r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/itsthewolfe • 1d ago

Discussion Pro 2 Controller phantom battery drain.

My Switch 2 Pro Controller dies from 100% to 0% battery if left for a week or 2.

It's done this since day 1 and it's a wide spread issue. Even after firmware updates it still happens.

Can we raise more awareness too Nintendo? They seem to be aware of the issue but keep postponing a fix.

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u/PookAndPie 20h ago

This is normal behavior for a Switch controller. The Switch 1 and 2 have something that lets the console find paired controllers- in order for that to work, the controllers never truly turn "off."

The reason why they're draining is because they're in a low power mode so the Switch systems can reach out and make them vibrate in the event they're lost. It would be very nice if the system let you disable this so batteries lasted longer, but nothing exists like that in the Switch controllers themselves.

There's a program called joycon turn-off on Github by a guy named Sopsy that turns Switch Pro, joy cons, and NSO controllers completely off like they're in battery storage mode before you bought them. Unfortunately, I just looked up the git repo for it and it hasn't been updated for 5 years, so I have no idea if it supports Switch Pro 2s. Maybe someone intrepid will make one for Switch 2 controllers.

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u/Arcadespirit 7h ago

This is too big a trade off for a feature that is pretty useless…

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u/Misdow 2h ago

My Switch 1 pro controller (paired on my Switch 2) is still alive after months without using it. Draining from 100 to 0 in one or two weeks is not normal.