Okay, so I have successfully did a fully clean install of only hekate/atmos/sigpatches. I'm reinstalling okami first, but i am a bit bummed i forgot to backup my saves for it (so i fear they're gone... the game isn't particularly the easiest to play through at points but i don't mind taking my time with it again)
i'll edit this when I know if i still get the ptm crash even after wiping everything completely and reinstalling only a select few games (probably only the main three i play: okami, miitopia, animal crossing. Realizing i had a bad habit of installing games i wont even play for awhile. )
i'm really hoping this fixes my issues with the console, but i'll resort to the reversenx tool if i have to since i don't mind handheld's performance so long as i can play on the tv.
I'll edit this or post again later with results of all this. thanks for everything to the people that gave me advice.
update:
it... still crashes, ptm.
I don't know what's going on anymore.
update, again:
I'm pretty much giving up lol.
clean installations didn't work, it seems like running the game in handheld mode on the dock yields the same results too.
i'm just gonna try not to stress so much over this anymore. it's been making me genuinely, physically ill.
kinda hate this just abruptly started happening but what can i do anymore? Lol.... guess i'll just play the games i like in ofw (even then it crashed once while re-installling a game, dunno if it'll do that again).
I'll save for a newer switch that's pre-modded or something because i sure as hell don't know if I can mod a newer model.
another update:
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this is the error i got in ofw. it only happened once so far while docked. really starting to think the usb-c port is damaged somehow?
how much would that be to repair?
this would explain why it doesn't seem to be properly charging in handheld mode either, and is draining really fast?