@CTCaer's Hekate mod has just reached v5.0.0, a major milestone for the homebrew Nintendo Switch bootloader & multi-tool! Aside from improvements all across the board, like much, much faster boot times and backup/restore functions (depending on your settings and microSD type, eMMC operations can take as little as 9-15 minutes!), this version also brings along two long-requested features, aka full 8.1.0 and emuMMC support!

But that's not all - another Greek goddess is ready to join the Pantheon! Nyx is here, and it's Hekate's user-friendly, touch-enabled GUI. Nyx has all your usual features and options, but it also includes some customisation options (user defined background and boot icons), a screenshot function and an emuMMC manager. Regarding that last point, thanks to it, you can now easily create both file and partition-based emuMMCs either from your console's own internal memory or a previously made backup right from Hekate! You can also migrate your already existing emuNAND made by other solutions, repair a partition-based setup and easily switch between multiple partition and file-based emuMMCs.

If you're curious, here are some screenshots:

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There are many other features and improvements too! You can read all about them in the full changelog below:

v5.0.0

• Introducing Nyx v0.8.0
  Nyx is hekate's GUI. Packs many features, like FastFS, emuMMC manage, customization, etc.
  Look below for more.
• 8.1.0 support
• emuMMC support
  It supports disabling it by boot entry (emummc_force_disable=1), stock (not all fw ver support it) and many more.
  Works with SD raw partition and SD file based. (SD file based is extremely slow. Wait for FastFS 4 emuMMC).
  This version can sanely shutdown and also supports more SD cards than before.
  Thanks to a collab with @m4xw , @SciresM, @hexkyz.
• Supercharged boot times
  Even with emuMMC or kip1 patching, it's faster than before.
• Supercharged Backup/Restore with FastFS (Nyx only)
  Backup and Restore is now orders of magnitudes faster.
  Some examples (measured on a U3 SD): No verif: 9min, Sparse: 15min, etc. Even Full with hashes is extremely faster.
• External KIP1 patching support
  Now non-important patches reside outside of hekate binary. For now this can only patch KIPs defined in hekate's code, with whatever new patches. Next versions will support other KIPs.
• Many bugfixes

Nyx v0.8.0

• Snappy and fluid GUI w/ touch support
  Yes! This runs on BPMP!
• All classic launch options are there
• emuMMC manage
  Change between raw partition emuMMCs and SD file based ones easily.
  Create file based or raw partition based from eMMC via the Create button.
  You can also restore a backup directly to sd partition via the Restore option in tools (outside of emuMMC), AFTER you turned ON SD emuMMC Raw Partition.
  Migrate other types of emunand (raw partition or sd file), repair existing raw partition configurations, or migrate a backup (outside of restore folder), to sd file based.
  Everything is currently made to protect Linux partitions.
  Additionally, the raw partition based is done in 16MB offset, so it can protected from quick formats.
• All Info and Tools are now supercharged
  Dump individual kips from eMMC, see detailed info about fuses, do backups and restores way faster, etc.
• Customization support
  Custom icons for boot entries and also a background is supported. (Check readme for how to use them).
• Many additions in automation. For example, Nyx will automatically dump pkg1/2 after a sept run.
• Screenshot support. Touch the screen with 3 fingers (no need for swipe).
• And many many more smaller and bigger features.

NOTE: The folders in emuMMC now hold nyx configurations. file_based and raw_based. The first tells it that it's a file based one and the other holds the sector of that emuMMC.
NOTE2: This changelog will be updated with missing info.

Nyx and hekate TODO
In no particular order:

• Sd raw partition backup
• Migration from raw to sd and the opposite
• Clock offset support like HOS
• Temporary emuMMC disable
• Destructive SD partitioning
• Resize based SD partitioning
• emuMMC resizing
• Sd raw emuMMC on unallocated empty space support?
• Quick launch of last chosen boot entry
• Themes support
• Joycon support

Check readme.md for more.

NOTE: You will need sept and a custom secmon and warmboot binary to boot 7.0.0-8.1.0 or stock emuMMC.

UPDATE: Hekate CTCaer v5.0.1 has been released which fixes a great number of bugs & issues, including emuMMC & GUI related ones. Additionally, the stock emuMMC option has been temporarily disabled as it was broken.

Source
GBAtemp thread

 

[pcwizard7]

Since you can't answer my question of course...I meant the Systemupdater.

to avoid the fuse burn count of course. he could do a manual rebuild of the nand?

 

[OrGoN3]

Mentions stock emummc is broken, links to emummc's GitHub repo. No open issues about it though. So what's going on with stock emummc?

 

[leon315]

guys i've a question: with Clean nand, can we finally play online with emunand??

 

[KnightRiderX420]

title needs to be changed to 5.0.1 no? i thought it was a double post at first

 

[tabzer]

guys i've a question: with Clean nand, can we finally play online with emunand??

You are better off using a clean sysnand to go online and using emummc for homebrew, not the other way around.

 

[leon315]

You are better off using a clean sysnand to go online and using emummc for homebrew, not the other way around.

i see, now go to online is possible if i restore my clean backup Nand, then use emummc for homebrew and other download stuffs, am I right??

 

[ROMANREIGNS599]

Come on man, any help for patched Switches yet?

 

[RattletraPM]

title needs to be changed to 5.0.1 no? i thought it was a double post at first

I was kind of conflicted on it. On one hand, only changing the version number in the title to 5.0.1 would be factually incorrect as 5.0.0 was the one that introduced emuMMC support & Nyx. On the other, changing the whole title wouldn't make sense as, at that point, it would be better to just make a separate thread instead; however, a minor update like this one doesn't warrant its own thread either.

With this in mind, I've just done what we usually do with minor news updates here: put [UPDATE] in the title to mark that there's something new and add a footer to the post describing the new stuff.

 

[KnightRiderX420]

gotcha thanks

 

[tabzer]

I was kind of conflicted on it. On one hand, only changing the version number in the title to 5.0.1 would be factually incorrect as 5.0.0 was the one that introduced emuMMC support & Nyx. On the other, changing the whole title wouldn't make sense as, at that point, it would be better to just make a separate thread instead; however, a minor update like this one doesn't warrant its own thread either.

With this in mind, I've just done what we usually do with minor news updates here: put [UPDATE] in the title to mark that there's something new and add a footer to the post describing the new stuff.

A new post isn't bad. It's an opportunity to discuss the changes instead of having this conversation all mixed up. 5.0.1 made some changes that would be confusing in the 5.0 context and vice versa.

 

[BaamAlex]

to avoid the fuse burn count of course

If you reboot in the hekate bootloader, you avoid burning fuses after the updating.

 

[Meriadoc]

Is sys-ftpd not supported yet?
I've put sys-ftpd.kip in /modules/sysftpd but nyx doesn't read the file.

 

[BaamAlex]

Is sys-ftpd not supported yet?
I've put sys-ftpd.kip one the /modules/sysftpd but nyx doesn't read the file.

Try /config/sys-ftpd/

 

[FoxMcloud5655]

"And general system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience. (For real..)."

For real? Heh.

 

[ROMANREIGNS599]

Anything for patched Switches?

 

[BaamAlex]

Anything for patched Switches?

What do you mean exactly?

 

[toxic9]

Anything for patched Switches?

just stop dreaming...
sell your new switch and buy an old one.

 

[Hayato213]

Come on man, any help for patched Switches yet?

Anything past 7.0.1 on patched unit probably would never get support, for now there is no plan for support, unless someone is able to find another entry point.

 

[Vorde]

Anything for patched Switches?

I imagine that there will eventually be an exploit or an entry point that's discovered in the future, it could be a few days, it could be a few months, hell it could be a few years.
Make sure that if you have one to keep it on a low firmware, or simply find a second hand Switch that can be used for homebrew, and play the waiting game

 

[Nangwan]

I have found a way for hekate to use emunand made by sxos its the same as when it was when it was in testing stage.

1. I recreated the emunand using hekate but discovered that sxos bootloader couldn't see the emunannd so you won't be able to use sxos with it. (When you think about it it make senses since sxos is looking at start of drive not the end)
2. I delete the emunand and recreated the emunand using sxos again
3. Remembering how it was config in the testing stage I change the start sector to "0x2"
4. Profit

If you want to avoid steps 1-2 i ve uploaded premade Emummc folder

Hi pcwizard7, I have a emunnand created by sxos all ready so I guess I do not need to do steps 1 and 2. Sorry this questions may seem silly but how do I change the start sector to 0x2?