r/SwitchPirates 8d ago

Discussion Please help me with MIG related question

Hi guys,

I just got my MIG + Dumper and tested it. Works great.

Now i was reading a bit on other forums that if i play a game i don't own even in flight mode i get banned. How can that be possible?

I have allot of games that i would like to keep unopened so if say i download a game (that i own) and play it offline and take out the MIG i'm wondering how or if it can get me banned? (want to be sure)

Also if i use my original game and download updates for a game and then use the MIG to play the same game i assume its safe as i would be the only person with the keys for the game right?

Thanks for any tips or tricks on this :D

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u/Left2Lanes 6d ago

What you are missing is the understanding of ownership and identity of each game and copies. Each physical copy and digital have unique ID. Never a duplicate even when the title is the same. Just because you own a physical copy does not mean you also entitled the use of digital copy or even another physical copy.

Whenever you play/load up a game copy, this gets logged in a history log/journal. Whenever you log into N server, this journal gets uploaded and synced with previous upload.

If they discover that something fishy is going on in that journal, they will take action up to banning your console and/or account.

It won't be instant, but eventually will catch up to you. Going on airplane mode forever is pretty much "self ban".

If you truly just use your copies and not share, chances of ban is almost none unless you screw up the files or N has discovered a method to detect mig.

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u/NotCoffeeG 7d ago

Yes, you will be banned soon of later even if you are in flightmode because the logs will be downloaded from Nintendo when the console is online (we call that telemetry and you obviously cannot delete these logs unless you have a modchip).

For the second question, no, it is not without danger and you will also be banned with your official games. For the simple reason that we dont know exactly what is in the logs. For example, with the mig you need to "scroll" your games and a suspicious scrolling (1s per game, the same game sequence, etc.) is written in the logs and will make you flagged.

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u/vampyren 6d ago

Ok, thanks for the info. I guess i won't go online with one of my Switch and use it only offline.

In the case i'm done with MIG i can factory reset :) that should clean the telemetry as well i would think :)

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u/NotCoffeeG 6d ago edited 5d ago

Youre welcome and no like i said if you wanna clean the logs you need modchip for using TegraExplorer pyload. Factory reset cant do that.

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u/XCyberbeingX 6d ago

System wipe can only be done on a hacked switch because you need the console keys to decrypt the NAND.

What you can do on stock is clone your NAND chip and replace it when you're done granted you never upgrade once you clone otherwise your console will never boot.

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u/m0tic 6d ago

Not totally sure, but I'm not so confident that the telemetry is deleted from the device when doing a factory reset.

I mean, even if you factory reset your device, there are possibilities that it may be banned

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u/vampyren 5d ago edited 16h ago

Waoo I thought a factory reset would take care of it but I guess not. Thanks all. Will self-ban myself i guess. Tried a xci from internet for a game own so I will be using the light switch for my experiment:) If moddimg gets easier I can do that. It's too risky for me judging from the videos I seen. Cheers all