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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AndyYan:
Thanks for making the manifest and patches available for building, and in a fairly straightforward way (standalone device manifest that can slot into an existing workspace, rather than a full manifest). Managed to successfully build and boot on first try.

Couple of things to mention:

Patches are in different formats (regular, diff, binary) - can you unify them please?

"hardware_nvidia_input_hook" instead of "hardware_nvidia_inputhook"

vendor_firmware-cb-update.patch has already been merged
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Ginosius:
I think it undervolts a bit too much when going into sleep.

I've flashed two switch consoles (tablet version + gapps pico + alarm disable).

They both work fine... but after waking them up after a few minutes of sleep they crash most of the times.

Forcing me to hold the power button for 10 seconds and reboot.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Fukurou83:
Which OTA should I use for updates?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] J-Lindo:
Just installed Android TV 10 with TV Mini GApps on my Switch. For the first couple hours, the sucker would just bootloop, and I figured out that it was the GApps package, as a vanilla Lineage install would boot just fine. After redownloading the latest GApps again, with the same result, I tried downloading an older GApps package that was closer to the Lineage build's 05/10 release date (the closest GApps build being 05/11). Sure enough, it finally booted and it's super happy.

Link to compatible May GApps build: https://sourceforge.net/projects/op...gapps-arm64-10.0-tvmini-20210511.zip/download
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] bryntz:
thank you!!!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] GamerGuy80:
I went and installed the TABLET version. I wanted to know how do i get PS Remote Play to work. I keep getting an error of Something Went Wrong (88001003) error. Do any of you know if remote play works on the Nvidia TV version. I just need remote play to work.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Fukurou83:
Use PSPlay instead
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pointu:
"PSPlay" works fine for me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pointu:
Hori joycon cannot works well after sleep. Does anyone know how to fix or when will it be fixed?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Ginosius:
There are many problems that can occur after sleep.

From hard freeze to reboot.

I really hope the next build will fix these.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] switchem:
Is it possible to install without GAPPS? I've tried (though Hekate patrition tools) reflashing, wiping, and installing multiple times. It always get stuck indefinitely (2 hours+) at the Lineage loading animation unless I flash GAPPS at the time of installation, in which case it works file. I've tried with both ATV and tablet. Perhaps I'm not totally wiping the partition? I chose both wipe all data (the one where you have to type "yes") and factory reset before installing. Thanks in advance for any help or insight.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] XDM inc:
i find that this android locks up a lot, and usb transfers fail
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] J-Lindo:
Should be totally possible. I had issues at first installing Gapps, and I could only boot vanilla Lineage (5/10 build). All I can think is to double check that you're following the steps correctly.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ejay_gl:
I can’t install android tv image. Tablet works, but tv it doesn’t boot, always it goes to recovery. I tried to install also without alarms disable flash zip and grapps and the some problem. I even redownload the rom and it’s not working. Any advice please?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ejay_gl:
I manage to install it. I have a question: it is possible to dual boot 2 Android's (tablet and tv mode)? And if yes how? Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] lolwatpear:
Does prime work on this? 4k, etc? Like is it treated exactly as a shield?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] J-Lindo:
I've actually been meaning to ask about this. Prime Video installs and works perfectly, until I want to play something—then I just get an error.

Does anyone know what the deal is? I'm thinking I'll try installing Magisk and see if that does anything.

Also, 4k won't work because the Switch does not support 4k output.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] redRaconn:
I have a Mariko Switch Lite and when booting after doing all the steps I get the error "coreboot not allowed on Mariko!". What can be done? I have the latest version 5.5.7 of Hekate.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Evo609:
Mariko (Switch Lite and Switch V2) is not supported. There is no way to boot it, sorry.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Timewolf:
hi, any fix to correct pair Xbox S pad?

When I pair via BT, on Xbox Pass i got some control issues...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Alexkudos:
Good Questions
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 1ronik4:
I have a silly question, does the gyroscope fully work? More specifically I would like to know if VR apps work. Thanks in advance
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] NeMisiz:
So I've tried the guide multiple times. Everything seems to work fine with the installation right up until it tries to boot into TWRP/Android. I just get a black screen that sits until I power it down. I've tried different partition sizes, I've kept/overwritten the bootloader/switchroot folders that hekate puts on the SD before unzipping the rom zip. Someone did mention that the SD card quality could cause issues so I guess my next step will be to pick up a new one up and see if that helps. I had no issues using balenaetcher to put 15.1 on my switch but this method seems to be giving me some hangups. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Update 07/04. I wiped my SD card and started from step #1. This time after taking out the jig and unplugging the usb after android flash, I docked my joycons to the unit before continuing to TWRP and it worked. Not sure why this matters but hopefully it helps anyone else with the same issue.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] i-am-batman:
Im very intrigued by the idea of running Android on the switch ive just got a few questions and im hoping someone has already tested and can confirm for me.

1. Is it possible to dual intsall cfw as well as android (in case i want to swap back and forth)?

2. Is there a specific size requirement for the android partition? I have a 400gb sd card and i dont want to lock it all down with android

3. Is there any risks with using exfat? Im aware that the guide states fat32 but id prefer ex due to the fact i can transfer files bigger then 4gb.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] syntax1976:
I'm running into this issue as well. I have even purchased multiple samsung EVO microsd cards (64g, 256g) and still no luck. I will wipe the sd and start again like you did and hopefully I can get past this as well. frustrating.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Techform:
Yes, VR does actually work (surprisingly)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] loginONETHREE:
So with my internet having a guest account, seems to be the only way for my switch to connect to wifi.

On another topic, are we able to disconnect our joycons without removing from the switch? They keep turning it on while it's in my bag killing the battery.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Kagepan:
Yeah, I'm at the same point. I've tried the whole thing 5 times, twice with the suggestion from @NeMisiz, but no luck. :(

It all runs through but goes black after it should boot into TWRP. The same happens if I try it from Hekate > More Configs > Switchroot Android 10 (while holding Vol+).
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] HisokaRyodan:
Love android on the switch and am setting up a 1tb android for emulation purposes. However, is there any way to disable the right joycon as a cursor? I there is a few threads asking if this can be done but I don't see any answer in how to do so or if there is something we can flash to do this. Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Techform:
I ran into the same problem too, after that I reformatted the sd to exfat (the repartitioning formats it to FaT32 for you, and windows is weird) and followed this tutorial exactly, which worked twice in a row for me so maybe it'll work for you all too
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] futiless:
This process, didn't work with exFAT even.... I think its broken at latest hekate ?!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] _RockNRoller:
hello lads! trying this one for my daugther´s swtich..

quick question, before doing all of this, after installing, can i just eject the sd card and boot into the normal swtich os?

or do i need to do something else to be able to do that.

i want to install android so she can play roblox, but i would like to be able to play some mario once in a while.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Grv666:
Was the Wi-Fi issue ever fixed? I did the install and everything is fine except that I can't connect to the Wi-Fi
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] 1ronik4:
So... I'm taking a chance and will try to install this, but I have a card with the old switchroot. What's the best way to make an integral copy of that card? And what's the best way to reformat it to start this process?

Thanks in advance
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] NeMisiz:
Sorry it didn't work. Maybe I just got lucky. The only other thing I did differently that time was extract the Android zip into my PC first and copied it over to the SD card. That shouldn't matter in any capacity though. I am using Hekate 5.5.4 w/ Nyx 1.0.0. Make sure you take the jig out and unplug the USB before you begin the android flash process. I really thought the joycons being docked before booting into TWRP was the factor I was missing. Again, maybe I just got lucky. Stay tenacious, maybe check out different guides to see if there are any other variables to work with.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] crony:
Use WinRar to extract the files if you're running into the black screen issue. I found this solution in the Switchroot discord and it solved the problem for me.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TyoLoki:
Hi, i've a question:

Now, I've using a Android TV LineageOS version (Android 10). But many of apps sideloaded (using Aptoide or download apk from Apkmirror) in my Switch don't work. Error on Google Play Store ("Sorry, you have to download this app from Google Play Store blah blah blah").

And Tablet version are very awful to using in docked mode.

My question is: It's anyway to install Tablet version and using same layout of Android TV?

And if I reinstall Android version, can I use the same partition (just boot in TWRP and install a fresh image of tablet version without erased a old partition)?

Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] zmijek-ok:
When i try to install linux or lineage-os, it shows error coreboot mariko, any solution?

Of course i created linux partition before or android partition.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Hongtm77:
Hi, I have a patched erista and previously manage to install the older version of android. Im trying to do a fresh install of android 10 latest release, but I'm stuck on black screen when trying to boot to TWRP. Any suggestions?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Hongtm77:
I found the fix, using winrar to extract the files fix the black screen issue. Simple and magic solution
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Maiz96:
Hi, someone knows if there is a way to use usb tethering (from my smartphone) with this android build? Cuz it would be pretty interesting for playing stadia 😁
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] prrlhkr:
No problem booting into the normal switch firmware. No need to eject the microSD card or anything else. Just click "shut down" from android and the next time you power on the switch it'll boot original firmware.

As a matter of fact, by default when you start the switch it will boot original firmware. To start android (or any other custom OS) you actually have to fake the switch into recovery mode and inject a payload. This process involves bridging two pins on the right joystick connection then plugging the switch into a computer every time you want to start android.

On this note, I highly recommend purchasing a RCM loader that can be used to start recovery mode and inject a payload so you don't have to plug your computer into it every time you want to start android.

Amazon.com: Payloads Injector for Switch, Upgraded RCM Loader Tools Kit, USB Type-c Transmitter, Built-in ATMOSPHERE, ReiNX, and SXOS, Support for Switch Recovery Mode, Including Injector, Jig, and USB Cable : Video Games

Amazon.com: Payloads Injector for Switch, Upgraded RCM Loader Tools Kit, USB Type-c Transmitter, Built-in ATMOSPHERE, ReiNX, and SXOS, Support for Switch Recovery Mode, Including Injector, Jig, and USB Cable : Video Games

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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Minsh:
I have a few questions, I use this on my switch to remote play my series x and also my ps5 and I use the hori split pad

Works fine with Xbox games pass app, actual Xbox app, as soon as you connect via remote play hori pad stops working

If the screen locks for whatever reason then only one side of the rail con stays responsive so I have to restart the os for both to work again.

Is there any fix to make it work with Xbox app remote play and not just games pass

Also any fix to make sure that both sides of the hori pad still work after screen lock? I have tested with normal joycons and these issues are not there it's only with hori.

Works perfectly with the psplay app though

Finally my mic on my Bluetooth headset just will not work yet it works on my phone and all other devices, just not lineage on the switch

Any help would be appreciated!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xrecartp:
This should be mentioned in OPs post. Thanks for solving my issue. Cheers
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ProducingIt:
Hello. Every time I try to boot into Android 10 after flashing it on my switch it never boots. It just shows a black screen. I have seen some people with the same issue and have tried their fixes but it has not worked for me at all. I've tried to reformat my sd card and install all the needed contents inside it for over 15 times now, trying to do things different each time to see what is causing this issue and I cant seem to find any sort of solution. Please someone if you can help that would be amazing.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dieselboyx:
Try extracting packages using winrar instead of 7zip. This helped me, and spent hours installing, formatting and retrying.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ProducingIt:
I have tried using both. Still nothing.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dieselboyx:
You could try asking in the discord server. They were able to help me out, but essentially make sure you use the Android build the thread recommends.

I used a sandisk extreme card and it has been pretty quick.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ProducingIt:
Yeah, I can try that. Thanks.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Li33f:
You have successfuly accessed to TWRP already using the volume + Button ?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ProducingIt:
It was my actual sd card that was the problem. When I tried using one by sandisk instead of samsung it booted on the first try! Its a faster micro sd card so if your having trouble with booting into android try getting a faster sd card.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ProducingIt:
At that time using the samsung sd card no.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dieselboyx:
Yeah, I had to buy a Sandisk Extreme, because my other SD cards were the slow variety.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Johneyap:
If anyone is having issues flashing, or booting. I found that mini tool partition didn't format my card properly, it was fat32 but not the right type

I downloaded guiformat from gbatemp, after mini tool I ran guiformat and the flash works everytime and perfectly, fast boots etc....

I went from a 10m startup to 30seconds

Some odd quirks, my battery will be 90% in Hekate, I goto android, it's 100% then it drops really fast and starts acting normal at the correct percentage. Just a strange quirk not an issue
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] fjfcb:
How do you turn it off or put it to sleep when docked? (TV version)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] ApexAftermath:
Does anyone have any solutions for the Hori Split Pad Pro issues? Specifically how one side goes dead if the screen turns off, and disconnecting and reconnecting just makes the other side stop working.

I tried a possible solution from months ago in this thread and it didn't help. Just hoping someone has a fix!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Techform:
there's something I'd like as a flashable zip for this that would make labo VR's button (the cardboard one witch opens the pause menu in labo VR) to work as the button in google cardboard apps and to make the brightness sensor tell the google cardboard apps that the switch is in the viewer because without that compatibility is spotty at best (it'll work with ivry but not the official google cardboard app) I know this would be for a niche audience but I'd still like it, asking here because I don't know where to ask and this doesn't really need to be official.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mahmutpekkara:
Hello, can we delete nintendo switch os on nand and install android to nand?

Obviously I will backup the entire system before this.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Techform:
I think that's how the older versions of this worked, you'll have to check me on that though
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Cavallonzi:
Is there a way to upgrade an sd with android installed to a bigger card and getting more free space?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mllora81:
Use the NVIDIA SHIELD TV app

NVIDIA SHIELD TV - Apps on Google Play

Control SHIELD TV on your phone with enhanced virtual mouse and keyboard support

play.google.com
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Hongtm77:
Hi, does it support Switch Lite?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] zmijek-ok:
Developers still can not, too difficult for them
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Hackerjac:
Is there a payload that boot directly to Android so you don't have to use Hekate ?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Techform:
I'd imagine you could transfer a backup of the sd (made through hekate)
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Fox_Shiro:
No it does not , i Tried it myself basicly says Coreboot is not unlocked
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] fjfcb:
does connecting a dualshock device sucks for anyone else? here the lag is insane == I think this is not specific to switchroot as I've saw other people saying to have the same with lineage and other OSes.

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Regarding input lag, I noticed that the display lag is very high when the switch is docked. Steam Link reports 61ms display lag when docked. Undocked it says around 20ms. Can anyone confirm they also have similar display response time on steam link?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Sharren Dabs:
Hi I have an issue with lineage zip installing correctly on twrps. When I go to flash the zip, it stalls 1/2 way into install and crashes. Or just fails all together. I’ve tried endless builds from other people, loads of different tutorials and have had no luck. I’ve been at this for 4 days now.

I have everything correct, fat32 sd card, all the files, everything’s working. It’s just the zip fails to install.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] fjfcb:
Are you allocating enough space for Lineage? Also maybe try with another SD Card.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] dryfer:
Edit:

Already installed it and working fine, is there a way to use the joy cons connected to the switch (I mean already on the switch not by bluetooth) as controllers? games I'm trying doesn't detect them as gamepad.

Edit2:

For some reason SELinux is disabled, is this normal?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Mar2ck:
This is a cool feature but how do i manually disable it? I'm trying to use Tincore Keymapper and the mouse is interfering.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] XDM inc:
I am having some issues with my rom. its installed and working but VERY sluggy at times. when i open apps like the browser it hangs for a while until i close the app and i have to try multiple times to get it to launch
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] manuelx98:
I'm having deep sleep problems with my rom. I have installed the first version and it worked normally, then I installed both the updates via OTA in order and now the deep sleep is broken, whenever I put it in standby it doesn't turn on anymore and I have to restart it. Any suggestions?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Ginosius:
I just did some testing.

I flashed the latest release onto two switch consoles.

The regular one, not the ATV one.

They were fresh installs, with no additional zip-files.

So no gapps, alarm disable mod or Magisk.

Just the ROM and nothing else.

Now when the screen goes off (or when you press the power button), it goes into sleep mode or standby or whatever you might call it.

When this happens, one of the two switch models usually locks up.

When I press the power button to try and wake it up, I can see the lockscreen for a brief moment but it remains frozen.

For the other switch model this doesn't happen as often and usually just wakes up fine.

Like I said, there were no additional zip files (such as gapps, Magisk etc) installed.

Just the vanilla ROM.

This behavior was always the same, even for the previous android releases.

That makes me think that it could be related to the sd-card being used, because that's the only thing that differs hardware-wise or it's because there is a difference in the SoC (CPU).

Because Android tries to put the device in its lowest performance state (with a lower voltage) when it goes into standby, to save up battery.

Perhaps the crashing switch model has a more crappy SoC/CPU requiring a little more voltage even in its lowest performance state for it not to be crashing.

So I'm wondering if it would be possible to see the performance states and their voltages and perhaps edit/tweak them a little.

Any thoughts on this?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Statico:
I'm having an issue with joycons in games I've tried (Bully, Vice City) - analog does appear to be working, but pretty much any direction other than UP is registering as just a slight move. This means I can run forwards in games just fine, but trying to run left/right or down actually results in walking. If I push the stick really hard in one direction it does register as running but I have to push it uncomfortably hard.

Is there any way to adjust these sensitivities, or does anyone else experience the same thing?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Fukurou83:
Is there a way to use joycon drivers on another rooted device?