Making a Custom Jig with FOIL! To Jailbreak your SWITCH! 

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I stupidly did my nails yesterday so they were long, but this worked like a charm! I'm stationed overseas and my RCM jig wont be here for a bit so I wanted to try this- easy! Good explanation also!

Dude, I spent an hour watching videos and trying to make paper clip jigs. Found your video and was done in 15 minutes . Appreciate this, it was a much easier way to get it done without destroying your pins.

I tried a lot with the paper clip method, but it didn´t worked, so I looked for an alternative and your video popped out. It worked 1st try, thank you very much :D

I just lost my jig, and I was installing some mods which made my Switch crash and reboot into sysnand. I just went to the kitchen and made this, and it worked! Thank you so much.

Thanks, saved me a ton of messing around with paperclips, this went as smooth as butter

Was wary while doing it but worked perfectly! Got the success screen from rekado so now I'm moving forward. Thanks for the tutorial!

thank you for making this amazing guide. I was able to get it into rcm mode within 30 minutes. worked first try

Thanks, worked first time once I'd actually read the payload instructions. I'm a little concerned I've flattened the 9 and 10 pins on the joycon but will know for sure once I remove the foil

THANK YOU SMM 😭😭 u don’t know how many different tutorials I’ve watched!

Incredible, got this to work in just 2 tries. Thanks for the step by step and being thorough!

This Method Totally Worked. Thanks Buds!

First try did this didn’t think this would work but yup it worked was finally able to activate autorcm! Thank you!

This video came in handy. Thanks dude.

Thanks dude that worked perfectly!

Lost my jig.. and was looking for free work around was gonna tried the paper clip mode until I saw your tutorial... Thanks for the video.. it's a very simple solution and I did it in first try!! thanks again!!

Saved me 8 bucks! Thanks a million man!

Thank you man! I tried with paperclip method and it didn't work. This one is simpler and easier to do! Thank you!

worked perfectly thanks :)

I spent soooo long trying the paperclip method but this one worked first try! 👍👍👍👍

Thank you for the video. Very informative and super helpful

props dude. i eyeballed everything and jammed it in. got it first try

I bought 3 RCM jigs and they did not work, then I tried this method and works on first try. Thanks alot.

wanted to hack my switch but couldnt be bothered to wait like a day for an rcm jig to ship lol so i tried this and i somehow managed to get it to work and now my switch is hacked, btw, for anyone curious; you can get the width to 3mm (mine was like this) just fine; at the end of the day it worked!

Worked first try ! Thank you so much

still works was so easy to boot using this methoded thank you so much

worked perfectly. I just eyeballed it and used the flat end of a spare hard drive as a straight edge.

It worked, thank you!

Great Video, it worked first try for me. I absolutely suck at folding and desipte that i managed to do it!

Did it on first try! Thanks a bunch, great tutorial :)

This is amazing! Thanks!

Worked first try😅, had no ruler for measurements so I went off of instinct

Thanks, I tried twice with a paperclip and following another tinfoil video to no avail but this one worked first try :)

Worked perfectly 2 times thanks a lot

oh my god thank you very much!!! after thousand of videos, finally I find something that actually works!!!

Just did it twice. Cheers from Down Under mate.

oh my god, thank you so much. for me worked only with your method, no paperclip, no jig, only tinfoil!

You save my nintendo life.

Thanks man, I lost my jig and did this in less than 5 minutes and got it booted into rcm first try.

I was a bit risky and just did it without tape but it worked first try after trying the paper clip for an hour ty !

One thing not mentioned is how the tin foil CAN touch more than the last 2 pins. I think you should make the foil less than 1/2 an inch wide also. I was having trouble with that. I probably just have some thick foil as is. When I folded the long skinny strip in half, it was too thick to slide into the joycon rail. Found another video where the guy said to keep the foil to the one side as much as possible. I tried it, worked. So no, you don't need to worry about it touching more than the furthest 2 pins. The tin foil on my controller had 3 obvious pin indents meaning it was touching 3 pins. Then DON'T shut down unless you plan on shorting the pins again. You can reboot and inject payloads but if you shut down, might as well buy a jig for a few bucks or 3d print one with a paperclip.

OH MY GOD. I WAS TRYING THE PAPERCLIP THING FOR SO LONG AND APPARENTLY GOT IT A FEW TIMES??? I DIDNT KNOW THAT THE SWITCH DOESNT BOOT WHEN YOU GET IT (CRYING). THANKS FOR SAVING ME HOURS LMAO

Worked like a CHARM! I was trying every different method, until I considered that the problem might be my JIG. And it was! Never have been happier that something I bought was faulty! Also, I managed to get it to work on first try, so its not difficult at all.

thanks! It worked first try

I tried your way and paperclip and from what i learnt is that the paper clip is way more reliable the paper clip can be used many times but the foil can only be used once or twice and i havent got it to work once with the foil and you have to be very precise in conclusion use paperclip method guys😊

best method ever worked first time

Been tryna get my hands on a jig for like a week, thank you so much holy shit

I had some struggle, didnt have any tape, i was eventually able to get it to work by placing the foil on the pins of the switch itself and then carefully sliding the joycon into place

Thanks man really helped!

Thanks for your tutorial. It worked for me. Unfortunately I got to the point to where i found out my switch was patched and couldn't go any further 😞

omg you are the man thank you so much thats a sub :)

I am saving some money to buy my switch, and i am looking for somethings to do when i get mine, your video looks the easiest to do, thanks

It really worked second try 🎉🎉

Thank you my brother much more efficient than the paper clip method at least for me lolz

i did it for the second try tnx

FIRST TRY thank you very much

OH GOD THIS TOOK FOREVER!!!!

I bought a jig for few bucks just few days ago and this wasn't working. I panicked until i found ur video, and within 15 minutes or so i was able to enter in Hekate. Thank you very very much dude!

great tutorial and im sure it works well, but my hands are too shakey for this so I gave up lol

i was watching this on the switch I'm modding 💀

Thanks so much

of course I see this after I bought a jig

it worked on my first try, without tape

Cannot get it to work at all, it won't turn on for certain atm, but I get the sense it's not necessarily from recovery mode because nothing is working and I've had it do that today without the foil. I feel it's more likely to be something I'm doing than that. There needs to be some kind of close up (and uninterrupted) footage of the placement process, rather than a before and after with some close up shots between that. I understand that may be impossible, but I'm just putting it out there in case it's something feasible to attempt. I might just buy a jigrig at this point :/ Nice video though! Got the gist, just didn't work for me this time... Edit: Oh and it's not broken, it's new (as in out of box, not the most recent models) and it turns on sometimes with a press of POWER after I connect different cords as well - like it resets it's position on what it thinks it could be doing??? And now I'm crosseyed... I'm thinking it's something to do with the controller not registering because I believe I'm unfortunately unable to avoid hitting the wrong pins Edit II: Figured out the problem, I think. It's been working, but my firmware is in the "maybe patched" list so I was trying to verify with TegraRcmGUI. That was the problem, I believe - oh and *PSA* by the way: *TegraRcmGUI doesn't properly work with Windows 11.* I have no way of verifying whether my Switch is JB-able or not without massive hassle that may ultimately end up in a bunch of undesirable programs downloaded in a vain attempt to achieve a simple check that in truth, could very well end in negative results after all that effort, unfortunately :( Any fixes are immensely appreciated that don't involve changing OS or running VMs, as I know how to use them, but live in a place that incurs the 'oh so special' irritation of alot of data restriction and dropped speeds with an ISP in the year 2022.

Thankyou you are a god!!!

this gets in my recomended just as i ordered an rcm jig 💀

i did this and it doesn't turn on, like it's in rcm mode. But when I try to connect it to the pc to inject the payload it does and it boots to the default switch menu. What am i doing wrong?

When i do this my switch just stays turned off It doesnt go into recovery mode or turn on

Omg this is my first time doing this, i feel nervous 😭😭

Would this work with EXTRA's gum wrapper?

I've heard the foil does longterm damage to the switch...

This video assumes I'm rich enough to have foil laying around.

Been trying for hours, I don't think I can get this to work

I installed Hekate onto the sd card. How do I run it now?

What do you mean by holding down the power and volume up button?

what happeens if the foil touches pin 8 a bit?

is it fine if the foil is touching the 8th pin as well?

Thé aluminium is actually stuck (like rlly deeply) what should I do ?

Can I mod my switch with this ?

I don't think you're supposed to Short 10 and 9, it's just 10 and then any ground pin (1, 2, or 7). Doing 9 and 10 may work but is more dangerous to the switch than it needs to be

Is this not dangerous while you can burn out stuff on the circuit board and destroy your console

what happens if I left auto rcm on?

You didn't say what side of the tin foil to use and now my Switch has fried and won't turn on!

I use pins 1 and 10 or 1 and 9 but 9 and 10 is an easier jump.

is this actually safe for 1 time use

hi, so im French: and in possession of a V1 Switch, i want to hack it. But its not very simple. In fact my dog eat it and the screen is broken (lucky because the switch still work). So here my questions: 1 Do we need to stay connected via PC to USB C for the RCM menu ? 2 Can we dock the Switch during the RCM menu ? 3, Does the joycon or the wired controller work in the RCM menu ? thanks for your potential help :)

Question, can you mod a possibly patched switch?

Nintendo wants to find your location sir

does this work in 2024 or do I need to do pin 1 and 10

how can u enter rcm mode

I have a question can my switch blow up😊

I don't have joycons what do

how do i get the memu

honestly i wouldn't do this due to the the possibility your switch gets fried but hey i guess some people want a truly free method to hack there switch lol

Is there a way that I don’t have to inject the payload every time?

But why on pin 9 and 10? If I use a RCM JIG it is on pin 1 an 10.

And can I still play online

1:01 How do you enter that screen??

Can I do paper instead of tin foil

i put the tinfoil in as the video shows and try to turn on with the power and volume up button but it doesntcome on. what do i do?