Nintendo Switch hack: Team Xecuter’s “product” delayed due to reliability issues
A bit more than a month ago, Team Xecuter came out of the woods to announce they had a “solution” for Nintendo Switch hacks, which would work “on all firmwares” and be “future proof”.
Team Xecuter Nintendo Switch hardware mod – delays
The team stated a few days ago that the release of their “solution” (which is now confirmed to be a hardmod, if there was any doubt of that) is being delayed because the early prototype boards they have received from their Manufacturer in China seems to have reliability issues (the reliability issue seems to be in the exploit itself, not necessarily in the quality build of the boards). This means team Xecuter needs to go back to the drawing board a bit before they can start mass producing and sell their hardware mod.
Their full statement below:
As we receive tons of email asking us for more info and release date, here is a quick update on our product status.
After a few days delay due to Chinese New Year, we have finally received our prototype boards, as can be expected from any development cycle, we have experienced a few issues with reliability of our entry point, we will work on refining our method and keep you posted, stay tuned for more exciting news and videos in the coming weeks.
We are sorry for the delay, but we are also sure all Switch owners will be delighted by our product. It is worth the wait!
Does the Switch scene really need a hardware mod at this point?
Since Team Xecuter’s first announce in January, the Switch scene background has dramatically evolved, with people on firmware 3.0.0 being able to enjoy Homebrew, and 2 independent teams announcing they had a coldboot, unpatchable exploit for the Nintendo Switch: Fail0verflow and Reswitched.
In that context, it is difficult to understand what value a hardware mod would bring (It would probably help a lot if Team Xecuter gave details on what their “solution” actually does) , unless both Fail0verflow and Reswitched made the decision to not release their work. There’s also a possibility one of these teams would choose to release their work after the Xecuter devices start shipping.
Hardware teams that are in for a profit tend to ship “all in one” solutions that provide everything one needs to pirate games and run homebrew. In that aspect, even if open source hack solutions exist, these hardware mods sometimes appeal to people who are less tech savvy and just want something “plug and play”.
Team Xecuter also have a good reputation in the scene for a “hardware-mod-for-profit” entity. With that being said, the success of Team Xecuter’s product will directly depend on whether the other teams decide to release their hacks publicly or not.
Source: Team Xecuter
So, what they actually mean is, they realised there was going to be a free way to do what they wanted to charge for and are deciding if they actually want to go ahead with it considering 2 different groups have both found software methods that are also unpatchable 😛
These are gorups that rarely release exploits. They release tools but no exploits. Xecuter modchip will be out for sure, they need more time than supposed by them.
First,second and 99999th one, They will obviously release those, also i think that other teams(if they have different exploits ofc) won’t be wasting them just to *** up Xecuter business, simply becauuse it’s stupid thing to do.
I would rather have the hard mod than the softmod, sure softmod is cheap and free but the switch is so easy to take apart id rather fit an old skool atmel.
Say that to xbox360 owners…
Lol, I tore so much plastic, my old 360 still hurls from her backpain.
Teorically with a modchip you can trigger a kernel/bootrom exploit also if the firmware of the console will be updated, while a total software hack needs an entry point in userland space that can be easily patched with an update. Maybe I am wrong, but if Xecuter released so much info it means that they have something big to work on.
From what i’ve read the software exploit is in the tegra bootrom, an update can’t fix that as that snot updated when the switch updates its software, they would need to update it from the factory which means all existing switches will be vulnerable for pretty much their entire lives
Yes the bootrom exploit can’t be patched but you need an exploit to even access the bootrom. And afaik that is done trough SwitchOS
There’s a special tegra bootrom mode which is independent of the SwitchOS.
If the exploit works from there it won’t be fixable by software update.
they also announced that there will be solderless and solderable versions of the hard mod.
anyway,hope they release it soon. that will force the other teams to release their softmod versions too.
naehrwert has coldboot exploit too.
Either way pay or free the switch will be completely open sooner or later….
Ah the “scene”, what else is new. Basically every “scene” is full of narcissistic d-bags just wanting to gloat about what they think they can do instead of just doing, but no they have to brag and brag.
Regardless of the for-profit model, like it or not, the console hacking scene owes a lot to Team Xecuter.
Nobody has ever been forced to buy their products. Those whom have bought them did so because they saw it as a better option for them than a softmod, and regularly a means of safe recovery of a bricked console.
***.. better get the free version
I wouldn’t mind dropping some cash on a hard mod long as it was simple and there were a super detailed idiot proof guide for it. I’d like to hope someone would step up and release a 3.1+ software exploit giving full access to everything, buuut I know the scene isn’t like that, so I might as well go buy a soldering iron…