Hey guys,
I figured you're the experts at this, since I know lots of you are making NAND dumps and restoring them.
I have a limited-edition Pikachu 3DS XL (Seriously, have you seen how much those are going for?), USA region. I got some liquid damage on the top screen, and Nintendo wouldn't repair it, they'd just replace it with a plain one.
So I sent it to a friend to replace the top screen for me. He got it all apart, but can't figure out how to properly reassemble it, due to Nintendo's daft decision to shove 3 ribbon cables through a tiny hole - he actually broke one of the replacement screens' cables when trying to do it.
At this point the only thing he can think of would be to crack the plastic a bit to shove the cables in, but that would be a really risky way of doing it, especially because if we manage to fix the system, I can sell it for quite a bit of money (at this point I'm going to just buy the Zelda gold limited edition XL and console-transfer my ambassador Pikachu one over)
Also, is there a way to replace the hinges? He thinks that might tell him how to take it apart.
So specifically we need to know how to replace a 3DS XL's top screen, but a proper disassembly and reassembly guide would be nice. I've found them for regular 3DS, but not the XL.
Thanks
I figured you're the experts at this, since I know lots of you are making NAND dumps and restoring them.
I have a limited-edition Pikachu 3DS XL (Seriously, have you seen how much those are going for?), USA region. I got some liquid damage on the top screen, and Nintendo wouldn't repair it, they'd just replace it with a plain one.
So I sent it to a friend to replace the top screen for me. He got it all apart, but can't figure out how to properly reassemble it, due to Nintendo's daft decision to shove 3 ribbon cables through a tiny hole - he actually broke one of the replacement screens' cables when trying to do it.
At this point the only thing he can think of would be to crack the plastic a bit to shove the cables in, but that would be a really risky way of doing it, especially because if we manage to fix the system, I can sell it for quite a bit of money (at this point I'm going to just buy the Zelda gold limited edition XL and console-transfer my ambassador Pikachu one over)
Also, is there a way to replace the hinges? He thinks that might tell him how to take it apart.
So specifically we need to know how to replace a 3DS XL's top screen, but a proper disassembly and reassembly guide would be nice. I've found them for regular 3DS, but not the XL.
Thanks