Hacking Question Is my switch Bricked? could not start the software.

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Hi! A friend brought me their switch with this problem, the error is shown in both ofw and cfw. When you turn on the console, it passes the nintendo siwtch logo and automatically jumps this poster, when you hit OK, it restarts and does the same. I have already restored it completely from the factory from the recovery menu, and when it has to launch the configuration and initial it restarts and returns to the same error. I am desperate why I can't find a solution. start lakka and install android and the whole system works perfectly. so everything indicates to be a software problem. Has anyone happened to you? sorry my bad english, my native language is spanish.
 

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Hi! A friend brought me their switch with this problem, the error is shown in both ofw and cfw. When you turn on the console, it passes the nintendo siwtch logo and automatically jumps this poster, when you hit OK, it restarts and does the same. I have already restored it completely from the factory from the recovery menu, and when it has to launch the configuration and initial it restarts and returns to the same error. I am desperate why I can't find a solution. start lakka and install android and the whole system works perfectly. so everything indicates to be a software problem. Has anyone happened to you? sorry my bad english, my native language is spanish.
Is there a NAND backup? If yes, try restoring it and BOOT0/1. If no, you might want to do the following:
  1. Make a NAND backup using Hekate, including BOOT0/1
  2. Follow this guide to do an MMC rebuild
 
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SOLVED!!! (at least partially) you have to create an emunand with hekate, then hold down the vol - + and power buttons, to access the nintendo recovery menu of your copy in emunand, then update from the latest Nintendo database firmware version and then you run ReiNX. I do not know what kind of patch that security system has that does not let the menu start and starts without problems !!! However, you cannot use your ofw again because that will still not work, apparently the solution is something that ReiNX has
 

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SOLVED!!! (at least partially) you have to create an emunand with hekate, then hold down the vol - + and power buttons, to access the nintendo recovery menu of your copy in emunand, then update from the latest Nintendo database firmware version and then you run ReiNX. I do not know what kind of patch that security system has that does not let the menu start and starts without problems !!! However, you cannot use your ofw again because that will still not work, apparently the solution is something that ReiNX has


Please can you send me images to see how the process is, I create the emunand but of there I do not understand the rest please help me I have the same problem you had bro
 
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Hi, yes I can. but first try to start a REINX Cfw and tell me if your Switch turns on correctly or that message keeps getting you
 

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Hi! A friend brought me their switch with this problem, the error is shown in both ofw and cfw. When you turn on the console, it passes the nintendo siwtch logo and automatically jumps this poster, when you hit OK, it restarts and does the same. I have already restored it completely from the factory from the recovery menu, and when it has to launch the configuration and initial it restarts and returns to the same error. I am desperate why I can't find a solution. start lakka and install android and the whole system works perfectly. so everything indicates to be a software problem. Has anyone happened to you? sorry my bad english, my native language is spanish.

Your console seems to be a demo unit, if you applied a hard reset to it, it loses the rdim (retail interactive display menu) leaving that bootloop.
With a mod version of AMS you can boot in retail mode.
I don't know if Reinx can do the same
 
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You have bricked and destroyed your Switch. Either chuck it in the neighbor's garden, or make your cat eat it. You could also sell it on Amazon for $300, since it's a demo unit.
 

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SOLVED!!! (at least partially) you have to create an emunand with hekate, then hold down the vol - + and power buttons, to access the nintendo recovery menu of your copy in emunand, then update from the latest Nintendo database firmware version and then you run ReiNX. I do not know what kind of patch that security system has that does not let the menu start and starts without problems !!! However, you cannot use your ofw again because that will still not work, apparently the solution is something that ReiNX has
Can you help me with this?
 

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