Hardware 3DS R button being unresponsive sometimes

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currently having trouble with the right trigger button being unresponsive sometimes, the odd part is that it's perfectly fine one moment then it randomly becomes unresponsive.

Can someone please explain?
 

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Blowing into them could be a solution, but a downside would be putting moisture in your trigger buttons and possibly degrading them in the long run
 

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Blowing into them could be a solution, but a downside would be putting moisture in your trigger buttons and possibly degrading them in the long run
yeah i've tried that though it seems to only work sometimes

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Have you tried cleaning them out with some canned air? A little dust can cause a lot of problems
well my 3ds has been sitting under my bed for the past month, though the L button works completely fine
 

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yeah i've tried that though it seems to only work sometimes

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well my 3ds has been sitting under my bed for the past month, though the L button works completely fine
Buttons are weird.
I highly suggest canned air as it won't introduce that much moister to insides of your system.
 

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I usually just moisten a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and dab it around the edges of my borked button. Works well in my experience
 

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The components in the trigger buttons
After getting the tools necessary for my 3DS I unscrewed the bottom and gave a look at the components of the r button, completely clean, everything seemed alright but just in case I dismantled it all, reseated the R button cable and reconnected it (really annoying process) and even after doing all that still was exactly the same. So I may just simply order a new R button cable then replace it. Usually i wouldnt bother with something like this since i could always just buy a new 3ds however since this 3DS has special CFW on it and the latest firmware doesnt seem to have a good method of installing CFW yet I'm not going to give up on this 3DS.
 

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