Hacking Answer me some questions about AutoRCM please...

[Pablo Giambelluca]

Hi, I just 'hacked' and installed everything on my Switch (hekate+sigs+devmenu) and I've been reading through the AutoRCM threads but still have some doubts... I understand that AutoRCM drains the battery and it charges slowly while its activated... but if I have AutoRCM + Hekate does that mean that Hekate will always charge slowly or is there a difference between shorting the pins in the joycon and the AutoRCM that breaks charging in the console as a whole?... If I have AutoRCM activated and my console is on CFW will it charge slowly no matter what I do or it just doesn't have to be 'off' and I can charge it normally with the wall charger while on hekate? Does people boot into horizon to charge their console? Can I activate the console with AutoRCM, pick Stock in the menu and log into horizon to charge my Switch normally? Will I have to do that to charge it at normal speed?... because if the only problem with AutoRCM is not draining the battery to 0 I can live with that, if I can normally charge it on Hekate with my wall charger I don't see the benefit of not having it activated (because I have to power off the switch to remove the SD Card and get more games/apps in there and I just did a tinfoil joycon hack to get everything in working order), here in Argentina jigs are very poor quality and I don't have anyone with a 3D printer.

PD: I still have my joycon in place with the tinfoil... if I just leave it there and use my console in handheld mode can I use it normally? I might just leave the joycon there until I have everything I want on my SD and call it a day.

 

[mezz0]

I think the no charging is only when your console is in RCM and you haven't send a payload yet.
As far as I know, as soon as a payload is injected it charges again like ususal. (at least that is what I see with SX OS)
The trouble some people have/had with charging I believe came from the fact that their console wasn;t shut down when inserted in the docking, it was in RCM mode (without payload); hence the no charging.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

It will only charge at higher voltage when the PD controller is initialized, which booting into Horizon/CFW does, when you see the little battery icon show up in the top corner. Without out the PD controller, it will just charge at minimum USB spec. When you load up hekate it shows you the charging current in the bottom corner.

 

[Pablo Giambelluca]

So now that Hekate sleeps correctly and there is no real reason to turn the console completely off then the chances of it going completely to 0 are slim to none or would a console with AutoRCM still drain A LOT faster in sleep mode? I left my switch in sleep mode and it still had charge after two weeks, will that be cut short to something manageable like a week? Or will it take just one day to completely discharge the battery... one more thing... the option on Hekate for AutoRCM does say its dangerous... what it doesn't say is if it is reversible, I know I can deactivate it with breakmii or something like that but can I do it directly from the same Hekate payload?

 

[Mr. Wizard]

So now that Hekate sleeps correctly and there is no real reason to turn the console completely off then the chances of it going completely to 0 are slim to none or would a console with AutoRCM still drain A LOT faster in sleep mode? I left my switch in sleep mode and it still had charge after two weeks, will that be cut short to something manageable like a week? Or will it take just one day to completely discharge the battery... one more thing... the option on Hekate for AutoRCM does say its dangerous... what it doesn't say is if it is reversible, I know I can deactivate it with breakmii or something like that but can I do it directly from the same Hekate payload?

You should only turn it off to reboot or fix something otherwise I'd keep it in sleep. Battery should be the same as with CFW. With autorcm when you turn the switch off and even breath on the power button it will turn back on to black screen and you will never know it's slowly dying. I've found if you have a charge going to it as well from a usb it will turn on by itself ~3 seconds after you turn it off.

TL][DR -=- Never leave it sitting powered down. Always keep it in sleep from within ofm/cfm.

My switch discharged 50% in just a few hours from idling in RCM.

SX OS crashed and somehow hooped my emmc, briccmii saved it.

 

[Pablo Giambelluca]

You should only turn it off to reboot or fix something otherwise I'd keep it in sleep. Battery should be the same as with CFW. With autorcm when you turn the switch off and even breath on the power button it will turn back on to black screen and you will never know it's slowly dying. I've found if you have a charge going to it as well from a usb it will turn on by itself ~3 seconds after you turn it off.

TL][DR -=- Never leave it sitting powered down. Always keep it in sleep from within ofm/cfm.

My switch discharged 50% in just a few hours from idling in RCM.

SX OS crashed and somehow hooped my emmc, briccmii saved it.

Perfect, thank you very much for your answers... I have all nand backups so I should be on the clear, the worst that can happen I hear is I'd have to open the switch and disconnect/reconnect the battery and I'm cool with that... I'll activate AutoRCM and will try it out until I have everything I want installed and working... after that I'll have enough experience with it to decide if I let it on or not... thanks again.

 

[Mr. Wizard]

Perfect, thank you very much for your answers... I have all nand backups so I should be on the clear, the worst that can happen I hear is I'd have to open the switch and disconnect/reconnect the battery and I'm cool with that... I'll activate AutoRCM and will try it out until I have everything I want installed and working... after that I'll have enough experience with it to decide if I let it on or not... thanks again.

I believe having to disconnect/reconnect the battery was one isolated incident of someone who didn't realize it takes a while to charge after being fully drained, especially when receiving such a low current in rcm mode. It's been confirmed that you just have to charge it for a few hours. I have not seen anyone having to do that since.

 

[Reecey]

You can charge in AutoRCM as normal just make sure when you power down press your power button again as if your turning it back on, plug your charging lead in and it will charge also a bit of a bonus if you plug your sx dongle in next time you use your Switch it boots without the need of pressing the power button I find it works really well!