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Nintendo Switch · Handheld time back · Hialeah & Miami Lakes, FL
Switch battery replacement
If it only lasts an hour undocked, or dies the moment you take it off the dock, the cell is worn out. Cheap fix for a console that's otherwise perfectly good.
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Symptoms
Time for a battery when…
- Handheld playtime has dropped right off
- It dies as soon as you undock it
- It won't hold charge overnight while switched off
- The back cover or screen is starting to lift
Set expectations
What handheld time you should actually expect
A healthy Switch gives you somewhere between two and six hours undocked, and the spread is enormous depending on what you're playing. A demanding 3D game will flatten it in a couple of hours; a 2D indie title will go all afternoon.
So before deciding the battery is finished, think about what you were playing when it died. If a light game only gets you an hour, that's a worn cell. If a big game does, that might just be the game.
Two things
Worth knowing
The console looks slightly bulged.
Stop charging it and bring it down. A swelling cell pushes the screen off the frame and can vent — that's the one we'd rather you didn't leave.
Will handheld time go back to new?
Roughly, yes. It still depends what you play — a demanding game drains any battery faster than a 2D indie title.
Also on Nintendo Switch
Other Switch jobs
Charging port replacement
Won't charge, won't dock, or a cheap dock got it.
Screen replacement
Cracked glass — and OLED is a different job.
Won't turn on
Dead console — very often the charging chip.
Dock and TV output
Charges in the dock but the TV shows nothing.
Barely lasts an hour?
A new cell is cheap and it makes handheld mode usable again.
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