Hacking SYSNAND 11.0.1 SXOS EMUNAND 11.0.0

[Purple_Shyguy]

Just got my switch repaired after about 6 months. Tried booting into SXOS and get boot.dat? error.

I am on 11.0.1 sysnand.
11.0 SXOS emunand.


I understand 11.0.0 is the last officially supported SXOS firmware but I have read in multiple threads and forums that I should be able to boot my SXOS emunand from 11.0.1? Correct? Incorrect?


If not can I downgrade my sysnand to 11.0.0 to reenable my SXOS emunand booting?

 

[Cylent1]

There is a hybrid 11.0.0 /11.0.1 fw floating around. You cannot just upgrade the sysnand to 11.0.1 because it won't work.

 

[binkinator]

Ayup

This will make it look like it’s running on 11.0.1 but it’s actually 11.0.0 where it matters.

You will need to downgrade your emunand to 11.0.0 to boot SXOS.

Your sysnand can be upgraded to latest as long as you aren’t running SXOS on it.

While you‘re there you might as well add a dual boot for Atmosphere and upgrade to latest to run all the new games.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-to-...en-partitions-on-the-same-sd-tutorial.601607/

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

I booted Hekate and it threw up a warning that my SD card is in 1 bit mode.

So it seems my repair (broken SD card fpc connector) wasn't fully successful. It's detecting the SD card but only in 1 bit mode. Which you can't boot cfw with. Which is probably why I'm getting boot.dat error.

I think there is damage to the motherboard. So this switch is a bust.

 

[binkinator]

I booted Hekate and it threw up a warning that my SD card is in 1 bit mode.

So it seems my repair (broken SD card fpc connector) wasn't fully successful. It's detecting the SD card but only in 1 bit mode. Which you can't boot cfw with. Which is probably why I'm getting boot.dat error.

I think there is damage to the motherboard. So this switch is a bust.

That sucks man. Maybe reflow it one more time?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

That sucks man. Maybe reflow it one more time?

Yeah. I bought a new SD card reader in the hopes maybe the actual reader is faulty. And as a last resort I'll get it resoldered one last time.