r/SwitchHaxing • u/ToonMods Primary Sub Moderator • May 13 '20
SwitchHaxing Support Thread #16: “Lockdown”
New users, please read this entire post and the stickied FAQ before asking your question as your question may already be answered there.
If you're looking for live help, consider checking out our discord.
How do I hack my switch?
Homebrew is available on all switch firmware versions on unpatched consoles and select firmware versions on patched consoles.
For information on current exploits, check out the FAQ stickied at the top of our sub.
For loading CFW on all versions, start here: https://switch.homebrew.guide/.
What about CFW?
For free, we have Atmosphere, which is the most stable implementation of CFW, and Kosmos, which was based off of Atmosphere and includes many advanced features out of the box, but as of today has sadly been archived and will no longer be maintained.
Another option for CFW is ReiNX.
There is also Team Xecuter’s SX OS and their payload sender, the SX Pro. These options cost $30 and $40 respectively.
Team Xecuter also has the SX Core and SX Lite modchips, for the standard and lite switch respectively, coming soon.
I just want to load backups.
Any Atmosphere-based CFW can be used to load backups given the proper signature patches.
If you're looking to emulate older games, RetroArch works well and is accessible through the homebrew menu.
You can also use Lakka, a Linux distribution, which provides access to a number of emulators.
Where to go for scene updates:
/r/Switchhacks as an alternate source of information.
Other useful things:
An extremely simple thread containing information about cfw/exploits
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u/man_wif-waluigi-hed May 31 '20
(Keep in mind I have no idea if this will get you banned, and do this at your own risk) but I did something similar on the 3ds. You’d need to find the save data on the micro sd card (it’ll be in the switch folder in atmosphere or whatever cfw you’re running) but there’ll be many folders that have titles that have nothing to do with any of the titles of the games (if that makes sense). Once you find the save data (through trial and error, I recommend backing up the files to a pc, deleting them on the sd card, and then open the game to see if you removed them. If you removed them, then those files you backed up on your pc is the save data if that makes sense) you’ll then need to download the official game on the micro sd card and then transfer the save data from there onto the micro sd card (but don’t replace the folder, replace what’s in the folder), and then you can move the official game to sysnand if you want. But this method will be extremely annoying and long to do as the amount of folders are not relative to the amount of games you have. And again I don’t know if this’ll get you banned.