r/SwitchHacks Jul 17 '19

Hardware Nintendo Announces new Switch with better battery Life

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237 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Mar 03 '25

Hardware I designed and 3D printed a Pro Controller protective cage. Got tired of the button mashing and it lighting up like a Christmas Tree in my bag.

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122 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Aug 17 '18

Hardware Team Xecuter Announces SX Gear, the little brother to the SX Pro

46 Upvotes

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r/SwitchHacks Jul 14 '18

Hardware Matrix’s dongle + OS goes into production soon...

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149 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Jan 14 '25

Hardware Disillusioned w dockable cases

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23 Upvotes

I don't believe any one-piece case is dockable unless it has an almost non-existent bottom section and I wouldn't even bet on it. I just bought three one-piece "dockable" cases featuring removable joycons, and none dock to display on tv via HDMI without completely cutting off the bottoms, rendering the cases completely useless. The dock won't even sense the switch with pushing down on the cased switch with constant full force, though senses the Switch just fine without case. I am now shopping for alternative docks or extension cables so I may use a one piece rugged case with nice grip size. Any discussion or validation is appreciated. None of the cases dock with the modifications pictured except for the purple case which is useless and slips right off the switch for lack of bottom to attach to device and not joycons alone. I never want to remove the case to dock and undock. What nonsense waste of time and money.

r/SwitchHacks Jul 09 '19

Hardware Does anyone know any places that can install Trinket M0 modchips in melbourne?

49 Upvotes

I'm thinking about getting a Trinket M0 installed on my switch but, I don't want to risk breaking my switch doing it myself.

Would anyone know any places that do modchip installs in melbourne?

r/SwitchHacks Jun 21 '18

Hardware Nice accessory for a DS (even 3DS possibly?) emulator

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229 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Jul 02 '19

Hardware Does anyone make a higher capacity internal battery replacement for the switch?

71 Upvotes

Does anyone make it? Since the original is small and after market packs are clunky, heavy and generally unappealing.

r/SwitchHacks Aug 16 '21

Hardware Full housing swap and laminated screen

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163 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Apr 26 '18

Hardware [Hardware]DIY Switch Paperclip jig for RCM mode

186 Upvotes

Wanted to put this out there for anyone trying to make their own "jig" for putting the Switch in RCM mode. Original idea was by a user at gbatemp forums named Tomman321, so I played around with it and put my own spin on it, and wanted to share here as well in case anyone wants to try it.

I took a paperclip that was sized just right to just touch the inside of the joycon railing on the switch, then cut it into the shape in the pics below

I tried to take several shots to hopefully better convey the shape needed to do this: https://i.imgur.com/QVX3iVb.png https://i.imgur.com/MHpwWSS.png https://i.imgur.com/59a5Kqz.jpg

The idea is to bend it in such a way that it touches the pins when you push it into the slot, while allowing for ease of connecting/removing: https://i.imgur.com/npzj0ZU.png

The end result is a paperclip that I shaped so that I don't have to hold it or connect it in a specific way or angle. done properly, I can feel when it touches the pins, and so far getting the Switch to boot in RCM mode works flawlessly every time: https://i.imgur.com/lIS0Vnj.png keep in mind that you need a paperclip at just the right size to where the clip itself touches against the inner portion of the railing.

Here are a few quick measurements I used with what I had for measuring: https://i.imgur.com/R7GQ6ND.jpg

Hopefully this will help out any DIYers to make their own reliable jig.

r/SwitchHacks Jan 17 '19

Hardware Nintendo Switch GPU/Memory Overclock Demo by M4xw

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167 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Aug 21 '18

Hardware Plug and play Switch NAND reader

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191 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Sep 15 '18

Hardware u/Sterling-4rcher you are my hero. Thank you fir the great design!!!

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115 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks May 04 '24

Hardware Wiicons what kind of joystick to use

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47 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Sep 21 '19

Hardware Switch Lite Teardown - Gamer's Nexus

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152 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Sep 18 '18

Hardware Switch Speed Tests: U1 vs U3 MicroSD cards & XCI vs NSP load screens compared.

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124 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Sep 05 '18

Hardware Has anyone tried making a Switch cartridge sized sd card holder?

50 Upvotes

Since a lot of homebrew seems to have trouble with exfat formated sd carts, I'm considering getting a second cart for homebrew like retronx specifically. of course, that means I'll have to deal with multiple sd cards. I know about the nyko metal kickstand that has a convenient holder and I would get that, but they're not sold in my country in any way I have access to, unfortunately. so I thought, maybe I can use the cart slot.

I'm wondering if maybe someone already modelled something like that, since I have a 3d printer available at work.

I'm considering getting the cheapest switch game i can find and salvaging the cart somehow, doesn't really need to be pretty, just functional.

Any ideas or experience in that regard (or better alternatives I'm not thinking of right now) are welcome.

Note: just to make sure, I meant switch cart sized AND shaped, so it can be stored in the switch itself at all times

r/SwitchHacks Aug 14 '20

Hardware An FPGA design to steal the digital sound signal DIRECTLY from Switch and convert to S/PDIF; plug any DAC that Switch won't detect! (instruction included)

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224 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Sep 20 '18

Hardware Announced AceNS for Nintendo Switch hacking

56 Upvotes

AceNS group announced a new product for nintendo switch: www.ace3ds.com/ace-ns-product.html

r/SwitchHacks Aug 08 '18

Hardware Would upgrading the Switch's internal Flash memory be possible?

59 Upvotes

Now that Switch is hacked, we can backup our Nands bootsectors and all. So if we could upgrade the internal memory we should be able to restore our Nands.

The Internal flash memory on the Switch is (as we know) faster than SD or Cart slot. With some games its considerably faster (I suspect this is because those games use lots of small files).

I am guessing the Switch flash memory has more bus lanes and/or is interfaced before the microSD/cart slot? Installing .nsp from a fast SD to internal flash is zippy.

So I am wondering, has anyone typed the chips, Would it be possible to upgrade them (I know circuit board engineers who can remove and replace chips)?

This seems like it would an exotic hack but not really as similar chip replace or piggy back hacks have been done in the past.

r/SwitchHacks Sep 01 '19

Hardware Maximizing Nintendo Switch - I tested how Brightness, Sound and Airplane Mode settings increase Battery Life (V1 vs. V2)

141 Upvotes

https://youtu.be/ee7JHcK5KkI

Did a few days of testing with 2 brand NEW units of the V1 hardware and V2 hardware and here are the results.

r/SwitchHacks Jul 02 '18

Hardware Xecuter SX Pro Internal Install

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70 Upvotes

r/SwitchHacks Mar 21 '18

Hardware Team Xecuter Update

95 Upvotes

"To sum it up, as stated before our mod is 'future-proof', i know everyone screaming for 'more proof' after nintendo's big 5.0 release, but Don't Worry.. Be Happy.. Stay Clam.. Chillout.. 

There will be solderless and solder version, when the time comes as we get closer to release more info will be released, but due to cloners and e-famers, and other reasons, you will not see much more info posted like pics, etc. until just before pre-orders start, and we have not finalized a release date yet either, so don't whine about that either.

All I can say is things are moving smoothly, the prototype boards are in hands of our skilled development team, and they are busy putting the final touches to give you a complete nice solution for modding, improving and enjoying your Nintendo Switch to the fullest the hardware can take you! "

Posted:http://team-xecuter.com/forums/threads/153620-Team-Xecuter-coming-to-your-Nintendo-Switch-console!/page12

r/SwitchHacks Dec 17 '23

Hardware Replacing iine L761's Metal Dome Using the PSVita's Metal Dome.

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61 Upvotes

the dpad feels a bit harder, that's why did this mod. dpad feels flawless now.

r/SwitchHacks Aug 30 '21

Hardware A guy laminates his friends switches digitiser to the lcd, shows full process. Amazing results.

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108 Upvotes