Klaus Frankagowa338@chaos.social
Jun 7, 2026, 5:11 PM@valpackett Oh, for so cheap devices like the Nintendo Switch you mean?
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Val Packett 🧉valpackett@treehouse.systemsJun 7, 2026, 8:51 PM@agowa338 LOL but no, the Switch is mostly fine actually. It actually supports PD, even. This is about the junk that treats USB-C ports as if they were just micro-B. Like my label printer that I thought just broke, until I eventually plugged in a C-to-A cable and it started charging again…
- Klaus Frankagowa338@chaos.socialJun 7, 2026, 8:53 PM
@valpackett Isn't this the resistor that is needed to initiate charging when the battery is completely dead?
Like I've had a few Nintendo switches here to repair just because their battery was drained too much for it to initiate the charging. After a "kick-start" it was fine again.
- Val Packett 🧉valpackett@treehouse.systemsJun 7, 2026, 9:01 PM
@agowa338 that's a silly issue, but no, if you have a smart device that actually talks PD over CC pins, it's not missing any resistors on those lines.
- Klaus Frankagowa338@chaos.socialJun 7, 2026, 9:04 PM
I don't fully recall the writeup of this issue anymore but the very first switches had also something with missing components for this. I think they fixed it in later versions.
But I'm quite sure there was something like this in the first ones.
I think it was this design issue here: https://headworx.slupik.com/2026/03/usb-type-c-dead-battery.html