Hack Your Nintendo Switch And Install Games - HBG Shop (Tinfoil)

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This guide will show you how to hack your unpatched Nintendo Switch and install Atmosphere custom firmware with Tinfoil + HBG Shop so you can download games directly to your Switch SD card. You will also have access to various homebrew applications such as cheat managers, emulators, offline updates and more.

Huge thanks to JackInTheShop for creating this Atmosphere (sigpatches) + Tinfoil pack.

It is advised that you create a full backup of your Nintendo Switch system before you begin. You will be able to use the backup file to restore your Switch back to a clean, pre-hacked status at any time if anything ever goes wrong.

“The best backup is the one you never need, the worst backup is the one you never made.”

Before you begin, it is strongly advised to Block Nintendo Servers via DNS. This is to prevent your Switch sending information that could lead to a ban as an Internet connection is required to use Tinfoil / HBG Shop.

You should never attempt to play online once you have installed a custom firmware on your Nintendo Switch due to the high likelihood of a ban. If you wish to play online AND have access to homebrew features, you can setup an emulated Switch storage (EmuMMC / EmuNAND) partition on your SD card. This means a copy of your Switch internal storage containing custom firmware can be run directly from the SD card without leaving any files on your actual console.

Follow this guide on setting up EmuNAND on your fresh Nintendo Switch.

This will allow you to boot into both custom firmware and the stock firmware on the same Switch, without ‘contaminating’ the console’s internal storage. This is only recommended if you have NEVER used custom firmware on the console before.

If you wish to remove custom firmware and start ‘fresh’, follow this guide on using Haku33 to ‘clean’ your Switch NAND.

It should be noted that there is no known fool-proof way to prevent bans entirely other than not using hacks at all. Going online greatly increases your chances of being banned and the methods detailed here have shown to lower that risk. There have been no known cases of users being banned for using EmuNAND alone, however these methods are prone to human error. Users should take care to keep their SysNAND Stock OS environment as clean as possible, and also to never connect to the Internet with EmuNAND unless Incognito is activated.

Required Downloads:

  • It Just Works: Atmosphere Pack
  • TegraRcmGUI
  • Rufus (Optional)

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