Switch Firmware Update 3.0.1 Is Live, Fixes Battery Charge Indicator Issue

That is so complicated ahaha😂

And still no Netflix! Sob sob whine whine it's my opinion...

"Repeat steps 2 - 6 several times."

As I read steps 2 to 6,I thought to myself,'man it's not exactly simple is it'.Then I read step 7 and had a good chuckle.Only Nintendo!

Only Nintendo but we love it

How is it only Nintendo? It's a common way to calibrate the battery indicator when it's messed up. There are tons of guides how to do it for your Android phone, for example.

I will try that Today. I had some issues where it seemed like my Switch lost about 20% even though it was completely turned off. And the next time the 20% were back.

Wait a second, surely leaving your console on the menu screen for 3-4 hours is going to damage your screen with good ole screen burn

Dismantling a nuclear bomb would be time better spent.

Where's the stability when you need it?

Classic Nintendo fix

Battery not stability ? Shame on you, Nintendo...

@Bunkerneath but that's okay, because the battery indicator is off by about 1% and that would be unacceptable.

Never had this issue with any other Nintendo system. How long of a list is this now, for Switch glitches? Obviously that thing is junk. 🙄

'Repeat steps 2 - 6 several times.' lol

I'm one of the boring people who doesn't have any issues with my switch. Joy cons don't disconnect. My screen isn't scratching. It just seems to work every day when I play.

@SanderEvers yes there is. you could back up saves that are on the sd card. and the games are encrypted by console too so you can't use one switch's sd card in another switch (just like with 3ds, sigh). so by your logic there wouldn't be any point to put games on sd cards lol

OMG. Those troubleshooting steps are such a long, pain in the butt process. Just ridiculous.

The only thing is IT DOESN'T FIX IT. Just another worthless stability update!

@SanderEvers Switch has a Plasma screen - not a TN screen.

@SanderEvers @Raiko @liveswired
Really guys? TN Panel (outdated)? Plasma (outdated + horrible for a mobile device)??

The Switch has an IPS panel (Type of lcd screen, just like TN but better)! That means, like TN, no burn-ins.

A screen that can have burn ins would be pretty bad in general by the way, you would run into problems with every single game that has an interface, for example.

Um what???

We want those stability updates. Sta-bi-li-ty

I imagine just playing the Switch off-charge until it completely dies, charging fully, then repeating, will do the same thing. The Nintendo guide is just being ultra cautious.

Switch is more half-baked than Dave Chappelle

What? hahahahh I don't care so much for the battery indicator.

@WiltonRoots Netflix is over 20 billion in debt, maybe they want too much???

Please Understand.

I've had issues, and it did bug me - perhaps not enough to repeatedly try steps 2-6!

@SanderEvers um so? I still want to be able to back them up (to later use in the same switch).
and the rest of what you said is exactly what I already said.

i don't understand why people are getting so worked up about nintendo's instructions. this is just the normal way of improving the accuracy of ANY modern device's battery indicator.

When I first had the Switch I was getting weird battery issues; the Switch would auto power off when the battery was still over 20%! Seemed to sort itself out after a while though, and never had any problems since. I do tend to run the battery down quite far before charging it up fully though.

The instructions sound pretty extreme, but it IS the normal procedure for calibrating a battery, which is ALWAYS obnoxiously painful to do on any device. Nintendo just over-detailed the steps that makes it seem more complicated.

All those steps really say is:
-Disable auto-off for both modes (can't calibrate a battery if it turns off!)
-Charge the battery fully for a few hours regardless of what the indicator says. Then let it idle to cool to normal temp.
-Deplete the battery almost fully using a very slow discharge (leaving the home screen up), then let it idle to cool to normal temp.
-Fully recharge the battery again.

Repeat process several times to calibrate the battery average calculations.

I haven't come across any battery issues myself. But it's nice it should be addressed for those that have.

Lame.

The modern day equivalent of blowing into the cartridge.

Nintendo always has a classic twist

@Raiko LCDs screens aren't subject to screen burn-in, that's just plasma displays.

WOW, those instructions are as complicated as their version of voice chat on the Switch. LOL. How very "Nintendo."

@SanderEvers

The vast majority of Switch's have an IPS screen, although some have been reported to be TN screens. Both of my Switch's have IPS screens, and I've never seen one in the wild with a TN screen. It may be a region or batch thing.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-nintendo-switch-review

Holy crap on that! I... don't recall having this issue, and I hope I never do. That's an insane amount of steps over a lot of time.

@CheezIt Yes, because a battery indicator that is off by a percent or two renders all electronic devices completely junk.

I knew in the early hours of this morning about this update but only now have heard the details. Wow. Just Wow!

@thesilverbrick obviously as you're a Switch fanboy, you've missed all the other articles about the Switch glitches and hardware problems from the controllers to the charger and everything in between. Shrug.

@CheezIt Switch fanboy? It's funny that you assume I'm a "fanboy" because I don't jump right on your rampant negativity train. We get it, you hate the Switch and you will never be convinced to like it, no matter what. That's your prerogative. But it's shortsighted and foolish to label me a fanboy just because I don't insist upon a shooting the thing down at every turn or because I don't agree with you that the console is junk because at one point in its life (before a simple software fix) it displayed the battery life incorrectly. Do yourself a favor and look at my posts over the past few months and you'll see quite a number of criticisms of Nintendo across the board. Sure, there have been some hiccups along the way, and I would definitely agree that the operating system needed to be ironed out a bit more before it went to market, but all the issues you brought up have been patched or otherwise addressed by simple software updates, the same kind of OS fixes the Wii U and 3DS (and even rival, non-Nintendo consoles) have been getting for years now.

I'm far from a Switch fanboy. I own a Switch and enjoy playing it, yes, but it is far from perfect. But jumping to an absolute judgment of a console based on easily-remedied, minuscule operating system glitches that most people don't notice robs you of your credibility, frankly.

When I read this , I thought wow what a cluster muck, and the process of reconditioning the battery , wow.

@thesilverbrick at no point when I made my comment here initially on this article did I have any interest in hearing from you. And now that I've insulted your fragile ego, you're going off on a tangent. Just underlines the fanboy in you. Not my problem though. Shrug.

@CheezIt If you're not interested in feedback or replies, you might not want to leave comments in a comment section of articles here, you know, seeing as that's what this is used for. And turning your reply to my comment into a personal attack when logic fails is adorable, by the way (and just to clarify, so you don't draw any further ridiculous conclusions about how your comments might affect me, your attempt at being unkind had zero impact, as my "ego" has never been a factor in the slightest). But I suppose that's par for the course when trying to reason with the unreasonable. Shrug.

@thesilverbrick logic has only failed on your part. That is abundantly apparent.

@CheezIt And yet you made no attempt to further the conversation in any topical or reasonable manner after I politely provided some counterpoints in an attempt to create a civilized discussion, instead resorting to being insulting and dropping the subject. But sure, I'm the one that abandoned logic. If that's what you need to tell yourself, go right ahead.

@thesilverbrick you can't reason with a fanboy though, so there's no point in going on and on about a subject when someone has stars in their eyes and can't have a truly logical discussion. That was proven from the very first message you sent to me.

@aesc he's just jealous because I have this fresh baby Swiss cheese here and his is some old stinky cheese.

So many steps to fix it and it even says repeat if didn't work. What?
Nintendo just can't get it right.

Is this an April Fools joke?

i also fix this from beggining my switch error precentage (april 2017)

my step is:
1. charge it till 100% directly from usb c ( or charge it approx 3 hours if it doesnt 100% just unplug the usb and turn off it for 5 minutes.. and your switch will 100%

2. I let my switch on from 100 to 0 just in screen menu it will take about 8 hours (1% = 5 minutes

3. charge it till 100%

4. Your switch will fix the precentage itself

but ...

precentage will getting error after you playing your switch on dock and makes you must do a step 1 to 4 again

it cost a many times to just calibrate it ..

shame on you nintendo

@CheezIt Again, if you have to jump to conclusions that don't line up with the facts to escape the discussion, go for it.

Let me assure you, there are no "stars in my eyes." I don't blindly stand behind Nintendo or the Switch. I even offered up criticisms of the system, showing that I am willing to admit it has faults and examine it impartially. The system was most definitely rushed to market without a proper launch lineup. There were some avoidable (though easily remedied) technical glitches along the way and the accessories are definitely overpriced. The reliance on ports out of the gate instead of original games was worrisome. And don't even get me started on shortages.

My point is, I'm willing to reasonably examine both sides of the issue and have a discussion about it. You have made up your mind to hate the Switch and when I attempted to have a civil discussion with you you resorted to insults and running away from the discussion. You throw the word "fanboy" out thinking that it will hurt me or shut the discussion down, and all it did was reveal that you refuse to have any kind of adult debate about the topic at hand as if you were threatened by anybody with a reasonable difference of opinion.

A fanboy is not reasonable person, one who has already made up his or her mind on a topic and cannot be swayed by any facts or anyone else's logical point. They cannot see the other side of the issue, cannot admit anybody else on the other side of the issue has a leg to stand on, cannot admit any faults or flaws on the part of the object of their adoration and most importantly, cannot reasonably defend their position, because it's entirely based on emotion and not logic.

I certainly can see the other side of the issue. I can understand that there have been some disappointing aspects with regard to the system's price, launch lineup, reliance on ports, lack of large third-party games and difficulty to obtain. There plenty of prolific people on this site who are not exactly enthused with the Switch and voice their negative opinions, but when in genuine curiosity I ask them for clarification, they can defend their points in a way that makes sense and ultimately causes me to understand and respect their position, even if it doesn't exactly mirror how I feel. And I've already gone into detail about some of my concerns with the system, which are very real. Frankly, I have unresolved issues with just about every single Nintendo console I've ever owned. Looking back, there are things I would have changed about every single one of them, and I can see why at any time in their video game production history somebody may not have liked Nintendo, especially now, when Nintendo has to make some big changes if they plan on surviving as a game developer. They made gigantic missteps with the Wii U and it will take years for them to bail themselves out. In a lot of ways, they've shown that they've learned from past mistakes, but in other ways they just continue to make the same blunders.

If I were truly a fanboy as you allege, I wouldn't at all be able to constructively dig into Nintendo's faults and admit any of them. I would see the issue from one side and one side only. And if someone challenged my fragile view, I would shut them down, drop the subject and possibly even resort to a personal attack. Sound familiar?

The funny and kind of sad thing is, I've gone back and looked at some of your posts under your profile, and I think if you and I could have had a civil discussion, we would find more in common than you think. It appears to me that you've been gaming for a very long time and are nostalgic for the days when gaming was all about fun and accessibility, and while I myself haven't been gaming quite as long as you have, I largely agree with you. And honestly, I believe a perspective like yours can only add something to the discussions on this site. All I ask, and I'm going to try to do this as politely as possible, is that if you post something in a discussion (and that's what a comment section is) and somebody asks for clarification or politely offers a different point of view, at least try to defend your position instead of resorting to unkindness. If you don't feel like continuing the discussion, just ignore the post.

And, despite my best efforts here, it's possible that you will just come back at me with something that attempts to hurt my feelings, though frankly, it won't. And if you do, that's your choice. In that particular case, you won't be hearing from me anymore with regard to this topic, because I have already done my best to reasonably and politely attempt to defend my position while keeping my mind open to yours.

Please understand... battely plobrem need time. If not working, goto step 2 to 6, loop. Else, end.

@SanderEvers

That is correct, IPS (LCD) does not suffer from burn in. I just wanted to point out Switch is supposed to have an IPS screen. Some people have reported getting TN with their Switch, but there is nothing to verify the claims, and I've never seen a TN Switch. But it is possible that another region, or batch may exist. But Nintendo lists IPS screen as a Switch feature.

Many of us have probably paid much more money for a smart phone or tablet with the exact same problem and fixed it without even knowing by running the battery out and recharging.

@thesilverbrick the thing that amazes me the most is how much time you have on your hands to sit here and ramble incessantly about such petty things. Where you and I differ the most is this: 1. I simply do not CARE, and 2. I have far better things to do than sit here and go on and on and on about this. Do you have a job, by any chance?

@CheezIt I work two jobs, actually, and in my spare time I participate in at least 70 hours each month doing volunteer work with the deaf. I make my posts using my phone (allowing me to make them anywhere), and I am able to compose them primarily using voice dictation, so they don't take all that long to write. But that's beside the point.

Sure, I will admit this is all pretty trivial, but video games are, in the grand scheme of things, inconsequential. Everybody has their hobbies and interests they can go on about at great length, and this just happens to be a community designed for such a thing.

But I digress. If you didn't care initially, you should've just said so, or even more simply, ignored my first post. Would have saved a lot of time.

@thesilverbrick very nice that you volunteer to help the deaf. That is very admirable. I mean that.

@CheezIt Well, thanks. And I honestly mean it when I say this, I'm sorry if things got heated. I never intended to be insulting or aggressive. I do understand your dismay at aspects of the Switch, and I'm hoping either you can someday find things to like about it, or find gaming happiness elsewhere. Take care.

@thesilverbrick thanks, apology accepted and reciprocated. Gaming used to consume much of my life for several decades whether it be from the programming, playing, selling/marketing, etc aspect. I'm carrying more experience in this field than possibly anyone you'll ever encounter, but now I'm just a casual game player in this stage of my life with other hobbies and interests that have overshadowed the games due to the paradigm shift of the entire video game industry. It's gone in directions I do not like at all, and after 40 years in the midst of this, I'm just letting it go. The few games and systems that are of interest to me are slowly fizzling out to the younger players who now command this industry, so that's the long version of why I simply said that I don't care.

@CheezIt I get you. And like I said, I haven't been doing this anywhere near as long as you have, but even I have to admit the industry as a whole is trending in a direction I don't like, either. In fact, when I get a chance to sit down to play games, I more often than not dig out something on the older side. There's something to be said for the time when gaming wasn't about microtransactions, DLC, annualizing of franchises and wars over tech specs. I do miss the days when I could just go buy a game for the Super Nintendo and play it for weeks, remaining thoroughly entertained without wondering when I'd be getting something else. Rampant consumerism eventually ruins everything, and unfortunately the gaming industry wasn't immune.