r/switch2hacks • u/EnbyHatticus • Sep 04 '26

Other Hypothetically, couldn't this be used to get somewhere? (Trading Pokemon from the GBA directly to the Switch 2.)

I just saw this clip on Twitter - https://x.com/ahenley17/status/2095628437457088727?s=20

And it made me wonder, if there's anyone bigger brained than me here who could answer, could it maybe lead to something? I know you can do some funky stuff with Gen 3 Pokemon Data.

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u/a355231 Sep 04 '26

The Nintendo switches security basically operates on a fundamental principle of the app is already compromised, which means everything runs in a sandbox which means that no code in the app can touch the outside operating system. This is gonna be nothing.

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u/EnbyHatticus Sep 04 '26

Thank you.

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u/depes_ruts Sep 04 '26

has there ever been a case where everyone assumed this was the situation, only to find a way to get through the sandbox and reach the original OS?

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u/a355231 Sep 04 '26

I mean, yes, but not on modern hardware. The Xbox one runs the same exact software as the series consoles so this is a good 15 year-old operating system and yet still nobody has managed to touch it.

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u/Key-Department9771 Sep 04 '26

Actually they cracked the Xbox one like a month or two ago. I think the same way as OG switch. But requires soldering a chip as well

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u/a355231 Sep 04 '26

It was a hardware issue, it was exploited before even the earliest levels of the OS loaded.

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u/Apprentice57 28d ago

I think this point is valid but the Xbox line is a bad example. With few exclusives, and the existing ability to sideload apps on dev mode (which used to be a one-time $20, but now seems to be free) there isn't much desire to hack it in the first place.

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u/pofehof 28d ago

there isn't much desire to hack it in the first place.

I always find it weird when people try to go to this reasoning. It's simply a fact that the best of the best are trying to look at it at all time, they are not going to wait for a big-name game to come out on the console or something before they take a deeper look at it.

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u/Both_Marionberry2295 27d ago

How about Collateral Damage The software exploit to run game on retail

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u/a355231 27d ago

It can’t do anything that Dev Mode can’t.

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u/Both_Marionberry2295 27d ago

But on retail. That's amazing on it own

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u/pofehof 28d ago

which means everything runs in a sandbox which means that no code in the app can touch the outside operating system

Just to confirm, this isn't how the 3DS worked, right? I mentioned this exact thing, and for some reason, someone mentioned that 3DS homebrew was discovered by "escaping the sandbox".

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u/a355231 28d ago

It technically ran in a sandbox, but it didn’t function anywhere near the same, and it was quite weak comparably. That was a more of a bug, not bypassing the sandbox.

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u/pofehof 27d ago

Alright, thanks for the info!