Giving the GameBoy Advance SP a headphone jack 17 years later

I gave my GameBoy Advance SP a headphone jack 16 years later. It was never released with one and I had never seen anyone do it until I saw a KZbinr by the name of Makho do a video on it ( • Building a Headphone J... . I know there is probably better, more professional ways to do this but I am not an expert and im just showing you my way of doing it!
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[@TheRetroFuture]

Ever wondered what’s in my toolkit? - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKGQnYqLlpmUZ9E

[@aksiyonbizde3016]

Hello

[@sgsuperkiddan]

Without any further waffle

[@puixel]

Really cool mood!, i think this is the console i need to play all the GB/GC/GBA games!!! one console for everything

[@KyoteKy]

Well there's not a Dremel in there

[@stevenbenson9976]

Would it have been possible to remove the Nintendo headphone jack on this and put this in the same place?

[@Smash67]

Wow... What a legend. Finally fixing a mistake that shouldn’t have happened.

[@unknownknife4993]

He posted it WITH OUT A CARTRAGE IN IT

[@dedender0726]

This guy is always modding Gameboys He's so cool

[@Smash67]

Ded Ender 072 yeah your right, I’m subscribed to him

[@Smash67]

@Zero Bullet's don’t need a headphone jack if you buy all their $500 products 🤣🤣

[@Anonymous-ch7wj]

@@dedender0726 Elliot rocks.

[@twistyt4199]

Next episode: installing Bluetooth into a gameboy advance sp

[@eduardoanonimo3031]

Already are mods for that

[@whoawatchoutorillflipyouof9815]

Eduardo Anonimo and so were there mods for a headphone jack, doesn’t make it less entertaining

[@dam2k16]

Eduardo Anonimo Nobody said it didn't exist.

[@eduardoanonimo3031]

@@whoawatchoutorillflipyouof9815 I'm not trying to say that is not entertaining, I'm trying to say that is not something new, Twisty T don't need to wait until the next episode.

[@whoawatchoutorillflipyouof9815]

Eduardo Anonimo you completely ignored the fact that this video was not an original idea. People want to see ELLIOT make a Bluetooth GBASP rather than other people. People watch for him. Jesus.

[@kohtsa]

Just when I thought I was done modding my sp I get a notification 😂😂

[@gabrielcastejon7914]

What mods does it have?

[@VoidWays]

"1st of all who want's a dongle" all iphone users in a 500 mile radius: Edit: ok, I see the comments have gotten toxic, with arguing, please stop the arguing, what I said was just a joke...

[@dotmatrixmoe]

Apple users: **Sad Apple noises**

[@wsketchy]

New Macbook be like:

[@moddingpark]

Nuff' said. 😎

[@VoidWays]

@TurboSushi it was a joke...

[@dotmatrixmoe]

@TurboSushi Oh sure, I'll pay the extra $30 even though I have wired headphones already.

[@WombatEater]

Apple: Why do I hear boss music?

[@ieattwiceaday4116]

I don't know why this doesn't have that many likes

[@makho]

Wow, that looks fantastic! Great job. Thanks for the shout out too! I think yours ended up looking much cleaner than mine too. For what it's worth though, I don't think a dremel would have given you a cleaner result but it would likely have made it a bit easier. One thing that's worth noting is that even though the mod uses a four pin headphone jack, the console will not work with four pin headphones. At least, mine doesn't unless they are half inserted and then you only get mono sound out of one side.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Ooh very interesting. I didn’t try that!

[@jbgwapoodellot33]

Wow sir makho was mentioned by RetroFuture. Two KZbinrs I watch about Modding Consoles.

[@TimdeVille]

Hey makho, this is putting me off trying this mod. Any ideas as to how this can be solved to work with all headphones? Most have a mic on the cable now and 4 pins. Don’t want to have to carry special headphones for my sp

[@makho]

@@TimdeVille You'd need a physical switch to detect headphones. That's all the fourth pin does in this implementation. By inserting a three pin TRS plug in the four pin TRRS jack, we are triggering the speaker cutoff by shorting the fourth pin (the ground) to the third pin (also the ground in TRS but the microphone in TRRS). Alternatively, you can use a TRRS splitter and just leave the microphone plug dangling but I understand not wanting to use a dongle. If you cannot find a suitable contact switch (and I couldn't but I didn't look *that* hard) that depresses automatically when headphones are inserted, a simple SPST switch that you toggle manually would work too.

[@TimdeVille]

makho cool. Thanks for the reply. I’m new to all this do I’ll have to do some searching. I don’t even know what a SPST switch is so I’ll look it up but would be amazing to use any headphones. Are you ok just using 3 pin headphones then?

[@Filmedon3DS]

"Definitely NOT done on Microsoft paint..."

[@ferrochrom2191]

The news: DOLPHINS ARE RETURNING TO ITALY Meanwhile, on the Retro Future Channel: GIVING THE GAMEBOY ADVANCE SP A HEADPHONE JACK 17 YEARS LATER

[@someone-lu3xd]

HEADPHONE JACKS HAVE RETURNED TO GBA SPs

[@EagleFPV43]

I'm either blind or u wrote 16 instead of 17

[@NickGoblin]

@@EagleFPV43 look at the video description m8 he probably changed the title later

[@superdutchskills492]

Excuse me but what have dolphins to do with this channel serieus question love an awnser

[@NickGoblin]

@@superdutchskills492 donate to the dolphins

[@cameronmuir7275]

Never had the SP, I have been modding my OG advance. If I ever get one this is a super simple mod, and I am glad you showed this. Cheap and easy, just awesome!

[@Donald_Truck-uz2eu]

you should do this with an iphone

[@TheTotallyRandomGuy]

TRUMP 2020 lol yea

[@Madblaster6]

Strange parts did this a few years ago

[@LuisAlbertoAhumadaMartens]

@@Madblaster6 And he did an excellent job

[@meanpaintandbody]

1st time I ever see Trump say something smart

[@Madblaster6]

Elchingon_92 coming from someone who says what the media feeds them without actually knowing what they’re talking about.

[@LadyFireShelf]

Imagine going back in time to the 80s or 90s with the mods we have now

[@restlessheroes]

So... if there was space in the case for a headphone jack, couldn't have nintendo just put one from the beginning.. sincer they were able to put one in the micro which is even smaller.

[@chamoo232]

The Micro doesn't have a link port or the little switch in the cartridge slot that tells the GBA when a GB or GBC game is inserted so even if it has a headphone jack it still sacrificed other stuff. Nintendo could have made extra space in the SP for a headphone jack but they just didn't care enough to do it. And it was extra money for them from people who bough the dongle that cost pennies to make.

[@bagelmaster8]

@@chamoo232 not to be pedantic but the micro’s charge port also works as the link port

[@HBKnowItAll]

Apple and Samsung also had the same excuse.

[@SergalCheeseHead]

2 years late, and my guess is simply because they knew all the weird lil companies that existed at the time would create headphones that use one of the two ports at the top

[@DarronPotter]

That's actually better than some of the other headphone jack mods I've seen, well done and who needs a Dremel anyway?

[@h8GW]

No. Get a -Dremel- rotary tool. -Dremels- rotary tools are awesome.

[@Th3OmegaPoint]

I think you did a spot on job there! Looks perfect. When I do mods like that things usually catch fire or explode.

[@matthewshan1031]

Th3OmegaPoint probably wiring / soldering errors. Keep trying though and be safe bro!

[@TheIsolatedGamerz]

I have a headphone jack adaptor for the SP and brought the AGS101 back in 2005. It's good to see the modding scene adding these features now. I often capture audio from my GBA to an audio recorder.

[@Z3DT]

"Who wants a dongle?" Said the iPhone owner, the company that started the no headphone jack trend

[@lukadinic822]

Actually the first android ever didn't have one

[@RayoMcQueen95990]

Yep, I hate that when I want to charge my iPhone I need to take out the “headphone jack”(the charging port)

[@Lucas_van_Hout]

Z3DT as an joke I get it, but it has been 3 years now and every mayor brand (of who some of them made fun of apple) lacks a headphone jack. How Ironic.

[@Jasonhadjigeorgiou]

@@Lucas_van_Hout damn learn how to spell

[@socwyvern9745]

Luka Dinic actually the first telegram ever didn’t have one.

[@Scorch-Flame]

I've been waiting!! Edit: ps thank you

[@Blackhearto]

Watching you do all this mods and repairs really makes me want to try my hand at modding a gameboy for myself, the GBA is my favourite handheld console of all time, so why not make it even better right? Thank you very much Elliot, keep up the great work!

[@lucabaldassi6024]

Next _The Retro Future_ video: "Buying a Dremel"

[@anndra8687]

"Ultimate GBA dremel mod"...

[@TheTotallyRandomGuy]

‘This is not made in Microsoft paint’ And yet it still looks like it was

[@joshandrews8913]

r/woooosh

[@thetechoasis2179]

hey dude... look up ^^^^^^^ the joke is up there over your head.

[@B-Hathaway]

That was, in the King’s English, what we call ... a joke.

[@Jasonhadjigeorgiou]

r/wooooooosh

[@elephystry]

Since the image is on his phone, he probably did it on his phone.

[@herotehdude]

I feel like if something like was a series from RetroFuture it’d be really entertaining It could be called “If they won’t do it, I will” or something

[@IAmNotAFunguy]

Next video: Giving the iPhone 7 a headphone jack-4 years later.

[@rileydyck261]

when I first got my game boy witch was a month ago I fell in love with it I couldn't get enough of it then I found your channel and then I fell in love with your channel. and good job installing the head phone jack

[@zerosick]

just watched the ad from start to end after watching your video, your channel deserve that kind of treatment for us.

[@mudkiplegendstreamsmemesan3690]

Next up: Installing a headphone Jack on an iPhone XR

[@HelixAdamOxford]

Why the XR?

[@vitalyavolyn]

@@HelixAdamOxford because he has an XR, see previous video

[@ryangraham9623]

I swear apple and nintendo do the exact same things I mean no headphone jack, dongle, headphones that plug into the charging port smh

[@buttonpusher3786]

Do nintendo solder everything in, fix everything badly with used parts, wipe drives and overcharge for everything? Also Samsung are removing headphone jacks now...

[@Shyverin]

Thanks for shouting out my boy Mahko, he makes really awesome videos.

[@azocrix8543]

Oh my God, I've been waiting for this video for 2 years!!! Thank you so much the retro future!

[@Kumimono]

I'm curious how well the case sticks together with one screw missing. Great video, simple yet effective mod.

[@izakknighton446]

I didn’t see any footage of it but he said that he super glued it

[@Jacobrosstech]

Can I hear a hell yeah, this is awesome!

[@ekiel12938]

HELL YEAHHH

[@Knightway1]

Hey i came from jacks video about the diamond play button and now i found i really like your content so heres a sub!

[@Kaspar_EXE]

yo elliott, thank you for making so many videos about GBA builds. i've been watching your vids for the last month and a half on repeat to get this process down in my head. just last week, after a lot of tinkering i was able to replace the shell, screen and buttons out of my old AGS-001 and i swear to god it feels like i've like resurrected something from the grave. i definitely couldn't have experienced this without your help.

[@Kaspar_EXE]

elliot* whoopsies....

[@mysteryman313]

Title: Giving the GameBoy Advance SP a headphone jack 17 years later Description: I gave my GameBoy Advance SP a headphone jack 16 years later Me: *Confusion*

[@TheTotallyRandomGuy]

Ah so it was something Thanks Elliot for the heart!

[@leeg4116]

Quality content yet again. My OCD has got the better of me again though and the only thing I would do would be to get a spare one of those rubber screw covers from around the screen and put it in the hole where you cut the screw post from. I f**king love this channel, you give me so many ideas for projects, maybe one day I'll have the confidence to get in front of a camera and share some with others

[@geralcab23]

Niiice! I just received an SP today and was going to do just the IPS mod. Luckily I had the right type of headphone jacks laying around and Elliot here making this great video. Personally I like the way you drilled the hole since I personally dont have a drill so it gave me an idea on how to do this. Thanks!!

[@Jsicana]

Has anyone else come from jack yet (his videos been out for bit less than an hour)

[@nutmopper]

So ur telling me a 16 year old Nintendo DS has a headphone jack but Apple in 2020 doesn’t....

[@HeartlessSlayer3]

Your spelling is horrible.

[@vashtheflashstampede]

I having a stroke reading this

[@HeartlessSlayer3]

@@vashtheflashstampede I having ? I had a stroke reading that combined with the other comment

[@vashtheflashstampede]

Connor Foulke dude it was so hard to read it made me typed like him

[@khmerkandal121]

head home?

[@samdeen95]

Awesome video man! Hey don't skip or trim the details of the installation. We're all interested to see the EVERYTHING!!

[@xNotSoPro]

I'm glad that red circle was there in the thumbnail so I could see it. Would have missed it otherwise!

[@maple2441]

xNotSoPro thanks for your comment, otherwise i would have missed the circle!

[@athought1110]

Such an iPhone moment

[@ineedaname334]

I have questions that need answers..

[@KokoroKatsura]

a very hentai pic

[@edwardrobinson5470]

Yep.

[@philmikehunt7479]

Nice pfp

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

I'd like to upgrade my gbc and gba with stereo speakers. I guess I should do part of what you did and connect that to a tiny amplifier. Then find a place for speakers

[@FTB1776]

Beautiful mod my good sir. Don't be ashamed as to the methods or technique you choose to operate a hand tool. Were I come from that's called ingenuity!

[@jinougawithchocolate9329]

I have been really enjoying these videos recently as I want to fix a broken Gameboy that I got from one of my mum's friends with her old games. She has been trying to have a baby for a while now but her boyfriend has a disease that makes it very difficult for the baby to survive. I plan on fixing her old Gameboy and giving it back to her once they succeed so she can play her old games with her kid someday. I will use these videos as a resource to help me with that.

[@Jotom87]

Dope shirt.

[@hillbillyhomeboy4121]

17 yrs later: Adding headphone jack in iPhone 10.

[@roldiniamadeo7163]

Why the X?

[@hillbillyhomeboy4121]

Roldini! Why not the x For no reason

[@BenAntSimmons]

Probably one of my favorite youtubers

[@robert_wolf6989]

Can I just say that this is one of the best tutorial videos I've seen! Great job man I wish I could hit like twice!

[@clyyz]

I need Bluetooth🥺is tht possible

[@spei.9000]

People did that with other gamboys already. You need a 5v power supply in your gameboy tho. This is usually archieved by first modding it with a LiPo Battery. Honestly I dont think that it is possible in an Advance SP, you just dont have enough space inside for the bluetooth board.

[@JoeBleeps]

I did it with a DMG a while ago but there's a lot more room in those!

[@princevinny0073]

😃 i need bluetooth too

[@percy3030]

hi im from jack

[@Left-Earth]

👏Bravo! *Excellent Job* 🏆 _You have served your country well._ 🏅

[@DarkLunaPath]

You did a great job on that my guy! Fuck yeah you did it's hella clean and works like it came from that factory that way

[@Jolty12]

Anyone here from Jack?

[@lasserious]

"Who wants a dongle, nuff sed" This is the reason I wish we were friends.... lol

[@TheRetroFuture]

😂

[@HuntsmanLegacy]

Fun fact, the original DS shares a charging port with the Gba SP and the headphone adapter actually works on the DS as well. Obviously it's never needed since you have a headphone jack built in, but it works and even both Jacks can be used at once if desired for some reason

[@radstoner]

I love The Retro Future's sarcasm in this video

[@reigentalks3837]

Day 9 of commenting 'oof' until Elliot hearts me

[@TheRetroFuture]

Keep going my dude

[@SaviTheGamer]

Will he reach 100 videos? I don't know.

[@aksiyonbizde3016]

Oof

[@FTB1776]

A reply but still no heart? Witness him Senpai!

[@mgk64]

I was the 2nd viewer that liked the video?

[@graxjpg]

This was a great video. My intro to your channel! I have to subscribe because of your wit and charm

[@DontpushtheBbutton]

Having it in the hinge might be the only better place. I might try that! Coincidentally i got some headphone jack sockets today

[@Vidstar-px4fs]

Who else came from jack sucks at life?

[@georgiemansell3896]

Just bought a gameboy advance sp and I can't wait to do this!

[@jakethesnake4040]

Omg thank you soooo much for explaining the motherboard difference for C25. I’d watched a few other videos but my board was different and I couldn’t find C25. So I was trying to figure it out. And sure enough you explained exactly where to find it depending on board differences and that saved me because I’ve been searching for ages lol

[@wimwiddershins]

Her hee, dig the demonstration. Ninty definitely made a mistake not adding this to the original. To their credit they rectified it on all following devices.

[@luvingiane]

>open the retro future video >Aliexpress notification "do you need something?" i don't think this is a coincidence.

[@StickyWhiteSubstanc3]

Finally referenced your video source, well done.

[@JohnyK07]

Part of the fun of watching him doing these videos is the amount of sass he puts out when talking about how something is garbage xD

[@Tealmoonstone]

really cool dude love your vids been watching them all now i want my own gameboy advance sp but back with that cool modded screen

[@user-zo9dc1lu3q]

Then there is me. With my pair of in-ear headphones (bought in around 2008/2009) with a built in double connector. One classic 3.5 mm jack and the Game Boy Advance SP dedicated "audio connector".

[@siite]

Dude this is amazing!! I love your videos and can never stop watching them. Great content

[@aprofondir]

I love how you are slowly going insane doing this

[@animeking1357]

You are a god. I bought the cable that was released to let you use both earphones and the adapter at the same time because I always prefer to use earphones and it was trash. Always kept cutting out. If only my GBA SP still worked but that thing's a paper weight now. I always feel like I should get into this type of stuff but never know where to start. I'd really like to try and make my own mp3 player since I need a new one and can't seem to find a decent one that has much storage space.

[@sadiebarnes8274]

That placement is way better than mine lol. I have mine near the right trigger and can't use both effectively at the same time. I also soldered all my connections on the charging pins.

[@vanox9560]

I came here from Jack’s new video! :D

[@LelandHasGames]

Makho is the best! It's so awesome that you know who he is.

[@everysinkalex7730]

Elliot (I hope I spell ur name right lol), thanks so much for your videos. They're really something to keep me entertained during the lockdown. Moreover, you have made me buy a Game Boy Advance :D Shoutout from Russia

[@tofu5734]

I respect him cause he put an headphone jack...

[@SamuraiNetwork]

Apple better be taking notes

[@CraftyFox]

Hey, came here from jacksucksatlife, great video and content! I’m a maker and appreciate your videos, keep it up

[@dbhllproductions6544]

Here from Jack, that’s so cool that you got it

[@Zer064]

Nintendo: now you can play the Gameboy at night in the dark Also Nintendo: nah fam can't listen to it now

[@iSupermanCKi]

Can you attempt a Type C mod next? Mahko did one, but the part he used was never mass produced.

[@eddiejeffrys1985]

Now we design a dongle that pulse into the port up top and adds bluetooth audio connectivity to headphones.

[@WillieCorley]

The placement of the headphones jack looks way more comfortable with this mod compared to some mods I have seen.

[@user-du5bg4ld1m]

There will *always* be room for Jack!

[@RussLyman]

pretty awesome mod for sure. I may have to try this now. thanks so much

[@allisonlclos1249]

Hello, Thank you so much for making this video! This looks like a super fun and easy project for someone who hasn't soddered before, I am going to get the materials and try doing this to one of my GBA SPs! I also would love to have a headphone jack on mine! Again, thank you!!

[@CAPTAPHOENIXF90]

It was a saving cost between paying employees making headphone jack and speeding the products back in the day but still it's still have a spot to place the headphone jack without extra $100 cost

[@JohnTheFloridaFlipper]

This was a great video man.

[@tustelpaman]

Finally you break the problem, thumbup! 👍👍

[@ungratefulmango]

So impressive how you're just pumping out quality videos all the time now

[@hohoberto]

Always love your videos. and think this is the best way to do it

[@lochnessmobster9026]

I mean, I understand. The circuit board’s layout required you to insert a bunch of wires to mod it. Nintendo meanwhile probably wouldn’t want a mess of wires inside that thing, but in order to avoid that, they’d need to completely redesign the circuit board’s layout. I’m sure this is a really flimsy excuse for nintendo not adding it, but it’s probably the best I can come up with :/

[@Gameboy_1992]

Bro. Thank you so much. Now my sp is modded. AND I DONT HAVE ANY MODDING SKILLZ. Thats why I recommend you ;)

[@KingLumague]

I probably won't do this, but this is awesome and seems really easy to do.

[@Evan-ti3ud]

What a legend

[@dylandreisbach1986]

If anyone uses the excuse "they couldn't fit a headphone jack in (insert device name here)," then tell them to look up the 7th Gen iPod Nano's headphone jack. That thing is crammed in there. If the device has the thickness for a headphone jack it can fit one. No matter what if they are designing the circuit boards they can squeeze one in if they want to. The fact is that they don't want too.

[@silversonic1]

I think the real reason they didn't put in a traditional headphone jack was because back then they didn't have an adequate solution for charging, so they overcomplicated things by merging the two together, however not in the same way the iPod Shuffle did because that method didn't exist yet. Plus Nintendo doesn't like using other people's patents all that much.

[@annihilatorg]

Your headphones have a relatively thin jacket on the plug. Most headphones back then had huge jackets and it would stick out beyond the side of the gameboy or not fit when other carts were sticking out from the slot. Lots of room for leverage to break the case or socket. It's not right that they didn't have a socket on the device, but this is one place where it makes sense.