Joy Con SL/SR Side Buttons Repair Tutorial (+IMPORTANT TIP!) - Nintendo Switch DIY Repair
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Another step-by-step tutorial on how to replace the side buttons (those SL and SR) of the Joy-Con, being one of the few problems with Nintendo Switch.
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You just saved my son $80! This was the best video I found on this subject. Thank you so much.
You obviously didn’t look that hard Christina
That was so uncalled for lol, also the sl and sr buttons aren’t even too important.
@@manzoh2248 Yeahx they're really not
They are if u play Mario party and etc w family
@@manzoh2248 Mfw single-joycon multiplayer
Helped me repair my right joy-con so my son and I can play ACNH together! Thank you!
Just used this tutorial today to fix my left joycon, thanks for the tips!
One thing I’d also recommend is reinforcing the part so the SL and SR buttons are more clicky. To do this, I took the old, faulty part and ripped off the ribbon cable, then used a knife to remove the electronic parts from it so it was just a flat board of the exact same shape. I then screwed both in together one on top of the other, so that the part didn’t flex as much when the buttons were pressed. It’s now more clicky than the original board, which is nice! The piece flexes less too so less prone to breaking.
yes. such a pro tip !!
I did just like you did, i was a litle more dificult to close, but worked. I hope that will improve the cable resistence. Thank you!
@@viniciussales4264 Yes, definitely made it more tough to close but once it closes it should be solid! Had to replace the Right joycon in the same way last year, and have not had any issues myself with either joycon so far.
Very good tutorial, other tutorials i watched weren't as informative.
Thankyou 🙏🏻 glad you found it helpful!
Thanks! With your steps I fixed my Joy Cons! I wish you all the best! Cheers from Portugal!
Thanks for this video, I was able to repair my son joycon following these instructions and the replacement cable and a tri wing screw bit. Cheaper than buying a replacement. The old cable was kinked and I replaced it just as you showed. It works perfectly now.
Just fixed my remotes! thanks!! Just to keep in mind: the right remote does not have the NTC antenna and the screws are underneath the battery.
discovered this issues exactly like your example. I got my replacement ribbon cable on the way and I'll have it fixed soon thanks to you
Great tutorial! In my case, I found it easier using a tri-wing screw size 1.5 rather than 0.6. But anyways, now my joy con is working just perfect! Thank you!
My son dropped my switch and the joycon stopped connecting to the switch when attached. Found out the black bar wasn’t working anymore. You’re vid helped me disassemble the controller and it turns out the strip was unplugged (didn’t know it was a plug at all lol). Just plugged it back in and now it works. Thanks for the vid
FINALLY! Thank you for an up close view of everything I needed :)
I'm so glad the video could help! 😁
It perfectly worked out for me! Thank you very much. You saved me a lot of money, for just a little effort :)
Before rushinh to buy a repair, check the ribbon cable hasnt simply loosed a little.
This happened to me following a reshelling your joycon tutorial.
Only SL worked only 3 lights lit up. Simply repositioning it fixed everything.
Thank you helped me replace it for me on the original the ribbon cable at one end seemed to have been badly bent so moving it ever so slightly causes it to lose connection so I just replaced the whole thing.
I'm waiting for my repair kit to come in and I'm really nervous 😖 this video really encouraged me to try at least. For having a clear video I would like and sub
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks to you I am now Super Dad!
Thanks as well, successful repair of 2 joycons after following this video. Funny thing though with the red joycon purchased in the same set as the blue one as in this video, the red one didn’t seem to have the NFC antenna to disconnect
Thanks for saving my right joycon! Very good tutorial!
You are welcome 😁
Thanks for the vid, might attempt a full a self repair. For now I've fixed mine with a small bit of rubber like nonslip mat inside the kinked cable. This gave my cable enough curve to reconnect, we will see for how long.
Thanks man, I bought a “broken” switch from the pawn shop....$64.80 American moolah, by being broken i got this deal. Got it home for repair and it seemed like just the ribbon detached from the controller from an obvious fall. Guys, don’t be afraid to open the joy on up, follow this guys directions and be patient and you CAN do this yourself, trust me, I did!! Again thanks from Dallas/ft. Worth texxxas
Oh my goodness that is what I call a super good deal 🤣🤣
nice video ! helped me a lot and now its working flawlessly
Super glad to hear that!
Thank you! This worked great for me. Love the clear steps and good quality close-ups.
I'm happy to hear that 😁
Thanks man my little brother broke his but I managed to disassemble it and fix it thanks to this video 👍
fixed my right joycon with your tutorial. thx
Glad I could help!
Thanks alot! Didn't think I'd find a great vid on such a minor topic
Own your niche they say haha 🤣 glad to help!
Very helpful.
Shame the ribbon connector that came with my kit wouldn't fit.
I'll see if I can find a better quality replacement, but at least I know what I'm doing now 😁
Unfortunately couldn't do the under the battery tray trick for my left joycon as it will interfere with the stick module and the ribbon cable for L/ZL buttons but otherwise it went great, thanks for the tutorial. Too bad the cable is intentionally designed to be too long in length as this cable will fail again as that fold flattens over time until the connection breaks.
Thank you, saved me from putting the connector on the battery like i found it (wich was what it bent it and ruined it).
I've put the new one under like you and now works perfectly. You're awesome.
Mine still works well too until now! Glad I could help 😁
Do they still work now? Curious how long the fix lasts
@@johnhathewayg4054 it lasts until they fall again apparently.
Thanks for the guide - helped me repair my buttons ❤️
Putting the cables back where they belong was a bit challenging, but it worked out fine in the end :)
Dude! You saved my right Joy Con. Thank you for the very helpful tutorial.
Glad it helped! 😉
Thank you!! I’m going to order the parts soon so I can fix it!!
Hope you’ll get it soon!!
Amazing tutorial ! Totally helped with my problems and my controllers are good as new :)!
You’re welcome! 😁 and happy gaming again haha
Thank you, I'm gonna save this video. I dropped my controller, and the black bar came out of the controller, so this will help me when I try to attach the ribbons
Thank you very much, you save my right joycon and my money for sure,this tutorial is really helpful :D
You’re very welcome 😊
Worked really well for me. Thanks.
Take note this is only for the right joycon. Left joycon is slightly different. (Need to remove the battery).
Yep, it’s a little bit different, but glad I could help!
I had the same problem, but i fixed the flat cable, it is really hard and have to be precise, if you dont want to wait or pay for a replacement should give it a try, but i recommend buy the replacement, too annoying to repair
Hi! I hope you can help me out. I purchased the part and tools and followed your tutorial. When I turned it on to confirm whether or not my sl/sr buttons are functioning only the sl button did not work. The lights, sync button, and sr button work perfectly. Do you have any insight as to what the issue is? Is it the part? Can I do something about it?
Bad part :(
Thank you, very helpful. My blue joy-con is the opposite of yours, could be a UK thing? Followed your instructions and worked perfectly.
thanks for this tutorial! do you have any clue on what to do when the little lock bar breaks off on the connector? they’re so tiny so it’s impossible to put it back on 😖
Are you talking about the little black plastic bar for the ribbon cable? Mine broke too and idk what to do, I’m considering just using super glue to keep in place
Same issue for me, the black clip broke off and don't know what to do to hold the ribbon cable in place, any advice appreciated!
I have a problem with the left joycon - both stick drift and the failure of the SL SR buttons. Unfortunately the left one doesn´t have a nice way to tuck the ribbon cable so as soon as I reassemble it I know it's only a matter of time before it happens again.
Hopefully Nintendo (and the other major publishers) resolve this problem next gen because they used to stand for quality but each of them have been suffering stick drift for years now across multiple iterations. Even the "elite" or "pro" options that cost £150+ suffer the same problems.
Meanwhile my GameCube and PS2 controllers work absolutely fine over 20 years on.
Shocked when u said selamat pagi 😂 anyway thank you for the tutorial
Hahaha anyway, you’re welcome 😊
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This was the reason I couldm't play with my little brother FOR MONTHS anymore.
Thank you.
I feel you, I didn’t get to play with my brothers as well because of this!
Anyway, you are welcome!
thank you so much!!! and the tip is amazing
You're so welcome!
Dunno why the ribbon got faulty when I changed the joystick on my right joycon. Your video is dang helpful, thanks for that
You’re welcome 😊
Perfect tutorial. Just fix my 4 joy cons.
All the same problem. Thanks for the help!
Ahahaha glad this could help! 😁
Can I have you’re 3 headed screw driver
@@liamaubertin1387 hahaha Yes you can. Just come to São Paulo Brazil. :)
Diogo Teixeira don’t need it anymore I fix it
Thank you! thank youuuuu! Very clear explanation I was able to do it without a problem :)
Thanks a bunch, after watching your video I was confident enough to try this and it worked a treat.
Very fiddly, so I was happy I purchased a Gadgets Kit with all the screw drivers etc.
I say the process is part of the fun! 😆 glad it worked for you
Great stuff! Big money saved on a replacement 👍👍👍
Haha glad I could help!
Thanks so much. I replaced the thumbstick and wasn’t sure how I had broken Bluetooth ribbon. Your extra tip on how to place ribbon under battery helped me from making the same mistake again
Gran video. Me solucionó ese problema perfectamente. Todo perfecto. THANKS BRO NICE VIDEO U SAVE MY LIFE ❤️❤️
You are very welcome :D
Thank you. followed instructions and it worked perfectly. I have very happy Son and a very happy wallet!!!
Glad I could help 😁
Hi, I tried to repair the a right joy con but now I can't seem to pair the joycon back to my switch, any advice on the fix?
I broke the little flap that mantains the ribbons end in place, can something be done? Is there anyway to keep it in place, some glue or something?
Can you find a permanent fix i dont want to constantly fix it every 2 years or few months if not (this is another reason ill start hating nintendo :| ) they seem so cheap.... (80$ joycons which has some faults,some problems with the switch itself,dead pixels,and a online membership which is terrible,its not that bad but i hate it when it starts lagging with flipping 4 bars of wifi)so um nintendo? Can you um finnally be wise about that? Ik its alot of work but its making the console look bad.... ._. The only gteat thing about is the games dont get me wrong i love nintendo but it feels like there going backwards heck i think the wii u is starting to look better in those ways besides the games and revolutionary controllers (which dont work well some times) i love nintendo but do better ik you can
Yeah, I quite agree with most of your arguments here, there’s ups and downs with the Switch, definitely not a perfect product (but the games I love them!).
But unfortunately I don’t see a permanent solution to this problem. Because, how do I say it, it’s a ’natural’ consequence of metal that rubs on that ‘pad’ which will eventually cause debris and thus, drifting problems. I really hope Nintendo could fix it with future revisions.
Sadly it didn't work for me 😢 still have the issue on the left joycon. I even double the layer of cardboard as well no luck. Be careful while working on the joycon I damage the ribbon that connects to the side rail so the lights won't turn on and buttons don't work.
do you have tutorial on malfunctioning L button?
Great video, and I love the ribbon cable tuck you did; definitely just extended the life of my joycon and prevented the same problem from happening again with one repair. Thank you so much for the help and clear step by step guidance! 🔆😸👍
Thanks a lot for this great tutorial, you just saved my joy-con, SL and SR buttons are working again. My son will be so happy when he'll get up tomorrow 👍
I’m really glad I could help 😁
If after the repair my joycon doesn't connect to the console anymore what could I have damaged?
Thanks for your help! Worked!
You're welcome!
thank you for your tutorial, I fixed my right joycon by following this video
Have the conectio. Through insert in the console work with the broken cable?
Be ause I have the same broken cable and the switch doesnt see the insert joycon
Excellent video, I managed to follow your steps easily and was able to fix my broken Joy-Con. Thanks for putting this information out there.
You saved my next weekend with my friend at Super Mario Party.
Greets from Germany 🙋🏼♂️
Hi, my cable snapped for the bottom one (the one with sponge) is my joycon no hope?
I replaced the shells and on the left joy con the SR ribbon cable doesn’t want to stay in. I’ve made sure it’s locked down and everything but it just doesn’t stay in and I can’t get the joy con to connect to the switch. The battery is depleted, but I’m assuming it works. it doesn’t connect to the switch to charge. Any thoughts?
I just broke it😭😭
Will this work for the right joy con?
Yeah it will, just make sure you get the right part for the right side
Used your video to repair my right joycon. Thank-you!
Kudos on the Video is a great tutorial, and I tried your idea of bending the cable, so it does not break. only something that can be added or for the people like me that were trying this repair for the first time the other Joycon has a different layout for the screws, so the step on lifting the battery base is a little different.
Hiya, i damaged the rail on my joy con and want to replace it. Is this the same method to do so? Thanks!
This method is just for repairing the sync button, joycon wireless LEDs and SL/SR buttons. If your joycon won't connect to the switch handheld properly, it may be because some pins aren't making contact so you'll need to clean them.
I just spent 2 weeks getting this problem fixed after thinking I broke the first replacement by bending it too much and it wouldn't work. Another replacement part later, I just now realized the little connector from the battery was slightly sticking out of its socket🤦🤦. Anyways thank you for your tutorial it was excellent and very thorough.
What if we get this error with the joy cons connected to the system? Is this still the correct fix for this? But then which Joycon is the bad one!?
Okay could you elaborate on what error exactly are you experiencing?
Worked like a charm, wish i could like the vid twice!
Hahaha glad I could help!
you... can...
Great video! Thank you! However I didn't have to detach the antenna cable and the battery cable, it still worked
That's true - you don't have to detach them to do this fix
I have some questions if you wouldn't mind answering them. My right joycon it's turning on or charging, I changed the battery and the sl rl strip but still getting nothing. Am I just having to get a new one or am I missing something? I can't find anything online besides having to change the sl rl strip but that didn't help.
4:28 the black bar just pop off how can i fix that ?
THANK YOU! I just got a replacement ribbon cable because the other one folded completely making it unresponsive and i couldnt figure out how to position the new one so it doesnt fold and this helped so much! hoping this placement doesnt make it fold again 🙏🏽
Thanks for the vid, helped me a lot. Replaced sl sr and both sticks on both joycons and couldn't have done it without your videos. Unfortunately left stick I put in drifts worse than the original, but think it was dodgy stick, so gonna have to do it again. Will be watching your vid again for sure!
Glad I could help you through the whole process! 🙏🏻
Very useful, it has been of great help to me to fix the joycon. Thank you very much!!
I tried soldering the one of the buttons and it didn’t stick :/ help
Omgggg the lock the supposed to hold the ribbon cable broke on mineee :(((( Please helpppp thanks
Btw will my joycon still work without the ribbon cable?
It will work, but you cant use the shoulder buttons anymore. And the lights won't work anymore
So my son over the weekend dropped his switch and the exact same happened the ribbon ripped in half. I ordered the part from amazon, got it next day today, followed your instructions and bam like brand new. At first I was upset with my son and I was going to make him save up for a new joycon but I was like you know what I've modded and fixed other consoles why not try this one and I ended up having a great time fixing it for only $6.00 and I still have the other ribbon just in case this happens on the left one. Thanks it helped tons and saved me lots of money
YOU SAVED MEE!!
thank you for this very detailed and clear tutorial, returning back the parts was challenging you made it look very easy on your side haha, but nonetheless you earned a subscriber here!
What if your joycon light is on and doesn’t respond nor register to the switch wirelessly and Manually and mounting and linking it back up to the switch
Hi. Thanks for the tips with the flex cable. I broke 1 of them, and with a new one I had an issue with this "factory bend". Now, with this tip, the issue is gone.
I opened my controller up and repaired a button, and had to remove the bottom ribbon cable of the rails, now I can’t get it into the connector right which is making it so it won’t connect to the switch in Handheld mode:(
Thanks. I fixed it. But lost a screw. I am pretty sure that losing a screw is a law of nature because it happens every time.
What do I do if the black latch 4:21 came off?
This saved my life, and my wallet. Thank you!
Pleasure to help! 😁
I will do this when my tools are here tnx for the tutorial my 4 joycon has that problem so i will do 4 tnx for tje tutorial
Help I’ve been trying to connect the battery cable again for like an hour now 😭
I had the same problem too. Take a look underneath the connector and you can see the slots are at the bottom. It it makes sense, you just align both parts and press from the top rather than slotting from the side. It should click perfectly. Hope this helps.
I faced the same problem. If you take a look underneath the connector, you will see slots for the pin. Just align both parts together and press from the top rather than from the side. It should click perfectly. Hope this helps for future fixers.
Thank You, the side is working. But right now when the right joy con attached to console it doesn't work. I've tried disconnect joycon and connect back, power off, all doesn't work. Is it any cable I've affect during the process of fixing.
But even that doesn't make sense as when the joycon was use individually as dual player or single player it works
It could be, make sure that you have connected everything inside, there’s one connector that only serves to connect the joycon to the switch
@@namedkenn any idea which connector would it be?
@@namedkenn could it be the shorter ribbon that is the next to the SL SR or the ribbon below the R and ZR?
Rayn Lim it’s on vertical orientation, at the very bottom of the SL/SR rail, and the connector is very close to the motor/battery connection at the bottom of the Joy Con
Thank you so much for this video, I couldn't use the synch button one day and this helped a lot with fixing it.
My hands are big and they shake a lot when doing precision stuff so you can imagine how hard it was for me, especially dealing with those tiny connectors like the ribbon cables and the battery connector.
I think I meesed up tough because the actual sync button feels loose and I can't actually press it with my fingers, I have to use something to press it down and make it click, kinda like the wii days... by the time I noticed I couldn't be bothered to open it up again lmao. Maybe some other day.
Thanks. Your tutorial is very detail! I replaced mine! Bought replacement (left and right joycon) part and tools online for only 1$.
I just got a nintendo switch and i’m just wondering what does the left joycon there’s like a mini cube what does it do
As a button? That's for screenshot or video record
@@namedkenn Thanks how do i video record
Hello! What should I do if I broke the little plastic that is holding the ribbon? It's so tiny I cant find a fix :(
Unfortunately you either have to try and put it back (I did it once and it was so tiring), or tape it real hard, or get a new board 🥲
Thank you for the great video. I've followed the steps on a R Joy Con and put it back together but am getting no lights at all. Battery and NFC cables seem to be reconnected correctly and ribbon cables seem to be clipped in correctly. May just battery drain? Any suggestions? 🤔
The fact we have to do these things when they cost £60 is crazy
Absolutely life saver. The Complete dog shit controllers actual being fixable was a very welcome surprise