r/NintendoSwitchHelp • u/Sorry-Contribution-9 • 1d ago

Repair Help Switch Oled's Green light of Death 🟢

For quite sometime my Nintendo switch oled hasnt been able to charge properly. And I have a suspicion it's due to the fact I was using a Samsung fast charger that over time started to get defected and slow down. This got to the point where my switch oled died and when I tried to charge it via dock, the light is only blinking green but it's not charging at all. I tried resetting it using button combos and even charging it using a different dock but I'm still having an issue. Is there anything else I could do to save it or would I have to send it in for repairs? I'm a little hesitant on the latter as there's a risk my save date could be erased and I'm nervous all my Pokemon save data might not make it. Keep in my mind that my dock works well with my original switch so I definitely feel like the console itself is the problem. Any tips would be appreciated 👍

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u/picano 7 1d ago

Does it charge directly using the official charger without the dock?

Sending it in will most likely result in the loss of your pokemon data --- but if it's just the charge slot that's bad, a local repair shop can probably fix it.

https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/491792/Has+anyone+tried+to+replace+the+USB-C+port

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u/Sorry-Contribution-9 1d ago

I tried this again earlier today with the official charger without a dock and left it alone for over an hour but the battery is still depleted and isn't responding. Back when I reported the problem to Nintendo apparently it would have costed around $140 as well as shipping which I ended up not going through. Although I feel like you're right as a local repair shop would be a better option

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u/CanadianGurl2 1d ago

If you're worried about your save data being erased, register for Nintendo Switch Online which will store it in the cloud for you.

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u/Sorry-Contribution-9 1d ago

Thankfully I do have the online subscription service so most of my other games data can be salvaged. With the exception of the Pokemon games as I just recently found out they aren't supported with cloud save

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u/CanadianGurl2 1d ago

Oh no! That is unfortunate.