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Screwdriver and conductive foam turned up this morning so I sat down and got to work with the fix.
My issue with the left joycon was cutting out and short desyncs from about 4-5 feet away made worse if I rest my legs up in front of myself, level with the switch on my desk.
After adding the foam and giving it a test in the same relaxed position so far it's been rather flawless and i've not noticed any cutting out while playing fast rmx, I also tested it's overall range playing the switch at a room size distance away, perfectly fine is nothing is in the way but behind my back it was jumpy, however both joycons were doing this so it's a limit of the tiny wireless packages in the joycon mostly.
It's an improvement for sure but it's not as good as a revised joycon motherboard would be, having the built in antenna lead up next to the metal casing of the analog stick is just bad design from the ground up.
Overall I paid £3.39 for everything, 0.99 for the screwdriver and 2.40 for a sheet of conductive foam just so I could cut a small square out of it.
Screwdriver and conductive foam turned up this morning so I sat down and got to work with the fix.
My issue with the left joycon was cutting out and short desyncs from about 4-5 feet away made worse if I rest my legs up in front of myself, level with the switch on my desk.
After adding the foam and giving it a test in the same relaxed position so far it's been rather flawless and i've not noticed any cutting out while playing fast rmx, I also tested it's overall range playing the switch at a room size distance away, perfectly fine is nothing is in the way but behind my back it was jumpy, however both joycons were doing this so it's a limit of the tiny wireless packages in the joycon mostly.
It's an improvement for sure but it's not as good as a revised joycon motherboard would be, having the built in antenna lead up next to the metal casing of the analog stick is just bad design from the ground up.
Overall I paid £3.39 for everything, 0.99 for the screwdriver and 2.40 for a sheet of conductive foam just so I could cut a small square out of it.
It was a size 0, or Y0 going by this ebay page. I bought the smallest head I could find since the screws are really tiny on the joycon. it works well for such a cheap screwdriver.
Well done on this
still confused why people are modding themselves when under warranty and Nintendo are happily replacing though...
Well done on this
still confused why people are modding themselves when under warranty and Nintendo are happily replacing though...
Want to sell me some conductive foam to make use of what you have left?Screwdriver and conductive foam turned up this morning so I sat down and got to work with the fix.
My issue with the left joycon was cutting out and short desyncs from about 4-5 feet away made worse if I rest my legs up in front of myself, level with the switch on my desk.
After adding the foam and giving it a test in the same relaxed position so far it's been rather flawless and i've not noticed any cutting out while playing fast rmx, I also tested it's overall range playing the switch at a room size distance away, perfectly fine is nothing is in the way but behind my back it was jumpy, however both joycons were doing this so it's a limit of the tiny wireless packages in the joycon mostly.
It's an improvement for sure but it's not as good as a revised joycon motherboard would be, having the built in antenna lead up next to the metal casing of the analog stick is just bad design from the ground up.
Overall I paid £3.39 for everything, 0.99 for the screwdriver and 2.40 for a sheet of conductive foam just so I could cut a small square out of it.
Screwdriver and conductive foam turned up this morning so I sat down and got to work with the fix.
My issue with the left joycon was cutting out and short desyncs from about 4-5 feet away made worse if I rest my legs up in front of myself, level with the switch on my desk.
After adding the foam and giving it a test in the same relaxed position so far it's been rather flawless and i've not noticed any cutting out while playing fast rmx, I also tested it's overall range playing the switch at a room size distance away, perfectly fine is nothing is in the way but behind my back it was jumpy, however both joycons were doing this so it's a limit of the tiny wireless packages in the joycon mostly.
It's an improvement for sure but it's not as good as a revised joycon motherboard would be, having the built in antenna lead up next to the metal casing of the analog stick is just bad design from the ground up.
Overall I paid £3.39 for everything, 0.99 for the screwdriver and 2.40 for a sheet of conductive foam just so I could cut a small square out of it.
That's very kind of you. I'm in Cornwall. I'll send you a PM.
Of course, but the options are to sit still and moan or get moving and fix it.
Just done this myself, thanks for helping out with the materials!Screwdriver and conductive foam turned up this morning so I sat down and got to work with the fix.
My issue with the left joycon was cutting out and short desyncs from about 4-5 feet away made worse if I rest my legs up in front of myself, level with the switch on my desk.
After adding the foam and giving it a test in the same relaxed position so far it's been rather flawless and i've not noticed any cutting out while playing fast rmx, I also tested it's overall range playing the switch at a room size distance away, perfectly fine is nothing is in the way but behind my back it was jumpy, however both joycons were doing this so it's a limit of the tiny wireless packages in the joycon mostly.
It's an improvement for sure but it's not as good as a revised joycon motherboard would be, having the built in antenna lead up next to the metal casing of the analog stick is just bad design from the ground up.
Overall I paid £3.39 for everything, 0.99 for the screwdriver and 2.40 for a sheet of conductive foam just so I could cut a small square out of it.
Curious how this goes. I figured I'd use the warranty period to identify issues, but then I remembered, oh right, Bergsala.
Cool, hope you find the improvement worth the time.Just done this myself, thanks for helping out with the materials!
Mine was a grey one, no foam confirmed when i opened it up.
Putting the antenna next to the metal casing is not bad design in itself, and if it was an issue it would be an issue on all units. The antenna also does not appear to be signficantly detuned when holding it (absorption losses will of course happen, but you can't really avoid that even if you move the antenna). There is no fundamental issue with the basic antenna design. Clearly something can happen that messes it up completely, but it is not due to a fundamental error with the entire antenna concept as you seem to be suggesting. They might change the antenna in a revision, but if they are confident in their current fix I don't really see the need.
Sorry for the late reply, I sent in the left joy-con last Thursday and got it back this Thursday, so 7 days turnaround all told. It's fixed now with no connection drops even if there's stuff in the way or playing cross-legged. The repair didn't cost anything, just paid 5€ to send the package (as a DHL-Paket so it was tracked and insured). Very painless.
Ya, I bought it from Amazon but they just offered to replace mine with a new one (which could've been just another broken one) so I didn't opt for that and just sent it to Nintendo directly on my own after chatting with support.