Hekate Toolbox Switch

Hekate Toolbox
General
Author	WerWolv
Type	Utilities
Version	4.0.3
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2023/04/17
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Hekate Toolbox (formerly Kosmos Toolbox) is an application that allows you to change settings of the loader (requires a modified version of loader).

It was originally developed for the use with tomGER's SDFiles (later AtlasNX's Kosmos), but fully works with Hekate-based CFW configurations.

Features

• Ability to read and alter the hbmenu launch button combination.
• Capability to modify the hbmenu configuration, ensuring the settings persist after reboots.
• Capability to read and modify the default launcher between album and hbmenu.
• Capability for sysmodule hotloading and unloading.
• Capability to reboot to Hekate profiles and the Hekate menu.

Installation

Place the .nro to the /switch/ folder on the SD card.

User guide

Change override keys

Set hbmenu launch button combination. Support up to 8 custom title overrides.

• Any Title - For all game, apps, etc.
• Change default - Change the default key, support for 4 applets: Album, Nintendo eShop, User Profile and Controller.
• Custom title - Choose a specific app or game.

Hekate autoboot profile

Allows you to skip the Hekate menu when loading Hekate payload, options include:

• Hekate menu.
• Atmosphere(SysNAND).
• Atmosphere(EmuNAND).
• Stock (SysNAND).
• Lakka,

Background services

Activate/deactivate system modules.

Third-party sysmodules can create a toolbox.json file in their folder (/atmosphere/contents/...) to make them be loadable by the toolbox.

toolbox.json format:

{
	"name"  : "sys-something",
	"tid"   : "0100000000000999",
	"requires_reboot": false
}

Screenshots

Media

HEKATE TOOLBOX - REBOOT HEKATE V2/OLED - ÉTEINDRE - CHANGER L'ACCÈS DU HBMENU (ALBUM) - SYS-MODULES (deejay87)

Compatibility

Tested on:

FW 16
FW 15.0.0 / AMS 1.4.0

Changelog

v4.0.3 2023/04/17

• Recompiled using newest libraries in order to support newer firmwares.
• Tested working on FW 16 - Ty to @hax4dazy for compiling and testing this release.

v4.0.2 2023/10/15

• Introduced restricted mode in the "Reboot to Hekate" menu:
  • It will be turned on when the app can't completely prepare for a hekate reboot, but has enough to do a basic reboot or shutdown.
  • This will be mostly useful for Mariko users.
  • Suggested by Monked on Discord.
• Removed hid-mitm support (it's deprecated and broken and no longer necessary).
• Binary size cut almost in half.

There were also lots of changes that have been ready for years but never actually made it into a release until now:

• Regular reboot to hekate has been made safer thanks to Atmosphere's ams:bpc service.
• Regular reboot to hekate now also has a "Boot to UMS (SD Card)" option, which immediately boots you into hekate with USB transfer enabled.
  • Suggested by FennecTECH.
• Lots of tiny refactors everywhere.
• Tested working on FW 15.0.0 / AMS 1.4.0.

v4.0.1 2021/01/06

• Rebranded "Kosmos Toolbox" to "Hekate Toolbox", including the logo.
  • This is a purely visual change.
  • We actually debranded it nearly a year ago, see: fae9f21.
• Compiled with the latest LibNX and other used libraries to hopefully fix some bugs.

v4.0.0 2020/01/07

• Override key settings now support up to 8 custom title overrides.
  • This feature only works in Atmosphere 0.10.2 and higher.
• Added an option to select a title when configuring overrides.
  • Album override has now been renamed to "Default" and its title can be changed also.
  • Besides listing all game titles, it comes with support for 4 applets: Album, Nintendo eShop, User Profile and Controller.
• All buttons now autoscroll when the selection goes out of bounds.
  • This means the sysmodules page no longer needs pages. They were removed.
• Fixed touchscreen UI not working properly when using the list selector and the message box.
• Fixed Override key button not blocking input properly when reading for button presses.
• Added an option to immediately exit the program by pressing PLUS.
• Most menus/submenus now remember the last button selection.
• Hekate reboot menu now automatically selects the autoboot profile.
• Having a valid config.json is no longer necessary to list sysmodules. (the toolbox.json files are an option)
• Background services, Reboot to Hekate and Reboot now! buttons have been recolored to reduce eye strain.
• Lots of minor UI changes.

v3.0.0 2019/12/30

• Fixes so the Toolbox works with latest libnx and Atmosphere again.
• The flags folder will now be created before trying to create a boot2.flag file.
• Third-party sysmodules can now create a toolbox.json file in their folder to make them be loadable by the toolbox.
  • To use this feature, create a toolbox.json file in your sysmodule's /atmosphere/contents/ folder with the following format:

{
	"name"  : "sys-something",
	"tid"   : "0100000000000999",
	"requires_reboot": false
}

• The atmosphere config files will now be created and filled if none was found.
• Allow inputs from any controller, for consistency with hbmenu v3.2.0
• All you can see here was the work of @cathery so a huge thanks to them.

v2.1.0 2019/08/18

• This includes pagination for the sysmodules configuration page. This allows you to have up to 18 configurable sysmodules at once, necessary for fully loaded SDSetup bundles. Thanks to @KranKRival.

v2.0.0 2019/08/10

• This is the version actually in Kosmos. Creating a release to end my pain and suffering with the Kosmos package script.

v1.1.0 2019/01/26

• Crash fix when starting the toolbox without having any files in the /bootloader/ini directory.
• Fix weird behaviour when not having an exclamation mark in front of the button in the config file.

External links

• GitHub - https://github.com/WerWolv/Hekate-Toolbox