Hacking Worth it to hack my Switch OLED?

[AfanGotTheWiiOn26December]

I thought I could hack the OLED easier, I was fooled..

Anyways, is it worth it to chip a OLED? Like, Linux and Android is enough for me, let alone the other stuff.

However will I be able to use the eShop, online play..? Will I get banned?

 

[Ondrashek06]

Depends. Do you have experience with microsoldering and are sure that you can follow the guide without breaking any of the tiny parts on the PCB? Then go for it, homebrewing the Switch is good and if you use the correct emuMMC setup with DNS MITM, the console won't get banned and you'll still able to use online play on your legit sysMMC.

If you can't microsolder or don't trust yourself? Go the safe route and get an unpatched Erista - bans are issued on the console level so even if you fuck up on the Erista, your OLED will still be completely clean and unharmed.

 

[Deleted member 731084]

Like, Linux and Android is enough for me, let alone the other stuff.

Not gonna tell you how to use your device, but both are kinda awful experiences and a dedicated device at the same price that it'll cost you to have a picofly professionally installed will do better. 4GB especially sucks these days.

However will I be able to use the eShop, online play..? Will I get banned?

You can either run homebrew on your official system (risk exists, but if you avoid cheating, heavy modding and piracy / installing titles you'll likely be fine unless N makes a move) or run two systems on one in a sort of dual boot configuration, with one being your normal switch and one having no ability to connect to online services. And if somehow you still try, your console will not have access to the identifying information that'd get it banned.

 

[AfanGotTheWiiOn26December]

Not gonna tell you how to use your device, but both are kinda awful experiences and a dedicated device at the same price that it'll cost you to have a picofly professionally installed will do better. 4GB especially sucks these days.


You can either run homebrew on your official system (risk exists, but if you avoid cheating, heavy modding and piracy / installing titles you'll likely be fine unless N makes a move) or run two systems on one in a sort of dual boot configuration, with one being your normal switch and one having no ability to connect to online services. And if somehow you still try, your console will not have access to the identifying information that'd get it banned.

Oh don't worry about ram. I'm happy with 1.5gb.

Is there like a boot menu to choose the "system"?

So like, basically a clone of the NAND which is a "playground", and the original being the "legal" one?

Post automatically merged: Dec 15, 2024

Depends. Do you have experience with microsoldering and are sure that you can follow the guide without breaking any of the tiny parts on the PCB? Then go for it, homebrewing the Switch is good and if you use the correct emuMMC setup with DNS MITM, the console won't get banned and you'll still able to use online play on your legit sysMMC.

If you can't microsolder or don't trust yourself? Go the safe route and get an unpatched Erista - bans are issued on the console level so even if you fuck up on the Erista, your OLED will still be completely clean and unharmed.

Hoping someone near has the know-how for that.

 

[Deleted member 731084]

Is there like a boot menu to choose the "system"?

Essentially. It redirects the MMC to a partition on your SD card, on which you then run CFW with tools to strip the console identity and DNS block nintendo servers. Or run the whole system offline, but that isn't fun with homebrew.

https://switch.hacks.guide/ is a great guide to read if you want to understand how everything fits together, but it intentionally does not cover enabling piracy and author of the last actively maintained CFW does not support this use case either. Everything described there is also unlikely to get you banned if you do it on your real eMMC (often called "sysMMC"). If you go beyond that, it's advisable to do some research.