Poll of the Day > Has anyone with a switch had it abruptly turn off while docked

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It only does it while docked not in handheld mode. And usually only every few hours randomly

Might just be a faulty dock but Im curious if anyone else has had the issue here
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not the switch, but i have had that happen with other docking devices... I think it's a safeguard in case of a powersurge when connecting and it reconnects if it gets bumped.

No idea, just guessing - try dusting the port?
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Your Switch is possessed. You have ghosts.


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I've pretty much just used in handheld mode -- except docking it once just to see how it worked -- so I wouldn't have any way of knowing. In general, the whole docking process seems something of a nuisance, although part of it is the fact that I only have the one charge cable and the whole thing might seem a little less inconvenient if I bought a second cable to leave plugged into the dock.
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I figured it out after posting on the switch board I just had to turn off the switchs tv power sync thing
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Broken_Zeus posted...

I've pretty much just used in handheld mode -- except docking it once just to see how it worked -- so I wouldn't have any way of knowing. In general, the whole docking process seems something of a nuisance, although part of it is the fact that I only have the one charge cable and the whole thing might seem a little less inconvenient if I bought a second cable to leave plugged into the dock.

If you get the pro controller (which is an excellent controller in its own right and well worth having), it comes with a USB-C charging cable (which it uses) that can also be used to charge the Switch. It's much slower than charging using the dedicated adapter (some games will still manage to drain the battery even while charging it), since Nintendo did something with that adapter that goes beyond regular USB-C charging speeds, but it'd give you a second charging cable without having to specifically buy one.
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adjl posted...

Broken_Zeus posted...

I've pretty much just used in handheld mode -- except docking it once just to see how it worked -- so I wouldn't have any way of knowing. In general, the whole docking process seems something of a nuisance, although part of it is the fact that I only have the one charge cable and the whole thing might seem a little less inconvenient if I bought a second cable to leave plugged into the dock.

If you get the pro controller (which is an excellent controller in its own right and well worth having), it comes with a USB-C charging cable (which it uses) that can also be used to charge the Switch. It's much slower than charging using the dedicated adapter (some games will still manage to drain the battery even while charging it), since Nintendo did something with that adapter that goes beyond regular USB-C charging speeds, but it'd give you a second charging cable without having to specifically buy one.

When my original power cable had a problem, I had to use that to charge my Switch...
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