Hacking Did I finally damage the PCB and brick my Switch with AutoRCM?

[elijah1988]

Battery dead with AutoRCM, and somehow I cannot revive my switch this time. RCM isn't detected by Tegra nor Rekado.

I tried with the original charger, charging dock, and 3rd party chargers. I even charged over 72 hours with and without pushing power button for 30+ seconds (and even with power and plus button, power with minus, power with both plus and minus, and power with home).

I never had a problem reviving with a depleted battery over the last 5 years (1st gen switch). This time, no matter what I do, I cannot seem to recover.

I opened up the switch, detached the battery, and reattached the battery to hard-reset, and it didn't work.

When connected to an android phone, it detects that there's an USB connection. However, nothing triggers nor takes the payload on Rekado as nothing's connected.

When connected to a powerbank to see if it's draining any energy from the power bank, power bank doesn't seem to wake up (not drawing enough power to wake it up).

I also tried with and without SD card as well (maybe try to format and put the newest Atmosphere in the card?)

At this point after trying for couple weeks, I think my Switch became a brick.


What last resorts can I try before throwing this away?

*forgot to add, I already replaced the battery and the issue remained the same.

 

[rull_bull]

Why not just do the obvious and change the battery?

You need a working battery for it to work.
but if you want to throw it away, i can take it

 

[elijah1988]

I forgot to add. I already replaced the battery and the issue remained the same.