Posted a previous post thats a bit misleading due to my own incomplete re-learning on the RCM/Hekate/Rebuild NAND process. Here is question with all the learning bugs worked out.
Son's switch (v1 unpatched, NAND rebuilt once a few years ago, don't remember how) did an update a couple of months...
Thanks for confirmation.
The RCM trigger issue turns out to be
If true cold boot (say just plug in battery), have to hold vol+ and pwr for a long time (say 20s?) I guess something (BOOT1?) need to shutdown and truly boot from scratch to enter RCM?
Any power off via touch screen can be...
Have a v1 that shows black screen after power on or inserting Nintendo charger. No shorts anywhere on system. All first stage boot voltages good. Doesn't boot from SysMMC. Reflowed eMMC 2x without any improvement. Also can not enter RCM mode except for the following sequence
Enter RCM mode
1...
Had the same problem. There are quite a few repositories out there. Am newbie so can't post links.
Found codeberg.org one that worked for me. YT video by Kristofer provided the link
One from Decscots on github had SD seed problem on 2 different SD card I tried
First time to hacking scene for Switch, gathering lots of info. Been having random crashes (probably Tegra/eMMC BGA soldering issue) Did a factory reset. Went through all steps, shutdown and bricked (no power on, hard reset don’t help, no charge battery icon etc) Goal is just to get it back to...
I may try the new ram site, and download more RAM to my Switch. Not sure if ddr3 is the right ram
for it tho. Edit- no it uses floppy Ram, just like @AncientBoi