I Spent $275 on Broken Joy-Cons - Can I Fix Them for Profit?
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2019
- I Spent $275 on Broken Joy-Cons - Can I Fix Them for Profit? I bought 18 untested Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons on eBay to see if I could fix them and then sell them to make money. The Joy-Con conditions varied with some working correctly already and others having problems like broken R buttons, control stick issues, a missing rail, and I even fixed a controller that wouldn't stop buzzing.
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About This Video: I bought 18 Switch Joy-Con controllers for $15.27 per controller. The most common problem I found was broken R buttons but I also had to work on thumb stick problems, replace a missing rail, and replace a motherboard. I ended up being able to fix 16 out of the 18 and I've already sold 5 of them for a profit of about $10 per controller.
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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
*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
"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.
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.
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 😌
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 RUclips 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.
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
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 RUclips/AdSense money he makes as well as if he has to go all like this video is brought to you by X
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.
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
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.
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
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
When are manufacturers going to learn to not have buttons that shear against the PCB? It's 2019 already.
9:33 I love that kind of edits in between + the music is epic. The video's are so fun and satisfying to watch!
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.
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.
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 RUclips channel
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!
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. :)
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.
Dude, your precision with those tools under the microscope is freaking impressive as hell!
I keep comeing back to watch you fix things when i should be sleeping why is this so satisfying.
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 RUclips 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 RUclips
8 ads tho
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!
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
@@luciantendogaming2681that’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 😒
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
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
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 RUclips a better place!
This was a very satisfying video to watch, keep up the good work!
I'm going to say I'm just in complete awe of how steady your hands are in this type of precision work.
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
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 :)
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.
Great video, and great choice in background music, very soothing
I love joy-cons so much. I like taking them apart and reshell/repair them
Your work is so clean and organized brother
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.
Your an inspiration. I have learned so much watching your vids. Keep it up brother.
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
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
know nothing about electronic but it is so satisfaying to watch you fixing things. great content (y)
Super good editing when you showed yourself soldering the button back on looks super cool and shows us how small it is
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.
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
Amazing video! I don't even own a switch but I watched this whole thing. I like to fix anything I can get my hands on and this was a very informative video, and it really made me want a magnifier like yours, also that cool little screw driver. I subscribed and I look forward to more of your videos :)
Thanks man! You just got a subscriber... this man deserve more likes
Nice video!!!
I'm happy that you could sell most of them 😊
I dont know why but these videos satisfies me alot
My type
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I don’t know why but these videos satisfy me a lot.
@@commentcleaner894 lol
You’re videos are so funn and interesting to watch all my life I’ve been in love with taking apart any electronic from RC cars to computers just cause I’m fascinated by everything tht goes on in the inside and you’re videos literally hit the spot man 👌🏽🔥🔥👌🏽
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'm probably the only one this annoyed but maybe next time turn down the background music a wee bit
You act like it was throughout the entire duration of the video.
@@jacobasnodgrass5853 it was
Or no music
Profile pic says it all
Jacoba Snodgrass it was dipstick
Brilliant as ever. I even bought the precision screwdriver you used in the video. It's very good especially with everything included 👍🏻
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.
Interesting about the shoulder buttons! I enjoyed the PSA about taking it easy on em, haha. I wonder how many switches fall and land on the corners! Thanks for sharing!
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
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
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
As always another great video from the Mr.Fix it. Thank's brother for the video and for your time and effort in making these video's I appreciate it more then you will ever know. You've saved me so much money by me watching you do these video's. But you definitely make it look easier than it was at least for me. Lol.
👍💯👍
The music in this video is fantastic!
Hey thanks!
I really loved the vid. I think in the future you should buy older gen consoles such as ps2 Original Xbox Game Cube and more that are broke and repair them
Thanks a ton! Quick and easy fix. Very clear instructions!
Love this channel. I've learned a lot from you. I never messed with consules till I had the red ring of no graphics.
Than I self repair everything unless it can't be.
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.
Thanks God mine is always going to the right in botw so need to fix been waiting for this
This channel is a win win. U make money from repairing and selling them and u make videos which is more money
You're the man! I always find the solution I'm looking for from your videos!
"The Problem is knowing what the problem is" that makes me laugh.
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! 😊
This really makes me appreciate the repair guy who fixed my nintendo controller so many years ago.
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
My teeth start to hurt when I see that electric screwdriver...
Ha, ha...I've had that same thought!
Love watching your videos!
Con: i hate the background music lol
Love your videos, its very satisfying to watch. Thanks
In my opinion, RUclips is, first and foremost, exist for people like you. You made a great piece of work
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.
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.
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.
So satisfying video. Good job!
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
22:00 - buzzer motor only has 2pin connector, so the problem couldn't have been in the motor itself ;)
Yeah no built in controller
I really liked this video, even tho I dont see it being really much profitable. You got more from the video itself rather than the repair work but for a electronic fan like me it was amazing to see you at work.
It's cool how you go over the actual business aspect of your work rather than just the repair
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
Love your channel man ! Great stuff ! 👍🏼
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying it.
I really liked the short part in the end where you showed how the joystick worked
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.
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?
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!!
Consumism hates you... XD
Good job man!
Love your videos!
Subbed, keep it up man! Love the content. Would say fix a bunch if n64s but it's pretty out dated 😅
Welcome to my channel!
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.
been watching your videos and getting inspired. i've always wanted to get in to electronics repair. i think i'm going to pull the trigger and either try modding one of my handhelds or buying a couple of broken ones and learning on those. unfortunately if i want to actually make a living doing it, i'll either need to move to a new state or mostly just re-sell things online. i think it will be an awesome hobby/side hustle to get in to though! thank for making your videos :)
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.
_Joycon with a broken battery owner_ "Well guess they're useless now" Me: Wtf...
It pissed me off how a whole set of “broken” joycons worked so well for so little price
Hey i just wanted to say you got me into fixing things so thanks for that