fail0verflow just released the SwitchX hack method (Read OP)

L.O.R.D · Apr 23, 2018

there is two method, both are solderless
no disassembly required, and one of them you can buy it right now or find it on your home.

also, can't be patched for the current hardware

the first one is not permanent from my understanding, still need more info about it.

well, am surprised they released it early, there is fuse launcher released on github, but i don't know how it will works

https://github.com/reswitched/fusee-launcher

maybe we need homebrew thread for switch soon?

MOD EDIT:
As long as a hack can be used for legitimate homebrew and/or legal emulation, we will not be permitting derails about piracy. This policy will be applied to this topic henceforth. See post #1117.

Josecitox · Apr 23, 2018

Tweets are not showing up.

DanteLinkX · Apr 23, 2018

Here we go!.

Yaranaika · Apr 23, 2018

The hardware is just a joke. You really just need to bend the joycon's 9th and 10th pins to touch.

FuzzyAssassin · Apr 23, 2018

I think this is fail0verflow throwing shade at Team Xecutor.

The Switch bootrom and bootrom exploit were both leaked in the last 24 hours, so the proof of concept and methods to boot it are in the wild now. I imagine it will take a while for a user-friendly homebrew launcher to be built.

EDIT: This is total speculation, but I wonder if shorting the JoyCon to activate a special mode is an intentional part of Nintendo's factory restore process.

Danzflor · Apr 23, 2018

I have no idea what I'm looking at that GitHub but I guess now the homebrew fun starts for Switch.

L.O.R.D · Apr 23, 2018

Josecitox said:
Tweets are not showing up.

https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/988445419498696706

https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/988445419498696706

Atheerios · Apr 23, 2018

Nintendo Switch: hacked thanks to a freaking jumper cable.

Josecitox · Apr 23, 2018

L.O.R.D said:
https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/988445419498696706

https://twitter.com/fail0verflow/status/988445419498696706

Thanks!

C.Mongler · Apr 23, 2018

Some hardware engineer at Nintendo is about to get the Japanese corporate equivalent of an ass whoopin' once ole' Ninty catches wind of this.

tsab · Apr 23, 2018

earthing a joy con pin and pressing the volume up key enters the DFU mode of the switch.

oh, nice

Powerwing · Apr 23, 2018

Isn't it a Tegra X1 hardware flaw (thus the upcoming revision) ?

KTroopA · Apr 23, 2018

Yaranaika said:
The hardware is just a joke. You really just need to bend the joycon's 9th and 10th pins to touch.

And doing this allows you to do what next exactly?

Deleted member 4976 · Apr 23, 2018

Nintendo always seems to have the worst secruity when it comes to this stuff. Not that I'm complaining, timing to buy another Switch just dedicated to Homebrew.

Atheerios · Apr 23, 2018

ktroopa said:
And doing this allows you to do what next exactly?

Enter recovery mode and flash anything you want.

xyla · Apr 23, 2018

Huh? That's not a lot of information so far.. What do you install on your switch? Or do you 'simply' enable it to boot something through the USB-C port?

Atheerios · Apr 23, 2018

Primethius said:
Nintendo always seems to have the worst secruity when it comes to this stuff. Not that I'm complaining, timing to buy another Switch just dedicated to Homebrew.

Actually Nintendo had very good security this time around. It was Nvidia who fucked it up with a hardware vulnerability.

KTroopA · Apr 23, 2018

Atheerios said:
Enter recovery mode and flash anything you want.

Lmao its that easy... WTF!?!

Umibozu · Apr 23, 2018

C.Mongler said:
Some hardware engineer at Nintendo is about to get the Japanese corporate equivalent of an ass whoopin' once ole' Ninty catches wind of this.

From what someone more knowledgeable has told me in the past it seems to be a flaw on nvidia's part, not Nintendo's

Chessguy1 · Apr 23, 2018

If anyone has an article or something about the flaw, I would appreciate it.

cardboardboxer · Apr 23, 2018

Powerwing said:
Isn't it a Tegra X1 hardware flaw (thus the upcoming revision) ?

My understanding is that is part of it, and this is the other part.

So this "jumper cable" puts the Switch into a certain mode, and then Nvidia's crappy security allows people to hack that mode to install custom firmware.

Deleted member 15538 · Apr 23, 2018

I really want this to become my little portable emulation machine. Lost my G2PX on a plane once and forgot to grab a Vita before they were discontinued (I don't buy used hardware). Fingers crossed this can happen soon.

FantaSoda · Apr 23, 2018

There is no homebrew software out in the wild, and emulation is a long ways away so I doubt this is going to be a killing blow for Nintendo's software at the moment. That is going to change as soon as homebrew emulators pop up. The longer Nintendo waits to release their Virtual Console solution, the more and more people are going to look at homebrew emulators so they better get to acting fast (and big) before the homebrew scene makes inroads to that audience.

SinCityAssassin · Apr 23, 2018

Chessguy1 said:
If anyone has an article or something about the flaw, I would appreciate it.

Fucking with the pins in such a way reverts the Switch into a recovery mode and a hole in Nvidia's security takes advantage of it.

RROCKMAN · Apr 23, 2018

This is going to be awesome!

Deleted member 16876 · Apr 23, 2018

Does this mean we will get Quake 1 in the future? Will definitely do it if so.

Deleted member 4976 · Apr 23, 2018

Atheerios said:
Actually Nintendo had very good security this time around. It was Nvidia who fucked it up with a hardware vulnerability.

Ah okay. I sorta just grouped it into one bucket and was thinking of how poor a job they did with the 3DS.

Atheerios · Apr 23, 2018

And that's not all! The bootrom vulnerability has also been made public! This is it, now everything needed to fully hack Switch is out there.

CFW still in development

-shadow- · Apr 23, 2018

earthing a joy con pin and pressing the volume up key enters the DFU mode of the switch.

What the... That's one strange way to protect the system...

Edit:

Atheerios said:
And that's not all! The bootrom vulnerability has also been made public! This is it, now everything needed to fully hack Switch is out there.

CFW still in development

Well that didn't last long, just barely over a year. Curious how long it takes before this becomes usable for the end user. Don't see much good coming from this.

Powerwing · Apr 23, 2018

Lot of flaws indeed :

http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=Switch_System_Flaws

Giever · Apr 23, 2018

Someone else found and documented one of their bootROM bugs, that's why they're releasing this info. They're still working on actual CFW set to be released some time in the Summer, so this is just putting the exploit info out there since there's no point in hiding it now. Not much to do with it right now unless you are a hacker yourself, I imagine.

Tribes of Trusty · Apr 23, 2018

Eh that's pretty good

Even though after the great days of hacking the PSP through its battery nothing surprises me anymore

L.O.R.D · Apr 23, 2018

man, i don't want to update to 4.0, i know the iwata "direct" trick was removed in that update, i want to hack my switch so i can try it.

MrTired · Apr 23, 2018

Red Alert · Apr 23, 2018

So will this enable what pirated games?

Will this bring able to play ps1 -psp- ds -3ds - and all other systems ? gamecube should doable right android phones doing that

Mr Swine · Apr 23, 2018

So what does it mean? Will this be able to install home brew on it or does this go even deeper?

Cess007 · Apr 23, 2018

Yaranaika said:
The hardware is just a joke. You really just need to bend the joycon's 9th and 10th pins to touch.

ktroopa said:
And doing this allows you to do what next exactly?

Atheerios said:
Enter recovery mode and flash anything you want.

you gotta be kidding me lol

Herb Alpert · Apr 23, 2018

A damn wire...

zzz · Apr 23, 2018

Just to reiterate: This is a flaw in Tegra itself, not exclusive to the Switch. http://misc.ktemkin.com/fusee_gelee_nvidia.pdf

DeuceGamer · Apr 23, 2018

Switch revision ready when?

Edit: obviously with the updated Tegra

mrtl · Apr 23, 2018

Holy shitballs. That's awesome. Let's take this device to the next level.

Barrel Cannon · Apr 23, 2018

Primethius said:
Nintendo always seems to have the worst secruity when it comes to this stuff. Not that I'm complaining, timing to buy another Switch just dedicated to Homebrew.

I can't even afford one. #Peasant

Can't wait to see a crazy new UI/Dashboard that allows tons of new features that the Switch doesn't have

Noroi_Kisaragi · Apr 23, 2018

Time to buy a switch?

Red Alert · Apr 23, 2018

Barrel Cannon said:
I can't even afford one. #Peasant

Can't wait to see a crazy new UI/Dashboard that allows tons of new features that the Switch doesn't have

BRB homebrew developers making netflix app before official one

Atheerios · Apr 23, 2018

Atheerios said:

Updated my post with more info. It's not just shorting the pins, you also need to remove the eMMC.

AfropunkNyc · Apr 23, 2018

mrtl said:
Holy shitballs. That's awesome. Let's take this device to the next level.

to a level were its already been on tablets?

cw_sasuke · Apr 23, 2018

Switch might be able to sell +150m systems after all.

KTroopA · Apr 23, 2018

Cess007 said:
you gotta be kidding me lol

Just checked another site, appears to be real. Wowza stupidly simple expolit. Amazing stuff

Hesemonni · Apr 23, 2018

Lots of lol :P

corn_fest · Apr 23, 2018

Wonder which will release first: homebrew emulators or the Virtual Console?

fail0verflow just released the SwitchX hack method (Read OP)

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