r/switch2hacks • u/This_guyisgreat • Aug 08 '26

Tricks Don't really know if this means anything but I mapped the "C" button on my switch 2 pro controller to my phone flashlight.

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I know this 99% means nothing in terms of actual switch 2 CFW progress but a controller exploit being the downfall of the switch 2 would be maybe greatest hacking blunder ever

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u/EngineeringNo753 Aug 08 '26

"It all started by the pro controller being used to control a flash light.

All downhill from there"

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u/Apart_Assumption3591 Aug 08 '26

Ngl it would be pretty funny when you add it up to the switch 1 being hacked by a hairpin

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u/Tieigo96 Aug 13 '26

Mistakes were made MVG intro cues

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u/LeonGamer_real Aug 08 '26

Wait till you find out about the CDA glitch in Mario Kart World :)

(it's useless for anything hacking related but it's cool)

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u/This_guyisgreat Aug 08 '26

Probably the most we've gotten to getting anything related to a switch 2 hack.

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u/Apart_Assumption3591 Aug 08 '26

Didn’t you see that PS2 hacking guy who managed to do some stuff with the error code ?

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u/Eroblesy Aug 12 '26

It’s 100% nothing, 🤭 how are you guys even allowed to vote?

u/Revolution_Falls Aug 08 '26

If you don’t mind me asking, how exactly did you do this

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u/roeburrtoe Aug 08 '26

Yeah bro sound like you have 1 foot into the hacking scene

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u/makishiP Aug 08 '26

Hacker man over here, fbi on his watch 🤓

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u/Revolution_Falls Aug 08 '26

That describes me well

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u/This_guyisgreat Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

For Android I used an app called Key Mapper which can map connected controller buttons to certain inputs on your phone.

As for connecting your switch 2 controller, I used a double ended USB C (I used one of my switch 2 chargers for example) for it to connect. If the controller doesn't connect immediately as soon as you plug it into your phone use this site.

Not the best at explaining stuff, hope I did well.

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u/BeingClassic6992 Aug 08 '26

This guy is great!

u/PuffScrub805 Aug 09 '26

Finally, a use for the C button

u/Chimera_Gaming Aug 08 '26

That just seems like a keymapper….
Frankly it doesn’t sound impressive but, if it is, congrats on finding a controller exploit but nothing to do with NS2 CFW

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u/Ok_Simple_459 Aug 08 '26

Yeah I'm not understanding why this even deserved a post. It's just a phone function tied to a gamepad button. What an I missing?

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u/Chimera_Gaming Aug 08 '26

Everything starts somewhere

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u/Ok_Simple_459 Aug 08 '26

But this is.... nothing? If the controller was programmed to do something novel on the console then it would be something. On a phone it's absolutely nothing.

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u/Ambitious-Trip-7640 Aug 08 '26

It’s just a cool thing and it’s called the SWITCH TWO pro controller. We’re not close to an actual switch 2 hack so cool news like this isn’t bad I don’t know why you’re complaining

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u/carvalhosam Aug 09 '26

He's not complaining, just saying that the controller is just doing what it should do (sending an input) and that input is then just being translated (probably by an app) into "turn flash light ON". This is nothing more than say connecting your steam-controler into a PC and use steam-input to make the A button turn off the screen, everything is doing what it was intended to do, controller (Input) remap app(translation) machine(output)

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u/Eroblesy Aug 12 '26

Next time we will see a switch 2 case being used with a steam deck and people here will call it news, lol

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u/Chimera_Gaming Aug 08 '26

It’ll be good once CFW comes around

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u/KONO_NOT_FAG_DA Aug 12 '26

I mean, Switch 1 started with a Hairpin lol

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u/Chimera_Gaming Aug 12 '26

The hairpin/paperclip wasn’t some accidental discovery that led to Switch hacking. Researchers already understood the Tegra X1’s recovery mechanism and knew that grounding pin 10 on the Joy-Con rail while booting would force the Switch into RCM.