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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Which is the newest oled chip for nintendo switch

Thread starter Szymekward
Start date Apr 24, 2024
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Szymekward

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Apr 24, 2024

As the title says, what is the newest/best nintendo switch oled chip. On aliexpress I see a lot of different models and versions, and in my local market I see picofly, hwfly, but they also come in different versions from what I found out. Pls HELP me <3

Nephiel

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Apr 25, 2024

Do you plan to install it yourself, or take it to a workshop? Is reballing a viable option for you? OLEDs aren't the easiest.

I'd go with a RP2040-Tiny from Waveshare for the chip. For the mosfet, maybe pick a CPU flex cable for ease of install. And for DAT0 on OLED, either Kamikaze, or one of those full-size eMMC adapter boards if reballing is an option. But that's just my personal choice.

LuigiGad

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Apr 25, 2024

For clarity, I'll tell you that basically the modchips all do the same thing, left, hwfly, picofly, etc etc. As far as I'm concerned, the least problematic of all is the Picofly, based on RP2040-zero

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