They should really give you code execution with nothing but a paperclip like the original Switch models

ljm 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I miss the old days of the PS1 where you got a chip fitted into the machine and then used a spring so it would still boot up when the lid was open.

And you could cheat with games by plugging Action Replay or Gameshark into the serial port which basically just fucked with the game's memory. I don't even know what the serial port was actually meant for.

	▲	AdmiralAsshat 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I don't even know what the serial port was actually meant for. The rarely-used Playstation Link cable, ostensibly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Link_Cable Never used it myself, but it allowed a really weird first-person multiplayer mode in Bushido Blade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-obFMn_u3U4

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_def 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Elaborate please; mine is in a limbo disassembled state since months because i'm too scared to install the picofly

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pja 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You short pins on the right joycon connection at boot time to enter recovery control mode in the boot firmware which (via an unpatchable exploit) gives you full access to the hardware IIRC.

(I presume the picofly & similar devices are just doing this automatically so you can boot the hardware under user control without requiring other hardware to make the exploit work?)

	▲	broodbucket 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There's a site you can put your serial number into and it'll tell you if you're vulnerable

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haunter 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Unpatched v1 models can be softmodded no hardware modding (picofly) needed. For those you only need to enter the recovery mode which can be done with a paperclip > sorting the pins on the right joycon rail. Though it's also not recommended because you can fry the whole Switch with the paperclip. Nowadays people use 3D printed cheap RCM jigs.

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Guillaume86 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

First models of the switch can be jailbroken by connecting pins accessible without disassembly (used to connect joycons), lookup switch jig RCM.