Hacking Why is 3.0 FW important and what can we expect from Switch Hacking in the future?

[Francesca]

Haven't got any current Switch games I want to play, but I will definitely want one in the future, probably next year.

I see FW 3.0 being brought up as the one everyone absolutely wants for exploits. This would mean no online ever, unless there's a possibility of an emunand like it was possible with the 3DS? What exactly does the 3.1 update change that makes everybody recommend ignoring FW above 3.0?

Lastly, what can we expect can be done with Switch hacking some time from now? ROMs? ROMHacks? Emulation? With Switches being expensive and hard to find, I am wondering if it's worth to buy one now.

 

[fisher6]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/faq-smhax-should-i-update.482762/

 

[Kubas_inko]

Not this thread again
You can find it here. Just search threads.

 

[MeowMeowMeow]

No one knows, 3.0.1 just patches the exploit that's all. Pls search in other topics this has been asked so many times here. Amen.

 

[Francesca]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/faq-smhax-should-i-update.482762/

"smhax", vulnerability. Gotcha, thanks!

Still want to know:

1) What can realistically happen with this exploit? ROMs, romhacking, etc.
2) How likely are we to have an emunand that lets us access online when we want and still run exploits?

 

[fisher6]

"smhax", vulnerability. Gotcha, thanks!

Still want to know:

1) What can realistically happen with this exploit? ROMs, romhacking, etc.
2) How likely are we to have an emunand that lets us access online when we want and still run exploits?

1) I think it's gonna open the door to homebrew, want comes after that is still unknown.
2) I think something similar will happen during the lifetime of the Switch but we are probably years away.

My suggestion is to get 2 consoles. That's what I did.

 

[alepman90]

I came from the future, ... all FW are hackable

 

[weatMod]

well smealum said this is like the exploit that gateway used to get access to 3ds
to paraphrase and devs are telling us not to update so obviously we are going to see something good
i just hope that if nothing is released soon(tm)
that we at least get a FW spoof and reliable blocking so we can atleast play games and preserve our FW till a release is ready

 

[SmellyPirateMonkey]

Maybe we should ask cfwprophet .
But seriously just stay on as low of firmware as you can and wait. The switch is still very young. It's gonna be a while before the scene gets anything and it's hard to speculate what we're gonna get out of it. It's up to the devs to find out what hacks are possible and what aren't.

Be patient and good things will come. Says a 1.76 ps4 owner lol

Sent from my toaster running Rebug

 

[ByteBite]

I came from the future, ... all FW are hackable

Was John Titor right?

 

[Deleted User]

Literally nothing.

 

[lAkdaOpeKA]

My suggestion is to get 2 consoles. That's what I did.

Not everyone is willing to spend $600 on two units of the same console. Heck, it's €660 where I live...

 

[MeowMeowMeow]

Not everyone is willing to spend $600 on two units of the same console. Heck, it's €660 where I live...

Just to get some pirated games...

 

[Bladexdsl]

more newbs

 

[Jackson98]

If your planning a trip to America buy your Switch their if your not a resident. The US dollar is worth sweet FA right now, meaning with the currency exchange you will likely save a chunk. For me in AUS dollars switch goes for $470, with the US exchange its about $375 AUS if I buy over their.

 

[renanbianchi]

To be honest i'm really tempted to update, i got a sonic mania code waiting to be redeemed, Mario Odissey arriving next month and L.A. Noire on November.

Hacking is nice, don't get me wrong, but when it really holds you from playing the games you bought the console to play, what's the point on having the console at all?

Just my 2 cents.

 

[spotanjo3]

Stay below 3.0.0 and you are fine. Above 3.0.1 then you are stuck.

 

[merlin555]

OH. no!
Close this thread!

 

[Francesca]

Wow, you kids whining about whichever of the questions being asked before couldn't be any more annoying. Either stay out of the thread, or contribute. I can't imagine myself finding the first link posted here without it being a sticky and with the right keywords for google searches being impossible to come up with for somebody who doesn't post here regularly.

If your planning a trip to America buy your Switch their if your not a resident. The US dollar is worth sweet FA right now, meaning with the currency exchange you will likely save a chunk. For me in AUS dollars switch goes for $470, with the US exchange its about $375 AUS if I buy over their.

That's a good point, but if somebody were rich enough to be taking trips to the USA, I imagine the extra money spent on the console wouldn't be much of an issue.

 

[MeowMeowMeow]

Wow, you kids whining about whichever of the questions being asked before couldn't be any more annoying. Either stay out of the thread, or contribute. I can't imagine myself finding the first link posted here without it being a sticky and with the right keywords for google searches being impossible to come up with for somebody who doesn't post here regularly.



That's a good point, but if somebody were rich enough to be taking trips to the USA, I imagine the extra money spent on the console wouldn't be much of an issue.

Oi, if you look on the first page of this section, you can find all the answers that you asked. It's just kinda annoying. Love u ~meowmeowmeow