Hello,

I have installed a Pico 2040 on my V1 patched Switch yesterday. It's an "easy install" hwfly pico clone with the CPU flex cable.

I copied my sysNAND to the SD card and I've had a warning saying that there may be memory issues wih the eMMC. I booted emuNAND from SD card and it works fine.

My issue is that I cannot boot Original firmware from eMMC chip. I tried the "Reboot to OFW" option in Hekate and I also tried to boot holding vol+, vol-, clicking power and releasing volume buttons once Nintendo logo appears. The screen is always stuck on the "Nintendo SWITCH" logo.

I tried to boot holding the RESET button of the modchip while booting but I've had the same results. So I guess I can deduce it is not a firmware issue. To troubleshoot the issue, I disconnected the modchip to connect the eMMC chip directly to the console and the original system firmawre does boot ! I guess I can deduce I did not cause any damage during installation.

I sent a message to the seller, maybe they can send me a new chip. Did anyone have a similar experience and was able to resolve it ?

Here's a picture during the installation. I have put Kapton tape on the CPU capacitors and around the modchip after I've taken the picture.

Thank you

I thought it would be as easy as plugging the Switch Lite or SD card into the Mac and moving the NSP files over into a folder. I have no idea what I'm doing obviously.

Edit: I attempted to transfer files over from my Mac using Android File Transfer and DB Installer. It looked very promising but AFT closes and reopens over and over again.

Recently got into the homebrew scene for switch. Migrating over from the 3ds. I plan on going the DDL route with jdownloader2 (unless someone has a better idea and can share lol). NSP vs XCI for base game files? What are the pros and cons of each? What do you use? I don’t plan on doing any online play or ever using stock FW ever again if that changes anything. Thanks.

Introduction

Japanese Switch consoles (XAW, XKJ, XTJ) are unable to use higher 5GHz channels due to their WiFi chipsets being set to the JPN WiFI region in PRODINFO which restricts their use. You can manually change this region code to unlock the channels and use them in the USA or EU if you have an imported Japanese console.

This guide is meant for use with emuMMC, but it can be followed on sysMMC as well by mounting eMMC RAW GPP in Hekate to NxNandManager instead of the SD card's emuMMC. Be careful and keep PRODINFO backups if messing with PRODINFO on sysMMC.

Getting Started

We'll be using NxNandManager, and HxD to edit the PRODINFO. If you haven't dumped your console's prod.keys yet, you will also need to do that. Use your own console's prod.keys, this is important!

Downloads:

• NxNandManager
• HxD
• Lockpick_RCM

Preparations

1. Download NxNandManager, and extract the zip file.
2. Download and install HxD by running the setup.exe after extracting its zip.

If you haven't dumped your keys yet, I'll go over it quickly here. You can skip this if you have already dumped your console's keys.

1. Download the latest release of Lockpick_RCM.bin, linked above.
2. Place this file in /bootloader/payloads on your SD card, and boot into Hekate.
3. Go to the Console Info tab, and tap the Lockpick RCM button.
4. Click the power button once in Lockpick to dump keys from sysMMC, then click power again, then highlight the option to power off and click power button once to confirm.

Dumping PRODINFO

We are now ready to go. First, we will dump the PRODINFO that needs editing:

1. Take out the SD card from your Switch with emuMMC and insert it into your PC.
2. Run NxNandManager.exe on your PC and grant Admin when requested.
3. In NxNandManager, go to the Options tab and click Configure keyset
4. Click Import Keys From File, and navigate to /switch on your SD card. Select prod.keys and hit Open. Then hit the Save button in the Configure keyset window. [Reference Picture]
5. Click File in NxNandManager, and select Open Drive
6. Select your emuMMC partition on your SD. (This will be about 29GB on V1 and V2 consoles, and about 59GB on OLED consoles.) [Reference Picture]
7. Select PRODINFO in the partition list.
8. Select the Advanced Copy button on the right pane.
9. Select Decrypt in the options, and set a file path to where you want to dump the file. (Any working directory you want to use is fine). [Reference Picture]
10. Hit Dump to dump the decrypted PRODINFO to your PC.

Editing PRODINFO

1. Run HxD on your PC, and open the dumped PRODINFO.bin file.
2. In HxD, click on the Search tab and select Go to. Input 0080 and hit OK.
3. Copy the North America WlanRegionCode data, provided below:

01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 52 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4E C4

1. Go back to HxD, and highlight range 0080 through 020F in HxD. [Reference Picture]
2. Right click on the highlighted range, and select Paste write. [Reference Picture]
3. The data should be written to the selected range, and it should turn red to indicate unsaved data. [Reference Picture]
4. At the top of HxD, select Save to save your PRODINFO changes, and then exit HxD.

Restoring Modified PRODINFO

1. Open NxNandManager on your PC again. Go to File, and select Open File.
2. Open the PRODINFO.bin file you just modified with HxD. Right click on PRODINFO in the left pane, and select Encrypt & dump to file. [Reference Picture]
3. Select a folder (any folder you can find later) to dump the encrypted PRODINFO to, and hit OK. You should find a PRODINFO.enc in the folder you specified.
4. Select File in NxNandManager, and then select Close file/drive.
5. Select the File tab again, and select Open Drive
6. Select your emuMMC partition on your SD.
7. Select PRODINFO in the partition list on the left pane.
8. On the right pane, select Restore from file. Find your PRODINFO.enc file, and open it. [Reference Picture]
9. Accept the prompt to write PRODINFO, then exit NxNandManager.

Finishing Up

You should now have a USA WiFi region code in your emuMMC's PRODINFO, allowing you to use the same channels as USA Switches. Boot into Hekate, and launch emuMMC, then try connecting to any 5GHz network you weren't able to before.

For example, my 5Ghz network on Channel 165 now works fine:

This is all info I've posted before but someone messaged me today asking where I had posted the comments containing this info. Also, a few users have recently reporting network issues when using Automatic (their ISP's) DNS settings. There are two network settings that everyone should change on their console for optimal performance, DNS and MTU size:

1. Press the home button and select System Settings.
2. Scroll down and select Internet > Internet Settings.
3. Select your Internet connection and then select Change Settings.
4. Select DNS Settings > Manual. If you already have this on Manual but have different DNS servers set, make sure that you are using dns.mitm and prodinfo blanking before changing off 90DNS.
5. Set Primary DNS and Secondary DNS to: 1.1.1.1. 1.0.0.1.
6. Select MTU and enter 1500 (or less if your Internet fragments packets that size, do a ping test).
7. Select Save > OK.

You should now have much better network performance. If you are using WiFi, you should also glance down below Internet > Internet Settings and make sure that you are connecting to Frequency Band: 5Ghz and the highest or least crowded. Usually 149-165 are optimal if your country allows using those channels. If you bought a Japanese Switch, you may have to use Tinfoil Incognito to enable those channels. Using WiFi region code R2 and channel 157, I am able to get around 30 MB/s download speed. Using Ethernet is much better, with my speeds off liberashop reaching over 80 MB/s at times (averaging in the 50-60's).

If you are still experiencing slow speeds in Tinfoil, make sure that your microSD card can sustain 100MB/s writes like a Samsung Pro Plus (most shops will host compressed NSZ files so even if you download speed is only 50 MB/s, your SD card will need to write at close to 100 MB/s if the file is compressed 50%). Most 1 TB cards on the market have issues with sustained write speeds, Amazon's is infamous for dropping to 20 MB/s writes after a few GB. To help mitigate this impact, I would recommend using a build of Tinfoil that has a larger network buffer (so you can download at full speed for longer even if the SD card can't keep up). If you are still having slow Tinfoil downloads, make sure that your network location is actually fast (most smaller/paid shops host off a seedbox or single server that will only give you a few MB/s if you aren't in Europe, so trying a free public option might actually give you better performance) and try testing your network speeds using an uncompressed file to reduce the risk of your SD card being the bottleneck. Sparse base games can't be compressed, so trying to download Borderlands 3 base game only would be a good single-threaded test.

Tinfoil also has a setting in the Options tab to enable multiple downloads at once. You can try setting Threads to 2 or 3 and then download multiple files to see if you get a higher total download speed (and significantly reduce the total time for a large queue to complete). Note that increasing the number of threads and using a larger curl buffer will lower the amount of free RAM for Tinfoil to process other things, so it is recommend to only enable one location at a time in file browser if they are redundant (hosting the same content) and don't browse the New Games tab while downloading (to reduce the risk of Tinfoil running low on memory).

Several users have reached out to me asking if there was any chat room for help finding undumped content, like the remastered discord and pro shops had up for a few years before all getting nuked. A new discord (with no shop/homebrew/stash discussion allowed) was posted in the liberashop telegram last night, and relevant links are also frequently added to the jits site. For anyone who missed it, I'm also linking here. Note that someone already grabbed a few physical-exclusive games and thanks to that there is no longer a delay in new XCIs being added to liberashop, the upcoming releases telegram has a live feed and more info: https://t.me/liberashopchangelog/175

Hi, I've installed a picofly (hwfly clone) on my mariko, and followed the rentry guide. But I have some questions and I don't find this answer anywhere:

• Why on Mariko I don't have the possibility to boot on OFW? It seems that rentry guide add the code for stock nand only for Erista.
• Can I update emuNand (file) to lastest fw? I'm on 15.0.0 now
• is there a show like tinfoil?
• I see different file type for game like xci and nsp what is the difference? Should I have to use app like goldleaf?

Thank you so much

Hello, i'm a simple man, i enjoy playing only a few games, and one of them is civlization

I want to get a fixable* switch, fix* it as hard as possible to be able to play Civilization VI (and maybe skyrim?)

My questions are:

• Will i face any issues in particular about this game?

• how long would the battery last

• performance?

*(Fixable/fix, because all the switches are broken, they don't allow you to pirate out of the box😂)

Hello,

It’s a few months old but still relatively new. Not a Google based shop so no quota issues. Give it a shot

https://guilded.gg/biscuit-shop

Hello All,

Could anyone point me in the direction of where the Tits Pro/Bro discord moved to?

A couple of months ago I stupidly deleted one of my server entries in Tinfoil, this was finally recovered yesterday thanks to a kind reddit user, but now i’m getting the message that my key isn’t in their database any longer?

Bought our kids a second switch and bloody annoyed we can't play our previously bought games across both consoles.

Google Fu not responding with modchip installs done here, just checking on the off chance there's an NZ'er experienced in such things here. The micro soldering looks a bit outside my skillset. Cheers.

What software is out there to verify that NSPs are authentic and unmodified? I would prefer one that runs on a Linux terminal.

A new, completely free, Tinfoil shop just launched hours ago. The post about it was initially made on r/SwitchPirates here: https://old.reddit.com/r/SwitchPirates/comments/17zuz53/introducing_liberashop_a_new_tinfoil_shop/

Even though the Discord server hosting the connection info has gotten taken down, the shop is still fully functional, you just need to input the address in Tinfoil to connect to it.

A screenshot of the connection info was captured by an r/SwitchPirates user before the server got taken down. You can setup LiberaShop using the info provided here: https://i.imgur.com/fo1yUp7.jpg

Happy downloading!

Edit: their link that previously redirected to Discord has been updated to point to a Telegram channel instead. You can find it by following this link: https://chat.liberashop.rs/

Edit 2: Here's a direct link to their Telegram: https://t.me/s/liberashop

https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchPirates/s/6MZL2RZ6fo

Discord just banned most switch shop/drive related discords RIP (but this shouldn't impact using any of the services). If you use a tinfoil shop, check the message that loads when you connect in Tinfoil for information/alternatives.

From Teknik

servers we know that are impacted

• Tits pro
• Jits
• Neko drive
• neko tits
• revolution
• source shop
• bikeborb
• Alien gaming

Looks like communities are now moving to guilded.gg, however for such communities, I think that Matrix or something similar should be utilized.

Some of the invites I've found:

• Teknik: https://www.guilded.gg/teknik (see Teknik.app)

• Source Shop: https://www.guilded.gg/sourceshop (see Teknik's guilded server for more links)

At least there is still a way to stay up to date of what's happening, however guilded.gg is clunky at best.

The sigpatches are now up to date.

Get them at the usual site: https://sigmapatches.coomer.party

Update October 24th, 2023: This is now unnecessary, as patches have been released for 17.0.0. if you are on 17.0.0, I recommend updating your sigpatches instead of downgrading.

Disclaimer: While these steps should be safe, I am not responsible if you mess up your emummc, or have save file compatibility issues by downgrading from 17.0.0. Your console is your responsibility.

To start, you may have noticed sigpatches do not support FW 17.0.0 yet. This is due to significant changes in the FS module in 17.0.0 that are breaking current methods of generating FS sigpatches. We are still waiting on the changes to be researched and new sigpatches made.

If your emummc is on 17.0.0, either by you upgrading it without knowing better, or because your sys was on 17.0.0 when you made the emu, you will need to downgrade to 16.1.0 for working patches.

Note that you DO NOT need to run AMS 1.5.5 for sigpatches to work on FW 16.1.0. While the sigpatches do not support 1.6.1 or 1.6.0, the Sys-Patch sysmodule included with the sigpatches does support patching LDR on any AMS version. Thus, running AMS 1.6.1 with emuMMC 16.1.0 is perfectly fine to do.

Note 2: I do not recommend downgrading your sysMMC (due to it being ban-bait, and mismatched fuses), unless you are running a banned switch with a sysCFW-only setup and upgraded on accident. If you have an emuMMC, you should keep the emu on 16.1.0 and leave your sys on 17.0.0 if it is already updated.

Let's get started:

1. Download firmware 16.1.0 from Ecchi's Firmware Archives: e.cchi.me

2. On Ecchi's website, click "All-Purpose Mirror Service", then "archive" -> "nintendo" -> "switch" -> "firmware" and download "Firmware 16.1.0.zip"

3. Get your SD card from the switch, and create this folder on your SD root: Firmware 16.1.0. Extract the contents of the zip file to the folder you just created. Place SD back in system, inject Hekate, and boot emuMMC using Hekate 6.0.7 + AMS 1.6.1.

4. Open HBMenu via the album if you do not have any working titles. If you do, launch via title takeover instead by holding R while opening an app/game.

5. Launch Daybreak in HBMenu.

6. Tap on "Install" and navigate to /Firmware 16.1.0 on your SD. Tap on "Continue" and then "Preserve settings".

7. If it is available choose "Install (FAT32 + exFAT)", otherwise "Install (FAT32)" and then "Continue".

8. Wait until Daybreak completes installing your firmware.

9. Once it completes, it will ask if you want to reboot. Tap "Reboot".

10. Once rebooted, launch into emuMMC again and verify your system works. You can verify your system has been properly downgraded in Settings -> System. The version string should now be 16.1.0 | AMS 1.6.1 | E.

If you don't already have them on your SD, you can grab the latest sigpatches from the usual sigmapatches.coomer.party site. Simply extract the contents of Sigpatches.zip to your SD card root, merging and replacing files when asked.

Hi, I have access to a paid shop but have 2 Nintendos. This shop decided after a while that the "licenses" changed from being able to use on 2 devices to just 1.

Now it's hard to keep mine and my SO's Nintendos games on the same version...

I was wondering if I could host them on my pc somehow and create an eshops connection just like a normal shop. Then I could download the games from the paid shop, somehow pull them from the switch to the server and there it is. The other switch just has to connect and update.

Is something like this possible? (sorry if the text is all over the place, it's late and I ran out of ADHD meds 🙃. Hope you were still able to decipher what I meant)

Update October 17th, 2023 - This method is now outdated as of Atmosphere release v1.6.1.

Atmosphere now automatically corrects the indexer save file causing issues on emmc-rebuilt and syswiped consoles. Thus, if you have trouble with booting into OFW, simply update AMS to 1.6.1 and Hekate to 6.0.7, and boot into SysCFW once. Atmos will correct your OS if issues were found, and OFW will work again. See the update guide, PC method here: https://rentry.org/UpdateCFW#pc-method

Also, see Scires' in-depth explanation of the issue here: https://gist.github.com/SciresM/2ddb708c812ed585c4d99f54e25205ff

OLD Unbrick Guide:

If you cannot boot to OFW after updating to 17.0.0, or face an error with the title id: 0100000000000005 in SysCFW, and you have performed a system wipe or an emmc rebuild in the past, follow the instructions below.

IF, AND ONLY IF your issue is EXACTLY the one described above, you may:

• Inject TegraExplorer, go to "Browse EMMC" > "SYSTEM" > "SAVE" > "8000000000000120"
• Select "Copy to clipboard"
• Go back to the main menu
• Select "Browse SD" > "Clipboard -> Current folder"
• Go back to "Browse EMMC" > "SYSTEM" > "SAVE" > "8000000000000120"
• Select "Delete file"
• Boot sysCFW with Atmosphere 1.6.0 and Hekate 6.0.7 (Important, you need to boot SysCFW at least once after deleting the 00120 save to make OFW work again, since this triggers the system to regenerate and index the missing file.)

Scires' comments regarding this issue

Credits to JeffV @ Nintendo Homebrew Discord for solution.

GratiSwitch is now back up, if anyone wants to look into that. It's not the best or most complete shop around, but it's something and it's free. I would advise anyone using it to make sure NCA Signature Verification is set to ON in Tinfoil to avoid any bad files. From what I heard, the person behind this shop is using the same DDL game sites we know, and just hosting their files as a shop. Thus there is no guarantee the files are all good.

Announcement: https://old.reddit.com/r/GratiSwitch/comments/16ippf2/shop_is_back/

A birdy told me that Teknik is creating 'The Source Shop' and/or a shop named, 'Revolution Shop' is in the works. What's actually happening?

Greetings fellow Switchers!

I have obtained a bigger SD card for my switch but I didn't not have enough space on my laptop to copy all the files from the old card. Is it possible if I connect both cards to the laptop and copy/paste everything to the new card?

Is it possible to copy only those files that are necessary to start the switch with the new card?

Thank you in advance!

Edit: I have file based emummc and not partitioned.

With freeShops going down, the only access to Switch games we have now is via Pro shops, torrent trackers, Usenet, and DDL sites - riddled with ads, link shorteners, popups, split files, and shitty file hosters.

This guide's aim is to help those who want use the DDL approach. Perhaps you don't have a VPN and can't use torrents, don't want to pay for usenet, or simply can't find the content you want on trackers you have access to. In that case, you'll be forced to use DDLs to obtain content.

First, here are a few common DDL sites that host nsps and xcis, ranked from most to least reliable:

• https://nxbrew.com
• https://nsw2u.com
• https://www.ziperto.com

To mitigate the issue of ads, link shorteners, and split files, we'll be using the following tools and browser extensions:

• uBlock Origin
• FastForward
• JDownloader2

uBlock will block those pesky ads, FastForward will skip the malware-infested link shorteners, and JDownloader2 will automatically download and unpack all file parts for us.

I recommend using Firefox Browser for this, since uBlock Origin is more robust and can block more content on pages than the Chrome version. However, Chrome/Chromium forks work too.

Let's setup the extensions:

First, download and install uBlock Origin:

• Firefox Addons
• Chrome Webstore

Next, we'll get FastForward installed, grab it from your browser's extension store as well:

• Firefox Addons
• Chrome Webstore

Both uBlock and FastForward already have sensible defaults, so you can leave them as is. However, I like to enable the Annoyances filter in uBlock as well to block annoying popups and cookie notices.

Next, we need our download manager. Grab JDownloader2's Adware-Free setup exe: https://jdownloader.org/jdownloader2

Make sure you get the installer from this page, and not any other page, in order to avoid the adware-version installer. Run the installer and install JD2.

You can configure download location and such for JD2 in the settings. I advise enabling the Clipboard Monitor so that JD2 can automatically add links you copied into the download links list.

Now, for the fun part - choose a DDL site to use. I recommend NXBrew for this, as it tends to have links updated more often, generally hosts files that will pass NCA signature verification, and has working search. NSW2U's search is currently broken, and their file quality/links can be hit or miss. Ziperto is often missing newer updates and games, and their files are also hit or miss.

Search up the game you want and find its page - Here you'll find a bunch of links, obfuscated by link shorteners like ouo or 1link. You can try copying the shortened link for each file into JD2 to try and have it parse the link to the destination file, but you'll often run into Cloudflare protection errors.

If you can't directly paste the shortened link into JD2, instead simply click on the link in your browser. This is where FastForward comes into play - you'll notice that garbage like 1link(dot)club get bypassed and you'll end up at the file hoster's page.

Now you can simply highlight the URL bar, and copy the link into JD2. Rinse and repeat for each part of the game, plus the update and DLC. You'll notice that parts will be grouped into a "Package" by JDownloader2 - after you add all the links into JD2 and click start, JD2 will download all files and parts, and then unzip them for you - you don't need to mess with any rar parts or anything like that! You'll find your files in the download location you set in JD2.

A quick note about 1fichier - they have started adding a 1 hour cooldown timer in between file downloads. This means that if you have 5 files from 1fichier, it will take you 4+ hours to download them all consecutively. Parallel downloads from one IP are disallowed. Thus, it may be wise to intersperse 1fichier links with other hosters. For example, if a base game is in two parts, grab the first part from 1fichier, and the second part from an alternative hoster. JD2 will still be able to package the files just fine.

Another note about 1fichier and file hosters in general: A lot of them like to screw over VPN users, and will limit your speed if you use one. If you run 1fichier downloads on a VPN, you will get about 100KB/s. Thus, I recommend you turn off your VPN when downloading using DDL file hosters, even if you have a VPN subscription. This is generally safe to do, as unlike public torrent trackers, your IP address is not visible to anti-piracy bots.

~v1.1~ ~-~ ~Updated~ ~October~ ~16,~ ~2023~

If you used or would like to use the NH-Server setup, here is a guide to get it ready for installing nsps and Tinfoil by adding sigpatches properly to their FSS0 setup.

Simply follow the emuMMC branch of the nh-server guide, and then after you complete the final step, follow my guide here: https://rentry.org/nhguide-finalize

If you are banned and want to use sysCFW instead, follow the sysCFW route in nh-server, then follow this version of the sigpatches guide: https://rentry.org/nhguide-finalize-sys

This is actually the setup that I use myself (FSS0 with emu+sys) - It offers a couple advantages, like allowing you to easily reboot back to Hekate by simply selecting restart in the Switch's Power Menu (or Reboot to Payload in HBMenu), and bypasses the need for fusee.bin. You can simply forget about downloading fusee.bin when updating CFW - all you need to worry about is Hekate and AMS.

I also prefer NH's guide over the Rentry Raccoon guide, since in my opinion, NH server's is more well organized, streamlined, and informative of how CFW functions and is maintained.

Even their discord server has disappeared.

I want to upgrade my SD card from 256gb to 512gb.

Will a simple copy and paste do the trick?

If you know a reliable guide please share it .

Thank you in advance.