Hacking Discussion PSA: Do not update to a new firmware immediately (e.g. 6.0)

[YeetedOn]

Nope, I used ChoiNX.

Could you please check if there's any language update for OS? I am specifically asking for korean, since my korean friends are crying since day 1 of the console release.

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Could you please check if there's any language update for OS? I am specifically asking for korean, since my korean friends are crying since day 1 of the console release.

I don’t know if any of these are Korean, but these are the languages that have names that I can’t read in 6.0

 

[linuxares]

I don’t know if any of these are Korean, but these are the languages that have names that I can’t read in 6.0

Looks like two types of Japanese and the last one is Korean.

 

[ut2k4master]

I don’t know if any of these are Korean, but these are the languages that have names that I can’t read in 6.0

the last one is korean

Looks like two types of Japanese and the last one is Korean.

damn, ninjad. the two above korean are traditional and simplified chinese though, japanese is the one above that

 

[leonmagnus99]

@AveSatanas mate since u updated to 6.0

can u please check if they added folder support ?
and from your ss, i saw something about color changing, is that a new theming thing?

 

[linuxares]

the last one is korean


damn, ninjad. the two above korean are traditional and simplified chinese though, japanese is the one above that

Oh okey, yeah that makes sense. I wonder if one of them might be Cantonese as well?

 

[AecdArmy]

@AveSatanas mate since u updated to 6.0

can u please check if they added folder support ?
and from your ss, i saw something about color changing, is that a new theming thing?

No new themes and no folders unfortunately

 

[leonmagnus99]

no folders unfortunately

dang it...

 

[manzhen]

Oh okey, yeah that makes sense. I wonder if one of them might be Cantonese as well?

Cantonese and Mandarin use the same written Chinese. One is simplified Chinese (mainland), the other one is traditional chinese (HK and Taiwan)
It's great that Nintendo consoles finally have some Chinese translations in them, they're really stepping up this time around.

 

[Rahkeesh]

It's great that Nintendo consoles finally have some Chinese translations in them, they're really stepping up this time around.

Why is there a / english. It almost seems to imply that everything isn't translated and just defaults back to english for those.

 

[manzhen]

Why is there a / english. It almost seems to imply that everything isn't translated and just defaults back to english for those.

Because you're right, half of it ins't translated actually. As in, the Switch OS itself is still in English. But most games will default to Chinese once launched (Zelda, Mario Kart, ...). It's not perfect yet, but such a vast improvement already. It's pretty nice to have official translations.
Sorry for the off-topic.

 

[Miyoko De Sigma]

Why is there a / english. It almost seems to imply that everything isn't translated and just defaults back to english for those.

That's because not all of those games have Chinese.So they will automatically show English if they didn't have Chinese for English learning is one of the basic education in China.

 

[delete12345]

Why is there a / english. It almost seems to imply that everything isn't translated and just defaults back to english for those.

Taiwan has English as their 2nd official language. (Source: Check my location.)

 

[YeetedOn]

I don’t know if any of these are Korean, but these are the languages that have names that I can’t read in 6.0

Thank you! Now all I have to do is listen to the poor korean souls screaming in agony.

Edit: esentially what the "Korean/English" means is that there isn't going to be any korean language implementation on OS any time soon, which is what the korean lads were hoping for. Sorry for the off-topic by the way.

 

[RobotVM]

I am guessing since there is an option for Keyboards the messaging system is true. Is there any changes to the home screen layout?

 

[mechbearcat]

Enlighten the noob in me..

Killing XCI/NSP usage in 6.0 + forcing future games / updates to have 6.0 as a compulsory firmware = killing piracy outright right? i.e. You could stay on an older firmware but you wouldnt be able to launch any games that require >6.0

 

[Draxzelex]

Enlighten the noob in me..

Killing XCI/NSP usage in 6.0 + forcing future games / updates to have 6.0 as a compulsory firmware = killing piracy outright right? i.e. You could stay on an older firmware but you wouldnt be able to launch any games that require >6.0

For the time being, its a temporary fix Nintendo implemented. This isn't the first time a firmware update killed hacks used in the scene. On top of that, we have an exploit that gives us access to the entire console so eventually there will be fixes for everything so people can update to firmware 6.0 safely. However, given that the firmware isn't even officially released yet, there is absolutely no reason for end-users to update preemptively.

 

[kumikochan]

Well Nintendo does like updating that number much faster seeing ps4 is still at the magic nr 5 after all those extra years compared to the switch already being at 6.0

 

[kkcheong]

So if I update now, I will get 6.0.0?

 

[Draxzelex]

So if I update now, I will get 6.0.0?

No, 6.0 is not available for public download yet. At this rate, it'll only be a few days before its available for everyone to get. However, I would highly recommend setting up a DNS server to block updates so you don't download the 6.0 firmware update files when it does officially release. So far, it does break certain aspects of CFW/homebrew if installed.

Here is a link to one I personally recommend: https://gbatemp.net/threads/90dns-dns-server-for-blocking-all-nintendo-servers.516234/