YAY!!!
Me and my bro called the number in the manual on the warranty page and we finally got to talk to someone and we explained what the issue (Post #1) and we kept throwing the warranty card in, first he's like, "Umm... we can give you 1/3 off ($50.00) plus shipping!" But that wouldn't cut it!
 We went on about how it's Nintendo's fault for the defect and we don't understand why we consumers should pay,
especially since we have it under a warranty!!!
So were put on hold for like 3 minutes, we were bored and since we were being record, we sang and screamed body part names into the phone! He must of spoken to a manager because he sounded all nervous because we were kinda pinning for it, he said, "Well what I'm gonna do is put you on advanced repair. So it'll be
free of charge!"
There we go Nintendo!
Then he was trying to say that we should of called sooner, he was right.
So in like 2 1/2 weeks it'll be done and I'll have a brand new DS Lite!
Yea Boi!!!