Nintendo Switch leaked 6.0 firmware: here’s what hackers found so far
Upcoming Nintendo Switch 6.0 was leaked online, and several Switch hackers have had access to it already.
Hacker Hexkyz has shared a pretty good summary of what’s been found in the leaked firmware, besides what mainstream sites have been reporting.
Nintendo Switch Firmware 6.0 updates, from a security perspective
From the hacker’s tweets:
What changed:
- New fuse and keyblob index (means new keys)
- New sysmodule “olsc” for the SaveData cloud backup feature
- More telemetry: new error report entries for tracking PCIE devices and connection test URL redirection
- Introduced the concept of “elicenses” in NIM (paid online);
- New domain for online error collection (“dragons”);
- Small Mariko related changes (e.g.: max77812_dram is a thing now).
Hexkyz adds:
The rumors of this being a “homebrew breaking update” were obviously false and there are no traces of an active NSP/XCI detection system. Additionally, the GameCard firmware was not updated either (no cart3 or w/e). Nonetheless, caution is advised for those wishing to update!
Mainstream media have reported on lots of upcoming features based on the leaked firmware, many of which have been confirmed by Switch hackers. This includes new icons on the device which might indicate, according to a few sites, that the Nintendo Switch will not support more controllers including those of the SNES and NES Mini. Multiple sites also report that a paid online service will appear in 6.0, as well as a “Cloud” option will now be available for people to backup their saved games. Hexkyz has confirmed that such details (additional icons, savedata backup, paid online) were found in the firmware.
Team Xecuter have also been looking in the upcoming firmware, and announced they leveraged the leak in order to fix some bugs in their mechanism. SciresM has called them out for not doing a proper job at it, stating their SX OS is still broken in some cases on 6.0.
When will Switch Firmware 6.0 officially be released, and how does it impact me?
It is unknown when Nintendo Switch firmware 6.0 will officially get out, but the general assumption is “very soon ™”.
For people with a hacked console running fusee gelee, a software upgrade such as this one shouldn’t impact the “hackability” of your console (it’s been established that the fusee gelee hack cannot be patched with a firmware update), but as always, it’s advised to update only after trusted devs have confirmed everything still works.
Source: Hexkyz
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We are talking about the same SciresM that has been working on Atmosphere vaporware since Feb and the same TX that fixed the 6.0 issue the next day??
they probably didn’t fix it properly, sciresm is not getting paid for any of this
yes, they definitely work faster though
They did not fix it properly. It has bugs, see sciresm’s twitter.
Atmosphere had support for it earlier btw. SciresM gave away patches enough to get Atmosphere working shortly after it was leaked.
The patches in SXOS v1.7 and v1.8 were stolen from ReiNX, which I helped test.
I only slept for like 5 hours in the last 72 hours just working on this stuff.
Your the same alby that thinks TX are so great? … the same alby that pays for hacks?
yea crawl back to your hole ***.
at least TX actually released something, even if it is at a cost. unlike some vaporware bragger whose work doesn’t benefit anyone.
Lol, what are you on about?
SXOS uses atmosphere as a backbone, and last time I checked SciresM and company were responsible for that. So not only does it benefit the community, it benefits TX shills like yourself.
are you aware that tx is basically entirely stolen sciresm code since its avalaible as opensource ? The only thing atmosphere isnt right now is compiled as a ready to use os, and you are basically paying tx for that since it IS atmosphere, just stolen.
plus there are plenty of other people doing it for free
Yes TX fixed that one-line-code that SciresM suggested for them to steal from his code. I mean they steal every *** new fix from the atmosphere fork, every new program that is released for additional functionality etc. but then they don’t even copy the right code that already fixes 6.0? Hilarious^^
Don’t get me wrong, otherwise they are doing a good job at fixing things quick and dirty and uniting single community based programs in their product. Hassle-free and definitely a good thing for lazy people… but please they could add an additional line to their Updates stating that they used content not created by them but available as open source (GNU GPL license) and give credit where credit is due. I guess pirates don’t even stop at pirating other pirates, hrr hrr.
You missed an important update. It included traces of SNES/NES controllers on a system palette image possibly acknowledging a virtual console type feature.
old news wololo
man, i need to hack my Switch, 3DS, and VITA.
i just hacked my original NES to play PS5 and XBoxTwo gaymz. i gotz all da benefitz man! all dem benefitz!
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