• @mlg
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    101 day ago

    Only if it’s jailbreakable

    Just to spite Nintendo for shutting down Yuzu and Ryujinx

        • @[email protected]
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          141 day ago

          Sure but that’s far less convenient than early switches where you could use a bit of aluminum foil in the controller socket lol

          • @mlg
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            223 hours ago

            Lol I used a pencil a few times

          • chingadera
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            41 day ago

            Lol wat

            Can you please link me to where I can find this in action

            • @[email protected]
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              71 day ago

              https://noirscape.github.io/RCM-Guide/

              You need to bridge a few pins in the controller connector. There’s several ways to do that as shown in that link. Then you can upload jailbreak software from a PC.

              I personally used aluminum foil successfully, then bought an actual jig later.

              • chingadera
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                11 day ago

                Huh, I did just skim through that but I didn’t see why you would want to bridge the connection, what exactly does bridging accomplish? Is it some sort of maintenance mode or something?

                • @[email protected]
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                  31 day ago

                  Basically.

                  So the Switch uses an Nvidia Tegra X1 chip to power it, which isn’t the only device nor the first that it was used for. The Nvidia Shield TV and Google Pixel C (tablet) used it too. On those devices holding down a certain button at boot would put it in a special mode that let it boot from code sent over USB.

                  The Switch simply did not have this button, but by shorting those pins you send the same signal.

                  This is a very low level hardware feature so Nintendo couldn’t ever patch it with an update. They had to make new hardware to fix it.

                  • chingadera
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                    1 day ago

                    Ah okay, thanks for taking the time. That’s the answer I was after. That’s pretty crafty.