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Topic: i need help fixing my 3ds shoulder buttons

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mayela

the L button sometimes doesent work and i blow into it and it works for about ten minutes, but the R button is stuck so it thinks im always holding it down, so in games like mh3u it just drives me crazy, i dont have a warranty and i dont want to send it too nintendo. anyone have a sollution?(i tried blowing on theR button but it doesnt work)

mayela

BadKitty

Dump glue in them then slam it reeeeeal hard, it'll pop back into place and never fall out~

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GuSolarFlare

my 3DS had something like this L button issue but on the R button, in no time it stopped entirely and I had to send it to repair in the Nintendo authorized place.... it wasn't cheap(but every place has a different pricing) but they repaired it in 30min so it wasn't all that bad! and now it's even better than new(what might mean I got a 3DS with factory problems, what's kind of sad...)

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mayela

it didnt fall out it

mayela

GuSolarFlare

mine didn't fall either it just stopped working.
but experience tells me that not sending it to repair soon might make the issue unrepairable(lost a GBA SP, Gamecube, ds lite and Wii for being stubborn and ignoring the problems)

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mayela

whats average cost?

mayela

GuSolarFlare

here in Brazil it was R$160.00(about $80.00) now I don't know in the US....

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GuSolarFlare

Link-Rova wrote:

$80 to repair shoulder buttons?!
What a bl**dy rip-off!

I live in Brazil everything is overpriced here, I hate this part...

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Jono97

Never had a button stuck down before.. But at one time, both my L and R buttons were dead. Now, they're just unsteady. From what I've seen, the most plausible answer to why the L/R buttons break is because of dust.
Solution that kinda worked for me
~ Blow into the L and R button slowly to allow some moisture. Then, hold down the buttons tight and move them from left to right.
Solutions that seem plausible
~Like one Youtube video, pour some alcohol into the L/R button that is unresponsive.
-Alcohol doesn't create short circuits
-Alcohol evaporates quickly
~Open the 3DS and clean the interior
Use online guides

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Not extremely into nintendo at the moment, but not really into anything else either. :|

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Retrowire

Jono97 wrote:

Never had a button stuck down before.. But at one time, both my L and R buttons were dead. Now, they're just unsteady. From what I've seen, the most plausible answer to why the L/R buttons break is because of dust.
Solution that kinda worked for me
~ Blow into the L and R button slowly to allow some moisture. Then, hold down the buttons tight and move them from left to right.
Solutions that seem plausible
~Like one Youtube video, pour some alcohol into the L/R button that is unresponsive.
-Alcohol doesn't create short circuits
-Alcohol evaporates quickly
~Open the 3DS and clean the interior
Use online guides

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Jono97

^That XD

Not extremely into nintendo at the moment, but not really into anything else either. :|

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GuSolarFlare

lucky you, in my case blowing didn't work, the button had broken.....

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FishieFish

just [g]ive it another hard blow love

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