This trick brought my two joycons I had given up on from back from the dead. I was on my 5th replacement sticks, and canned air, silicone lube, contact cleaner didn't work. The guy who discovered it deserves a Nobel Prize!
Yup, finally fixed my Joy Cons that I have done more work on than any human being should ever have to do on their relatively modern tech devices.... and now the left rail on the Switch tablet is failing. FU Nintendo, embarrasing the lack of quality of their builds this gen, and now they will release the same faulty POS device with an OLED slapped on it with a 50USD bump in price. People currently giving Nintendo their money are suckers.
Trust me, any “fix” that requires me sending a product from my third world country to any global company to fix it would cost me the same amount of money as just buying a new joycon so yes i love this
I see that you're mostly trying to detect the drift on the calibration screen. I don't know if it's a common thing, but my joysticks drifted almost non-stop in gameplay, but my calibration screen always failed to detect it. I think it's just not a good test for this defect.
Yeah, I think it does that because to get on the calibration screen you must press down on the stick, which kind of gets rid of the drift in that moment.
A theory I have is that the ephemeral nature of the drift can be attributed to calibration. Being on an explicit calibration screen may mean that it is doing a bit more work than just reading the stick like a game would.
Man, it hurt to see that, when I had to go through and replace the sticks on both original joycons, due to drift. They would seem fine and centered until I pushed a direction, then endlessly cycle through the menu of the game I was trying to play, even after I released the stick. I coulda sent in those old sticks for him to try. Though, maybe I'll keep them in case I break something, since there's a good fix, now.
@@TheDalisama I imagine the recently new ones as its taken mine a couple years before they showed minor drift but once that minor drift happened it got worse and worse very fast over the next couple of months.
As anyone in repairs will let you know, errors smell their doom and hide. I've seem problems disappear right before tech support arrives, and return as soon as they leave.
As someone who works in an IT Department for a corporate office, I know for a fact people call me for help, I wall over to their computer and say "show me", and there is no problem. They think I fixed it telepathically
@@TraceguyRune I too have the "magic touch". People are constantly asking me to fix problems with their computers and other tech items only for the problem to disappear as soon as I touch it.
@@xxKrazyKxx @TraceguyRune @ GrimDMasterMind Great to see a thread of fellow IT workers that also have the touch! I have a teacher whose problems always seem fix themselves the moment I look at her computer, so she literally printed my picture out, and taped it to the wall opposite of her monitor so I am "always watching" her computer lol
these dudes: "...you can send them to nintendo..:" me: *a third world plebe* no I can't these dudes: "took a long time..." me: like a month? these dudes: "...almost a week..." me: what!? first world problems I guess
IF YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS FIX, USE VHB tape, like the GREY 3M mounting tape, due to its foam nature, means it has enough give, and you can leave the plastic on so you can later pop the shell off easily. This should also take the guesswork out of thickness needed, given the tapes compression capabilities.
Already replaced the joystick of my left joycon unit two times - each time the drift was there after a few days. It was noticable in many games, especially 3rd person view ones where characters would turn to or walk veeeeery slowly to the left with the joystick in neutral position. Sending it to Nintendo? Nah, the fix with a piece of cardboard worked wonders. No more drift at all. Best fix so far.
I didn’t start getting drift on my joycons until I started playing games that required pressing in on the analogue stick. I had 3 years of no issues until that point. Within a few weeks, those joycons I used on that game all started having the drift issue. The fact the ultimate solution is to put something behind it to push it back in place makes the most amount of sense.
That's actually factual incorrect (No offense btw). The design of the switch inside of the actual stick itself is essentially a 1:1 copy for the most part of most traditional controllers {XBOX, PS4, PS3, etc), and that "button press" you speak of is actually core to the design, as most sticks without being connected to their aforementioned controller chassis, would simply be pulled of the mechanism itself. Your theory was actually one of the first thoughts that people came up with when joycon drift started becoming wide spread, and was shortly dismissed due to such. I can link a video explaining it better, since I can defintely say my explanation wasn't perfect in the slightest lol.
@@WiseEXE Huh? You are wrong. I've seen the inside of a Switch Pro controller which uses similar analog sticks to all the other controllers you mentioned and the JoyCon sticks are NOT built the same way. The sticks in normal controllers like the Pro Controller turn rods that are connected to two potentiometers mounted to the sides of the analog stick housing. (one for each axis of movement). Just about all the analog sticks used in normal controllers are built this way. The downward motion of using a button press action on these sticks don't put much stress on the potentiometers in these designs. As for JoyCons Button presses happen with a membrane inside the housing of the JoyCon analog stick. The stick had to be pressed against it. Guess what's behind that membrane button? The metal housing backplate for the analog stick. Guess what that original VKChannel video shows on how to fix the drift? Something being placed behind the metal backplate to add pressure. The "potentiometers" for a JoyCon are setup differently. Their potentiometers are setup as vertical/horizontal strips that rest behind the analog stick assembly. They rest directly on top of the SAME metal back-plate behind the analog sticks that is also relied upon for providing back pressure for the button press action. This is very different to how normal controller analog sticks are setup. The full size controllers have the button setup externally with one of the rods allowed to move down to hit it or some are more fancy have the button behind the analog stick assembly and the entire assembly is allowed to move down to hit it. It doesn't really matter though. The housing for them is designed very differently and so the button press thing doesn't really affect them that much. It's completely logical to assume using the button press feature would put added stress on the metal tabs holding the metal back plate which is the very same back-plate that is relied on to provide resistance to the pressure needed to press that button membrane for the analog stick. After I replaced my drifting analog sticks in my Joy-Cons late last year after the left one finally started to drift and while taking the left one apart, the metal tabs broke so the metal back housing isn't held on very well. I distinctly remember trying to use the button press on it would cause the housing to come part. Something those metal tabs were there to try and prevent. Anyways had this fix been known I would have not attempted to disassemble them. I probably would have replaced them anyways as I wanted it as an excuse to put Switch Lite analog sticks in my joycons to match the new white shells I got for them. (Yep Switch Lite sticks are identical in design and can be installed in normal JoyCons!) Pretty sure you are just categorically wrong in your assertion.
This is why I never whistle in the wild area in pokemon shield on my new switch lite (for anyone who doesn't know you have to press the left joystick down)
Speaking of iFixit…they’re saying the “hack” isn’t as good as simply changing out the whole joystick part, and all these sort of things will get wear and tear. Personally, I’ve known people who got drift almost literally a month or two after they got their joycons. That doesn’t seem like the amount of time that would induce wear and tear needed to replace an entire part of the joycon.
All these big youtubers saying that it's better to swap the sticks instead of doing this honestly infuriate me. This is pretty much a long term free fix and they are still saying "Nah just go spend money it ain't worth it" in a product what WILL fail down the line. Joycon sticks might be cheap but you know, you could use the potential tens of dollars you're wasting in other things.
Considering you can get 4 new sticks for $10 on Amazon then you need the same screwdrivers to open it up and just need to remove 2 more Phillips head screws and unplug one ribbon cable, yeah, the easier fix is the stick. I tried to do this recently and couldn’t get the thickness right, but I easily swapped the sticks.
@@Kasum_ish it is not a long term fix. Mainly because people are giving this for granted that it is a good fix. It will only work only if pressure under your analog will fix drift (you can just press with your thumb and see if that fixes). Other than that I don't recommend just open your joycon and trying this just because many UA-camrs are saying it will work. I already open my joy con and inside the analog, the Cooper wire and plastic is already worn, so no. Just send it to Nintendo or change the analog
@@elyk082 I bought a double pack for $7 on Amazon to replace a drifting stick... both of the replacements were non functional, meanwhile putting the original back in, it still worked as it did before (drift included). I used a piece of paper and boom. Fixed. A waste of $7
I feel your pain trying to get the drift, one of my joycons has drift, but whenever I try to test the drift in the controller settings, it’s perfectly fine.
Its a more permanent solution than anything nintendo has offered. Their idea of "permanent fix" is sending you a new pair that will eventually do the same thing.
That is why is best to learn to fix it yourself. Custom support in most of the coporation exist to waste your money, time, energy, brain cell, valuable life, and so on
My left joycon was unusable, I couldn't even scroll the menu. I used a piece of cardboard from a pack of batteries, and it worked right out of the gate. It's a legit fix and it's a lifesaver.
Ah, he didn't say, "like I do". It did seem a bit counter to each other to me too, but no, as funny as it would be, I didn't notice anything contradictory..
Well the original person that discovered the fix said everything they tried to fix drift actually worked, but it just eventually came back after a few days. Like, literally ANYTHING they tried seemed to fix drift temporarily-even things that had little to nothing to do with the final solution. Maybe simply changing consoles like you did with your first friend's Joy-Con also fixed it (for whatever stupid reason) and it required time to get actual drift back.
@@WulffDen : I wonder, would you have been able to spontaneously induce drift the way you did if you hadn’t been told what the fix was in advance? I feel like it might have biased you in purposely damaging the Joy-Con _precisely_ where the fix does something!
I think it depends on what material you're using if it's gonna end up as a permanent fix or not. Materials that aren't dense enough could still compress and require additional layers to add pressure again.
Yeah I honestly wondered about that myself. He’s mentioned before how he predominantly plays docked so he can get footage or stream. I ended up just giving him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he uses the grip on the few occasions he’s outside and decides to play.
Honestly, the real mystery is how people don't know how youtubers make money by being sponsored and running ads. It really just shows how trolls really function on a two digit IQ. Smh.
@@emilands3635 yeah i have carpal tunnel from martial arts now I physically have to use a ergonomic mouse and grips for all my controllers cause without them my fingers start killing me and then I have to do a five minute wrist flexing exercise it got really annoying and I knew it was only gonna get worse so I got ergonmic stuff and haven't had a problem since sadly I had to quit shooters though since even my ergonomic mouse made for high dpi gaming isn't the greatest for accurate flicks
I need to test it as I’m sick of replacing the sticks on the Joy Cons. Nintendo in the UK won’t fix this for free (their repair center is trash anyway) so it’s up to us to do what Nintendon’t.
Well the reason alot of people "don't want to send it into Nintendo" is because not everyone lives in US, UK or Asia so Nintendo DOESN'T support repairs in those outside countries
I have a launch day switch and joycons, and the right one has been drifting super badly for the past 6 months. I did this fix and it works like new now! I used a business card and only did one layer, but I haven’t had any issues yet. Hopefully it stays that way!
Hey, thanks for mentioning VK's Channel. I'm wondering if it makes sense to include a direct link to his channel (or the video you reference) in the description to give him more support?
You will have more success spotting drift if you only move the stick slowly and slightly. Try to find a precise spot where you will see the cursor continue to move on its own in the calibration test. Now, sometimes, releasing the stick from certain directions and/or short distances doesn't bring it back to the exact center. That's a loose stick. It may cause your character to move, but it's a different problem. The input isn't read incorrectly if the stick is not centered physically. You should be able to fix that problem with calibration (increasing the deadzone). Real drift (faulty reading) cannot be fixed with calibration.
This reminds me of my Dualshock 3 that was so old the little foam strip that held a connector had mushed up and stopped giving pressure to the it, so i had to replace with a piece of folded paper to make it work again and i'm still using it to this day.
Can confirm this method fixed my left joycon from drifting, I highly recommend trying this especially if you've never opened hardware before, this is a good starting point showing the basics on how to disconnect battery cables, being careful around ribbon cables and just screwing things open and closed. Who knows? Maybe there's a DIYer within you! :D
I build stages in smash and after one joy con started drifting hard I bought another set. that drifts now too. and I still build stages, cause I hate myself apparently. definitely trying that fix
@FitPeePee and you other guys: so today I finally got to try it since I got that special nintendo screw driver. I took little plastic bits, two of them stacked made around 1mm. the drift isn't completely gone after playing for a bit, but it doesn't drift often and both are very much usable now. doesn't constantly move then screen when building stages and recovering in smash is an option again as well ^^ I might update once I get to play some more, and see how it goes
On the bright side, if this DOES fix things longterm, it also honestly is probably going to make it easier on manufacturers to avoid this going forward. I imagine it's a lot easier for any designs to give more support to the backplate than it is to find a new way of doing the graphite pads.
This is a very real fix. I did it on my right ones (because my left ones were already sent in) and it worked prefectly. These had very bad drift where it registered so far left it touched the outside circle.
Your ads are the only ones I don’t scrub through immediately. Just not annoying at all and quick. Actually makes me thing about buying another satifye grip for the lite.
I got drift in one of my joycons so I switched to using my 2nd pair. Going back to the first pair recently it no longer had any drift at all... for about 2 days after which it came back reliably/persistently. If Nintendo have been trying to fix this for the last 5 years I can see why it might be difficult to test reliably.
Bought a used joycon pair where the left one had really bad drift. When you moved the stick sometimes it would start going left at high speed, returning to a standstill for a few seconds, rinse and repeat. After taking the joycon apart and opening the analog stick I cleaned the pads on the blue ribbon board with Isopropyl Alcohol and put it back together. I did put a piece of paper between the back of the analog stick and the battery's plastic holder thing for extra assurance. My drift was now completely gone! It takes a bit of time but I would say it's well worth it, espescially if you already have IPO and the correct screwdriver bits/set.
My joy-cons got so bad my Minecraft character would look straight up and spin without my touching the controllers. So I figured what the hey, can't make worse and not only replaced the offending bits but just reshelled the whole thing. 😂 Kind of glad the fix hadn't been discovered yet because holy crap I like the new look so much! Next I'm going to replace the faceplate to match.
My joycon had its stick replaced twice and the drift always came back. This fix was the last resort before buying a new one and so far it’s worked to perfection. It’s like I have a brand new controller
There are two very different types of drift, one related to usage and another related to poor signal between the joycon and the switch. Your friends likely had the second type with doesn’t repro when you’re playing on the switch itself. That drift is caused by poor antenna design and generally affects the left joycon. I sit about 10 feet from my TV and switch and my launch joycon would drift when my leg was in between the joycon and the switch. Apparently they fix that drift by adding a little chunk of conductive foam inside the joycon to improve the signal. Try using your friends’ joycons from across a room or through a wall and see if you get drift.
5:59 I actually experienced something similar with my joy-con's drift. I started experiencing drift a couple of months after Smash came out, and so I started playing almost (and eventually completely) always in tabletop mode with a pro controller. So, when this new fix came out, I went to check on my joycon's drift, and just couldn't get it to drift. Back then, it would always be registering a false input and when trying to point it entirely to the right, it would register as if I was just tilting it. It got so bad that even when playing with my pro controller, the game would just stop and ask me what controller I was using because the joycon kept inputting on its own. But now, I keep checking it and it's as if it had never drifted in the first place.
I had a drift on my right stick, which happened occasionally. Nothing was happening, then suddenly my character looked upwards. It got worse and worse. At last it happened every 20 seconds. But it was never visible in the controller options. Every solution worked only for a week or two, so did this. Maybe there are different kind of drifts. It was cured by an exchange stick.
Yesterday I was fixing my left joy con. I found out what was the problem. There's a sponge that a thin wire is resting on top. I removed it and used hot glue to glue the wire down to the joy con's motherboard. Tested it and it works on the first try. This is just my method, it's not for everyone.
.... Watching you test drift was excruciating. That's not how you test for drift! You have to VERY slowly move the stick around to see where the output starts to fidget around. Just smashing to the max is NOT how you look for drift.
I was thinking the same thing! Mine only drifts when being lightly touched, like it detects a little movement and doesn't recenter itself properly when released.
@@fettyboy5679 Drift doesn't just happen at the center. It can happen anywhere. Its just the most noticable at the center (because the game says you are doing something when you aren't).
I had a pair of joycons that were given to me as a gift by someone I care deeply for but am no longer close to. I was devastated when they started to drift and I kept them for sentimental reasons but couldn’t actually use them. I tried this on them and I’m so unbelievably happy I can use them again 2 years later. So glad this was such a simple fix
I commend your dedication to find an issue where apparently there was none, up to the point of breaking it willingly, to educate and entertain your viewers. Kudos and keep em coming!
Saw the original video when it came out and just completed my fix after getting a hold of a Y00 screwdriver :D Super easy to do and works like a charm! Thanks again to you guys, you've saved the time and money of many with this
Who would win: A team of talented engineers devoting a huge portion of their lives to engineering and electronics. One random UA-cam boi and a paper. This fix is EMBARRASSING for Nintendo
I like to think that there are some Nintendo ninjas with a box full of brand-new joycons of every color outside your house, and when a drifting joycon arrives they swap it for a matching brand-new one without you noticing.
The backplate only gets loose because of the fact that pressing L3 and R3 actually caves the backplate in. The button for L3 is offset and thats why it happens. And also partly because of the graphite sensors.
A while ago i got insane joystick drift on my switch lite, i’d imagine this would be way harder on a full console and i had no warranty it would’ve costed 100 bucks and 2-3 weeks of wait time, eventually icednded up buying an ac switch i found at target
This idea has merit. I had to do the same type of thing to fix the face buttons on an old PS3 controller and it has worked perfectly for well over a year.
"Send the joycons back, it's free and only takes a week" Hah. Sent mine in back in March of 2020, didn't get them back until July. Probably because of covid, but yeah.
I tried this fox recently, instead of paper I used 3 cut pieces of electrical tape, it works perfectly and because it’s soft it provides enlightening pressure on the controller without causing the casing to come loose.
Drift doesn't cause offset, it causes "flickering" movement. Watching you flick that joycon like a bean and claiming "nope no drift", like you didn't even give enough time to see the drift effect.
The thing is, now that I've heard what the actual problem is, that happened to PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers back in the day. They even included a reference to it in Mass Effect 2. "I can't tell you how often I've heard, 'Why's the ship turning around? We're only halfway there.'"
I just think it's funny how my accidental fix is the main fix now. I was experiencing drift a while back, but I dropped my controller and it worked perfectly.
Just tried this on both my joycons, it works almost perfectly, probably needs some time to settle like you said but i recommend this fix. One thing to point out is that the right and left joycons are obviously different on the inside but i followed the same logic and it doesn't seem to have any problems unscrewing stuff
@@Nonx47 well, think about it. People have been complaining about it and the switch still sells millions, most likely they just go "they are saying it sucks and needs to be fixed but still keep buying all of them, why would we fix it? we making bank"
@@Nonx47 It feels less like they don't care and more like something they would genuinely miss. Seems like it's way too oddly specific of a solution to be something Nintendo would notice.
@@arashitempesta yeah, but honestly an easy fix like this wouldn't cost them much at all at this point, and if people start reporting that it's fixed... More people will buy their products, and most will buy another pair of joy cons to replace their own. Idk, it just doesn't make enough sense to not from a business perspective. I think it's a pride thing.
That clear Satisfye grip looks pretty nice, not gonna lie. I just realized how long it's been since I saw a transparent gaming thing like that, shame it's a style that went out of fashion, I really like it.
It baffles me listening to these guys saying that Nintendo gave them back their joycons after a week. I'm from Colombia and they took 5 months to replace both joy-cons. One came one month later.
I live in Peru and we actually have official technical support from Nintendo here, but it's just a little repair shop in a not-so-nice part of the city. A few years ago I left my first joycons there, both drifted but one was really broken inside. They just changed the sticks and charged me for the diagnosis, the replacement parts and the work. They started drifting again and it seems like they could be solved with this fix. I'm feeling tempted to do it myself, like, something tells if I leave them in the repair shop they'll just change the sticks.
I tried this last night. It IMMEDIATELY fixed 2 of my joycon! The right took 2 "shims" the left took 1 "shim". I'll do the others later. I bought 3 other pair when I bought my release day Switch. They all started drifting within the first couple of months. They all became completely unusable over the last year. Thanks for the "Deja Vu"!
People don't give it to themselves on purpose... I've gotten drift multiple times despite taking as best care of my joycons as you can without just not using them.
this fix is great not only for people in regions where sending them to Nintendo isn't an option, but also for people who either have or are on the fence about getting customized controllers because Nintendo won't accept them for their drift repair service. I customized a pair of joy-cons for my girlfriend's birthday, so this trick will be a life saver if they ever start drifting.
I’ve fixed 2 joycons and it worked, but now a 3rd is having problems and I’m done. I’m getting so tired of built in obsolescence, shoddy work, and new items even having glitches. If I do poor work for my employers they tell me to fix it or I get fired. So yeah, I’m tired of fixing others peoples shoddy work, it’s unacceptable to have to do this stuff.
After all these years someone finally figured it out. I was tired of looking for the root cause of drift and being told to just replace the piece or buy a new joy con.
This video goes into lenghts explaining that it really takes lots of abuse to make it drift. Nintendo basically just offers to fix the damage you have done yourself.
@@sampokemppainen3041 ok, well maybe I’m an exception but I have problems with intermittent drift and I haven’t been ‘abusive’ to my controller as far as I’m aware
@@sampokemppainen3041 My switch lite from day one has had problems with the left joycon, it must be my fault even though I'm gentle with the damn thing like it's a baby. 🤡 Get over yourself.
@@sampokemppainen3041 to be fair even if you don't damage them yourself if you just use the joycons in regular play for about 1-2 years then they will start drifting on their own periodically
I use my switch almost exclusively in handheld and even when I use it docked, I still use my joycons but, haven't had any drift issues either. This does seem like a likely explanation given how some get drift really easy and others don't even with a ton of abuse. It probably all depends on how that back plate is sitting from factory.
I think the issue you were having with not getting drift was your method of determining if you have drift or not. Both of my joy cons most definitely have drift, but it doesn't show up in the calibrate screen. It is 100% noticable in-game though. Like for realsies, my left joy con drifts so bad that I legitimately can't even turn the system off without using the touch screen, because I can't get the cursor to land on "power off". But the calibrate screen shows both as being completely normal. No drift at all.
My experience with joy-con drift (or rather the lack of) is exactly like yours... Everyone complains about it but I have yet to witness it myself... My Switch is a day1 unit from 2017, and I bought two other pairs of joy-cons in 2018 and 2019, and I've never had any problems.
![A Nintendo Switch controller that’s BUILT DIFFERENT [NO DRIFT]](/img/n.gif)
This trick brought my two joycons I had given up on from back from the dead. I was on my 5th replacement sticks, and canned air, silicone lube, contact cleaner didn't work. The guy who discovered it deserves a Nobel Prize!
Vk is joycon Jesus!
Yup, finally fixed my Joy Cons that I have done more work on than any human being should ever have to do on their relatively modern tech devices.... and now the left rail on the Switch tablet is failing. FU Nintendo, embarrasing the lack of quality of their builds this gen, and now they will release the same faulty POS device with an OLED slapped on it with a 50USD bump in price. People currently giving Nintendo their money are suckers.
Luckily mine is fixed with just electrical contact cleaner. (but i already bought a new one before that actually lol)
Definitely deserves a Nobel Prize!
Nobel peace prize for preventing Nintendo revolt.
Trust me, any “fix” that requires me sending a product from my third world country to any global company to fix it would cost me the same amount of money as just buying a new joycon so yes i love this
Sheesh Where do you live?
I feel you
@@rsupremexx3971 probably Britain
@JOSE MARIO PEROZO FUENMAYOR haha I know, I was making a joke lol
@@BasilMendoza-nj3vy stfu I was asking a normal question
Best part is seeing my favourite gaming youtubers giving credits to me
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You deserve it! Thanks dude
Look it’s the guy that fixed “jcd” , hey !
We need this man's channel link in the description. Joy-con Messiah!
Nice!
Why didn't you ask ME, Bob?! I got the drift, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I absolutely adore your videos cybert.
Make a video trying the fix.
"The joycon provided by TCC has no drift either! But I will use a hammer and angle grinder to try to make it drift!"
i have two joycon i don’t use bc they have 100% got “the drift” :D finally got something to try
yeah I want a follow up fix with subscriber joycon. No need to break a joycon to prove a point, in fact that ruins the methodology.
Maybe the real fix is the friends we make along the drift.
Except if you give those friends the drifting Joy-con lol
OMG, that sounds so annoying...
*Eurobeat Intensifies*
mqgbe t6p8it lii3 th8s wo7le be ty3 rewul5 or drir5 oj Swi5cyp
(as if it's drifting upwards while trying to hit the letters)
XD
I see that you're mostly trying to detect the drift on the calibration screen. I don't know if it's a common thing, but my joysticks drifted almost non-stop in gameplay, but my calibration screen always failed to detect it. I think it's just not a good test for this defect.
True!!
Yeah, I think it does that because to get on the calibration screen you must press down on the stick, which kind of gets rid of the drift in that moment.
A theory I have is that the ephemeral nature of the drift can be attributed to calibration. Being on an explicit calibration screen may mean that it is doing a bit more work than just reading the stick like a game would.
Or you are just bad gamers and blame the joycon everytime you die or fail.
Oh, I'm bad alright, but that's not what makes the character move up while the controller is laying on the table. lmao
There are countries where Nintendo doesn't exist so send the faulty joycons is not an option so... this is like a lifesaver for us poor souls
Latam be like
El hecho de que te arreglen algo gratis es una locura jaja
Nintendo isn't even worth it in these countries, just emulate their older games
@@disissid9060 they aren’t worth what?
Is this fix really permanent or at least a long one ?
Wulff exposing his friends who have “drift” 😂 they just bad at smash
Man, it hurt to see that, when I had to go through and replace the sticks on both original joycons, due to drift. They would seem fine and centered until I pushed a direction, then endlessly cycle through the menu of the game I was trying to play, even after I released the stick. I coulda sent in those old sticks for him to try. Though, maybe I'll keep them in case I break something, since there's a good fix, now.
Drift is obviously a problem on the Switch, but I wonder how many joycons are written off as having drift when they just need to be recalibrated.
@@TheDalisama I imagine the recently new ones as its taken mine a couple years before they showed minor drift but once that minor drift happened it got worse and worse very fast over the next couple of months.
tfw you leave your Switch unattended for a minute on the main menu and after ten seconds it starts exploring to the left
As anyone in repairs will let you know, errors smell their doom and hide. I've seem problems disappear right before tech support arrives, and return as soon as they leave.
As someone who works in an IT Department for a corporate office, I know for a fact people call me for help, I wall over to their computer and say "show me", and there is no problem. They think I fixed it telepathically
@@TraceguyRune I too have the "magic touch". People are constantly asking me to fix problems with their computers and other tech items only for the problem to disappear as soon as I touch it.
@@xxKrazyKxx @TraceguyRune @
GrimDMasterMind
Great to see a thread of fellow IT workers that also have the touch! I have a teacher whose problems always seem fix themselves the moment I look at her computer, so she literally printed my picture out, and taped it to the wall opposite of her monitor so I am "always watching" her computer lol
@@Ag3ntWaffl3 haha genius!
Junior IT support here, have to say I've already experienced this phenomenon twice, it's kinda nuts tbh
these dudes: "...you can send them to nintendo..:"
me: *a third world plebe* no I can't
these dudes: "took a long time..."
me: like a month?
these dudes: "...almost a week..."
me: what!?
first world problems I guess
right? what the fuck
I remember only eating off branded soup for months to save enough money just to buy the switch
Sucks to suck
I had to get a new switch........lite
@@geraldreynolds3756 F
"the best way to solve the drift issue, is to send it in to Nintendo"
*Cries in not american*
Im in the UK and I could send it in
@@onlypuppy7 *Cries in not from a country with official Nintendo support*
@@gonzalezalbertodiego600 move to a better country then
@@Lady_Moonsong as if those countries are open to it
@@Lady_Moonsong yeah, that's suuuuuper easy for me, why didn't I think of that before?
I like how often he reminds us both that he owns over a dozen different joy cons and that he never uses them.
A new fix to joy con drift: Let Wulff hold it
Seems legit
Right? Lmao
He's Joycon Jesus
IF YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS FIX, USE VHB tape, like the GREY 3M mounting tape, due to its foam nature, means it has enough give, and you can leave the plastic on so you can later pop the shell off easily. This should also take the guesswork out of thickness needed, given the tapes compression capabilities.
I love how Bob murdered his friend’s joycon instead of his own
i told him i'd "fix" it. Can't fix it if there's no problem :D!
Lmao
Nice pfp
Already replaced the joystick of my left joycon unit two times - each time the drift was there after a few days. It was noticable in many games, especially 3rd person view ones where characters would turn to or walk veeeeery slowly to the left with the joystick in neutral position.
Sending it to Nintendo? Nah, the fix with a piece of cardboard worked wonders. No more drift at all. Best fix so far.
I didn’t start getting drift on my joycons until I started playing games that required pressing in on the analogue stick. I had 3 years of no issues until that point. Within a few weeks, those joycons I used on that game all started having the drift issue. The fact the ultimate solution is to put something behind it to push it back in place makes the most amount of sense.
That's actually factual incorrect (No offense btw). The design of the switch inside of the actual stick itself is essentially a 1:1 copy for the most part of most traditional controllers {XBOX, PS4, PS3, etc), and that "button press" you speak of is actually core to the design, as most sticks without being connected to their aforementioned controller chassis, would simply be pulled of the mechanism itself. Your theory was actually one of the first thoughts that people came up with when joycon drift started becoming wide spread, and was shortly dismissed due to such. I can link a video explaining it better, since I can defintely say my explanation wasn't perfect in the slightest lol.
@@WiseEXE Huh? You are wrong. I've seen the inside of a Switch Pro controller which uses similar analog sticks to all the other controllers you mentioned and the JoyCon sticks are NOT built the same way.
The sticks in normal controllers like the Pro Controller turn rods that are connected to two potentiometers mounted to the sides of the analog stick housing. (one for each axis of movement). Just about all the analog sticks used in normal controllers are built this way. The downward motion of using a button press action on these sticks don't put much stress on the potentiometers in these designs.
As for JoyCons Button presses happen with a membrane inside the housing of the JoyCon analog stick. The stick had to be pressed against it. Guess what's behind that membrane button? The metal housing backplate for the analog stick. Guess what that original VKChannel video shows on how to fix the drift? Something being placed behind the metal backplate to add pressure.
The "potentiometers" for a JoyCon are setup differently. Their potentiometers are setup as vertical/horizontal strips that rest behind the analog stick assembly. They rest directly on top of the SAME metal back-plate behind the analog sticks that is also relied upon for providing back pressure for the button press action. This is very different to how normal controller analog sticks are setup. The full size controllers have the button setup externally with one of the rods allowed to move down to hit it or some are more fancy have the button behind the analog stick assembly and the entire assembly is allowed to move down to hit it. It doesn't really matter though. The housing for them is designed very differently and so the button press thing doesn't really affect them that much.
It's completely logical to assume using the button press feature would put added stress on the metal tabs holding the metal back plate which is the very same back-plate that is relied on to provide resistance to the pressure needed to press that button membrane for the analog stick. After I replaced my drifting analog sticks in my Joy-Cons late last year after the left one finally started to drift and while taking the left one apart, the metal tabs broke so the metal back housing isn't held on very well. I distinctly remember trying to use the button press on it would cause the housing to come part. Something those metal tabs were there to try and prevent. Anyways had this fix been known I would have not attempted to disassemble them. I probably would have replaced them anyways as I wanted it as an excuse to put Switch Lite analog sticks in my joycons to match the new white shells I got for them. (Yep Switch Lite sticks are identical in design and can be installed in normal JoyCons!)
Pretty sure you are just categorically wrong in your assertion.
This is why I never whistle in the wild area in pokemon shield on my new switch lite
(for anyone who doesn't know you have to press the left joystick down)
Makes me wonder how many joycons Enter the Gungeon has killed xD
@@WiseEXE o
Speaking of iFixit…they’re saying the “hack” isn’t as good as simply changing out the whole joystick part, and all these sort of things will get wear and tear. Personally, I’ve known people who got drift almost literally a month or two after they got their joycons. That doesn’t seem like the amount of time that would induce wear and tear needed to replace an entire part of the joycon.
All these big youtubers saying that it's better to swap the sticks instead of doing this honestly infuriate me. This is pretty much a long term free fix and they are still saying "Nah just go spend money it ain't worth it" in a product what WILL fail down the line. Joycon sticks might be cheap but you know, you could use the potential tens of dollars you're wasting in other things.
Considering you can get 4 new sticks for $10 on Amazon then you need the same screwdrivers to open it up and just need to remove 2 more Phillips head screws and unplug one ribbon cable, yeah, the easier fix is the stick. I tried to do this recently and couldn’t get the thickness right, but I easily swapped the sticks.
@@Kasum_ish it is not a long term fix. Mainly because people are giving this for granted that it is a good fix.
It will only work only if pressure under your analog will fix drift (you can just press with your thumb and see if that fixes). Other than that I don't recommend just open your joycon and trying this just because many UA-camrs are saying it will work.
I already open my joy con and inside the analog, the Cooper wire and plastic is already worn, so no. Just send it to Nintendo or change the analog
@@elyk082 I bought a double pack for $7 on Amazon to replace a drifting stick... both of the replacements were non functional, meanwhile putting the original back in, it still worked as it did before (drift included). I used a piece of paper and boom. Fixed. A waste of $7
I feel your pain trying to get the drift, one of my joycons has drift, but whenever I try to test the drift in the controller settings, it’s perfectly fine.
if the drift test says no drift, that means there's no drift
Then it never had drift to begin with.
Switch Apex players be like:
@@omnikickflip9000 The drift still pops up from time to time (mostly while I play BotW), but I can never get it to trigger in the settings menu.
This is a mood
Its a more permanent solution than anything nintendo has offered. Their idea of "permanent fix" is sending you a new pair that will eventually do the same thing.
That is why is best to learn to fix it yourself. Custom support in most of the coporation exist to waste your money, time, energy, brain cell, valuable life, and so on
My left joycon was unusable, I couldn't even scroll the menu.
I used a piece of cardboard from a pack of batteries, and it worked right out of the gate.
It's a legit fix and it's a lifesaver.
Mine as well. My left joy on goes left, I can’t play smash.
Even if it’s not a permanent solution, this is really cool. I might try this out on my one joycon with slight issues.
@@griffinbrooks6748 - Lemme Smash!
How did u get the screws off? I only have a Phillips and flathead screwdrivers, while Nintendo has 3 lines in the screw instead of 1 or 4
@@decense8299 You need a triwing screwdriver. You can buy a cheap set off amazon for like 8 bucks.
I like how he fixes everything he touches, even when he's trying to break it.
He's like a taller, scruffier Fix-it-Felix.
“But we were able to prove that this thing has a problem”
He said that after removing the stick and breaking it and superglueing it back…..
By "thing" he meant that particular joycon, so he could fix it
Yeah I thought that at first haha
i mean, what more proof do you need honestly?
@WULFF DEN i think he understood you was talking about all joy cons, and not about this unit in your hand.
Nintendo: “Joy-Con Drift isn’t real!”
Also Nintendo: “Let’s do this and not tell anyone.”
Pretty sure he's been cursed with not having joycon drift
That's a blessing
What a sick curse
Oh no. The horror.
dont you mean blessed?
OH NO! What a terrible curse! I sUrE hOpE tHiS tErRiBlE cUrSe WoN't BeFaLl Me!
"I mostly play in docked mode"
Cut to next scene
"If you like playing in portable mode, like I do"
😂😂😂
Ah, he didn't say, "like I do". It did seem a bit counter to each other to me too, but no, as funny as it would be, I didn't notice anything contradictory..
No
Well the original person that discovered the fix said everything they tried to fix drift actually worked, but it just eventually came back after a few days. Like, literally ANYTHING they tried seemed to fix drift temporarily-even things that had little to nothing to do with the final solution. Maybe simply changing consoles like you did with your first friend's Joy-Con also fixed it (for whatever stupid reason) and it required time to get actual drift back.
yeah honestly changing consoles might have done something but that just raises more questions lol
@@WulffDen : I wonder, would you have been able to spontaneously induce drift the way you did if you hadn’t been told what the fix was in advance? I feel like it might have biased you in purposely damaging the Joy-Con _precisely_ where the fix does something!
@@nouche yeah, the channel is probably biased toward that UA-cam channel, and I can confirm, this fix is indeed only temporary
I think it depends on what material you're using if it's gonna end up as a permanent fix or not. Materials that aren't dense enough could still compress and require additional layers to add pressure again.
You first mentioned that you never played in handheld and then you talk about the Satisfye Grip xD
Yeah I honestly wondered about that myself. He’s mentioned before how he predominantly plays docked so he can get footage or stream. I ended up just giving him the benefit of the doubt and assumed he uses the grip on the few occasions he’s outside and decides to play.
And i bet he doesnt play league of legends and he doesnt know what a vpn is either, but he will still try to sell you it
Ya he's shilling for a sponsor
@@MAJ724 Yeah he's a youtuber, its a sponsor bro....
Honestly, the real mystery is how people don't know how youtubers make money by being sponsored and running ads. It really just shows how trolls really function on a two digit IQ. Smh.
"can't have joy con drift if you have no switch at all"
-Me, a wii user
-Me, a 3DS user ( who still really wants a Switch but was hesitant because of drift and is happy that a simple fullproof-ish fix has been found )
Me, a Wii U user
@Mustache Merlin Hmm, good, but not good enough.
BEHOLD, THE POWER OF *XBOX 360 CONTROLLERS DRIFTING*
My Wii Nunchuk got drift
@@NeonVoxel I just tightened my nunchuk connector's outer pressure/ground pins yesterday and it seems to have helped my frequent nunchuk disconnects.
Bob: I mostly play in docked mode.
Him in the ad: Hey guys, you know when you're playing handheld mode, it can get uncomfortable?
@@emilands3635 yeah i have carpal tunnel from martial arts now I physically have to use a ergonomic mouse and grips for all my controllers cause without them my fingers start killing me and then I have to do a five minute wrist flexing exercise it got really annoying and I knew it was only gonna get worse so I got ergonmic stuff and haven't had a problem since sadly I had to quit shooters though since even my ergonomic mouse made for high dpi gaming isn't the greatest for accurate flicks
In fairness, it's probably one of the reasons he plays in docked mode
"I didn't have drift so I gave myself drift."
What kind of crazy lunatic do you have to beeee
4:50 I legit thought he had a portable Joy-con knife
So...you thought he had a...Switch-blade???
*pauses for laughter*
Not a very joyful joy-con
*adds laught track*
See a Doctor
@@OurHeroXero underrated comment
@@OurHeroXero little did you know that that product exists on Etsy right now.
I need to test it as I’m sick of replacing the sticks on the Joy Cons. Nintendo in the UK won’t fix this for free (their repair center is trash anyway) so it’s up to us to do what Nintendon’t.
Im very proud of a brazilian fella with the "Macgyver" spirit who discovery that
Caceta foi um br? Maluco, gambiarra define mais br que futebol kkkk
It's no surprise, really. We invented and mastered the art of the gambiarra after all.
Fazer o que né?
Dude out here being the Jesus of Joy-Cons, healing drift by just using them.
watch nintendo start making Joy-cons with extra thicc metal plating joy cons and calling it the NEW Joy-cons and sell it for more.
Well the reason alot of people "don't want to send it into Nintendo" is because not everyone lives in US, UK or Asia so Nintendo DOESN'T support repairs in those outside countries
I have a launch day switch and joycons, and the right one has been drifting super badly for the past 6 months. I did this fix and it works like new now! I used a business card and only did one layer, but I haven’t had any issues yet. Hopefully it stays that way!
How's it holding up to this day?
over a year later. Its a perma fix so far. Did the same thing on my other joycon that started drifting 2 days ago. Its going well so far!
I was looking for this kind of comment. I wanted to know if this was a permanent solution or not. Thank you c:
Hey, thanks for mentioning VK's Channel. I'm wondering if it makes sense to include a direct link to his channel (or the video you reference) in the description to give him more support?
good idea
I second that!
i usually link everything in cards but the functionality is broken at the moment for some reason. I'll put it in the description
@@WulffDen much appreciated.
@@WulffDen Sounds good, I did check for cards before making this comment so I'm glad we were on the same page haha
You will have more success spotting drift if you only move the stick slowly and slightly.
Try to find a precise spot where you will see the cursor continue to move on its own in the calibration test.
Now, sometimes, releasing the stick from certain directions and/or short distances doesn't bring it back to the exact center. That's a loose stick. It may cause your character to move, but it's a different problem. The input isn't read incorrectly if the stick is not centered physically. You should be able to fix that problem with calibration (increasing the deadzone).
Real drift (faulty reading) cannot be fixed with calibration.
This reminds me of my Dualshock 3 that was so old the little foam strip that held a connector had mushed up and stopped giving pressure to the it, so i had to replace with a piece of folded paper to make it work again and i'm still using it to this day.
Can confirm this method fixed my left joycon from drifting, I highly recommend trying this especially if you've never opened hardware before, this is a good starting point showing the basics on how to disconnect battery cables, being careful around ribbon cables and just screwing things open and closed. Who knows? Maybe there's a DIYer within you! :D
I build stages in smash and after one joy con started drifting hard I bought another set. that drifts now too. and I still build stages, cause I hate myself apparently. definitely trying that fix
Replying for updates
Let us know how it goes 👍
@@Nersius same
@FitPeePee and you other guys:
so today I finally got to try it since I got that special nintendo screw driver. I took little plastic bits, two of them stacked made around 1mm. the drift isn't completely gone after playing for a bit, but it doesn't drift often and both are very much usable now. doesn't constantly move then screen when building stages and recovering in smash is an option again as well ^^
I might update once I get to play some more, and see how it goes
On the bright side, if this DOES fix things longterm, it also honestly is probably going to make it easier on manufacturers to avoid this going forward. I imagine it's a lot easier for any designs to give more support to the backplate than it is to find a new way of doing the graphite pads.
The joycon destroying stream was a hoot.
This is a very real fix. I did it on my right ones (because my left ones were already sent in) and it worked prefectly. These had very bad drift where it registered so far left it touched the outside circle.
Yeah that’s cool and all but
Those Zelda joycons with the Mario switch tho 😳
Your ads are the only ones I don’t scrub through immediately. Just not annoying at all and quick. Actually makes me thing about buying another satifye grip for the lite.
I got drift in one of my joycons so I switched to using my 2nd pair. Going back to the first pair recently it no longer had any drift at all... for about 2 days after which it came back reliably/persistently.
If Nintendo have been trying to fix this for the last 5 years I can see why it might be difficult to test reliably.
What makes you think they’re trying to fix it? Every time they’re confronted with questions about drift they deny it.
Bought a used joycon pair where the left one had really bad drift. When you moved the stick sometimes it would start going left at high speed, returning to a standstill for a few seconds, rinse and repeat. After taking the joycon apart and opening the analog stick I cleaned the pads on the blue ribbon board with Isopropyl Alcohol and put it back together. I did put a piece of paper between the back of the analog stick and the battery's plastic holder thing for extra assurance. My drift was now completely gone! It takes a bit of time but I would say it's well worth it, espescially if you already have IPO and the correct screwdriver bits/set.
My joy-cons got so bad my Minecraft character would look straight up and spin without my touching the controllers.
So I figured what the hey, can't make worse and not only replaced the offending bits but just reshelled the whole thing. 😂 Kind of glad the fix hadn't been discovered yet because holy crap I like the new look so much! Next I'm going to replace the faceplate to match.
My joycon had its stick replaced twice and the drift always came back. This fix was the last resort before buying a new one and so far it’s worked to perfection. It’s like I have a brand new controller
For me, speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey always gives my joycons drift due to the nonstop spins you have to do
With things like buffering your moves and more.
Nintendo; let's make games where heavy input is needed.
There are two very different types of drift, one related to usage and another related to poor signal between the joycon and the switch. Your friends likely had the second type with doesn’t repro when you’re playing on the switch itself. That drift is caused by poor antenna design and generally affects the left joycon. I sit about 10 feet from my TV and switch and my launch joycon would drift when my leg was in between the joycon and the switch. Apparently they fix that drift by adding a little chunk of conductive foam inside the joycon to improve the signal.
Try using your friends’ joycons from across a room or through a wall and see if you get drift.
😊
5:59 I actually experienced something similar with my joy-con's drift. I started experiencing drift a couple of months after Smash came out, and so I started playing almost (and eventually completely) always in tabletop mode with a pro controller. So, when this new fix came out, I went to check on my joycon's drift, and just couldn't get it to drift. Back then, it would always be registering a false input and when trying to point it entirely to the right, it would register as if I was just tilting it. It got so bad that even when playing with my pro controller, the game would just stop and ask me what controller I was using because the joycon kept inputting on its own. But now, I keep checking it and it's as if it had never drifted in the first place.
controllers that get drift tend to have it disappear temporarily after not using it for a long period of time.
I had a drift on my right stick, which happened occasionally. Nothing was happening, then suddenly my character looked upwards. It got worse and worse. At last it happened every 20 seconds.
But it was never visible in the controller options.
Every solution worked only for a week or two, so did this.
Maybe there are different kind of drifts.
It was cured by an exchange stick.
Joy just drifted into my heart.
Yesterday I was fixing my left joy con. I found out what was the problem. There's a sponge that a thin wire is resting on top. I removed it and used hot glue to glue the wire down to the joy con's motherboard. Tested it and it works on the first try. This is just my method, it's not for everyone.
.... Watching you test drift was excruciating. That's not how you test for drift! You have to VERY slowly move the stick around to see where the output starts to fidget around. Just smashing to the max is NOT how you look for drift.
I was thinking the same thing! Mine only drifts when being lightly touched, like it detects a little movement and doesn't recenter itself properly when released.
Real joycon drift is the analog doing inputs without you touching it not whatever you’re talking about🤣
@@fettyboy5679 Drift doesn't just happen at the center. It can happen anywhere. Its just the most noticable at the center (because the game says you are doing something when you aren't).
@@DemiImp I agree he didn’t text the joy on drift correctly lol but a joycon with little drift can still be played with competitively!
I had a pair of joycons that were given to me as a gift by someone I care deeply for but am no longer close to. I was devastated when they started to drift and I kept them for sentimental reasons but couldn’t actually use them. I tried this on them and I’m so unbelievably happy I can use them again 2 years later. So glad this was such a simple fix
Bob, man, I'm too busy why'd you have to upload? Now I've gotta watch this whole video
sorry bout it
I commend your dedication to find an issue where apparently there was none, up to the point of breaking it willingly, to educate and entertain your viewers. Kudos and keep em coming!
Saw the original video when it came out and just completed my fix after getting a hold of a Y00 screwdriver :D Super easy to do and works like a charm! Thanks again to you guys, you've saved the time and money of many with this
Who would win:
A team of talented engineers devoting a huge portion of their lives to engineering and electronics.
One random UA-cam boi and a paper.
This fix is EMBARRASSING for Nintendo
Sometimes the most complicated problems have the most overlooked easy solutions
Wow I have like 3 sets w drift and you're inducing it wtf lol
I like to think that there are some Nintendo ninjas with a box full of brand-new joycons of every color outside your house, and when a drifting joycon arrives they swap it for a matching brand-new one without you noticing.
Lol, imagine if this is what Nintendo actually does to fix joycons
They just replace the joy-cons as far as i know
They actually fixed mine (I had a special color)
@@Mysticuffs good they didn’t swap it with a generic one!
We should just send our joycons with drift to wulff, he can just magically fix it
I'm gonna give him a like for his dedication of finding a joy con drift
i have 3 sets of joycons and 2 have drift, the other ones i use for special occations where i absolutelly need it to not have drift
and i dont eat and play the switch and im not even a dude so i can't manhandle it accidentally. My switch lite doesnt have any issues tho
The backplate only gets loose because of the fact that pressing L3 and R3 actually caves the backplate in. The button for L3 is offset and thats why it happens. And also partly because of the graphite sensors.
the L3 /R3 button are a terrible idea, I hate them in every console, specially when is something you need to use often ( like crouch on LoZ )
@@migovas1483 Yup, fully agree here. It's a lot of pressure to apply on a button.
A while ago i got insane joystick drift on my switch lite, i’d imagine this would be way harder on a full console and i had no warranty it would’ve costed 100 bucks and 2-3 weeks of wait time, eventually icednded up buying an ac switch i found at target
And?
@@silkic i’m just saying i think it would be much harder to do this repair on the lite considering it’s a full console :/
@@Alecwilliamson07 could've tried opening up the lite. This fix should work on the lite as well and the sticks are replaceable.
This idea has merit. I had to do the same type of thing to fix the face buttons on an old PS3 controller and it has worked perfectly for well over a year.
In Mexico it only applies for the first year that you have the switch, so we have to fix them ourselves :'v
I have not even finished watching but I must compliment you on the CRRRRRRRONCH sound effect employed for your wrist stretches. Very impactful. A+.
"Send the joycons back, it's free and only takes a week"
Hah. Sent mine in back in March of 2020, didn't get them back until July. Probably because of covid, but yeah.
Definitely Covid dude , I sent mine and they were back in a week or so
I tried this fox recently, instead of paper I used 3 cut pieces of electrical tape, it works perfectly and because it’s soft it provides enlightening pressure on the controller without causing the casing to come loose.
Drift doesn't cause offset, it causes "flickering" movement. Watching you flick that joycon like a bean and claiming "nope no drift", like you didn't even give enough time to see the drift effect.
Actually if you watch "VK's Channel" He also flicks it and it drifted like CRAZY
The thing is, now that I've heard what the actual problem is, that happened to PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers back in the day. They even included a reference to it in Mass Effect 2.
"I can't tell you how often I've heard, 'Why's the ship turning around? We're only halfway there.'"
Honestly between me and my friends and folks and multiple launch day Switches, none of us have ever had drift to my knowledge. I definitely haven't.
I just think it's funny how my accidental fix is the main fix now. I was experiencing drift a while back, but I dropped my controller and it worked perfectly.
now nintendo is going to sue the guy for telling ppl to fix their joy cons cause their sales drop XDDDD
Just tried this on both my joycons, it works almost perfectly, probably needs some time to settle like you said but i recommend this fix. One thing to point out is that the right and left joycons are obviously different on the inside but i followed the same logic and it doesn't seem to have any problems unscrewing stuff
So you’re telling me all Nintendo had to do was add 1mm more of plastic under the joystick and they wouldn’t have gotten sued?
Yep. But, they probably didn't realize this was the issue. That just shows how much they care
@@Nonx47 well, think about it. People have been complaining about it and the switch still sells millions, most likely they just go "they are saying it sucks and needs to be fixed but still keep buying all of them, why would we fix it? we making bank"
@@Nonx47 It feels less like they don't care and more like something they would genuinely miss. Seems like it's way too oddly specific of a solution to be something Nintendo would notice.
@@arashitempesta yeah, but honestly an easy fix like this wouldn't cost them much at all at this point, and if people start reporting that it's fixed... More people will buy their products, and most will buy another pair of joy cons to replace their own. Idk, it just doesn't make enough sense to not from a business perspective. I think it's a pride thing.
@@Nonx47 agreed my joycons drift but that is literally the reason I’m not gonna buy more
That clear Satisfye grip looks pretty nice, not gonna lie. I just realized how long it's been since I saw a transparent gaming thing like that, shame it's a style that went out of fashion, I really like it.
It baffles me listening to these guys saying that Nintendo gave them back their joycons after a week.
I'm from Colombia and they took 5 months to replace both joy-cons. One came one month later.
That's your countries fault not Nintendo lmao
I think If they're getting sent to the US, they have to go through customs both ways due to the batteries.
@@MustangFord Yes, I KNOW
Oof
1:27 nice sound effects. Super accurate. Can confirm.
Wish I could be one of the cool kids and get drift
Don’t say that, otherwise it’ll come true lol
Eat cheetos and don't wash your hands before playing with your joycons
Trust me, getting drift is not fun at all
@@NekoWinters alternative, find some dusty place and rub the joycon into it
@@NekoWinters this is the way
I live in Peru and we actually have official technical support from Nintendo here, but it's just a little repair shop in a not-so-nice part of the city. A few years ago I left my first joycons there, both drifted but one was really broken inside. They just changed the sticks and charged me for the diagnosis, the replacement parts and the work. They started drifting again and it seems like they could be solved with this fix. I'm feeling tempted to do it myself, like, something tells if I leave them in the repair shop they'll just change the sticks.
I imagine there's some people that think they have drift when in reality they just suck at video games.
I tried this last night. It IMMEDIATELY fixed 2 of my joycon! The right took 2 "shims" the left took 1 "shim". I'll do the others later. I bought 3 other pair when I bought my release day Switch. They all started drifting within the first couple of months. They all became completely unusable over the last year. Thanks for the "Deja Vu"!
The internet in a nutshell: “I gave myself Joy Con drift so that I could complain about it and fix it!”
Mine started drifting after a little over a year of use. I tried to treat them well.
People don't give it to themselves on purpose... I've gotten drift multiple times despite taking as best care of my joycons as you can without just not using them.
this fix is great not only for people in regions where sending them to Nintendo isn't an option, but also for people who either have or are on the fence about getting customized controllers because Nintendo won't accept them for their drift repair service. I customized a pair of joy-cons for my girlfriend's birthday, so this trick will be a life saver if they ever start drifting.
I’ve fixed 2 joycons and it worked, but now a 3rd is having problems and I’m done. I’m getting so tired of built in obsolescence, shoddy work, and new items even having glitches. If I do poor work for my employers they tell me to fix it or I get fired. So yeah, I’m tired of fixing others peoples shoddy work, it’s unacceptable to have to do this stuff.
After all these years someone finally figured it out. I was tired of looking for the root cause of drift and being told to just replace the piece or buy a new joy con.
Nintendo: “The ‘Joycon Drift’ isn’t a real issue.”
Also Nintendo: “We will fix your controller if you send it in to us.”
🤔🤔🤔
This video goes into lenghts explaining that it really takes lots of abuse to make it drift.
Nintendo basically just offers to fix the damage you have done yourself.
@@sampokemppainen3041 ok, well maybe I’m an exception but I have problems with intermittent drift and I haven’t been ‘abusive’ to my controller as far as I’m aware
@@sampokemppainen3041 My switch lite from day one has had problems with the left joycon, it must be my fault even though I'm gentle with the damn thing like it's a baby. 🤡
Get over yourself.
@@sampokemppainen3041 to be fair even if you don't damage them yourself if you just use the joycons in regular play for about 1-2 years then they will start drifting on their own periodically
I use my switch almost exclusively in handheld and even when I use it docked, I still use my joycons but, haven't had any drift issues either. This does seem like a likely explanation given how some get drift really easy and others don't even with a ton of abuse. It probably all depends on how that back plate is sitting from factory.
I think the issue you were having with not getting drift was your method of determining if you have drift or not.
Both of my joy cons most definitely have drift, but it doesn't show up in the calibrate screen. It is 100% noticable in-game though.
Like for realsies, my left joy con drifts so bad that I legitimately can't even turn the system off without using the touch screen, because I can't get the cursor to land on "power off".
But the calibrate screen shows both as being completely normal. No drift at all.
My experience with joy-con drift (or rather the lack of) is exactly like yours... Everyone complains about it but I have yet to witness it myself... My Switch is a day1 unit from 2017, and I bought two other pairs of joy-cons in 2018 and 2019, and I've never had any problems.