Hacking The ultimate list of mods to enter RCM

[Clydefrosch]

apparently, the rail can serve as ground everywhere if you scratch off some of the black paint covering it.

 

[kombos]

It's not about me being happy. I knew this was a non-issue, but SOME folks here are ready to butt heads simply for the hell of it. Pictures are the number one way to piss'em off and prove'em wrong all in one fell swoop.

Heh. YouTube kid. Video below, on shorting PIN 10 to the ground (PIN 1 - Well, ground have to be common over an electronic circuit so literally I couldn't fuck up). Initially bridge is open and everything works fine, then I'm grounding pins by changing switch position and controller automagically dissapered - it works over bluetooth.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GE8pdISGN8tzo_ANmH9WP0-wekivzF3e

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It's not about me being happy. I knew this was a non-issue, but SOME folks here are ready to butt heads simply for the hell of it. Pictures are the number one way to piss'em off and prove'em wrong all in one fell swoop.

Stop misleading people around.

 

[DavGerm4]

Thanks for this! After all the mass threads, I couldn't find the one that showed which points inside the Right Joy-Con I solder to.

 

[kombos]

Whichever you want. 1,2,7,9 should be all GND according to the @dekuNukem

https://github.com/dekuNukem/Nintendo_Switch_Reverse_Engineering

For some reason f0f says that PIN 9 won't work which was true in my case, hence I have used PIN 1, and it work as a charm. I just have a simple switch to remove bridge between PIN's so thats fine. Other people say that 10 & 9 work even better for them. There has to be some kind of magic with PIN 9...

 

[TerraPhantm]

Heh. YouTube kid. Video below, on shorting PIN 10 to the ground (PIN 1 - Well, ground have to be common over an electronic circuit so literally I couldn't fuck up). Initially bridge is open and everything works fine, then I'm grounding pins by changing switch position and controller automagically dissapered - it works over bluetooth.

I wonder if the updated joy-con firmware that came with 5.0 is the problem? My Switch is still on 4.1.0

 

[Reecey]

Sure, here you go.
http://imgur.com/gallery/iLGXjYk (one is 1.0.0, one is 4.1.0)


That might be the problem. I used pin 9 and 10. And the image I and brycey have made shows pin 9 and 10 pads/test points, which works fine.

You know your picture, mine does exactly the same as that, it wont show as the right joy con connected properly to the switch unit but it still charges and works as it should so I cannot see a problem the only annoying bit is the small picture in the bottom left hand corner pops up saying its not connected sometimes. Yours shows the left joy con but mine does it too the right one modded. Its ok with both joycons out of the switch works and shows normal but when both slid in connected the right is not fully showing but like I say it still works just as it should and boots into Rcm +/Power buttons I can show you an img as well if anyone likes to see it? but hes right. Mine is on 5.0.2 firmware, it might be the latest 5x firmware thats at fault here.

 

[aut0mat3d]

For some reason f0f says that PIN 9 won't work which was true in my case, hence I have used PIN 1, and it work as a charm. I just have a simple switch to remove bridge between PIN's so thats fine. Other people say that 10 & 9 work even better for them. There has to be some kind of magic with PIN 9...

I did some measurements on the Joycon with Battery off and Pin 9 seems not to be hard connected to GND.
Pin9 will get tied to GND from a logic Gate or the uC in the Joycon. - so it is theoretically possible to do some damage on shorting Pin9 and 10.
Better use Pin 1 for GND.

This is how i did the Mod: https://gbatemp.net/threads/hidden-home-button-hardmod.501922/page-5#post-7938111
(drilled a little hole in the Backshell of the Joycon and soldered in a tiny switch which i can press from outside)

 

[Hondyn]

Thank you for this bro, it clarifies everything we need to know. Btw , why dont you move it out to the tutorial section? That d help lots of people

 

[Kubas_inko]

What FW do people with non-working joy-con have? @kombos

 

[Shadow LAG]

What FW do people with non-working joy-con have? @kombos

There is something funky about your setup, because as someone who has done the bend trick and lost pin 9 and 10, I can confirm the controller did not detect in tablet mode with the pins bridged and or missing. Are you sure you are still able to get into RCM and your solder joint is solid?

I'm just asking questions because this doesn't make any sense. Is the firmware of your controllers on latest firmware?

 

[charlieb]

Is there more details about reboot to rcm for 1.0.0?

in this forum , software only reboot to RCM has been released.

 

[Reploid]

Now that's what I called a thread.

 

[Technicmaster0]

Thank you for this bro, it clarifies everything we need to know. Btw , why dont you move it out to the tutorial section? That d help lots of people

This is not a tutorial, why should it be in the tutorial section (if you ment the first post).

 

[kombos]

What FW do people with non-working joy-con have? @kombos

Well actually I've test it on all my 3 consoles. So it acts the same on every single one of them (see my signature). It might be related to JoyCon firmware as I'm using one mooded JoyCon as a jig (?)

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There is something funky about your setup, because as someone who has done the bend trick and lost pin 9 and 10, I can confirm the controller did not detect in tablet mode with the pins bridged and or missing. Are you sure you are still able to get into RCM and your solder joint is solid?

I'm just asking questions because this doesn't make any sense. Is the firmware of your controllers on latest firmware?

Sure it's working fine to enter RCM when switch is shorted. I'm using it to develop Linux build on Switch.

 

[Kubas_inko]

Well actually I've test it on all my 3 consoles. So it acts the same on every single one of them (see my signature). It might be related to JoyCon firmware as I'm using one mooded JoyCon as a jig (?)

I have no idea. Mine "jiged" joy-con is from 1.0.0 FW and was never updated.

 

[Soluble]

Just setup the paperclip, good easy solution!

 

[Technicmaster0]

Just setup the paperclip, good easy solution!

That depends on the user. Soldering might be more convenient for experienced users.

 

[mattytrog]

Morning... Thought I`d share my joycon mod. Piece of wire soldered to pin 10, stuck on with double sided tape, through a screw hole, screw a screw through the hole. Doesn`t butcher joycon and is only used when required. Last pic is of a bit of wire wrapped onto USB-C for the ground. Touch this cable onto this screw while holding vol+ and pwr. RCM mode... Obviously trim the excess once the screw is screwed in. I stuck a piece of double sided to the outer side too just to hold the wire still while I put it back together. Remove this when finished.

 

[gabru]

I don't know... It seems pretty easy fucking up your switch if you connect the wrong pins or if your wire moves unintentionally...

 

[mattytrog]

I don't know... It seems pretty easy fucking up your switch if you connect the wrong pins or if your wire moves unintentionally...

The wire is stuck in place with tape. Trust me, it will not move. It holds ipad digitisers on! plus the vibration motor holds it at the top and the screw itself. It isn`t going anywhere. If someone can`t solder to the right pad, then logic dictates that they cannot solder to any pad. And their joycon is therefore already dead/butchered. If you can solder WELL then you will not get the wrong pin. Use leaded solder too. That lead free crap wants banning...