Hacking Hardware Switch black screen after update

[nerodevil]

I didn't update my v1 unpatched switch since 2020 I modded it and it was working fine , I was using atmosphere only, I didn't use Hekate, i didn't care about getting banned from nintendo , today I decided to update the firmware , I removed atmosphere and decided to update using Nintendo official update menu from the switch , after updating my switch it won't turn on and when I keep pressing the power button nintendo logo appear then nothing happens , I tried putting the switch in RCM mode but I didn't succeed, is it possible to fix my switch or is it forever gone ?

 

[linuxares]

Did you try a fresh sd card so you don't have old things left on it?
Power it fully off by holding the power button for 15 sec.

try holding down power and vol - and see if you can enter recovery mode.

 

[nerodevil]

Did you try a fresh sd card so you don't have old things left on it?
Power it fully off by holding the power button for 15 sec.

try holding down power and vol - and see if you can enter recovery mode.

No I didn't try fresh SD card , I tried power it fully off for 15 sec then when I press power again the first switch logo appear then nothing happens, even recovery mode didn't work

Post automatically merged: Mar 17, 2025

After countless tries I finally could boot into Hekate , what should I do next ?

 

[linuxares]

No I didn't try fresh SD card , I tried power it fully off for 15 sec then when I press power again the first switch logo appear then nothing happens, even recovery mode didn't work

Post automatically merged: Mar 17, 2025

After countless tries I finally could boot into Hekate , what should I do next ?

Backup your NAND! If its dying, you can easily get a new nand module from Aliexpress and restore your backup.

 

[gameboy64]

Backup your NAND! If its dying, you can easily get a new nand module from Aliexpress and restore your backup.

Is it possible to transfer NAND module with one that you can get from Aliexpress or similar?

 

[nerodevil]

Backup your NAND! If its dying, you can easily get a new nand module from Aliexpress and restore your backup.

Backup your NAND! If its dying, you can easily get a new nand module from Aliexpress and restore your backup.

I fixed it , I used hikate to boot into cfw sysnand , I use a paper clip to get into rcm mode , it used to work perfectly from the first time , this time it took a lot of tries to get into RCM , maybe the paper clip has gotten old and I need to make a new one , anyway I enabled auto RCM so that I don't get this problem again

 

[linuxares]

Is it possible to transfer NAND module with one that you can get from Aliexpress or similar?

Yes, but you need an exploitable Switch or move the NAND chip (if its working) to a similar module.

 

[gameboy64]

Yes, but you need an exploitable Switch or move the NAND chip (if its working) to a similar module.

So basically you need a modded switch and a working NAND module?

 

[linuxares]

So basically you need a modded switch and a working NAND module?

yepp and a backup of course. Hekate boots from the SD Card after all and therefore you can restore a nand backup with boot 0 and 1.

 

[gameboy64]

yepp and a backup of course. Hekate boots from the SD Card after all and therefore you can restore a nand backup with boot 0 and 1.

backup of the broken emmc or the new one?

 

[linuxares]

backup of the broken emmc or the new one?

You got to have a backup of an original NAND (for said console) and restore it to a new empty emmc basically. There is tons of guides for this.

 

[gameboy64]

You got to have a backup of an original NAND (for said console) and restore it to a new empty emmc basically. There is tons of guides for this.

Thanks I thought you had to reprogram the entire emmc and possibly do reballing

 

[Hayato213]

Thanks I thought you had to reprogram the entire emmc and possibly do reballing

https://pascoe.pw/2018/09/switchnand.html