Hello guys, this is my first post here! I just got a MIG Switch card out of curiosity and I was tinkering with it. For those who don't know, it's used by placing XCI dumps as well as other game specific bin files in the sd card of the MIG Switch, and are obtained from the original cartridge by using an app like nxdumptool. Two of these bin files are mandatory to get the game to boot: Initial Data.bin and Certificate.bin. They stay the same for every cartridge of a specific game. Now, if you want to use an XCI dump from a shady website it's impossible to get it to work without those files. By using the Certificate.bin from another game it has no problem, but this does not count for the Initial Data.bin. So I looked for a way to obtain this Initial Data from an XCI file and read a bit of the XCI file documentation from switchbrew dot org. Here's what I understood so far: The Switch checks if the cartridge is valid by doing a challenge–response authentication on the Initial Data. The Package ID is contained both on the XCI and the Initial Data, on positions 0x110 and 0x0 respectively. The Initial Data hash is on the XCI at position 0x160. It is calculated by doing a SHA-256 hash on the full Initial Data content. So I was wondering, is there a way to to construct a functional Initial Data file starting from an XCI dump? I also tried a reverse approach by editing the Package ID in the Initial Data from another game, generating the Initial Data hash and putting it in the XCI file but is not enough to get the Switch believe it's a real game. Sorry if this may seem stupid but let me know what you think.

mig switch not working/updating??

stickybit · 2024-03-28T19:59:51+00:00

just got my mig switch and followed instructions to the T to update it and all im getting is a red light and then a message saying cart not recognised, all im trying to do is update it to the latest firmware, it says it should flash blue when...

Hacking 2.3 or 3.0

Thread starter Toon Link
Start date Apr 20, 2018
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Toon Link

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What is better if I have a choice?

bennyman123abc

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Apr 20, 2018

Either one

punderino

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Apr 20, 2018

3.0.0 because it has homebrew now.

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Lumince

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5.0.2

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PatrickJr

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Biff627 said:
5.0.2

5.0.2 Master FW Race.

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3.0.0 would be best, 2.3 patched the PID 0 bug in the smc module giving control over the kernel from userland via webkit. 2.0.0+ also randomizes several bits in memory, so it can't be compared to 1.0.0 vs 3.0.0 in terms of exploits.

3.0.0 has the HB launcher, and getting CFW running will have the same difficulty level as 2.3 once released so there is no reason not to update.

Having said that there could be a unknown userland exploit in 2.3 that has not been disclosed, but since none of the established devs in the scene has hinted to that, I would update, there is no reason not to at this point.

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