Hacking Switch Informations by serial number - READ THE FIRST POST before asking questions

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Serial: XAW700015
Region: AUS
FW: 1.0.0
Colour: Neon red + blue
Purchased Date : release day...
Store: EB Games
 
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Serial Number: XAW100193*****
Assembly Line: W10
Batch Number: 19.3 million
Region: USA
Firmware: 2.3.0
System Color: Gray
Was a bundle (if yes, which): No

Bought at Target 8/19
 
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So as we all know a exploit that existed till Firmware version 3.0 has been fixed in 3.01. While where is probably no
Switch with 3.0.1 sold in stores to this day (17.08.2017), I think it would be a good idea to start a thread where people
can post the serial number and informations about their switch consoles to help people buy hackable switches in the future.

Assembly Line:
Batch Number:
Region:
Firmware:
System Color:
Was a bundle (if yes, which):

If you know with which Firmware your switch came out of the box, please fill in those fields.


According to CTCear, here are some information about the Switch serial numbers:



For example: XAJ70002712345

X: Product of NX line
A: Switch Hardware
J70: Assembly line
The following numbers are probably a consecutive number. So the Switch in the example is Switch number 2712345. To determine the
Firmware to serial correlation, please post the number rounded to the hundred thousands. In this example you would post 2.7 million in the
"Batch Number" field.




1.0.0

XAW100025
XAW100060
XAW100084

XAW700015
XAW700026

XAJ700030
XAJ700035

XAJ100042

XAJ400078


2.1.0

XAW700050

2.2.0

XAJ400119

XAW100168

2.3.0

XAW400012
XAW400014

XAW100196

XAW70005x
that's really useful, glad i helped!

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

1.0.0

XAW100025
XAW100060
XAW100084

XAW700015
XAW700026

XAJ700030
XAJ700035

XAJ100042

XAJ400078
not sure if its a mistake, but i sent mine (XAJ700028) and its not included. maybe you typo'd the fifth one? if not, please include it, since mine came with 1.0.0 too.
 

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not sure if its a mistake, but i sent mine (XAJ700028) and its not included. maybe you typo'd the fifth one? if not, please include it, since mine came with 1.0.0 too.

Sorry, wasn't included because I thought less digits were required and so the serials in the first posts were removed again.
I added your serial again.
 
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Dropping in to give mine :)

Assembly Line: ???
Batch Number: XAW100165
Region: NTSC-U
Firmware: 2.2.0
System Color: Gray
Was a bundle (if yes, which): No bundle
 

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My neon XAJ700102 came on 2.3.0 yesterday.

Ordered from Amazon UK, maybe my Switch was originally supposed to be a Japanese one then :P
 

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Ok here is the Data from my Switch

Serial: XAJ700033
Region: EUR (PAL)
FW: 1.0.0
Colour: Neon Red and Neon Blue
Purchased Date : Release
Store: Gamestop Germany
 
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I will keep updating the OP since it is easier on mobile, but if someone wans to update the spreadsheet I would appreciate it.
The only thing I dislike is that the title is r/switchhacks and not gbatemp, since we gather the serials on gbatemp and not reddit.

Replaced /r/switchhacks with a link back to this thread. Also added your serials up to now so hopefully new comers will update there too!

Page is freely editable and runs on the honor system so go ahead and change the sheet if you wish to include more information or if I got something incorrect.
 
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Replaced /r/switchhacks with a link back to this thread. Also added your serials up to now so hopefully new comers will update there too!

Page is freely editable and runs on the honor system so go ahead and change the sheet if you wish to include more information or if I got something incorrect.
Awesome, that super handy if some wants more information then just the serial but don't want to skim through the entire thread. I saw that the serials that already existed in the sheet were yours, I added them to the OP. Didn't saw them the first time, sorry.
 
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Awesome, that super handy if some wants more information then just the serial but don't want to skim through the entire thread. I saw that the serials that already existed in the sheet were yours, I added them to the OP. Didn't saw them the first time, sorry.

No worries! Can you link the sheet on the 1st post so people know it exists :). Also added the ability to sort and filter sheet to make it easier to slice through the data.

List is up at original link or now http://bit.ly/switchfw to make it easy to remember

38 serials and counting
 
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Serial Number: XAJ70009******
Region: EU
Firmware: 2.2.0
Color: Gray
Bundle: No
Store: Shopto.net
Purchase Date: 18/08/17
 

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I think it's now working out.

We can clearly see a pattern with Batch numbers rising per Assembly line and that new versions are installed.
 

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I think it's now working out.

We can clearly see a pattern with Batch numbers rising per Assembly line and that new versions are installed.
Yep, I think so too. The pattern is pretty clear now. Every assembly line has their own batch number which they count up.
Shouldn't be a problem to find switches with specific firmwares.
 

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i hope can help u all

Serial: XAJ400181xxxxx
Region: JPN
FW: 3.0.0
Colour: Neon red + blue
Purchased Date : 22/8/2017
Store: Normal Game Shop in Hong Kong

--------------------- MERGED ---------------------------

Serial: XAJ700024xxxxx
Region: JPN
FW: 1.0.0
Colour: Gray
Purchased Date : Release
Store: Normal Game Shop in Hong Kong
 
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