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Updating Switch Software

Notes

Don't do any of this on a mac. Macos sets bits on file attributes as well as adds spotlight files and a ton of metadata files which interfer.

This is for a setup with emummc.

Steps

  1. Backup Hekate and atmosphere by copying bootloader atomosphere sept
  2. Download and overwrite atmosphere on the sd card (https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases)
    • Daybreak should be included
    • I used the version with mesosphere which is just an opensource version of the switch kernal.
  1. Download hekate and overwrite (https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases)
    • If you want to use tinfoil you will have to recompile hekate and rename "patches.ini" in the source to anything else.
  1. Update Sigpatches for atmosphere, hekate, and fss0 (fusee secondary)
  1. Note the latest supported firmware for Lockpick_rcm(?), Hekate, and Atmosphere
  2. Get the latest supported firmware here: https://darthsternie.net/switch-firmwares/ and extract into Firmwares/ on the sd card
  3. Launch homebrew via both right shoulder buttons and selecting a game then profile
  4. Launch Daybreak and select the firmware on the sd card
    • Daybreak does not burn fuses and leaves autorcm

Not sure if needed to update firmware (probably not):

  • Download lockpick_rcm payload (https://github.com/shchmue/Lockpick_RCM/releases)
  • place into /bootloader/payloads
  • Run system os without cfw
  • Update system os (hopefully lockpick_rcm supports the latest version)
  • Launch lockpick_rcm from hecate
  • Get production keys
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