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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] thatmellon:
There is, although I couldn’t figure it out using windows 10, check in the “change partition” thread for a detailed guide to increase the storage partition for use in Linux using software called gparted. I’ve tried using minitools but most of the space states it’s unallocated (that could be because I flashed 128gb to a 200gb card).

I’ll just say I haven’t figured it out, and I’ve just gone with the multiple SD card option. Hopefully you might have more luck than me. The guide didn’t really help me much since I couldn’t even start it.

Maybe try creating two partitions first and then flash the individual partitions with android and lt4 separately...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Conan179:
[MENTION=10087684]carrierfry[/MENTION]

It's complicated but it works.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
hyperspin on switch redream shown running via hyperspin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1YPtNbFwNU
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] bruinsman:
Can not add gapps and shieldify to sd card

Hello, i just flashed my sd card and everything seems good. Successfully flashed.

I am un able to add any files to the sd card.

In explorer it just shows the drive letter and when I click on it it tells me to insert disk.

I can see the partitions on disk management, but I am not able to add any files.

I’m trying to add the gapps and shieldify zips.

Any help would be great. Thanks guys your the best
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Killuaxd:
Stucked in lineage logo

How long it takes to start the android ? I waited 45 minutes and give up because i was stucked in the lineage logo..
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
Just boot into android and open up a browser, download the files then reboot and go into twrp & flash them
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Having problems with "Nvidia games" I uninstalled the updated version and installed the apk that was posted on here a couple pages back. I was able to sign into my nvidia account but after that nothing. It says it cant connect.

Any help?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] noname29373:
Just launch it over and over again until it works.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] unnamed124:
Has anyone figured out how to run this on the Switch's internal memory so we get a faster experience than the slow SD card?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] BlackTSQ:
Had the same problem, deleted cache and app data and set my system language to english. Now it works, but i'm not exactly sure what did the trick specifically.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TheMadHeader:
As I understand things that is apparently rather complicated and will need to be done by the devs.

For now a fast SD card is the best solution - what are you currently using? I have a 128 GB Samsung Evo Plus and it's really good.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] SonsofOcelot:
I'll second you. I have it on a 128 Samsung Evo Select u3 and it's quite snappy. Lowered resolution to 720p and transition animations to .5x speed and it's even faster now. Running in boost mode atm
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] carrierfry:
Could you give me short instructions on how you managed to achieve this?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pcwizard7:
Is there a Joy-con fix that fixes everything L123/R123 and sticks as analog? I ask because there been so many been posted its hard to know whats what?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AndyOHart:
I agree I'm waiting to hear about the analog issue, its the only thing to be fixed last I checked
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Ok so i finally got nvidia games working and was able to boot up some games in my steam account. Only thing is x/y are flipped and r3/l3 don't register at all.

Im sure this is fixed with the numerous joycon fixes out there but is there one flash that fixes everything or do we have to install every one? Is there a order we should install them in?

Also what is this 720p image im reading about? Do i have to reflash my memory card with this? Does it make it any faster? The apps run fine but the actual homescreen is rather slow to me. And im using a sandisk ultra 32gb.

But yea if i can get the joycons working correctly with geforce now that would be amazing. Playing Resident evil 2 in my bed would be godlike lol .
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] shplack:
Anybody seen any way to connect to the ADB on the switch through USB?

I'm trying to connect to the ADB over wireless but can't request permission. Any way to get past this?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mrsco:
flashed the 128gb image with etcher, but i'm getting the old hekate text menu when booting this image instead of the new Nyx touch gui for hekate... and then nothing shows in "more configs" to select switchroot to boot... anyone else have this issue?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pixel_zephyr:
holding volume + and pressing switchroot does not load into twrp. Screen stays black. Am I missing something?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
Bash Script to Flash Image

Hey guys,

A lot of you were asking if there is an image for xyz GB microSD cards or how to increase the Nintendo Switch partition size to use the same card for the regular Switch OS and Android.

Well, I had the same requirements, therefore I made an interactive bash script that does exactly that. All you need is a Linux environment to run the script on. This can also be an Ubuntu Live-USB Stick for example.

Unfortunately, this is my first post. Therefore, I cannot include any external links. But you can find everything on GitHub under Gabri3lZ/SwitchrootAndroidUtils.

https://github.com/Gabri3lZ/SwitchrootAndroidUtils

The script lets you decide what size the Android user partition should have, and it will use the rest of the free space for the FAT32 partition for the Nintendo Switch. It also allows to create an additional partition for EMUMMC (for those who want to run homebrew apps on the Switch and want to reduce the risk of getting banned). The script has the following advantages over using Etcher to flash the image:

Size for Nintendo Switch partition and Android user partition can be defined by the user

Support for an additional partition for EMUMMC

No wasted space on the microSD card, no matter what size the card has

The whole process is faster, because it does not dump Gigabytes of empty partition data to the microSD card

No fragmentation or breaking the (hybrid MBR) partition table because of moving and resizing partitions

The partitions are properly aligned (to 1 MiB)

The script is interactive. So you can choose the device you want to flash the image onto and the partition size while the script runs. Here is how to use it:

Download the 16GB image from Switchroot's XDA-Developers post and extract the ZIP file.

Download "flash.sh" to the same directory where the image is.

Open Terminal emulator and navigate to the directory where the image and script are (in Ubuntu, you can use the File explorer to navigate there, right click the folder and select "Open in Terminal").

Execute the script and pass the path to the Android image as a parameter:

sudo ./flash.sh ./android-16gb.img

Follow the instructions in the interactive script.

Follow the remaining instructions in the XDA-Developers post (from step 3).

Hope you enjoy. If there is any feedback about the script, please let me know here or on GitHub.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
Today, I received my RCMloader and it makes life extremely more convenient as opposed to injecting the payloader through a computer. I purchased the other two RCM Jigs when I initially became interested in Switchroot. The larger Jig seems to be sturdier than the other two and clicks into place smoother.

I suggest that EVERYONE who is experimenting in this domain to purchase an RCMloader!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Anyone that has a android can do it directly from their android.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] lordsolrac2:
Does this happen to be compatible with MicroG? I ask to avoid using Google.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
False. 90% of Android devices are not capable of sending a payload.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Only 100% requirement is android 5.0 and otg. If it doesn't work out the box u can just flash a custom firmware to where it will work. Maybe i shouldn't say "any" android but to say 90% of androids AREN'T capable of it is just wrong.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
Yeah i would say the 90% is just wrong too as well as suggest sxos cause if you use their dongle not only can you load android and atmosphere but you can load their cfw and run games off usb!

Thanks alot gabri3lZ that is really helpful!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] matchcase:
Press Switchroot first, then when the Hekate logo appears hold for a minute
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] matssa:
Yeah already bought the big one beginning of the this year ;) changed the payload in order to boot either heketake or sx is ;)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Looks like Nvidia Games is down again. Even when using the older version. I keep getting error "80350016" when trying to launch anything. And it was working fine last night (Was playing saints row 4)

Anyone else experience this or is it working for anyone else?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tomatoketchup:
+1 on changing userdata format to f2fs, ext4 is very slow
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] osk4rin:
(Edited)

Thanks to the developer for this great project!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] akghar:
The first post is quite helpful...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] geckoquiver:
I will give this a try to see if it can achieve my goal of having SX OS partition based emunand + Android OS using same micro sd.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] matssa:
You can since I did it yesterday, not using this script but the guide in xda using Gparted ISO
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] twisted89:
Working fine here, sure it didn't auto update from the store? Also try clearing app cache.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pok5:
I think it is dock's limitation or HDMI out built into USB C port of a switch.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] geckoquiver:
How? If i resize partition and then run SX OS setup to create emunand it will format the entire micro sd. This is the reason i had to use file based emunand so that android partitions are intact.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
How do i clear app cache? When i long press on the app and go to "app info" i don't see a option for "app cache"
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] twisted89:
Storage - > clear cache.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] matssa:
Yeah sorry bout that didn't see you wanted to use the SX OS setup., then not sure if you can, the setup needs to be changed :S
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] klinux:
Performance drop

Hey guys,

It's amazing to have a full Android on the Switch, a huge possibilities are now available taking into account the performance of this small machine, I flashed 720 image and did a Antutu test with medium perf and get around 110.000 vs 85.000 with 1080 and 210.000 with 720 and max performance which is great (less than S9 and more than S8+/ note 8).

My current post is related to performance fluctuations of this Rom, sometimes it's working great and sometimes it's very unresponsive, my main tool to test this is MGS twin snakes on Dolphin MMU, I reach 25-50fps when it's Ok and half of this when not Ok, for info I am using samsung 128GB U1 sd card, I suspect the fact that I restart from Horizon or from Android.

Is someone facing the same issue? could someone conduct some tests on this.

Thx in advance.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
You clearly do not know what you are talking about. You're also wrong about the requirements. XHCI USB chipset is the only requirement. Know your facts. If we want to get technical, about 95% of all Android devices ever made can not push a payload.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] therudy622:
Hello

i would like control the switch from pc with like apowermirror, mirrorgo, vysor...

but the pc doesnt detect the switch, (work with my phone)

anyidea?

thank
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dkoya:
I have a problem, I keep holding vol+ but the screen remains dark. Can someone help me?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
Happened to me when I used a slow SD card. Doesn't happen on a fast one.

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At least with Vysor, you need an ADB connection through USB. That is not currently possible.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] therudy622:
Thank you

not currently ppossible because we need update or because its hardware not possible ?

ty
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
There is no drivers programmed for it.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dracinn:
The device must support OTG for that to work.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] wtfcr0w:
I am unable to boot into Android right now but is there an option for adb over WiFi?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dracinn:
I need some help, ran your script in elementary OS live and got this message.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Sorry to keep bringing this up. But for whatever reason i can't get into Nvidia Games. I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it(Again using the older apk that was posted a couple pages back) And now i cant even login into my account. Keeps saying "failed to login"

Can anyone else confirm that it's still working? If it is i think im just gonna do a fresh install.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] MasterZeroFX:
Drivers aren't present as well for this to work on Android for now.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
Yes. Still works. Just launched it and ran saints row 4 via the geforce now things included with shield. So def still works. Make sure you have magisk and safety net is passing. Use magisk to hide those google play and framework services. I even posted a video a few pages back for how to pass the safety net check. Good luck!

Now where is my knight in shining armor to make kotor work? :(
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
It seems that the column "PATH" is not supported on all platforms / in all versions of "lsblk". I'm not sure if I will have time today. But I will have a look at it tomorrow for sure.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mexilon:
same for me in ubuntu vm latest distro
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] JellyfishFields:
Is there a way to reboot into recovery without having to push hekate?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
Not that I have found, I'm pretty sure that you will need to have a USB connection to set it up first, which won't work for the Switch.

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Nope, that's one of the problems with the build so far, reboot to payload is still being worked on.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gohan456:
I can't get nvidia games app to run, tried everything. delete with titanium, installing older version, hiding app / google service in magisk, passing magisk. it didn't even run once. only thing I didn't try is reinstalling whole android with different gapps because I choosed nano the first time.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] nex86:
No. Hekate is needed to boot anything Android or Linux related since the Switch uses a propritary bootloader.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] geckoquiver:
same issue running Ubuntu 64bit via virtualbox
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
Interesting. What version are you on? It worked for me with Ubuntu 19.04
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gohan456:
looks like it was because of adaway, now it's working
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] sgtkwol:
Apologies if this has already been said (100 pages and all). For Mac OS, create the SD card. Boot into Lineage. Download gapps zip using Switch. Do a basic format with TWRP (don't wipe storage). Then flash the zip.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Neo_123:
The script doesn't show any available devices for me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
I released a new version on GitHub which should address your issue. Pleas let me know if it works for you or not.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tomoya1230:
Do you have any hope?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DarkFamiliarity:
Hi, I have an error when I try to flash things in TWRP. I can enter TWRP but the system says my microSD card has 0MB free. It is unable to mount any partitions. The log reads: Failed to mount '/vendor' (Invalid argument) for all partitions, system, data, etc. It also cannot mount storage. I tried checking the boxes but nothing happens. Tried reflashing the card, tried rebooting. The card is a SanDisk 32GB High Endurance Video microSDHC SDSQQNR-032G-GN6IA. Any help would be great, thanks.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dracinn:
Worked great thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
So i did a fresh install and i now have nvidia games working again. However i still don't have L3/R3 working even after flashing the joycon fix. Any help?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] JellyfishFields:
Alright, good to know, thanks
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] akghar:
Flash the card again using Etcher, see if it happens again.

If so, it might be a fake card.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DarkFamiliarity:
Might give it a try. Already tried twice and no luck, maybe I'll return the card..

I also had an issue where I couldn't read the card on my HP Envy's card reader, but I could on my Dell Precision workstation laptop. Also read something about these cards being too fast to load the partitions, not sure if that's how this works.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gh0st__6:
Hello,

I have found a bug that seems to be not reported yet. The FAT32 partition is available for TWRP but not on android. I have also found that the partition is recognized by the system in

/dev/block/mmcblk0p1

I was able to mount it and make it visible on terminal emulator but not on other apps by typing

mkdir -p /mnt/external_sd
chmod 777 /mnt/external_sd
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/external_sd
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/external_sd

Is there someone able to make it appear the FAT32 partition on Android on other apps like dolphin or a file browser ?

Thank you
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 912933438:
This is a bug caused by the fast reading and writing speed of the tf card. I have tested it many times. Use the tf card slot extension cable to reduce read and write speed and use it correctly. This bug can only be solved by programmers of this system.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 912933438:
This bug is caused by too high read and write speed of the tf card. Not a fake tf card.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
Does it work with the new version of the script on GitHub?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mexilon:
working for me! so fast now, anyway using ubuntu 19.04 was working too
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DarkFamiliarity:
I see, any way to use this card or should I return it and get a slower one? Any recommended 32gb cards? Ty.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] osxdude:
Hey, really like your script, man! It really seems to make more efficient use of the storage available. Would you recommend running this on a physical machine over a VM? I tried setting up an SD card with your script on a Ubuntu VM but I'm just getting a black screen when trying to boot to Android. I haven't been able to see TWRP yet. Yes, I am pressing + when the Hekate screen shows after tapping Switchroot Android icon. Sometimes I don't see a Hekate after tapping it. Let me know what I should do. I'm using Windows to push Hekate to the Switch.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 912933438:
You can buy a tf card that is not "u3", and the price should be less than $5. For example, the red-grey TF card of SanDisk
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] gohan456:
I'm using some 1-2€ USB 2.0 card reader for about 6 years. Had 20mb/s write speed.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Mario119:
For some reason Dolphin will not recognize Joystick inputs while using the Joy-Cons. I've tried the 'fix-joycon.zip', along with the modded version created by [MENTION=10054833]SonsofOcelot[/MENTION] but they didn't seem to do the trick. Oddly enough Dolphin correctly detects joystick input in the controller binding section, but while in a game they do not function.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] klinux:
Be sure to bind gamecube and wii controllers (include nunchuk) and choose the right controller after starting the game, pull down when in game to see the menu.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gabri3lZ:
I tested running the script on a Ubuntu 19.04 Live-USB and a VirtualBox VM. Both worked for me and I could boot into TWRP and Android every time. I use my Pixel 2 phone to push the Hekate payload. But I don't think this should make any difference. Which Hekate payload Version did you use? I used v5.0.1.

Otherwise I don't know what the problem could be. Maybe you could try creating a new GPT partition table yourself (using GParted) and adding 1 large ext4 partition over the whole free space, before you run the script again.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] G@rf13lt:
Hey all

So yesterday I used a 32GB micro SD to install Lineage OS with gapps etc. After going through the whole process and waiting 3 hours for it's first startup, I decided to start over with another memory card that was faster. So I went through the whole setup again, booting through hekate and choosing Switchroot Android, but boots directly into the OS. I have no option of installing gapps. How do I fix this?

Edit: NVM, I was an idiot. Was in a hurry and didn't hold down + when I selected Switchroot Android
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Gapps installation occurs in TWRP. Access TWRP by holding volume + the moment you tap Switchroot in hekate.

Once in TWRP, tap Install and select the gapps you downloaded to your FAT32 (PC readable) partition. Slide to flash gapps.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] G@rf13lt:
Yeah, thanks! I was in a hurry and forgot that part. Read my guide again and saw I missed a step, but thanks for the input
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Has there been any word from the devs about future updates? I know they are still active on discord but it seems pretty strange with how active they were on here before release and then after release not a word.