Switch OLED confirmed to be hackable on Day 1, but tread carefully
Multiple hacker sources have confirmed that the new Switch OLED can be hacked, using the same modchips that can be used on patched and/or V2 Nintendo Switch models.
Switch OLED confirmed hacked
Chinese youtuber “Youkan Papa” has showcased the Switch OLED running Hekate perfectly (video below), using what seems to be the Team Xecuter modchip. It’s not entirely surprising that Hekate runs on the OLED Switch, as support for the latest Switch console had been added in 5.6.0, about 6 weeks ago.
In parallel, all-consoles-scene hacker Balika011 has published a series of tweets showing he’s got a hacked OLED Switch as well.
— Balázs Triszka (@balika011) October 11, 2021
Scene member @KawlunDram has also confirmed some of the original findings from folks such as SciresM, namely that “The DP2HDMI chip on the Switch OLED dock is a RTD2172N KBDQH1”.
Hi gamers. Nothing ever gets properly done on the internet so I decided to do some digging myself
The DP2HDMI chip on the Switch OLED dock is a RTD2172N KBDQH1 which seems to match what @SciresM datamined from the Switch OS back in January pic.twitter.com/6i2Z8zei0W
— kawlums (@KawlunDram) October 11, 2021
Switch OLED – Atmosphère not completely ready yet
SciresM warns that CFW Atmosphère is not ready for the OLED Switch though, and that people attempting to run Atmosphere on the newest Switch could run into serious issues. Unless you really know what you’re doing, don’t attempt this if you are currently in a position to run hacks on your OLED Switch.
Just a heads up — if you somehow find yourself in the circumstance of being able to do so, you should not run Atmosphere on OLED model switches right now.
Battery configuration is currently not implemented, and so ams will misconfigure battery on boot: https://t.co/027X3YSqta
— Michael (@SciresM) October 11, 2021
Conclusion – Can I hack my Switch OLED?
Long story short, the Switch OLED doesn’t bring significant differences to the hardware table as far as exploits are concerned, which means that the existing TX modchips, and possibly the HWFLY clones, work out of the box on these devices. The issue remains that the TX modchips have been out of production (and will remain so) since the Team Xecuter folks have been arrested, and the clones are notoriously hard to find and expensive given how effectively Nintendo have been hunting down all retailers of these products.
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after I read this article. I say I don’t need to buy Switch OLED if I already had my Unpatched Switch. and I’m a docked user.
Same, I’ve probably used my switch in handheld mode for less than 10 hours and I’ve had it since launch.
FOURTH!111
Why can’t I enjoy games anymore?
Depression
Or maybe games are not fun anymore.
Depression and no sex
Not all games are fun man, when you grow up, dumb and lazy games arent fun anymore, try to fin whatever you like and hang on to it.
or maybe like Yavga said, depression and no sex.
Because when you turn adult you subconsciously realize that playing games is wasting time and it starts eating you daily, when you don’t progress in other hobbies or responsibilites. Or you played every type of genre before and now every pos that gets released is just a recycled copy of previous games with a new paint or gimmick.
Try Death Stranding or Journey.
Well said silly billy. Thanks mainly to 5ony, the games industry now rehashes any game that was mildly popular and makes either a sequel or a remaster on the next gen. What’s needed is a mass “Fu… ck… off” from the gaming community to make them change this approach. In the meantime the sheep will continue to spend their money on any shi… te…. that these wa… nk.. ers spew out next. Bring back the PS1 ideas of everything being something new instead of the same old wa… nk… year after year…
It’s no wonder the retro scene is huge right now!!
dont play death strandign, just work for fedex and it’s the same experience
lol further proof that nintendon’t just slapped the same motherboards of the previous models and into this one, gave it oled screen and called it a day. they couldn’t even be bothered with patching hardware vulnerabilities. can’t believe some morons actually thought that they’re gonna get a beefed up 4k switch.
Just a heads up it requires that you desolder the emmc.