Taking Apart The Nintendo Switch JoyCons! Antenna Issues?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- After taking apart the Nintendo Switch JoyCons I noticed the antenna in the left JoyCon seems to be in an awkward place. The antenna may be prone to interference issues depending on how it is held. It may be possible to reroute the antenna to the bottom of the JoyCon.
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Spawn Wave my joycons were fine before and after the update, but I had trouble with wifi signal drop and cut out after the update , I've made a video on my channel, have you come across this?
I have a feeling 3rd parties will start making antenna booster kits based on your video. Be sure to watermark the video! lol
Spawn, try putting a 3DS antenna there.
I feel like you're going to get a flood of people asking you to mod their joycons now.
A shorter cable run for the antenna will not cause issues, actually it reduces the amount of loss which is a benefit. The issue is firmware, they only need to release an update that increases the output power by about 5 %.
Watching this video made me happy while I played on said joycons while exploring the world of Zelda. Specifically, hanged out in a village surfing the landscapes and talking to the villagers.
Thanks for adding a bit of technological magic to my current gaming session :)
Where are the icecubes?
Anthony Q good one 😂
Anthony Q they probably melted....
It's always funny to me when it looks as though re-assembly is harder than taking something apart.
After all, many things are never taken apart in their entire life-time, but everything ever made has had to be assembled at least once.
Clearly, assembly should always be the easier task, in well designed products...
It's interesting, I have had no connection problems at all. I stood with a couch in front of me blocking the switch, with the Joy Con behind my back a little over 17 feet away, and it works perfectly fine. I do have the Neon Joy Con, so I don't know if that makes a difference.
I have the grey JoyCon Switch haven't had any problems with signals for Bluetooth or WiFi. I don't think it matters which color you have its just what happens when a new console launches. The vast majority probably isnt having any problems, its the vocal minority that usually speaks up when there's a few issues.
tails300 I've been having some issues playing on my couch (grey too). It's kinda annoying but I can get by until they fix it w/ a patch or recall it (which would suck for consumers & reputation). I wouldn't want to have the issue forever, being that if I wanted to play precise platformers or something like Celeste, I would hate to die from stupid issues like this.
From what I notice on my switch if you put the console in a location that is covered it can block the signal. As long as you leave it in the open. I put it right beside my TV. I did test it and put the switch behind the TV and then when I put the controller behind my back I would have issues. So I think just leave it in an area that is open and not all covered up and you should be fine.
Chan Saet nope. I'm sitting like 50 cm from the console and still have issues with left joycon.
I have a grey one and no problems at all. Sthe switchnis behind my tv and even when I cover the Joycons up it worksmfine.
Been enjoying your disassembly videos for the Switch, just decided to subscribe. Looking forward to more.
In the right Joy-Con, I can confirm that the square attached to the antenna is for NFC/Amiibo functionality. I haven't been able to successfully reroute or lengthen the antenna though, it seems quite delicate compared to the left joy-con. It's become much less reliable since I've tried extending the wire, even removing it and putting it back the way it was seems to have done some damage. Be careful. The left one is where most of the problems are anyways, that one is super easy to fix with a scrap wire and solder.
from what I herd, it is entirely possible that the left joycon communicates with the right joycon and not the system, meaning it doesn't need the extra range to reach the console like the right.
ATTENTION DO NOT BUY shovel Knight treasure trove and spectre of torment, specter of torment is ALREADY in treasure trove
Alias Fakename then why are they selling them separately?
Christopher because the other games on treasure trove are basically DLC and so is spectre of torment, maybe this is deceptive marketing but I think they thought "most people don't want to replay Shovel Knight and the previous DLC so we'll sell it separately for 10 bucks" which is fine except THEY DIDNT FUCKING SAY "spectre of torment is already included in treasure trove"
Alias Fakename thanks!
S Weirdo you're welcome, please let others know so they don't waste money and storage space
Alias Fakename If thats true, that is very misleading and bad for consumers who bought both.
I honestly think it's the system not the joycons my switch started playing up today my joycons where desyncing so I tried another pair the same thing happened. Then I tried my joycons on another system and they work 100 percent. I'm thinking there's a issue with the system picking up the signal not the joycons
I did the "Joycon test" gamexplain did and luckily for me they worked perfect. So happy.
What's the vid called
Awesome video as always! Hopefully the issues joycon smooth out over time.
My Joyconn disassembly senses were tingling. I couldnt wait for this vid to come out
Soooo... no ice cubes or metal balls in there?...lame
Just saying, I haven't been able to replicate any issues with the joy-cons. Game on!
Thats what Ive heard. Ive never had an issue with Nintendo products before. Pretty solid stuff.
Saiyuki2o4 It's not an isolated issue. People are reporting this issue all over the place. Now I personally haven't been having issues, which is nice, but let's not pretend there isn't a problem here.
Mine work perfectly fine. I tried covering them with my hands, putting them behind my back, and pointing them completely in the opposite direction while behind my back, and they both still respond perfectly. I tried both in BoTW and in the calibration screen.
I have the left con problems A LOT.
I'm hyped, my switch is coming tomorrow (hopefully....)
This is pretty bad news then. This means, that the antenna problem is hardware problem and can´t be fixed by Nintendo at all. So they either have to recall every single left Joy Con on earth and replaces/repair them or claim that there is no problem and secretly release improved Joy Cons.
Can I say I have the switch I have TRIED every combination possible with trying to cause connection issues with the joy-con unsuccessfully. for the record I have the neon joycons
Bob Willmann same, I have had objects obstructing, behind my back, and over 17 feet away, and I have had zero connection problems, it was a super smooth connection.
Bob Willmann Today I had issues for the first time. Link kept walking once and walked me off a cliff. Then they literally desync'd and asked me to push L+R to resync them in the middle of the game.
I try syncing my joy cons more than I've even played the console. When it does work I can be halfway across my house but when it doesn't work I can't be more then a few feet....
Randomninja47 are yours the neon joy con?
No mine are the grey ones.
Hey Spawn Wave, great video as always. Quick question. I have a 4K TV, 40 inches. Will Zelda at 900p look crap on it? My Switch is coming in soon and I'm a little worried.
City Fox I have a 4K 50 inch and it looks gorgeous.
Randomninja47 Oh really? That's reasuring. My TV also has a pretty decent 4K upscaler. Pretty glad to hear that :)
Grey joycons
I have a 50inch 4K from LG..I was a bit worried too, but is is beautiful!!
City Fox I've got a 4k Samsung 50 inch at 120 Hz and it looks great. the switch definitely has better framerate while in handheld mode and it's a little more pixelated but that's to be expected.
Nice video SW really enjoying your content.
Love your video ! I have a question is the old joycon motherboard better than the new one ? Or the opposite ( I’m asking for the Left joycons ) please let me know what you think and you are the only you tuber doing this lol definitely subscribing to you ;)
Is it possibly that what you thought was the antenna in the the right joy-con was actually the NFC reader?
Broadcom chip appears to run directly to that antenna. It looks to be for the wireless communications.
Spawn Wave check the pcb for antenna traces in the right joycon just to be sure. Great video btw
Does that same chip do NFC?
Great video man! You make me want to take apart my controllers now xD
It's so cool to see the disassembly and assembly :O
The joycon issues doesn't apply to everyone. My Switch is actually behind my mounted TV completely being blocked from view. Also, I have a digital cable antenna, Amazon Fire TV, wireless soundbar, and a portable hard drive hooked up. I sit about 10-12 feet away and my joycon worked perfectly. I feel bad for some users that got weak signals on their joycon but not everyone is having that issue.
That sucks that their difficult to open up. I wanted to make a golden custom pair of Joy Cons.
They are packed with components so it would be hard to make it easier
It's not that hard once you open it for the first time
Been watching you for a couple days subscribed
So you did a disassembly video and decided that SKIPPING PARTS would be a great idea?
Genius!!
Super unlikely you will see this bit I need your help!! I changed the right joycon cover and it no longer charges. Ribbons all intact and works when attached to Switch. Any help you can provide would be great. Would even send you the joycon for a video/investigation . Let me know (if you see this).
I use two aluminum small narrow strips to improve the wlan wireless card reception.I get 4 bars 95% of the time.I place both strip on each other to look like a cross with scotch tape.Make sure both strip ends are not touching anything.The horizontal strip is placed and touch on both antenna plugs on the WLAN card.Some gamers would just wrap aluminum all over the WLAN card just for experiment research to see if this can work as good too. :O Try aluminum foil inside those JoyCon
Fascinating. You are so smart! I enjoyed watching this and wish I had the skills to fix my own joycon.
Man you are great, Love your videos, keep the great job!
i never had any connection problems (neon joycons )
uhlus same here
uhlus Same with my bro, although he has the grey
You need to be 10 meters or so away
MattPlaysGames I did not have any problems yet but I only have the console for 2 and a half days
uhlus same but I have grey
Great video. I'm thinking of trying to find a broken screen switch sometime down the road & removing the screen & battery & installing it into something like a top loading NES case. The fact that the switch uses game cards will make this fairly easy even for me.
I can say that 20 hours is sounds pretty legit. I've used them quite a lot before I got the pro controller.
You are a brave man. I know I would destroy my Switch if I tried any of this.
Spawn Wave,
Do you repair/modify Joy-Cons & the Switch? If so, how much do you charge for services?
any idea how long till the x-ray news comes in for the switch chip
all of my left joycons have problems. my neon one from the console, neon joy con I bought separately, grey joy con I bought separately, and my buddy's neon joy con are all giving us issues on both of our switches. only the left one though
so is mine. it ALWAYS drifts
It’s probably because you use the left joy con more than the right ine
@@mroriginal4340 nope,i have huge delay on my right joycon
I've had no problems with the joycon. I stood far away from the console and even covered them with my hand and still had a solid connection. I guess people are just having bad luck
And this-the thing with the left Joy-Con antenna-is the kind of reason why I think I'll wait until the [hopefully] eventual "New" Switch model.
Now i get why people have issues with the range of the signal. You can easily deathgrip the antenna when holding them separately.
Not trying to hate on my new console, but I'm absolutely having left joy con disconnects while playing botw. It's frequent, noticeable and it bugs me. So sensitive to the point that if I put my my foot up on the coffee table it disrupts the signal. I can't even casually game from the couch as advertised because the controller has what seems to be no range.
Yeah, those shoulder triggers on PS3 and PS4 controllers are a pain in the ass when putting them back together.
Awesome video dude.... I have a question for you. I have 50" screen 1080p and will you think that it is possible to see Zelda breath of the wild in 1080p instead of 900?? I'll be getting my switch within a couple of days. Thanks!
Mr.Thirdeye Tour TV might upscale the 900p image to 1080p, but it will still be a native 900p image. Anything higher would either make the system explode (:P) or require a system too beefy to run on a battery
Bob Bobstien, I see..... Thank you!
The locking mechanism is really bad. Its not the spring that wears out but the actual plastic stopper thats gets a dent.
Dropping the controller on the floor is usually enough to get a dent that ruins the locking mechanism, because its made out of such a soft plastic. Ive already broken two joycons this way.
They are very hard to open/clean/mod/repair. This is very disappointing for me since I've had such a great experience in the past with Nintendo controllers. It seems like the _repairability_ is the least of manufacturers concerns nowadays. If ya got a drifting joystick and you wanna fix it, just buy a new stick. Opening up the analog stick module was the worst nightmare I've ever had in my technician life and I wouldn't do it again, even if it's to save up 10-15 bucks on a stick replacement.
The antenna in my right joycons (particularly the one that came with the switch) is starting to act up a lot. Going to have to look at it when I take it apart later this week
couldn`t you jump the antenna onto the analog stick controller`s back plate in order to use all that metal back plate as a whole big antenna?
Just curious @spawnwave instill didn't see what you did to gain double the range.. or was the fact you opened and cleaned it internally the fix itself? It looked like you literally opened it and then put it back together again... I must've missed the fix... Sorry for the question guys please help I'm having big issues with the range..
Nintendo should make a new right job Con. It would have all the same features as the current joy Con but this new joy Con would have the analog stick in a different place. Like above the buttons. Obviously you couldn't use it for 2 player but it will be much better for single player
CapAb Artz I played Snipperclips with the right Joy Con in Nuntendo NY and it felt fine.
I'm pretty sure that's the NFC attenna in the right joycon.
Crazy question but I've noticed that on tv mode I've been running into some crazy framerate issues with Zelda in some areas of the map. Just wondering if anyone else has ran into it.
Benjamin Andersen I believe they're caused by bugs. when you walk into certain areas the engine must be running in to some kind of issue. Remember when they said that changing something small could cause a problem on the other side of the map? Well I've noticed that the physics has a bug where if you set down food on a fire the game thinks there's a grass fire and makes an updraft you can float on, but not only that, the items you set in the fire go flying away. I don't think it's supposed to do that. Since a bug like that is in the game it leads me to believe that the frame rate problens are also a bug possibly caused by some weird physics issue.
Benjamin Andersen it plays tons smoother in handheld mode. The grass seems to give me framerate problems on the TV.
The polygons for the grass require lots of computational power. When docked, it goes into 1080p, which requires more power than 900p. So more than average polygons + standard HD = lag. As I understand it, Nintendo has sent an update that makes it less of an issue. Just know that it will run better in hand held because it doesn't have to generate as high quality picture as it would docked.
Yeah it wasn't really noticeable until the forest (trying to avoid spoilers) but it was just chugging along in there.
Bobby H. Plays at 720p in handheld (because that's the screen resolution) but goes to 900p when docked, not a full 1080p
Right joycons antenna I had thought was the amiibo peripherals. My right joycon disconnects out of the 5ft range of the system. Even worse if its behind a tv or something..:/
my joy cons work like a charm even behind walls and far distances from the console itself. My brother's work just the same 😀
do you have the neon joycons?
Are your JoyCon going to be okay by not putting some new glue on the battery to hold it still?
I haven't had any problems with my Joycon or with anything else about the Switch. Have tried to cover them and smother them and everything but still haven't encountered any problems.
damn really wanted to see that antenna attempt :D
I have problems with joy-cons at only 2.5 meters distance. My system is brand new, and they have not tried to fix this since you made this video.
i for some reason am having some trouble with my right joycon instead of the left. it rarely happens and it isnt as annoying as having the left one out of sync but yea.
I have had that lost signal like 3 times now on my left joycon, and my left joycon uses more battery than the right one for some strange reason.
Spawn Wave, my z triggers on my joycons are different. The left one is really tight and there's no travel distance before the click. The right one is really loose and you can press it down before it clicks. Personally I like the loose one, but it's annoying as hell when they're both so different. Any way i could fix that?
Are there still "WHERE THE ICE CUBES?!?!?!" comments?
did you ever encounter any tamper-proof stickers/ seals whilst opening up the Joy-cons?
Great videos, just a quick tip. Your videos seem to be a bit dim on light.
Hi i don't know if you read this but can you short the controller if you don't disconnect the battery immediately and prod around the antenna area.
I recently got my 1st switch (haven't played/owned consoles since ps2 and handheld since gbc) and was dissapointed to find out one of my joycons have like 2 meters range only while other still connects from another room. Interesting part is that my right joycon is the one that loses connection.
Got a Nintendo Switch ad while watching this
hope you fix the antenna issue that way Nintendo can learn how to do it the right way
Dont have any joycon issues. I think it might have just been review copies
Ive had zero issues.. trying it behind my back with my hands over it. No issues.
For some reason people with the neon joycons have tested it out bad had no connection issues.
My problem with the joy con (red) is that it literally goes down when I don’t touch it. It can be really annoying.
It sure is strange to position the antenna right next to that metal piece.
I dont have this tri screwdriver, is there a cheap one on Amazon? The ones I see look too large
So the antennas are different.... Hmm design fail or just some people having bad joy cons
nice video. I am having trouble getting ribbon cables back in place. I think I need better tweezers. Here's hoping I can get it working again
Are the analogue sticks interchangeable? Would a stick in a spare right joycon work in a left joycon that needs a replacement stick?
Joker Faced how do u already ruin a joycon analog stick
I've had literally no problems with the joycons. day one I tested them across my damn house and trough me. they're more than fine.
Do you think it would be possible to replace the joysticks with standard Xbox One replacements?
can you replace the locking mechanism on the joy con please I need to know
Good luck too anyone trying to fit those ribbon cable back in. Near impossible
Oh man! You're a pro!
I keep thinking that your going to break something but I keep telling myself just because I can't do it doesn't mean others can't.
I thought there are many rumble devices inside but it's only one. Nice
I'm really worried about the joycons. it's funny first thing I did was hold my joycons behind my back and they worked with only some minor interference, but later playing zelda is frequently would get stuck.
Where did you get your Tri Wing screwdriver?
Hmm why make the rigth and left Joycon different from each other?
the "antenna" on the right joycon seems to be the nfc chip/circuit
Idk if you’ll see this but I have a problem with my right joycons happened yesterday when I replaced the joystick.
I put it back together and then the sync button wouldn’t work, but when I docked it to the switch, and pulled it off it worked wirelessly.
I tried to see what was wrong with it and took it apart again, everything looked connected good so I went to close it back up and now the whole thing doesn’t even work wirelessly.
The battery won’t even get charge.
To make sure I wasn’t going crazy on like how did I mess it up.. I swapped the battery and the SL/SR board with another right joycon and the pieces from the working one did not work, but the pieces from the non working worked fine in the working controller..
I don’t think the full motherboard could be dead or it wouldn’t work connected.
I’m just curious if you could reply back to me and tell me what you think it would be lol.
All the buttons work when it’s connected, only think I notice when I attach its takes like a second longer than good working ones. Hope you see this lol.
Sound like you damaged something. A pin on the battery's wire harness, maybe. Compare extreeeemely closely the working and nonworking. You might find the issue that way.
What screwdriver do you use to remove the screws?
I have somthing wrong with my joy pad how do i take the pad apart? The anolog stick is what im refering to
What's the best tri-wing screwdriver for doing this? 2.5mm isn't working
what is the name of that song! it sounds just like paper mario ttyd, pit of 100 triles and i need to find it!
i found it! its called si-fi
So I took my right joycon apart and after putting it together, it seemed that the battery was completely dead. The joycon worked when attached to the Switch console but with low battery and it doesn't seem to charge. Any advice?
Both of my analog sticks move by themselves. It started a few months ago and has slowly gotten worse and now it's getting so bad it's almost unplayable. I don't have a lot of money and yesterday I bought a horipad for $30 and on the 2nd day the left analog is moving down a little. I am getting pissed off. Is there anything I can do to fix analog sticks that move without being pressed?
where did you get the triwing screwdriver?
Is that the music from Prometheus 2?
Just a bad batch,I got mine in the earlier days of the switch before the reports of the disconnecting of the joy cons from the switch.