Nintendo New 3DS XL Touch Screen And LCD Repair | Fix Scratches 

I wanted to switch out a TN panel with an IPS panel and following your tutorial it was soooooo easy! Both consoles work great and I‘m happy I used your tutorial for it. I liked that you didn‘t skip a part and didn‘t fast forward anything.

I just followed this tutorial and saved my 3ds, thank you. Very clear camera angles and I like that you don't skip foward.

This is absolutely the best New 3DS XL teardown tutorial on RU-vid, thank you very much!!

the relaxing music helps a ton, just fixed a 3ds with a touchscreen deadzone and I'm really happy to have found your guide! The hardest part was removing a stripped screw, in the end I broke the housing a little lmao

Thanks , for this wonderfully detailed video , showing step by step the dismantling process. I like it that you 1) Zoom in to show me how to lift the zif sockets 2) You show how you tilt and install the flexi Cables at the Hinge portion 3) You also showed exactly how to reinstall all the parts instead of asking viewer to reverse watch your tutorial. My 3DSXL had a faulty Digitizer , and I😅😃 purchased a Digitizer for $1.49+$1.30 = $2.79 and your Walkthrough help me repair my daughter's 3DSXL... THANK!!!

Thanks so much! I was scared popping out the bottom screen because I thought there was more than glue and this was super helpful!

This video was a massive help! I don't think I could've done this swap without it. Thank you!

Hey I just want to say thankyou for responding to the comments, i had an issue of the light turning on temp then a pop sound would happen and it turned off. I saw someone else commented this and your response to that fixed my problem :)

dude I spent hours on this last night because the two clip cables on the top right were so damn hard to get in. thanks.

Excellent channel. Very straightforward and simple videos. Keep up the hard work!

Let me know if you have any questions regarding this repair.

Looks so tedious but it's going to save me 100$

Thanks for this video - just replaced a bad digitiser in my son's device and this guide made it quick and easy!

Very helpful, thank you for sharing

Thanks for the guide. Replaced both LCD and digitiser in my daughters 3DS, all went well. Nintendo certainly love their ribbon cables, sheesh! 😬

Thank you for this video! I managed to break the bottom LCD screen on my 3DS like five years ago and left it broken in a drawer. I found it a few weeks ago and decided to try to fix it, and with this video and a $20 replacement from Amazon, it's as good as new 😎

Fantastic video But to be frankly honest, seeing all this, I might just have a professional fix mine lol

Thank you for this! If you don't mind, I do have a question: what's your take on glass touch screens for the 3DS? In my searches on eBay, I have come across both plastic and glass replacement digitizers for 3DS models, but I am unsure of how they compare to Nintendo's stock plastic ones. Would glass variants differ from plastic touch screens in responsiveness or sensitivity, or in any other way?

Im working on my courage to fix my broken LCD screen in my New 3DS as well. Im watching this video enough times before I apply my fixed screen.

Thank you so much for not putting loud and obnuxious music

Thanks you, made it a lot easier to fix it

What kind of monster did this to N3DS XL... Good job with repairing!

you need to be knowledgeable before doing this. I just broke my 3DS using this guide. It may look simple but It's actually really hard even though you have the tools. two broken cable clips and a broken 3ds

Thank you! I was able to use this guide to replace the digitizer on my 3ds today and i am finally able to use it again

I don't think I've ever seen a device with so many flex connectors. Props to Nintendo for designing a repairable device rather than one packed with glue.

Thats so chill this Video

Hello! This was a very informative and relaxing video. I do have one (potentially dumb) question. Is the lens (or digitizer?) that goes over the LCD what makes a screen an IPS screen or is it the LCD screen itself?

Cheesus who was playing with it John Rambo! =)

Hey man thanks for the video it really helped me easily take this thing apart and put it back together. I'm having a problem, I replaced just the lcd and put everything back together as you showed. When I powered it the blue power led came on and the bottom screen blinked for one second then shut off and made a popping noise. After doing this twice the 3ds no longer is turning on; thoughts on what might have went wrong?

is it possible to replace LCD without replacing lens and just using previous lens? or will adhesive not work after unsticking?

This was an inmense pain, but so thankful for your help

Hello, I followed your video and it was excellent. I successfully replaced my bottom screen, but when I turned it back on, my top screen is not working. I assume it pretty much has to be a cable I forgot to plug back in. Do you know which cables I should check for this?

I tried it and i think i tore one of the cables because now it makes a popping sound and turns back off.

Thank you so much my touch screen works perfectly after recalibrating

Great informative video, very easy to follow along. Thank you.

Jesus you make this look easy

This tutorial is very well made. Thank you!

Do you mind adding a link in the description of the specific touch screen you bought. The one I bought was falsely advertised and it is waaaaay to small to fit.

I followed this and when put it all back together and press the power button, the light comes on, stays on about 5 secs, then I hear a click and it turns off. Is there something I've done wrong?

Thank you so much! IT SURVIVED!! ^^

Hey! Your Tutorial was 🔥!! but my DS turns on, lights up blue, then makes a popping noise and both screens don’t turn on. Can you please help??

Man I don't even need to fix my 3ds, I'm just here for the music.

i use the touchscreen and some parts will register a touch, but not in the right spot. ive tried calibrating it and nothing changes, that part of the screen just doesn't work. would i need to replace the Touch Screen Digitizer and LCD or just the touch screen? i dont know which part i need to get, so it would mean alot considering ive had this ds for the past 6 years. no scratches, and the battery is fine.

question, i had the same issue others had with the blue light and then the popping noise. i re seated all the ribbon cables and now my issue is the blue and yellow lights turn on but neither screens will power on. i only checked cables on top of the mother board, so should i remove the mother board and check the cables underneath?

If I am just replacing the LCD, can I reuse the old touch screen that still works? Will I need some sort of adhesive or is it strong enough to hold on by itself after being removed?

Took a long time of me trying to get it to work, either the top or bottom screen was black, just remember if your screen is black on 8:43 the connector is supposed to be flipped brown side away from the motherboard, my only advice is to make sure the connectors aren't damaged and if they are keep trying to fully connect them, even slightly loose and it won't work

Great video, thank you very much!!

Excellent video! Thanks!

I followed this to change my touch screen and now my bottom screen has some kind of mist on the lower right of the panel. I took it all apart, cleaned it and tried again but it's still there. Do you think is the LCD? Could I have caused some damage while cleaning it?

My New 3DS XL bottom screen has melted burn marks on. The actual screen picture underneath looks OK and is fully playable. Would I just need to replace the touch panel or do the screen aswell? Also are the New 3DS XL and original 3DS XL bottom screens the same size etc?

I installed and noticed a foggy screen is there a protective cover on the front of the touch screen that needs removing?

Could you do a full shell swap tutorial?

Is the lens/screen the same size for the new 3ds xl and the old style? Listings on eBay can be ambiguous

i re did this 4 times already, end result is always the blue light showing for a little bit and then the pop noise before it shuts down. i really dont know whats going on besides breaking the clamp for the joycon. i taped it up and i wouldn't assume the entire system will shut down because of that. i definitely think it has something to do with the 3 cables on the upper right side, i did them exactly the way u put them but no luck. i gonna try flipping it upside down but if not then i really dont know what it is.

Hi Great video. I think the touch screen is what is wrong with my 'new 3 DS XL - US version'. Below I have 3 questions? - How did you source the screen? ebay? amazon? -The screen below the touch screen, how can you tell if that is not working a(nd can you buy the complete lower screen(touch screen + digital screen) - do you know if there is a difference between the Europe and US touch screen i.e. do you have to ensure you buy the correct one? Thanks in advance

Does Nintendo use a third party brand for their upper screens? Which brand is the same or closest for a replacement? Are the other brands of the same quality?

Hello, thank you for this video. I need help with my new 3ds xl. I need to press my "A" button really hard for it to work and sometimes it doesn't work. It cancels my acceleration in mario kart all the time. Do you have any idea how to fix this? I really would appreciate any feedback.

Great tutorial! When I finished putting it all together everything worked perfectly… except it turns out the bottom screen LCD I got from eBay was cracked 😭 I have to wait for a refund now.

I just bought a used one - My 3d is either full or off - and my upper touch screen doesnt respond to touch, is it supposed to be this way?

I have a question: I followed your video and managed to replace my digitiser, however the touchscreen seems less responsive now than it should be. Do you reckon it's a deeper issue or is it just because the digitiser was cheap quality? I tried two of them from different sellers and had the same issue.

Thank you so much!!! Now I can use my 3ds :D

I just replaced the bottom screen both the digitizer and the LCD because the touch screen wasn’t working. Do you have any ideas to what could Be the issue with my touch screen

thank you very much 👍

Hello, i just changed my touchscreen and my top lcd now doesn't show anything, its just black, but it's on, any solution?

Can I use this to simply clean the bottom part of the upper touch screen?

Did you use any adhesive when returning the bottom screen? Or is it alright without it because of the support thing behind it?

Excuse me, do you kknow if this affect the 3ds effect?

Is this repair also usable with the older model of the 3ds?

Could you provide links for the tools you used and the replacement digitizer and lcd

So does this work if, say The Bottom Screen still works, but theres some Cracks and a big black Splotch all over?

THANK YOU

Does the original 2011 3ds touch work without stylus like with fingers?

That black plastic layer protecting the bottom LCD is very hard to remove on New3DS regular size

Hello, I need help please. I put everything together. Now the blue light comes on for 3 seconds and then there is a cracking sound again and again.

My n3ds xl has vignette on bottom screen, but the touch is good. Does replacing the lcd fix my problem?

Great video and super helpful! I have a question tho, I bought an original version of the 3DS XL on ebay and it is ''Refurbished'' by the seller and is loaded with games. I'm wondering if since it's refurbished maybe they used different parts and it wouldn't be the same process as this video, and if so maybe theirs a different way to replace the bottom screen? It works perfectly, it's just there is tiny scratches that bother the hell out of me that I want to get rid of on the bottom screen. Is there a way as simple as it is to just not have to take it all apart and just peel it off carefully like you have to do when you replace a scratched top screen? And if so could you make a video on how to do it? I would GREATLY appreciate it. Please let me know. Thank you.

The thing wrong with my new Nintendo 3ds xl is that the touch screen is out of whack it’s not working properly what should I do I can’t even play games that require the stylus

I did fix the old broken touch screen to replace it with the new 3ds xl touch screen, but then something went not working that I did struggle might to break it.

What do you use to clean the lcd

I need a touch screen for new 3ds xl do you know what ones work if so could you give me the link to it

Damn this thing has a buttload of ribbon cables, kind of makes me not wanna mess with it

What did you use to clean the LCD panel before reassembling the digitizer?

old 3ds xl bottom skin work with new 3ds xl ??

And aside from my red new Nintendo 3DS XL I own a blue/black new Nintendo 2DS XL which is completely broken I can’t do anything on it except turn it on and off and I have a working original Nintendo DS that has a broken opening hinge and some weird stuff on its touch screen

helpful👏👏👏

My 3DS touch screen turned black I think it broke from water damage

please help me does this work on the old 3ds XL

My top screen isn’t turning on now, what do I do? It turns on and glows but it’s all black

i really wouldnt recommend putting the part where you have the new digitizer on top of the screen, it made me think you could peek it off which caused me to rip it 😞

This video was almost fine but it broke my 3Ds and also the screen linked doesn’t even fit properly

How do you do this with a normal 3ds xl?

Does anyone else recite the serenity prayer before putting all the cables back in? Maybe it's just me.

Now tell me how to remove a stripped screw? I got all of the back screws except one and now it's completely stripped bare. My screwdriver cannot get a grip on it.

So the DS turns on, new touch screen works. Everything is working fine, except... My top LCD isnt turning on?? I don't even know which cable this is, so I'm going to retrace my steps and redo all the cables...

i fucked up i gotta go bald now

What if it doesn't turn on after all of that?

The top screen to my 3ds is black and none of the buttons including the touch screen work

How do i know what model of 3ds i have

nice

Now the console turns on. But the top screen remains dark. When I move the folding screen the console turns off.