Hacking [Tool] Joy-Con Toolkit

[pluis3]

Don't use metal. Use a toothpick.
Also the break cleaner won't do. I believe it's worse than a lubricant spray for this job.
Better buy an electronics contact cleaner. It has many uses as a cleaner, so I don't believe it's a waste of money (it's cheep also).

If this doesn't work, you can then open the joy-con and remove the stick and open it. But you need to be careful, it's very delicate and easy to forget where every piece must go. It has a lot of them.

can you please tell me if el749 sprayon is ok

 

[CTCaer]

can you please tell me if el749 sprayon is ok

Yes, it's what you need, judging from it's description. Seems the same with an electronic contact cleaner.
As you understand, the important thing that these do, is that they remove any grease (from our hands) and dust, that stacked inside the stick.

And also to explain, just in case, what I mean as a the stick's cap, check this photo:

EDIT:
Make sure that the spray, doesn't get to the rubber on top btw. Wrap it with a small piece of transparent food wrapper

 

[guily6669]

I don't think that will do much, I have also used WD40 in the past on a crap racing wheel it improved a bit but soon it died, the potentiometers were already wear out...

Basically if the pots are good a good cleaning will mostly fix it, but if they are too scratched already, there's nothing that will fix it other than soldering new pots...


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With this app can you see the Nintendo Switch Bluetooth Mac address? I mean can you see the last Mac address stored in the joy-cons, but not the Bluetooth Mac address of my PC I wanted to get the one of the console

 

[CTCaer]

I don't think that will do much, I have also used WD40 in the past on a crap racing wheel it improved a bit but soon it died, the potentiometers were already wear out...

Basically if the pots are good a good cleaning will mostly fix it, but if they are too scratched already, there's nothing that will fix it other than soldering new pots...


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With this app can you see the Nintendo Switch Bluetooth Mac address? I mean can you see the last Mac address stored in the joy-cons, but not the Bluetooth Mac address of my PC I wanted to get the one of the console

Well, depends. I don't believe it's wearied out yet. I believe his problem is the same with mine and many others. Dust stuck in the very tight space between the cap and the base of the stick.

About the MAC:
You can't from the tool. But you can backup the SPI and open it in a hex editor to get your Switch's bt mac address.
It keeps all the old HOST addresses @x2000. You can check here for more.
EDIT: Ignore the part about the charging grip. I forgot to remove that ages ago.. when I discovered that it just stores everything until the 4KB sector is depleted.

 

[pluis3]

Yes, it's what you need, judging from it's description. Seems the same with an electronic contact cleaner.
As you understand, the important thing that these do, is that they remove any grease (from our hands) and dust, that stacked inside the stick.

And also to explain, just in case, what I mean as a the stick's cap, check this photo:

EDIT:
Make sure that the spray, doesn't get to the rubber on top btw. Wrap it with a small piece of transparent food wrapper

excuse me I'm not really bilingual but what is btw and when you say the rubber it is the button the top?

and thank you for your very quick answer

 

[TotalInsanity4]

excuse me I'm not really bilingual but what is btw and when you say the rubber it is the button the top?

and thank you for your very quick answer

btw = "by the way"

 

[CTCaer]

btw = "By the way"

The thing on top is made of rubber (I don't know if it is good for the spray to get there):

 

[pluis3]

thank you guys i will try in no time

 

[pluis3]

it worked thank you but beware the plastic button are very fragile the spray was too strong and ran on the home button and it is very endomager so when you finish you must wipe very quicklybut the home button work perfectly

 

[CTCaer]

it worked thank you but beware the plastic button are very fragile the spray was too strong and ran on the home button and it is very endomager so when you finish you must wipe very quicklybut the home button work again perfectly View attachment 119584

Oh, so EL749 is heavy duty, eh? :/
I should have told you to also cover the home button with a tape, because it is also made out of rubber..

 

[TotalInsanity4]

it worked thank you but beware the plastic button are very fragile the spray was too strong and ran on the home button and it is very endomager so when you finish you must wipe very quicklybut the home button work perfectly View attachment 119584

Oh... my... Were you using electronics cleaner or an chemical-based lubricant? I don't think I've ever seen electronics cleaner just disintegrate plastic like that

 

[CTCaer]

It was not a lubricant, it's the opposite.
But some electronic cleaner are heavy duty though and can damage rubber.

That's why I told him to cover the stick top. But I forgot about the home button. I was thinking about Left joy-con, the same that I had the same problem..

 

[pluis3]

It was not a lubricant, it's the opposite.
But some electronic cleaner are heavy duty though and can damage rubber.

That's why I told him to cover the stick top. But I forgot about the home button. I was thinking about Left joy-con, the same that I had the same problem..

the rubber stick I had covered with saran wrap but it had passed anyway but it had no damage except to be drier and slip less for the shoot.

 

[guily6669]

Well, depends. I don't believe it's wearied out yet. I believe his problem is the same with mine and many others. Dust stuck in the very tight space between the cap and the base of the stick.

About the MAC:
You can't from the tool. But you can backup the SPI and open it in a hex editor to get your Switch's bt mac address.
It keeps all the old HOST addresses @x2000. You can check here for more.
EDIT: Ignore the part about the charging grip. I forgot to remove that ages ago.. when I discovered that it just stores everything until the 4KB sector is depleted.

On the case of like Logitech G25 pedals the best way is to fully disassemble the pots, and fully clean them, but it takes quite a lot of time.

On the Switch however I don't know if it can be disassembled. But you can also try using a air can, move the joystick to a side and try to reach the interior spraying all over inside and then use a electronics cleaner...

About the hex editing, is the part of Bluetooth Mac addresses encrypted?

And it would be even more cool to have a conversion of thist app to android on a APK.

It would be also awesome if we could flash the DS4 controller with a hacked FW to be able to use it on Switch without any dongle. I wanted to get the Mac address of my Switch to inject into my DS4 and see if it connects to the Switch.

Ps: I haven't tried the app yet.

Edit: thanks for the info

 

[Deleted_444986]

hi,
I do a video about your software it is in french and it present :
- IR caméra
-easter eggs
-and other stuff

thank you @CTCaer

 

[CTCaer]

hi,
I do a video about your software it is in french and it present :
- IR caméra
-easter eggs
-and other stuff

thank you @CTCaer

I don't know French, but seems that you explain everything, like a tutorial! I like it

Is it OK if I put it in the 1st post?

 

[Deleted_444986]

I don't know French, but seems that you explain everything, like a tutorial! I like it

Is it OK if I put it in the 1st post?

Yes, it's with honor , I'm accept your publication on first post .

Thanks you

ps: it's not really a tutorial but it present the general features like change colors , and i present IR camera and easter eggs approximative locations and other features from your stuff.

 

[Davidchao23]

Question, is there support for the PowerA controllers? I'm wondering if I can use this with my Wired Switch Pro Controller.

 

[TheCyberQuake]

Question, is there support for the PowerA controllers? I'm wondering if I can use this with my Wired Switch Pro Controller.

No. This pretty much won't support any third party controllers.

 

[PSC-Alpha-TSF]

When using IR Camera or NFC with Joycon of FW Version 3.89, it is said to be Error 3MCUONBUSY !, does not it correspond yet?

I am sorry, I am using translation because I do not know English well.