NXLoader released: Run Fusée Gelée (RCM) payloads on your Switch from your Android device!
With the Nintendo Switch being blown wide open last week, some hackers decided that they didn’t want to always be near a PC when they wanted to run Fusée Gelée hacks on their device. Due to this, NXLoader has been released which allows you to send the payload over from your Android phone/tablet!
What is NXLoader?
NXLoader is a launcher for Fusée Gelée exploits by David Buchanan for your Android phone that doesn’t even need root! In other words, running hacks on your Switch no longer needs a computer thanks to USB-OTG and this piece of software.
Currently, the UI is pretty sparse and basic but it’s enough to get the job done!
As opposed to the web launcher, this doesn’t need an internet connection so it’s a step-up from the web-based launcher which also works on Android.
Currently, NXLoader can only launch Fusée Gelée payload files on your Switch, such as the famous fusee.bin that you’ve been seeing all over the internet. This is still an early release but the developer is planning to add the following in future releases:
- Support for Linux so you won’t need a PC to kickstart your favourite Linux distro on the Switch! – This, coupled with the various emulators available for Linux can make your Switch the ultimate portable console for retro gaming, taking the crown from the PSVita!
- A better UI and user experience.
- Code improvements so that it’s less hacky.
What do I need to use it? How do I use it?
To use NXLoader, you need the following:
- A Nintendo Switch (duh)
- A USB-OTG cable for your phone (your phone’s charging port to full USB-A) and a USB-C cable to connect your smartphone/tablet to the Switch.
- An Android device that’s not ancient as it requires a phone that has a XHCI USB chipset. For example, a Nexus 5, a smartphone from 2013, has XHCI support so as long as your device isn’t too old, you should be fine!
You can now hack your Switch on the go and marvel at the basic RCM-mode exploits. Loading Linux will be implemented in a future release!
To actually use it, these are the instructions:
- Launch the application
- Plug in your Switch via USB OTG and the aforementioned USB-C cable
- Put your Switch into RCM mode (have fun shorting your right joy-con rail!)
- Once your Switch is in RCM mode, allow the app to access USB devices and witness the sorcery take place!
- Have fun hacking your Switch!
Conclusion
To get NXLoader, simply follow the link below and get the APK (obviously, you need unknown sources to be allowed on your Android device). If you have any issues, report them on the GitHub link below and remember, the developer isn’t responsible if you mess up your Switch!
Download Link: https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/NXLoader/releases/latest
The readme (which you should really check out): https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/NXLoader/blob/master/README.md
David’s Twitter (further updates): https://twitter.com/David3141593
This article isn’t displayed when I visit wololo.net on my phone… Kind of ironic…
I have no idea why that happens. Perhaps your browser loads a cached version of the site?
It shows up just fine on my iPod Touch.
He’d have ‘data saver’s on, it uses Google’s cache
Does it matter whether 3.0 usb or 2.0 usb?
XHCI mentioned in the article is otherwise known as an USB 3.0 host controller.
Your phone may still have an XHCI controller even if it only supports 2.0 (As in the Nexus 5).
Does the firmware matter? I’m on 5.0.2 I think?
First?
Sweet, love how easy it is to pwn the Switch now.
0wned but what can be done with it ?
Can I just use a (phone)USB c to (switch)USB c cable?
No, he tells you the cable you have to use. Why ask? lol
Why not exactly? He says about an USB OTB adapter, but AFAIK it was a technology created in the USB 2.0 era. It is still needed when using USB-C?
Selling my Nexus 5 here !
The only issue I see with this is how the switch is not usb c compliant and nintendo’s tendency toward using micro fuses around the charging port/usb c plug. One must keep this in mind when haking the switch that this is the case and using cables/chargers that are not from the big N could leave your system as a fancy door stop instead of an awesome multi system portable. Though I’m sure most here already know this. Just keep this in mind everyone when you are messing with these things.
Also though the switch is far more powerful, the hacking scene is still in it’s infancy for the switch, and the Vita is still far more stable in those regards at this point. Just trying to put some perspective to this. And if Nintendo starts remote bricking (which it is alluded to in the eula of the switch and even the 3ds) Or just outright banning the consoles from online usage(including but not limited to online play, access to the eshop or even wildly unlikely, access to wireless at all),for running unsigned code (or piracy for that matter) then there’s going to be a big *** storm.
Really when Nintendo made the switch, they were hedging their bets on it being secure, even to the point of setting bug bounties. I guess they were not expecting their console to have a hardware bug that was exploitable within the Nvidia chip they used. Now it’s going to cost Nintendo a lot of money to make a new hardware revision (which they likely already were due to the Bricking systems from the non usb c compliance issue). But hey, they are in it for the money. A bricked system usually means another sale for them since they won’t warranty them.
Anyway, to the brave and clever hackers out there working tirelessly to exploit all these heavily locked down devices, I salute you and your efforts to free these devices and open then to new realms of possibility never thought of by their creators. To those venturing into it just for kicks and piracy, I say beware, for the waters are dangerous and not fully charted. Do not venteure forth seeking gold as you may get sunk before you get there.
works with any version
So what do we do once it shows the (re)switched screen? That’s all I get it to do