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Board was not initialzied properly. Hang prevented
WARNING: Be very very careful when following those steps, you **could** cause permanent and unexpected damages to your console if
You don't follow the exact steps of this guide OR perform extra steps not specified in this guide AND followed when not STRICTLY NEEDED
WARNING 2: DO NOT FLASH FIRMWARE.BIN
If you get the message "Board was not initialized properly. Hang prevented." while booting Linux or Android on Mariko:
1. Get this https://github.com/hwfly-nx/hwfly-toolbox/releases/download/1.1.1/hwfly_toolbox.bin
2. Put it in `sdcard:/bootloader/payloads`
3. Get this https://github.com/hwfly-nx/firmware/releases/download/0.7.1/release_071.zip
4. Extract and copy `sdloader.enc` to the root of your sdcard fat32 partition
5. Run `hwfly_toolbox` payload from hekate
6. In `----SD Loader----` section select `Update`
7. Power off your switch and boot ubuntu
In case the issue re appear, reapply the steps listed here from 4. to 7. If you didn't removed the files you downloaded in step 1. and 3.
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