so, in repairing, and replacing the shell of my 3DS XL, I accidentally pinched the antenna wire for its Wifi, so that means no wifi or streetpass for me.

Way I see it now is either... order a replacement antenna, which would be fool proof, but require disassembling the shell... and potentially run the risk of breaking it in part because it was such a pain in the butt to disassemble the old shell to begin with.

Or... I could try splicing some fresh wire to that antenna; not have to take apart the whole thing, but not knowing how to get it to work. I still have my wire cutters/strippers from my practice soldering kit. but not sure how to proceed.

Thoughts?

 

It definitely is the more attractive option for me; I'm just not sure what kind of wire I need to splice in there.

 

When i had the same problem, i used a old ds wifi board and wire. I fished the wire through the battery compartment and situated the board behind the rear panel thing. It bulged the back slightly but works well.