Hacking Question Weird SX OS Licensing Issue

[HiFX93]

Hello all, I posted this on REMOVED, just want to get more eyes on it.

I experienced a weird licensing issue with SX OS today. Wondering if anyone else experienced the same. I'll number each step below as it occurred.

1. I own 1 Nintendo Switch. Purchased SX Pro in May. It arrived, activated it. It works great.
2. Yesterday, purchased a 2nd separate Switch. Plan to use this solely for playing NSP eShop games.
3. Purchased a separate SX OS code (just the OS code, no dongle)
4. Code arrived
5. Booted 2nd switch into SX OS, license request file created
6. Went to Xecuter License File site. Was expecting to upload my request file, and ask to enter the key I purchased
7. Instead, website says "Success" and randomly just gives me a license.dat file (What...? What about the code I paid for)?
8. At this point, I don't trust that file, so I boot into the OS on 2nd switch using TegraRCMSmash
9. New License Request File Created
10. Upload this file to Xecuter license site, NOW it prompts me to enter code.
11. I enter code, validated. Switch works great.

What's with that 2nd auto generated license code I got at Step 7? Does this invalidate the first switch because I booted using the dongle? It shouldn't, TX says you can use the dongle with more than 1 switch, so I was curious.



Anyone else experience this?

 

[magico29]

you can use the dongle with many consoles as you want,if u get a license for each console.

 

[HiFX93]

you can use the dongle with many consoles as you want,if u get a license for each console.

Yep. If you read my whole first post, you'd see I mentioned that. I know that from TX already. And I purchased a separate code for the second console. Just wndering why it gave me a license file w/out the prompt the first time

 

[Slimmmmmm]

Would this question not be better directed at TX, maybe on their forum?

 

[HiFX93]

Would this question not be better directed at TX, maybe on their forum?

Already sent an email. just looking for theories and perspectives while I wait.

 

[magico29]

Yep. If you read my whole first post, you'd see I mentioned that. I know that from TX already. And I purchased a separate code for the second console. Just wndering why it gave me a license file w/out the prompt the first time

cause you have to erase the first one u had for the first console.make sure to copy and paste in your desktop before you erase it.

 

[HiFX93]

cause you have to erase the first one u had for the first console.make sure to copy and paste in your desktop before you erase it.

Thanks for the reply. I should have mentioned. This 2nd Switch is using a brand new MicroSD card, so nothing was on it, except for the base files. Nothing from Switch #1 was carried over

 

[magico29]

Thanks for the reply. I should have mentioned. This 2nd Switch is using a brand new MicroSD card, so nothing was on it, except for the base files. Nothing from Switch #1 was carried over

contact tx then,to see whats going on.

 

[MightyMoe]

Doesn't invalidate anything. My guess is since you launched SX OS on your second switch with a dongle it used the license in it to create a request. If you'd put that license.dat from #7 into the 2nd switch my guess is that it will tell you this license is activated on another switch.

I guess you can use the dongle on multiple devices AFTER you activate the unique licenses.

 

[DocKlokMan]

Hello all, I posted this on REMOVED, just want to get more eyes on it.

I experienced a weird licensing issue with SX OS today. Wondering if anyone else experienced the same. I'll number each step below as it occurred.

1. I own 1 Nintendo Switch. Purchased SX Pro in May. It arrived, activated it. It works great.
2. Yesterday, purchased a 2nd separate Switch. Plan to use this solely for playing NSP eShop games.
3. Purchased a separate SX OS code (just the OS code, no dongle)
4. Code arrived
5. Booted 2nd switch into SX OS, license request file created
6. Went to Xecuter License File site. Was expecting to upload my request file, and ask to enter the key I purchased
7. Instead, website says "Success" and randomly just gives me a license.dat file (What...? What about the code I paid for)?
8. At this point, I don't trust that file, so I boot into the OS on 2nd switch using TegraRCMSmash
9. New License Request File Created
10. Upload this file to Xecuter license site, NOW it prompts me to enter code.
11. I enter code, validated. Switch works great.

What's with that 2nd auto generated license code I got at Step 7? Does this invalidate the first switch because I booted using the dongle? It shouldn't, TX says you can use the dongle with more than 1 switch, so I was curious.



Anyone else experience this?

Expected behavior. The license_request.dat file generated when you boot using the dongle contains the license key in the dongle. When you input an already used license code into the website you get the license.dat file for the console the license code was already registered to. When you booted the second Switch without the dongle, the license_request.dat no longer contained the code in the dongle so it prompted you to enter the code. This is how it's supposed to work.

 

[Kafluke]

Use a PC to activate the 2nd code

 

[HiFX93]

Expected behavior. The license_request.dat file generated when you boot using the dongle contains the license key in the dongle. When you input an already used license code into the website you get the license.dat file for the console the license code was already registered to. When you booted the second Switch without the dongle, the license_request.dat no longer contained the code in the dongle so it prompted you to enter the code. This is how it's supposed to work.

Thanks all for the replies. ^^ This was the piece of information I was missing. I was unaware there was actually a license associated with the dongle itself (which, now that I think about it makes sense). Which would also make sense why the website spit back a license w/o a prompt.

Thanks @AnalogMan for the clarification.

Which brings me to another curious question then. If I had ended up using that license.dat file given back by the website, with the 2nd Switch, I'm assuming I would have gotten an error of somesort, akin to what @MightyMoe guessed?

Thanks

 

[DocKlokMan]

Thanks all for the replies. ^^ This was the piece of information I was missing. I was unaware there was actually a license associated with the dongle itself (which, now that I think about it makes sense). Which would also make sense why the website spit back a license w/o a prompt.

Thanks @AnalogMan for the clarification.

Which brings me to another curious question then. If I had ended up using that license.dat file given back by the website, with the 2nd Switch, I'm assuming I would have gotten an error of somesort, akin to what @MightyMoe guessed?

Thanks

It would tell you that the license.dat was for another console, yes.