Additional reports indicate that these chips might not be super reliable. However their prices fluctuate between $150 and $200 at the time of this writing, and their compatibility seems to be limited: early reports from some buyers indicate that these modchips are only compatible with Regular sized “V2” models (so, no compatibility with Switch Lite, and no compatibility with Patched V1 models). These go under the names “HWFLY” or “SX Clone”. Recently, some clones of these modchips have surfaced on specialized websites, in particular some Chinese electronics retailers. Since then the production of these chips has stopped, making them really hard to find, and really expensive. But the group behind these modchips ( Team Xecuter) have been arrested late last year. To give a more detailed story, it used to be possible to hack these devices with a modchip, known as “SX Core” and “SX Lite” for the regular and lite Nintendo Switch consoles respectively. Another hacking history: Nintendo Switch modchips So, long story short, if you don’t have an “unpatched V1” console, hacking your Switch in 2021 is borderline impossible. Hacking any other Switch model (Patched V1, Patched “Mariko” V2, Switch Lite) There are countless tutorials on how to hack your unpatched Switch, I find that this one is pretty comprehensive. Worst case scenario, a paper clip will do the trick ( I’m not making this up). If you’ve got an unpatched V1 Switch, you’re in the easiest category for hacks by far, congratulations! All you’ll need is a tiny dongle which you can find on many retailers. Not good), or “Orange” (not sure which one of the three…not great, really). The result is “green” (in which case it’s an unpatched V1 – good), “Red” (it’s either a Patched V1, or a V2. That site will try to tell you if your console is one of the unpatched models.
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