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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] StonedModder:
You keep trying to point people to the wiki that still currently has incorrect information/instructions on it. You're telling people to use adb to flash the zip when that does not work currently. Between that, and yall not uploading the files in a premade folder structure. Its kind of setting up these "dinguses" up for failure...especially when you just respond back with a simple "read the wiki"

The zip file needs to be selected with apply update from switch SD card instead of doing it through ADB....since the OP mentions that ADB is broken currently and you also confirmed this on page 2 in a quote to me where you also told me to just read the wiki...

Also if you're pushing out updates via OTAs there really shouldn't be a huge concern about that zip going out dated. (not trying to undermine you of course) since the new updates can just be pulled well...OTA....so what kind of stuff do you not want me to do exactly? Help out? People are clearly having some trouble installing this. Yes plenty of people are installing it without issue as well but that doesn't mean the instructions don't have gaps...

I'm happy to help anyway I can, just say the word again not trying to undermine this thread or anything...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Okay going break this down one final time and then just stop responding to this nonsense.

Where is the "incorrect information" people keep saying is there? Every time someone says this, I point out they've ignored a key step or point, then magically "okay wait yeah it boots".

Give me exactly where the issues lie. But take note of the following:

1. ADB IN RECOVERY WORKS FINE - I literally only use ADB to install and debug the builds. Sideload works fine, as does standard shell. You need to have USB 3 enabled which I outline in the instructions.

2. The zip ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT need to be put on the SD Card, side load is the method Lineage enforces on wiki, and it's the better way to handle it with the vastly varied SD Card speeds people have.

3. You're broadly assuming that all images are updated via OTA. You're also assuming that people actually update their switch regularly (already enough of a struggle).

4. If I were to generate a premade zip as you did, it would be outdated within 7 days. Plus, LineageOS likes to have all artifacts built and published on the portal, or if it's text/photos, stashed on the wiki. We have no appropriate place to stash such a zip. If anything we'd make it a build artifact - and we talked about this and decided against it, as doing so was only feasible with the unsigned images due to the logical flow of events the signing server handles. This way, everything is signed properly.

Side note: Honestly, if someone can't figure out how to make folders, put things in folders, and make a text file, they absolutely should not be running a custom ROM.

Additionally, prebuilt zip is bad for Mac users, as when a Mac drags a folder over, it doesn't merge by default, it overwrites (stupid, I know, but you'd be amazed how often this was the issue).
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
FWIW I'm not trying to be awful here. I'm really, really just tired of circling the same conversations over and over and over and over, when the wiki is literally open to contributions from anyone.

Literally anyone. And the instructions on how to do - are on the wiki.

Plus, the instructions work fine as is, we A/B tested it with 6 different people across all models pre-release.

I explained above very succinctly why I would prefer this not be done - but if you're adamant about doing it, just do it elsewhere.

Not to come near the fact that you mentioned "Oh wow you're a joy" - why would I be a joy? I work on like 25 devices, and somehow NX users are actually far and away the hardest to deal with. Had no less than 5 people fine my personal instagram and Facebook to harass me about NX related stuff with actual threats and horrible things levied at me abound. It's absurd, unlike anything I've ever had to deal with.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] StonedModder:
That "nonsense" actually has usb3 enabled. If you took the time to look instead of assuming everyone is idiot and throwing insults at everyone. I tried to be as detailed as I could with every one of my responses to you...I'm happy to clarify further if I didn't word something well..but in that ini within that ZIP folder which is the same as I did during my 4 installs that required me to flash from my SD card insead of over ADB USB 3 is enabled. You're welcome to download it and check, gofile would change the uploaded date if I changed that after you said anything...so you can double confirm that, it is in fact enabled. Im sure you also deal with a lot of nonsense each day...Im legit just trying to help where I can. IDK how to edit a wiki and it feels like you're just coming at me with arrogance like how dare I make a post..thats how it feels at least

So *gasp* I may have found a bug. Shocking I know how dare a dingus insinuate such a thing. So sure ADB in recovery might work fine in most cases, but clearly not all. This is a brand new 2 week old macbook so maybe I forgot to install something and I am in fact a dingus. But When ADB is saying no devices found despite using the same excact cord and port for hekate.(and also trying others to be safe) I dont know what else it could be. But im happy to hear another suggestion to learn....
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
I don't assume everyone is an idiot - but I wouldn't put something out if something as simple as the install instructions didn't work.

"Download it and try" - I have flashed no less than 4 nx builds today while working on fan curves over ADB.

I have flashed them on my v1 and my OLED. It works.

When you select "Apply Update from ADB" - does your host see anything? Are you on Linux? On Windows? These are all important factors. Did you set up udev rules like the wiki lays out? When you boot Lineage recovery do you see "USB3 Enabled" in the top corner of the splash screen?

If you follow it all correctly, it does in fact work - you must be missing some component. Be it drivers, udev rules, etc.

Willing to help debug it but there's even a proper place to file bugs that is described in the OP - that people ignore. A grand total of 1 bug has been filed and it's not about this. Nor does anyone provide logs.

If you want to contribute to the wiki - the wiki has instructions on how to do so.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] hanamizukitoki:
Thank you for your help!

Your file structure is exactly the same as what I followed the instructions, but I still tested it according to your compressed zip package, and it still failed(use dynamic partition-->continue-->flash Android button-->succeed-->continue to recovery-->screen is bootlogo_android.bmp-->jumped back to hekate UI again).

I have flashed roms of many devices, so I should not make any stupid mistakes.And i do followed the instructions step by step. I can't figure out what's wrong with my switch v2.

Finally,I uploaded my tf all files if anyone can test it to find the cause of the problem and solve it.

Thank you!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] hanamizukitoki:
Thank you very much for the developer's efforts. I did follow the instructions step by step. I will try again in the next two days.

ps:the android.ini file,

usb3_enable=1

the same as your wiki instruction content.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxbug:
Thanks for solving it. It's my emmc problem that doesn't support los. I changed it and solved it successfully.

I successfully used Android 11 in emmc. Sorry for the interruption some time ago.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] EliteBlackKaiser:
See you have kernel source posted , and finding device trees is fairly easy. But what about the vendor dt ?

Also running los 21 on my switch with 0 issues. As ive read through this thread and every issue end users are having is solely end user issues. As the ROM runs flawlessly. I just need a better R/W SD card.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Literally just follow the wiki instructions on how to build, the breakfast command pulls in all of the dependencies, and you can track them @ .repo/local_manifests/roomservice.xml
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Olus-Olus97:
Hi i stuck on this any combination?

I try every button.

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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Hit -
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Olus-Olus97:
**** not working no response from - button
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Olus-Olus97:
nvm i connecxt ps5 controller, mouse, keybord, pro controller didnt work na i was try and xbox controller work
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gomgeek:
This work on dock?

And on a Android tv version How i configure joycon like a Control?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gomgeek:
i have same problem, please help me
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gomgeek:
I have same problem on tv version...

And have a question, that Two versions ( tab e and tv) Works on dock mode?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Yes they both do.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gomgeek:
and does this require any specific configuration? If I boot as Switch, the dock works normally, but if I boot as Android and put it on the dock, nothing appears.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
ATV or tab?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Unofficial build users:

For the next build you will need to update by hand in recovery and select "Yes" when prompted about signature mismatch.

I have started signing my builds again, and set it up so that you can migrate without wiping data, but you must select "Yes" to ignore signatures once to swap to a signed build.

Enjoy!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Gomgeek:
I try both.

But in tv version i have the dock problema and the Control problem, o hit "-" and ALL other buttons and dont pass of that screen.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AlexS2412:
has auto rotate been fixed, or has anyone been able to find out why its busted? things barely run anyways even with unofficial...
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Some OLED variants have sensor hubs we don't have drivers for - and on some others read outs are inverted, I will need to add cases to handle it.

What do you mean "things barely run"? Things work fine.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] henry177:
Do you have other controller other than joy con? I connect my other bluetooth controller, and it got me pass that screen.

You just need to put your controller into connecting mode => a popup ask to connect will appear on you switch screen.

@npjohnson successfully installed on my switch and been running real great. Been enjoying it on my tv :* thank you for your time and effort.

Btw, the keyboard on my switch does not seem to accept touch input. Is it just me? I tried to install other keyboard, but when I went into the "available virtual keyboard" in setting, it crashed to the home screen.

Please help.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DevanWolf:
Are you using the Android TV version? That means that the keyboard only reacts to controller input. Try the nx_tab version instead.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AlexS2412:
there is no world where system apps like the launcher locking up every 30 sec is working fine. same for the auto rotate bug where its inverted, hell the literal days i spent fiddling with 14 just to get it work again i was able to just go back to 10 and have everything work, though it seems people really tried to hide the old coreboot way to boot as all documentation was just gone. in fact so much was missing just rebooting in 10 always brings you back to hekate menu instead of autoboot despite the config. i would use 11 but oc is disabled on that one so you cant reach 2ghz and lumince quit. no i dont care about cpu lifespan and such as i only use this switch as an android. for actual switch games i just use my computer. there are stupid lineage props I can't seem to remove either on 10 but if i did, i pass basic and device integrity with all root hidden on the switch which is absurd, also impossible on the 14 images. i get you dont care or dont want to help but when your posts upset me so much i went back to 10 because "you dont want me here".... cmon man.

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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Cool!

So here's the fun part: Go away. Don't want you here. You complained about a bunch of things that (other than auto rotate) people aren't complaining about, insulted the devs, and, on top of it all - Filed not ONE single bug with logs, so that we could try to fix any of them! How exactly do you expect us to fix these issues if we don't hit them?

But responding one by one for posterity's sake.

> there is no world where system apps like the launcher locking up every 30 sec is working fine.

That doesn't happen to 99%of people. You have an issue that either you, or a hardware variant of yours (maybe those sensors I mentioned I don't know, 1 post ago?).

> Same for the auto rotate bug where its inverted

Cool, disable it for now. It's literally not a massive deal. Do you know how hard it is to fix this type of stuff? No, you don't. But you're sure apt to complain about it!

> though it seems people really tried to hide the old coreboot way to boot as all documentation was just gone.

No clue what you're yammering about on this one, 14 will not boot with CoreBoot, we re-architected it, and CoreBoot has 0 to do with any of the issue you describe.

> in fact so much was missing just rebooting in 10 always brings you back to hekate menu instead of autoboot despite the config.

Now I know you've done something wrong, because R2P works absolutely fine.

> there are stupid lineage props I can't seem to remove either on 10 but if i did, i pass basic and device integrity with all root hidden on the switch which is absurd, also impossible on the 14 images.

So funny. The Lineage props you mentioned have _0_ to do with Play Integrity stuff. Seriously, go read some articles on it my guy.

The only reason you passed on 10/11 was the device spoofed being an NVIDIA shield, which you can just go do through Magisk. Lineage doesn't allow that, for good reasons.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] maroonmellicent:
Hello

I have Switch OLED and I'm trying to boot from eMMC

I erased the whole eMMC, created new partitions via gparted as follows:

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I flashed

boot.img to sda1:

sudo dd if=boot.img of=/dev/sda1 bs=32M

recovery.img to sda2:

sudo dd if=recovery.img of=/dev/sda2 bs=32M

nx-plat.dtimg to sda3:

sudo dd if=nx-plat.dtimg of=/dev/sda3 bs=32M

I added the other files to switchroot :

bl31.bin -> switchroot/android/bl31.bin

bl33.bin -> switchroot/android/bl33.bin

bootlogo_android.bmp -> switchroot/android/bootlogo_android.bmp

icon_android_hue.bmp -> switchroot/android/icon_android_hue.bmp

and created android.ini at bootloader/ini/android.ini

Now when I try to boot I get the splash screen with both 'using eMMC' and 'USB3 enabled' at the top left side.

But it's stuck there, it doesn't boot to recovery? what to do?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
You sure you followed the guide in MiB or MB?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] maroonmellicent:
You mean the unit of measurement for the block size? if so, yes it's megabytes not megibits as stated in bs=32M,but I'm not sure what cause the issue
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] maroonmellicent:
quick question, is there a way to have both android tablet and android tv running from SD card?

And thank you very much for the great effort
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Not at the present moment, maybe in the future.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Officechris:
I'm getting an odd confirmation dialog when attempting video out via dock. If I use a type-c cable I can click yes, and output works, but how are you supposed to do that on the official dock? NX tab build, updated to June 30th. Is there a setting to bypass this confirmation popup?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
not yet, that's new to the June merge from Google - we are working on it.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Officechris:
Fantastic, thanks for the update, did the first OTA update to June 30th no issues, fantastic work, will keep checking back on progress!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] The Chaotician:
So far so good here too. Lineage 21 and GApps installed fine, my WiFi and Autorotate work fine without third party apps too. I’ve yet to install Magisk, but I had an easy time with that on Lineage 18.1 so I’m assuming no worries there.

Question: is there any way to move the folders (Music/Pictures/Movies et al.) that are created on boot from root to the Android partition? It was a minor annoyance for 18.1 and was hoping there was a work around for 21.

Cheers!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] britoWDL:
nope

after doing the recommended, at the stage of starting Recovery Mode it restarts to hekate again, probably the android broke on my switch? how can I see logs for this?

The screen stuck is solved. I have tried enter in lineage recovery and TWRP recovery and it didnt work, of couse I pressed volume up. Any aswer to my case?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Check all your stuff again dude, I've provided the same support to people like 40 times now, inevitably some file is misnamed, something that should be lowercase is uppercase, you didn't repartition your SD card as dynamic, or you have INI options.

Just start from scratch and try again
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] britoWDL:
Of course I'm not going to do this in a loop forever, poor support unfortunately.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
"Poor support" - unpaid, frankly don't care whether you get to enjoy this or not.

Another case of a user who refuses to read and utilize the documentation that we spend significant amounts of time building.

What I'm telling you is other people aren't having this issue, and therefore you're doing something that is out of the ordinary, start from scratch and try again, there is absolutely no point in me wasting time debugging the fact that you likely have one of the three things I laid out above wrong.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] britoWDL:
For those who are having trouble starting Android on Switch v2 and returning to the Hekate menu (same here), it is probably because the chip used to unlock is an old version, making it necessary to update the chip for it to work. Avoid redoing the tutorial as it won't work.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] grmpy:
anyone else having trouble getting the joycon working on geforce now?

joycons work outside gfn (plugged in or via bt) but not within a game.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Serviqual:
Thanks a lot for your release !

But i have a problem : i can't pass the first configuration screen because i haven't any Android TV remote control... Is it possible to pass this screen with some buttons combination please or can't i use it without buying a remote control ?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] tham.400:
Read the thread, he said to press -
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Serviqual:
Sorry but press - doesn't work for me...

And it is not a joycon problem because when i pressed A ou < buttons for exemple, the remote on the screen go to the center with a blue circle around, and - button work on switch mode, so the joycons are working.

Edit : Maybe it's because I'm using the unofficial version with Gapps included. I'm going to try the official one and install Gapps separately.

Edit2 : It works with the official version and gapps, so it's a problem of the unofficial version.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] molski12:
I've followed the instructions but I think I installed the wrong Gapps through the adb. Can I install the Gapps after Android is installed or do I need to install Android again? Wich Gapps do I need? I have a switch V2, is it ARM or ARM64? I did ARM but I think it's not good.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] molski12:
I fixed it. VOL up and did it again! Thnx ARM64 is it : )
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxbug:
My emmc is the expansion of 64g, brush in can not start, android, change back to the original 32g can be, by my ram change to 8g, but android only display 4G

Dear author, I hope you can fix the problem that 8g, ram only shows 4G.

It's not that I don't read, at least my emmc at that time didn't support it. I successfully helped many people achieve the coexistence of Android and switch systems.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.

The guide that we give of course supports stock and Android both being bootable options.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxbug:
I mean the switch v1 version of the private replacement of a larger hard disk (emmc) found that the boot did not work, replaced the original 32g hard disk normal use of android, there is a magic change to 4G, ram expansion to 8g can only use 4G
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] npjohnson:
Then I have no idea how you expect me to give you support lol - you gave me none of that info and said "your stuff is broken"
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxbug:
😂Well, I just want to see if I can support Android with 8g of running memory.

What I want to say is that I expanded the hardware. The ram was originally 4G. I expanded it to 8g. It didn't show 8g in Android as I imagined. The ram was still the original 4G.

That emmc can't be helped. My one doesn't support Android. I replaced it with another one that can
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Rosentine:
Am I alone, or dock isn't working on LOS21?

I confirmed that dock is working fine on HOS, but no matter I do, I cannot make it switch display to my LG TV, although there is a sound when switch is put in dock and also screen turns off, as I choose that setting from switch conf app. I also tried with turning off the screen option off, but still na display on TV - no signal...

EDIT

I see that somebody week ago opened an issue on gitlab:

docking problematic, Nintendo Switch V2 (#7330) · Issues · LineageOS / issues / android · GitLab

Expected Behavior I dock my switch and the picture mirrors to screen Current Behavior...

gitlab.com
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] evil_santa:
8gb support works fine, don't use any custom hekate. Did you burn the Fuses or did you recompiled hekate with 8gb support?

Same for emmc works with any type of emmc, you did something wrong.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xboxbug:
I also thought it was amazing. I don't know why, so I asked a lot of people for help. They didn't know. I sent my machine to other people to see if it was like this.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] evil_santa:
I see your problem.

You have an erista switch, which type of ram you soldered to the Mainbord? (pls the correct marking from the chip you soldered on)

Does the ram upgrade work in l4t Ubuntu/noble?

I'm not really sure if a tegrax1 support 8gb, dev kits only have 6gb.

It's a thing for ctcear, test the compatibility on l4t Ubuntu first then you can try Android.