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[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xghostyxjokerx:
Question whats the proper way of formatting the sd card to factory condition, without having the sd card partition etc?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
It's just odd that I started having the deep sleep issue only today. My screen timeout was already set to 30 minutes when I initially launched Lineage OS for the first time. Thank you for the volume key mapping suggestion! That's the first thing I'm going to do as soon as my console finishes recharging in Horizon OS as it got completely drained from tinkering with settings all day.

We have to be patient (even though that is becoming more and more challenging every day that passes right now) with updates and patches.

I've disabled some of the services you've mentioned and have even gone far enough to not know what I did. Before my console died, I was stuck without a virtual keyboard and had to plug in my wired one. The obstacle I'm facing is that the application to remove programs won't reinstall the services and bloatware that I disabled or deleted. I'm going to have to reinstall Titanium Backup and hope it is able to get it done. I even booted to the backup I created earlier today, but it keeps those services disabled upon bootup, which shouldn't be happening as the point of the backup is to revert to a previous setting.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
just got a 4tb exfat drive to load had to use stickmount

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNwGZYl5Z18&feature=youtu.be
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
[MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , I set the Volume Key as another way to wake up the device and it works. Thanks again for that tidbit! I wasn't able to enable the services I disabled earlier, but I was able to install a simple keyboard through F-droid. RAM is still at the same level, so I'd like to ask you for the list of services and applications that you've deleted or disabled, if you're willing to share them with me. I'm going to try and find out if there are any other ways to preserve battery life and then I think it'll be time for me to move on and look into that Xposed Framework application.

Edit: I read that having many icons on the main screen also reduces the battery life, so I decided to delete all but 4 of the main ones I use the most. I decided to delete the widgets as well. I also disabled the lock screen, so when I wake up the device, it displays the last screen I was on. Apparently, one of the services I deleted has completely rendered my Gapps useless now, which is fine for the time being since I still have access to APK files through the web browser and also the F-droid application. I've disabled all notifications in addition to everything else.

Edit 2: Du Battery and Pixoff are going to be the next test. 76% battery remaining at 02:58. Airplane mode, lowest power setting, Servicely, Du Battery, and Pixoff are all enabled. Hopefully, the console will still be alive by the time I get up. I don't believe Du Battery's ETA whatsoever.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
how to dl data straight to usb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXYr6KwipD8&feature=youtu.be
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] thatmellon:
Just wanted to say a massive thank you to the switchroot team! This is amazing, I can’t count the amount of things my switch is capable of now.

Some good emulators for people to check out would be:

Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn), runs most games I’ve tried, mainly Sonic jam, Sonic R and Sonic 3D (for sonic 3D I needed to switch to the slower but more accurate rendering and I don’t get the background music, could be a dodgey rom)

DeSmuME (Nintendo DS), perfect emulation! Better than melonDS, using the joy cons you can swap between top and bottom screens by pressing the thumb stick in. You can also set up a dual screen for the switch using the bottom screen and tv using the top if you cast wirelessly to a smartTV or chromecast!! Games look really nice upscaled!

PPSSPP (PSP), seems more optimised on android than the port for switch and it’s retroarch core, runs the Tony Hawks games pretty well but still get some crashing and slowdown with Killzone.

reicast (Dreamcast), Runs just as well as it’s lakka port but I prefer the android version because it works in docked mode where lakka doesn’t (not the version I have).

DemonPS2 (PS2), I mean this is a work in progress but shows a lot of promise. No game runs full speed really but I have got Kingdom hearts re: chain of memories, Final Fantasy X and tales of the abyss running at what I would class as a playable speed. Most games run but most games are incredibly slow. Dragon ball z Budokia 3 runs great in the menus and then slows down to about 15-25FPS. Can still play it enough to fight a few (very slow) matches!

Not tried dolphin as I have a hacked Wii U with all the games what run perfectly on there. As for every other emulator I think the switch emulates the old consoles N64 and PS1 fairly well so I’ve not bothered with those emulators, or retroarch for that matter.

Some issues stem from the joy cons controller mapping, (“A”, otherwise know. As “circle” is assigned as “cross” so the buttons have been moved counter clockwise by one button).

As an emulation device the switch is amazing!!

I feel like I’ve learn a lot about androids operating system as a result too. I use iOS phones so some of this is fairly new to me. Magisk is a good tool to root your device and install different packages and functions. So far I’ve used PS4 remote play and for the first few days managed to have a few games of street fighter 4 through GeForce now. It doesn’t work not though, I’ll assume switch users have been patched out maybe? I watched spider-verse through showbox the other night and it played through perfectly, although when you have a Bluetooth controller (joy-con) connected it highlights the entire video screen making everything look abnormally bright. Keyboard and mouse work. Downloading games directly to it is a breeze but transferring data from your PC becomes a bit of a ball ache. I use Gdrive to move things to and from my switch and PC.

Anyways, once again thanks for this amazing port of android! I’m sure I’ll find even more reasons to love it after a bit more time! Hopefully the info I’ve typed out will give people ideas!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
[MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , 08:50 and 37% battery remaining. Almost 6 hours later and 39% battery depleted. I think this is the best test yet. That's roughly a 6.5% battery depletion per hour. Theoretically, from a full charge, the console should last 15 hours in sleep mode now with these parameters.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] multiwirth:
I´m pretty sure you will be able to use a 4 pin headset soon.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
[MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , it wasn't because of your advice. I just mass disabled a bunch of different services. I also didn't update, but I fixed the keyboard last night. I downloaded a very simple one (just the way I like things to be) from F-droid.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] xghostyxjokerx:
help please

Is it my card not properly formatted but im getting this error?? any help please
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] german_psycho:
Can VLC be used with this build?

I would really like to use my Switch as a media-player when I am on holiday. Just want to install Switchroot to an SD, put some movie files on it and enjoy it docked in our rental apartment.

Would this be possible? Would save me some space as I won't need to take another media-player that can be connected via HDMI to TV with me..

And I know it must have been asked a hundred times: but will this do any changes to the Switch? If I remove the SD installed with Android OS and put in my "normal" Switch SD, everything works like there has never been Android running on the device?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Yup. Have fun!

TegraX1 is capable of playing back 4k video but I think the dock caps the output to 1080p. If you want you can also Chromecast higher res video to your TV (aka Airplay in iOS terms). Let us know which codecs and resolutions you were able to play in docked mode using VLC.

Playback should be flawless, especially at higher performance profiles, but if some high res videos stutter, remember that performance will only improve with time. This is just the first build.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TheMadHeader:
I've not tried VLC on the Switch but I don't see why it won't work unless there's a bug in the Switch Android code that prevents it. Why not try it?

Correct, just remove the SD card and boot the Switch as normal - the Android code runs off the SD card nothing is changed on your Switch.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Good to know =) F-Droid is a fantastic resource. I'm thinking of sharing my list of disabled system apps services, app activities for the most popular apps. But I don't wanna hog this thread which is clearly meant for devs to get feedback for the performance or major issues in this build. I'll likely make another thread when I get a break from studies. In the meantime, there's plenty of high grade advice on this thread.

Big thanks to Team Switchroot for putting so much effort in this high quality android build and not charging a dime.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] pok5:
It is actually 4k 30Hz on android/linux, because I'm looking for a solution to make it 1080p /60 and will actually try some apps to see If I get any luck.

Because of this resolution I think android is a bit more sluggish than without dock. I haven't tried any 4k content but I can try some out of curiosity.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
I'm so jealous! That's some IMPRESSIVE optimization. You single handedly worked around lack of "deep sleep". Great work!

---------- Post added at 08:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

From NVIDIA's site: Tegra X1's display specs

4K x 2K @60 Hz, 1080p [MENTION=512813]120[/MENTION] Hz

HDMI 2.0 60 fps

Since this is a mobile chip, I assumed the chip devs had tested the numbers shown above on Android. Do have any theories why Android would cap 4K playback to 30fps even if the chip could render 60? I'm not complaining, esp since 25fps is considered the "cinematic framerate". Just curious. Do you think the numbers on their website refer to expected performance on their Shield TV? If so, could that be cuz it's plugged in and draws more juice to enhance the decoding [MENTION=7825661]60fps[/MENTION]?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
I'm just glad to have been of help in some way. I think we should strive to find more ways and push for a minimum of 24 hours sleep longevity until the next update or patch. Do you know of any applications that allow you to dim the screen brightness even less than the minimum that the system settings allow for? I actually find the screen still too bright on even the lowest setting. I suppose Pixoff helps a bit with that by disabling half of the pixels on the screen, but there should still be a way to reduce brightness specifically even further.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
Because you have to use different sdcards for your switch games and android, there is no way Nintendo can know what you do when you leave their HorizonOS.

HorizonOS+Android on two different cards = having your cake and eating it too. (apologies if you really are German and don't know that phrase)

Running Android on your console this way is not like running any custom firmware. You can have fun with peace of mind.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
Alright, so I didn't even realize that the application that I have on my phone is a screen dimmer as well. My phone is a Razer Gaming Phone and it is not rooted. The application called Twilight does what Flux does and filters blue light. I find Flux to be the best blue light filter in terms of colors and have been using it on all of my computers for the past 7 years or so. Twilight has a screen dimmer built into it that allows for heavy brightness reduction. Since everyone that's running Lineage OS on their Nintendo Switch's should be rooted, I heavily recommend Flux over Twilight when it comes to filtering blue light. Here are some pictures of Twilight's dimmer in action:
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
[MENTION=10069138]Nila-sama[/MENTION]

That's a fantastic non xposd recommendation! That brightness setting for some under the blanket Pokemon action = pure genius. Monochromatic apps are perfectly usable at that brightness. I'm also happy to trade color for battery life when I'm not near an outlet.

I've always used an xposd module called Minimum Brightness, which is a tweak that now part of another excellent xposd module called "All My..."

xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/mod-xposed-tweaks-cm-t3279109

Reducing screen brightness below the "allowed minimum value" will DEFINITELY boost your battery life esp when you're not near an outlet and need to use android on NX for some light app usage.

Alternatively, you can use LineageOS's built in LiveDisplay feature to enable a FLUX-like color filter.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
Oh, wow, I didn't know this existed! Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me? Whichever option I choose, will not allow me to control the color as the option remains grayed out and inaccessible.

I also have my next test planned out! I will test sleep mode later on with Pixoff's maximum amount of disabled pixels (I managed to find the Pro version of the APK file and it makes the screen unrecognizable with 3% of the pixels available on the screen) and in conjunction with Twilight's absolute most minimum brightness possible. Surely, we can squeeze out even more battery savings with this method!

Edit: Actually, I just began the test now. 16:21 start time with 83% battery life. The screen was almost pitch black and extremely difficult to make out anything. I hope I'll be able to find the toggle adjuster for the dimmer in about 5-6 hours.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Count_NOOBula:
[MENTION=10069138]Nila-sama[/MENTION] : Your app the recommendation is perfect until LiveDisplay works for everyone, hopefully in the next few builds. I really really appreciate you taking the time to take pictures of your switch screen to illustrate your ideas. They'll be very helpful to those new to the thread. Also kudos on discovering Pixeloff; even though NX doesn't have an OLED panel, turning off pixels clearly helps.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] DrJamesFrost:
Patched maybe recent update not sure

Seems like nvidia games has patched the switch from using it. But I uninstalled the recent updates and installed the July 30th and it works. So if anyone is having trouble.

(Patchedmaybe) NVIDIA Games 5.22.26935754

August 6, 2019

(Worksforme)NVIDIA Games 5.22.26891545

July 30, 2019
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] snappersneb:
Dock not working

I finally got everything up and running and it's all awesome so far except it doesn't work in the dock. Is there something I need to do first or should it just be plug n play? My TV seems like it might be detecting it but it says check device power. I tested it without android and it works fine in the dock. Any ideas? Thanks!
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
It should be plug and play just like when you dock in Horizon OS. Have you tried testing it on another TV or monitor? I've also read that it could also be the HDMI cable, but I'm assuming you're using the OEM Nintendo one that came with your Switch. The other thing that I can think of is to try another HDMI port on that same TV in addition to testing out if the dock functions with another screen.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] BashfulLine143:
There needs to be a flashable zip into tricking androd that the switch is a phone thats compaitble with fortnite for andriod.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
[MENTION=10064142]Count_NOOBula[/MENTION] , my test is now complete with success!

16:21, 83%

22:21, 54%

6 hours later and 29% battery depletion during that idle time. That puts it at roughly 4.83% battery depletion per hour during idle. This means that the console should theoretically last 20.49 hours sitting idle from a full charge. Not quite the 24 hour mark I was striving for, but we're moving in the right direction! As of right now, I don't know how else to improve upon this. I'll have to do some random searching and hope I come across some newfound information that can help squeeze out even more battery preservation.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] therudy:
It's working well

Just the quality with the dock is very bad
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] seanp2500:
i basically posted a video on just that you can use magisk once roots to dl busy box and props once installed use a terminal emulator to fake a pixel
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
I also just tested the My Boy! GBA emulator with the following parameters:

-lowest brightness from OS settings

-airplane mode/bluetooth enabled (not sure how this works, but both icons displayed at top)

-lowest performance mode in OS settings, power saver

-Pixoff at setting 7, which is 50% of the pixels on the screen disabled

-Twilight at 40% extra screen dim setting

-Pokemon Emerald as the game

22:34, 52% battery life

23:34, 35% battery life

17% battery drain in the hour of gameplay. This theoretically means that you should be able to get 5.82 hours of nonstop gameplay from the My Boy! GBA emulator with these battery saving techniques. Unfortunately, I'd have no idea what results a vanilla OS setting with no battery saving applications would net in the same hour of gameplay.

Edit: To avoid double posting, I'm going to just edit this post. So, I just took at look at the battery screen and this is what I was met with:

44% battery usage from applications even with the idle time I had. Granted, I've reverted to my backup file a few times now, so things could've been added back to suck up battery. If we can figure out which applications are sucking up so much battery, we should be in a much better position when it comes to battery life and the settings we decide on should hold us out until we get another update or patch to the OS. Now, I firmly believe we can achieve an idle time of over 24 hours if we can optimize the application battery usage.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Vapourstreak:
Just wanted to say you're amazing, seriously.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] AnkitChowdhury:
Hey lads, developer of JoyCon Enabler here. So after many requests over mail and DM's, I have personally gotten around installing Android on my Switch. Turns out the Devs here have changed the way JoyCons behave on a Stock Rom. This makes the JoyCon Enabler Pro completely incompatible with this ROM.

But, it also makes the JoyCons compatible with the much powerful Game Controller 2 Touch Pro and Game Controller KeyMapper.

Since both these Apps are Paid, I might do a Giveaway here. Would you people like a Giveaway? Let me know.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] baileyjr:
I'm more than happy to root the shield and extract the actual fingerprint if someone can point me in the right direction of how to do this. Or should it be sufficient to just select the Nvidia Sheild device in the magisk module? Has anybody actually tried this?

Did a quick search and the docs suggest the Shield TV is not in the device list. Shield Tablet is though and the borderlands games run on that.

Again I'm happy to extract the Shield TV Id if someone can explain to me how.

I've got a trinket mod installed so no jig needed. Best thing I ever did.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] techjunky90:
Use GLTools
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] TutoFacile:
Vidéo Tuto

Bonjour,

Pour ceux qui recherchent une vidéo tuto en Français, c'est par ici youtube.com/watch?v=Cm5SUAFwxFM (a copier-coller)

En espérant que cela puisse en aider quelques un !

A bientôt,
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] BashfulLine143:
How do i use gltools?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] snappersneb:
Thanks for your response. I am using the OEM HDMI cable, but not an OEM AC adapter. My dog ate my plug so I had to get a new one from Gamestop. I have tried with different HDMI cables on different ports in the same TV and different TVs. Android just won't display. Like I said, I can boot it up into Atmosphere with Hekate just fine and it plays docked, I tried it out again yesterday just to make sure. My newer TV seems to detect it, it charges in the dock, it just doesn't display an image. Older TV doesn't detect anything at all (or if it does it has no way to tell me since it's a bit older).
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] BashfulLine143:
Can you give me a step by step tutorial?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] mexilon:
Hi, im trying to flash android on my sandisk 400gb sd but it wont boot, i can only enter to The recovery.

And when i got o mount section i only get unable to mount all the partitions, when i try to change the storage both micro sd ans internal says 0 mb. Isnt android compatible with 400gb sd? Im using balena to flash the .img
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] the_odom_project:
Many control issues have a fix, in my case button mapping is just fine. The issue is that the thumb sticks operate in a binary fashion, either 0 or 100% tilt.

Can either of these apps restore the analogue nature of the analogue stick, as in bushing the stick half way to the left is 50% left?
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] Nila-sama:
Then, I honestly don't know. It could be possible that an application you have installed, or a service you have enabled or disabled, is conflicting with the output display, especially if your Switch displays on your TV in Horizon and Atmosphere. In my circumstance, the only time my console didn't display on my TV was whenever I had the SNES9X emulator open. Every other screen and application (some even displaying horizontally on my TV) that I've been on has been output to my TV. Out of curiosity, try the following scenarios:

1) insert the console into the dock while it is asleep/idle; press the power button a few times to check for changes

2) insert the console into the dock while it is on the home screen; press the power button a few times to check for changes

3) insert the console into the dock while it is running an application; press the power button a few times to check for changes

4) insert the console into the dock while it is running an emulator application, press the power button a few times to check for changes

(You could also sift through the OS settings if there are any regarding output display. My console is currently charging in Horizon, so I can't check at the moment.)

I believe the dock has some special chip inside of it that enables the Switch to be displayed on a TV. I have an HDMI to USB-C cable that will NOT work with my Switch. However, that same cable will work with my phone (Razer Gaming Phone) and it will display on my TV, so I don't think there are other ways to test the display issue aside from a third party dock that I won't recommend.
[Nintendo Switch News, Guides, Discussion , Develop] therudy:
Hello

Any idea why when I put my headphone bluetooth

Sound from YouTube Spotify work

But when I install discord apk android sound and mic crash all of the sound system, and I need to restart to get the sound

Thank