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This happened to me today, not because of rage... But because of my switch falling off the bed 🤦

I just droped it and i'm watching this so you know what happened

Thanks man I really needed this I broke my connector when I was raging

you were out of frame at the most crucial part! that ribbon cable for the joycon rail is absolute HELL and I've managed to break 2 right joycon motherboards trying to fix them

for anyone who had *accidentally* popped the connector on the *right joycon* off and doesnt have any access to tools, you can fix it with only your fingers assuming the ribbons are still attached to the connector. There should be two ribbons on the connector, one with a lighter tip on the top and one with a darker tip on the bottom. Disregard the top ribbon, it is absolutely useless in terms of general functionality. Your priority should be reconnecting the bottom ribbon. There should be a little usb port lookin thing that aligns with the ribbon. Try to lay the ribbon on to that port thing before gently pushing it it. If you managed to reconnect that ribbon your next priority should be putting the connector back inside the joycon. First you gotta insert the side of the connector where the screws are supposed to be . If you do it correctly you should be left with the connector tilting since the other side isnt popped in yet. The trick to putting that side back in is by stretching out the joycon's hole. With a few trials and errors you should be able to put that side of the railing back into the joycon and viola, your right joycon is working and charging again, though without the lights working, but them lights useless anyway. If you managed to connect the ribbon but you dont want to risk breaking the joycon with the brute force method above, you can just attach the connector back to the switch whilst the ribbon is still attached to the joycon and it should still charge but with the downside of not having a comfy handheld experience.

FYI: the joy-con will still work. Of course if you don’t fix it you don’t play on tabletop mode. You just have to slide off the other joy-con and you can play. The piece with the ribbon is the thing that charges it and makes you able to play tabletops mode. The thing you have to be careful on the busted joy-con is the battery ( again the ribbon charges the joy-con ) which I do recommend putting it back on.

dude, thank you so much, I dropped my switch and it hit the joycon and took that rail right off, if it wasn't for this I wouldn't have a working joycon

aka how to fix your joy can before your dad gets home EDIT: I fixed right after I told my dad about and he was proud of me!

hey man, just wanted to say that you've been great about this- ignoring the fact that ur tutorial is easy and great (my sister accidentally dropped it and now i need to fix it so she's happy, so now i'm following this), you've been replying to all of the comments! that's dedication, you're great :) have a nice day!

Thank you man! I was really sad and worried when i thought i needed to buy a new one w my own money! Never knew this was so common!!

I droppeed it on week 3 of quarantine and I never knew this was such a common problem; I'll let you know if this works!

Thanks for the help, dropped my switch and it landed wrong and just ripped this out. Got it working again. Cheers

This is gonna be useful. I Raged and smashed the switch on my leg and the joycon's rail came off. However, the rail stuck in the switch so I'll need to open the switches back

Thanks sm for this video! I ripped open my barely month old left joycon by accident but luckily the ribbon cables didn’t detach. This video helped me put it back together :)

Good video & repair 👍 Like the music selection for it too. Does your recording setup allow for manual focus? I'm no video guy though, maybe that would create more trouble than the occasional auto focus hiccup. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. From a on old man's perspective, the video would have been better if you zoomed in on your work center screen. Cheers

2nd time happening to me. Kids keep dropping joy con. Thanks for the tips.

Thank you! I need to try this when I get home

Thank you this helped me alot 😃

This happened to me today I went into my backpack and found it broken and my dad bought it for my birthday before he passed away I was upset. Thank you for making this demonstration 😁

Bro you are a legend, my switch joycon rail broke, and I followed this and my switch is as good as new

Video that has not been done that I have a problem with. I dropped my switch and the joycon broke off the switch. only the railing attachment it stuck on th2 switch with no way to get it off

I dropped my switch and it just exploded. Thank you so much for this guide.

There were two ribbon cables on the joycon which one was the one that helps charge it and which one was the one that controls small buttons on the bottom

Thank you!!! Its working now. Yay!

We don’t have the screwdriver for this, so I just stuck it together and it surprisingly works anyways

Something so similar happened to mines and no videos is on it my Nintendo switch fell and the railing the right joy on connects game off and is stuck on the right joy con with broken plastic stuck on one of the connecting parts ( it snapped and broked) what should I do??

Omg thank you so much this helped me a lot

Do I need a certain type of screwdriver? Great video, by the way! 😊

THANK YOU SO MUCH 💓!!!!!!! I was connecting it to the TV and it fell so now its broken so thanks 😊 Edit: I've had my switch for almost 5 years now

I dropped mine but it didn’t come off, it’s like bent so instead of being flat, it’s lifting up on one side, idk what to do and one of those little brown things on the inside are sticking out

The fact that thats exactly what happened to me and i dont know you is wild.

Thank you😭😭😭 I’m literally crying my ass off searching for this

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

thank you so much! i dropped my nintendo and my sisters joycon got ripped off i was panicking so much but the vid helped and i repaired it!

Trying to see if I could possibly help my little friend to fix his joy con. Thanks for the video

Thank you for the video because today my Nintendo remote got broken

my fave part was when it was all blurry and my 2nd fave was when the fix was out of frame. thanks

Thank you so much bro I was worried

How do you get the latch off cause mine is stuck on the part of the switch where it connects the joy right joy con

I can't wait to try this out I broke my switch controller a day before I have to go on a 2-hour plane trip

I have one question: What if I accidentally took it out in a complete raging moment, and somehow managed to make a little crack on the little hinge under the Z button that has one of the screws, this get stuck, and by panicking about this event end up damaging the screws (changing the screwdriver shape of the screw)?

Do you have to do the same thing if your right joy on was broken?

Can anyone help me my daughter snapped off a joy con so I bought a replacement and now it won’t work when attached, I’ve taken the rail off and inspected it for damage but I cannot see anything and It looks identical to the working one.

Thank you... Your Awesome!!

Hey im in quite a predicament here, do you think you could help me? This same thing happened to me, but it was in such a way that the connector stayed attached to the switch’s screen and so there’s no way to get it off. I was planning in just getting a new Joy-Con altogether as it would be easier than this since I don’t have the tools or anything, but if the connector is permanently stuck on to the switch then it is not an option. Also idk if this matters but the Joy-Con does actually work, it is still paired to the switch and it does recognize any button inputs. What should I do? Thanks in advance.

HELP PLEASE! What if that latch piece is still attach to the switch display? My son dropped my switch and it came apart but the latch piece can’t be removed because the safety catch button is broken 😞

I came to this video because I accidentally broke my right joy con on my Nintendo switch OLED. Instead of the ribbon cables coming out of the joycons themselves, they are sticking out the side of the switch on the right side..not sure how much that’s going to cost to get replaced if I go that route and will I have all my saved game data after repairs?

My Little sisters snapped like that but its still contexted and works so any fixs?

Ooooo nice repair music :)

Thanks I needed this I broke it after Metroid

Mr. Thank you soo much that happen to my pink controller it broken the same way 😁😉

Hey man my joy con fell and only half of it is out and I don’t have the proper tools to fix it what can I do?

Just the vid I was looking for your the best

The same thing happened do me but i dont have that kind of screw driver? What do i do

You did good on the video i would show a little more details or zoom up to get a better look at it before & after you know but i got it 😁✌🏾💯

Is it fixable if the hatch to lock the connector is broken?

I may or may not have gotten pissed off while playing Mario kart...

Hey, GameDad i got a question. This happens earlier and know my switch isn’t turning on. Does the joy-con breaking have to do with this? Thanks. Also if you guys don’t what screw to use it’s called the tri wing screwdriver.

Thanks a lot finally I can play thanks again

stupid question, the Joycon and the little slide on with the wrope noose... can you show how it's suppose to be fitted and split apart. I can't believe it's needed as much force/strength as I'm needing to apply to split them apart for kids. Note Joycon onto switch and Joycon onto the "single remote unit (making it like a xBox remote) is easy/peasy.

Can you recommend what screwdriver to use cause I cannot find one

Hey that same thing happened to me do you think you could possibly fix it

Game dad i lost the little button on the back to let the controller detach and i dont know if i will be able to buy another one

My joycon broke, but the broken rail is still attached to the switch. Is there anyway to get it off so I can just replace that joycon with another?

My zl and joycon rail came off how can I fix the zl button?

What kind of screwdrivers do you use in this video:)

Thanks for this I'll try to fix my joy con.....but do you know how I can take the connecter thingy of the switch it's stuck..when I broke my joy con that part got stuck

What size tri wing screw driver is it

The part that this conects to on my swich is loose. When i try to put in the joy con it says it isnt atacthed to swicth, even though it look likes it

My joycon snapped, tried to do this myself and broke the ribbon, with I saw this video earlier. Anyway at least I know for next time lol.

It was a tad bit hard to see what exactly you did after you said you took apart another joycon

It really helps a lot so thnx

that if the other side that when you detache it it comes off is stuck pls answer i need this

Mine cracked but did not tear out is there a problem to fix this its like on the top that broke but the bottom not so bad And im suffering in pain and i dont want to get in trouble

Thank you so much

I'm having problems with my left joycon. I dropped it and a piece came off and I can open up it easily now unlike my right joycon and whenever I press the l shoulder button it's stuck is there any thing I can do to fix this problem

What type of screw type are you using?

Hey man can you make a vid to how tkk on fox both of the right bumper and trigger

Ok I’m trying it tomorrow I hope I can fix my switch I threw it into the ground when my game closed when I was in a miiddle of a level lol

how do you do it with out taking it apart? cause i dont have the tools

Yeah, mine just broke because of rage. It seems like it should be an easy fix. It’s not like the screen is shattered so I’m watching this because I wanna learn how to fix this myself.

Hi can you please list your tool set for this

Hi Gamedad. This has just happened to my grandson’s original blue joycon. (Original Red seems fine). The plastic broke with ribbons hanging out, and I can’t fix it. So, I bought 2 new ones on amazon and they don’t work right. I’ve paired and charged, but the left blue one lights but won’t work and right red works intermittently. Is there a certain type that goes better with the original full Nintendo switch console I got him this past Christmas for $299 from Target? Square trade won’t help without me shipping entire thing back and no way grandson is giving up tv controllers for that to happen. Do I have just buy another $99 set from some other seller and try again? Some are neon, some are curvy- does it matter? Can we still use the old red and mix and match in a new blue? Grandma in her 70’s here and little gaming/ set up savvy. Thanks in advance. COVID time is no time for Nintendo switch woes.

This happened to me but the weird thing was the controller still worked I just couldn’t play handheld

Thanks so much

Hey man I wanna thank you but I don’t have the tools for the screws in the joy con so if you can tell me that will be awesome 😎

But what if the controller is just off but the thing with the cable is stuck on the system

i dropped my switch and one of the ribbon cables stayed on the joy con and ripped off of the slider part. what do i do??

For me this didn’t happen the connecter is still on my switch and I’m trying to take it out and I don’t know what to do.

Could you please make a video on how to put the joy on connector back on bc I idk how to put it back on please I really wanna play on my Nintendo

One of my orange paper things got cut some how do u know how to fix it?

So the railing is stuck in my switch like in the video and I need help with removing it safely so I don't break my switch, there is a crack in the joycon and it's the one that controls movement in games so I want to get a new joycon unless there is a way to fix it 😢

But I lost my kickstand during the process....

What if the joy on is still connected but it’s just tilted and uncomfortable (my problem rn) Because I raged to hard when playing

What should I do if it just pops out of place but not completely out

Ok so I dropped mine and the red joycons buttons stoped working for awhile but not the thumbstick and then it would work for awhile but it would press random stuff then it would work fine then it will stop working again what should I do because I don’t have the money for a new one

4:27 ...”and the flap was out”... would have been great to see exactly what you saw

This happened to me but the latch bar is staying onto the screen so how do i take the latch bar off. PLEASE HELP ME