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Hello everyone, I have a CTR-001 3DS with broken L and R buttons, with the R button rarely working. I have another 3DS that might not be recoverable that I would be willing to use for parts. I don’t have a soldering iron so I was wondering if I could switch out the buttons without one. My charge port is also bad but I saw that I would need a soldering iron to fix that. Many thanks!
Hi Giamo, The L and R buttons are connected with flex cables to the motherboard. You can replace them both easy without soldering. Link for the part: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40000370… Note: For the charging port, you need to de-solder the old one and solder the new one in, or replace the motherboard (but this will be expensive).
