Hardware Switch Won't turn on after power off hekate PLEASE HELP !

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ok I will try to give all the possible details.

I have a Switch running firmware 5.0.1 (or 2) i don't really remember. . . Yesterday i got my SX Pro dongle, install it, got the license, put some games onto the SD card, try them out using SX OS. everything fine.
I tried using the homebrew menu but it was unable to read my SD card and after checking GBATEMP I noticed it was a problem with my MAC giving an issue with the switch folder in my SD.
So I boot on windows delete the Switch folder and all the files that MAC created on my SD for annexing and then I decided to add hekate (hekate_ctcaer_3.2.bin) on my SD card to back up my NAND.
after that I put my SD card back in my Switch, used the SX Pro dongle and booted the Switch, from SX boot menu I went to launch custom firmware and choose Hekate, there in the hekate menu I went to back up, and realised I didn't have the 32Go free on my 128Go SD card so FROM Hekate menu I choosed the option that's in the main menu called "POWER OFF". I took my SD card off, put it into my computer, deleted some games to have 40Go free space, then put it back into the Switch, put the jig on the right joycon rail, put the SX dongle into the Switch and . . . NOTHING just a red light flashing on the SX dongle when I press the +plus Power button but the screen wont turn on !!! I tried without SD card, with power cable, without SX, NOTHING . . . when i put the Switch into the Nintendo stand, the light on the stand turn green for a second, but that's it, the screen won't turn ON . . .

I don't know what to do, please I'm desperate, I spend all of my saved money on that Switch last christmas ! i can't afford buying another one . . .
 

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Did you activate autorcm mode by any chance? if so, try booting the payload via pc using the apx driver and something such as tegraguismash.
 

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ok I will try to give all the possible details.

I have a Switch running firmware 5.0.1 (or 2) i don't really remember. . . Yesterday i got my SX Pro dongle, install it, got the license, put some games onto the SD card, try them out using SX OS. everything fine.
I tried using the homebrew menu but it was unable to read my SD card and after checking GBATEMP I noticed it was a problem with my MAC giving an issue with the switch folder in my SD.
So I boot on windows delete the Switch folder and all the files that MAC created on my SD for annexing and then I decided to add hekate (hekate_ctcaer_3.2.bin) on my SD card to back up my NAND.
after that I put my SD card back in my Switch, used the SX Pro dongle and booted the Switch, from SX boot menu I went to launch custom firmware and choose Hekate, there in the hekate menu I went to back up, and realised I didn't have the 32Go free on my 128Go SD card so FROM Hekate menu I choosed the option that's in the main menu called "POWER OFF". I took my SD card off, put it into my computer, deleted some games to have 40Go free space, then put it back into the Switch, put the jig on the right joycon rail, put the SX dongle into the Switch and . . . NOTHING just a red light flashing on the SX dongle when I press the +plus Power button but the screen wont turn on !!! I tried without SD card, with power cable, without SX, NOTHING . . . when i put the Switch into the Nintendo stand, the light on the stand turn green for a second, but that's it, the screen won't turn ON . . .

I don't know what to do, please I'm desperate, I spend all of my saved money on that Switch last christmas ! i can't afford buying another one . . .
I believe your SX dongle is dead try charging it for a bit then booting from that.
 
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I believe your SX dongle is dead try charging it for a bit then booting from that.

It Worked !!! thank you so much ! it would not charge via the micro usb port at the bottom, i charged it via a 30.000mamp power bank that i have that have a USB-C in(out) port ! and then it worked !!!

Thanks a Lot ! I was already almost crying !!!

what do you recommend me to do ??? run hekate and do a Backup eMMC BOOT0/1 or a Backup eMMC RAW GPP ???
is that usefull in case something happen to your Switch ???
(I'm not a big homebrew and hacking expert)
 

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I'm just a little concerned about this community... first someone formats their emmc with windows and then charging... no offense OP
 

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Just fyi your sx dongle will not charge from console if you are in rcm, you will need to load ofw or sx ox before the console will charge dongle ;)
 

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