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Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 6:19 pm
by pka4916
I was running the FTP program in Home brew when it crashed and got a Nintendo error.
Now I can't for the life of me to boot the Switch at all.

Any way to revive it?
Even plugging in the charger doesn't bring anything up

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:20 pm
by dj_lloyde
Try holding in the power button for about 20 seconds?

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 8:56 pm
by Adamys
Similar issue to op. Held power down for super long time. Any help is appreciated

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:06 pm
by zeoh
you sure it is not in RCM mode? try to connect to computer with tegrarcmgui

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:29 pm
by pka4916
got it to work. I guess somehow it was in RCM mode, but I did NOT install that..
Somehow I was able to boot without the dongle etc and was in CFW after I used that FTP program that I got from the homebrew store.

I had to revive it by doing this
- remove SD Card
- plugin Dongle and power on.
- Error message with Boot.dat came up
- push the SD card in
- press power twice

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:57 pm
by Adamys
zeoh wrote:
Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:06 pm
you sure it is not in RCM mode? try to connect to computer with tegrarcmgui
I had autorcm on while playing. Connected to the computer but no signs of life. When you say tegrarcm do you mean the SX rcm menu?

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:00 pm
by Adamys
pka4916 wrote:
Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:29 pm
got it to work. I guess somehow it was in RCM mode, but I did NOT install that..
Somehow I was able to boot without the dongle etc and was in CFW after I used that FTP program that I got from the homebrew store.

I had to revive it by doing this
- remove SD Card
- plugin Dongle and power on.
- Error message with Boot.dat came up
- push the SD card in
- press power twice
Haven't solved mine yet. I'm sure it's not a hardware issue or it would've shut off immediately without freezing. Could be wrong though

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:53 am
by Hugnkiss
Adamys wrote:
Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:00 pm
pka4916 wrote:
Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:29 pm
got it to work. I guess somehow it was in RCM mode, but I did NOT install that..
Somehow I was able to boot without the dongle etc and was in CFW after I used that FTP program that I got from the homebrew store.

I had to revive it by doing this
- remove SD Card
- plugin Dongle and power on.
- Error message with Boot.dat came up
- push the SD card in
- press power twice
Haven't solved mine yet. I'm sure it's not a hardware issue or it would've shut off immediately without freezing. Could be wrong though
Well, what could be the issue is your battery. Your system might of had a faulty battery and it fanily went. It can happen out of the blue and does happen for no reason at times. I am just takeing a wild guess on it thought. I hope my guess gives you a little bit of help.

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:54 am
by zeoh
connect your USB to switch and computer
download
https://github.com/eliboa/TegraRcmGUI
and see from the UI if you are in RCM mode
If it is , load the payload.bin or any other CFW bin file...

Re: Switch just died?

Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:58 pm
by zeoh
another way just leave it for few days until battery drained out...

Try to charge it again for 20 minutes+