Hacking Hardware Can I Hard Mod A Switch Without Soldering?

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Wow, seeing that video, that looks damn easy, lmao! If my Switch wasn't V1, I'd easily buy a 10 dollar modchip kit from Aliexpress, and mod my Switch.
It guess it seems straightforward and the guy does make it look easy, but still skills are needed, I wouldn't say it's easy for your average person.
It's much harder without a special microscope station thing - that makes a huge difference!

Remember - some people think simply disassembling something is difficult!
 
Of course you can. Just use Liquid Metal™ instead of solder and immediately move to a frigid climate after modding and never get let it get hotter than 29 degrees celsius [i.e., never play it].
 
You can mod it without soldering just send it to someone who can solder :)
Hmm... of all the possible installation services that surely 99.9% of them haven't been sent cease-and-desist letters by Nintendo. :)

Recently got an unpatched switch and it was super easy to mod and is amazing
Make sure to check the serial number first to see if it's unpatched. If it says that it's likely patched or was patched, then you need to install a modchip.

https://ismyswitchpatched.com/

With the V1 Switches (unpatched), you can purchase an RCM jig and RCM Loader from AliExpress or eBay, and use those to boot into your emuMMC through Atmosphere.
 
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Hmm... of all the possible installation services that surely 99.9% of them haven't been sent cease-and-desist letters by Nintendo. :)


Make sure to check the serial number first to see if it's unpatched. If it says that it's likely patched or was patched, then you need to install a modchip.

https://ismyswitchpatched.com/

With the V1 Switches (unpatched), you can purchase an RCM jig and RCM Loader from AliExpress or eBay, and use those to boot into your emuMMC through Atmosphere.
I already modded it, i ordered is like a week ago, and i got it about 4 days ago

and i 3d printed a rcm jig for it and took thin copper wire to put through it
 
It's interesting because on a Switch V2 or V1, you only need to solder to the processor, and the rest is just a snap in place. It's a bad idea, but you could use the Picofly kit, use a single piece of wire to bridge the small resistor, use something permanent (like glue; again, a bad idea), and have a way to ensure you have continuity between the resistor and the outer connector of the ribbon cable! If God allows it to have continuity, you may close everything and try booting. If it works, don't move it too much, and a possible future issue is a burned resistor because part of the motive to use a proper connection is to a) ensure a proper connection, and b) to have a complete connection with its surface. If it doesn't have a proper connection to the entire surface, it can generate more heat at the small point of connection, and that's unprecedented heat that could kill your console.

It is easier to solder it because with enough flux, a good solder (and a good tip), you can pre-tin each point you want to solder, then set everything in place and solder the two points! It's small and delicate, but it's better to solder than to use a wire that will be holding it together. It's like causing a circuit with a wire placed on top of the two points you want to connect. :v
 
There is this stuff you can get, called "wire glue", it's essentially an adhesive filled with carbon powder, usually used to repair rear window demisters in cars, you might be able to use that, however that stuff isn't mechanically strong
 

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