I just wanna say I had 0 soldering experience but I was able to do a perfect job installing a backlit screen it is much easier than I would have ever imagined
Me too. Watching Jake and Joe Bleeps really helped my balls grow lol, the soldering these more entry level projects require is seriously not bad, you just gotta be careful!
Cost saving may have been what motivated them, but I believe the official reason why they eliminated the power led from the first run of Game Boy Pockets was to spare the user from having a bright light aimed at their eyes during game play. Consumer response made it clear people wanted the light.
The earlier models of GameBoy Pocket were with no power LED (can be specilated, as battery saving measure), but due to popular demand they brought it back.
Out of curiosity, how long will a decent pair of AAA batteries last in a Gameboy pocket with one of these IPS screens fitted? I haven't used my standard GBP in years, but I do recall that battery life was dire if I didn't buy good quality batteries for it, and even then their lifespan wasn't impressive. Are there any off the shelf high capacity battery mods for the pocket? Like a case without a battery compartment and space inside for a hard wired Li-Pol cell and USB charging port, or a case designed to take some common model of flat Li-ion smart phone battery? There's a few name brand smartphone manufacturers out there that still make phones with slim 2500+ mAh user replaceable batteries, so I'd think a mod case designed to take one of these would be a no brainer, so maybe they're already out there and I haven't seen them?
Dang, failed trying this today, so close I even had the screen connected and tested working. But when I tried to do the final assembly my craptastic solder joint to the power switch area came loose. In trying to re-solder it I'm pretty sure I did something bad to the power switch. Now when I connect batteries and turn on I get nothing, no chime, no screen, not even a flicker. Is it irretrievably dead, or would something like a power switch rebuild/replacement possibly save it?
It’s hard to say without more info. Join my discord and make a post in the help section with some pictures. I’m not always super active on there but I try to look every now and then
It's been a while I'm trying to understand how do you film only your hands and whatever you're modding from up without you head getting in the way. Plus we don't see any camera while you film yourself. How do you so this? You got a cameraman?
Hi, thanks for the easy to follow tutorial but I was wondering if you still sold modded gameboys on your site? For some reason I can't see the site displayed properly.
I do still sell them! I’m just constantly out of stock😅 is it actually not displaying properly or does it just say a lot of stuff is out of stock? A few people have been saying this but I haven’t been able to recreate the problem on my end so I’m not sure :/
Nice looking Game Boy! Just to note: ESD-safe does not mean non-conductive, so you likely shorted power and ground when poking around with the tweezers.
As cool as this is, I never really understood why anyone would want to do this on a GB Pocket or DMG... I really like the aesthetic of the 'dot matrix' display. Playing with that old display is one of it's more memorable characteristics, so I would rather just upgrade it to function more like a GB Light than putting in and IPS display, which would make more sense on a GB Color or Advance.
I just wanna say I had 0 soldering experience but I was able to do a perfect job installing a backlit screen it is much easier than I would have ever imagined
Me too. Watching Jake and Joe Bleeps really helped my balls grow lol, the soldering these more entry level projects require is seriously not bad, you just gotta be careful!
@@PhantomCommander gotta love the 1000s of free tutorials
"Yes, yes i really did break that." I appreciate your honesty 😆good vid!
Same here, zero idea of what i needed to do, just installed a new ips screen and funpl speaker. Amazing video thanks for the big help🤟🤟🤟
Cost saving may have been what motivated them, but I believe the official reason why they eliminated the power led from the first run of Game Boy Pockets was to spare the user from having a bright light aimed at their eyes during game play. Consumer response made it clear people wanted the light.
They could've put the light on the side of the case
The earlier models of GameBoy Pocket were with no power LED (can be specilated, as battery saving measure), but due to popular demand they brought it back.
Wow scanlines you can toggle on and off. And even an option to invert the colours to white on black. That's pretty impressive.
"the moment the three of you have been waiting for".... Pretty funny. 🤘
Hey man, your vids are awesome and i hope your channel grows more. Really high quality too. Keep it up man
Out of curiosity, how long will a decent pair of AAA batteries last in a Gameboy pocket with one of these IPS screens fitted? I haven't used my standard GBP in years, but I do recall that battery life was dire if I didn't buy good quality batteries for it, and even then their lifespan wasn't impressive.
Are there any off the shelf high capacity battery mods for the pocket? Like a case without a battery compartment and space inside for a hard wired Li-Pol cell and USB charging port, or a case designed to take some common model of flat Li-ion smart phone battery? There's a few name brand smartphone manufacturers out there that still make phones with slim 2500+ mAh user replaceable batteries, so I'd think a mod case designed to take one of these would be a no brainer, so maybe they're already out there and I haven't seen them?
Another absolute legendary banger!.
I almost spat out spaghetti when you said toyotathon😂 caught me very off guard
Why do you solder to C for power and not 1? I feel like I’ve seen most people soldering power to 1.
Aye thanks for dat supa hot discount 🔥
When I bought mine, I bought the glass with the hole for a power led...... :( didnt realize untill after I stuck it down..... yay
nintendo thought the led would be a distraction but they had so much backlash they put the led back
Dang, failed trying this today, so close I even had the screen connected and tested working. But when I tried to do the final assembly my craptastic solder joint to the power switch area came loose. In trying to re-solder it I'm pretty sure I did something bad to the power switch. Now when I connect batteries and turn on I get nothing, no chime, no screen, not even a flicker. Is it irretrievably dead, or would something like a power switch rebuild/replacement possibly save it?
It’s hard to say without more info. Join my discord and make a post in the help section with some pictures. I’m not always super active on there but I try to look every now and then
It's been a while I'm trying to understand how do you film only your hands and whatever you're modding from up without you head getting in the way. Plus we don't see any camera while you film yourself. How do you so this? You got a cameraman?
I have a c stand for the top down angle and my phone on a mini tripod on the table for the side angle
Hi, thanks for the easy to follow tutorial but I was wondering if you still sold modded gameboys on your site? For some reason I can't see the site displayed properly.
I do still sell them! I’m just constantly out of stock😅 is it actually not displaying properly or does it just say a lot of stuff is out of stock? A few people have been saying this but I haven’t been able to recreate the problem on my end so I’m not sure :/
do i need to use an ips screen or can i just use the og to start with and then get a good screen later
Does this kit come with the wire you soldered on? It’s not listed as included in the kit.
It should come with it! I have always received one with my kits
@@JakeSimmons Thanks Jake! Your video motivated me to give this mod a shot!
Nice looking Game Boy! Just to note: ESD-safe does not mean non-conductive, so you likely shorted power and ground when poking around with the tweezers.
Interesting! Thanks for the clarification
This mod is beyond clean
Have you a trusted site for European replacement market directly?? Thank you so much 🙏
It's easy when you have a custom shell. A lot harder before the existed.
Pockets
Without LED 1996
With Power LED 1997
What is that clear yellow tape you used?
Kapton tape!
@@JakeSimmons thank you!!
@@JakeSimmons I just did the mod on my gb pocket and everything went well, thank you for this tutorial!!
What is this screen mod called?
There is no power light because Nintendo thought it would distract people from games
As cool as this is, I never really understood why anyone would want to do this on a GB Pocket or DMG...
I really like the aesthetic of the 'dot matrix' display. Playing with that old display is one of it's more memorable characteristics, so I would rather just upgrade it to function more like a GB Light than putting in and IPS display, which would make more sense on a GB Color or Advance.
That one person who said the first comment and didn't say first.
I resepect you.
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