Atmosphere CFW for Nintendo Switch is not ready yet, but now “everyone” can help
In the light of the recent and precipitated Fusee Gelee release, hacker SciresM has come out of the woods to share the status of Atmosphere, a Custom Firmware for Nintendo Switch.
Atmosphere was initially supposed to be released on June 15th along with Fusee Gelee. With the Tegra Bootrom exploit used in Fusee Gelee being leaked overnight, ktemkin had to accelerate the release of the exploit. It did not mean, however, that Atmosphere magically reached the “done” status simultaneously. The CFW was probably on track for a 6/15 release, not a release 2 months before that.
The good news, as SciresM points out, with the exploit now released and Atmosphere being open source, is that anyone with the right set of skills can now contribute to bringing Atmosphere up to a beta-worthy state.
So, what does this mean for Atmosphère?
Atmosphère’s still not ready yet, and public brom bug doesn’t change that — I’ll be working as hard as I can to get it ready asap.
It *does* mean that anyone who is interested can contribute to dev, though — and I hope you all do so 🙂 https://t.co/qOeykE0wcp
— Michael (@SciresM) April 23, 2018
In a follow up tweet, the hacker has also asked people to dump their consoles’ NAND once tools are made available to do so.
How can I contribute to or try Atmosphere CFW for Nintendo Switch?
You can download the source code of the Atmosphere CFW on the developer’s github here. If you’re able to compile it and launch it through Fusee Gelee, you probably have what it takes to actually try and contribute to the project 🙂
Source: @SciresM
First
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why…..why do I do this?” How many seconds in your life have you wasted claiming to be the first to comment on something when in all reality…you’re not the “first”?
Are you salty you weren’t first. Better luck next time, tard
lol, nice burn 🙂 Loved that last little spit in the eyesocket.
SALTY
you’ve wasted more writing this post
Firt reply users banned please.
It’s a Wololo tradition to try to be first, not to be confused with Firts.
If i had any skills of value i would offer to help but alas i do not 🙁
Just strap in and enjoy the ride 🙂
Making your comment pointless then lol
Not like comments need a point 😛
In what language is written?
python most likely lol as the boot loader is in python. There is a small catch … YOU NEED LINUX or MAC.
You make it sound like that was aproblem. I’d expect most people fluent in Python to already being on a Unix or Unix-like system.
Why would they
its a joke lol
It was written in C, C++ the most 🙂
I thought it was written in html
Why do you need Linux or Mac?
You need access to a Bash she’ll with certain extensions. That’s technically possible on Windows, but it’s native and more stable on Linux or MacOS.
Well thank god i have tools to dump my NAND
What does God have to do with tools to dump your NAND ? Nonsense, lol!
God created life. And that life(Developer) grow up to write a nand dumper. Think ***
Despite Nintendo’s “efforts” every FW will have the chance to be free.
This is it, so close to the golden era of the Switch, can’t wait!
This is in just a year too… Pretty fantastic this is all coming out so soon.
Every firmware with this bootrom because Nintendo is selling already a fixed bootrom.
Please don’t spread not accurate info while you repeat the same thing like a broken disk.
“Nintendo is selling already a fixed bootrom.”
No they are not, fool, all the millions of “Erista” switches currently out there are affected.
The “Mariko” revision is NOT being sold currently, do some basic research before making false claims. There is zero evidence supporting it, sorry kid.
Correct, there is a new model of Switch which purportedly fixes the bootrom issue, but Nintendo is not selling it yet.
Anyone can buy a Switch now and for the next couple of months (it’ll take some time before the updated T214 gets manufactured).
Plenty of Switches that will be affected by this issue now and for some time, grab one while you can!
Is this a joke? If you go in a shop to buy a Switch and come with firmware 5.0 is Mariko. A Mariko revision with 4.1.0 cannot exist. It depends on the stocks lying in shops and the firmware is >one month old.
You are creating false hope.
Those who want to buy a switch buy it now and pay no attention to TouhouLulu. It’s a troll.
Don’t listen to this idiot, who fails to provide proof of the Mariko revision (it is being developed, but doesn’t exist yet).
But yes, buy it sooner rather than later, so you can hack it and never have to worry about dealing with Nintendo’s pointless updates and can enjoy your Switch.
I got my switch last Friday from a retail shop (BB) and it had 4.x on it. (Probably 4.1.0 but I didn’t check, no plans to hack it until its old and crusty.)
It was already open to public. The point is that ScrieM is desperate now.
Love the taste of your salty tears 🙂
Please TouhouLulu/^lol why defend this people? They lied for a month omitting the existence of the hardmod and now making believe that the cfw is not ready. June 15th? lol no
Says the kid who lies that he can go out and buy a Mariko switch right now even though they are not available for purchase yet XD
Firmware 5.0 has *** in it set up in preparation for the Marino revision, but the new hardware HAS NOT been released yet. That kid has zero idea what he’s talking about. Took me 10 minutes to google that and have a definitive answer.
Lol why are you still using my channel URL as your name?
Desperate for what? The guy works for free and just like to do things for the challenge of doing so. Care to explain why is he desperate?
I am to honored to have received the first award
Is this going to be for all firmwares?
All currently existing firmware are exploitable as it is a hardware issue. Kate T only said later firmware may be a bit less user friendly, essentially.
Here I stand broken hearted, I came to code but instead farted
RIP any hopes of having any decent AAA ports on the switch
Hacking never affected Wii sales
yeah but it didn’t have decent AAA games most had the gimmick of motion controls
Wii u floped as it is 3rd party developers hardly like to work with Nintendo the switch was very enticing but now that it’s already been exploited I think that’s going to make third-party developers think twice before partnering up with Nintendo due to the fact that their product may be pirated and won’t sell very good
You realise that what you said make no sense. Why would they still develop for PC and the PS4 which has also been exploited and can run homebrew…. Only a matter of time for the Xbox One.
Because the Wii hardware sucked in comparison, there was no chance of porting anything. It’s not because of piracy.
Now, the Switch hardware also sucks in comparison, but at least it’s similar and easier to accomplish.
is it safe to update system to 5.0.2 and get the CFW this summer or shall I stay on 4.1.0?