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Topic: Buttons drifting on joy-con

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Magonigal

I know there are problems with the joy-con and the stick drifting but now my directional buttons below are drifting aswell and wondered if anyone else has this problem as i thought it was just the stick that was an issue. If i press the down button it continously scrolls down most of the time. Does anyone know if Nintendo Europe are replacing them for free yet?

Magonigal

BongoBongo

I've never had that problem although I did have a problem with the A button not registering for a little while after I was irresponsibly playing while eating one time.

I did also have the stick drift on my original red/blue joycons and I may have solved this all by myself recently (potentially only temporarily but time will tell). Working on a personal theory that the drift was caused by dust and gunk resting on the connection, I tried letting gravity be my friend and turned the joycons upside down - leaving them like that resting on the shelf. I then forgot about them for a few weeks and picked them up again the other day and have had no drift since. Hardly scientific and may end up drifting again but better than nowt!

Obviously only works if you have another pair to play with in the meantime!

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NEStalgia

Directional buttons don't "drift". They are digital. They are on or off. If a button is registering as permanently "on" it is physically stuck in the down position. That may be a defect, but if it is , it's just a normal "well that sucks" defect to replace under warranty. If it's not under warranty, you probably got some dirt or something stuck under there and can try "unsticking" it by cleaning under the cap, but that's not a widespread kind of problem like the potentiometer in analog sticks have been (for all manufacturers this gen, it seems.) Sticking buttons can be an issue with button inputs (Apple's redesigned keyboards in Macbooks have been notorious for that recently, for example.) But it's not quite the same as the known analog stick problem, if it's an actual defect and not just dirt.

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Benjoo

Mine have been fine until recently (now 18month old joy cons). It started drifting up on the left joy con when I moved it. It's actually making Zelda unplayable. Last night my right joy con started to play up too!

However you should try calibrating it on the system setting on your switch controller. It worked for me for a while but it's back with vegence now. I got an Amazon replacement coming in mail and I am going to try and fix it myself. Good luck!

Edit: typo

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CurryPowderKeg79

I personally recommend trading in old controllers for new ones every year. I've done this for over 20 years and i've never had a problem with any of my controllers.

Edit: I do realize that everybody is not retired and/or has enough disposable income for this to be viable.

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia Drifting, the new popular buzz word amongst the youngsters...

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

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Magonigal

'Drifting' was the wrong word to use but I'd only heard about problems with the sticks and then last night I had the buttons showing similar problems with one press automatically scrolling so just wondered if other people had button problems

Magonigal

NEStalgia

@ThanosReXXX Switch needs more racing games....it's the best system for drifting....

@Magonigal Well, it's not a well known or commonly experienced problem, unlike with analog sticks, so I think you just genuinely got an unlucky lemon (or something is caught under the button cap...)

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sdelfin

I don't have first-hand experience with this, but I've had phantom button presses with Bluetooth controllers before. I don't know if it was a bad connection or if it had something to do with a low battery charge. If it is not a physical issue, perhaps it's something along those lines.

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ThanosReXXX

@NEStalgia That actually deserves a like. Unfortunately, that isn't possible in forum posts, so you'll just have to take my word for it...

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

Nintendo Network ID: ThanosReXX

NEStalgia

@Magonigal You know @sdelfin has a good point I hadn't thought of. It might not be the button at all. Dock the controllers and try it that way. It's hard-wired that way. If it happens there, the button is sticking. If it only happens wirelessly you might be looking at a radio issue with Bluetooth where the "down" signal gets there, but there's an interruption when you release so it never reads the "up" signal. That does happen if you're losing radio reception between the joycon and the console (I have a couch arm that must be made of lead....my joycons AND PS4 dualshocks randomly lose connectivity like that and I "drift" and such if I keep my arms obscured by the chair. Oddly my XBox controllers remain fine. )

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ThanosReXXX

@Magonigal No worries, man. I was just kidding.

'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'

Nintendo Network ID: ThanosReXX

Magonigal

@NEStalgia It happened with the joycon attached so must be a sticking button. It's a few years old from when the Switch was launched so probably need to replace it. Hoping will get replaced for free with all the class-action lawsuit attention (stick is drifting also)

Magonigal

Leobro1106

I have had my switch since christmas last year (2019) and I am experiencing the same problem

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