My switch appeared to be dead while I was on vacation. I think it overheated and powered off in my bag, but that was a fun panic attack. A 12 second hard reset worked to my relief.
Was genuinely panicking about my Switch being busted, especially the amount my wife and I use it. But this video was a life saver, got as far as the hard reset and came back to life.
certainly not me. my switch died whilst playing a game and wont turn on. charged it over night on miniature dock on my desk and then the official dock while i was at school so 8 hours. wont turn on, ive watched like 50 videos and nothing is wrong with my switch.
Oh man! Thanks for this. I almost panicked as I left it charging just the way it is and suddenly it doesn't boot up. Happily it came back to life after counting 15 seconds. Thanks!
Dude tell us not to fix our switch ourselves lol. Yeah money doesn't grow on trees bud and I took a home course on electronic engineering. Sure I didn't get a degree but I know how to fix electronics now and how to solder. WTF do we even need college anymore? Just have jobs give tests.... we can look everything up on the internet and even set up our own hands on assignments with our own electronics since we have to many lying around these days. College especially the Ivy league ones are just clubs for rich and smart people who wish to turn into douche bags. I'm watching this video a long with many others to see if the solution I used which was unplugging the battery from the mainboard and then plugging it back in was in the video.
Gurl try 2-3 days Lmao! I even bought a whole new charger thinking that was the problem I plugged it into like 5 outlet and I tried everything but thank god I found this video and it saved my life lol
The video is a year old, but it’s still up because it still helps! My switch wouldn’t charge using the official Nintendo usbc connection but has 15% battery left. I followed along and did a reset, then an actual hard reset- while I did that I left the charger disconnected as mentioned as well- and it’s back to life! Thanks!
My switch magically came to life while I was watching this video WHEEEEWWW. Thank you for the advice anyway! I’m sending good vibes to anyone panicking while watching this video; I hope your switches comes to life again! 🙏✨
I just wanna say thank you so much I literally bought this switch like two months ago and I was like it can’t be the adapter or plug…I was seriously stressed out and was like there is no way I spent $300 and all those games to just not let it work. Tried to leave it alone and charge solo from dock using just the switch and charged adapter for like 4 hours nothing…no sign of life. Went to your video. 15-20 second holding down the power button and then press it once to power on omg…I seen the Nintendo logo pop up…tears of joy! I love you and thank you for this video. This vid is a lifesaver and full of blessings ☺️😊
The hard reset worked for me. Honestly, such a relief. I thought I would need to mail the thing someplace to get fixed or just buy a new one. Great video, thank you so much!
Alex Thank soo much. You saved my butt with a hard reset. I thought I'd lost everything but what you told me to do worked. I'm a 62 year old women who loves to watch you and Jon and Ian. God bless you all, and a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS PAM
5:08 - If your Switch is out of warranty and/or you're confident with electrical repairs and/or you're totally bonkers, unplug the cable, remove the backplate and heat shielding, disconnect the battery, then hold down the power button for 20 seconds before putting everything back together again and re-attempting to recharge. I had to repair someone's Switch that had been left in a drawer for months and this did the trick.
I've tried to do a hard reset. The Nintendo appears and shuts back down never restarting and I've left it on the charge over night. Anyone else have some suggestions
This joke is so far past the point of being funny even ironically, I genuinely think it must have reached its final stage of death almost half a decade ago
This video actually helped. I’m probably not gonna watch this channel much but I’m subscribing because I’m glad to see a UA-camr covering this subject in a fun way while actually giving good information. Thanks, man
Tried all those things on my Gray Switch Lite. Total use time on that switch was maybe 10 hours in total. Tried all those things Several times. No luck and Nintendo Repairs division is closed down until further notice. So I have a very pretty gray paperweight. (Until further notice)
@Jay Funko nicee everyone in Florida is trying to come up on people. So I got a switch lite gray until the shops open to fix my let's go Pikachu edition Nintendo switch.. it hasn't even been a year of having it. I purchased it on June 26 2019. I made the order ticket to be fixed on may 19. 2020
@Jay Funko you can't send in until we get a email from them with specific ways to send console and dock . 😣😣😣 It's whatever I'm mores worried about my game saves. But I can kiss that goodbye.. I'll keep you posted..
My entire family was worried that it was broken after we found it months later, watched this video and told them to wait for a day for it to charge. Saved my brothers life!!! Lol
This video saved me from buying a new switch. I had mine plugged up all night playing UA-cam and I woke up and it was off completely. Wouldn’t charge or show that it was charging and I thought it broke or something. I gave up trying to fix it after an hour but then I stumbled across this video. I stopped at the hard reset, idk if any other steps works but I can confirm the hard reset worked for mine!! Hopefully you guys can resolve your problems!
Me. I only had to hard reset my Switch once. I think my Doom 2016 update was just bad since recently I kept getting a 2002-2060 error whenever I played it for more than several seconds.
I went to power up mine this morning and had a small heart attack when it didn't power up.. It's the new ACNH Edition and my launch unit has never done that 😅
Solution # 2 worked like a charm.....held the power button for 15 seconds and then pressed it a 2nd time.....and it came back to life....thnx a million
I had this same thing mine hasnt worked in 4 years, tried again one last time and looked inside the charging port, saw one of the charging pins had been bent down, I used a super small a screwdriver and bent it upright, finally started charging after 4 years fingers crossed this works for you.
My switch wasn’t turning on, I haven’t charged it for a few days. I had a heart attack, I’m still waiting for a response, it’s been 20 minutes, I’ll keep you updated :) Edit: hard power reset saved my brain cells and...my switch
Bless you, setting this up for my nephew, he had it for a year without use. The first option of pressing home with power worked like a charm. Thank you so much.
It actually worked for me! I unplugged the charger n tried a hard reset while it was unplugged after I plugged it back in it turned on I'm honestly quite glad
Wanted to say thanks. Was getting upset thinking my switch wouldn't turn on no more and I was about to finish the pokedex and so many shinies to just start all over. I'm greatful for your video.
I haven't played my switch in months so I put it on charge for a week because I remember this happing to me with a ds but it still doesn't turn on, when it's on charge it flashes the power icon and it's fully charged and when I try to turn it on it shows the the Nintendo logo then it's gone, can anyone help?
This is also happening to me right now. It had already happened 2 years ago, but back then it fixed itself (no idea how), I left it alone for a couple of weeks and when I came back, charged it and tried to turn it on, it worked. This time, I've left it charging for the last 3 days and still nothing. Just shows the Nintendo logo for 2 or 3 seconds and shuts down.
@@MechPrime mine seems to have the same problem, I've put it on charge and no charging symbol comes on🤔 it lights up for 2 sec then off, nothing wrong with charger as phone works on it, hard reset does nothing? Not good. Did you get anywhere with yours??
@@antony29 Nope, still no luck with it yet. I've been away for a couple of days and put it on the charger again today, I'm going to try to leave it there for a day or two to see if it does anything. I'd hate to have to send it for repairs like this, I have some save data on Animal Crossing that isn't backed up, I really hope I can bring my Switch back from the dead at least once to get this sorted out.
This reminds me of the time back in the summer of 2017, when at my grandparents house my brother and I were just chilling. Then I went to the bathroom just to come out to the terror of my brother jamming a micro usb plug right into the port. Sadly for the next few weeks we weren't able to play it.
Try the hard reset. Mine was a complete black screen with no charging sign and the hard reset worked. Turns out my switch was charged perfectly fine, it was just glitched
My son's Switch had this problem - I just tapped the Switch as shown and it worked - amazing !!! I expect at some point we will need to send it away but working now so thanks :)
@@marbelibot yes. All I have to do is hard reset it while plugged in. And then plug the charger in but turn it around and it instantly shows the Nintendo switch sign and turns on and charges very slowly.!
@Lewis Boss ya! So what I do is I hold the power button for 12 secs and then press it to turn it on. Then it shows The Nintendo logo and then after it goes away press the volume button and the power button at the same time for 12 secs again. (Make sure it has been plugged in the whole time) then flip the charger over. Then it should show the actual NINTENDO SWITCH logo. If this doesn’t work then try it again. Sometimes I have to do it in a different order if it doesn’t work. I hope this helps.
So I was playing my switch today (it was docked and I was playing on the TV) and it just cut off out of the blue and won't turn back on I tried hard resetting it and even factory resetting it and that didn't work I've done every possible thing to try and get it to work and still nothing and it sucks because I can't send it in to get fixed due to covid-19
Is it possible to overcharge it? I’ve had my switch on its dock for a couple months straight without playing it or even turning it on but it’s saying it has no charge.
Thanks for the help. I haven’t touched my Nintendo in 3 months! I turned to YT after my switch sat unresponsive on the charger for two hours. I didn’t know they had to slowly recharge after long periods of being neglected. 👍
Glad it came back to life! Mine has been in a box with my other consoles for 6-7 months, I've been charging it for an hour or so. Did you have to reset the console? (holding 12 seconds the power button then tap it) Thanks in advance
@@cosme_f I didn’t have to reset it. Just had to be patient. Iv only had to do the reset a couple times when it froze up. Seems to be a common issue with these things
Great video. Super helpful. Apparently my counting is a bit faster than a second as well, and I let go of the power button early. Good tip on counting to 15. Also, the kids and I were both stressed, and the narrator's soothing British voice helped us stay calm and carry on. 😉
To ecko so many others, this saved us from buying a new switch and earned me wife points! My husband and I were about to play a new game but it wouldn't charge. Then we realized we hadn't turned the switch on in 19 months. After watching, we realized we weren't using the official charger. We plugged it in when you suggested it and before the end of the video it was turning on! Thank you for your help!
I’m not joking my switch was on 100% but wasn’t turning or showing any thin and I just had to do the hard reset I literally bought a new charger and cried for hours for nothing
My brother gave me his switch, but it was hacked. So I told him to unhack it for me and he did. I reseted it and it died and won’t turn on. Hopefully one of these options help
Zane Blalock I have no idea. It was from his computer to the switch. Even when it was hacked it had to be rebooted to turn on. And I tried to reboot it now that it wasn’t hacked and it won’t work
**2000 Years Later*** “If your console is still not charged, take it to Jupiter, leave the switch in the natural Elements gasses till it charges.” I know that sounds like a simple explanation but it works If it still don’t charge.....
I am a technican and fixed at least 30+ switch consoles at this point but your trick with replugging in the wall adapter just saved me from opening my personal console up
What a lifesaver! I almost had a whole panic attack when my switch didn't turn on. Thank you so much, keep up the good work!
Johnbetz how did you do
Zame
Me
I was in total panic lmao
Awesome tips!
My switch appeared to be dead while I was on vacation. I think it overheated and powered off in my bag, but that was a fun panic attack. A 12 second hard reset worked to my relief.
for me it doesnt work.. its been dead for months so im doing everything he listed bc my mom is pissed at me lol
My switch had a prob that I can’t hold a change much without it plugged in and even when it is plugged in it dies
same i thought my swicth was trash since it wouldnt charge or anything and i pressed the button for 15 seconds and its working
Bruh moment
ツ Same
Was genuinely panicking about my Switch being busted, especially the amount my wife and I use it. But this video was a life saver, got as far as the hard reset and came back to life.
Sameeeeee I was about to write my will
Does the hard reset delete anything off the switch? Or sign you out if you acc? I want to know before I through with it😭🙏🏾
@@lukascribb6970 Yeah it will delete everything.
@@1stOfThaMonthWrong, it doesn’t delete anything at all.
@@DroBoww oh
Let's be honest who was panicking for hours and is now fine
Me. ME ME
me
OML ME
certainly not me. my switch died whilst playing a game and wont turn on. charged it over night on miniature dock on my desk and then the official dock while i was at school so 8 hours. wont turn on, ive watched like 50 videos and nothing is wrong with my switch.
What did you do to get it working
Oh man! Thanks for this. I almost panicked as I left it charging just the way it is and suddenly it doesn't boot up. Happily it came back to life after counting 15 seconds. Thanks!
Hey I tried and it’s still dead no signs of life
It says I need charge but when I plug my charger it doesn’t work
@@melfinperez8576 that’ sucks idk what happned for mine it won’t even show
@@drakereal8059 same
Dude tell us not to fix our switch ourselves lol. Yeah money doesn't grow on trees bud and I took a home course on electronic engineering. Sure I didn't get a degree but I know how to fix electronics now and how to solder. WTF do we even need college anymore? Just have jobs give tests.... we can look everything up on the internet and even set up our own hands on assignments with our own electronics since we have to many lying around these days. College especially the Ivy league ones are just clubs for rich and smart people who wish to turn into douche bags. I'm watching this video a long with many others to see if the solution I used which was unplugging the battery from the mainboard and then plugging it back in was in the video.
What a gem this video is, I've pressed the power button for 15s and it worked. Saved me from taking my switch to the repair shop! Thanks so much!!!
I was panicking for about an hour and it turned on! BLESS YOUR SOUL
Gurl try 2-3 days Lmao! I even bought a whole new charger thinking that was the problem I plugged it into like 5 outlet and I tried everything but thank god I found this video and it saved my life lol
same
This happend to me 4 times, the first time I was panicking, the other times I was fine, I just left it there
@@leahbeah1367 yeah try 8.5months lol
You say “Call Nintendo” as if that’s possible right now.
Ralsei I only liked ur comment so it can have 69 likes
I have
@@Loganboy-vx8uj i have
I send my 3 left joystick to nintendo, and they fixed it for free, I just paid for the shipping like $7 dollars 👍👍👍
Lol
The video is a year old, but it’s still up because it still helps! My switch wouldn’t charge using the official Nintendo usbc connection but has 15% battery left. I followed along and did a reset, then an actual hard reset- while I did that I left the charger disconnected as mentioned as well- and it’s back to life! Thanks!
Why I watch Nintendo Life videos:
The actual content of the video: 20%
Alex's voice, humor, and editing: 80%
Francisco Javier Cano Díaz Haha, same for me!
Diddo😁 that and I've been watching before the other guy came on
Yeah, I watch Nintendo Life mostly because of the one speaking being entertaining to me.
I really love the charm of Zion too!
Damn that's a high percent for the content
My switch magically came to life while I was watching this video WHEEEEWWW. Thank you for the advice anyway! I’m sending good vibes to anyone panicking while watching this video; I hope your switches comes to life again! 🙏✨
Thanks I’m gonna need it
I need this!!!
I- it did the same thing to my Nintendo lite
I plugged my Nintendo in at probably 5 pm and it’s still on the charger it’s 4 pm my brother told me to watch video I was like thank for telling me?
bRUH I READ THIS COMMENT AND PRESSED THE POWER BUTTON AND IT TURNED ON
I just wanna say thank you so much I literally bought this switch like two months ago and I was like it can’t be the adapter or plug…I was seriously stressed out and was like there is no way I spent $300 and all those games to just not let it work. Tried to leave it alone and charge solo from dock using just the switch and charged adapter for like 4 hours nothing…no sign of life. Went to your video. 15-20 second holding down the power button and then press it once to power on omg…I seen the Nintendo logo pop up…tears of joy! I love you and thank you for this video. This vid is a lifesaver and full of blessings ☺️😊
Literally saved my life. I was preparing to tell my parents that it just tore up but I’m good now 😅👍🏻
Mine has not work I’m going to cry mate
me too
Fr tho
Same here
@@fazejay2710 has it worked now
The hard reset worked for me. Honestly, such a relief. I thought I would need to mail the thing someplace to get fixed or just buy a new one. Great video, thank you so much!
Happy for you
Alex Thank soo much. You saved my butt with a hard reset. I thought I'd lost everything but what you told me to do worked. I'm a 62 year old women who loves to watch you and Jon and Ian. God bless you all, and a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
PAM
"If you can't count to 12, count to 15 instead". Got it... wait.
My Nintendo ain’t coming on it won’t change nothing
Mine has bad damage and does not work.... somebody get me another one or help me....
I did for 20 and it worked
@@drygang3138 me to :(
I'm the same, my second counting ability leaves something to be desired.
Anyway that fixed my super dead and crying switch lmao
5:08 - If your Switch is out of warranty and/or you're confident with electrical repairs and/or you're totally bonkers, unplug the cable, remove the backplate and heat shielding, disconnect the battery, then hold down the power button for 20 seconds before putting everything back together again and re-attempting to recharge. I had to repair someone's Switch that had been left in a drawer for months and this did the trick.
this makes no sense- ima show it to my mom so she cant figure it out
lol
ツ can lol
I've tried to do a hard reset. The Nintendo appears and shuts back down never restarting and I've left it on the charge over night. Anyone else have some suggestions
My Nintendo has been on charge for 6 hours nothing is happening help
Heather Black same
4 years and this video is still saving peoples lives
Instructions unclear, threw Switch charger out of window
Instructions unclear: Threw window at Switch.
Baby's speaking unclear, threw it out the window.
This joke is so far past the point of being funny even ironically, I genuinely think it must have reached its final stage of death almost half a decade ago
Instructions on clear shoot a switch
@@k00091 its quite creative
This video actually helped. I’m probably not gonna watch this channel much but I’m subscribing because I’m glad to see a UA-camr covering this subject in a fun way while actually giving good information. Thanks, man
BRO THANK YOU! I was stressed about me having to tell my parents that the switch won’t turn on. Saved me a lot of sweating!
This recently happened, panicked for about an hour and then when i held the ‘Power’ button it booted up and started instantly. Thanks a lot!
Tried all those things on my Gray Switch Lite. Total use time on that switch was maybe 10 hours in total. Tried all those things Several times. No luck and Nintendo Repairs division is closed down until further notice. So I have a very pretty gray paperweight. (Until further notice)
Exact same here 🙄
Same boat. I had to get my daughter another Nintendo lite.. 😒😒
@Jay Funko nicee everyone in Florida is trying to come up on people. So I got a switch lite gray until the shops open to fix my let's go Pikachu edition Nintendo switch.. it hasn't even been a year of having it. I purchased it on June 26 2019. I made the order ticket to be fixed on may 19. 2020
@Jay Funko you can't send in until we get a email from them with specific ways to send console and dock . 😣😣😣 It's whatever I'm mores worried about my game saves. But I can kiss that goodbye.. I'll keep you posted..
@Jay Funko no lie I got the email today at 10:25 pm. Fuck yess
My entire family was worried that it was broken after we found it months later, watched this video and told them to wait for a day for it to charge. Saved my brothers life!!! Lol
This video saved me from buying a new switch. I had mine plugged up all night playing UA-cam and I woke up and it was off completely. Wouldn’t charge or show that it was charging and I thought it broke or something. I gave up trying to fix it after an hour but then I stumbled across this video. I stopped at the hard reset, idk if any other steps works but I can confirm the hard reset worked for mine!! Hopefully you guys can resolve your problems!
YES SAME SITUATION HERE
Oh thanks god I thought my 5,386 hours in Spatoon were going to go to waste
You got lucky. I had my progress deleted twice with 1,000+ hours in both of them!
Daym
Nice lol
@@italinboiistudios5246 get Nintendo online then lol
@@olivia3779 I like to live in the fear.
I thought I lost 4 years of shiny hunting
Who else is watching even though their switch has no issues?
Me. I only had to hard reset my Switch once. I think my Doom 2016 update was just bad since recently I kept getting a 2002-2060 error whenever I played it for more than several seconds.
Mega me
My switch is 3 years old tho probaly gonna get some issues soon
I have used it almost every single day
Me.
How did you know I googled this this morning when my switch didnt turn on?
I went to power up mine this morning and had a small heart attack when it didn't power up.. It's the new ACNH Edition and my launch unit has never done that 😅
Relatable
Jayden Harripersad took me 10 mins to fix mate it’s easy, good luck!
youtube is google
My never did that
Thank you soooooo much. I tried the hard reset, and thankfully, it worked. Who knew that one could be so relieved by the sight of the Nintendo logo?
Yeah same I had to leave it for a week. And then once it turned on I did the reset and it’s back to normal
I once had to have my switch on the charger for 30+ hours before it would even turn on. Its completely fine now
I had mine on charger for a whole week and it would turn on
@@justpancakes6019 i believe it. I honestly thought my switch was broken. After 30 hours! Let alone a week. Does it work just fine?
Good to know
Omg this is good to know ill leave it in the charger for a few days i hope its not broken
"strange-tasting heat sinks" is my favorite line.
Solution # 2 worked like a charm.....held the power button for 15 seconds and then pressed it a 2nd time.....and it came back to life....thnx a million
Honestly greatest person ever freaked out the entire day
I was getting so frustrated with my switch only to realize it was a combo of broken charger and bad outlet, thanks for the video!
My switch hasn’t worked in 3 years but I still find myself coming back to these vids😭
I had this same thing mine hasnt worked in 4 years, tried again one last time and looked inside the charging port, saw one of the charging pins had been bent down, I used a super small a screwdriver and bent it upright, finally started charging after 4 years fingers crossed this works for you.
1:46 omg it accuatly worked my heart almost stopped …. Thank you so much
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so true
same
Thanks for the tips! I thought my switch was dead, held the power button for 15 seconds and boom! Working again, back from the dead 🙂👍
That hard reset saved me! Thanks a ton!
Also, that rotor clock looks so cool!
This helped me so much I was freaking out bc I couldn't get my switch to change but unplugging the charger for 60 seconds worked. Thank you so much!
Thank you for caring enough to share this with us!
The hard reset is AWESOME!
Hard Reset did the magic for me!!! Liked and subscribed!! 👍🏻
My switch wasn’t turning on, I haven’t charged it for a few days. I had a heart attack, I’m still waiting for a response, it’s been 20 minutes, I’ll keep you updated :)
Edit: hard power reset saved my brain cells and...my switch
How do u fix it
My switch won't turn on but it's charging I hope it turns on😭
It never turned on 😭
I can't see anything I did everything
@@thegalaxygamers3926 same not sure what’s going on
@@Miguels_gizmo hold the button for 12 sec than rapid tap it after the 12 seconds
I’d freak out if it wouldn’t turn on or charge. Thank you for this precaution tip 🙏🔥
I was about to cry! Thanks for the reset option. Holding the power button for 12 secs then another quick press. I Love you!!!
THANK YOU BRO IF I DIDN'T WATCH THIS VIDEO I WOULD'VE PASSED OUT 😭
Bless you, setting this up for my nephew, he had it for a year without use. The first option of pressing home with power worked like a charm. Thank you so much.
Was genuinely panicking about my Switch being busted i cant thank you enough you are a real life saver
"If it still shows no signs of life"
What mine has been doing for years: ✨no life✨
welcome to the club
NAH FOR REAL THO
This this guy literally saved my life oh my God
Same
Nope not me cuss it's not turning on on the charge logo or whatever
The 12-15 second trick is a total life saver. Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I nearly had a heart attack.
i left my switch dead for months and recently i found my charger for it do i wait days for it to charge or
no, don’t. you can hold the power button for a minute.
@@zails4088 yeah thanks but i already got it working
It actually worked for me! I unplugged the charger n tried a hard reset while it was unplugged after I plugged it back in it turned on I'm honestly quite glad
Wanted to say thanks. Was getting upset thinking my switch wouldn't turn on no more and I was about to finish the pokedex and so many shinies to just start all over. I'm greatful for your video.
Thank’s for the videos really saved me from buying a new nintendo switch!
Thank you so very much for this guide! 🙏 The “Hard Reset” worked for me and I didn’t lose any data. I’m so happy! 😆
yooo thanks! I was so scared that my Nintendo Switch wouldn’t charge, but thankfully the leave charger for a minute worked!
I love watching these with the captions on.
Hello there lovely people italics woman's under life here
I haven't played my switch in months so I put it on charge for a week because I remember this happing to me with a ds but it still doesn't turn on, when it's on charge it flashes the power icon and it's fully charged and when I try to turn it on it shows the the Nintendo logo then it's gone, can anyone help?
hard reset it
it will probably work
Kainen Watson i just bought a new charger finally i can play fortnite
This is also happening to me right now. It had already happened 2 years ago, but back then it fixed itself (no idea how), I left it alone for a couple of weeks and when I came back, charged it and tried to turn it on, it worked. This time, I've left it charging for the last 3 days and still nothing. Just shows the Nintendo logo for 2 or 3 seconds and shuts down.
@@MechPrime mine seems to have the same problem, I've put it on charge and no charging symbol comes on🤔 it lights up for 2 sec then off, nothing wrong with charger as phone works on it, hard reset does nothing? Not good. Did you get anywhere with yours??
@@antony29 Nope, still no luck with it yet. I've been away for a couple of days and put it on the charger again today, I'm going to try to leave it there for a day or two to see if it does anything. I'd hate to have to send it for repairs like this, I have some save data on Animal Crossing that isn't backed up, I really hope I can bring my Switch back from the dead at least once to get this sorted out.
I was nervous AF when I thought my original Nintendo Switch was gone until I hold it in on the power button. Great tip!
THANK GOD HOLDING THE POWER FOR 12 SECONDS WORKED
This reminds me of the time back in the summer of 2017, when at my grandparents house my brother and I were just chilling. Then I went to the bathroom just to come out to the terror of my brother jamming a micro usb plug right into the port. Sadly for the next few weeks we weren't able to play it.
I was panicking that my nephew’s console was done for but the simple hard reset worked. Thank You very much
WTH I WAS PANICKING SO FREAKING MUCH AND MY SWITCH JUST NEEDED A MANUAL RESET 😭😭.
🙃🔫
Thank you!! I was about to cry big Usagi tears. 😭
I was literally minutes away from contacting Nintendo. This worked perfectly. Thanks!
It been 3 or 4 hours my Nintendo haven't got any charger yet
Yup
Try the hard reset. Mine was a complete black screen with no charging sign and the hard reset worked. Turns out my switch was charged perfectly fine, it was just glitched
Hey man mine been 50 hours I tried everything on this list
I have 3 days and mine is still dead
Mine just freaking stopped working and I had it in the dock...did they program something so it dies when you stop using it?
Mine still won’t turn on
Try punting it into oblivion
My son's Switch had this problem - I just tapped the Switch as shown and it worked - amazing !!! I expect at some point we will need to send it away but working now so thanks :)
My wifi just happened to be down the same time my switch wouldn't turn on. I was devestated.
I tried the 12 second reset and it showed the Nintendo sign and then it disappeared after like....4-5 seconds?
Mine is doing the same! Have you found a fix for it?
@@marbelibot yes. All I have to do is hard reset it while plugged in. And then plug the charger in but turn it around and it instantly shows the Nintendo switch sign and turns on and charges very slowly.!
IC clan Awesome, I’ll try that! Thank you for replying
Of course! Your welcome!
@Lewis Boss ya! So what I do is I hold the power button for 12 secs and then press it to turn it on. Then it shows The Nintendo logo and then after it goes away press the volume button and the power button at the same time for 12 secs again. (Make sure it has been plugged in the whole time) then flip the charger over. Then it should show the actual NINTENDO SWITCH logo. If this doesn’t work then try it again. Sometimes I have to do it in a different order if it doesn’t work. I hope this helps.
The resetting the charger tactic actually worked. Thanks!
Thank you this really helped. I thought my switch was a goner
Thank you so much!!!! I was seriously crying for like 2 hours
Thank youuuuuu, you saved my sons life. His Nintendo wasn’t turning on for some reason but watching your video helped us
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Me: *Fearing spending another 300 bucks on a switch and potentially losing all my data*
alternate fix: throw it in the trash and buy a new one
Bruh, people buy broken Nintendo Switch's to harvest it for parts or repair them.
If you can find one under 600 bucks that is
That is if you have any money left after paying hefty fine for throwing electronic device (especially one containing li-on battery) in the trash.
apparently no one can tell this is a joke...oops lol
Beeg Yoshi joke are supposed to be funny... LIKE MY LIFE
Woke up 20 mins ago and my switch wouldn't turn on!!! You saved me cause I was starting to freak!! Just had to reset it . Thank you great video!
Thank you for posting this it was I big issue for me ❤️
My switch doesn’t hold charge for more than a minute it goes from 100% to 1 in second please help
Probably needs a new battery.
yeah maybe hard reset it a few times
Over a year later, but I’m so glad this video exists because I panicked for two straight days before I looked this up
So I was playing my switch today (it was docked and I was playing on the TV) and it just cut off out of the blue and won't turn back on I tried hard resetting it and even factory resetting it and that didn't work I've done every possible thing to try and get it to work and still nothing and it sucks because I can't send it in to get fixed due to covid-19
Hey were you able to fix it?
@@benedikth.9803 no it ended up being faulty and the charger fried the power supply I sent it back to get a refund
Sir... Thank you so much for the tip on the hard power reset.
I thought I was bout to do the coffin dance
Is it possible to overcharge it? I’ve had my switch on its dock for a couple months straight without playing it or even turning it on but it’s saying it has no charge.
Thanks for the help. I haven’t touched my Nintendo in 3 months! I turned to YT after my switch sat unresponsive on the charger for two hours. I didn’t know they had to slowly recharge after long periods of being neglected. 👍
Glad it came back to life! Mine has been in a box with my other consoles for 6-7 months, I've been charging it for an hour or so. Did you have to reset the console? (holding 12 seconds the power button then tap it) Thanks in advance
@@cosme_f I didn’t have to reset it. Just had to be patient. Iv only had to do the reset a couple times when it froze up. Seems to be a common issue with these things
Great video. Super helpful. Apparently my counting is a bit faster than a second as well, and I let go of the power button early. Good tip on counting to 15. Also, the kids and I were both stressed, and the narrator's soothing British voice helped us stay calm and carry on. 😉
To ecko so many others, this saved us from buying a new switch and earned me wife points! My husband and I were about to play a new game but it wouldn't charge. Then we realized we hadn't turned the switch on in 19 months. After watching, we realized we weren't using the official charger. We plugged it in when you suggested it and before the end of the video it was turning on! Thank you for your help!
Thank you I was about to cry myself to sleep all I needed to do was a reset haha
I’m not joking my switch was on 100% but wasn’t turning or showing any thin and I just had to do the hard reset I literally bought a new charger and cried for hours for nothing
So it worked ?
The 15 second reset trick actually worked and I’m shook! 🤣 I really tried it saying no way this will work 💀 thank you!!!!
My brother gave me his switch, but it was hacked. So I told him to unhack it for me and he did. I reseted it and it died and won’t turn on. Hopefully one of these options help
Update pls
Was the hack software only? or did he solder components to the board to boot into recovery?
Zane Blalock I have no idea. It was from his computer to the switch. Even when it was hacked it had to be rebooted to turn on. And I tried to reboot it now that it wasn’t hacked and it won’t work
@@osvaldoalcala9151 Broken Boot file or a short curcuit. That's why I think it isn't working after that.
Cheers mate, easy and simple. Saved me a lot of frustration !
After 1 year from posting this vid, it still helped me. The hard reset saved a lot of headache lol! Thanks heaps ! 🙏
Thank you so much I got super worried that my switch was broken but thanks to you it works again hard reset works, thanks! Have a great day 😁
**2000 Years Later***
“If your console is still not charged, take it to Jupiter, leave the switch in the natural Elements gasses till it charges.” I know that sounds like a simple explanation but it works
If it still don’t charge.....
I am a technican and fixed at least 30+ switch consoles at this point but your trick with replugging in the wall adapter just saved me from opening my personal console up
THANK YOU SOO MUCH U SAVED MY LIFE❤️❤️❤️
I had this issue a long time ago buh I figured it out just by holding the power button
Holding the power button for 15 seconds worked for me! Thank you dude
I was panicking only to find out I didn’t even plug it in🙈
I’m so dumb😀👍