I lost my old sd card which I created a Emunand on, and now I have a new sd card created a new emunand. It's still safe to go online with the new emunand? I hacked my switch with SX Core, and I also did a cleanup in boot meun.
please help Emunand problem
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If you never booted cfw using sysnand, then your sysnand is clean. There is also a new feature on SX Bootloader, where you can clean the traces of modding.
First of all, thank you for replying.
so sysnand will be cleaned after I clean it up in bootloader?
also I booted to cfw after I first installed SX Core to activate it, does that count?
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If you booted to cfw to activate your sx os, then yes. Your sysnand is not clean anymore since you didnt create emunand and the emunand gets enabled only, when you activate your sx os license. You could had activate your sx os also offline. I hope you made your nand backup before booting to cfw.
That kinda sucks I also made NAND backup after activating since I have no idea what am I doing and made me think I need to activate SX OS fist before I can do anything as there is a warning that if not activated functionality is limited.
Hope they advise doing a NAND backup 1st in the installation manual before doing anything.
Hope they advise doing a NAND backup 1st in the installation manual before doing anything.
On the new sx core 1.3 firmware, there is a feature called cleanup in the bootloader. it will remove any traces of modding.
We don't really know what this "cleanup" option is doing... We just know that it cleans only modding traces relative to SX Core/Lite modchips.
So if you do a lot of dirty activities with your sysNand and/or you are using an SX Pro dongle, I think this option won't help you.
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SO, what should I do? The thing is I bought the console from retrailer. It ready to play but when I look after there is no sysnand backup or emunand.
What I did is created emunand instantly which I was not sure it is the right way. My console is sx core installed.
Apologize for the language, I am Thai.
If your sysNand is working good and you are not banned from Nintendo servers (can you access the eshop?) I would do the following:
1/ Update your original firmware (OFW) to the latest version 10.1.0
2/ Update your joycons in the settings menu
3/ Make sure you have created your own profile and deleted those from the previous owners
4/ Turn off your Switch, backup your "licence.dat" and "boot.dat", and eventually others files from your SD card you want to keep
5/ Format it using "Guiformat FAT32" tool that you can find on Google, then copy the "licence.dat" and "boot.dat"
6/ Turn on your Switch and press Vol+ as soon as you see the SX OS screen to enter the bootloader.
7/ Go to options, select SX Core, and "cleanup" to remove any trace of modding (even if we don't know what it is doing exactly)
8/ Select Nand and dump your Nand keeping the default settings (Boot0, Boot1, Raw Nand) It will take around 2h to dump the Nand so plug the power to your Switch
9/ When it is finished, turn off your Switch and copy the backup to a safe place like your computer or an external HDD (files to backup are in sxos/backup)
10/ Turn on again your Switch, enter SX OS bootloader, and create your emuNand, either with hidden partition or files on SD (I don't know the pros and cons) It will take around an hour.
11/ When it is finished, boot to CFW on your emuNand to check it is working fine.
12/ Turn off your switch and copy on the SD card all your homebrews and backup games.
Hope this will help.
1/ Update your original firmware (OFW) to the latest version 10.1.0
2/ Update your joycons in the settings menu
3/ Make sure you have created your own profile and deleted those from the previous owners
4/ Turn off your Switch, backup your "licence.dat" and "boot.dat", and eventually others files from your SD card you want to keep
5/ Format it using "Guiformat FAT32" tool that you can find on Google, then copy the "licence.dat" and "boot.dat"
6/ Turn on your Switch and press Vol+ as soon as you see the SX OS screen to enter the bootloader.
7/ Go to options, select SX Core, and "cleanup" to remove any trace of modding (even if we don't know what it is doing exactly)
8/ Select Nand and dump your Nand keeping the default settings (Boot0, Boot1, Raw Nand) It will take around 2h to dump the Nand so plug the power to your Switch
9/ When it is finished, turn off your Switch and copy the backup to a safe place like your computer or an external HDD (files to backup are in sxos/backup)
10/ Turn on again your Switch, enter SX OS bootloader, and create your emuNand, either with hidden partition or files on SD (I don't know the pros and cons) It will take around an hour.
11/ When it is finished, boot to CFW on your emuNand to check it is working fine.
12/ Turn off your switch and copy on the SD card all your homebrews and backup games.
Hope this will help.
