Hacking Question How to put back the Switch into shipping mode?

[igoticecream]

Ok so turns out the switch still consume battery even if it's off. I'd like to store my backup vulnerable switch and preserve battery life.

I was digging in the forum and turns out that in order to put it back into shipping mode, one have to turn off BATFET. There's a function in CTCaer's hekate that can archive this (github[.]com/CTCaer/hekate/blob/master/ipl/bq24193.c#L149) and the code in the main that calls this is commented with a nasty warning that one could end up pluging back the battery manually (github[.]com/CTCaer/hekate/blob/master/ipl/main.c#L2331)

Is this the code that I'm looking for? Does anyone have successfully turned off BATFET with that piece of code and can confirm that plugging the adapter back connects the battery?

 

[SomeGamer]

I did so to fix the battery. There is a standalone payload to do just that.

 

[mariogamer]

Ok so turns out the switch still consume battery even if it's off. I'd like to store my backup vulnerable switch and preserve battery life.

I was digging in the forum and turns out that in order to put it back into shipping mode, one have to turn off BATFET. There's a function in CTCaer's hekate that can archive this (github[.]com/CTCaer/hekate/blob/master/ipl/bq24193.c#L149) and the code in the main that calls this is commented with a nasty warning that one could end up pluging back the battery manually (github[.]com/CTCaer/hekate/blob/master/ipl/main.c#L2331)

Is this the code that I'm looking for? Does anyone have successfully turned off BATFET with that piece of code and can confirm that plugging the adapter back connects the battery?

It's simpler than that. Turn it off using Hekate's Power off function. This turn off the SoC completely.

The BATFET thingy was a fix to the battery desync, by completely reseting the battery config, until natinusala&perillamint found out only a single value needed to be changed.

 

[igoticecream]

The code of the hekate's Power off function doesnt seem to disconnect the battery, just a regular turn off like the physical button does

 

[mariogamer]

The code of the function doesnt seem to disconnect the battery, just a regular turn off like the physical button does

Nvm actually, shipping mode is the BATFET thingy, sorry.

However the hekate power off doesn't power off like a normal one. It does power off more stuff.

And I can confirm too.

 

[CTCaer]

@mariogamer
He asks for shipping mode.
The power off does not disable fuel gauge, battery charger and pmic completely.

The commented code with the BATFET disconnection is exactly what OP wants (shipping mode).
And to disable shipping mode you just connect the switch wall charger (although 2-3 users had problem with this).

The storage usage of this, should be like this:
Disable AutoRCM if on.
Charge to 3.75V.
Disconnect USB.
Run it. It will force shutoff.

To reenable:
Connect wall adapter.
If the voltage is lower than 3.2V, it will not turn on right away.

Edit:
The 3.75V is among the best storage voltages for 3.7V li-on batteries.

 

[mariogamer]

@mariogamer
He asks for shipping mode.
The power off does not disable fuel gauge, battery charger and pmic completely.

The commented code with the BATFET disconnection is exactly what OP wants (shipping mode).
And to disable shipping mode you just connect the switch wall charger (although 2-3 users had problem with this).

The storage usage of this, should be like this:
Disable AutoRCM if on.
Charge to 3.75V.
Disconnect USB.
Run it. It will force shutoff.

To reenable:
Connect wall adapter.
If the voltage is lower than 3.2V, it will not turn on right away.

Yeah I edited my post already, sorry.