Updating firmware from 6.0.0 to 8.1.0

JustaRandonDude

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Jul 28, 2019
2
1
UK
Its been a year (or more) since i don't use my switch and i've been sitting on FW 6.0.0 since then.

I wanted to play some of the new games such as Fire Emblem 3Houses in .xci format but when i try to run it with 6.0.0 i get a problem about unable to read the cartridge or something. My guess is that the firmware is too low for that.

Therefore i have some simple questions about it. (Yes i read the How to Update Firmware OFFLINE - Nintendo Switch with ChoiDujourNX guide but it still have some questions since it doesnt specify things when using emunand)

1) First of all , i'm not banned. I guess creating an emunand and updating there would be my best bet instead of doing it through OFW to preserve my system, correct? (I already have a nand backup for my 6.0.0 version)
2) Given that the emunand is created, where do i put the ChoiDujourNX file? Do i still put the ChoiDujourNX.nro in root or do i put it inside emunand or emutendo folder?
3) Same thing as 2 for the firmware folder?
4) Same thing as 2 for the xci games?
4) Afaik updating my emunand wont do sh*t to my efuses even if im not using autorcm or anyhting like that since its updating the Emunand and not the OFW. I can still safelly swap between 6.0.0 OFW and the 8.1.0 CFW in emunand since my efuses wont be burnt correct?

Thank you for your time and have a nice day!
 

JustaRandonDude

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Jul 28, 2019
2
1
UK
Well i figured all myself so i'll leave the answers here to help someone else.

1)Yes i installed the hidden partition emunand
2)Put on root
3)root
4)root
5) i toggled off the burn fuses on ChoiDujour when updating and it didn't burn any fuses, my switch rebooted in OFW 6.0.0 and when i restarted in CFW(Emunand) it was in 8.1.0 so it was working perfect.

After all that i stopped getting the Game cart errors and all the games are working.
 
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Emeraldu

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Jul 24, 2019
7
3
Romania
Hi and thank you for your feedback @JustaRandonDude
I bought my switch from ebay and it was modded already.

What I know for sure is that I have the SX OX license and SX OS is installed, AUTO-RCM is ON, but how do I find out if my switch is using emunand and how do I backup my data so I can restore everything if I fail updating it in the near future ? I'm on 8.01