The Switch Flashcart Thread (Mig Switch etc.)

[TheStonedModder]

If they do check the cart switch timing then Mig Flash can just increase the cart switch timing. HOWEVER, there is at least one accessory that lets you have 4 or 8 Switch carts that you can switch between them with a press of a button. Don't remember the name of it.

EDIT:

It doesn’t work well with the mig

It need a second game inserted for it to even work

 

[ccfman2004]

It doesn’t work well with the mig

It need a second game inserted for it to even work

@retnuh730 said that Nintendo could log the timing of cart switching to detect Mig Flash users.

I'm referring to the fact about Nintendo checking the timing between cart switches to detect Mig Flash users. If they did that they could unintentionally ban people that use a product like the one in the video. I wasn't talking about using that with the Mig Flash.

 

[TheStonedModder]

@retnuh730 said that Nintendo could log the timing of cart switching to detect Mig Flash users.

I'm referring to the fact about Nintendo checking the timing between cart switches to detect Mig Flash users. If they did that they could unintentionally ban people that use a product like the one in the video. I wasn't talking about using that with the Mig Flash.

people keep claiming this but I’d love to see a source

It’s also kinda of a stupid metric to track since someone with a dirty /dying cart reader or a messed up cart in general could be a falsd positive

 

[ccfman2004]

people keep claiming this but I’d love to see a source

It’s also kinda of a stupid metric to track since someone with a dirty /dying cart reader or a messed up cart in general could be a falsd positive

I was talking about what Nintendo could Potentially try do and why it could cause problems. It could open up whole legal can of worms if the ban legit users.

 

[SecureBoot]

I had a dream last night that linuxares closed this thread for being "too boring". Glad to see you all still here

 

[TheStonedModder]

I had a dream last night that linuxares closed this thread for being "too boring". Glad to see you all still here

That’s weird

 

[ccfman2004]

I had a dream last night that linuxares closed this thread for being "too boring". Glad to see you all still here

My ADHD prevents me from being boring.

 

[retnuh730]

This topic is arguably the most interesting thing going on right now for Switch hacking/hobbyists. Are there really any new homebrew/tools being introduced 8 years in?

 

[AlphaBravo]

Back again after weeks of ignoring this section. Honestly you do MIG Switch a disservice by sharing this thread with UnlockSwitch. I would delete any posts or reference to this "entity" and just have this be about MIG Switch. One company and their product is genuine. The other are a bunch of retarded fish frogs that need removing from human gene pool and this thread.

 

[ccfman2004]

Back again after weeks of ignoring this section. Honestly you do MIG Switch a disservice by sharing this thread with UnlockSwitch. I would delete any posts or reference to this "entity" and just have this be about MIG Switch. One company and their product is genuine. The other are a bunch of retarded fish frogs that need removing from human gene pool and this thread.

We are discussing ALL Switch Flash Carts. Just because Unlock Switch doesn't exist yet (if ever), it should be discussed.

 

[AlphaBravo]

We are discussing ALL Switch Flash Carts. Just because Unlock Switch doesn't exist yet (if ever), it should be discussed.

So this thread will be renamed with a third or fourth flash card in it's title?? Given all the lame drama, US do not deserve to have any kind of oxygen or reference. I feel sorry for any genuine MIG switch owner who has to trawl through this thread looking for advice and suggestions, only to be met with tons of unrelated tripe. Worst part is that even the negative comments keeps US front and center...

 

[ccfman2004]

So this thread will be renamed with a third or fourth flash card in it's title?? Given all the lame drama, US do not deserve to have any kind of oxygen or reference. I feel sorry for any genuine MIG switch owner who has to trawl through this thread looking for advice and suggestions, only to be met with tons of unrelated tripe. Worst part is that even the negative comments keeps US front and center...

I am a Mig Flash owner and now that they fixed the MacOS disconnecting issue a very happy one. I started following this thread to see if any other Mac users were having the same disconnection issues as I was.

 

[Deleted member 702243]

I was thinking it might be possible to reverse engineer the local update sharing functionality. because it works totally offline and doesnt need to check in or verify with nintendo, it should be possible to spoof it to send signed game updates to a real switch from something that isn't actually a switch. it just has to communicate the same way and send the same kind of data in the same format

maybe it would need specific hardware to work/to be able to actually sync and communicate with a real switch, maybe it might need donor files from a real switch to authenticate itself, but it would solve the problem of banned unmodded switches not being able to update games. it wouldn't help with dlc for obvious reasons, but having a way to update games without needing a cfw switch to share them from would make banned ofw switches less useless, and it would be useful for the future too once updates aren't available officially anymore

 

[impeeza]

I was thinking it might be possible to reverse engineer the local update sharing functionality. because it works totally offline and doesnt need to check in or verify with nintendo, it should be possible to spoof it to send signed game updates to a real switch from something that isn't actually a switch. it just has to communicate the same way and send the same kind of data in the same format

maybe it would need specific hardware to work, maybe it might need donor files from a real switch, but it would solve the problem of banned unmodded switches not being able to update games. it wouldn't help with dlc for obvious reasons, but having a way to update games without needing a cfw switch to share them from would make banned ofw switches less useless, and it would be useful for the future too once updates aren't available officially anymore

No so useful because the firmware file is encrypted and you have no access to the private key.

 

[Deleted member 702243]

No so useful because the firmware file is encrypted and you have no access to the private key.

I'm not sure how any of this is relevant

 

[ccfman2004]

I have been using my main Switch to transfer game updates to my banned Switch. Generally, only hacked Switches get banned.

 

[TheStonedModder]

So this thread will be renamed with a third or fourth flash card in it's title?? Given all the lame drama, US do not deserve to have any kind of oxygen or reference. I feel sorry for any genuine MIG switch owner who has to trawl through this thread looking for advice and suggestions, only to be met with tons of unrelated tripe. Worst part is that even the negative comments keeps US front and center...

I’m happy to take suggestions on how to make the main post (post #1) more informative and relevant

Besides that the rest of this is just discussion …

 

[Deleted member 702243]

I have been using my main Switch to transfer game updates to my banned Switch. Generally, only hacked Switches get banned.

flashcart with games pirated online (shared files) is a pretty quick ban, for mig switch users with a mariko or oled the switch then can only play base version of games, since you can't connect to nintendo to download game updates anymore and installing nsp directly is not an option

a second switch that can run cfw works, but it can be expensive, and not always as available. we have full/unrestricted access to the hardware, it should be possible to reverse engineer how the update sharing functionality works, see how the hardware and the os communicates, and then maybe it could be possible to just have some kind of program on a computer that would just use a built-in wireless card and spoof it by sending the same data in the same format, and that could be much cheaper and much more accessible

considering that the local update share doesn't check in or validate with nintendo, it works purely offline locally, therefore it can't be using or requiring any kind of secret or private keys that we wouldn't be able to just extract from the console. the main hurdle would be signatures and those arent a problem because nintendo gives us signed update files anyway

the main problem I can think of is that regular wireless hardware might not necessarily be compatible, it might be physically unable to communicate in the same way the switch expects. and if that's the case then it would need some specific if not custom made hardware before it could work, at which point there's no benefit and it would be cheaper to buy a banned v1 or something

 

[AlphaBravo]

I’m happy to take suggestions on how to make the main post (post #1) more informative and relevant

Besides that the rest of this is just discussion …

My suggestion is to remove UnlockSwitch from the title of this thread. That would be a start. This might make more sense in a month or two...

 

[gbadl]

flashcart with games pirated online (shared files) is a pretty quick ban, for mig switch users with a mariko or oled the switch then can only play base version of games, since you can't connect to nintendo to download game updates anymore and installing nsp directly is not an option

a second switch that can run cfw works, but it can be expensive, and not always as available. we have full/unrestricted access to the hardware, it should be possible to reverse engineer how the update sharing functionality works, see how the hardware and the os communicates, and then maybe it could be possible to just have some kind of program on a computer that would just use a built-in wireless card and spoof it by sending the same data in the same format, and that could be much cheaper and much more accessible

the main problem I can think of is that regular wireless hardware might not necessarily be compatible, it might be physically unable to communicate in the same way the switch expects. and if that's the case then it would need some specific if not custom made hardware before it could work, at which point there's no benefit and it would be cheaper to buy a banned v1 or something

You would need something like a program that was used for old xbox original games to do Lan Gameplay over the internet.


As for the topic of this thread. If the name is changed it should include something in it for reverse engineering because I remember a while back someone cloned the hardware of the mig.