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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] yftach12:
Problem

When I clicked on switchroot android in the hekate payload I just got a black screen. How do I get out of it.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Deathfissure:
So the only thing that checks out is the exfat issue, you mentioned corruption if not shutdown properly. In what scenarios can I shutdown improperly? how do I make sure to always shut down properly? If I can't do any of those, what format should my sd be in if not exfat?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DRock81:
Its a bit above my knowledge level but I do know hopping around in homebrew with exfat format can cause corruption issues if you don’t close out of homebrew correctly.

Fat32 is the way to go. Copy all files on sd card to computer. Format to fat32. Move them all back. Should just work. Look for gui version of fat32format from ridgecrop consultants.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Jack123654:
Hi, my console is exploitable but it is on lasted firmware version, does the whole android thing works for my case?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Niplex337:
You can run it on any firmware, it is like second os.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] trohn_javolta:
Excuse my slightly provocative question but is there still no newer release of switchroot lineageos than the initial one?

Non functioning deep sleep and f***ed up dock mode makes it unusable for me.

Or am I the only one that gets a scrambled screen output on my tv and wrong resolution? I have a Sony xf9005 4k Tv and a Denon avrx2400h Avr, already tried different settings on both tv and avr and also a different usb-c third party dock/hub without success.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Doom Slayer:
It's pretty funny that android wasn't supposed to work on switch at the first place, but people are still complaining that something is not working correctly.

Like developers own you something...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Droid443:
Total noob here but when flashing with balenaEtcher, i use the 32 GB image and everthing, it gets to 100% then starts again, back to 1%, then up to 96% where it just hangs without any ETA. Any fix for this, i tried multiple SD to no avail.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
The percent counter is extremely inaccurate. For me, it took about 10 minutes for each percent towards the end. How long did you wait for?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tootone:
I'm definitely okay with people mentioning bugs or issues. That's what XDA is for. I'm not okay with bit**ing about it though. These devs don't get paid for this. I don't see why people can't understand this.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] lolwatpear:
How can dual booting switch os and android be made possible? It's foolish to think a person with a switch is just going to want to run android. This has been brought up several times in this thread already and no one seems to care. Doesn't make any sense to me at all.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] jkcoxson:
Android runs completely off the SD card. It doesn't touch internal storage.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] EpicFail236:
To clarify what others are saying here, dual boot is actually the default setup for switchroot. Essentially, the entire OS and all of its configuration sits on the SD card, while the default switch OS still runs on the switch's main memory. To change between OSes, you simply need to reboot the device -- either into whatever is on the device memory (usually NSwitch stock) or into the SD card (and android) via a bootloader like Hekate.

I think a lot of the confusion here is that the loading method is different from most other devices you see on XDA. Normally, you just load directly into whatever OS you have on the device, or a modified bootloader directly on the device. With the Switch, this is far less common, as the hardware generally doesn't allow you to Permanently change the bootloader, only temporarily load a bootloader instead of the stock one (think the old tethered jailbreak methods). If you reboot your Switch and do nothing to intentionally trigger the boot into Android, you will end up going into the Stock OS.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Neo_123:
I'm getting this error when trying to flash reboot2payload zip : "Zip signature verification failed"
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] edyny1:
I need help: while in docked mode graphics looks blurry and double images, anyway to fix that?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Droid443:
Yeah it did that for me, but i fixed it by simply flashing a smaller image, i reckon since the sd was 32gb but only had 28gb available it didnt like that, so the 16gb img worked just fine.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Moronig:
Your download is probably corrupted, try downloading the file again.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] rewen:
Today is 2 months since the release. I'm surprised there haven't been more releases. I've been holding out for this to get more love before jumping in :P
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] themelstrand:
Any news on when we might see an update, even if it's still technically in beta? I feel like there are lots of small bugs we've figured out that could be fixed quickly with a patch/update. I'm surprised we've gone 2 months since release without an updated release at all.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] JiyuuTenshi:
They released an update for Reboot2Payload not too long ago that also fixed the resolution in handheld mode. It's in the OP.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Dadud:
Is it possible to make a Homebrew and Android partition on a single SD card? The only one I have for my switch is 200gb and I'd like to be able to switch between the two with a payload launcher.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] BlackWolfWhite:
it's possible install again Nintendo Switch Firmware????:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] rewen:
Yes but there seems to be a lot of partitioning involved. There are guides if you search Google.

The firmware isn't touched and remains on the internal memory. Android runs from the SD card only. Just turn off the console and turn it back on to get back to stock.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dudejb:
Works great thank you. I use my switch as a media streamer to my TV now. I installed amazon prime, BeeTV, ShowBox, and CyberFlix. Any other android steaming apps I should install?

Just one issue, I wish the screen turned off when I dock on the docking station. I feel it's on for no reason.

Oh and I connected a USB dongle from my air mouse to the dock and it works great.

Thank you again. I love that I can just remove the card and boot back to another card with atmosphere.

PS. I got an SanDisk 128GB Extreme microSDXC U3 card works great.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tomoya1230:
Can "switch" be recognized as "Samsung Galaxy S9"?

Sorry for the poor English
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] bloodsaw:
I don't have a switch but I am curious as to how well android on switch would run emulators.

This project is very similar to the one that got me into using Android and custom ROMs. The project I used was for the Sony Xperia X1 which was a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. Install the payload to the nand while android (CyanogenMod 7.2) was stored on the SD card, it was a fun experience to say the least.

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I don't have a switch but I am curious as to how well android on switch would run emulators.

This project is very similar to the one that got me into using Android and custom ROMs. The project I used was for the Sony Xperia X1 which was a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. Install the payload to the nand while android (CyanogenMod 7.2) was stored on the SD card, it was a fun experience to say the least.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dudejb:
It does not have the same chip as the S9. It has the same as the Shield that is why it can be made to act like a shield. Why would you want to emulate the S9?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tomoya1230:
I want a limited costume that can be earned when playing FORTNITE on Galaxy
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AndyOHart:
Any news or updates on when they might be releasing the new version with the joycon analogue fixes?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Conan179:
Forget it. Its only working on Samsung devices.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] patientx:
Anyone tried cod mobile with this ?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Samugai:
I'm stuck on the Preparing to Update screen. Tried hiding with Magisk as well but no dice.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Samugai:
It's working now. Game works pretty well but unfortunately it only supports touch screen control.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] patientx:
Works now. Doesn't need hiding from magisk. That preparing part was a server problem. Game works basically. Graphics settings is stuck on low -cant change- FPS can be selected as high. (it plays very smoothly) Of course no joycon because there is no controller support in the game. The best thing about this for me is : switch is very cool to play otherwise my phone starts to melt when I start the game.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Samugai:
Yeah works pretty well overall. I really hope they will add Bluetooth controller support later but I'm not going to hold my breath. Hope we'll see a CoD game on Switch in the near future.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Downloaded latest xapk (apk+obb) from apkpure, version 1.08, and it plays just fine. I tested it on a u1 sandisk card, so your performance may vary on a u3 (esp in Battle Royal when the open world has to stream into view), but I got what I'd consider buttery smooth gameplay in the console multiplayer maps and basic but extremely playable performance in Battle Royal. The settings are stuck at LOW for this android build (maybe Pie will give us a boost down the line) and the framerate can be set to low or medium. Fluid UI with almost no lag. No game crashes or disconnects. Frankly, I'm shocked that it runs so well (especially the non battle royal maps), but DO NOT expect what you'd get on a current or even recent flagship phone. The game is surprisingly VERY playable, as long as you're not an ingrate who expects miracles out of this android build.

I will say however that PUBG looks better on this Android build than CoD mobile in battle royal mode. But that's because Tencent used a different engine for this game instead of using the one from PUBG.

Again, if you've got high mobile expectations, battle royal will feel like potato mode. But for me, it's just fine, esp in third person mode. First person console maps in multiplayer look and feel fantastic. Shooting is smooth and fluid AF in the non battle royal maps, though not 60fps...but close 99% of the time.

Important Note: Because of this android Build's touch screen sensitivity issues, games like PUBG & CoD Mobile can't be played expecting near perfect touch aiming and shooting. Often you'll fire a weapon giving up your position or crouch when you didn't mean to and get shot. So play on this build just for fun knowing you WILL be able to play better on Pie when the devs fix the touch screen sensitivity.

Edit: with GL Tools, you can get max frame rate of 60fps in Battle Royal (just keep BLOOM & Anti-Aliasing off or the system will crash. Modern Warfare & Black Op maps run at full 60fps even when frame rate is set to LOW. GL Tools let's you boost the graphical fidelity of these maps to very high.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
Version of Android has no impact on graphics or frame rate. Tegra X1 is ancient hardware that was only used in 1 mobile android device. It will not be officially supported, therefore graphics settings will be no different if Switch for android gets updated. The only way to get better graphics settings is to use GLtools
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Driod4544:
Has anyone got adb working on it? I tried connecting my pc to the switch and it didnt even recognise it
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] p4rma:
I'm having a few issues;

1) When I load up Android I get the following message;

Android System - A vendor image mismatch has been detected. Typically this means your vendor image is out of date. Please ensure your vendor image matches HUAWEICLT-L29

2) Nvidia Games constantly crashes at boot

3) Reboot2payload - When I restart the Switch hangs on a black screen. I tried developer options and selecting the bootloader option but again that hangs too.

Hope someone can help, thanks.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mariosg71:
Hi i want to transfer files to my internal memory directly to my SD Card.

In which partition and which folder should I transfer the files? because it confuses me. The only partition that I can access from my Android System is a 2,1GB Volume and for some big files is not enough.

Also I know about ftp, i just takes long time sometimes
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Moocow25:
Quote:

16GB image: Direct | Torrent

Is this the newest file or the first file when this thread was created?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
There is no "newest file". This is the original release of Android for switch & the only working release. We probably will not see pie on the switch for a couple more months.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Moocow25:
Thanks! I thought I had to update again lol
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Bzathebza:
Hope using the joycon rail comes eventually, my sync button stopped working so it's useless in android now
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Phillyrider807:
Might just have to buy another joycon. While im sure analog will be fixed eventually i highly doubt they have native joycon support for android. Would love to be prove wrong though
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
I didn't talk about a "Version"; i talked about a more stable future Pie BUILD, only mentioning Pie cuz apparently we won't get another Oreo update. Am I wrong to assume an early alpha or beta build of a ROM would waste CPU cycles, precious RAM, and if it had a hard time speaking to GPU due to generic/poorly optimized drivers, it'd affect app (including game) performance?

MOST apps/games on the Play Store don't support/target SPECIFIC android hardware. They target the most common denominator GENERIC SPECS to make the most money from most current mobile users in the app's target demo who aren't on flagship devices. Switch's general specs aren't that bad, notably the GPU, especially considering what iPhones can pull off with just 3-4GB of ram even on older phones. So most of us don't ever expect OFFICIAL support for this Switch's Lineage build. Many of us do expect better GENERIC support on a well optimized android build that doesn't hold back the switch's hardware, especially it's capable GPU that can render late Xbox 360 era games on HorizonOS but can barely run recent Asphalt and PUBG on this LineageOS build. I'd be happy to pay money to the Switchroot devs for a build that did it's best to unlock NX's full potential since it's basically a tablet, and not that it needs mentioning, I'm already grateful for this beta build as an appreciative, free user.

I, like many, was just hopeful for better performance presumably on future, more stable, builds -- relying on some good old fashioned layman common sense to make that assumption.

Excuse my ignorance, I'm obviously not a dev, and I don't wanna trigger you since you have a habit of offloading on people on this thread, but are you saying we shouldn't expect ANY performance improvement in ANY game on a well optimized non beta build of Pie compared this current build? Have you ever played anything on an alpha/beta build, like a GSI android build, vs a well optimized build, like an official LineageOS release? If early builds don't affect performance then why do the apps crash/stutter on them vs more stable builds? Do apps and games magically talk DIRECTLY to the hardware without going through a poor/optimized android build?

Never mind. I must be the only ignorant user who has seen performance gains between a beta & stable build.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
Lmfao! Over your head and under your feet noob. All I said is android version has nothing to do with graphics settings & you start talking about stability and performance. Like I said, Tegra x1 is old hardware that was only used in 1 android mobile device, that's why it will never have the option to run call of duty mobile at high graphics. Is the tegra x1 strong enough to play call of duty mobile at max graphics settings? Yes it is. Why doesn't it? Oh that's right, some android games target specific hardware. Why do you think there's an app called GLtools to spoof your hardware? Oh that's right, because some android games are developed for modern hardware & the X1 is not modern.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] crumppp:
Is there no way to flash the rom onto a partition? I'd rather not use multiple SD cards, though I am at the moment to test things out and see how it runs. I tried making a 64gb partition and using the program to flash the rom but it just ignores the partitions and views the entire SD card as one drive.

Nevermind, not a big deal. I have it running but now I have an issue where when I try to launch Google Play or log into a google account it sends me to a screen that says "Checking info..." and a few seconds after it goes to a black screen. I can still press the home button and everything but every time I try to log in again it shows the "Checking info..." screen and then blacks out again.

Double nevermind. My fault for not installing play services before launching normally. Factory reset fixed it.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] crumppp:
How do you bind the Joycons in retroarch? I went through under "User 1" and bound all the buttons properly but in-game it seems like only the left analog stick works and nothing else. I'm not currently using the joycon fix because I don't know how to install it. Before rebinding everything my joycons work just fine in the menu but after they don't work at all and I have to use the touch screen for everything. Am I doing something stupid?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Mrtubby:
So, i'm trying to set up dolphin but i'm having an issue where the analog sticks aren't registering at all. I'm able to map them in dolphins settings but once i launch a game they don't respond. I've already tried installing the joycon fix zip file but nothing seems to be working. was wondering if anyone else was having this problem and if there is a potential fix for it.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ShadowRedel:
When I try to flash the 32 gb image on my 32gb microsd card balena says that I need 100mb more on the sd to flash it, someone can help me please?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ginepraio:
hi to all and thanks for this release.

does anyone know how to operate ethernet usb adapters? I mean without dock, with USB-C adapter or just an USB-C Ethernet adapter. I have a couple at home that work on my phones, but it doesn't seem to get current here.

Thanks in advance
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] multiwirth:
USB OTG doesn't work on this builds
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Dukef31:
Hi, i just installed ps4 remote play on my switch since its compatible with all android devices now but i get the error 88001003, even with magisk hide.

Someone else tried it?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] JiyuuTenshi:
Yep, see my post in the Remote Play topic: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80469609&postcount=60
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] weirdingway:
Holy crap that was months ago. There are loads of one-off fixes for a lot of the bugs with this build, why haven't they been compiled yet? I can wait for however long for Pie but simple things like reversed buttons still being what people are downloading months later? Come on.

https://xdaforums.com/nintendo-swit...ent/mods-fix-problems-switch-android-t3954140

These should be bundled into the current build on the first post of this thread (excluding remote play and dolphin stuff).
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] internetdude01:
Has anyone else had the problem of the Switch not waking up from the sleep screen with LineageOS? Like it will turn off the screen and it's still on, but it won't wake up when hitting the on button...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Yes. Here's a workaround I recommended to another user a few pages back. This should help until we get the next build (Android 9.0).

"I've had the same issue since the day I've installed this build. Most likely one of those "known bugs" in this build. I've also had to manually turn off the system just to turn the screen "back on".

Since deep sleep doesn't work in this build, i recommend setting the screen timeout to a very high value, so it'll turn off only when you want it to.

I've set the screen to wake up upon press of any of the volume keys (Settings > System > Buttons > under Volume Keys slide on Wake Device). This has solved the problem for me; whenever the power button is unresponsive and i think the system has crashed, i press the volume button and 9/10 times the display lights back up cuz it apparently hadn't tried entering deep sleep yet.

Try it out. It'll help."
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
[MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , it's been a while! I haven't messed around with LineageOS since the last time I posted. I'm patiently waiting for the 9.0 release. Have you uncovered any new information or have you achieved any new feats with 8.1 lately?

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[/COLOR [MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , it's been a while! I haven't messed around with LineageOS since the last time I posted. I'm patiently waiting for the 9.0 release. Have you uncovered any new information or have you achieved any new feats with 8.1 lately?