Hacking why does autoRCM exist if I could just leave my switch in sleep mode ?

[ewr43434343]

autorcm boots you instantly into RCM

but I could just leave my switch in sleep mode, press R + A on album, and I am in.
Literally takes 2 seconds.
If my switch is always on sleep, I am always in CFW

I might be wrong about my understanding though

 

[Lacius]

autorcm boots you instantly into RCM

but I could just leave my switch in sleep mode, press R + A on album, and I am in.
Literally takes 2 seconds.
If my switch is always on sleep, I am always in CFW

I might be wrong about my understanding though

There are times when you're going to have to power off your system, like if you need to remove the SD card or update your CFW. In these cases, AutoRCM makes getting back into RCM convenient. In addition, if you want to preserve your fuses so you can downgrade in the future, AutoRCM keeps your fuses from being burnt.

You are right though that if you boot into CFW one time, you can just keep your Switch in sleep mode when you're not using it, and you will stay in CFW.

 

[PHiLiPZ]

If your battery absolutely never gets empty and your OS absolutely never crashes you are right. As long as one of this can happen AutoRCM helps.

 

[Lacius]

If your battery absolutely never gets empty and your OS absolutely never crashes you are right. As long as one of this can happen AutoRCM helps.

If you're using Atmosphere, the system will reboot back into CFW when there's a crash.

 

[Basketto]

Multiple reasons, 1 people exist that switch between emunand and stock nand for online play. Every time you want to play online you need to reboot. 2. The best forms/performance for emulators run in linux L4T Ubuntu and Lakka. They are also the only way to play Gamecube Wii and PS2 games on your switch. Only ubuntu features sleep mode(s2idle) and it is nowhere near as efficient as horizon. These are just a couple btw, more uses exist, but these are pretty comon.

 

[Arch Feline]

How long did I leave my Switch sleeping? One week. Uhm no, it was sleeping since I started Pokemon Go which is about 3 weeks. It did not charge on the docking station. The only way I got it to charge was to cable it into my plugged in laptop, rcm the switch and leave it overnight. After 10 hours I had 4% battery which was enough for Kosmos to boot it up and now my switch is docked and charging.

A half year ago I was scrounging discords for advice - in the wee hours of the morning - and I ran across someone whose switch would boot into rcm and die - over and over. It was due to this that I left my switch cabled overnight. I thank everyone who contributed to Kosmos for their forethought.

 

[Clydefrosch]

If you're using Atmosphere, the system will reboot back into CFW when there's a crash.

That wasn't always the case though.
But cfw also was much less stable in the past too.

And apparently it's fine to remove sd in rcm/hekate, or so I was told.
with usb install and all the advances, you're not going to have to power off very much anymore. But whenever you do, it's gonna be easier with rcm

 

[pcwizard7]

That wasn't always the case though.
But cfw also was much less stable in the past too.

And apparently it's fine to remove sd in rcm/hekate, or so I was told.
with usb install and all the advances, you're not going to have to power off very much anymore. But whenever you do, it's gonna be easier with rcm

in hekate 5.0 while sitting at the main menu you can eject the sd card and it reloads when you pop back in. all without power off

But Ubuntu,lakka and android can't reboot to payload yet so autorcm is needed

 

[Lacius]

That wasn't always the case though.
But cfw also was much less stable in the past too.

I don't know why you're you're responding to a post of mine from one month ago to tell me that the information in that post would have been inaccurate if it had been posted approximately six months ago. It's not helpful.