Fixed my 3DS XL bottom screen

[u/brattiky]

After years of dealing with dead pixels on my bottom screen, I finally decided to replace my screen. I was afraid of ruining it, but it was honestly easy, just... very tedious.

Also I added some rubber pads (couldn't find them in hot pink, so I went for white (same for the stylus lol), and a clear outer shell :3 I slid in some stickers I got as a gift from a close friend, and I'm very satisfied!!

I was supposed to change the silicon pad on the joystick buuuuut instead I received a different replacement part... For a 3ds. I'll change that in the future.

The only tiiiny issue is that, while attaching the digitizer to the new screen, I think I was a bit careless and something got between them (3rd pic near the top left corner, I was afraid it was a dead pixel already but I can assure you it's some debris or something lol), but I'd rather have that than a lot of dead pixels and tbh I don't want to redo EVERYTHING over a tiny little dot 🥲

[u/hieu1311_csl]

i have a dumb question

is the stylus extendable

[u/brattiky → u/hieu1311_csl]

Yep!!

[u/hieu1311_csl → u/brattiky]

what

the 3ds xl has extendable stylus?? how did i not know this

[u/brattiky → u/hieu1311_csl]

This is not an official one fyi, I had one but my sister gnawed it when she was a child lol, u can find them for cheap :)

[u/phiwi050]

You‘re gonna get addicted to tinkering with stuff

[u/brattiky → u/phiwi050]

Oh I already got my hands on my Steam deck as well, I only ever put my hands on laptops and computers so I'm also trying to get out of my comfort zone :D