This guy, I like him, good disassembly videos, no filling cr4p, no story of my life to make the video longer than it needs to be, just a good video about what the title says.
I've opened, repaired, dismantled, reattached, soldered, fiddled, reconnected, reassembled, my fair share of hardware in my time and i gotta say, This is one of the best, and most informative videos i've seen regarding the repair of faulty Joycons. Your Instagram is pretty great too.
Man I worked as a car repairer for 11 years and I love to fix things. now I've already spent 2 hours watching you fixing switches and joycons. You got awesome skills!
I'm backwards I've always worked with electronics and still do but been 3 years working in mechanic with my stepdad and it's been a blast and even though I'm 36 now I've learned so much to the point of fixing my own cars and selling them... It's pretty cool to learn new things and make it your own work
I agree! The button should be held separately in the frame and connected to the board with wires. That would give some shock resistance and increase the longevity of the controller.
They probably didn’t worry about it judging by the quality of the triggers on the pro controller, it’s just a reason to upgrade. The buttons are different too, they’ve been using the same buttons since at least the DS.
There are plenty of other buttons that have thicker metal clasps that also have wings that solder into through-hole points on the board. Considering the fact the buttons are surrounded by naked PCB or ground-plane, Nintendo absolutely should have used those types of buttons instead. In many cases, the stronger buttons cost exactly the same, just are a different SKU. They're saving less than a tenth of a cent in solder and tooling per Joycon. The GBA SP had the reinforced buttons I just mentioned. No excuse.
I think the R button in general is faulty and Nintendo I am sure will be receiving a class action over it. When I press mine, it acts as if I am pressing the home button.
these issues go back to the 2ds days, the mounting of the SMT switches on the board is a bad design by Nintendo, the xbox and Sony controllers perfected this issue in the last 2 gens
@@WintrBorn Americans are more aggressive culturally in general and that includes the treatment of objects. I enjoy the Switch a whole lot but I fully understand it will not suffer mauling well. So yeah, you are correct.
Couldn’t care less if he was sponsored. Means he could make more money and make more content. I don’t know why everyone hates on someone trying to earn money.
@@shmeme8971 I don’t think it’s a matter of hating on someone being sponsored. I think it more so has to do with the fact that if someone recommends a product without being sponsored, the product is more likely to be a very good product.
@@shmeme8971 Well it has gotten the salty connotation over the years because a looooooot of influencers are just taking advantage of their fanbase, in the worst ways possible, this goes as far as A list celebrities too! I don't hate on hustlers, most of the time I just skip what's being advertised anyways.
Did you test: > SL/SR buttons > IR Camera > Rumble > Gyro > Accelerometer These are all very important but not mentioned in the video, especially worrying considering there were some that appeared to work fine.
@@ARNOLDFALCON no, as a friend i knew that he would do a perfect job without cutting any corner, the reason you said that because that is what YOU have in mind, always taking advantage type of people 😌
This proves my point that the analog sticks for the joycon need a new revision. People shouldn't have to be cleaning it everytime dirt gets stuck inside. Anyway, great video!
I've had my switch for over a year and I've never had so much as a spec of dust get in my Switch. If you're getting dirt in your analog stick, you're the problem. Not the Switch. Idiot.
Legendary I'm sure he's not rubbing his joy-cons in dirt, and I don't even know how dirt gets inside the analog stick. I treat my switch very well and my left joy-con started drifting after a little over a year. I think it may be a design flaw due to literally every drifting controller I've seen being the left one.
@@CaptainShenanigans42 I had a switch where the left joycon were sticking after a year too, so i returned it to the store and got a replacement. That was a year ago and I'm just about to return it to the same store before 1 year warranty runs out as its sticking even worse this time around! It's 100% a design flaw. The amount of problems people have had you would have thought they'd have revised the controllers.
Robin Drew because I'm curious, have you ever had a right joy-con drift or do you know anyone with a drifting right one? It seems only left joy-cons drift!
@@CaptainShenanigans42 Nope it's always the left joycon from what I've heard and seen. I'm thinking maybe because you use the left stick alot more than the right and people tend to replace them long before the right sticks have had a chance to start drifting? My mrs also had the same problem with her switch within a year too, so I've not had the greatest of experiences with them aha
@@commentcleaner894Actually, she referred to someone else and herself from a third person perspective, but only used quotation marks are one of the statements. Learn grammar before you judge people on their grammar.
@@EvergreenNoi Actually, Nouie was talking about a quote created in the past, while he then adds his own response as a comment. Making the second statement a quote wouldn't make sense, since Nouie was writing from the time of posting the comment rather than from the time of Steve's statement.
My R button works when I press it down just at the right spot. Was really annoying when playing splatoon, but my joycons have become useless due to drift and connectivity issues so I just use my pro controller
@Luis Plus The Stick Drifting Is Common On Joy-Cons Because The Sticks' Technology Is Too Compact To Last Well Or Long. On The Pro Controller It's Same As In Wii U.
My son and I love these videos. He's pushing me to fix stuff too. My wife says, "send your broken stuff to him and ask for a bill." Thanks for the insights on fixing gaming related materials. We watch the videos as a family. Keep up the good work.
@@DaMu24 In the system settings there is an option to make the controller buzz so that you can locate a lost joycon. That can be used to test the rumble motors.
Man, your content is awesome. Whenever a new video is released I can't wait to check it out. Last week I even fixed the dishwasher because I was inspired by these videos.
@@Tronicsfix Is there a way to fix that? My original switch joycons are fine except the fact that the sync and little side buttons won't work. They work fine for handheld and I can even use them wirelessly as a single controller, but I can't use them separately which is a shame.
Nah people just have no idea how to take care of electronics. I've had my Switch over a year and I've maintained it in perfect condition ever since I got it. No problems.
The cool thing is, even if you fix a few, you technically profit from the video alone and still provide people a valuable service. I really love this business motto.
Found your channel a week ago and watched all your videos! You are very talented on fixing stuff even when it doesn't go so well all the time, impossible for it to go right all the time :)
Did you test for • HD Rumble • IR Sensor • Accelerometer • NFC Reader • SL/SR • LED All off camera? Just curious and wanted to make sure you didn’t miss anything.
On the right Grey joycon you should test the IR sensor and the amiibo function. And on all the joy cons you should test the motion controls and HD rumble.
On the first controller with the broken R button; 1: What did you use to remove the motherboard paint? 2: How did solder soooo precisely on the "jumper"? Also, do you apply flux directly to your iron?
He used pretty standard stuff to do that. 1: Likely some tweezers or dental cleaning thing, the paint (called soldermask, btw) is really thin. 2: fine tipped soldering iron. also some steady hands helps. And if you apply flux straight onto your iron, it'll just evaporate right off. Hence why you always apply to the solder pads.
@@commentcleaner894 this guy goes around and "fixes" grammar for people willingly and happily during his spare time. what an absolute loser. get a job.
@@commentcleaner894 not necessarily...? Why the exclamation mark and not a period? Why change "man" to "guy" at all? Though I can agree that it sounds off and you've "fixed" it, but at the same time I threw the original sentence into grammar checkers and the best they could do is tell me that the sentence was probably only missing the period. Oh well.
@@supernova22x well you're in luck because I just fixed my joy con last night, go out to Walmart or an appliances store and buy compressed air in a can, there's a rubber piece underneath the analog stick, lift that flap up and spray the air in that space under the flap, drift is caused by dirt and dust under the flap. If you can't get can air just lift the flap up with a toothpick or something and just blow into it. Also smacking it did not work so don't whack it. Using compressed air worked for me and it hasn't drifted since I cleaned it, I hope this works for you.
As a contractor that previously worked at Nintendo of America's call center (during the Joy-Con Drift peak) I processed thousands of free repairs for consumers. It baffles me that these people didn't even try to get them repaired. We were literally doing it for FREE. I came to this video specifically to look for "drift" in the wild. It's really something to see it in action lol
Nintendo did a poor job telling the public about their free repairs, on top of that you’re out of joycons for 3-4 weeks and left with a brick so most people won’t bother with their free repair and just buy brand new ones
@jayanimations494 He still wasn't doing anything for FREE working at the call center or the people that were fixing them so yes I knew what i meant you just dumb and need someone to explain better like everyone else this days.. It doesn't matter how long they took it doesn't matter who answer the phone it doesn't matter that you didn't get what I wrote Still no one was doing nothing for FREE Dumb people this days 😒
Am i the only one who wants to repair, dissasembly and screw stuff by watching this videos :D Really close to buying the "broken" switch stuff and repairing it myself :D Great videos :)
i love customizing joycons so i take them slightly apart, but the first few times i took them completely apart and wanted to die, ended up ripping a ribbon connector door off >.> i somehow fixed it but god damn
Bumpers and analog sticks seem to be the universally most fragile parts of all controllers, Switch, Xbox, PSN, all of em. The buttons themselves almost never have issues, but the bumpers and sticks are always breaking! You think someone wouldve figured out a way to make them sturdier by now!
I have *3* PS3 controllers laying around my house. The OG one *ocasionaly* drifts and of the other 2, one probably has drift on *BOTH* sticks and the other has constant drift on the left stick and if you press on the other one hard enough it will also drift. Needless to say, I played with a PS4 controller for about a week that had the left bumper stick if you pressed on it "hard" enough, thankfully that one went away after a clean. I do use the OG for Sonic Unleashed for the extra sensitivity and the drifting rarely happens and I usually get rid of it by pressing in the stick harder than normal then releasing it as hard as possible.
TronicsFix there’s a lot of people selling PS4 controllers with simple fixes, picked one up a few months ago for £5 that kept flashing reset it works perfectly.
you need to get these cheaper my man if you didn't make amazing quality TH-cam videos the profits wouldn't be worth all the hard work you put into these (even though you clearly enjoy your job) you deserve more profits for these types of skill sets. Keep up the great work I'll never fix an electronic ever I'm hear purely to watch your craft and you 👌
I Don’t Know Why I’m Addicted To This Channel.... It’s SOO Good And Interesting. Maybe It’s Because I’m Not Mechanically Inclined So It’s Cool Too See The Insides Of These Things.
I have a problem with my right joy-con. I bought some joy-con custom cases for them and after I switched the cases the left joy-con worked fine but the right one doesnt. When its attached to the switch it tells me that the right joy-con is not charged but at the same time it doesnt want to charge the joy-con. I opened up the joy-con again and tested the battery on the other joy-con and it works totally fine so I assume that the connection between the battery and the connectors is disabled and I dont know how I managed to do that XD The connectors on the switch are working ive tested it with some other joy-cons so yeah idk if I will be able to fix it because I dont have this device where you can check the parts for any shorts etc.
Small nitpick, when inserting the Joycons, press the button behind the back buttons, this is so it doesn't wear down the rail mechanism, otherwise the tech that goes into the Switch is truly fascinating
Seems like a lot of work for each one to make just 10 or 15 bucks a piece. I can't stop watching it though cause I know if I tried any of this I would screw it up so bad and I love seeing stuff get taken apart and fixed like this.
The things you do is exactly what i like. I have taken apart about 20 different types of controllers. Ps4. Ps3. Xbox 360. Xbox 1. Nintendo Switch. And many more cool things. Even computers.
I don't know why, bbut to see a guy fixing electronics is a form of ASMR for me, I have had many instances of watching this dude repair things while i was laying in bed, then falling asleep midway through the video, so for me these videos have an ASMR effect on me.
I fixed my left joy-con that the stick makes my game characters move without me touching the stick so replaced it works good and I disconnected the battery for safety
I like your channel I just subbed. For us techies who are interested in this type of work is there a good beginner set of tech repair tools you would recommend?
Only thing missing is that joy con drift, the most common problem with joycons, is intermittent (thought the rest of the testing was spot on). Sincerely, someone who has dealt with it and had to replace the thumbsticks
Hey! I finally get to ask a question, I've been a longtime diy'er and have learned so much from watching you troubleshoot with your dmm and soldiering station lol. Thank you for that! My right joycon has the bumper pad broken off of the board and was wondering how likely it is that you could repair it? Orrr maybe should I just swap the board? I'd like to change the housings anyway and both joysticks but met a hang up when I opened her up 😮😂. Thanks again! Much appreciate your content and help my dude!!
I would actually pay you to fix my three broken joy cons, ones not really broken, but the “-“ button doesn’t work properly and the other one had these papers sticking out and doesn’t click on and the last one the analog stick doesn’t press down
@@Lemonade_Stand_ Oh really? For me it took maybe a week, and they were really nice. The little mechanism where you have to normally press in to get the joy con away from the console was broken on my joycon, and when I sent it in for the drift issue, they fixed the other thing free of charge as well. :)
That electric precision screwdriver would be so helpful. I broke my right wrist a few years back and even since then that repetitive motion of using a screw driver destroys my wrist.
I don't know if I have ever told you this, But you have i spired me to fix joy cons and controllers in general. I was able to buy damaged joy cons off of ebay for 20-40 bucks and fix them. I even started my own collection lol, And now I fix joy cons for people. Well, Used to ever since the virus began. But thank you for your inspiration
@@jishaboy you can get 2 neon red and blue get a red and blue joycon switch then buy the neon joycons of the same colors on amazon or somewhere since the second set has red for the left and the 1st had red for the right
i still have the same joycons since launch.. i'l make a wild guess and say you press the buttons and hold the joycons like you are going to arm wrestle it..
@@samsunggalaxytaba3858 there’s a fault In the design that makes it so that they eventually drift no matter how gentle you are with it. Nintendo knows it exists but they’ve stated that have no intention to fix the issue.
@@Alecu-kx6by they’ve literally declared that they won’t fix the joycon issue and even if you open up your joycon and replace the stick, so long as it’s a joycon joystick it will still have the faulty design that causes it to drift.
Grammar Correction: Me: Huh, this broken Guitar Hero guitar’s whammy bar broke... *Becomes this guy in my head as I remove the whammy bar from the dead guitar*. Me: Nice.
I fixed my left joy con today. The ZL trigger sensor-pad’s metal cradle was detached and slightly broken. The sensor pad was rattling around loose and there was no positive activation of the sensor when pushing the ZL shoulder trigger - there was no “click”. I bent the cradle back into shape, reattached the sensor cradle and the sensor pad that the cradle holds, and while I was at it I fixed the drift issue on the joystick with some isopropyl alcohol and a cotton bud. Good as new now. I am deeply satisfied.
Just posted a sales update on these over on my Instagram: instagram.com/tronicsfix/
Is it just me or is the background music on this video WAY louder than normal.
Hi I was wondering if you know any tips for getting a stripped tri screw out of the joy con
@ only compared to a controller twice the size that doesn't house all that crap the joycons have crammed into them at that size.
@@SuperPokenom basically? a really small drill to destroy it, then replace it
why dont u ever clean the pads with copper wick
This guy, I like him, good disassembly videos, no filling cr4p, no story of my life to make the video longer than it needs to be, just a good video about what the title says.
And no long dumb intro
Rinnegan Neko that’s all I need man
how do you like him?
And also check
Odd Tinkering for no talking
@@tuningsnow Odd tinkering does really good work.
*one button stop working*
owner: *throws two joycons to the trash*
@phim q original nickname
@phim q there it says ;__;
@@sonikkukarafuto3424 who are u talking to
No they sold it
Jason Huffman some one called phim q
Why am I watching guy fixing buttons at 3 in the morning?
Ha, ha...that's a great question to ask yourself! Thanks for watching!
Basically me
DariusK Tagad labo joystikus?
@@michaelp.5222 Pat te nav miera😂
DariusK 4am
I've opened, repaired, dismantled, reattached, soldered, fiddled, reconnected, reassembled, my fair share of hardware in my time and i gotta say, This is one of the best, and most informative videos i've seen regarding the repair of faulty Joycons.
Your Instagram is pretty great too.
Man I worked as a car repairer for 11 years and I love to fix things. now I've already spent 2 hours watching you fixing switches and joycons. You got awesome skills!
I was a mechanic for 10ish years!
I'm backwards I've always worked with electronics and still do but been 3 years working in mechanic with my stepdad and it's been a blast and even though I'm 36 now I've learned so much to the point of fixing my own cars and selling them...
It's pretty cool to learn new things and make it your own work
Shoulder buttons seem very weakly designed in the joycons.
I agree! The button should be held separately in the frame and connected to the board with wires. That would give some shock resistance and increase the longevity of the controller.
They probably didn’t worry about it judging by the quality of the triggers on the pro controller, it’s just a reason to upgrade. The buttons are different too, they’ve been using the same buttons since at least the DS.
TRAINing the world And it would be WAY easier to reinstall when switching shells.
There are plenty of other buttons that have thicker metal clasps that also have wings that solder into through-hole points on the board.
Considering the fact the buttons are surrounded by naked PCB or ground-plane, Nintendo absolutely should have used those types of buttons instead.
In many cases, the stronger buttons cost exactly the same, just are a different SKU. They're saving less than a tenth of a cent in solder and tooling per Joycon.
The GBA SP had the reinforced buttons I just mentioned. No excuse.
I have a feeling that they are from absorbing an impact of a sort.
Either that or they just need to find a better way to mount them it.
This is a Joycon repair master class. Thank you so much. I’m off to fix my R button
Good luck! Hope it goes well.
Oh hey my R button Broke as well!!!
I think the R button in general is faulty and Nintendo I am sure will be receiving a class action over it. When I press mine, it acts as if I am pressing the home button.
East Coast Cars Wow 😮 I never seen a R button act as a Home button
@@diegopassword7530 me neither
Things I learned today:
Analogue sticks seem to be a known issue
R buttons love to come off and/or rip the pads out
these issues go back to the 2ds days, the mounting of the SMT switches on the board is a bad design by Nintendo, the xbox and Sony controllers perfected this issue in the last 2 gens
I think the issue is more PEBKBAC than construction.
Don’t reforged a lot of problems can be solved by cleaning your crap😂
@@WintrBorn Americans are more aggressive culturally in general and that includes the treatment of objects. I enjoy the Switch a whole lot but I fully understand it will not suffer mauling well. So yeah, you are correct.
@@stevenjackson1359 and then there's all the TH-cam/AdSense money he makes as well as if he has to go all like this video is brought to you by X
"This is not sponsored, I just really like this screwdriver" that's my kind of guy right there
Couldn’t care less if he was sponsored. Means he could make more money and make more content. I don’t know why everyone hates on someone trying to earn money.
@@shmeme8971 I don’t think it’s a matter of hating on someone being sponsored. I think it more so has to do with the fact that if someone recommends a product without being sponsored, the product is more likely to be a very good product.
@@allornothing622 like people sponsoring Raid Shadow Legends, which I just skip to the video lmao
@@shmeme8971 Well it has gotten the salty connotation over the years because a looooooot of influencers are just taking advantage of their fanbase, in the worst ways possible, this goes as far as A list celebrities too! I don't hate on hustlers, most of the time I just skip what's being advertised anyways.
Most likely get that screw driver.
Did you test:
> SL/SR buttons
> IR Camera
> Rumble
> Gyro
> Accelerometer
These are all very important but not mentioned in the video, especially worrying considering there were some that appeared to work fine.
exactly
He also didn't test the home button or screenshot button on camera at least
He does it off camera. How many times does he have to say it?
@@admin8244 ikr
@@admin8244 That's why it's phrased as a question and not an accusation.
Dude, you're like that one person who can fix super computer with a paper clip.. amazing... I wish i had a friend like you in real life
You do.
@@Gamerrelm1.0_relm No
Lol that comment took a real personal turn real quick
You want him as a friend to make him fix everything for free 😂😂😂
@@ARNOLDFALCON no, as a friend i knew that he would do a perfect job without cutting any corner, the reason you said that because that is what YOU have in mind, always taking advantage type of people 😌
This proves my point that the analog sticks for the joycon need a new revision. People shouldn't have to be cleaning it everytime dirt gets stuck inside. Anyway, great video!
I've had my switch for over a year and I've never had so much as a spec of dust get in my Switch. If you're getting dirt in your analog stick, you're the problem. Not the Switch. Idiot.
Legendary I'm sure he's not rubbing his joy-cons in dirt, and I don't even know how dirt gets inside the analog stick. I treat my switch very well and my left joy-con started drifting after a little over a year. I think it may be a design flaw due to literally every drifting controller I've seen being the left one.
@@CaptainShenanigans42 I had a switch where the left joycon were sticking after a year too, so i returned it to the store and got a replacement. That was a year ago and I'm just about to return it to the same store before 1 year warranty runs out as its sticking even worse this time around! It's 100% a design flaw. The amount of problems people have had you would have thought they'd have revised the controllers.
Robin Drew because I'm curious, have you ever had a right joy-con drift or do you know anyone with a drifting right one? It seems only left joy-cons drift!
@@CaptainShenanigans42 Nope it's always the left joycon from what I've heard and seen. I'm thinking maybe because you use the left stick alot more than the right and people tend to replace them long before the right sticks have had a chance to start drifting? My mrs also had the same problem with her switch within a year too, so I've not had the greatest of experiences with them aha
Just discovered this channel and I'm addicted. Why is this so satisfying to watch?!
Welcome to my channel! Glad you're enjoying! There are worse things to be addicted to
Fixing things is addictive. I started hunting garage sales again for stuff to clean and fix!
Yes
it is nice to be able to watch the entire repair process while he is actually explaining everything
I know right. Same thing happened to me a little while ago, and I'm still hooked. :)
TronicsFix: "I don't see anything wrong with the motherboard."
Me: I don't even know what I'm looking at.
Well done! The Comment Cleaner commends you for using grammar in your comment! Keep it up to make TH-cam a better place!
@@commentcleaner894Actually, she referred to someone else and herself from a third person perspective, but only used quotation marks are one of the statements. Learn grammar before you judge people on their grammar.
When people think grammer + internet = problem <
You obviously just discovered the internet. 😅
I can’t be certain but I think he was looking for corrosion.
@@EvergreenNoi Actually, Nouie was talking about a quote created in the past, while he then adds his own response as a comment. Making the second statement a quote wouldn't make sense, since Nouie was writing from the time of posting the comment rather than from the time of Steve's statement.
Nobody: Nothing
R Button: I’m just gonna stop working
same happened with my L button after a day of having the switch
My R button works when I press it down just at the right spot. Was really annoying when playing splatoon, but my joycons have become useless due to drift and connectivity issues so I just use my pro controller
On My Original Left Joy-Con, I Broke The L Button Months Ago From Buying Another Pair.
@Luis Plus The Stick Drifting Is Common On Joy-Cons Because The Sticks' Technology Is Too Compact To Last Well Or Long. On The Pro Controller It's Same As In Wii U.
HulluHapua Why Do You Talk With A Capital At The Beginning Of Every Word
from watching Louis, you are not using enough flux ... the whole board should be dripping with flux!
True...I need a flux dipping pan...just dip the whole thing in!
I thought the same thing 😁
The bigger the glob, the better the job!
I see you too are a man of culture.
@@Tronicsfix Naw!...fill ya bath tub with it and work in there.
My son and I love these videos. He's pushing me to fix stuff too. My wife says, "send your broken stuff to him and ask for a bill." Thanks for the insights on fixing gaming related materials. We watch the videos as a family. Keep up the good work.
Wow, thanks for such a great comment. So glad you're getting a lot out of these. You should definitely take some stuff apart!
@@Tronicsfix Alright, I will! I've messed with the retro games and consoles, but the new stuff is far more complicated.
Did you test the HD vibration functions of the Joycons? That's kind of an important feature that could also be busted.
Thought about it myself too, I was like “maybe the ones that appear to be fine don’t vibrate?”
Not a lot of games allow you to test that at will. Maybe Nintendo Labo Garage.
@@DaMu24 In the system settings there is an option to make the controller buzz so that you can locate a lost joycon. That can be used to test the rumble motors.
@Aqua Jet 1, 2, Switch is designed entirely to show off the HD vibration.
Yeah, also the IR sensor and amiibo-Reader
I don't know why these are so fun to watch. Guess I just like seeing someone accomplish something! Good job!
Whatever the reason, thanks for watching!
When are manufacturers going to learn to not have buttons that shear against the PCB? It's 2019 already.
Man, your content is awesome. Whenever a new video is released I can't wait to check it out. Last week I even fixed the dishwasher because I was inspired by these videos.
Hey thanks! So glad your're fixing some of your own stuff...that's one of the reasons I upload these!
But can you fix my broken marriage?
It had to work at some point in order to revert it to working state.
I see that he didn't answer. Try asking one of those guys doing complete restorations on other yt channels.
atracin he is getting his tools and will get right back with you
ProJared, it's that you?
I said broken marriage, not broken marriage+career+reputation.
Did you check the small button on the side aswell? What could be the problem over there.. my tiny L button was dead. But had waranty
Usually the ribbon cable. There's a tight fold on that ribbon cable that wears out over time
@@Tronicsfix Is there a way to fix that? My original switch joycons are fine except the fact that the sync and little side buttons won't work. They work fine for handheld and I can even use them wirelessly as a single controller, but I can't use them separately which is a shame.
Do you have an ebay store for this fixed parts?
You can go to I fix it for tool and I think for part I don’t know if he has an eBay store but you can look on eBay
@@mileyjacobson3246 he has ebay its the same name has his TH-cam channel
Dude, your precision with those tools under the microscope is freaking impressive as hell!
Poor design on the L and R buttons, there's clearly too much travel on the button press causing stress on the solder points.
Everything about the joycons is poorly built lol
Nah people just have no idea how to take care of electronics. I've had my Switch over a year and I've maintained it in perfect condition ever since I got it. No problems.
@@SlaveKnightGael I have a 15+ yo n64 and a switch and my switch has drifting issues but my n64 with thousands of more hours has no issues
I love joy-cons so much. I like taking them apart and reshell/repair them
Kind of wild to think of how much work he does to make 10 dollars after you subtract shipping,handling and eBay feea
He earns from views too :>
If it wasn’t for TH-cam I’m sure it wouldn’t be worth it lmao
It wouldn't take him that much time off camera, I think 8 hours of work would make him earn more than what many people earn in a day on their jobs
No for TH-cam
8 ads tho
The cool thing is, even if you fix a few, you technically profit from the video alone and still provide people a valuable service. I really love this business motto.
9:33 I love that kind of edits in between + the music is epic. The video's are so fun and satisfying to watch!
Found your channel a week ago and watched all your videos! You are very talented on fixing stuff even when it doesn't go so well all the time, impossible for it to go right all the time :)
man you should start a channel where you can teach people your skillz, I would love to watch and learn this stuff, awesome work
JW Genius that’s what he’s Litterly doing right now lol
I dont know why but these videos satisfies me alot
My type
Grammar Correction:
I don’t know why but these videos satisfy me a lot.
@@commentcleaner894 lol
Did you test for
• HD Rumble
• IR Sensor
• Accelerometer
• NFC Reader
• SL/SR
• LED
All off camera? Just curious and wanted to make sure you didn’t miss anything.
Probably not worth all the effort, but yeah
I may have missed it in the video, but I don't think he showed capture/home buttons either
Capture Button: Am I A Joke To You?
Motivmotion if it’s not worth fixing, it isn’t “fixed.”
@@foodfrogs6052 On the button testing screen it says you can't check those along with power and volume buttons.
L and R buttons are a pain. I fixed them last week. Without your videos I would not even have tried to fix. Thanks for your work.
On the right Grey joycon you should test the IR sensor and the amiibo function. And on all the joy cons you should test the motion controls and HD rumble.
Agreed. I totally forgot about those features
Nintendo needs to strengthen those L and R buttons.
Hunter's Moon Well done! The Comment Cleaner commends you for using grammar in your comment! Keep it up to make TH-cam a better place!
I keep comeing back to watch you fix things when i should be sleeping why is this so satisfying.
On the first controller with the broken R button;
1: What did you use to remove the motherboard paint?
2: How did solder soooo precisely on the "jumper"?
Also, do you apply flux directly to your iron?
He used pretty standard stuff to do that.
1: Likely some tweezers or dental cleaning thing, the paint (called soldermask, btw) is really thin.
2: fine tipped soldering iron. also some steady hands helps.
And if you apply flux straight onto your iron, it'll just evaporate right off. Hence why you always apply to the solder pads.
You should try repairing switch pro controllers for a video
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You should try repairing Nintendo Switch pro controllers for a video.
Comment Cleaner Stop it
@@commentcleaner894 this guy goes around and "fixes" grammar for people willingly and happily during his spare time. what an absolute loser. get a job.
@@authenticxted3775 this guy has 12 comments total on his channel
@@commentcleaner894 Lol
This man probably spent at least 10 hours on recording for this video
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This guy probably spent at least 10 hours recording this video!
@@commentcleaner894 not necessarily...? Why the exclamation mark and not a period? Why change "man" to "guy" at all?
Though I can agree that it sounds off and you've "fixed" it, but at the same time I threw the original sentence into grammar checkers and the best they could do is tell me that the sentence was probably only missing the period. Oh well.
@@Dracobalt you have too much time on your hands
honestly, you already in profit from this video but still fun to know how much you made from the actual fix.
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Honestly, you already profit from this video. But still fun to know how much money you made from the actual fix.
I had joycondrift on my brand-new switch, I hit it a few times and now it works perfectly.
Not sure i'd recommend that though.
Ha, ha...that's one way to fix it I guess!
I have drift and I just cleaned it and it's still drifting, should I whack it? I'm seriously considering whacking it.
@@stephenv1832 same.. let me know if the whacking works, bc I don't want to buy a new joycon/analogue stick to replace it myself.
@@supernova22x well you're in luck because I just fixed my joy con last night, go out to Walmart or an appliances store and buy compressed air in a can, there's a rubber piece underneath the analog stick, lift that flap up and spray the air in that space under the flap, drift is caused by dirt and dust under the flap. If you can't get can air just lift the flap up with a toothpick or something and just blow into it. Also smacking it did not work so don't whack it. Using compressed air worked for me and it hasn't drifted since I cleaned it, I hope this works for you.
@@stephenv1832 ty! will try soon.
As a contractor that previously worked at Nintendo of America's call center (during the Joy-Con Drift peak) I processed thousands of free repairs for consumers. It baffles me that these people didn't even try to get them repaired. We were literally doing it for FREE.
I came to this video specifically to look for "drift" in the wild. It's really something to see it in action lol
You weren't doing it for free they were paying you so stop complaining Mate
Nintendo did a poor job telling the public about their free repairs, on top of that you’re out of joycons for 3-4 weeks and left with a brick so most people won’t bother with their free repair and just buy brand new ones
@@luciantendogamingthat’s not what he meant LMFAO
@jayanimations494 He still wasn't doing anything for FREE working at the call center or the people that were fixing them so yes I knew what i meant you just dumb and need someone to explain better like everyone else this days..
It doesn't matter how long they took it doesn't matter who answer the phone it doesn't matter that you didn't get what I wrote
Still no one was doing nothing for FREE
Dumb people this days 😒
Watching you work, and specially soder on microscopic scale is just amasing.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it!
@@Tronicsfix I repair stuff myself but not on that level. :D
Great video, but the music was a bit too loud, especially compared to the voice over.
The music in this video is fantastic!
Hey thanks!
Am i the only one who wants to repair, dissasembly and screw stuff by watching this videos :D Really close to buying the "broken" switch stuff and repairing it myself :D Great videos :)
This guy is who i wanted to be when i was growing up...thanks for making me relive my childhood...keep up the great work
Brilliant as ever. I even bought the precision screwdriver you used in the video. It's very good especially with everything included 👍🏻
i love customizing joycons so i take them slightly apart, but the first few times i took them completely apart and wanted to die, ended up ripping a ribbon connector door off >.> i somehow fixed it but god damn
22:00 - buzzer motor only has 2pin connector, so the problem couldn't have been in the motor itself ;)
Yeah no built in controller
In my opinion, TH-cam is, first and foremost, exist for people like you. You made a great piece of work
I never understand how people like you always know what to do when it comes to electronics but needless to say this video was very entertaining
Did you check the vibration motors and the IR camera/LEDs too? Just didn't want you to sell them and there be an undetected problem.
Bumpers and analog sticks seem to be the universally most fragile parts of all controllers, Switch, Xbox, PSN, all of em. The buttons themselves almost never have issues, but the bumpers and sticks are always breaking! You think someone wouldve figured out a way to make them sturdier by now!
I have *3* PS3 controllers laying around my house. The OG one *ocasionaly* drifts and of the other 2, one probably has drift on *BOTH* sticks and the other has constant drift on the left stick and if you press on the other one hard enough it will also drift. Needless to say, I played with a PS4 controller for about a week that had the left bumper stick if you pressed on it "hard" enough, thankfully that one went away after a clean. I do use the OG for Sonic Unleashed for the extra sensitivity and the drifting rarely happens and I usually get rid of it by pressing in the stick harder than normal then releasing it as hard as possible.
Nice video. I think Nintendo needs to redesign the shoulder buttons though.
10p6 hopefully with the switch lite
This really makes me appreciate the repair guy who fixed my nintendo controller so many years ago.
It's cool how you go over the actual business aspect of your work rather than just the repair
Was just watching my mate vince when I saw this notification pop up. Sorry vince... this video sounds too good to wait 😂
Ha, ha...nice
I’m sure you’ve already done it but if you haven’t, buying old console controllers and fixing them (Xbox, ps4, etc), or maybe even game discs
Thanks!
TronicsFix there’s a lot of people selling PS4 controllers with simple fixes, picked one up a few months ago for £5 that kept flashing reset it works perfectly.
you need to get these cheaper my man if you didn't make amazing quality TH-cam videos the profits wouldn't be worth all the hard work you put into these (even though you clearly enjoy your job) you deserve more profits for these types of skill sets. Keep up the great work I'll never fix an electronic ever I'm hear purely to watch your craft and you 👌
I Don’t Know Why I’m Addicted To This Channel.... It’s SOO Good And Interesting. Maybe It’s Because I’m Not Mechanically Inclined So It’s Cool Too See The Insides Of These Things.
This channel is a win win. U make money from repairing and selling them and u make videos which is more money
Your videos are awesome, I’ve really been hooked on them lately! How did you go about learning how to do all this when you started?
Glad you're enjoying them! Honestly I just bought broken stuff and tried to fix it. Just kept doing that and learning as I went
TronicsFix makes sense. Thanks for being an inspiration to us tech fans out here! 😊
Love watching your videos!
Con: i hate the background music lol
I have a problem with my right joy-con. I bought some joy-con custom cases for them and after I switched the cases the left joy-con worked fine but the right one doesnt. When its attached to the switch it tells me that the right joy-con is not charged but at the same time it doesnt want to charge the joy-con. I opened up the joy-con again and tested the battery on the other joy-con and it works totally fine so I assume that the connection between the battery and the connectors is disabled and I dont know how I managed to do that XD
The connectors on the switch are working ive tested it with some other joy-cons so yeah idk if I will be able to fix it because I dont have this device where you can check the parts for any shorts etc.
Small nitpick, when inserting the Joycons, press the button behind the back buttons, this is so it doesn't wear down the rail mechanism, otherwise the tech that goes into the Switch is truly fascinating
Super good editing when you showed yourself soldering the button back on looks super cool and shows us how small it is
Do you mean 18 pairs of joycons or 18 individual joycons?
Seems like a lot of work for each one to make just 10 or 15 bucks a piece. I can't stop watching it though cause I know if I tried any of this I would screw it up so bad and I love seeing stuff get taken apart and fixed like this.
Thanks God mine is always going to the right in botw so need to fix been waiting for this
The things you do is exactly what i like. I have taken apart about 20 different types of controllers. Ps4. Ps3. Xbox 360. Xbox 1. Nintendo Switch. And many more cool things. Even computers.
I don't know why, bbut to see a guy fixing electronics is a form of ASMR for me, I have had many instances of watching this dude repair things while i was laying in bed, then falling asleep midway through the video, so for me these videos have an ASMR effect on me.
I fixed my left joy-con that the stick makes my game characters move without me touching the stick so replaced it works good and I disconnected the battery for safety
Tronicsfix: no water damage yet
Joycons: *summons water to damage themselves*
I like your channel I just subbed. For us techies who are interested in this type of work is there a good beginner set of tech repair tools you would recommend?
Welcome to my channel! I recommend ifixit tools for that. There's a set in my Amazon affiliate shop: www.amazon.com/shop/tronicsfix
@@Tronicsfix can I ask you something? What was that kind of paste you used to solder?
Only thing missing is that joy con drift, the most common problem with joycons, is intermittent (thought the rest of the testing was spot on).
Sincerely, someone who has dealt with it and had to replace the thumbsticks
Hey! I finally get to ask a question, I've been a longtime diy'er and have learned so much from watching you troubleshoot with your dmm and soldiering station lol. Thank you for that! My right joycon has the bumper pad broken off of the board and was wondering how likely it is that you could repair it? Orrr maybe should I just swap the board? I'd like to change the housings anyway and both joysticks but met a hang up when I opened her up 😮😂. Thanks again! Much appreciate your content and help my dude!!
I would actually pay you to fix my three broken joy cons, ones not really broken, but the “-“ button doesn’t work properly and the other one had these papers sticking out and doesn’t click on and the last one the analog stick doesn’t press down
"The Problem is knowing what the problem is" that makes me laugh.
It pissed me off how a whole set of “broken” joycons worked so well for so little price
This video is 2 years old and im still not bored watching them
know nothing about electronic but it is so satisfaying to watch you fixing things. great content (y)
Wow! That’s a lot of money for all of them being broken
Yep!
Out of curiosity, could we send a joycon to you to be fixed if the analog stick drifts. If so, how much would it cost.
In some countries, like germany, you can send them in to nintendo and they fix them for free, as well as paying for shipping.
@@fang8459 yes i believe they have that in US too but it takes a looooong time.
@@Lemonade_Stand_ Oh really? For me it took maybe a week, and they were really nice.
The little mechanism where you have to normally press in to get the joy con away from the console was broken on my joycon, and when I sent it in for the drift issue, they fixed the other thing free of charge as well. :)
@@fang8459 ive heard it taking 6 - 8 weeks in US and Canada. 😐
My teeth start to hurt when I see that electric screwdriver...
Ha, ha...I've had that same thought!
That electric precision screwdriver would be so helpful. I broke my right wrist a few years back and even since then that repetitive motion of using a screw driver destroys my wrist.
It's amazing!
I really liked the short part in the end where you showed how the joystick worked
You can say, he had this under control.
Him: "So be careful with these R and L buttons. It's not their fault."
Me, a project Diva player: YEAH IT'S THEIR FAULT I COULD HAVE A FULL COMBO.
_Joycon with a broken battery owner_ "Well guess they're useless now" Me: Wtf...
Sir, you are amazing.
It's easy to throw them to the garbage, but fixing them and reselling is how to do it.
You have a new subscriber.
I don't know if I have ever told you this, But you have i spired me to fix joy cons and controllers in general. I was able to buy damaged joy cons off of ebay for 20-40 bucks and fix them. I even started my own collection lol, And now I fix joy cons for people. Well, Used to ever since the virus began. But thank you for your inspiration
Am I the only person triggered by the fact that 2 red joycons aren't a pair but a red and blue are
But there a pair of red joycons u can buy....
You can buy a pair of two red joycons... what do you mean?
Meliodas I believe to get two red ones one of your options is Mario Red joy cons for about 80 USD
@@jishaboy you can get 2 neon red and blue get a red and blue joycon switch then buy the neon joycons of the same colors on amazon or somewhere since the second set has red for the left and the 1st had red for the right
r/woosh
We're on our third Switch joy con set, Nintendo should hang their heads in shame with how unreliable the switch is.
There are free replacements you know
i still have the same joycons since launch.. i'l make a wild guess and say you press the buttons and hold the joycons like you are going to arm wrestle it..
@@samsunggalaxytaba3858 there’s a fault In the design that makes it so that they eventually drift no matter how gentle you are with it. Nintendo knows it exists but they’ve stated that have no intention to fix the issue.
@@justabean5869 and that doesnt make the joycon ,,unfixable''
@@Alecu-kx6by they’ve literally declared that they won’t fix the joycon issue and even if you open up your joycon and replace the stick, so long as it’s a joycon joystick it will still have the faulty design that causes it to drift.
Me: Huh, this broken guitar hero guitars Whammy Bar broke...
*becomes this guy in my head as I remove the whammy bar from
the dead guitar*
Me: Nice.
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Me: Huh, this broken Guitar Hero guitar’s whammy bar broke...
*Becomes this guy in my head as I remove the whammy bar from the dead guitar*.
Me: Nice.
@@commentcleaner894 r u a bot
Watching him work on things is satisfying.
I fixed my left joy con today. The ZL trigger sensor-pad’s metal cradle was detached and slightly broken. The sensor pad was rattling around loose and there was no positive activation of the sensor when pushing the ZL shoulder trigger - there was no “click”. I bent the cradle back into shape, reattached the sensor cradle and the sensor pad that the cradle holds, and while I was at it I fixed the drift issue on the joystick with some isopropyl alcohol and a cotton bud. Good as new now. I am deeply satisfied.