Switch (new) battery draining fast!

[Dushku]

I have a v1 Switch. For a while, I only used it to play Quest of Dungeons, a light, 2D game.

At one point, I put Better Gaming's 15.0.1 MEGA package onto it. This included Hekate 5.9, but I had already put 6.0 (there is a conflict if I ever turn it off). At which point, I started playing 3d games again (Mario Odyssey, 3d Land + Bowser's Fury).

About a month after installing the MEGA package, my Switch appeared to be draining battery fast. While asleep, it would always go down to exactly 17%. I fix consoles, so I simply replaced the battery and everything worked fine.

About a week later, again the battery appears to be draining quickly. There were a couple times that at about 34%, it would flash the battery icon in the center of the screen and put itself to sleep. I was able to just wake it up and keep playing. There have also been a couple times that the console was said to be at 1% and continued letting me play. Though when it was doing the 1% thing, as soon as I put it to sleep, it will not wake up until I charge it.

I think I can rule out playing more demanding games as I'm getting less than an hour between full charges. So I suspect the fuel gauge IC is bad. Before I alter the hardware though, I wanted to rule out software. So I wanted to ask you guys if the MEGA package is known to be a battery killer, if there's a cleaner alternative, or if it has nothing to do with software? Thank you for your time!

 

[Lamcza]

what is even that mega package lol? perhaps run just clean instal of atmo and Hekate. Without any oc in more demanding games(not online ofc) you should get around 3h if you battery is still good. At least I am getting that result on my V1 from 2017 I think 🤔.

 

[Hayato213]

Provide a hekate battery report, show the capacity full and capacity design.

 

[Dushku]

what is even that mega package lol? perhaps run just clean instal of atmo and Hekate. Without any oc in more demanding games(not online ofc) you should get around 3h if you battery is still good. At least I am getting that result on my V1 from 2017 I think 🤔.

I would love to start clean just to rule out foul play. Where would I go to find those? When I first searched, I found a guy on YT who basically was a one stop shop for all info, etc. Was very helpful for just getting started. I don't know what the MEGA pack is. The only tool it provided that I have used is DBI.

Provide a hekate battery report, show the capacity full and capacity design.

Is this what you mean?

 

[linuxares]

I would love to start clean just to rule out foul play. Where would I go to find those? When I first searched, I found a guy on YT who basically was a one stop shop for all info, etc. Was very helpful for just getting started. I don't know what the MEGA pack is. The only tool it provided that I have used is DBI.


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That's like half the capacity. Is it a third party?

EDIT: Tried running a desync fix?

 

[Hayato213]

I would love to start clean just to rule out foul play. Where would I go to find those? When I first searched, I found a guy on YT who basically was a one stop shop for all info, etc. Was very helpful for just getting started. I don't know what the MEGA pack is. The only tool it provided that I have used is DBI.


Is this what you mean?View attachment 361836

Yes that is what I am looking for, your capacity full that is what the capacity is when it is fully charged, so it looks like you only got 58% of what the original battery life.

 

[Dushku]

That's like half the capacity. Is it a third party?

EDIT: Tried running a desync fix?

What is a desync fix? Yes, I think it is third party. Bought from Mobile Sentrix IIRC.

Yes that is what I am looking for, your capacity full that is what the capacity is when it is fully charged, so it looks like you only got 58% of what the original battery life.

Would this indicate that the battery is not as advertised?

 

[Hayato213]

What is a desync fix? Yes, I think it is third party. Bought from Mobile Sentrix IIRC.

Would this indicate that the battery is not as advertised?

I wouldn't say your battery is new, or even close to new, you should have around to 4600ish mAh battery life to be consider new.

 

[thesjaakspoiler]

That is probably an old battery with a brand new sticker slapped on it.
USB Powerbanks have the same issues.

 

[izy]

Normally when a lion battery is round 70-80% of capacity it's at end of life and will deteriorate fast.

That's pretty much dead at this point

 

[Dushku]

I was able to fix this by taking the following steps:

1. Charge switch to 100%
2. Boot to atmosphere/horizon and run it until the battery dies.
3. Do not plug it in (except long enough to...)
4. Boot to Hekate and you’ll see the battery is low but can still go lower. Leave it on Hekate and run it down until it’s at 3.2v. Or a little less.
5. Boot to atmosphere/horizon and you should be good. Charge to 100%

Those instructions were given to me by somebody else. Hekate ran for almost 3 hrs! I also took this opportunity to redo my SD card from scratch.