I tried multiple times last night to download and extract Tinfoil but the NRO is the only thing that won't extract properly. I've installed sigpatches, tried different versions, and looking around forums for help to no avail. I've seen people say to use DBI, but I heard the dev was adding malicious code into newer versions so I'm a bit worried to use that, plus I can't read Russian. Is it an issue with tinfoil itself, or could my PC possibly be blocking the file? Any help would be appreciated.

New to switch modding. When downloading the tinfoil self installer NRO from tinfoil.io, I keep having a couple of files be corrupted and fail extraction. This happens on multiple devices/OS and repairing with WinRAR didn't work either. The .NRO file does extract; is this all I need, or do I need everything from the zip? Is there perhaps a mirror or alternative source for the self installer that isn't corrupt?

I'm trying to install Tinfoil to my switch but the zipped file has two files that refused to extract.

I've tried 7-zip and WinRAR as well and while they do technically extract, it still gives an error that the files are corrupted. I tried installing on my switch anyway using the non applet version of the launcher but it crashes when it installs and causes a blank application with an endless loading circle in the middle and you can't open it.

I downloaded the Tinfoil Self Installer from their website on both my main system and my macbook but can't seem to fully extract the zip file on either system, it always gets hung up on the .nro

i cant find anything on it on the guide page

Hi all, im trying to set up tinfoil for my switch but it seems that the tinfoil self install zip has a broken nro file that is preventing me from extracting it.

I currently am unaware what system version i am on as it does not tell me in the system settings - i most probably have updated in the last month. (i just have a little text saying System update is ready.)

Wanted to see if anyone else is having similar issues, or has a different method of getting the needed files to download tinfoil. Thanks :)

Since a lot of people seems to have trouble making tinfoil work on the latest Firmware, here's how I made it work :

1. Install as normal ( I use the self installer NRO)

2. delete the db file (/switch/tinfoil/db/titles.us.en.json)

3. Launch it in Airplane mode

4. Delete Every shop in it ( The Shared saves files one too )

5. restart it , Add your own shop if needed

6. close it , remove airplane mode

7. Enjoy

https://vimeo.com/1088135394

here's the proof for the Ninja downvoters and sceptic.

Preamble

If you've searched around this subreddit even a bit, you may be aware that the aforementioned guides are NOT suggested by this community. In fact, having the negligence to admit having a struggle with something when you haven't used the suggested guide is a good way to get downvoted. Are they wrong for being unforgiving to users who fail to follow their wiki and FAQ's? Not particularly. But, maybe you're like me and scared/stressed by the idea of restarting everything from scratch (^{my "RCM jig" barely works and I'm terrified at such an idea because I'm worried I'll lose my AutoRCM}). Regardless of your reasoning, you and many other people (as my research from my own endeavours to solve this problem has made abundantly clear) just don't want to start over; fortunately, I can tell you a simple method that won't require you to.

Set-Up Check

Naturally, we first need to ensure that you are doing everything else correctly: this "solution" won't fix your problem if your problem isn't what this guide is meant to solve. There are 3 main parts here that should be checked:

1. Are Atmosphere and Hekate up to date? You can see Atmosphere's version in your Nintendo Switch's System Settings; Hekate's version is displayed at the upper-left corner of the Nintendo Switch's screen after injecting its payload: if either of them are outdated, you should return to your original guide's page on updating CFW to fix that.

2. Are your "sigpatches" properly applied? Atmosphere is built with a precautionary measure that blocks unnatural titles from being installed to protect uninformed users from making unsafe mistakes or something. But, because that's precisely what we -- as informed users -- want to do, we'll need these "sigpatches" to circumvent this. You most likely will find links to these files in one of this subreddit's sticked threads.

3. Is Tinfoil properly set up to install? From Tinfoil's site, you should have grabbed the "Self-Installer" build -- not the "Applet Mode" or "NSP" equivalents; the folder said download should contain is one named "tinfoil" containing "tinfoil.nro" among other things and you'll want to put it directly in the "switch" folder on your Switch's SD Card.

The "Solution"

Assuming you've properly adhered to all provided instructions, you probably don't understand why Tinfoil just won't install -- your set-up is ALMOST just like that of a user who followed this community's suggested guide. The key difference between that guide and the guide you used is your payload: your guide injects Hekate to boot Atmosphere while that guide injects fusee to boot it. Why this matters is because, from what I've heard, Hekate does not properly apply sigpatches. So, you'll need to boot "fusee" to load Atmosphere instead. Fortunately, Hekate allows you to easily boot other payloads from itself. To do this, download the latest release of fusee.bin (which releases alongside updates to Atmosphere and, thus, is found on Atmosphere's Github page's releases) and put it directly in /bootloader/payloads; inject your Hekate payload as usual but instead tap the large "Payloads" button (the second large option from the right side of Hekate's top menu) and select "fusee.bin." Now, attempt to install Tinfoil once more (if there is a failed installation attempt leftover from previous efforts, be sure to delete it through the options menu on the home menu accessible through the (+) button). If it worked, celebrate! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Things to Remember

Every time you want to play around with unnatural titles, you'll need to inject that "fusee.bin" again: failure to do so, even after prior successful installation, will lead to the Switch saying that your unnaturally installed titles are "corrupted" and it will refuse to run them. But, don't worry, all you have to do to fix this is inject that payload again and then allow it to go through its process of checking for corruptions -- as long as you booted Atmosphere with that payload, it'll find none and remove the error peacefully.

I have no idea why tinfoil is not downloading for me. If I try to use Tinwoo and install the Tinfoil Forwarder it fails the installation (error 0x0001fb402). While if I try to download the NRO self installer from the og tinfoil website i still get an error when i try to launch it from album. I have no idea what to do from here, someone help!!

P.S. My Switch is V1, I use EmuMMC and i am new to switch modding 😔💔

UPDATE: Tysm for your kind help!! I was able to download the syspatches needed to make it work!

When I try to install tinfoil I drag the folder into the home brew store but nothing shows up. Only if I take out the tinfoil.nro and extract it it shows up. But I can’t install custom themes for it. Where are the apps located in atmosphere so I can install custom themes. Or is there a solution?

Accidentally updated switch to 19.0.0. I did a clean install, added atmosphere 1.8.0, sigpatches, and did the tinfoil self installer, but it wont start. I also tried the AIO from sigpatches, but also no luck. I also tried downgrading to 18.1 firmware, still nothing. Could not start software. Anyone have the same problem?

edit: FIXED, check comments.

[NEW POST] (solution at the end)

Hello everyone,

I am new to modding the switch. I already installed a custom firmware on my 3DS and eveything worked fine. Now with the switch it is a little more complicated but I followed the stickied guide very closely. I have an OG unpatched switch from before 2018 - I checked.

I get the CFW to run but everytime I'm trying to install tinfoil I'll get an error saying I need to go back to the home menu and update the software.

I did the following steps two times now but I still get the error:

• formatted SD-Card to exFat on PC (now tried FAT32 - still error)

• extracted hekate.zip, atmosphere.zip and fusee.zip (sig-patch) into SD-root

• place fusee.bin (from atmosphere-download) into /bootloader/payloads/

• create hekate_ipl.ini in /bootloader/

• create exosphere.ini into SD-root

• create default.txt in /atmosphere/hosts/

• inject hakate payload

• create partition based emuNAND -> 29 full -> start

• create emuMMC -> sd partition part 1

• power switch off and copy old stock switch files (gallery etc.) from PC into SD-root

• insert SD into switch

• inject hekate payload and boot into atmosphere

Everything until here works fine.

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Now the part where it crashes:

• extract tinfoil self installer into SD-root

• open gallery on switch

• click on tinfoil -> Error (2155-8007)

I don't get what I am doing wrong.

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These are the downloads I used:

Fusee 13.2.0-1.2.5 (sig-patches) - https://github.com/ITotalJustice/patches/releases/tag/13.2.0-1.2.5

hekate v5.6.5 & Nyx v1.1.1 - https://github.com/CTCaer/hekate/releases/tag/v5.6.5

Atmosphere 1.2.5 - https://github.com/Atmosphere-NX/Atmosphere/releases/tag/1.2.5

Tinfoil 13.0 NRO Self Installer - https://tinfoil.io/Download#download

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Images:

SD-Root - https://tinyimg.io/i/3SC1LcJ.png

Atmosphere - https://tinyimg.io/i/03taT16.png

Bootloader - http://tinyimg.io/i/hZzHX7O.png

Payloads - http://tinyimg.io/i/AXzhrUK.png

Switch - http://tinyimg.io/i/FT1va1e.png