@@krisishihat My joycon got so much stick drift that it created a company called Facebook and then pretended to be a human named Mark Zuckerberg to divert suspension. I'm so proud he became a billionaire 😇
One good thing to come of this is that Nintendo will straight up replace joy on with broken buttons or connection issues no questions asked. I’ve bought about a dozen joycon in various states of disrepair from buttons missing to the controller being completely shot, and just said they suffer from drift before they stopped working entirely. About 100 dollars for 6 sets of new joycon 👌
@@pegasusrr3156 I don’t know, honestly, I haven’t kept up with the series since middle school. I left the fandom a few months we found out about Zane being a robot. It really went off the rails.
They started doing free repairs as soon as whispers of a class action lawsuit made it to the public. Honestly, never understood the issue. I've used the same pair of joycons since the switch came out and I've never had drift. I think most people just dont store their consoles properly so its easy for them to wear down. Good on nintendo for actually taking care of it though.
@@threemar3 nah my old gamecube controllers have been through hell with no issues. Left them out in dust, got food and hair in it, soilled soda on ine of them once, i chewed on the chords to the point i exposed the wires! theyve been dropped plenty too, and because i chewed them i know for sure my parents werent replacing them with new ones. worked like nothing was wrong. I had a bought new switch controller and it began drifting FRESH out the box, brand spanking new and it definitely wasn't used. Switch controllers both joycons and gamecube are really just fucking ass man, youre super lucky yours haven't drifted for so long. I only had 1 that lasted 2 years.
@@harisceric3945 2 years of warranty are mandatory in Europe. I've never had any modern controller to drift, including the JoyCons. I suspect that the European version of gaming controllers may be better because of that 2 years warranty thing.
Yea, 3rd party controllers that function normally do exist, I've heard the pro-controllers work too, but I'm not paying these shills extra for a working controller
yeah they could if this was actually what caused drift lol but since its not what causes drift you couldnt the only way to make driftless controlers is to use a contactless system like a magnomitor that way imperfections through friction of the 2 materials wearing dont cause inacuracy
Correction only offered to fix them AFTER getting pimp slappers by a class action lawsuit so it wasn't them doing it to be kind folks fixing them for free was there "please don't sue me!" Apology letter (case is Still ongoing) with a follow up case included
As far as i've been able to see it's only nintendo of america that does this. i'm not even sure i can get it fixed europe without having to potentially ship a set of joycons to the states
@@kapser2210 I also may have forgotten to mentain in my initial comment they also dident discloses the joycon repairs being free majority of people still dont know you can i only learned through word of mouth and then reasearching it myself if I had to guess it is in the UK but they did the same thing and said nothing in personally never buying another console from anyone especially nintendont (Yup just went and checked they indeed pupled yet another scum move in UK and dident tell many people) 350$ console 50$ trash joycons 59.99$ for a single game 20$ for online sub thats barely useful as they have almost no multiplayer online games Nearly 479$ just to be allowed to play Mario kart with a freind who also bought a 479$ switch heaven forbid you went with the new model thats a 600$ price now in total the light would cost you more then all the above if it drifts and you need to replace the whole thing Also read the terms of service there no joke a forced terms of service you sign just to use the switch in the terms it litterly gives Nintendo the right to scan your system top to bottem every time you go on wifi and thats why that itty bitty save file with only 1 digit off in its code gets you banned. I hate Nintendo so much nowadays And youd be furious if you knew the cost of labor and matieral for a switch is only like 30-50$ in china
@@kapser2210 EU consumer laws would mandate them to fix it for free if the product displays faults in manufactoring or breaks down before what a reasonable consumer can expect the life span of the product to be (the reasonable expectation being related to the price of the product)
@@LuisGonzalez-dq4bg This is just plain wrong. All potentiometers wear just like the switches it has always been a problem, specifically because they are built super cheap and always have been. The PS2 for example had in built calibration software so that when the inevitable happened all you needed to do was wiggle the joystick around and the software compensated. Console manufacturers being cheap isn't something new. By their nature consoles need to be built as cheap as they possibly can be.
It's actually debris from the joystick scratching against other parts of the mechanism. I tried this method too and bits of debris were still stuck in. I had to fully dismantle the joystick and clean it with isopropyl alcohol to completely eliminate drifting.
@@joshhayl7459 worked fine for me. I don't use it on rubber just the innards of the actual joystick itself. Nothing else. These are cheap to replace anyway and I never messed one up doing this.
@@joneinarmattiasvisser6113 is this supposed to be a serious response? Or is this the tik tok trend of asking a dumb questions from message boards that were funny like 20 years ago? Either way, you're pretty cringe.
Well recently people found out that it’s from the aluminum casing under the stick that causes it, because it bends and then stick can no longer make good contact with the pads
This is what I did and it worked a lot easier and you don’t need one of those air blower thingies, what I did was I put a pencil on the flap, and blew air into it, literally you can blow the air from your mouth, a fan, practically anything and it’ll begin to work, I did this and it worked like a charm
I thought the solution people have found was to stick a square card behind the stick assembly? Supposedly the retention of the stick assembly seperates over time causing weird input. Unfortunately it means you gotta open the joy con but it could be a cheap fix.
🟦.... Alcohol should NEVER be used on Rubber or Vinyl,... Sure it'll clean it out for a little while, but the bits of rubber debris from the deterioration caused by your using alcohol on the "Flaps" will just serve to accelerate this process.
I've always recommended a quick spray of silicon lubricant to not only loosely seal the connection between the socket and the flap, but also keep movement nice and smooth. This has also fixed some stick drift in the past with clients controllers. As for the longevity of the fix, I'm unsure, but you have a full can of spray at your disposal which should last a lifetime for a set of switch joycons.
"Dust" isn't getting under there in such quantities to actually cause the drift. The debris is coming from erosion on the inside. But somehow a blast of air temporarily relieves the issue, and over time, the air gets less and less effective.
This does occur. However, that is not the cause of stick drift. The real reason that drift occurs is that metal & or plastic housing actually falls down roughly 1 millimeter, causing a gap between the brushes & the graphite contacts. To permanently correct your drift issue, open the controller & place a 1 to 2 millimeter piece of paper/cardboard/something stiff enough to have the housing of the controller push the metal & or plastic housing back into place when the clamshell is joined pushing that gap back into place and the brushes can now contact the graphite pads. This will 100% fix/correct the drift problems..
My Wii U was being awful and the left joystick would be still but the character (mostly link in BoTW) would still move, which caused lots of stress and also stopped me from playing the game for a while. I looked it up and it said to just blast air into the joystick, which worked like a charm, and I can play botw without stress. I told my mother and she laughed and went “yeah, when any issue with Nintendo happens, just blow air where it’s messing up”
Honestly, I’d rather just to go to the point of sale and replace it totally free, because that’s something Nintendo has to do for us in Europe after the class action.
@@theneedforspeeder9575 No.. it has been like 21 hours now. No problem yet and second if it happens again i will just blow some air underneath it and the funniest part is that i can do it without tools with just my mouth.
That you so much for appearing on my shorts cuz i have a switch lite so i couldnt send it to nintendo to fix it but this trick helped so much and works! Many thanks
Another thing you can use is wd40 contact cleaner. NOT REGULAR WD40. it can be found at most stores and it's in a can that says specialist and in green writing says "contact cleaner". I use it all the time on my oculus controllers.
It should work, I do the same thing when I get dirt in my contact lenses just take some dustoff and stick straw in eye and blast away works great. I advise you huff it B4 and after! 😁
I had a controller that had horrible drift, and a few days ago I tried to blow out gunk that I thought might be stuck. and SOMEHOW that fixed YEARS of extreme drifting! you don't even need a can of air, just blow on it!
The flaps are NOT THE PROBLEM. You actually do haft to open it up, and it's actually based off of the sensors that calculate the X and Y position, which can easily be touched when moving the joystick around. The flaps absolutely do not cause this issue, and the X and Y calculator components just ware out easily, or in another term, calculate with the numbers way off.
i hope Nintendo sues you for defamation and slander this info is false and will cause people to dmg there own property....... i surly hope you look into online defamation law
not talking about how to fix the isue(i already knew) but that's a good theory why joycons are tipicaly depicted to have drift more than other modern controllers.
I opened the actual joystick box to repair my stick drift and found that the conductive material was being deposited on the tracks that tell where the joycon is. This was on a launch day Switch.
Unrelated but the same. I fix atms. Card readers get dust built up in them. Doesn’t take much but in time it blocks the locking mechanism and causes the card reader to not release your debit card.
What I did with mine was- 1. Drained the batteries. 2. Poured Isopropyl Alcohol on the analog stick. 3. Rotate the analog stick in a circular motion. 4. Dried it. 5. Recharged the joy-con and tested it and it works like brand new.
Actually if that movement becomes crunchy then you were probably trying to make it dirty. Also they have the same lifespan as other brands controllers but those other brands weren’t sued for no reason.
My joycon stick got hit the ground and now i can only go up and down with it. No left, rights, or clicks on it. It can still move those directions but they dont do anything in games.
My joycons started drifting and my power a controller too for some reason. Set it down for 2 months and when I picked it back up it worked fine??? Well try this if it happens again tho, thanks!
But what if the joysticks still drift even after getting rid of the dust inside the mechanism? Here's a verry crazy idea: WHY NOT PUT A BIT OF CARDBOARD UNDER THE JOYSTICKS!?
I learned the ins and outs of joycons. Started replacing my own. Bought a bunch of AliExpress replacement joy sticks and replaced all drifting sticks, including my friends and families. They may eventually drift again but it’s cheaper to just replace the stick than buying a new control.
Fun fact: if they fixed the flap issue thier controllers would last 2x longer than Playstation and Xbox. The flaps are legitimately the only thing holding them down.
A good year of preety much constant use and i have never experienced any problems with my switch other than a mildly scatched screen and dusty usb port
Then seriously congrats. So many of us deal with this and if you’re lucky enough to not have the problem yet that’s awesome. When it does eventually happen though Nintendo will replace them for free, so just something to keep in mind
Yep same here I have a fairly noticible scratch but not to horrible and a pretty clean charging port with either no drift, or drift so little I don’t notice it
everyone is wrong. the problem is that they joy con’s don’t have tension in the back so the pcb can flex which creates bad contact for the sensitive sensors. which is why all solutions require opening and adding some support like cardboard.
I blew air into the right Joy-Con, but I replaced the left's thumb stick! Here's how I did it: ruclips.net/video/vV9SyqZIASI/видео.html
Can you do a video on oculus two controller because my oculus controller has very bad drift
@@kailacarter3909 wd 40 always works
So, a very similar problem as the old track ball mice! Those would really pick up that junk.
This was my Nintendo Switch! Has the XAW10016230216.
My Nintendo has a Problem with the L button Infront of the shoulder button and the button is not working it won't recognize the button getting pressed
Nah man my joy con has so much stick drift that it itself leaves my hand and goes to the left.
My joycon got so much stick drift that it left and got a life and a happy family for himself
@@krisishihat My joycon got so much stick drift that it created a company called Facebook and then pretended to be a human named Mark Zuckerberg to divert suspension. I'm so proud he became a billionaire 😇
Did you bought it in Ohio?
@@akiyz_xd1751 no, I bought it from a store in India.
@@Endingflame6583 oh
It’s actually not dust. The joycons slide across a strip and overtime that strip can get worn out. It’s actually a baked in design flaw
You can completely fix the drift with a square of cardboard I am not joking
@@nynvib276 it’s not a long term fix. It’s just gonna break again
@@nynvib276 that just pushes the contacts into the metal strip harder. They wear down the same.
One good thing to come of this is that Nintendo will straight up replace joy on with broken buttons or connection issues no questions asked. I’ve bought about a dozen joycon in various states of disrepair from buttons missing to the controller being completely shot, and just said they suffer from drift before they stopped working entirely. About 100 dollars for 6 sets of new joycon 👌
Yes they work with changing resistance as you move them. Through use the resistance changed.
This video is full of missinformation.
“If your joycon has a little bit of stick drift”
My joycon: *well on its way to mastering spinjitsu*
Remember when Ninjago used to be a Beyblades derivative? Yeah, isn’t that a blast from the past…
@@gummygrenade do they even do spinjitsu anymore
@@pegasusrr3156 I don’t know, honestly, I haven’t kept up with the series since middle school. I left the fandom a few months we found out about Zane being a robot. It really went off the rails.
@@gummygrenade i stoped after the genie thing
Use contact cleaner
"But if this doesn't fix it"
*Hasn't even said how to fix it yet*
it's literally normal sentence structure what the fuck are you talking about
Yup, his sentence wasn't written completely, i dunno, "linearly"... That's how language works sometimes 😋
@Avery Hamby and if they still drift open it up and put a thin piece at cardboard under the joystick
@@AveryHamby-x7vyeah i have a switch lite and im stuck like this now 😭
@@BooBuKittyPhukNo, THAT's not how language works.
They got sued in the EU, _that’s_ why they have to fix them for free.
They started doing free repairs as soon as whispers of a class action lawsuit made it to the public. Honestly, never understood the issue. I've used the same pair of joycons since the switch came out and I've never had drift. I think most people just dont store their consoles properly so its easy for them to wear down. Good on nintendo for actually taking care of it though.
@@threemar3nahh drift is a real design flaw, ur insanely lucky to have not gotten drift tho lol
@@threemar3 just a reminder that no company is our friend and is only wanting to do the right thing when they're pushed to do the right thing
@@threemar3 nah my old gamecube controllers have been through hell with no issues. Left them out in dust, got food and hair in it, soilled soda on ine of them once, i chewed on the chords to the point i exposed the wires! theyve been dropped plenty too, and because i chewed them i know for sure my parents werent replacing them with new ones. worked like nothing was wrong.
I had a bought new switch controller and it began drifting FRESH out the box, brand spanking new and it definitely wasn't used. Switch controllers both joycons and gamecube are really just fucking ass man, youre super lucky yours haven't drifted for so long. I only had 1 that lasted 2 years.
@@harisceric3945 2 years of warranty are mandatory in Europe. I've never had any modern controller to drift, including the JoyCons. I suspect that the European version of gaming controllers may be better because of that 2 years warranty thing.
I’m now realising that someone could literally just create replacement driftless joycons, and someone probably already has lol
Yea, 3rd party controllers that function normally do exist, I've heard the pro-controllers work too, but I'm not paying these shills extra for a working controller
@@icehoof i have 2 wired pro controllers, they dont drift
Quanwin joysticks
@@icehoof buy a used one that way nintendo dont get shit and you still win
yeah they could if this was actually what caused drift lol but since its not what causes drift you couldnt the only way to make driftless controlers is to use a contactless system like a magnomitor that way imperfections through friction of the 2 materials wearing dont cause inacuracy
My switch has never suffered from stick drift , where I have returned a Ps5 after 3months with stick drift. So I think this explanation is floored
Correction only offered to fix them AFTER getting pimp slappers by a class action lawsuit so it wasn't them doing it to be kind folks fixing them for free was there "please don't sue me!" Apology letter (case is Still ongoing) with a follow up case included
As far as i've been able to see it's only nintendo of america that does this. i'm not even sure i can get it fixed europe without having to potentially ship a set of joycons to the states
@@kapser2210 I also may have forgotten to mentain in my initial comment they also dident discloses the joycon repairs being free majority of people still dont know you can i only learned through word of mouth and then reasearching it myself if I had to guess it is in the UK but they did the same thing and said nothing in personally never buying another console from anyone especially nintendont
(Yup just went and checked they indeed pupled yet another scum move in UK and dident tell many people)
350$ console
50$ trash joycons
59.99$ for a single game
20$ for online sub thats barely useful as they have almost no multiplayer online games
Nearly 479$ just to be allowed to play Mario kart with a freind who also bought a 479$ switch heaven forbid you went with the new model thats a 600$ price now in total the light would cost you more then all the above if it drifts and you need to replace the whole thing
Also read the terms of service there no joke a forced terms of service you sign just to use the switch in the terms it litterly gives Nintendo the right to scan your system top to bottem every time you go on wifi and thats why that itty bitty save file with only 1 digit off in its code gets you banned. I hate Nintendo so much nowadays
And youd be furious if you knew the cost of labor and matieral for a switch is only like 30-50$ in china
@@kapser2210 EU consumer laws would mandate them to fix it for free if the product displays faults in manufactoring or breaks down before what a reasonable consumer can expect the life span of the product to be (the reasonable expectation being related to the price of the product)
who cares
@@AD-mq9yh people who paid 50$ for a controller made for 3$
WD-40 Specialist electric contact cleaner made all my old "broken" controllers, quest 2 joysticks, and switch joycons work like new
WD-40 in general is just pure Magic I swear.
magic
@@ObsceneLobster i agree
Just remember, everything can be fixed with WD-40 or duct tape
@@ObsceneLobster yeah just make sure you get the electric contact cleaner and no the degreaser for this though haha 😅
That's the nature of potentiometers. It has metal fingers that glide along a thin carbon film. They will always break.
In the history of home consoles with analog controllers, the Nintendo Switch is the only one that has exhibited this behavior consistently.
@@LuisGonzalez-dq4bg This is just plain wrong. All potentiometers wear just like the switches it has always been a problem, specifically because they are built super cheap and always have been. The PS2 for example had in built calibration software so that when the inevitable happened all you needed to do was wiggle the joystick around and the software compensated.
Console manufacturers being cheap isn't something new. By their nature consoles need to be built as cheap as they possibly can be.
It's actually debris from the joystick scratching against other parts of the mechanism. I tried this method too and bits of debris were still stuck in. I had to fully dismantle the joystick and clean it with isopropyl alcohol to completely eliminate drifting.
🟦.... Alcohol should NEVER be used on Rubber or Vinyl.
@@joshhayl7459 worked fine for me. I don't use it on rubber just the innards of the actual joystick itself. Nothing else. These are cheap to replace anyway and I never messed one up doing this.
They was forced to repair the joys for free.
If they didn't they would be hit with a massive lawsuit
BW-100 looking real useful about now
Pro tip, if you wash hands before playing video games, your controllers won't look like crap
Legend right here, calling the facts as they are
But if you wash yourself before using a towel, how is it getting dirty?
@@joneinarmattiasvisser6113 is this supposed to be a serious response? Or is this the tik tok trend of asking a dumb questions from message boards that were funny like 20 years ago?
Either way, you're pretty cringe.
nah man switch controllers are really that bad, never had these issues with my older gamecube controller and i chewed on those things
Skin is made of dead cells. Unless you are wearing a contamination suit, you are getting dust particles everywhere, even after a shower.
Oh wow. Doctor hindsight found the first solution everyone has tried 5years ago. Good job
Why am I watching this, I don’t even have a switch
Lol same
I’ve been searching all over RUclips for this thank you
The thing is they don't even fix the joycons, they just flat out replace them
instructions unclear, i blew up the entirety of tacobell
Well recently people found out that it’s from the aluminum casing under the stick that causes it, because it bends and then stick can no longer make good contact with the pads
This is what I did and it worked a lot easier and you don’t need one of those air blower thingies, what I did was I put a pencil on the flap, and blew air into it, literally you can blow the air from your mouth, a fan, practically anything and it’ll begin to work, I did this and it worked like a charm
tried a lot of things, what did it for mine was WD-40, not the electrical special type, just a bit of normal wd40, started worming perfectly again
Wd 40 will catch alot more dust/debri over time then normal . Just keep a eye on it.
This strangely worked for me! I had such bad drift that I would never use my left joycon, but I gave this a go, and it works like brand new.
I had a joycon with drift so I didn't use it for a year and now it works fine again
Bro this man’s joy cons are as shiny as the display Nintendo switches that you can play demos on
I thought the solution people have found was to stick a square card behind the stick assembly? Supposedly the retention of the stick assembly seperates over time causing weird input. Unfortunately it means you gotta open the joy con but it could be a cheap fix.
Yup, that's definitely something people do. This is just something that you could try if you don't want to/can't open up the Joy-Con yourself.
an actual, reasonable, money-humane way of fixing something... my faith in humanity is restored
I feel like im the only one that didnt know you could buy canned air
You must be very young
Mr O’Hare
Spaceballs
Tell me you don't know about electronics without telling me you don't know about electronics 😂
I use a q-tip with rubbing alcohol on it to clean under the flaps and it always makes the drifting stop for me.
🟦.... Alcohol should NEVER be used on Rubber or Vinyl,... Sure it'll clean it out for a little while, but the bits of rubber debris from the deterioration caused by your using alcohol on the "Flaps" will just serve to accelerate this process.
@@joshhayl7459 What should it use then?
me who doesnt even have a joycon: "hmmm very interesting might be useful later"
Or just send it to Nintendo for free 😂
Thank you, they outright replace crusty looking controllers too. (Which I think applies here too)
I've always recommended a quick spray of silicon lubricant to not only loosely seal the connection between the socket and the flap, but also keep movement nice and smooth. This has also fixed some stick drift in the past with clients controllers. As for the longevity of the fix, I'm unsure, but you have a full can of spray at your disposal which should last a lifetime for a set of switch joycons.
I blow into them myself 💪
And get spit into them which will fry the insides?
Yes, careful with that. It isn't ideal for the longevity of any electronic device.
"Dust" isn't getting under there in such quantities to actually cause the drift. The debris is coming from erosion on the inside.
But somehow a blast of air temporarily relieves the issue, and over time, the air gets less and less effective.
This does occur. However, that is not the cause of stick drift.
The real reason that drift occurs is that metal & or plastic housing actually falls down roughly 1 millimeter, causing a gap between the brushes & the graphite contacts. To permanently correct your drift issue, open the controller & place a 1 to 2 millimeter piece of paper/cardboard/something stiff enough to have the housing of the controller push the metal & or plastic housing back into place when the clamshell is joined pushing that gap back into place and the brushes can now contact the graphite pads.
This will 100% fix/correct the drift problems..
I have just used a can of automotive contact cleaner, which is non conductive and lubricating and it has worked wonderfully.
My stick drift was so bad it magically flew to the wall
My Wii U was being awful and the left joystick would be still but the character (mostly link in BoTW) would still move, which caused lots of stress and also stopped me from playing the game for a while. I looked it up and it said to just blast air into the joystick, which worked like a charm, and I can play botw without stress. I told my mother and she laughed and went “yeah, when any issue with Nintendo happens, just blow air where it’s messing up”
Yeah this is harder than just opening it up honestly
How? You're literally just lifting a flap and spraying air.
Honestly, I’d rather just to go to the point of sale and replace it totally free, because that’s something Nintendo has to do for us in Europe after the class action.
"Expel the dust"
*I feel like a Head Teacher / Principal* 😈😈😈😎
Used the find my controller vibration for a while and it helped a lot for me, visible diffrence in the calibration screen
OMG BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST HAD TO BLOW SOME AIR FROM MY MOUTH UNDERNEATH THERE AND NOW IT WORKS PERFECTLY. THANK YOU!
Lol sure thing. 3h later the problem is back
@@theneedforspeeder9575 No.. it has been like 21 hours now. No problem yet and second if it happens again i will just blow some air underneath it and the funniest part is that i can do it without tools with just my mouth.
It is probably too late but don’t blow with your mouth? Your saliva can possibly get inside and cause more damage than stick drift
O'hare finally did it, the sold the air
Man it's been discovered this has nothing to do with dust for like 4 years now.
My little brother bought his used, rubber things completely missing, most intense drift I've seen
That you so much for appearing on my shorts cuz i have a switch lite so i couldnt send it to nintendo to fix it but this trick helped so much and works! Many thanks
Np. I’m so glad to hear that it helped you out!!
I just wiggled that flimsy plastic under the joystic with a q tip dipped in alcohol. worked like a charm
THANK YOU!!!
This video was so good I don't even have a nintendo switch
Lots of alcohol....I just fix mine yesterday. Lol. 2 pair just alcohol and rolling the joysticks 🕹
Nintendo casually creating the most flawed console
Another thing you can use is wd40 contact cleaner. NOT REGULAR WD40. it can be found at most stores and it's in a can that says specialist and in green writing says "contact cleaner". I use it all the time on my oculus controllers.
It should work, I do the same thing when I get dirt in my contact lenses just take some dustoff and stick straw in eye and blast away works great. I advise you huff it B4 and after! 😁
About to blow violent puffs of air into my joy con 😎
Update: my joy con’s broke 😢
I got a switch controller that was third party but lisebced and it literally had so much stick drift that it was fully actuated without any movment
All of the controllers I one have gotten stick drift but my switch controllers weird
I had a controller that had horrible drift, and a few days ago I tried to blow out gunk that I thought might be stuck. and SOMEHOW that fixed YEARS of extreme drifting! you don't even need a can of air, just blow on it!
The flaps are NOT THE PROBLEM. You actually do haft to open it up, and it's actually based off of the sensors that calculate the X and Y position, which can easily be touched when moving the joystick around. The flaps absolutely do not cause this issue, and the X and Y calculator components just ware out easily, or in another term, calculate with the numbers way off.
i hope Nintendo sues you for defamation and slander this info is false and will cause people to dmg there own property.......
i surly hope you look into online defamation law
Just open the Joy Con, and put a 1 mm slide of cardboard beneath the joystick itself.
People who know.
not talking about how to fix the isue(i already knew) but that's a good theory why joycons are tipicaly depicted to have drift more than other modern controllers.
I opened the actual joystick box to repair my stick drift and found that the conductive material was being deposited on the tracks that tell where the joycon is. This was on a launch day Switch.
Unrelated but the same. I fix atms. Card readers get dust built up in them. Doesn’t take much but in time it blocks the locking mechanism and causes the card reader to not release your debit card.
Sending them too Nintendo is probably the best solution because they basically send you a all new joycon
I got smart with this and just took the cover off it makes it easier to get dust in but MUCH easier to get it out
Quit the clickbait BS, this is completely false. If this works it will work VERY temporarily, so the is no “fix”
What I did with mine was-
1. Drained the batteries.
2. Poured Isopropyl Alcohol on the analog stick.
3. Rotate the analog stick in a circular motion.
4. Dried it.
5. Recharged the joy-con and tested it and it works like brand new.
Actually if that movement becomes crunchy then you were probably trying to make it dirty. Also they have the same lifespan as other brands controllers but those other brands weren’t sued for no reason.
There might be a way to fix it *says the problem* and if that doesn’t work
My joycon stick got hit the ground and now i can only go up and down with it.
No left, rights, or clicks on it.
It can still move those directions but they dont do anything in games.
Nah, my joy-con is broken thanks to a friend slapping it on the table. 😶 Even slapped it on the table with this safety belt thing...
I used rubbing alcohol and it fixed my drift and haven't had a problem since .
You could also try putting a q-tip with light rubbing alcohol it the flaps
My joycons started drifting and my power a controller too for some reason. Set it down for 2 months and when I picked it back up it worked fine??? Well try this if it happens again tho, thanks!
That has nothing to do with the drift, and the PS4 and PS5 also have drift. The problem its more in the case that holds the joystick
I'm glad i haven't bought a Switch, the worst build quality in a Nintendo console ever.
I don’t just have stick drift I have every problem possible with these custom joycons
Bro actually stuck the right joystick in his schnozz
But XBOX has drifting too. A video shows how to fix that already exists on RUclips though.
But what if the joysticks still drift even after getting rid of the dust inside the mechanism?
Here's a verry crazy idea: WHY NOT PUT A BIT OF CARDBOARD UNDER THE JOYSTICKS!?
In other words - designed ✨️obsolescence✨️
I learned the ins and outs of joycons. Started replacing my own. Bought a bunch of AliExpress replacement joy sticks and replaced all drifting sticks, including my friends and families. They may eventually drift again but it’s cheaper to just replace the stick than buying a new control.
You can buy Hall effect stick replacements now, should be a one and done for repair
mine has a little piece missing in the thumbstick
i like to imagine they have a joycon repair department
Nintendo: Repairs those things for free
This guy: how to fix stickdrift
why is it crunchy? WHY THE FRICK IS IT CRUNCHY?!?!
6 pairs of joycon in, and Ive never experienced drift... Knock on wood
Fun fact: if they fixed the flap issue thier controllers would last 2x longer than Playstation and Xbox. The flaps are legitimately the only thing holding them down.
My Nintendo switch lite's left thumbstick won't push down
Or Nintendo could just redesign them and stop future problems
my right joystick fell off. do you think it has drift?
Get a que tip with some alchohol and lift up the flap and lightly go around it
I had no idea about the flaps, I've been dusting the same way I would any other stick. Thanks for pointing out the thing I overlooked. ;D
In another universe: Probably to fix stick drift will charge you 70$
A good year of preety much constant use and i have never experienced any problems with my switch other than a mildly scatched screen and dusty usb port
Then seriously congrats. So many of us deal with this and if you’re lucky enough to not have the problem yet that’s awesome. When it does eventually happen though Nintendo will replace them for free, so just something to keep in mind
Yep same here I have a fairly noticible scratch but not to horrible and a pretty clean charging port with either no drift, or drift so little I don’t notice it
@@budderguy2128 Good to know, thanks
Why deez controllers look so sweaty
everyone is wrong. the problem is that they joy con’s don’t have tension in the back so the pcb can flex which creates bad contact for the sensitive sensors. which is why all solutions require opening and adding some support like cardboard.