Hardware My Switch Died. Today.

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

As I said my switch died. Haven't used it since July. So I plugged it in to charge. When I went back after an hour.
The Joygon's light up. But nothing on the Tablet. Just black screen. When I put it in the dock. the light on the bottom of the dock, flickers then nothing.
Time for nintendo to look at it.

fatsquirrel · Oct 20, 2017

Um...ok? But what do you want us to do ?

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

fatsquirrel said:
Um...ok? But what do you want us to do ?

Nothing really just letting other people know. Like I said I haven't used it since, July. Then I decided too play the switch again. But It's not working.

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kumikochan · Oct 20, 2017

It's not dead. When there is no charge left it needs to be charged a lot longer before you can turn it back on. It's normal. Let it charge for a couple of hours

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

kumikochan said:
It's not dead. When there is no charge left it needs to be charged a lot longer before you can turn it back on. It's normal

Been on charge for 4 Hours. Still Nothing.

kumikochan · Oct 20, 2017

trained-dog said:
Been on charge for 4 Hours. Still Nothing.

Then let it charge overnight without the joycons attached. And the light flickering in the dock is normal btw

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

kumikochan said:
Then let it charge overnight without the joycons attached. And the light flickering in the dock is normal btw

I will try that. Take the Joycon's off. But I think it's dead.

nero99 · Oct 20, 2017

It'll take at least 24 hours for it to charge up after letting the power drain like that since july. Had the same happen to my iPhone 4s that I lost for a few years. Just had it charge over night and it worked like new

psprofi · Oct 20, 2017

Did you try to force off the switch? (Hold the On/off button for a few seconds)
Then turn it on.

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

psprofi said:
Did you try to force off the switch? (Hold the On/off button for a few seconds)
Then turn it on.

Did that. Just won't knock on. Joycons work. Phone Nintendo, they said. I got too send it too them. So they can have a look at it.

BvanBart · Oct 20, 2017

You can try to start up in safe mode

Hold down the volumebuttons and then you can also pres the power button.

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

B4rtj4h said:
You can try to start up in safe mode

Hold down the volumebuttons and then you can also pres the power button.

Thanks It work charge at 24%. Thanks again.

Veho · Oct 20, 2017

fatsquirrel said:
Um...ok? But what do you want us to do ?

Commiserate.

FAST6191 · Oct 20, 2017

I wondered if we were about to see the first heat death of a switch (I know that would require something to actually do on it to get the runtime up there but I have been surprised in the past). Only deep discharge related though.

As we seem to be posting songs

fossda · Oct 20, 2017

trained-dog said:
As I said my switch died. Haven't used it since July. So I plugged it in to charge. When I went back after an hour.
The Joygon's light up. But nothing on the Tablet. Just black screen. When I put it in the dock. the light on the bottom of the dock, flickers then nothing.
Time for nintendo to look at it.

I had a similar problem the other day, but I managed to get the power options screen to appear by holding down the power button. I clicked restart and it didn't work, so I did it again and chose power off, then turned it on again and it worked.

trained-dog · Oct 20, 2017

fossda said:
I had a similar problem the other day, but I managed to get the power options screen to appear by holding down the power button. I clicked restart and it didn't work, so I did it again and chose power off, then turned it on again and it worked.

Thanks to all. Like i said, It's working now. I keep safe mode in mind now.

MockyLock · Oct 20, 2017

B4rtj4h said:
You can try to start up in safe mode

Hold down the volumebuttons and then you can also pres the power button.

Thank you for the tip !

Bladexdsl · Oct 20, 2017

this is why you should keep it in it's dock when your not using it.

Sonic Angel Knight · Oct 20, 2017

Bladexdsl said:
this is why you should keep it in it's dock when your not using it.

Is that safe for the battery?

Also When did nintendo start having a "Safe mode" in their consoles? It sounds like a android system.

ertaboy356b · Oct 20, 2017

Sonic Angel Knight said:
Is that safe for the battery?

Also When did nintendo start having a "Safe mode" in their consoles? It sounds like a android system.

I think the 3DS has a 'Safe Mode'.

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