Nintendo Acknowledges Switch 2 Battery Indicator Issue and Offers Fix

A artillery indicator contented reported by immoderate Switch 2 owners has been acknowleged by Nintendo — and there's present a acceptable of steps to travel for a (hopefully) speedy fix.

To beryllium clear, this doesn't look to beryllium an contented with the Switch 2's onboard artillery itself. Instead, this looks to beryllium a occupation with however the console registers however overmuch complaint is really near — leaving fans to beryllium told they're astir retired of foodstuff erstwhile there's inactive hours of powerfulness left.

Nintendo's archetypal proposal present is to powerfulness disconnected your Switch 2 and reboot the console successful its concealed Recovery Mode. This tin beryllium done by powering your Switch 2 connected portion holding down the measurement up (+) and measurement down (-) buttons portion the console loads.

Simply loading into the Recovery Mode paper could beryllium capable to reset your console's artillery and align it with the close magnitude of complaint remaining, Nintendo said.

If that doesn't work, Nintendo besides recommended a much convoluted acceptable of steps which fundamentally boil down to charging your Switch 2 up to 100% past leaving it to tally down until it is astir empty, earlier charging it backmost up to 100% again.

"The artillery complaint indicator volition amended gradually by repeating this process respective times," Nintendo says. Here are the details successful full:

Complete these steps

1. Ensure the console has the latest strategy update.
2. Set each 3 Auto-Sleep mode settings to Never.
   • How to acceptable Auto-Sleep mode settings to Never
     1. From the HOME Menu prime System Settings.
     2. Scroll down the options connected the near and prime Sleep Mode.
     3. Set "Auto-Sleep (Playing connected System Screen)", "Auto-Sleep (Connected to TV)", and "Auto-Sleep (Playing Media Content)" to Never.
3. Connect the AC adapter straight to the console.
4. Allow the console to complaint until the artillery is 100% afloat charged, oregon until the console has been charging for astatine slightest 3 hours.
5. Leave the console unsocial and connected to the AC adapter for an further hour.
6. When an hr has passed, disconnect the AC adapter from the console and let the console to show the HOME Menu for astir 3 to 4 hours.
   • The remaining artillery beingness indispensable beryllium depleted arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.
7. Once the artillery complaint is astir depleted, powerfulness disconnected the console and permission it unsocial for astatine slightest 30 minutes.
8. Repeat steps 3 done 6 respective times.
   • The artillery complaint indicator volition amended gradually by repeating this process respective times.

Should this inactive not lick the problem, Nintendo stated that your Switch 2 volition apt request to beryllium serviced.

Hopefully, the Switch 2's hidden Recovery Mode is an enactment fewer fans volition ever request to see. Still, if you privation to property a fewer buttons to find immoderate much Switch 2 secrets, you could bash worse than spell find the console's hidden GameCube startup animations. And if you're aft different amusive Switch 2 hacks, here's a method to get your smartphone moving arsenic a Switch 2 camera — for overmuch cheaper than the official Switch Camera cost.

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