Sysnand safe if not using Nintendo services?

[MrSandstorm]

Hi,

I recently installed my SX Lite and did a nand backup before anything else, then got into CFW, activated SX OS and all the other basic stuff. OFW before modding is 8.0.1. I intend to use my Switch exclusively for single-player gaming and have no interest in any Nintendo service or feature that requires connecting to one, so I'm tempted to just use sysnand for everything.

My question is whether I can safely use the "non-Nintendo" network functionality of the console, and if it will be possible to update the console's firmware if I happen to be banned, since ChoiDujour doesn't work with the SX Lite. Also, are there any drawbacks to using sysnand other than not keeping the sysnand clean?

I apologise in advance for the noob question, but even after searching this forum and others I couldn't find anything that fully answered this.

 

[jaqueline10]

If for some reason you end up corrupting sysnand its game over, with emunand if you corrupt you can just delete and start over.

Its a extra layer of protection against bricking, tho if you know what you are doing then using sysnand is ok.

 

[MrSandstorm]

If for some reason you end up corrupting sysnand its game over, with emunand if you corrupt you can just delete and start over.

Its a extra layer of protection against bricking, tho if you know what you are doing then using sysnand is ok.

Thanks for your answer.

I thought about the extra protection, but as long as I can restore a nand backup it shouldn't be an issue, right? Since I can do that through the TX boot menu.

Regarding the online functionality, do you know if it's possible to update a CFW emunand or sysnand on a system with the SX Lite? I couldn't find any mention of it anywhere, only that ChoiDujour won't work.