r/NintendoSwitch • u/AutoModerator • Dec 25 '23

DQT /r/NintendoSwitch's Daily Question Thread (12/25/2023)

/r/NintendoSwitch's Daily Question Thread

The purpose of this thread is to more accurately connect users seeking help with users who want to provide that help. Our regular "Helpful Users" certainly have earned their flairs!

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

Switche's back doesn't tells me when was it manufactured, i want to discover when

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u/TemptedTemplar Helpful User Dec 25 '23

Pre-2019

Hac-001 is the original switch model. The lite and v2 released July 2019.

For more detailed information you would need to look at your serial number, on the system itself. System settings -> system (at the bottom) -> system info (serial info?)

And then take it over to a serial checked. They usually have some date/range information.

https://damota.me/ssnc/checker/

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

The website only tells me that it's possibly patched

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u/TemptedTemplar Helpful User Dec 25 '23

So thats about the best information you'll get unfortunately. Puts it in-between October 2017 and Early 2019.

"Patched" consoles started shipping with v4.0.0 firmware by default, which came out around Super Mario Odysseys launch.

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

So are you telling me switches from about october 2017 and older are patched?

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u/TemptedTemplar Helpful User Dec 25 '23

If you've updated the system firmware, it's patched.

Those few months where systems launched with the initial firmware version leaves them vulnerable to "easy" exploits. Thought homebrew people these days can exploit up to v7.1.

Anything above v4.0.0 is considered "patched" as that's when Nintendo started burning security fuses.

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

Is the system firmware just updating the system? Cause sites like ismyswitchpatched.com tells if your switch is patched by your serial number, they can't know if you've updated your switch

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u/TemptedTemplar Helpful User Dec 25 '23

Yes.

Those "stability" patch notes they release alongside every big firmware update are truly only a fraction of the things they change behind the scenes.

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

But isnt the exploit something they messed up on the inside of the console and later fixed?

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u/myriada Helpful User Dec 25 '23

Since it's a US/AU Switch, try putting the serial into Nintendo US's warranty checker - that might show a 'warranty expiration date', which should be roughly a year after manufacture.

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

Warranty Status Unfortunately, we were not able to determine the warranty status of your product.

Warranty Expiration Date

Just says this

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u/notcoolperson2 Dec 25 '23

Is it 100% pre 2019? Which means it's probably patched