yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mrmask200:
it is saying to update bootloader
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ginkuji:
I encountered an error regarding the installation of the G app

It says here that updated process ended with error: 1

error installing zip file. '/external_sd/open_gapps-arm64-8.1-full-20190727.zip
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] themelstrand:
Can someone who has been able to successfully flash gapps report what version worked and where they got it from? I've tried nano, mini, and stock all from opengapps and none of them have worked (and yes, I have mounted /system in TWRP), they get through the flash process successfully but then either cause a freeze at black screen when attempting to boot, or if Android does boot, none of the Google apps are installed, as if the package hadn't been flashed at all.

I'm using the 32GB image with a Sandisk Ultra Plus 32GB card, using the 32GB image.

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I am also having the same issue with wifi connection dropping for 20-30 seconds once every few minutes. I'm sure we'll have a stable build soon, this is the first release. Still super impressive!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
Are you guys using 5ghz or 2.4 ghz wifi
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] NexFantom:
I took a few hours trying to figure this one out. I was finally able to get it going by connecting an Xbox controller to the host system and that got steam to refresh the controllers and eventually showed 2 android controllers. I rebooted the PC and it was working perfectly next time I connected with the steam link app. Minus the L3 and R3 of course.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] GuitarXxX:
5 ghz

My video playing GTA San Andreas on Switch: https://youtu.be/d0GY9Imw-YQ

It's pretty decent perfomance.

Using the Pro Controller because the game does not recognize the JoyCons correctly.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] themelstrand:
That's a good question actually... I was at my girlfriend's place when I was setting this up, and I think the network there is 5GHz, but I'm re-flashing right now at home and my home router only does 2.4GHz. I'll report back if anything different happens at 2.4GHz.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dodgepot:
Not sure if you got an answer but you have to pair them under settings > Bluetooth. Do them one at a time
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
I havent installed mine yet but if you save a proper keylout file from gamepad test app on play store and put it in your system directory joycons should work on all apps that work with a gamepad with proper button laylout
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gorei23:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=79971072#post79971072

I ran into the same problem. Solution above.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] cheekylv:
got everything running after a few hours of tinkering. loving the game streaming with touch controls and netflix support! anyone know how to spoof dns or whatever to get netflix to full video quality?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] lin5230:
Nice work
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Lesking72:
Who else has messed with their screen DPI? Changing the display size in the settings caused the nav bar not to display properly in portrait, so I changed the DPI in the dev settings. If anyone else has done this, I'd like to hear what you set yours to (and also the default DPI because I didn't write them down before messing with it)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] themelstrand:
If I recall, I think the reason for the low resolution in netflix is due to the maximum version of some DRM standard that it supports. So I'm not sure if there will ever be a way around that, but then again, this is XDA...

Edit: DRM, not DNS
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Smoker1:
How do I access the Card when I plug in the USB? Keeps coming up as PI USB to Serial
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] einhuman197:
I encountered a bug when docked. At least with my Monitor, the Switch syncs to 1080p73hz, which results in absurde Pixel mess. Replugging and restarting didn't help several times. When I use a hdmi to vga adapter, it syncs to 60hz and gets a stable image after 2-3 replugs. Hope you guys can limit the target frame rate. The system can't handle that much.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mcallbosco:
For anyone who wants to switch between different rotations there's an app called manual rotation tile which works as a quick setting tile that switches rotations.

Great work with the rom!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] eastbayarb:
Could someone try streaming apps like Netflix or Hulu with a bluetooth remote (or one of those remotes that comes with it's own wireless receiver dongle)?

I currently use this one which has a backlit QWERTY keyboard on one side, and can function as an air mouse:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074W87CZ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_larpDb53TN1X6

I currently have an Nvidia Shield TV 4K, and would like to use the Switch as a 2nd streaming device.

Also, does Plex work?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ReyoReeve:
This rom is based off the shield trees right? Did they not have the shield controller settings? With a shield controller and the controller settings, you can use the right stick as a mouse. Are there any plans to add that?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] themelstrand:
So did changing the DPI in dev settings actually fix the issue though? I'd like to try it but only if I know it will work without borking the nav buttons.

Edit: I tried it out myself, so the default dpi was 640. The lowest you can go with it before the nav buttons get screwed up is 600DPI. If you drop to 595 they get messed up.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] danker1990:
it wont let me sign into google. it stays on just a sec then a blank black screen. Any ideas?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxexpert:
I have not seen this posted yet but if you get stuck at loading try TWRP, Wipe cache and dalvik cache. I'm actually trying the 32GB one now I'll let you all know progress. This should be fun.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DRock81:
Finally got the chance to do a little testing on this rom. I know sleep isn’t working but, for me, to be able to use GeForce Now off my Switch, this is great. I now get all the AAA titles from Nintendo and all the other AAA titles I could never get on the Switch. I did see a few things below.

1) If you dock the switch and get some ugly pixeling, it’s more than likely your hdmi splitter or TV/Monitor. I changed the input on my TV to something else and flipped back. Problem solved.

2) no sound from dock. This may be the hdmi splitter I use. I find some things don’t like my marseille upscale cable either.

3) input lag from pro controller was yuck. I should say, button presses were good but dang Junkrat moves so slow it’s impossible to be competitive in a casual round.

4) joycon Bluetooth works as advertised. Except for no left stick or right stick click. If anyone knows how to fix that, let me know.

This thing is great. I’m sure my use case is small compared to what others are looking to do, but for me this is fantastic.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
so docked audio work for you thanks for posting via my splitter no work

i also have random problems but this is promising

what size card image people have success with?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gorei23:
I made a guide, if anyone wants some extra instructions.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DRock81:
For the record, I never tried it with no splitter, it’s a guess. Audio may not work.

As for SD card, 16gb.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
image was 16 gb for 16gb card?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] eastbayarb:
I am kinda wondering about this for SX OS and exFAT formatted cards...I have a 512gb Samsung EVO, and would like to use the remaining 200gb for Android...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
So before it was working fine but i recently started from scratch with a bigger memory card. Now it will randomly cut completely off and go back into rcm mode while installing apps. Any reason for this? It's plugged up to the outlet so i know it's not battery issue.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xTrainerJx:
A question.

Hello, this works great, congratulations. I have a question: is there a way to expand the 2gb partition? I want to use the 16gb image on a 64gb sd card because I also use it to store some nsp games. Thanks.

Also, I tried mirrorcasting the screen to my Chromecast but it didn't work, it worked with Youtube tho
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] haztel:
Try a factory reset in TWRP and reflash your zips... Same thing happened to me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Smoker1:
How do you connect the Joycons? Does not work for me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] bylaws:
Nope

It auto switches based on what's best, move near router

You can try changing performance profile, or hat a faster sd

There is a an app on play store called manual rotataion

It's vol +

Just use vulkan

Ethernet might work in dock.

Shield-ifier won't get full hd.

Reflash the image, then boot straight into twrp and flash gapps/shield-ifier and then boot android (don't use stock gapps)

Update off of play store

Either sd bad or reader bad

Nope, too small

Copy to fat33 then use twrp.to copy to internal storage

See response to seanp2500

Bad sd or reader

Reflash the image and use nano or pico gapps

Yup

You cant

Nope
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] haztel:
Easy fix my friend. You have to connect both of them with bluetooth. Make sure you click the sync button on the joycons or they won't show. Cheers!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ~~Tito~~:
Still hoping to try and install this to NAND. What would I need to start?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
Both Doom BFG and Borderlands 2 have been removed from play store/shield store :( even though I own Doom BFG for the shied. Any idea how to sideload apps into the sd card? On windows it can only read the small partation.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] affsddfsa:
i clicked some of the physical buttons on the switch and it finally went past!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Smoker1:
How do I Copy with this Method?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Andalitez:
Try this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smarterdroid.wififiletransfer
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Smoker1:
FTP keeps Disconnecting. The App you Linked seems to only go from Switch to PC. Not PC to Switch.

UASB comes up as P1 or PI USB to Serial
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] weirdingway:
Unfortunate no one has responded to you yet. Boot time was fast for me too but it's also stuck on updates for over 20 minutes with no progress "This may take a min or two" lol Also internet speed is great so it's not that.

I heard that stock GApps isn't a good choice so that needs to be updated in the guides if that's the case. I'm using stock GApps and it's going to take another hour to do this whole process over again if I have to reflash and install nano GApps

EDIT: I just hit back on the navigation bar to just skip that step
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Mario119:
I used the Pico package from OpenGApps and that seemed to work really well, for me at least. Just download whatever you need besides what comes in the package from the Play Store.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ghostek:
How to get root access on this rom?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] brvnonascimento:
Congratulations for the Switch Root Team and Bylaws for this incredible achievement! I've been messing around with it for the last few hours and I'm really amazed by the good job here.

I'm traveling at the moment and, when I do, I bring my secondary Insignia Dock by Best Buy (which is safe from bricking, don't reply me on that) instead of the big fat stock one, but it just can't work with Android when it works just as a first party dock on Horizon. Does anybody know what could be the cause of this? Thank you!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
Can anyone tell me where I can get a legitimate doom 3 bfg apk as I have bought the game but since its no longer for sale I cant find a real copy anywhere to test on the switch?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
I just pushed hekate and booted into TWRP, but when I try to flash the gapps zip, is stalls at skipping digest check: no Digest file found. I mounted the storage partition as mentioned earlier. Any tips?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Lesking72:
The strange part is that when in landscape mode this problem isn't there, or at least it requires a much lower dpi than anything I tried

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Just flash Magisk from TWRP https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] eskinner3742:
Just wanted to say thanks for the hard work on this. Had some fun playing with this all day. This is a pretty solid first release, I've been playing SA2 on reicast, Bomberman Hero with Mupen, and HeartGold with Drastic. This is definitely replacing Lakka for my switch emulation needs. Plus those few android games like Sonic 1 and 2 in 16:9 is really cool. Can't wait to see this progress!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] GlitchMob:
I'm able to boot into RCM mode and insert the payload with success, but the screen remains blank. Does that mean my Switch isn't compatible?

Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
For anyone intrested Borderland 2 does not work because even after purchasing it will give a licence check error, you can actually keep canceling and it will load the game up in the background but you are stuck with the invalid licence I tried emailing the play store the instantly gave me a refund instead of solving the problem :(
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mikie_kelly:
If I recall you should not be able to insert the payload at all on newer switches
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nintendo SwitchDroid:
Hey I am trying to install GAPPS.

I can't because with the ARM64, 8.1 pico version gives me an error 1 message in red text in twrp. and same with the super version.

I was able to flash the Nvidia file just fine and root it with Magisk.

I tried the Open Gapps app, but no 8.1 option, just up to 7.1 and it detects my switch is 7.0

Any help?

Thanks!

P.S its 1:30am when typing this, sorry if I do t reply back ass soon if I get a response, I'll be sleeping.

Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nintendo SwitchDroid:
I'm not the only one!

There has to be a fix...

How are other people installing it just fine, and opengapps seems to be the only zip that won't flash, is beyond me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] greenturnip39:
is there any way to transfer files to the SD card? i can't seem to get otg working
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] trohn_javolta:
Tried connecting this dock: https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07GQYTJ8G/

Charging, Ethernet connection and Usb works but hdmi output on tv is just 480p with messed up screen ration.

Can I somehow force a ouput resolution?

I know 3rd party docks aren't supported, I only ask cause with L4T Ubuntu I got perfect 1080p output without issues. I think I read that both use similar method of dock handling (or I understood that completely wrong..wouldn't be the first time :D)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] swordepiic:
ive flashed the image to my microsd then i flashed the gapps+the nvidia zip but the nvidia games app isnt there and when i try to install and then launch the apk it says that my device isnt compatible

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before flashing mount system and vendor
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Stratium:
Still getting constant crashes using GAPPS 8.1 Arm64 Pico, Shieldifier (with updated nvidia games on google play), 64gb rom, Samsung EVO card 64gb. Seems that whenever I launch a new app, or the keyboard pops up, or anything new happens the entire system crashes and nothing short of a hard shutdown and relaunch helps. Anyone else getting these issues?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Reemx:
Nop... Error. Will try later format it in twrp (there is an option to format sd?)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TheMadHeader:
For those getting a fast boot time and response speed when navigating the UI, what SD card are you using?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
128gb sandisk ultra.. its super fast for me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] crazyguns:
Samsung 32GB Evo+ , initial boot was about 4 min, other boots a minute or so, I'm really surprised to be honest, was expecting a lot longer boot times and slowness but it's been fine!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
Some issues:

L3 and R3 are fixed on key 103 hence dont work in steamlink app or most apps

The gamepad is not detected properly on any rockstar games on android (analogs are not working in max payne)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 7Akira7:
I just got my gapps from the gapps-website and it worked like a charm ??. When flashing you have to mount everything, not only System. And you image could be corrupt maybe ?

And yeah, also looking forward to a more stable build
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] raw999:
Auto Rcm is enabled in my Switch, Do I need rcm jig for this process?

thank you.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] langer hans:
Okay, so most of the bug reports I see on the last few pages concern GApps. If you have issues like being stuck in the setup process, please make sure you wipe cache/dalvik after installation. In case you have booted to Android before installing GApps, then go back to TWRP and wipe cache and data.

Here’s how I usually set it up and that has worked fine for me so far with many flashes:

Flash SD

Boot TWRP

Flash GApps

Wipe cache/dalvik when flashing is done (There is a button below the log)

Flash shieldifier

Boot Android

Setup everything
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Sampsonay:
It appears that the headphone jack doesnt work when the system is docked. Would definitely like being able to use it since my TV doesn't have a headphone jack. Also im just not used to A, B and X, Y being reversed on Android / PC games. If i could toggle those buttons being reversed or not, id honestly have no other issues. Besides, this is absolutely amazing and is hands down the best thing I've ever seen on the Switch
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] swordepiic:
[MENTION=10054348]Sampsonay[/MENTION] when the system is docked all the audio and video goes into the hdmi cable i dont think its achievable to activate the jack
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ghostek:
Any info how to get working geforce now games? It only shows android games not geforce now games. After loading it show message: "your games will be displayed here". I've got beta access. I tried many version but every works the same :/
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TarKin:
So, i flashed the image with Etcher and wanted to put GAPPS on the sdcard after that. Problem is: My Win10 does not detect the card/or file system anymore. Anyone able to give me a helping hint? :)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Manu270891:
Are you planning to release images for bigger sd cards? I would buy a 256 GB card or even a 400 GB card for all those Android emulators and ports!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] chrisssj2:
Is it possible to install this on USB HDD instead of micro SD?

And is it also possible to install on a microSD without overwriting all your micro SD data? I mean what about your saves and games installed etc..
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] affsddfsa:
i think i figured out a decent solution. create a torrent with your pc and seed it to your switch. fairly quick file transfer and easy to do
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] droidjunky90:
Is there a way to make a step by step guide on YouTube on how to actually get LOS on the switch?! Am soo new i just got my hands on a switch yesterday! Any help will be highly highly appreciated!! Cuz i reallly wanna get LOS on my switch as i already have LOS on my pocophone f1!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] baileyjr:
I have exactly the same issue. Unable to get borderlands 2 installed even with the workaround. Anyone else have any luck?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] cocoman93:
thanks for this release. a bug i found: in twrp the aroma installer for gapps does not work correctly. the installer gui is rotated, but the buttons respond like the picture is not rotated.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nielo360:
Downloaded fine for me however after getting ingame you will get a licence check error there is no way around it and the game will keep running in the backdrop..it really sucks. So close to getting it on switch. I made a complain but they simply refunded my purchase immediately . Maybe its something to do with the OS or nvidia's servers
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] flaviofifa:
Hello guys!

Follow my impressions

Difficulties

Unable to connect external storage for easy file copying

It worked

Hardware

Xbox One Bluetooth Control

Joycons

Software

Pubg - I played a game normally. It is not maximum, but you can play, the wifi fell a few times.

PPSSPP - It worked great, the best Switch PSP emulation experience I've had so far. I tested Wipeout and Patapon 2. Both went well, even with 4x resolution.

Dolphin - It worked well, I need to test more. I need to learn how to configure the control so that it does not appear on screen.

Steamlink - It worked OK, even on my local network, gave chokes, still worth to go deeper in testing. It has incompatibility with controls, but this is steam limitation.

Google drive - worked normally

Firefox - Worked Normally

Did not work

Hardware

Connect USB flash drive

Connect PS4 Bluetooth, strangely

Xbox 360 control connected via USB adapter

Concluding

For a first version, I thought it was excellent, I expected, for example, to have problems with heating, but I did not have. In order to be viable, they need to solve the problems that they have already noticed, eg Wifi falling, the screen that is turned on in the dock ... And others that would make it easier to use, eg Connect to a PC or connect storage external, work dual boot with CFWs. And finally further improve CPU and GPU usage.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] MolinaGames:
Hi. I have no idea about piracy on Nintendo Switch. I currently have the latest version of the console. Do you know if I could install switchroot?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] veggg:
pretty impressed for a first outing, been playing GTA V through geforce and it worked pretty damn good.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] majdy100:
Looks amazing, good job! I'm currently on Amazon and wondering what the best possible SD card I should buy for this. Can you recommend me one?

Thank you!