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.

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Hardware Switch serial number beginning with XFL7???

Thread starter Om3Ga1337
Start date Nov 28, 2019
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Om3Ga1337

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I got an offer for a Switch that beghins with XFL as a serial number.
Anyone heard about them, are they hackable?

ELY_M

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Nov 28, 2019

ASk seller to take a pic of the switch! and post here.

pcwizard7

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all hacked switches have a serial number starting with "XA' so I doubt it

Om3Ga1337

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Just found another Switch that starts with HAJ4.

kwnage

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Isn't XFL a dock serial? All my docks start with XFL...

Mat37

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Dec 2, 2019

XFL is for docks indeed. The serial number of the console itself is near the charging port.

ZachyCatGames

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Om3Ga1337 said:
Just found another Switch that starts with HAJ4.

The X in XAW, XAJ, XAK, XAL, etc means it’s part of the NX line of products, HAJ isn’t possible without editing the serial, it was probably a typo.

frangato

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That serial number is from the dock, with that you don't do anything or know anything about the console, the console's serial number is on the bottom edge, or in the case of oled behind the SD cover.