Warped Nintendo Switch

Ozbargain Lurker on 22/07/2017 - 12:26
Last edited 22/07/2017 - 21:25 by 1 other user

I got a switch about a month ago and realised that it was warped along with the dock. By the time I realised that it was warped I had enough Zelda progress that I didn't want to lose it. It didn't seem like a big issue because nobody talked about it after the first Instance the issue popped up so I can assume it's a manufacturing defect.

I recently got a screen protector which I applied to the switch. However the extra mm or so made it a tight fit at the very bottom when putting the switch in the dock. Should I just get a dock replacement or replace the entire thing after I finish Zelda. Do you also lose MK8 progress too and are they more likely to repair or replace the unit?

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  pjetson on 22/07/2017 - 12:36

  +2

  I feel old. I honestly have no idea what this posting is about. I think Zelda is a game. From the context, MK8 might be a game too.

  I could guess that this switch thing is a computer, or maybe a phone, or a tablet or something - the OP says that he has fitted a screen protector.

  I am so out of the loop…

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    D C on 22/07/2017 - 12:47

    +9

    I am so out of the loop…

    "I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary to me, and it'll happen to you, too…" - Abe 'Grandpa' Simpson

    I prefer to tie my onion so it hangs on my right side, you?

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    havebeerbelywillsumo on 22/07/2017 - 13:22

    I switched off halfway through, no idea what the zell da post is about….as for a game's progress being life altering!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    ChrisLevo on 22/07/2017 - 14:34

    He's 14, so I just don't expect to understand him.

    Now, if he had asked about Pong…….

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    sss333 on 22/07/2017 - 17:30

    +1

    Yeah there's only been Zelda games for 31 years…

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  subywagon on 22/07/2017 - 12:54

  I'd probably replace it after you finish Zelda. Should be covered under warranty.

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  airal3rt on 22/07/2017 - 13:12

  +1

  I don't get why you can't have a piece of hardware replaced without losing game progress? Do you seriously only have the option of saving onto the physical drive?

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    Diji1 on 22/07/2017 - 16:50

    Apparently this is the rather idiotic situation that Nintendo has created: no way to back up game saves :|

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  [Deactivated] on 22/07/2017 - 14:02

  -1

  I would wait until a new model gets released in a couple of years, hopefully without a fan or heating issues.

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    teacherer on 22/07/2017 - 14:15

    What? when he could get his replaced for free?

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  KitchenSink on 22/07/2017 - 14:24

  I would put it in backwards in the dock. Its USB-C. Warp it the other way and it would be straight……………….

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  JimmyF on 22/07/2017 - 16:23

  Really needs nintendo in the title ;)

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    sss333 on 22/07/2017 - 17:33

    +3

    Or posting in Gaming would've helped.

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  hmac on 22/07/2017 - 17:56

  +2

  If you send it for repairs and nintendo does replace your console, your save data will be stored on a cloud and restored on the new console. However, users can not store on this cloud. Only nintendo can.

  Do some research, a few people got this done

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  [Deactivated] on 23/07/2017 - 11:01

  Change it.

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  catbarf on 23/07/2017 - 14:40

  +1

  Call Nintendo and they should fix it replace it. Make sure you do not pay anything to do so as a warped console is protected under Australia law