Switch OLED teardown V1/V2

[TheUnknownOne]

He said he swapped back and thats not swapping serials as they are on left corner of tablet. He noobed it and so did the return person or they gave no fucks.

Gas prices go up and down daily yet the systems retail prices stay the same for years. Food for thought.

At the end of the day it is what it is. I still say if you break your own console, especially trying to install a chip into it. That's on the person who broke it. Shouldn't be returned. But that's me.

 

[Donnie-Burger]

At the end of the day it is what it is. I still say if you break your own console, especially trying to install a chip into it. That's on the person who broke it. Shouldn't be returned. But that's me.

I agree with you 100.

 

[TheUnknownOne]

He said he swapped back and thats not swapping serials as they are on left corner of tablet. He noobed it and so did the return person or they gave no fucks.

Gas prices go up and down daily yet the systems retail prices stay the same for years. Food for thought.

Just wanted to add, you do know the serial number on the oled IS in fact on the back under the new kick stand. Not sure how I forgot that since I modded my own oled and saw that. There's no way he just returned it as defective as there would have been no point at all in swapping the backs.

100% I'd put money on he said it was a repeat gift and didn't want it, so someone is going to be unlucky and get this dead unit...

 

[Donnie-Burger]

Just wanted to add, you do know the serial number on the oled IS in fact on the back under the new kick stand. Not sure how I forgot that since I modded my own oled and saw that. There's no way he just returned it as defective as there would have been no point at all in swapping the backs.

100% I'd put money on he said it was a repeat gift and didn't want it, so someone is going to be unlucky and get this dead unit...

Correct on oleds serial is on back panel. Ive bought a defective swapped console before, yeah it sucks. Quick return and all good but very inconvenient.

 

[TheUnknownOne]

Correct on oleds serial is on back panel. Ive bought a defective swapped console before, yeah it sucks. Quick return and all good but very inconvenient.

I've had it happen to me, and was told to deal with the console manufacturer. There's no way that switch got returned as a defect, there'd be 0 reason to switch the backs in that case.

 

[Donnie-Burger]

I've had it happen to me, and was told to deal with the console manufacturer. There's no way that switch got returned as a defect, there'd be 0 reason to switch the backs in that case.

This is why I only buy from stores that dont do this and inspect/test before return expiration date. At the end of the day its just an assumption. Only he knows what he did say.

You missed the point, he swapped, thats why.

 

[HelloShitty]

He said he swapped back and thats not swapping serials as they are on left corner of tablet. He noobed it and so did the return person or they gave no fucks.

Gas prices go up and down daily yet the systems retail prices stay the same for years. Food for thought.

You mean for the supplier or for the customer? Still, it's the customer that supports the majority of prices volatility. Anyway, I am going offtopic with this.

Back On topic
If I buy an original SXOS and the cables, we have te 2 caps with have to solder to the cpu ribbon, right?
Then, at least for the HWFLY, there are also those 2 pads that I think they are GND. With SXOS core chip, those 2 still needs to be soldered as with the HWFLY, right?

 

[TheUnknownOne]

You mean for the supplier or for the customer? Still, it's the customer that supports the majority of prices volatility. Anyway, I am going offtopic with this.

Back On topic
If I buy an original SXOS and the cables, we have te 2 caps with have to solder to the cpu ribbon, right?
Then, at least for the HWFLY, there are also those 2 pads that I think they are GND. With SXOS code chip, those 2 still needs to be soldered as with the HWFLY, right?

You would need the proper cpu ribbon, and I'm not sure if the pinout is the same or not. You then would need to solder wires right to the chip for everything else

On the oled you'd be best off just buying an oled specific chip to avoid issues. Do it proper the first time.

 

[HelloShitty]

You would need the proper cpu ribbon, and I'm not sure if the pinout is the same or not. You then would need to solder wires right to the chip for everything else

On the oled you'd be best off just buying an oled specific chip to avoid issues. Do it proper the first time.

What you mean with OLED specific chip? Isn't the original SXOS a specific chip?

 

[TheUnknownOne]

What you mean with OLED specific chip? Isn't the original SXOS a specific chip?

Theres different chips, one for regular and lite, and now there's an oled chip.

If your modding an oled just use an oled specific chip

 

[HelloShitty]

Theres different chips, one for regular and lite, and now there's an oled chip.

If your modding an oled just use an oled specific chip

ok, and the original SXOS is not specific for OLED? I mean, I have an image with the schematics and etc. I just to want make sure about the connections, etc.

 

[lufeig]

Original SXOS is specific to Lite or Core Switches.

Use the search function, there are tons of pictures and information about the OLED specific modchips.

 

[HelloShitty]

Original SXOS is specific to Lite or Core Switches.

Use the search function, there are tons of pictures and information about the OLED specific modchips.

But it works on the OLED, rigt? And doesn't it glitch better and faster than the HWFLY clones?

 

[zal16]

Why on sthetix diagram, is necessary to put an resistor of 10 - 50 ohm on dat0 line?

 

[hippy dave]

But it works on the OLED, rigt? And doesn't it glitch better and faster than the HWFLY clones?

It's not designed for it and doesn't have the right flex for direct soldering, but you can connect it with separate wires. You also have to flash it with recent Spacecraft firmware as the original firmware isn't designed for OLED either.

 

[Jarvmeister]

I really need to get this done for me in the UK. I really want an oled modded. I watched the video and although I've worked in tech all my life this surgical precision would be too tough for me. I struggle not breaking the casing when replacing a fan on a laptop! I'm not made of money but if there is someone near London/Essex who can help would be great to know.
Otherwise I'm looking at buying an unpatched v1 currently which I can do myself but the age of the devices and battery life is a concern and the oled bezle size is a gigantic draw.

 

[de9ed]

I really need to get this done for me in the UK. I really want an oled modded. I watched the video and although I've worked in tech all my life this surgical precision would be too tough for me. I struggle not breaking the casing when replacing a fan on a laptop! I'm not made of money but if there is someone near London/Essex who can help would be great to know.
Otherwise I'm looking at buying an unpatched v1 currently which I can do myself but the age of the devices and battery life is a concern and the oled bezle size is a gigantic draw.

I do install for mail in and premodded. pm me for details

 

[Bonovox40]

But it works on the OLED, rigt? And doesn't it glitch better and faster than the HWFLY clones?

It does work, it's just the flex cables for the hwfly chips weren't designed w it in mind.
There are lots of vids online from when the OLED was first starting to get modded, and many were using leftover SX core/lite chips successfully on it. (Also before the DAT0 adapters showed up also)

You can find vids showing them being instt and working like the hwfly chips, although some show emmc reball which is totally unnecessary now w the adapter.

There's still warning caveats that you should flash spacecraft V2 on the SX chip first to prevent the wrong voltage signal instructions from possibly being sent over. But otherwise, I have not heard of anyone having a successful SX chip cause problems later vs hwfly chips.

Of course if new chips are improved and designed for OLED outright, then I'd go for those if availability/price was the same.

I have an installer that will eventually put a SX lite into mine, and they are aware of the need for Spacecraft V2, so I'm not too worried of future issues and it has the USB port in case new fw needs to be added.

 

[KaiN69420]

I do install for mail in and premodded. pm me for details

De9ed did my Oled for me. Very fast, great communication, and reasonable prices. If you see some of my earlier posts, you will notice I tried to do an HWFLY lite in Oled (before the new Oled specific version) and botched it pretty bad. De9ed helped me out and I have a wonderful Oled with Oled chip running beautifully.

 

[zal16]

I installed an Sx core (with Spacecraft 0.2.0 burned) on my OLED switch, but I am not able to backup the NAND (and not start OFW/CFW).
The following is happening: As soon as I turn on the console and enter Hekate, I can access the eMMC information (on the console info tab), but after about 30-50 seconds, an error appears saying that the eMMC is working in slow mode, hence when I try to access the console info again, an error message appears "eMMC init fail". When I try to restart the console, I can no longer enter into Hekate and the SX core light is cyan (not green) and I can only access Hekate again if I reinsert the battery connector.

If I try to back up the eMMC (when it is recognized), it only goes up to 3-5% and gives the same error of working in slow mode and eventually "eMMC init fail" also appears.
DAT0 adapter resistance is about 740-760 ohms