Hi there,
I recently got myself an unpatched Switch that won't turn on. Here's the thing.
It charges, shows battery charging symbol. When powering it on normally, Nintendo Logo appears, then screen goes black and nothing happens. If I want to restart it, I have to press Powerbutton for 10-15 seconds.
What works still?
--> entering RCM, injecting payloads (havent found one that didn't work so far)
--> creating/restoring NAND backup of eMMC, eMMC benchmark works well
--> creating emuMMC, flashing Linux or Android with hekate
--> USB tools for mounting rawnand and SD
--> joycons work when attached in hekate
--> wifi
What does not work?
--> booting up anyting
What have I tried?
--> booting normally: black screen after Nintendo Logo
--> booting emuMMC/sysNAND/cfw sysNAND (atmosphere): black screen after Nintendo Logo / after atmosphere Logo
--> booting Linux(switchroot ubuntu): initial setup works, then freezes after setup completes
--> booting Android (after successful flashing with TWRP): screen remains blank, fan is running, nothing happens (TWRP boots up successfully if pressing VOL+)
--> dumping original firmware and found it's 10.0.4, burnt fuses count = 13
--> downgrading using various tutorials using ChoiDujour, HacDiskMount and EmmcHaccGen and, almost all of them were completed successfully but I still get the black screen after Nintendo Logo
----> funny thing with this tutorial (suchmememanyskill github) was, that in TegraExplorer when running the systemRestore.te script it would just show two red 00 when trying to restore the system folder. When mounting System partition in HacDiskMount and modifying it, theres no error message though.
--> restoring the NAND backup that I took after I got the console various times and starting again from the beginning.....
At this point I wonder if it is actually a hardware problem. On a bricked console, it should at least be possible to run android or ubuntu, right? I got both running on another console, installing the same way, and they work like a charm. I'm thinking of using this device for practicing my soldering skills, or replacement parts, or maybe I just hang it on my wall and throw darts at it. BUT before that happens I thought I'd ask somebody who actually knows about these things, if they would see still a chance to save this sucker.
Alright, everyone who read till there, thanks for that, and any help is highly!!! appreciated.
Cheers
I recently got myself an unpatched Switch that won't turn on. Here's the thing.
It charges, shows battery charging symbol. When powering it on normally, Nintendo Logo appears, then screen goes black and nothing happens. If I want to restart it, I have to press Powerbutton for 10-15 seconds.
What works still?
--> entering RCM, injecting payloads (havent found one that didn't work so far)
--> creating/restoring NAND backup of eMMC, eMMC benchmark works well
--> creating emuMMC, flashing Linux or Android with hekate
--> USB tools for mounting rawnand and SD
--> joycons work when attached in hekate
--> wifi
What does not work?
--> booting up anyting
What have I tried?
--> booting normally: black screen after Nintendo Logo
--> booting emuMMC/sysNAND/cfw sysNAND (atmosphere): black screen after Nintendo Logo / after atmosphere Logo
--> booting Linux(switchroot ubuntu): initial setup works, then freezes after setup completes
--> booting Android (after successful flashing with TWRP): screen remains blank, fan is running, nothing happens (TWRP boots up successfully if pressing VOL+)
--> dumping original firmware and found it's 10.0.4, burnt fuses count = 13
--> downgrading using various tutorials using ChoiDujour, HacDiskMount and EmmcHaccGen and, almost all of them were completed successfully but I still get the black screen after Nintendo Logo
----> funny thing with this tutorial (suchmememanyskill github) was, that in TegraExplorer when running the systemRestore.te script it would just show two red 00 when trying to restore the system folder. When mounting System partition in HacDiskMount and modifying it, theres no error message though.
--> restoring the NAND backup that I took after I got the console various times and starting again from the beginning.....
At this point I wonder if it is actually a hardware problem. On a bricked console, it should at least be possible to run android or ubuntu, right? I got both running on another console, installing the same way, and they work like a charm. I'm thinking of using this device for practicing my soldering skills, or replacement parts, or maybe I just hang it on my wall and throw darts at it. BUT before that happens I thought I'd ask somebody who actually knows about these things, if they would see still a chance to save this sucker.
Alright, everyone who read till there, thanks for that, and any help is highly!!! appreciated.
Cheers