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Okay so I'm using SXOS 2.6.1 on emunand and my sysnand is at 7.0.1 (also have autorcm enabled), and I recently used nx theme installer and successfully added a custom theme to my switch. I decided that I wanted to change themes, so I went in the theme installer, uninstalled the theme I had currently, and backed out to the home screen and powered off my switch so I could insert the dongle and turn it on again, which worked last time, and now it won't turn on. I'm beyond infuriated at the possibility that I just bricked my switch. Can someone please help me or offer some advice on how I can get it working again?
 

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Okay so I'm using SXOS 2.6.1 on emunand and my sysnand is at 7.0.1 (also have autorcm enabled), and I recently used nx theme installer and successfully added a custom theme to my switch. I decided that I wanted to change themes, so I went in the theme installer, uninstalled the theme I had currently, and backed out to the home screen and powered off my switch so I could insert the dongle and turn it on again, which worked last time, and now it won't turn on. I'm beyond infuriated at the possibility that I just bricked my switch. Can someone please help me or offer some advice on how I can get it working again?
I installed nx theme myself but never used it but when starting the app it does say that its impossible for the app to brick your device
the app also says that you can manually delete the 0100000000001000 folder in your sd card (sdcard/cfw folder/titles)
checkk if deleting it works
 
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I deleted the sxos/titles folder entirely, there were two folders in it, one was something different. I hope I didn't delete the switch's main theme data. I checked the sd card for corruption and it's fine. I also reinserted the jig and dongle and still nothing. I just made a title folder again in /sxos and it still won't boot.
 

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Try to hold the power button down for 30 seconds or more to ensure the switch is fully off. Then try to power it back on again.
 

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I deleted the sxos/titles folder entirely, there were two folders in it, one was something different. I hope I didn't delete the switch's main theme data. I checked the sd card for corruption and it's fine. I also reinserted the jig and dongle and still nothing. I just made a title folder again in /sxos and it still won't boot.

Well the good news is that I sincerely doubt that your Switch is bricked, and at the very least, not by NXThemes. NXThemes uses layeredFS to replace all of the standard pages, or the ones you choose, with customized versions. Nothing is changed on the actual Nand, everything is done on the SD Card. Kind of like when you use layeredFS to run mods in games.

I have a ton of themes on my SD Card that I've made myself and use NXThemes to switch between them and have never had this type of issue.
 

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Ok so I have no idea what the hell I just did, but it booted back up and all seems well again.
I put the sx dongle in the switch and pc to see if that would do something, and then I unplugged the cable from the dongle while it was still in the console and then took the dongle out, reinserted it and pressed the power button, and now it works. What the hell.
 

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Ok so I have no idea what the hell I just did, but it booted back up and all seems well again.
I put the sx dongle in the switch and pc to see if that would do something, and then I unplugged the cable from the dongle while it was still in the console and then took the dongle out, reinserted it and pressed the power button, and now it works. What the hell.
SX Pro dongle? The "battery" in that is very low capacity, so it's possible that it was just dead and couldn't push the payload. When you plugged it into your PC it gave it the charge it needed which is why it worked immediately after that.
 

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