Your video is one of the best even to this day. It gave me enough courage to do the complete swap, I was originally just going to do the back and joy cons but now im going for it
this is exactly the walkthrough I need, My new switch casing arrives monday, and I'll be replacing the front and backplate, updating the battery, cleaning the fan, and replacing the joycon shells. I'm so excited!
Glad to help, Just make sure you have all the screen wires unplugged before removing it. I did break my touchscreen attempting to reopen the Switch to clean out some dust on the screen. Good luck :)
@Notts Gamer I managed to get everything done and only broke 2 things! The SD card reader I accidently broke trying to push its little clicky thing back in, and I broke the ribbon cable to the left joycon rail so it won't recognize any left joycons 😅 both things are easy to fix with replacement parts, which I already ordered. The screen and everything else works perfectly, however! Thank you for this dope tutorial!
Things will always go wrong whan doing this kind of thing. I thought leaving that in the video would help others avoid the same mistakes I made. Some of mod videos make things look way to easy somtimes. Cheers 🍻
its funny how your video finds me after i finished doing the same thing to my own switch, same color too. But what's hilarious is you also chose to keep the black buttons from the original joycons instead of using the atomic purple buttons, bumpers, and triggers the kit came with. Although i did swap the top buttons (SR & SL) on the joycons with the atomic purple ones xD
While eXtremeRate's tutorial is decent, this video helped me build up the courage to do it on mine! It only took a few hours, and I've got a totally atomic purple Switch without a single missed screw or damaged component.
I just kept at it using a few different sized bits and eventually they came out, but it did take me quite a while to do. Luckily the screws are quite a soft metal so they do eventually budge. Their may be a better way but yeah I just bruit forced the out.
Well I bought this front plate and I'm watching videos on installation now, I think this looks a little to intense for me! Especially pulling the screen out like that.
@@NottsGamer Yeah I must admit I was saying a pray as you pulled on that screen.. I was kind of hopeful the fact the video was up there was a happy ending. Looks great.
How did you get the stripped screws from the side rail out? Trying to use a dremel to grind the head down but not sure if that is a good idea cause it could make the threads stay in with no way to remove them
I must admit when the screws rounded off I thought it was game over. But I just kept trying different size bits in my driver until eventually they shifted. I'm sure there are easier ways but yeah, I just bruit forced them out and it did take quite a while.
Yeah it wasn't one of the easiest mods for the switch that's for sure and so much can go wrong. I did break the touch screen not long after this. But thats a much easier fix.
@@NottsGamer When had to swap my front plate I thought I somehow damaged by touch screen, but it turned out that the digitizer cable just wasn't seated properly. Interestingly, even Nintendo effectively recognized how hard the front is to replace, since if you look at an OLED breakdown, the top is now part of the back plate and the bottom is now its own separate piece. Though that could just be due to the OLED barely having any actual front part that isn't the screen.
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Your video is one of the best even to this day. It gave me enough courage to do the complete swap, I was originally just going to do the back and joy cons but now im going for it
Amazing, I'm so glad I could help!
this is exactly the walkthrough I need, My new switch casing arrives monday, and I'll be replacing the front and backplate, updating the battery, cleaning the fan, and replacing the joycon shells. I'm so excited!
Glad to help, Just make sure you have all the screen wires unplugged before removing it. I did break my touchscreen attempting to reopen the Switch to clean out some dust on the screen. Good luck :)
@Notts Gamer I managed to get everything done and only broke 2 things! The SD card reader I accidently broke trying to push its little clicky thing back in, and I broke the ribbon cable to the left joycon rail so it won't recognize any left joycons 😅 both things are easy to fix with replacement parts, which I already ordered. The screen and everything else works perfectly, however! Thank you for this dope tutorial!
Thank u for keeping it real and including the mistakes you made. I appreciate it.
Things will always go wrong whan doing this kind of thing. I thought leaving that in the video would help others avoid the same mistakes I made. Some of mod videos make things look way to easy somtimes. Cheers 🍻
its funny how your video finds me after i finished doing the same thing to my own switch, same color too. But what's hilarious is you also chose to keep the black buttons from the original joycons instead of using the atomic purple buttons, bumpers, and triggers the kit came with. Although i did swap the top buttons (SR & SL) on the joycons with the atomic purple ones xD
I was gooing to use the buttons from the kit but I just prefer the look and feel of the black ones.
Massive plums to attempt this but definitely looks good that buddy 👊🏻✌️
Nice one cheers mate! I did 💩 myself a bit taking that screen out though.
@@NottsGamer kept cool from our view 😎✌️
While eXtremeRate's tutorial is decent, this video helped me build up the courage to do it on mine!
It only took a few hours, and I've got a totally atomic purple Switch without a single missed screw or damaged component.
Awesome stuff 👍 Im so happy this helped.
How did you remove the screws on the side rails? I’m having a rough time trying to remove them. What did you do?
I just kept forcing the screw, probably not the best idea. But they came out eventually.
For this screw use jis000 screwdriver!
I wanna do one in that color and the glacier blue like the N64
Oh man that would be a great shell colour.
Any tips on how to take out those rounded off screws? I've got a stubborn one on my right rail that won't come out.
I just kept at it using a few different sized bits and eventually they came out, but it did take me quite a while to do. Luckily the screws are quite a soft metal so they do eventually budge. Their may be a better way but yeah I just bruit forced the out.
Well I bought this front plate and I'm watching videos on installation now, I think this looks a little to intense for me! Especially pulling the screen out like that.
Yeah, you do have to be very careful taking the screen out. It's really easy to damage the touch screen as I found out.
Hey does anyone know if and where can buy a replacement glue tape/strip for the Nintendo switch screen
I doing this right now and now there is a screw stripped and I can’t get it out
looks great, but crikey that is a brave mod!
Thanks! I was OK right up until the screen had to come out. That was a scary thing to do with only a hair dryer and a suction cup 😂
@@NottsGamer Yeah I must admit I was saying a pray as you pulled on that screen.. I was kind of hopeful the fact the video was up there was a happy ending. Looks great.
You definitely have massive plums dude ,King Kong aint got sh!t on you👊🏻Good good mate 🤩✌️
I agree it looks way better with the original black buttons
Yeah, the purple buttons just didn't look right at all.
How did you get the stripped screws from the side rail out? Trying to use a dremel to grind the head down but not sure if that is a good idea cause it could make the threads stay in with no way to remove them
I must admit when the screws rounded off I thought it was game over. But I just kept trying different size bits in my driver until eventually they shifted. I'm sure there are easier ways but yeah, I just bruit forced them out and it did take quite a while.
I tried it now my switch don’t turn on? What did I do wrong 😂😂😂
This looks way too complicated for me to attempt
Yeah it wasn't one of the easiest mods for the switch that's for sure and so much can go wrong. I did break the touch screen not long after this. But thats a much easier fix.
@@NottsGamer
When had to swap my front plate I thought I somehow damaged by touch screen, but it turned out that the digitizer cable just wasn't seated properly.
Interestingly, even Nintendo effectively recognized how hard the front is to replace, since if you look at an OLED breakdown, the top is now part of the back plate and the bottom is now its own separate piece. Though that could just be due to the OLED barely having any actual front part that isn't the screen.