Hacking Switch battery life in sleep mode

[gemartic]

Hello,

Im in sx os and dont want to run payload ever again

Has anyone tested how long will switch battery last while in sleep mode in sx os?

Cheers =)

 

[naitsa]

Hello,

Im in sx os and dont want to run payload ever again

Has anyone tested how long will switch battery last while in sleep mode in sx os?

Cheers =)

Im interested in this too. Does anyone know?

 

[kramer987]

Im interested in this too. Does anyone know?

just leave it in the dock

 

[wurstpistole]

just leave it in the dock

Yeah and have it crash everytime you open the album

 

[SecureBoot]

Yeah and have it crash everytime you open the album

What are you taking about? I haven't had sx os crash once while I'm in the album.

From what I can tell, the sleep mode battery is the same before and after sx os installation.

 

[wurstpistole]

What are you taking about? I haven't had sx os crash once while I'm in the album.

From what I can tell, the sleep mode battery is the same before and after sx os installation.

Put in in the dock and then try to switch games. Or exit homebrew.

 

[SecureBoot]

Put in in the dock and then try to switch games. Or exit homebrew.

I do. Frequently

 

[gemartic]

So basically does anyone know how long switch can stay in sleepmode?

 

[Artwebb]

Put in in the dock and then try to switch games. Or exit homebrew.

That's the whole idea behind leaving it in the dock. Been in the dock for a week nowand not one issue, put it to sleep when I'm done. Only time I removed it was to add another game to the sd card.

So basically does anyone know how long switch can stay in sleepmode?

Best suggestion would be to test it yourself. My switch has been only ever left it sleepmode on the dock for about a year now, except when I have to use the jig/dongle.

 

[naddel81]

I use it in sleep mode. battery life there is amazing! crashes on album? never had any.

 

[wurstpistole]

Hm, thought that'd happen to more people. There's a whole thread about that specific error code. My Switch crashes all the time when docked. Crashed three times in 30 minutes. Portable not once.
Maybe it's to do with a specific region, or whatever. TX said they're working on it.

 

[Shadow LAG]

Hello,

Im in sx os and dont want to run payload ever again

Has anyone tested how long will switch battery last while in sleep mode in sx os?

Cheers =)

Sorry to say but what you want is currently impossible. Updates will force you to reboot the switch and break AutoRCM; therefore, you will be forced to re-deploy a payload. If you do not have a safe and reliable method of triggering RCM, then I recommend buying this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Ninten...43:m:mSnG1ZTK-4xfetX4momZPEA&var=472013249941

This is the right Joycon slider mechanism which is meant to fit in the rail. Slide it in and cover all points besides 1 and 10 with tape. Touch Points 1 and 10 with a paper clip, and tape it down as well. You can snip off the two ribbons to clean it up. Congratulations you have a Jig that was made for your switch rails.

Alternatively, you can solder these points together to achieve the same effect if you are feeling up to it.

All that being said, DO NOT expect to never have to deploy a payload again unless a cold boot method is found. That is unrealistic and you would be better off prepping for the unavoidable fact you will need to reboot your switch. That being said, assuming your battery calibration is accurate, background apps aren't running, and battery is at 100% you should see a loss rate of 2% every eight hours.
[Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...itchs_sleep_mode_is_extremely_power_efficient]

This means if the battery is draining at a rate of 2% every 8 hours, our ratio is then equivalent to 1% every 4 hours.
Rate of drain until total depletion:
100(1 percent / 4 hours) = (100 percent / 400 hours)
1 day = 24 hours
(400 hours / 1 day) = 16.7 days
1 week = 7 days
(16.7 days / 1 week) = 2.4 weeks

So your answer is variable depending on your usage between sleep mode, gaming, charging habits, and battery percentage.

 

[nachuz]

Hm, thought that'd happen to more people. There's a whole thread about that specific error code. My Switch crashes all the time when docked. Crashed three times in 30 minutes. Portable not once.
Maybe it's to do with a specific region, or whatever. TX said they're working on it.

Mine doesn't, I can use it properly on SX OS on dock

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Too bad, updates will force you to reboot the switch and break AutoRCM. so if you do not have a safe and reliable method of triggering RCM, then I recommend buying this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Ninten...43:m:mSnG1ZTK-4xfetX4momZPEA&var=472013249941

This is the right Joycon slider mechanism which is meant to fit in the rail. Slide it in and cover all points besides 1 and 10 with tape. Touch Points 1 and 10 with a paper clip, and tape it down as well. You can snip off the two ribbons to clean it up. Congratulations you have a Jig that was made for your switch rails.

Alternatively, you can solder these points together to achieve the same effect if you are feeling up to it.

All that being said, DO NOT expect to never have to deploy a payload again unless a cold boot method is found. That is unrealistic and you would be better off prepping for the unavoidable fact you will need to reboot your switch. That being said, assuming your battery calibration is accurate, background apps aren't running, and battery is at 100% you should see a loss rate of 2% every eight hours.
[Source: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...itchs_sleep_mode_is_extremely_power_efficient]

This means if the battery is draining at a rate of 2% every 8 hours, our ratio is then equivalent to 1% every 4 hours.
Rate of drain until total depletion:
100(1 percent / 4 hours) = (100 percent / 400 hours)
1 day = 24 hours
(400 hours / 1 day) = 16.7 days
1 week = 7 days
(16.7 days / 1 week) = 2.4 weeks

So your answer is variable depending on your usage between sleep mode, gaming, charging habits, and battery percentage.

nobody said that he was using AutoRCM

 

[Shadow LAG]

nobody said that he was using AutoRCM

And I never insinuated he was. If you read carefully, this is what I stated:

Updates will force you to reboot the switch and break AutoRCM

Regardless if he uses AutoRCM or not, he is sill forced to reboot to apply a system update or update for SX OS / Atmosphere. My point is, not even the easiest method to enter RCM survives and he will need to prepare to perform the whole process again in the future. He could also avoid updating the system, homebrew, and payloads; however, this will eventually lead to broken compatibility with future homebrew, and limitations with existing compatibility. In the end avoidance only serves to nullify the purpose of even deploying a payload in the first place. There is not a scenario in which he can currently avoid rebooting and manually re-enter RCM via bridging.

 

[magico29]

Hello,

Im in sx os and dont want to run payload ever again

Has anyone tested how long will switch battery last while in sleep mode in sx os?

Cheers =)

5 days w/0 charge!

 

[RAGER]

OS SX 1.3, started Mario Kart, put Switch to sleep at 93% batt an 01:00 am, woke up Switch at 01:00 pm (12 hours passed), 88% batt. So, in my case sleep mode takes 10% for 24h, not bad.

 

[LysergCooltyp]

Yeah and have it crash everytime you open the album

Same Region, Firmware and OS version as you and I had exactly one crash. Maybe try reformating your SD or use a different one?

 

[wurstpistole]

Same Region, Firmware and OS version as you and I had exactly one crash. Maybe try reformating your SD or use a different one?

How do you know my region and firmware?

 

[LysergCooltyp]

How do you know my region and firmware?

Because you stated both previously.

 

[Shadow LAG]

OS SX 1.3, started Mario Kart, put Switch to sleep at 93% batt an 01:00 am, woke up Switch at 01:00 pm (12 hours passed), 88% batt. So, in my case sleep mode takes 10% for 24h, not bad.

This means you hold a charge on sleep for 1.4 weeks as opposed to the projected 2.4 which is nearly 2x the rate over previous benchmarks.

You may want to try again without software running in the background next time (i.e. Mario Kart) and see if that rate decreases any. Assuming you are using SX OS and since it isn't open source, we can't really see what any of the patches are doing in the background. I'm curious if that could be contributing to the drain as well.