Hardware I somehow got my hands on a EDEV Switch unit... What to do with it?

[Zulasas]

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[TR_mahmutpek]

@SciresM maybe know what to do.

 

[Deleted member 191657]

Well, for starters I'd say:
- Snap some pics
- Watch if it goes in RCM mode
- If it does, dump everything.
- See if any developer here needs something from the dump

 

[ch0p5]

Get a firmware dump and send me a copy

And im sure the scires fella would love a dump of that aswell

 

[NightStorm1000]

https://www.wiiubru.com/forum/index.php?threads/switch-development-units-sdev-and-edev.105/

 

[ch0p5]

https://www.wiiubru.com/forum/index.php?threads/switch-development-units-sdev-and-edev.105/

Thats a chunky piece of kit aint it

 

[NightStorm1000]

I will get one soon. But Officialy. Porting my Game over.

 

[Zulasas]

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[ch0p5]

I already did some pics, but can't post it here, due being a new member.
The unit boots into RCM, but I'm not sure a full dump is possible, as hekate reports a size of 29GB instead of the (probably) expected 54GB.

Im not sure about it all.. one of the more knowledgeble members can probably help you with it tho, I am sure

 

[Zulasas]

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[ch0p5]

Shiny Quagsire ist helping me with doing a full NAND dump with a modified hekate. I already send him some files, so let's hope there's something interesting in them.

Sounds interesting good luck

 

[MaxAni]

Here are the pics from reddit:

https://i.imgur.com/tuzV1Ju.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uasQbZH.jpg

 

[hitodesu]

Your doing god's work! Thank you!

 

[Rasa39]

Well you can upgrade or downgrade the unit easily (I imagine) since each revision only checks for 1 burnt fuse. So I guess that could be handy, although I imagine there is much more potential for this unit in the hands of those who know wtf they are doing. (unlike me)

 

[JellyPerson]

Do a NAND dump and please oh please send it to me, I want to keep it for archival purposes.

Yeah and also send it to other people too if they ask, this is good. Real good.

 

[Rasa39]

How would the seller have gotten the unit themselves, were these only handed to developers or would they have been used as floor models in stores?

Given that OP said the cart slot won't work, I'm assuming that just means retail carts don't run, but maybe demo or dev carts would work in it (if those are even a thing for the switch).
Like how 4.0.0 firmware updates the card slot on retail units, maybe the edev firmware makes the card slot only work with special cartridges (to stop shady devs trying to sell them on or use them personally afterwards).

 

[xXDungeon_CrawlerXx]

Would love to get my Hands on the NAND Backup + Keys, too!

 

[Deleted-355425]

There is one for sale right now, finishes in around 8 hours: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo...ging-Dev-Kit-Kit-Unit-64GB-eMMC-/123178779033

The following Dev Applications are installed on this unit:
- dmnt
- cs
- profiler
- DummyAppletShop
- DevMenu
- SnapShotDumper
- DevOverlayDisp
- GpuCoreDumper

 

[Falo]

BOOT0 dump + TSEC & SBK keys = Debug Keys dumping ^^
and a SYSTEM.bin to dump dev tools = convertable to homebrew / injectable after decrypting

All of that is currently not public, please dump it on some other forum, like shepherd.

 

[MrGizMo]

So this could be good stuff right?