Hardware Are Aliexpress N3DSXL IPS panels fully functional?

[hassanswag3]

If you can't find the screen seperately you might have to buy unit that has the specific IPS screen you are looking for or buy a dual IPS screen unit.

Yeah you're right, really don't wanna have to do that though since value for these are skyrocketing. Debating now if I should even get an IPS bottom display, console is homebrewed but would still have to find an IPS file for calibration...

 

[LDigital]

IPS Lower screens are harder to find. if you need the hwcal files or some tips on how to use them DM me. I have a load of files for different combinations from different units I have owned over time.
IPS/IPS IPS/TN TN/TN N3DSXL
TN/TN IPS/IPS Regular N3DS Regular

The process for swapping hwcal files itself is pretty easy when you know what you are doing but the posts I have seen about the topic are muddy and confusing.

 

[hassanswag3]

If you can't find the screen seperately you might have to buy unit that has the specific IPS screen you are looking for or buy a dual IPS screen unit.

IPS Lower screens are harder to find. if you need the hwcal files or some tips on how to use them DM me. I have a load of files for different combinations from different units I have owned over time.
IPS/IPS IPS/TN TN/TN N3DSXL
TN/TN IPS/IPS Regular N3DS Regular

The process for swapping hwcal files itself is pretty easy when you know what you are doing but the posts I have seen about the topic are muddy and confusing.

I literally joined and signed up half an hour ago here after using this site for all my gaming stuff since I was 9 and already got so much support, big thank you, makes me happy to see the 3ds community alive and well after it's end. Would it make sense to push on and keep searching or gambling with installing different aftermarket displays? I'm doing a second housing swap on this same console so might as well throw in some ips screens. And a big thank you for the files, only recently learned about those, and little to no info can be found on that specific topic so it means a lot. a lot of people are also looking for this too

 

[grubgrub]

IPS Lower screens are harder to find. if you need the hwcal files or some tips on how to use them DM me. I have a load of files for different combinations from different units I have owned over time.
IPS/IPS IPS/TN TN/TN N3DSXL
TN/TN IPS/IPS Regular N3DS Regular

The process for swapping hwcal files itself is pretty easy when you know what you are doing but the posts I have seen about the topic are muddy and confusing.

Hey mate!
Could you outline your process for swapping hwcal files?

 

[That1LoserGuy]

Thank you for bringing this new information to our attention.

I think I'm wrong about the earlier statement about the missing trace signaling to the motherboard whether it's TN or IPS.

Maybe the n3DSXL upper IPS LCD you bought isn't genuine. It could be that yours was made by an aftermarket 3rd party manufacturer that doesn't 1-to-1 replicate the genuine IPS panels. The panel probably has 400x240 pixels where it's missing the other horizontal 400px needed for the parallax barrier's 3D effect.

New Theory: Missing trace ?= no parallax signal.


Yes, having those HWCAL0.DAt HWCAL0.dat and HWCAL1.DAt HWCAL1.dat files either missing or set to the wrong type of display panels will cause image problems.

I don't recommend doing this if you're not comfortable messing with the CTRNAND or don't know your way around using GodMode9, but as an experiment you can easily recreate this scenario where the ghosting and super stable 3D does not track correctly.

DO NOT PERFORM THE STEPS BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

1. GodMode9 → [1:] SYSNAND CTRNAND/ro/sys → press (L)-shoulder button on both the HWCAL0.DAt HWCAL0.dat and HWCAL1.DAt HWCAL1.dat to highlight them in yellow.
2. For safety in case you somehow mess this up, make backup files by pressing (A) → Copy to 0:/gm9/out.
3. Press (Y) to [CLIPBOARD] select the two (2) files. If selection mistake has occurred, press (SELECT) to reset.
4. Back out once with the (B) button. Press (Y) → Move Path(s). This will relocate the *.DAt *.dat files to 1:/ro directory.
5. Perform the battery trick in order for the bad calibration settings to take effect.
6. Boot to HOME Menu. Observe the horrendous image quality.
7. Move the *.DAt *.dat files back to the 1:/ro/sys directory. Perform the battery trick again.

May 05, 2020 Edit - Sorry for the mistake. The correct spelling for the extension is supposed to be *.dat without the capitalization.

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