First, restart your console. Nintendo lists 2110-1118 with the account and online play errors, and because it stops you proceeding, write down the exact message first. Restart, or hold power for twelve seconds if it will not respond. The console may need service.
Differential
Likely causes of “Nintendo Switch console code 2110-1118”, and how to tell them apart
- 1
A console that needs a restart
What separates it The error stops you proceeding
How to confirm Restart, or hold power for twelve seconds if it will not respond
- 2
A stuck software state
What separates it The error repeats at start-up
How to confirm Restart and update
- 3
A fault Nintendo does not name
What separates it The error returns after restarting
How to confirm The console may need service
- 4
A network issue
What separates it The error appears when going online
How to confirm Check your connection
Before you touch a setting
Record this first — changing settings destroys the evidence
- Whether the console responds
- The system version
Try in this order
0 of 6 completedWhat to do first
ReversibleRestart your console.
Correct only the documented fault domain
ReversibleCheck that your console has the latest system update.
Force it off if it freezes
ReversibleHold power for twelve seconds.
Check the system version
ReversibleAnd update.
Try going online again
ReversibleAfter the update.
Request service
ReversibleIf you cannot proceed.
Model-specific
What is true of this model and not of its siblings
- Cause not stated
- The article gives steps only.
- Twelve seconds
- The forced shut-down.
- A code without a stated cause
- Then check that the console is up to date.
- When you cannot get past it
- If the error stays on the screen and you cannot proceed after a restart and an update, the console needs service. Request it through Nintendo's online process and keep the serial number.
- Keeping data safe
- If the console works in some modes, back up what you can before sending it in.
- A code you cannot read about
- Do them in order and note the result of each, which helps support if you need to call.
- What to tell support
- Give the code, the system menu version, what you were doing and whether the console responds. A console that freezes on this screen after a forced shut-down and an update is a candidate for service.
- Keeping notes
- Write down the exact steps and the result of each: restart, forced shut-down, update. If you contact Nintendo, the list saves a round of questions and speeds up the decision to repair.
- Whether to factory reset
- Do not try it for this code unless Nintendo Support tells you to, and back up your saves first if you can.
- The unknown cause
- Because Nintendo does not name a cause, resist guessing. The steps are cheap and reversible, and if they fail, the answer is service. Guessing at fixes such as opening the console risks voiding any remaining warranty.
- Recording the sequence
- Write down the sequence: error appears, restart, forced shut-down, update, retry. Nintendo Support will ask whether you have done these, and a written record avoids repeating them. If the console still shows the code after the update, ask for the service request link.
- A gentle sequence
- Start with the lightest step, restarting normally. If the console does not respond, hold the power button for twelve seconds, as Nintendo says. After the console restarts, check for updates and try the action again. This order avoids a harder step when a simple one works.
Stop boundary
When this stops being a self-service repair
- !Nintendo says to have the console serviced if you cannot get past the error
- !Use Nintendo's online service request
Evidence ledger
Sources behind this answer
Exact questions
Common questions
What does 2110-1118 mean on a Nintendo Switch console?+
What if it freezes?+
Hold power for twelve seconds.
Should I update?+
Yes, check the latest version.
When is service needed?+
If you cannot get past the error.