Hacking Suggestion PSA: SX Pro and your switch won't turn on

[Randall Stevens]

Ok, I know that this is probably spelled out somewhere else but if I can save someone a little panic I feel that it's worth it.

SX isn't kidding about the charging of the dongle. If it goes dead (after approx. 5 uses) and you are in auto RCM, the switch will literally NOT power up. I tried holding the power button for 20 seconds, nothing. It wasn't until I charged the dongle for 15 minutes that it worked. When I did that and plugged it into the switch, it came on immediately.


TL;DR - if your switch won't turn on and you are in auto RCM, charge the dongle for 15 min and plug it back into the switch.

 

[HtheB]

of course it won't turn on no matter how long you press the power button... AutoRCM mode puts your Switch in a recovery mode. It won't turn on until you send a payload to the system.

If the dongle is out of juice, all you need to do is connect the dongle with a micro usb connected to a usb port and wait for like 5 or 10 seconds. That's all.... and not 15minutes... ¬_¬

 

[subcon959]

You could also use a usb cable and send a payload from your pc. Btw, this is why I don't really like the idea of autorcm, it's too bricky if you can't send a payload and just want to play in ofw.

 

[Randall Stevens]

of course it won't turn on no matter how long you press the power button... AutoRCM mode puts your Switch in a recovery mode. It won't turn on until you send a payload to the system.

If the dongle is out of juice, all you need to do is connect the dongle with a micro usb connected to a usb port and wait for like 5 or 10 seconds. That's all.... and not 15minutes... ¬_¬

I am sure 15 min is exaggerated, but 2 minutes in a PC USB port did absolutely nothing. Just an FYI.

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You could also use a usb cable and send a payload from your pc. Btw, this is why I don't really like the idea of autorcm, it's too bricky if you can't send a payload and just want to play in ofw.

It does, I totally agree. I'm going to disable this mode and just try to keep it charged and in sleep mode.

 

[Jayro]

They're capacitors, and charge up in seconds. It's not a battery inside.

 

[retrofan_k]

It's also an initial step to take, which is one easily missed (charge the dongle for a few secs in OFW on it's first time use upon receiving it)

 

[JellyPerson]

Why would anyone have Auto RCM on anyway? Keep it in sleep mode

 

[retrofan_k]

Why would anyone have Auto RCM on anyway? Keep it in sleep mode

Yep, that's what i've been doing since receiving the SX pro a few days ago.

 

[xabier]

If you switch from cfw to ofw to play online without having to mesa removing the joycon and using the jig

 

[Jayro]

If you switch from cfw to ofw to play online without having to mesa removing the joycon and using the jig

I'm tempted to just solder the magnetic Reed switch in my joycon.

 

[Konmon2]

I am sure 15 min is exaggerated, but 2 minutes in a PC USB port did absolutely nothing. Just an FYI.

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It took seconds to charge mine, just wait for the green led to glow and your good.

 

[Raikkonen94]

If you switch from cfw to ofw to play online without having to mesa removing the joycon and using the jig

True, but there are also people (like me) that don't really care about playing games online. Doesn't mean I want to get banned, though

 

[ABigMoustache]

Yep, that's what i've been doing since receiving the SX pro a few days ago.

Sometimes crashes and it's a pain when you don't have the dongle or an OTG cable

 

[PurpleSkunk]

Why would anyone have Auto RCM on anyway? Keep it in sleep mode

Because I swap microSD a lot?

 

[ABigMoustache]

Because I swap microSD a lot?

Yeah I don't have a JIG and that's the part I hate the most

 

[retrofan_k]

Sometimes crashes and it's a pain when you don't have the dongle or an OTG cable

Only crashes i have heard are random ones when exiting a game and going back into the Album (when docked). I have haven't had mine docked and there have been zero crashes, or error messages.

 

[Randall Stevens]

Only crashes i have heard are random ones when exiting a game and going back into the Album (when docked). I have haven't had mine docked and there have been zero crashes, or error messages.

If you're feeling left out of the Switch-crash fun, just fire up the emulators and start messing around for a couple minutes. You'll be enjoying crashity good times in seconds, trust me.

 

[urdaddy]

Ok, I know that this is probably spelled out somewhere else but if I can save someone a little panic I feel that it's worth it.

SX isn't kidding about the charging of the dongle. If it goes dead (after approx. 5 uses) and you are in auto RCM, the switch will literally NOT power up. I tried holding the power button for 20 seconds, nothing. It wasn't until I charged the dongle for 15 minutes that it worked. When I did that and plugged it into the switch, it came on immediately.


TL;DR - if your switch won't turn on and you are in auto RCM, charge the dongle for 15 min and plug it back into the switch.

where is the dislike button? this is common sense knowledge!

 

[Randall Stevens]

where is the dislike button? this is common sense knowledge!

It's also a day old. Thanks for your speedy, high-level contribution to the thread.

 

[retrofan_k]

If you're feeling left out of the Switch-crash fun, just fire up the emulators and start messing around for a couple minutes. You'll be enjoying crashity good times in seconds, trust me.

I'm referring to xci dumps. Emulators don't interest me and the switch homebrew is in it's infancy, so is it's bound to have issues.