wiis (which were cheaper), and selling them for a profit in other countries.

Granted, that only impacted a very small number of users...