hekate 6.2.1 and Nyx 1.6.3 are now released!
- L4T: New ARC 🕷️ with performance and signal improvements
- Easter Egg 🕹️ got updated!
- Fixed boot issues with HOS/L4T
- Various improvements and changes
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.0.0 is now released!
Introducing Nyx v0.8.0! hekate's gui!
Countless tools and options!
Everything got supercharged:
- Fluid GUI
- 8.1.0 support
- emuMMC support
- Faster booting
- Ultra fast backup/restore even w/ verif
- Many many more!
hekate 6.1.1 and Nyx 1.6.1 are now released!
- HOS 18.0.0 support
- Improved L4T ARC for RAM
- Various fixes and improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.5.5 and Nyx 1.0.2 are now released!
- HOS 12.0.0 support
- Seamless display boot for L4T Linux/Android
- USB3.0 exosphere option support
- Better RAM OC helpers
- Various fixes/opts to Nyx, along w/ a bit faster UMS
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.5.0 and Nyx 0.9.6
The 1 million downloads special release is now here!
And brings 11.0.0 and Mariko support!
- 11.0.0
- Mariko hw and Nyx support
- Mariko HOS boot (Needs Atmosphere 0.17.0)
- Many fixes/additions.
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.6.1 and Nyx 1.0.7 are now released!
- HOS 13.0.0 Support
- Nyx TSEC Keys info/dump replaced with Lockpick RCM
- Create/Change/Migrate emuMMC now uses a unique ID
Check release log for more!
hekate 6.0.0 and Nyx 1.5.0 are now released!
- L4T Loader (Erista and Mariko)
The new way to boot L4T distros (SOON™ still)
- R2P for Mariko
- Various fixes and improvements for hekate and Nyx
Happy holidays!
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.7.2 and Nyx 1.2.2 are now released!
- HOS 14.0.0 support
- Fixed Aula emuMMC creation (for real)
- Even faster boot speeds
- Many fixes & improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate 5.9.0 and Nyx 1.4.0 are now released!
- HOS 15.0.0 support
- Nyx GUI massive speed improvement on Mariko
- Nyx Black Theme
- Animated ticker on bootlogo
- And many more improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.6.0 and Nyx 1.0.6 are now released!
- Full support for Switch OLED (Aula)
- Simplified boot process by removing Sept
- Fixed slow resized emuMMC
- Fixed UMS on Mariko and Linux/Mac OS
Check release log for more!
hekate v4.8 is now released!
- Full 7.0.0/7.0.1 support. (Keys derived via Atmosphère's sept)
- Reboot to selected ini entry or hekate's menu via HOS hb.
- Auto NoGC
- Updated JIT and other patches
- Sleep mode w/ debug mode and secmon
- And many more
hekate v5.1.0 and Nyx 0.8.3 are now released!
- Full support for 9.1.0
- Faster HOS boot times
- Faster backup/restore verification
- Countless fixes
Check the link and release log for more!
Lastly, keep an eye for the big Nyx update!
hekate 6.2.0 and Nyx 1.6.2 are now released!
- HOS 18.1.0 support
- Faster booting!
- Easter Egg 🕹️ massively improved!
- Many improvements and fixes
Check release log for more!
"so it has come to this"
hekate v5.2.0 and Nyx 0.9.0 are now released!
Happy second 2-year hekate anniversary!!
This release brings countless changes and fixes.
Check the link below or the changelog image attached.
Enjoy!
hekate v5.0.2 and Nyx 0.8.2 are now released!
- Full 9.0.0 support
- Add support for Android reboot
- Fixed SaltyNX on emuMMC 8.x
- And many other bugfixes
Check the link for more!
hekate v5.1.4 and Nyx 0.8.7 are now released!
- HOS 10.0.0 support
- Added special screen when battery is empty
- Fixed issue w/ LvGL causing hangs in Nyx
- Added HW touch testing before calib
Also the big Nyx update is almost here. Stay tuned!
hekate v5.3.0 and Nyx 0.9.2 are now released!
- Full support for Atmosphère 0.13.0
- Still compatible with older Atmosphère
- Many QoL changes to HOS launching
- Many fixes to Partition Manager
- Bootloader Development Kit
For more the release page!
hekate v5.3.1 and Nyx 0.9.3 are now released!
- Fixed booting on 8.1.0/9.0.X with exo2
- Fixed an issue with touch hw failure not allowing joycon
- Fixed Pkg1 dumping
- Added L4T Android/Linux panic dumping
- And many more
Check release log for more!
hekate v4.10 is now released!
- Full 8.0.0 support
- Add brick protection for RCM patched units
(For future usage)
- Add Exosphere panic report and save to SD
Useful to debug those weird colors.
- Many bugfixes
Switchroot Ubuntu 3.2.0 is now released w/ support to hekate's flasher.
This release fixes every single issue:
OTG adapters/hubs
Hdmi for all hubs
Every PD/non-PD charger
Stable sleep and wifi
BT audio
Joycon IMU
Built-in IMU
And more
Try it today at
L4T Ubuntu 5.0.0 is now released!
T210B01 support for Switch 2019, Lite and OLED is here!
Plus, way too many new improvements, features and fixes included for all!
Happy holidays! 🎁
(open tweet for more)
hekate 6.1.0 and Nyx 1.6.0 are now released!
- Fixed an issue with emuMMC and > 1TB SD cards
- Significant improvements in Arachne 🕷️
For both Erista & Mariko
- Android 13 partitioning support
- And many fixes & improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.3.4 and Nyx 0.9.5 are now released!
- Mesosphere support (Atmosphère's kernel reimplementation)
- Auto create update.bin
Check release log for more!
PS: hekate reached 1 million downloads!
Expect a special release to celebrate that. ;)
hekate v4.5 is here!
- Full 6.2.0 support!
Secmon and Exosphere boot with 100% success ratio!
Supports devices upgraded to 6.2.0 with less than 8 fuses also
+ Many fixes and changes
Wait no more!
Many thanks to
@naehrwert
and
@balika011
for their help!
hekate v5.0.1 and Nyx 0.8.1 are now released!
They bring general system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience.
...for real.
Check the release link for more!
If you want to learn more about Nyx, check the embedded tweet
hekate v5.0.0 is now released!
Introducing Nyx v0.8.0! hekate's gui!
Countless tools and options!
Everything got supercharged:
- Fluid GUI
- 8.1.0 support
- emuMMC support
- Faster booting
- Ultra fast backup/restore even w/ verif
- Many many more!
hekate v5.7.0 and Nyx 1.2.0 are now released!
- HOS 13.2.1 support
- Faster boot speeds (HOS/Nyx/Payloads)
- Support eMMC lower bus speed init when a HW issue exists
- OLED 'FULL' emuMMC support
- Many fixes & improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate 6.0.6 and Nyx 1.5.5 are now released! 🕷️
- L4T: prep for future 5.1.2 L4T release
Various improvements to RAM clocking
Αlso allows 3.2GHz/2.36GHz for T210B01/T210 respectively.
- Various fixes and improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate hit half a million downloads!
Thank you all 4 using it!
Since its 1st release in Mar.2018 by
@naehrwert
, it continues pioneering in Switch bootloader technology, delivering an all in one way of booting CFW/Linux/Android & providing essential tools 4 every Switch modder!
hekate v5.1.3 and Nyx 0.8.6 are now released!
- Fix all touchscreen issues with Nyx
- It can also fix issues with touch inside HOS
- Fix a critical issue with Nyx that was creating hangs
- Updated emuMMC and more
Check the link and release log for more!
hekate v5.1.1 and Nyx 0.8.4 are now released!
- Increased sysmodules memory via AMS kernel patches
- Added updater for updater.bin & reboot_payload.bin
- Important fixes & QoL changes
Check the link for more!
Lastly, keep an eye for the big Nyx update!
Battery Desync Fix for Switch released!
After hundreds of successful tests, I just made public the Battery Desync Fix homebrew app.
This can fix any issue with % and mAh values when they get desynced with the actual battery capacity/voltage.
New hekate version 4.0 released:
- Payload launching. Supports: All current CFW bootloaders, Linux chainloading and payload tools.
- Ianos. Module loading and launching.
- Support for split .ini.
- Auto launch update for modchips.
- And many many more!
L4T Ubuntu 3.3.0 is now released
- Significant performance improvements on gui, games, emus, etc
- Many sleep power draw fixes
- Faster storage IO
- Better ram management
- Support every dock/hub in the market that supports DP (pin D)
- Many many more
Switch L4T Ubuntu 3.4.0 is now released
- Significant performance improvements
- Significant better sleep. (~582 hours. 440% better).
- Better RAM management
- Added proper HW Acceleration video player
- Fixed hori and Joy/Procon rumble
- Many many more
Because I'm getting many DMs about hekate and 11.0.0, here's some info:
The release will happen tomorrow.
Please be patient.
(Don't forget that this will basically be the 1 million dls special release)
Happy New Year!
hekate v5.5.2 and Nyx 0.9.8 are now released!
The new versions bring many important fixes and additions for Erista and Mariko units.
Check release log to learn about them!
hekate - CTCaer mod v3.0 released
*Autoboot (w/ VOL- to enter menu)
*Restore options
*Full Atmosphère support /w Exosphère
*Battery de-sync fix
*Many many more
Btw, yes, what you saw is Exosphère booting HOS w/ Atmosphère.
@naehrwert
@SciresM
hekate v5.5.4 and Nyx 1.0.0 are now released!
- Better handling of patched Erista/Mariko booting
- SDSC support
- Resized raw emuMMC creation
- Partition Manager & eMMC/SD Benchmark were improved
- Many fixes & improvements
Check release log for more!
hekate v4.9 is now released!
- Support for parsing kips/secmon/wb from a fusee-secondary.bin
- Partial Restore (and FAT32 restore)
- Performance changes for Backup/Restore/Verification.
- Important bugfixes and QoL changes
- And many more
hekate v5.1.2 and Nyx 0.8.5 are now released!
- 9.2.0 support
- fss0 sept parsing support
- Fixed hangs with L4T/Android when mixing older versions
- And other fixes
Check the link and release log for more!
Exactly 3 years ago, the so called hwinit for Switch was released!
(Now called BDK, short for Bootloader Development Kit)
What a ride! Here's to the future🎉
hekate 6.0.3 and Nyx 1.5.3 are now released!
- Added base support for SD UHS DDR200 for L4T
- 2019 Samsung ram can now run on 2133MHz with super tight timings on L4T
- Mitigated an issue with some bad loaders
- Various fixes
Check release log for more!
hwinit's 2nd year anniversary was at March 1.
hekate's 2nd year anniversary is at May 1.
To celebrate both, a preview of Nyx 0.9.0 is now available!
Just in time to fall in between anniversaries.
Drag n drop bootloader folder to your sd root and enjoy!
hekate 5.8.0 and Nyx 1.3.0 are now released!
A 2.5 million downloads special!
- Lite gamepad support
- Launch/Partitioner improv.
- Full OLED panel support
- Too many to list fixes & improv. (80+)
Check release log for more!
hekate v4.6 was just released!
This brings some important bugfixes, along with the following:
- Fixes sleep mode for downgraded units with more fuses more than required
- New archive fix v2 that can fix even Nintendo folder
hekate 6.0.5 and Nyx 1.5.4 are now released!
- L4T prep for future 5.1.1 L4T release
- Lite Gamepad Calibration dumping (for L4T 5.1.1)
- Various fixes and improvements
Check release log for more!
L4T Ubuntu 5.1.0 is now released!
- Extreme SD/eMMC perf improvements
- Dramatically improved deep sleep for T210B01
- More T210B01 GPU OC options
- Widevine Streaming
- Many improvements/fixes
Update via "Software Updater"
Check changelog for more!
hekate v5.5.3 and Nyx 0.9.9 are now released!
- Partition manager fixes (especially for Android)
- Reinstated OFW *reboot* for patched units
- Even better sd card compatibility
- And more
Check release log to learn more.
So, Chromium will get HW video acceleration in the next L4T Switch release.
After the last tweaks on my hw codec, I can say the results are exceeding expectations.
It can be used at last for web media consumption also.
Ofc that will benefit every Tegra device.
Soon..
hekate v5.5.6 and Nyx 1.0.3 are now released!
- HOS 12.0.2 support
- Fixed Seamless display for L4T
- Allow backing up resized emuMMC
- Various fixes
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.2.1 and Nyx 0.9.1 are now released!
As with any huge release, there are always new bugs.
Hopefully that release only had 5 bugs till now and all are fixed!
There are even some new features added like colorized icons!
Enjoy!
"so it has come to this"
hekate v5.2.0 and Nyx 0.9.0 are now released!
Happy second 2-year hekate anniversary!!
This release brings countless changes and fixes.
Check the link below or the changelog image attached.
Enjoy!
hekate v5.6.3 and Nyx 1.0.8 are now released!
In this version, various bugs were fixed that needed a release sooner than later.
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.5.1 and Nyx 0.9.7 are now released!
- HOS 11.0.1 support
- Fixed sleep on units with improper BCT
- Some additional fixes
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.5.7 and Nyx 1.0.4 are now released!
- HOS 12.0.3 support
For emuMMC and NOGC.
Otherwise a no fs patches SYS cfw boot works even on 5.5.6.
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.5.8 and Nyx 1.0.5 are now released!
- HOS 12.1.0 support
- Nyx now supports parsing health report for Sandisk eMMCs on modded units.
Check release log for more!
Some nice deep sleep changes in Switch l4t ubuntu:
3.3.0:
132 hours
5.5 days
3.3.1 (in beta):
582 hours
24.25 days
440% bigger standby in sleep
It also brings universal perf gains again. We are already seeing 8-25% increases in various games in dolphin, ppsspp and other emus.
L4T Ubuntu 5.1.2 is now released!
- RAM clocking greatly improved
Read wiki's RAM OC guide before trying higher rates.
- Fixed a critical BT pairing issue
- More Joycon clones now work
- And more
Update via "Software Updater"
Check changelog for more!
hekate v5.6.4 and Nyx 1.1.0 are now released!
- Fixed an issue that could hang Nyx on Lite and OLED models
(It could happen when disabling Joycon/Fan power)
- Add model info for new hw components
- Various improv/fixes
Check release log for more!
hekate v5.3.2 hotfix released.
2 important issues were fixed:
- Fixed an issue with sleep on latest HOS versions.
- Disabled the L4T kernel panic dump
Please find v5.3.2 zip in releases.
PS: The L4T dumping will be re enabled after finding a better way to identify it.
hekate is now officially on the Homebrew App Store (AppstoreNX)!
Any new version will now be some taps away from updating to!
Special thanks to
@VGMoose
for the help!
Minerva Training Cell was just released!
It supports all devices that come with Nvidia Tegra X1.
It also supports periodic training and frequencies up to 2133MHz.
It's about time we have 1600MHz for Switch Linux ;)
L4T Ubuntu 5.1.1 is now released!
- Proper (and extreme) RAM OC
- Lite Gamepad Calibration
- DDR200 Support for more SD cards
- Many improvements/fixes
Update via "Software Updater"
Check changelog for more!
- You can find the L4T Ubuntu 5.0.0 changelog here:
- New users can find the 5.0.0 image here:
- All existing users can update via Software Updater app ^^
Just run it, wait, and select Install now.
Seems that more and more PM me for Aula (OLED) Nyx hang fix, which is surprising to have such fast adoption to be true.
The fix is ready but I wanted to put as much info about new hw as possible and also wait in case today there was an update.
So, today there will be a release.
An important bugfix version was released for hekate - CTCaer mod.
If you had problems with read/write/verify on eMMC or SD, make sure to check the new v3.1!
So here's a funny thing
I tested emuMMC to see how File based that uses hekate driver fairs to RAW that uses HOS one.
And it's actually unexpected:
- Reads: File based is 58% faster (111 vs 70 MiB/s)
- Writes: File based is 16% slower (30 vs 35 MiB/s)
(SYS eMMC r/w: 178 / 49)
So it seems that some slight optimization and some cleaning up, gave even better results!
Old:
- FAT32 @ 32KB 14m 09s
New:
- FAT32 @ 32KB 11m 38s
- exFAT @ 128KB 9m 38s
- exFAT @ 32KB 10m 18s
(numbers based on the 29820MiB backup process)
A new Switch L5T Ubuntu base image is now released, based on 5.1.0 that also includes that fix (along with r3 fixes).
Additionally, a new micro update (r3) was released for existing users that fixes some kernel driver issues.
!IMPORTANT!
The apt repo certificate expired on 2023/04/14.
You will need to run certain commands if your installation image is before 2023/04/22.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
You can find the commands here:
hekate v4.10.1 is now released!
This is a hotfix version that rectifies:
- Reverted 204MHz SD device clock
- Some small QoL changes
If you have a misbehaving sd card that uses a sandisk U1 microcontroller, give this version a try!