How do you inject payload into a switch? (2023)

What is payload in Nintendo Switch?

Payload senders (or payload injectors, or code loaders), are programs or devices used to transfer a small binary file (the payload) to the Nintendo Switch while being in Recovery mode (RCM), which allows early custom program's execution at console boot before the Switch official Operating System (Horizon OS) is loaded.

To access RCM, you must hold down volume up, power and the home button. The home button described here is not the home button on the joycon, but instead a hardware home button (think of the physical home button found on smartphones).

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Press and hold the power button for 12 seconds to turn off the power, but press the power button again to switch to RCM mode again. this switch has been patched and paylode cannot be act. What other ways can it be repaired? This switch is in AutoRCM mode, try to Payload Hekate and turn auto RCM off.

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Not all Nintendo Switch consoles can be modded.

The mod, or hack, depends on a specific vulnerability to a piece of software called Fusée Gelée. When the vulnerability got discovered, someone disclosed it to Nintendo, who fixed it for later console releases. If you own an unpatched device, it can be modded.

RCM (short for ReCovery Mode) is a mode for the switch that allows nintendo to send the switch commands to do various things.

The RCM Jig allows you to enter into RCM(Recovery Mode) on your Switch. It can be used to modify the archive, play GBA / FBA and other simulators, the homemade system can already load Switch games.

If your Switch displays the Nintendo logo and boots normally or immediately shuts down, you didn't successfully enter RCM and should try again. Otherwise, if your console did not turn on normally, and the screen remained black with no backlight, your Switch is in RCM.

How do you make a homemade jig Switch?

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As told before, it is not possible to mod all variants/models of the Nintendo Switch console. Only an unpatched Nintendo Switch can be modded so far.

With the console powered off, hold down the volume up and volume down buttons, then press the POWER Button to turn the console on. Be sure to keep pressing down the volume buttons until the recovery mode menu is displayed.

Pin 1 is closest to the controls, and pin 10 is closest to the back of the Joycon. The goal of this method is to put a small thin piece of tin foil into your Joycon so it covers ONLY pins 9 and 10. Then fold the foil over the back of the rail to tape it in place.

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Definition of payload

1 : the load carried by a vehicle exclusive of what is necessary for its operation especially : the load carried by an aircraft or spacecraft consisting of things (such as passengers or instruments) necessary to the purpose of the flight. 2 : the weight of a payload.

in 2018, a hardware hack for the Nintendo Switch was disclosed by hacker Kate Temkin. Because it was a hardware hack on the Console's NVidia Tegra chip, It allowed to hack all Nintendo Switch consoles at the time, independently of their firmware revision.

Jailbreaking your Nintendo Switch isn't for the light-hearted, but it does let you do a lot more with your Switch, from installing loads of additional games (including plenty of retro titles) to running unofficial apps that add new functionality.