Reemplazo de la pantalla táctil de la Nintendo 3DS XL

Escrito Por: Charlene Donlon
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Reemplazo de la pantalla táctil de la Nintendo 3DS XL

Dificultad

Moderado

Pasos

23

Tiempo Requerido

1 - 3 horas

Introducción

Para llegar a la pantalla táctil de Nintendo 3DS XL, primero deberás quitar la placa base y las piezas que la acompañan. ¡Esta guía te ayudará a reemplazar tu pantalla táctil en poco tiempo!

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    • Desatornilla los dos tornillos de 4.2 mm que están localizados arriba de la cubierta.

    • Los tornillos tienen arandelas (rondanas) de seguridad que evitan que los tornillos se desprendan de la cubierta . Deja las arandelas en los tornillos; no es necesario removerlas para esta guía de reparación.

    Note: If your top or bottom screen was working before disassembly and doesn't work after reassembly, then it's likely that the connector is loose or dirty or damaged or not clipped or PLACED UPSIDE-DOWN. I had this issue with my Super3DS XL(2015) and it turns out that the reason why my top screen wasn't working after put together, was because I had the top LCD connector upside-down. After I correctly put the connector in, It worked again!

    justjustintuber -

    what type screwdriver do i use?!? its so small!!!!

    Matthew -

    I had success using a #00 Phillips head

    Jake S -

    Can't clip the front of the back cover back in

    Macro Man -

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    • Coloca el dispositivo de manera que la cubierta quede hacia arriba.

    • Usa una herramienta para abrir de plástico para desprender la cubierta empezando desde la esquina derecha.

    • Sostén la orilla de la cubierta para asegurarte de que no se cierre de nuevo.

    • Revisa la pequeña sección debajo del compartimiento del stylus. Manipula la cubierta en ese punto si aún no se ha desprendido.

    • Quita la cubierta del dispositivo y deja la batería a un lado.

    Note that on the lower side (opposite to the hinges), there are small hooking tabs. These require you to lift the top (screw side) off towards you, then the lower area.

    Jordan Kelly -

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    • Inserta la herramienta para abrir de plástico en la apertura localizada en el lado derecho de la batería.

    • Empuja la bateria fuera de la carcasa.

    • Levanta y retira la bateria fuera de la carcasa.

    My 👴 grandpa was helping me 🔧 repair my 3ds xl and ⚡️electrocuted himself with the 🔋battery while we was taking it out with a 🔪 knife. 💀 Rip grandpa 😔

    Corban Bennett -

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    • Usando pinzas remueve las gomas localizadas arriba del dispositivo a cada lado del slot de cartuchos

    I found that the rubber bumps don't move easily, you'll likely have to use a lot of upward force to move them.

    jconnell85 -

    I torn one of the bumpers because I used a needle instead.

    luxusmirajane -

    You do have a pry a bit. I tore one a little but not that big of a deal.

    Christopher -

    I think the ease of this step would be subject to the age and condition of the 3DS. Mine came out with minimal leverage using my nails.

    infmz -

    try twisting upward

    Kmi Nguyen -

    I used a super tiny metal screwdriver to push the bumper against one side and then used the screwdriver to push it up and out

    S Maduras -

    I tried tweezers but they were scraping against the plastic and I didn't want to leave any marks. Ended up using a tiny flat screwdriver to get them out like S Maduras said. Once I got them out I noticed there was a tiny bit of glue on the bottom holding them in place.

    Anth Rodi -

    My 3DS XL is so old that the rubber bumpers were very hard to remove.

    So I tried to heat the rubber bumpers a little bit with a hair dryer for 15-20 seconds, with some pauses every 5 seconds in order to avoid overheating or damaging something as a precaution.

    It worked well to remove them but the only drawback is that as my rubber bumpers already got damaged and scratched because of my previous attempts without heating first, heating it up after aggravated the scratch damages when I used tweezers.

    So I would recommend heating the rubber bumpers moderately first and be gentle when using something that could scratch or damage them.

    (Do not take my words for it, it may not work for you)

    S. Tony Ly -

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    • Quite los 6 tornillos de 6.2 mm usando un desarmador Phillips #00

    #000 ifixit philips screwdriver does not fit the 6.2mm screws. Whats the deal?

    sevenethshinobi -

    I have a 000 Phillips from tekton and it worked just fine.

    Megan -

    I stripped a good #000 screwdriver, and found that EVERY screw actually fit perfect and snug with a #00 screwdriver. Zero damage to the screws or the screwdriver with the #00.

    Vannicke Trabeitt -

    Don't buy the #000 screwdriver from this site! It's poorly made and strips the screws. I had to drill the screws out and replace them, it was very tricky and nearly broke my DS. Get a screwdriver from an electronics store.

    sharga -

    I bought and used the #00 screwdriver, and it worked perfectly for this.

    I had also bought the #000, but I never needed it during the entire operation.

    jconnell85 -

    All 6 screws are exactly the same so you don't have to worry about mixing them up.

    Christopher -

    One of the screws in my 3ds XL seems to have its '+' engraving worn off, i can't seem to unscrew it, though the other 5 unscrewed properly. What should I do?

    Potato Man -

    J000 works better here.

    Dom -

    I stripped a screw in my 3ds xl and don’t know how to get it out. Do I have to use a drill or is there another way?

    Troy Czaban -

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    • Retira el tornillo de 2,3 mm ubicado sobre la ranura del cartucho de juego con un destornillador Phillips #00.

    between these two steps, the bottom two screws are not mentioned. make sure to take those out too ;)

    anthony pullano -

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    • Asegúrate de que se haya retirado la tarjeta SD. Con una herramienta de apertura de plástico, haz palanca en la carcasa inferior comenzando por el borde inferior y trabajando alrededor del perímetro.

    • Dos cables planos conectan la carcasa a la placa de circuito. Ten cuidado de no tirar demasiado fuerte de la carcasa y rasgar los cables planos.

    Make sure that you have removed your SD card, otherwise that'll keep you from completing this step.

    jconnell85 -

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    • Retira los cables de cinta ubicados debajo de los topes izquierdo y derecho haciendo palanca en la base de los cables con una herramienta de apertura de plástico.

    • Retira completamente la carcasa inferior del resto del dispositivo y déjela a un lado.

    The IR board is facing the wrong way.

    Jordan -

    Thank you so much for pointing that out, it was keeping my system from starting up and I thought I blew it!

    Ryan Hescock -

    Yup, that is definitely an upside-down IR board, and will result in a silent post error. It was driving me crazy trying to figure out why the system wouldn't start up.

    alexmouravskiy -

    That's it!! Thanks so much!! I've tinkered around about one month and couldn't get this thing to work...all because I've followed the guide here and looked the picture up twice so I don't put the IR-Board in the wrong way...

    chfreydank -

    Hehe. That would explain why it was not working ;-)

    boma40 -

    Thank you guys so much! I followed everything faithfully and it was DOA on startup. (Black screens, blue light). The IR board was backwards. These pictures need to be fixed. As-is, it shows a broken 3DS.

    jtmuehlbauer -

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    • Coloca el dispositivo de modo que la ranura del cartucho de juego quede en la parte superior.

    • Localiza el joystick circular en el lado derecho del dispositivo.

    • Retira los dos tornillos de 7,5 mm de las esquinas superior izquierda e inferior derecha.

    This IR is bad side, diode IR must be UP

    patholog -

    Careful you don’t lose the little washer on the circle pad stem. It’s not held down by anything.

    edwardsgreg -

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    • Con una herramienta de apertura de plástico, saca el joystick circular de la almohadilla.

    • No utilices una fuerza excesiva con la herramienta de apertura de plástico. Hay una cinta que une el joystick a la placa base y que permanecerá unida.

    • Hay una arandela suelta ubicada entre la almohadilla y el joystick circular. Ten cuidado y no pierdas esta pieza.

    I found it easy to put my finger ontop of the board and apply a little pressure. When i popped off the board, my finger stopped it flying off.

    Chris Ramsay -

    I made a small mistake by popping the circle pad joystick and it went flying off and now im stuck trying to put it back in

    magnus munoz -

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    • Con el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado la solapa de retención que une la cinta de la almohadilla circular a la placa base.

    • Retira la cinta y el joystick de la almohadilla circular.

    The 'flat head' holds it in place when down, and you can reattach your ribbon cable when it's up, it only needs to be partway in so when you close the flat head, if your joystick board can't move easily in place then you've done it right, it it's too loose, try again to work the ribbon cable under.

    jconnell85 -

    The ribbon goes into the left side of the "flat head" right? Not the end that clamps down on the right? I'm having a !&&* of a time sliding the end of the ribbon into the little space between the flat head when it's up and the side of the terminal.

    Sedroc Djeddi -

    For those of you like me, who got stuck after the last step.

    To understand how to actually remove the circle pad, continue with these steps at 21.

    Reemplazo del "Circle Pad" de la Nintendo 3DS

    Hope it helps those after me. I almost ripped some cabling inside thinking I had to take out the motherboard.. luckily I didn't.

    monk333y -

    Just as what monk333y said, follow the Original 3DS steps. They are identical and you don't have to remove anymore big parts. The only annoying part is taking out the circle pad.

    luxusmirajane -

    I broke the retaining clip. It is not very strong and I used a bit too much force i think in opening the clip or pushing it back down. Thinking of using hot glue or something else to keep the circle pad ribbon in place.

    Lawrence -

    Did the hot glue work? I did the exact same thing now im not sure what to do…

    Matthew Johnson -

    How do you re attach the ribbons? do the just snap right into the motherboard?

    petraogan -

    thank you monk333y, the author of this guide needs to correct a couple of things and how hard would it be for her to add steps 21 onward from the other guide?

    S Maduras -

    step 11, if you're just replacing the button, you don't need to disconnect the circle pad ribbon from the motherboard.

    S Maduras -

    During re-assemblhy, note that the peg between the joystick mechanism and the circle pad is rectangular, and must fit into the matching rectangular socket on the circle pad.

    Dan -

    When testing the touchscreen, make sure you install the analog. Otherwise, the screen will act erratic. Thought I broke a brand new part. Just a heads up!

    Hassan Sinanan -

    The entire top part of my circle pad had broken off, so I had no problem getting the old one out. I actually had more trouble getting the ribbon cable back into the clip, and the new circle pad attached to the stick, than any other part.

    That said, this was way, way easier than I expected it to be.

    Emtu -

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    • Coloca el dispositivo de modo que la ranura del cartucho de juego quede en la parte superior.

    • Localiza la placa IR ubicada en el lado superior derecho de la placa base.

    • La placa IR está instalada al revés en estas fotos por error. Si lo instalas de esta manera, tu DS no podrá iniciarse. Ten en cuenta la orientación de su placa IR antes de quitarla y vuelve a instalarla de la misma manera.

    • Retira la placa IR con una herramienta de apertura de plástico insertando la herramienta debajo de la placa IR y haciendo palanca suavemente hacia arriba.

    The IR board appears to be upside down in this photo.

    Eric -

    One assumes they forgot to take the photo before removal and quickly put it back on upside down (accidentally) for the purposes of taking the photo.

    Retro Gaming Repair -

    Removing the IR board is actually a completely unnecessary step. It's absolutely fine to leave the IR board attached to the motherboard, it's then one less loose piece to go missing ;)

    Retro Gaming Repair -

    The reason they remove these "easily loosable" pieces is because there's an order to put the board back together or the 3DS won't turn on. This is for replacing the motherboard, which most of the time you will buy and it won't come with the microphone, volume or IR board. Use your head kiddo. If it's so easy to loose these pieces, you should keep better track of them. We might as well just not take out any screws as well because those are very easy to loose

    Miles Holiman -

    You should add this note to the other uses of this picture; I accidentally knocked that chip off and reinstalled it upside down. I was referencing the photos for replacing the joystick.

    Infernal Dalek -

    You skipped removing the microphopne.

    Mykaila Brown -

    In my 3DXL, there was no IR board: the parts were installed directly on the motherboard.

    Dan -

    I agree my 3dxl the IR board is also part of the motherboard and doesnt come off.

    Anthony siracuse -

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    • Con una herramienta de apertura de plástico, saca la placa Wi-Fi.

    • La placa Wi-Fi aún estará conectada por un cable y no es necesario quitarla por completo para este paso. Simplemente colócala fuera de su lugar en este paso.

    Component on bottom left was taken off, but not mentioned. Not sure what it does it does, and I'm assuming it's unimportant, but I just wanted to note.

    Jordan -

    The thing on the bottom left in the little black rubber cover is the mic!

    Maxwell Alexander -

    Why not just seperate the wifi board from the antenna now while in your hands? You're going to do it later anyway...

    Retro Gaming Repair -

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    • Ubica el interruptor de volumen en el lado derecho de la placa base al lado de la almohadilla circular del joystick .

    • Usando pinzas, retira con cuidado la placa de volumen de la carcasa. Todavía estará conectada a la placa base mediante un cable plano.

    As previously commented, in this step the microphone (lower left corner) was removed.

    This is done by opening the grey flap, removing the ribbon from the motherboard and then either remove it or just let it sit in it’s place.

    In my experience the motherboard will go around it easily.

    Stefan Nicodem -

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    • Con el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado la solapa que une la cinta de la placa de volumen a la placa base.

    • Retira la placa de volumen y déjela a un lado.

    This step proved to be unnecessary. It's perfectly fine to leave it attached, and again it's one less small fiddly piece to go missing.

    Retro Gaming Repair -

    What if I pushed flap too hard and detached and cant find. Now I unable to secure in. Is there a part for this?

    Crystal Ramirez -

    Its is the small grey flap that holds in the ribbon.

    Crystal Ramirez -

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    • Retira las piezas de plástico negro de las esquinas inferiores izquierda y derecha con los dedos o con pinzas.

    • También puedes quitar estas piezas fácilmente levantando con cuidado la 3DS y sosteniéndola boca abajo. Normalmente se caen, ¡pero no las pierdas!

    Does anything happen if you lose them or not, that last part made me a little worried?

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    • Con el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado la solapa que une las dos cintas más pequeñas a la placa base.

    • Estas aletas se encuentran en la parte superior derecha e inferior derecha de la placa base.

    • Retira las cintas de la solapa.

    For the first picture on step 17, (the one at the top of the board) what does that cable connect to? My clip broke.

    Bradly -

    MMM as far as I can tell it looks like it's for the touch screen as it plugs into p13 and is the same plug type as p10, p12 and p17 and a couple others. Could be wrong though :)

    Connor -

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    • Usando el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado las aletas que unen las cintas más anchas a la placa base.

    • Para las cintas más anchas, asegúrate de levantar las solapas del lado blanco.

    • Retira las cintas de las solapas abiertas.

    Note: the top right wider ribbon is for the camera, the thinner ribbon in the top right is for the speakers and the bottom ribbon is to the upper lcd. You will want to ensure you stack the ribbons appropriately when putting the system back together.

    Elaine -

    Had some trouble with this: Not exactly sure why, but when after successfully replacing the screen and beginning to resemble, while reinserting the wide ribbon for the lower LCD (p8) it seems that the white locking clip unhinged itself from the connector, and bent some of the pins. The ribbon now won't fully insert.. Can't figure out if I've somehow completely ruined my 3ds. Mostly concerned about my save data that's not on my sdcard.

    kbbauer -

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    • Usando el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado la solapa que une la cinta a la placa base.

    • Para esta solapa, levántala desde el lado negro.

    • Retira la cinta de la solapa.

    • Reensamblaje: Esta cinta ancha es la que tiene la RAYA NEGRA y va en el lado superior (visible) de la placa base durante el reensamblaje.

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    • Retira diez tornillos de 3.0 mm que se encuentran alrededor de la parte frontal de la placa base.

    It’s not a *!&*^#% 5.5mm, it’s 0.05mm probably. I ended up using wrong screws and punctured the housing. So wrong!

    장한솔 -

    I think those 5,5 mm mean the length (!) of the screws. The heads are normal little Philipps, perhaps #00 or #000.

    VauWeh -

    I took a micrometer to these screws, they are not 5.5 mm long.

    Evan J Garner -

    These screws are 3.0mm long.

    Marques Jones -

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    • La placa base aún estará unida en la esquina superior derecha, así que no la separes por completo en este punto.

    • Levanta con cuidado la placa hacia arriba lo suficiente para liberar los dos soportes de plástico ubicados cerca de las esquinas superiores de la ranura del cartucho.

    • Voltea suavemente la placa base sobre el lado superior.

    Laying it down like this puts too much stress on the ribbon cable. I find it better to release the connector while the board is tilted at a 90 degree angle to the body of the 3DS. Less chance of damage to the top screen cable that way.

    Retro Gaming Repair -

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    • Usando el lado de la cabeza plana del spudger, levanta con cuidado la solapa que une la cinta más ancha en el lado superior derecho a la placa base.

    • Asegúrate de levantar la solapa desde el lado blanco.

    • Retira la cinta de la solapa abierta.

    • Deja la placa base a un lado.

    So I tore this wire is this the visual or something?? Please help

    linkon king -

    I tore this wire too. Am I able to buy it individually?

    dobe mon -

    How do you get this cable back in? It is way too short...

    Luke Miller -

    Tweezers, steady hand, and a little luck.

    Marcus DeCamp -

    So, before step 23 do you put the bottom half of the 3ds xl back together?

    Poké Pi. -

    When fixing, I can't put the 2 wires in the connector. HELP!

    Owen Burch -

    are there issues with compatibility between motherboards? one works perfectly and the other powers on then off

    xdboost -

    Don't unplug this cable. Just leave the motherboard flat and don't move it while replacing the face button(s). This thing is way too hard to get back in.

    Engiturtle -

    It's hard to put it back but it's doable if you spend a lot of time, it took me around an hour and a half, also make sure you put it well because the first time, it was not fully inserted and the screen was flickering with gray lines so after I reinserted it worked fine.

    Levan Kakashvili -

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    • Abre la bisagra del dispositivo.

    • Presiona suavemente hacia arriba en la pantalla táctil hasta que se separe de la carcasa.

    Hi everybody,

    Just to comment that they have some adhesive double tape between the LCD/touchscreen and the case. So be careful too.

    Chi Thuan Phan -

    I found that using a spudger to wedge it worked for me.

    Chris Ramsay -

Conclusión

Para volver a armar tu dispositivo, sigue estas instrucciones en orden inverso.

Autor

Charlene Donlon

Miembro Desde 08/04/14

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21 comentarios

what if you need to replace the screen on the top housing? what is it called.

kerriereed -

Is the bottom LCD screen of the Nintendo 3ds xl, the same as the one in the NEW Nintendo 3ds xl?

Looking for what part to buy.

markknobel -

Bit old, but did you figure out the answer which to buy?

White -

Very detailed and easy to use step by step thanks. However, after reassembly after I switch the power button on it starts and then a flash and it trips out? Obviously a fault somewhere but not sure where to start.? Any thoughts appreciated.

Pete Mason -

That's to do with a part this tutorial skips: you need to put some insulation between the new screen and the motherboard. That's what that orange film is on the back of the screen in the photos. When replacing, you can easily (carefully) remove that film and stick it onto the back of the new screen, no problem. Or you can put some other sort of adhesive to create some insulation between the screen and motherboard. Hope this helps.

Albert Wiltfong -

where can i get replacement adhesive tape? my touchscreen is fine, but the system was previously owned by a child so the adhesive lining is filled with food bits and whatnot, tried google but can't find anything so far.

Elizabeth Morse -

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I was able to fix my DS thanks to this after I dropped it and the touchscreen became weird. The problem I was having was a black touch screen with a glitched line across it that still responded to touch. I could tap on things on the touchscreen and the top screen would respond, but there were no images on the touchscreen. This was exactly what I needed and I recommend it to anyone with similar problems.

Riley McIntosh -

So I was trying to fix my 3ds xl (2015) the other day and the problem was when I would flip my 3ds open it would make a pop sound and shut off. I went in following instructions on how to assemble it and all that. Afterward I didn't fix it so I just decided I'll save for a new one. In doing all this I created another problem. My bottom LCD displays but it will not respond to touch. Does this mean I need a new bottom LCD? I have a lot of games and data I don't want to lose just because my bottom screen won't respond. In order to keep it all I need to do a system transfer which I can only do in system settings which requires touch to navigate. Can anyone help?

Spencer -

It's the older 3ds xl model not the New Nintendo 3ds

Spencer -

The re-attachment of that first cable was a challenge, trying to wrestle the chassis, motherboard, and ribbon cable. I've written a short guide that makes it much easier, accessible here:

Reinstalación de la placa base de la 3DS XL

Dan -

I broke the plastic touchscreen on the bottom screen. (Not the LCD) So basically the plastic part has a dent in it, and it’s always tapping in one place. Now I would’ve gotten it fixed by now, but the problem is I have the new 2015 3ds xl, so I’m not 100% sure if this guide will work. If someone could confirm for me, that would be very appreciated! :)

Zachary Watson -

how do take the hinge off

Hammer Gaming -

This is not helpful I need one that is kid friendly usually I can fix anything as a 12yr old girl but this was confusing.

Katherine Jhonson -

I did a full housing swap and only the touch screen doesn’t respond. The bottom screen still shows an image though. Should I just replace the digitizer?

mrjennyl -

Thanks a lot. This was a really detailed guide which got my 3ds working in no time at all. Reassembling the ribbon cables is probably the hardest thing to do on this small project.

Tommie Aldridge -

I’m following the instructions, but I broke the ribbon cable for the volume board. I guess I won’t be using this 3DS anymore.

Doggo Boi -

Thank you very much, my daughters 3DS XL is working again!

During the reassembly the white locker of the ribbon cable from step 18/pic. 2 jumped out. This was nearly the death of the Nintendo… To get it back on the two rows of the maybe 100 pins I needed 3 trys of around 15 min. each before stopping the repair for this day and beeing very frustrated. This thing was way too small for human Hands ;-)

The 4th try was successfull, but the locker lost the two guiding side-pieces. After closing it, I taped it down and it’s working!

So be carefull with this while reassembling :-)

saal -

Does the digitizer need replaced too?

James McCurry -

Extremely confused, how does the mid-frame come into play here? Yes it houses the digitizer but how do you join that with the LCD screen? The actually replacement was poorly detailed here as well. This seems to be the only real guide for the bottom screen, an actual video needs to be made, one that notes the differences of the LCD and digitizer.

Dhanushka Jayasinghe -

so i tried to fix my touch screen because it as off, ant when i put it back together, the touch screen turns on, but now it dosent even register that i tap it at all. is htere some thing i did wrong?

zach Snider -

Thanks for putting this together. I had been a while since the last time I replaced a 3DS lower LCD and definitely needed a refresher. Appreciate the effort that went in to this. Many thanks!

Matthew D. H. -