Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Hardware Using banned accounts on fresh console

Thread starter sj33
Start date Aug 13, 2019
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sj33

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Aug 13, 2019

I have a second Switch tablet coming. I don’t know if it is already banned, but I want to try to keep it not banned.

I don’t know if my existing account is banned. It maybe be. If this account is banned, would it trigger a console ban on the new Switch?

Agilato

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Aug 13, 2019

sj33 said:
I have a second Switch tablet coming. I don’t know if it is already banned, but I want to try to keep it not banned.

I don’t know if my existing account is banned. It maybe be. If this account is banned, would it trigger a console ban on the new Switch?

Did you tried to login online and check if you have any restrictions?

Hayato213

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Aug 13, 2019

They usually do system ban, so you can always login into another system with the same account, just that you need to be 100% sure there hasn't been any cfw activity on it or you just gonna get ban again.

hippy dave

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Aug 13, 2019

^ Yeah that. You won't get an account ban for usual cfw/piracy stuff, only for something like credit card fraud on the eshop.

sj33

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Aug 14, 2019

My understanding is that simple homebrew won’t trigger a ban, just stuff like installing NSPs.

I can’t really go without homebrew so I’ll take that risk.