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My joy-con doesn’t connect to my switch in handheld mode. I put it on the switch just fine, but nothing happens! It takes like a minute of trial and error for it to finally connect, but a few seconds later it disconnects! I’m confused because I’ve never gone inside my joy-con or messed something up. It works perfectly when I connect it through Bluetooth though. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Maybe a fix?
Sounds like the contacts on either the joy-con or the switch are dirty. Try cleaning them.