Volume+ button not working, unable to enter RCM

[Willbins]

I have already tried replacing the power volume ribbon and it is still not working. Volume- and power button are working fine. Is there any other way to enter RCM? Or any other fixes I could try? Thanks!

 

[l7777]

Have you checked the pins at the motherboard to verify that the ribbon is indeed working? You should be able to short the pins at the connector with a tweezer.

Another alternative is to unplug the battery, unplug the emmc, re-connect the battery & power on. Without the EMMC it will always go to RCM. You can carefully hot plug the emmc after getting into Hekate.

 

[Willbins]

I haven’t checked the pins at the motherboard, pretty new to this,
I have never been able to enter RCM due to this issue so I haven’t been able to inject hekate.
I’m a bit nervous about removing the EMMC, is there a guide?
Would I just:
1. Remove EMMC
2. Power on
3. Launch payload
4. Auto RCM mode
5. replace EMMC

Or should I replace my EMMC before launching the payload?

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

You can only remove the emmc on an original/old/1st generation Switch.
It was on a separate board.

All other models have the emmc soldered to the board.
I would recommend going for suggestion with the tweezers.
Not sure which model this is :

If you are into electronic and have a reed switch laying around, you could install that temporarily and use a magnet to make that vol + contact.

 

[Willbins]

I have the V1, but I will give the tweezers a try! Thanks for the nice diagram!

 

[Deleted member 754542]

Remember to charge your Switch every time you finish using it in handheld mode. Removing the EMMC every time you want to inject a payload is a lot of trouble so you don't want to do it any more than necessary.

 

[b00f0087]

Have you checked the pins at the motherboard to verify that the ribbon is indeed working? You should be able to short the pins at the connector with a tweezer.

Another alternative is to unplug the battery, unplug the emmc, re-connect the battery & power on. Without the EMMC it will always go to RCM. You can carefully hot plug the emmc after getting into Hekate.

I resurrected my account to just say thank you this saved my switch. I had auto RCM on because i botched the on board volume + traces on my switch so i couldnt utilize my rcm jig. I unplugged the battery and the EMMC. Connected the battery and powered the switch on grabbed my usb c cable and connected to my pc and launched TEgraRCM. BAMM!!!!!! green in RCM mode. Pushed payload and re applied auto rcm. We back in the game baby!!!