Before doing a nand backup i already had activated auto rcm mode, installed and enabled emunand and then booted cfw and installed pokemon let's go eevee nsp and played for 1 hour... i'm an idiot. Unfortunately I'm new in the modified console environment, I struggled even to follow the official guide to modify my nintendo switch (over 3 hours to modify it and i didn't installed SX installer 2.0 because it's to complex for me). Well i can't do anything now but at least i want to ask this, i don't play online (not interested) only single player game for me. So i must keep emunand enabled or should i unistall it? I read that is useful if you plan to play online or go online. I selected the option "hidden" when installing it on the micro sd (was recommended) but he takes up almost 30gb.
Nand backup and emunand question
- Thread starter Garxian
- Start date
As long as the console was offline, then you haven't done anything "wrong" or "bad". You can make a nand backup at any time as well.
EmuNAND will take up that amount of space, because emuNAND is essentially a copy of the sysNAND that remains undetected on the SD card. If you want to use emuNAND, that will need to stay on the SD card. If you don't want to use it, then feel free to go to the main SX menu and remove the emuNAND from there. Just make sure you backup any saves with Checkpoint if you decide to do that, so you can restore them later. The choice is completely yours.
EmuNAND will take up that amount of space, because emuNAND is essentially a copy of the sysNAND that remains undetected on the SD card. If you want to use emuNAND, that will need to stay on the SD card. If you don't want to use it, then feel free to go to the main SX menu and remove the emuNAND from there. Just make sure you backup any saves with Checkpoint if you decide to do that, so you can restore them later. The choice is completely yours.
Thanks for the information. But I have not yet figured out if I should keep emunand, I don't play online and I don't go online so do I need it?
I basically need emunand if I want to update the firmware in the future without banning the console?
I think the only thing I could do to the console is to update the firmware in case it doesn't read future games. Obviously before doing so I would expect a new version of the sx os compatible with that particular firmware.
One last thing I read a guide about saving the backup of the nand (not emunand) on the PC and then eliminating the backup freeing up space on the microsd. The location of the backup is said to be the following microSD: / sxos / backup / So after I copied the sxos folder (with the backup in it) onto the PC, how do I remove it? there is no uninstall as in the emunand. Do I need to insert the microsd in the PC and delete the entire sxos / backup / folder normally?
Last edited:
I can't answer all your questions as I don't use emunand but you don't need to go online to Nintendo servers to update your firmware. There is an excellent tutorial on this site on how to update firmware offline which I have found very easy to use.