Team-Xecuter has been quiet since v6.0.0 officially rolled out for the Nintendo Switch last week, but they are back with this time an amazing revolutionary update to their SX OS

And you may ask why is it 'revolutionary', well because for first time a CFW for the Switch contains 'EmuNAND', just like back in the days of the 3DS scene, so check out their official PR announcement below:

Hello friends! Team Xecuter is happy to bring you the official 2.0 release of your beloved SX OS.

A lot has happened since the initial release of SX OS a few months ago. This is far from a simple proof of concept custom firmware anymore. With this major update we bring some exciting new functionality to the table. We suggest you grab a beverage of your choice and read on to learn more!

• EmuNAND

Lets start with the major new feature in 2.0: EmuNAND.

Those who have a background in the Nintendo 3DS hacking scene know what this is, but let's quickly elaborate for those of you who are new to the game:

The Switch uses a NAND Flash storage chip to store all of the system software, as well as your save games and other assets. With EmuNAND we create a shadow copy of this storage from which you can run SX OS. The benefits from doing this are that you keep your SX OS "world" separated from your original firmware. This also means you can keep your switch on an older firmware, while running the latest and greatest firmware inside of your EmuNAND. As we all know, older is better.. when it comes to defeating system security at least. And newer is better when it comes to enjoying the latest content!

Another upside of consolidating your SX OS usage from your original firmware usage is vastly reducing the risk of a network ban. You can run SX OS in EmuNAND, of course with our Stealth Mode enabled, and anything that is littered on the EmuNAND's filesystem is not visible to the switch in Original Firmware mode.

One thing to note is that SX OS EmuNAND works a bit differently compared to what some of you might think of as "traditional" EmuNAND where the entire NAND is copied to a separate partition on the MicroSD card. With SX OS EmuNAND your EmuNAND partition lives inside of your regular NAND. The primary reason for this is that occupying 32GB of a MicroSD card is a bit wasteful. The secondary reason is by utilizing the existing flash storage we can guarantee performance and reliability.

You can set up EmuNAND by booting into the SX OS boot menu (hold Volume + during boot) and going into the revamped "Options" menu. There you will find a section called EmuNAND which will guide you through the setup. By default SX OS will allocate 15GB for your EmuNAND partition. If you want to use a different size hit the "advanced" button before creating your EmuNAND.

SX OS will boot into EmuNAND by default if it finds a valid EmuNAND partition. If you don't want to boot into EmuNAND, there's a button in the SX OS Boot menu which will allow you to continue booting with EmuNAND disabled.

• NAND Dumping, Restoring, GPT Repair

As mentioned in the previous section we have revamped our SX OS boot menu's option screen quite a bit. For the tinkerers and advanced users we introduced an easy method of dumping/restoring your NAND flash storage. Another neat addition for people who had an unhappy accident while playing with their NAND is the "GPT Repair" option. This will repair your NAND's partition table if you ever need to. Again, this functionality is for advanced users who know what they're doing only. Please be cautious when using this functionality.

• LayeredFS working on 6.0

With our (early) support for 6.0 we introduced a regression where "LayeredFS" would no longer work. This has been corrected and you can now enjoy your game modifications/hacks again on the latest official firmware.

• Homebrew NSP Compatibility

We got word that the community has started distributing homebrew titles as NSP files recently. These NSP files cut some corners in the way they are crafted, but we decided to introduce support to make them usable with SX OS anyway. So you can now enjoy your favorite homebrew titles that comes as installable NSP files and launch them directly from the home screen!

• Closing Words

Whew, we're sorry for the wall of text. We tried to keep things as concise and easy to understand as possible. SX OS 2.0 is a big and important update, but certainly won't be the last. We know you're all waiting for even more functionality that is in high demand. Rest assured, we work as fast as we can to scrap these items off of the bucket list and bring them to you, the loyal end user, as fast as we can!

Enough chit-chat, you can update to SX OS 2.0 right *now* by using the built-in updater if you are running SX OS 1.9 or higher. Otherwise head to our website and grab a copy! Enjoy!

--< Team-Xecuter - Rocking the Switch in 2018 and beyond! >--​

Source: MaxConsole

 

[realjumy]

Like I said, users should wonder if they need it.
in that case, I'm thinking "if it's useful" : you need your realNAND unhacked with never launched CFW to keep it online and safe. then you can start using offline emuNAND (on SD, not on an edited flash chipset)
if you CFWed your sysNAND, then emuNAND is already useless

for now, SXOS emuNAND (dualboot) feature is new and fun to try. everyone wants it.
with time, we will know if it has a real purpose.

edit: TX probably wanted to win the race and be the first to announce a "boot on nand copy" feature. they did it, and it works the way they chose.
let them do it the way they want, if you don't like it, don't use it. If is it useful is up to you.

They say they want to save you 32GB in the SD card... Then why the hell they don't resize the NAND partition (as they are doing with their 'emuNAND'), make an image into the SD card and then resize the NAND to its original size? I think the answer is clear. In the same way they were honest enough to put emuNAND between ' '. This is pretty much useless, although a good way to push others to work on real emuNAND.

 

[chrisisx]

Seems this will now let me use nsp much safer since nsp games will not show in ofw when you install it from emunand. I have been sticking to xci to avoid ban.

But in case i got ban due to partition getting detected by nintendo then so be it. I have a second switch coming anyway when the pokemon switch bundle release on november.

 

[jakkal]

Seems this will now let me use nsp much safer since nsp games will not show in ofw when you install it from emunand. I have been sticking to xci to avoid ban.

But in case i got ban due to partition getting detected by nintendo then so be it. I have a second switch coming anyway when the pokemon switch bundle release on november.

Why don't you just install the nsps without doing the whole emunand thing since you're gonna get banned anyway?

 

[matias3ds]

At the moment - pretty much, yeah.

Love simple and crustal clear answers ,, thanks !!!!!

 

[chrisisx]

Why don't you just install the nsps without doing the whole emunand thing since you're gonna get banned anyway?

So that at least someone can test this out if it will really cause ban or not due to nintendo detecting the partition size.

 

[Tilde88]

So that at least someone can test this out if it will really cause ban or not due to nintendo detecting the partition size.

this is the kind of science im talking about!

 

[matias3ds]

exactly!


And for all users still thinking emuNAND is always the future, remember how emuNAND went on WiiU?
everyone thought EmuNAND was the safety heaven, while it only created issues, eventually everyone stopped using it and went back to install their games on realNAND.

Before wanting to use dual boot, ask yourself what do you need it for.
do you really need it? don't go with the trend only because it's an available feature.

I thought the 2.0 update was going to bring a cheat tool ,, now that would of beign usefull for everybody .
Just to find out that with this update i can do ( nothing at all ) becuase i , as many people , are not interested on online .
That would be something Orignal and usefull for every user , a simple Cheat Tool .

 

[JJTapia19]

So that at least someone can test this out if it will really cause ban or not due to nintendo detecting the partition size.

Even if the ban is not sudden, there's not way of knowing if they are flagging for a future ban wave. I wouldn't feel safe using this on sysnand.

 

[ssrpgvita]

based on size partition u make for emunand is that how much instlal space u have install xcis or nsps on it or no? sicne this is diffrent then 3ds emunand scene?

 

[uludag]

I thought the 2.0 update was going to bring a cheat tool ,, now that would of beign usefull for everybody .
Just to find out that with this update i can do ( nothing at all ) becuase i , as many people , are not interested on online .
That would be something Orignal and usefull for every user , a simple Cheat Tool .

Why are so many people craving for a cheat tool? I just don't get it.
Sorry for OT.
Anyway.. TX, keep up the good work!

 

[WiiuGold]

everything is working for me , Keep it up .. Let see what else the Bring

 

[matias3ds]

Why are so many people craving for a cheat tool? I just don't get it.
Sorry for OT.
Anyway.. TX, keep up the good work!

I can explain some part , my part at least , Some games in some point becomes jobs , kinda like get 999 diamons , you only got 129 diamonds its hard and boring to got the missing ones and if you dont have them you cant go further in the game story .
So with this cheat manager you change the number of diamons and keep enjoying the game .

 

[Flying Scotsman]

I can explain some part , my part at least , Some games in some point becomes jobs , kinda like get 999 diamons , you only got 129 diamonds its hard and boring to got the missing ones and if you dont have them you cant go further in the game story .
So with this cheat manager you change the number of diamons and keep enjoying the game .

NetCheat may be of interest to you in that case. If you know how to use CheatEngine, it's not that different.

 

[matias3ds]

NetCheat may be of interest to you in that case. If you know how to use CheatEngine, it's not that different.

But you have to use this with hekate or Reinx i mean other kind of sofware , i want one that will be able to run with Sx Os , Simpler that doesnt make my to restart and change payloads every now and then .

 

[Ashura66]

But you have to use this with hekate or Reinx i mean other kind of sofware , i want one that will be able to run with Sx Os , Simpler that doesnt make my to restart and change payloads every now and then .

You can't have your cake and eat it too. You have to choose

 

[Nswitch]

I only would use that if they would support "EmuNAND" without resizing either SysNAND or EmuNAND.
It would work on my Switch because I've replaced its eMMC with a 128GB one

Wow! Pictures & method please?

 

[magico29]

Hell fucking yeah baby, KO victory in the first round and still undefeated TX !!!

 

[xIce101x]

I have a friend who’s been offline since he started hacking. He’s on 5.1 with 3 fuses burnt. Should be back up his 5.1 nand and restore to 3.X, then set up emunand, and then restore his emunand to 5.1? He shouldn’t be banned he’s never been online since hacking.

 

[Ashura66]

I have a friend who’s been offline since he started hacking. He’s on 5.1 with 3 fuses burnt. Should be back up his 5.1 nand and restore to 3.X, then set up emunand, and then restore his emunand to 5.1? He shouldn’t be banned he’s never been online since hacking.

Then there is no point in using emunand in the first place

 

[matias3ds]

You can't have your cake and eat it too. You have to choose

:-) , i used lo love 3ds gateway cheat tool , so simple so cool .