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[@jrob0021]

I really need to venture out into Facebook marketplace land to see if I can find some switches for like $50 😂

[@LampHatScott]

3rd party USB C chargers are not the same. If you use a cheap quality charger, it will actually brick it.

[@parknich081]

​@@LampHatScottCan confirm, didn't brick mine but fried the USB c port

[@jrob0021]

@@LampHatScottright, key word being cheap..

[@LampHatScott]

@@videogamemadness88 I was talking about charging cables.

[@LeafyReuploads]

Hello jrob, I saw you made a video on how to increase your download speed on like xbox and stuff, it was something like 3 years ago but none of them worked for me, I dont know how to increase my download speed, I have a cat8 ethernet cable and the xbox series x, My internet is never terrible or bad, But I download games at 25mbps, It literally takes me 20 minutes to get like 5gb downloaded, Do you possibly have any other methods on how I can increase my speed, Is there a setting or something im missing? my download speed is no different from when I had NO ethernet cable and Back then i had the xbox one, surely having an ethernet cable and the series x would increase my download speed but its exactly the same. Please help.

[@GreenBro11]

I have to believe those Switch lites were owned by young children. Scratches, hair, soda stains, really leads to it being a child’s toy, probably played with outside, and dropped multiple times. Goes to show how well built those machines are to still be running.

[@jobturkey7418]

Japanese build everything well

[@opughdyang8264]

@@jobturkey7418 until it comes to standard switches lmao

[@ravenbaa7989]

Kids shouldn’t have switches unless they can care for them

[@Mr_rice12345]

@@ravenbaa7989agree I don’t allow my neighbor who is like in 2nd grade not touch my switch and Basically anything in my room and my parents say I have to when they come over but I just put on a movie and go to my room because I don’t trust them

[@conormonaghan9178]

Caring about the cleanliness of your console is sissy

[@MsLostnightingale]

I paid 20 bucks for one. Turns out all that was wrong with it was their kid slightly popped the back off, and the power/volume contact rubber was pinched . Moved it back and 0 issues haha

[@Whattheflip64]

Holyyyyy

[@slm20408]

Luckyyyyy were there games on it or was all tye data moved/wiped?

[@2losersinbasement]

Hey! Just an FYI, when replacing digitizers, what I usually do to get them lined up perfect is install the digitizer first onto/into the shell, and then install the lcd. Usually you can get them perfect that way

[@jrob0021]

Thanks for the tip! I just kinda went for it 😂 honestly I’m just glad I didn’t fry or break the screen

[@2losersinbasement]

@@jrob0021 no kidding, I'm always so apprehensive adding heat to screens haha

[@bgjck]

Nintendo doesn’t exactly follow the USB-C PD protocol meaning that the Switch asks for a different amount of power than it actually needs meaning a charger could give it more power than it really needs leading to the switch getting fried. The OEM Switch Charger regulates power and knows that the Switch doesn’t actually need the amount of power that it’s asking for. A lot of third party power adapters have a potential of bricking the Switch so it’s advised to always use the first party dock/power adapter for the Nintendo Switch 😅.

[@Roaether]

I actually bought a pair of badly drifting joycons pretty cheap once for the whole purpose of repair. I got them for like 15 bucks because they had terrible stick drift and were in pretty poor condition physically, but other than the joysticks they worked fine. I ended up using it to mod them into custom joy cons with custom shells (the one that makes it look like the original game boy). Figured it would be a fun project to make custom joy cons and not have to worry about ruining my main set, just in case I screwed something up. It turned out great, and they are now my main joy. After everything was said and done I now have a set of custom joy cons and I only spent around $40 total

[@bairdl]

Nintendo fixes joy cons for free.

[@jjg5365]

It really amazes me how some people treat their consoles. Iv never once used a console so hard that the rubber thumb sticks wore out. I have seen so many controllers / consoles with no rubber on the thumb sticks and it blows my mind. Even when the ps4 came out there was a flaw where the rubber thumb sticks would wear out quicker than usual. I still have a controller from the launch that still has perfect rubber on the sticks lol.

[@kbhasi]

As other commenters mentioned and I imagined, both consoles were likely owned by children whose parents or caretakers would've bought those for them when they want to play Switch games on their own in their own bedroom (if it didn't have a TV or it did but the parents wanted to save some money), after school, and/or maybe during a family day out. That especially if the children were playing stuff like Pokémon and/or Splatoon which don't support multiplayer on the same console if I recall correctly.

[@SemekiIzuio]

It depends on the games like street fighter tenkken smash bros etc those go p hard but I mean it be better just to get a wireless controller at that, they just dont care or didnt have money or was a child with both reasons lol

[@becsandus]

i always think that way about phones. every time i get a new phone i keep my old one. i currently have every single generation of iphone from 2009 upwards and every single one of them have no scratches or cracks and look in new condition. i see people who have had a phone for 3 months and it's smashed to bits

[@jjg5365]

Lol yeah that too, I don't think I have ever cracked a phone screen, though I must admit I have cracked a few screens on tablets. But yeah I always have my phone in a case so it has saved it from numerous drops onto hardwood floors and a few times on concrete.

[@ravenbaa7989]

I treat mine well

[@trop1cal_blossom232]

This is what DKOldies will send you when you buy a “Refurbished” consoles 💀 (Edit: Mom I’m famous)

[@jrob0021]

😂

[@ZackMuffinMan]

It's not this good lol

[@pukalo]

After you buy it for 300$ first

[@FennecTECH]

DKoldies has been getting better (slowly). But they are still overpriced

[@pukalo]

@@FennecTECH doubt. When they aren't posting fake positive reviews or staging videos of their "refurbishment", they are doubling down on their "we open, clean and test every console" bit despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

[@SoulSnipes]

Hey Jacob I am o I am one of Mrs.R's school students she showed us your channel

[@tootrueforyou]

i love your smooth shameless transitions into an ad lol i might buy a ugreen with your link now

[@jrob0021]

😂😂 I’m glad someone appreciates them. They are nice bricks. I carry the 65w one in my bag now so I can charge all my junk at the same time

[@chikoavena3407]

We had a rule at home of preserving the og controllers and use third party ones... I've been using the og ps2 ones since 2012 (my mom got the console in 08) and yesterday one of them started to drift. I know how to solder well so im just waiting for the replacement...

[@imaginitivity7853]

The original joycons on my son's switch had drift on one. The Nintendo official replacement pair also had one get drift. So yeah, really annoying and expensive issue. I wish I'd just sent them in, but thinking that would be a hassle I replaced the internals myself.

[@Michaeltje89]

If Jacob puts a video up, WE FAST AF

[@jrob0021]

Let’s gooo

[@Bon.]

Yea

[@7ngel]

Fast asf boyyyy

[@PizTowa]

@@jrob0021yea

[@amanfrom2034]

Fax boi

[@halfizep]

"let me know if this discoloration is normal." *me who sees the insides of a switch for the first time* "no that's not normal."

[@dodogamarama2294]

if you wanna really test stick drift, have a save of animal crossing ready and try to target a dig spot lmao

[@yabbabuuyabbabuu]

So I did have stick drift in the left stick in the first release version of Switch that I bought within few months since console was released. Drift wasn't there from the beginning but I was never too abusive to joycons. It just suddenly started after some game. It was not constant so I could often play some without drift then suddenly it was happening and annoying (imagine platform game with character auto running off the plattform). It was on and off, not constant problem but once it was on it took some time (and moving around stick etc) before it was normal again. I ended up selling console some time later and got myself v2, Oled and Lite, none of these I had drift on...yet and lets hope it stays (this time I got more than 1 pair off joycons in backup hehe).

[@local_waver]

these sponsor segways are so clean I don't even realize it's an AD until the text pops up

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

Those eBay Nintendo Switch deals are definitely too good to be true. It's crazy how dirty and damaged those consoles were on the inside

[@koffeetechshow]

Unless you know how to work on your own devices

[@writtenskate522plays]

Somehow my regular switch's joycons havent drifted yet, and its not like i dont use those joy cons. I use them, not overusing, but just like normal usage of the joycons. That switch and joycons were bought in 2021 march, and the switch and joycons still look new

[@sharim2393]

I had a terrible time with drift when I first got my switch, maybe because it was second hand from GameStop. I returned two left joycons and by the third one I decided I was going to start replacing the thumb sticks. I haven't had any issues since then, now as a standard practice I replace the sticks with better ones

[@ssz28envy]

I had to replace both thumbsticks on my son's switch lite. If I remember right one side was relatively easy and the other was a giant pain. Hope these sticks last longer than the nintendo ones.

[@bestechYtBotBH]

serene wrap, lol, lmao :D sounds like someone had a hay-day in the kitchen before selling their flamingo switch 🤣

[@ObeytheSystem.]

9:37 you had me for a sec

[@TalaIsDarker]

Reminds me of my 3DS, I got a second one had, and it was owned by a kid also seeing from the photo's. However I have it many years now and it works still perfectly

[@LordSadCat]

Ebay just about getting lucky. Got copy of Pokemon Blue for $30. Opened it up and was real.

[@greamepenney5947]

Definitely had stick drift . I've had to fix the left joy con 3vtime over the last few years. Only ever the left stick.

[@OrangeDied]

i guess they made the right one... *right* i'll leave now

[@Rosa_Canina]

Funny thing about Stick drift... I still have my Launch Day JoyCons and they... dont drift. AT ALL. The only controllers I actually had to replace because of bad joysticks were 360 and GC Pads so far. Never anything else... oh, there was one N64 stick, too. But that wasnt Stick drift and more... limp stick XD

[@Blacksnowfanfics]

Wait you actually replace controllers because of stick drift I put mine away and the stick drift went away by itself

[@Rosa_Canina]

@@Blacksnowfanfics back in the GC and 360 era I did buy new ones. Nowadays I try to fix them. Hey, I was a teen back then, I did stuff differently. I also take better care ofy stuff nowadays, which might be why my OG launch day joycons still work 100%

[@Blacksnowfanfics]

@@Rosa_Canina well i've got more than one switch and three sets of joycons so if one gets drift I just swap it with one of the other ones

[@theVERYrealriot]

@@Blacksnowfanficswhy do you need more than 1 switches tho

[@XolTheGreat]

Its funny to me the camera at 10:52 picks up the reflection of the switch turning on before you turned it around and it was just on

[@jrob0021]

Lol yeah you’re right. I must’ve accidentally pressed the power button or home button at some point. Who knows how long it was on

[@jupitersnoot4915]

I'm lucky enought that both my original switch and my OLED switch don't have any drift whatsoever. My switch does have broken plastic under the left joustick, but it doesn't seem to have interfered with play at all.

[@mendedharpy4209]

The little screen crack edit made me laugh

[@vladzf9655]

"I've never experienced Joycon drift..." Ok, I'm going to call BS on this guys content

[@tracktoroff]

9:36 heart attack

[@bzerkie3393]

shift stick yes my left one. just bought new set

[@kidflash2219]

My joy-cons just got drift recently and I’ve had the switch for 4 years

[@aqqalularsen3322]

did you mention you were sponsored? i was confused on the lack of mentions about it

[@BentleythegamerYT]

Nice video man love your work

[@jrob0021]

Thank you

[@OrangeDied]

plot twist: he raided dkoldies' supply and will make videos on what he stole until the end of time

[@jodystrickland9150]

My guess is that they were used by very young children who didn’t really know how to properly care for them. Still though I think they’re not in extremely bad shape and you could easily double your money after making a few repairs

[@Tropixify]

a few years ago, my limited edition smash ultimate joy cons started drifting and when my sister tried using them, she got so frustrated with the drift that she snapped them in half. i lost 3 things that day: a pair of joy cons, and all respect for my sister

[@saraschmidt5612]

If this happened to me, I would’ve broken my sister in half. 💀

[@Tropixify]

@@saraschmidt5612 oh trust me, i’m trying.

[@jrob0021]

Wait how did she snap a joycon in half? 😂 that’s extremely impressive

[@Itz_Dark_YT]

Breaking news brother murders sister bc she broke his joycons and he has no joy anymore

[@angelreilly8312]

I've had a switch for 4 years now and had no idea the screen is touch screen..

[@dominicmako9390]

9:37 If Apple made Switches 😆

[@TheOfficialDiMWiT]

The yellow switch lite just looks like my old switch that fell in the water and on top of that the joysticks weren’t there 💀

[@Lionwoman]

Is this light problem an issue with all lite modelsor just this one in particular?

[@MarathonTheGamer]

i have had stick drift, had to have it sent to nintendo a few years ago. and now its happening again...

[@FatedXircle]

man you should be getting like Ebay buyer protection reinbursements if youre getting a console in a bubble mailer lol

[@jrob0021]

Honestly I’m surprised it arrived intact in a bubble mailer 😂

[@E.B._Tech]

I swear every time I see someone selling a switch lite on marketplace the rubber thumb stick pieces are missing

[@werg1231234567890]

i got perfectly working and clean Nintendo lite for 80$ and with animal crossing included battery was also perfect condition

[@Emily-uq3to]

I found one at goodwill bins for 5$ the joycon was snapped so I replaced it I bought the replacement cheap on Amazon and then it was good as new lol

[@ravenbaa7989]

Kids shouldn’t have these things unless they can look after them

[@95Comics]

How is $25 cheaper than the other cheap switches suspiciously cheap? Seems spot on if it’s really as bad as you say it is with all the scratches and dirt but it’s a used consul that some kid was playing with. You have to expect all that I think you just saved 25 bucks because it was all scratched up and had no thumb caps. doesn’t seem suspicious to me.

[@jrob0021]

You see 2 switches in the same condition, but one is $25 cheaper. How is that not suspicious?

[@95Comics]

@@jrob0021 because it’s all scratched and dirty and missing thumb caps. Suspicious to me is under $50

[@DJB0X3R]

I had a Pro controller that had left stick-drift.

[@Jeaneude-us4sy]

Does the consoles are banned from Nintendo Network ?

[@hitmanrandy]

So you bought them cheap and expected them to be in good condition?? That makes a lot of sense right 😂😂

[@loljerry4901]

love the vids broooo

[@The0d__F0x]

My joycons started drifting six months after i got my switch

[@PrimedBayar]

Gamer juice 😂

[@carlintaylor3229]

Me and my twin bro both have switch lites work just fine going STRONG for almost 2 years now 😊😊

[@RASPUTIN_GB]

oh it's an advert

[@baldpipesmoker1]

How the heck do people lose the joystick caps?! 🤔 I'm pretty sure they belonged to kids. Kids don't take care of things lol.

[@ryumewukowu]

Don't have a switch lite but we have bought two new joycons because of stick drift. Right con went out while I was playing smash, left con went out while my husband was playing totk

[@duTrexIt]

I bought a fully functional and preserved psp with a charger and a game for $60, was it worth it?

[@ismaelalvarez8661]

Nope

[@duTrexIt]

@@ismaelalvarez8661 it was

[@Cerberus-db1bq]

please do not buy the sponsored item. you should not be charging anything at a voltage that nintendo does not recommend. It will damage your battery long-term.

[@borderlandsdude3543]

I have gotten stick drift... do to the fact my gf is heavy handed an since she used my switch the controllers are messed up.

[@sampleofmypasta6949]

those caps were so cute wtf

[@Blacksnowfanfics]

And an excellent way to brick your switch

[@Will-uf7jt]

I assume you’re talking about the sponsor? What’s funny is he complains that dkoldies give third party chargers, I understand he complains about it because of the price you pay, but then it’s quite hypocritical to then say Nintendo chargers are terrible and by a charging brick…. The fact the cable is still where it attaches to the plug is actually good it stops it breaking 💀 not happy he took this sponsor tbh

[@Blacksnowfanfics]

@@Will-uf7jt I was I know what chargers are nintendo approved and that's not one of them

[@KouD3Graw]

Man get's surprised by the damage on a child's Switch. On the next episode he buys a beat to hell Gamecube, a muddy Gameboy Advance, a juice damaged Wii-mote, and never once expected a 6 year old being careless with their electronics.

[@OrangeDied]

what do you even do to a gamecube to get it to look like that, poor storage or some kid thought it was portable

[@Romar-io]

To be honest as a third worlder I cringe at his descriptions of how dirty it is or how badly scratched he thinks it is. I wouldn't call something that can be cleaned in 1 minute with some tissue paper as dirty as he did and the scratches on the back and screen were negligible for the great price.

[@christopherheap9625]

These Switches were definitely owned by children, with no knowledge of how to care for them. As for the infamous stick drift? I had the launch switch, the improved battery model, now a OLED. Never once encountered it, despite playing docked 85% of the time, only using handheld when travelling or my partner is busy with the TV.

[@marleensrain]

idk i prefer the GULIKIT ones by far but i just use my Gulilit King Kong Pro 2 instead as my main Switch controller

[@MarioMario4325]

DKOldies must be seething that some random people on ebay have access to their signature refurbishing process.

[@pegcity4eva]

Sandpaper

[@rvr17000]

You should show more videos of you opening up consles!

[@timothyscott1951]

yes , the stick drift on my og gray joycons ended up with it , and bad lol , I no longer have those joy cons , I'll get new ones but right now I've got the pro controller so I'm good for now 👍😁

[@dxrksxuls8]

bruh why are YOU of all people suggesting a charger that’s way too strong for the switch. the OEM switch charger only puts out 12v. that’s all you should be charging with.

[@MiyaaMashups]

My brother wants the Nintendo switch not the Lite but the other one and I don’t know if I should get it from eBay but I can only afford a certain price 😕 any recommendations?

[@PRISONCOMPUTER]

Nice videos man.

[@Philipyu28]

I saw one for like 40 bucks and brand new with the Pokémon on the background with no issues I bought it was worth it

[@crayzcubing]

The Ugreen charger will harm your battery, dont get it!

[@Matt-ManGaming]

My very first launch model Nintendo Switch got very bad stick drift

[@Tobias69486]

I’ve gotten stick drift on my original joy cons but so far I haven’t gotten it again and hopefully never do.

[@Emiichoco]

honestly i'm surprised you didn't have gloves on

[@JamesMcGill-f8v]

I don’t have an original switch that’s the whole reason. I’m watching this video.

[@leetisdale8456]

Only use a nintendo USB charging cable with switches. Even using the Nintendo USB-C to USB-A is okay, but non Nintendo cables will fry the M9 charging IC

[@SuperChatsRNotTips]

I use my laptop charger and have for years have never had a problem

[@mr.hankie]

I would never chance using this brick with my switch.only use oem bricks for switch and switch lite.

[@sodaft1]

Weirdly enough, my gray joycons drifted after 5 years, but the neon ones in months started to drift

[@776football]

I was waiting for you to somehow find a copy of wii sports in that switch

[@jrob0021]

😂😂😂

[@SuperNerdAdamsGarage]

you can't use the Switch on the TV with that Charger, though.

[@skycloud4802]

I determin that the large sales of Nintendo Switch consoles are as much because of how beat up and broken they get, than because everyone actually has them. How many times has a parent bought a replacement Switch?

[@Chipmunkboy]

I dunno, most kids nowadays would just be playing roblox instead, especially if theyre bad at taking care of devices

[@Thee_J_Bryson-_-]

Why cant I ever find a cheap switch lite like this 😭 I’ve been looking for a coral switch lite for weeellll over a year now and I’m yet to find one 😭

[@grawr900SPG]

I've had to replace my switch controlers for the stick dirft but I've had my lite for about 3 years n I've never had a problem

[@jasonparker3316]

Someone needs to by this man gloves

[@Fiflaq21]

That yellow switch looks moldy.

[@whygamingwhy2404]

...You knew everything you tested... It would have a description...

[@parasiticpupp3t]

I got a switch lite for $80 listed as broken. All it needed was a $9 ribbon cable.

[@George-sv1fn]

How do you get the heat censoring app on a android phone

[@winbamstudios]

I mean, a Switch is a Switch 😏

[@floko3604]

Dont know why anyone replaces drifting joycons by himself? I just sent 3 drifting ones to Nintendo (1 from me, 2 from a friend) and one week later I got them back with new not drifting sticks. And all this for free

[@magic1wizard]

That sounds like more of a hassle than just replacing the sticks with hall effect sticks that I will never have to worry about getting drift.

[@JenxBobaPlaysRoblox]

i had stick drift on my xbox controller but it fixed it self over time

[@JRChuxx]

Those nintendo switches were owned by cavemen savages 😂

[@jrob0021]

Ikr?

[@OrangeDied]

also known as children

[@tootrueforyou]

Jacob can i buy some of your gamer juice crud

[@StonerJames]

The battery of my switch is, how can I say it, pregnant. It's puffed out so much that it has created a gap of about an inch between the front and back cover. It still works but does anyone know about how long I have before it goes boom! It's been like this for about a year and still gets used for at least 14 hours a day. Any ideas of what to do with it? If I have to buy a new one I just hope it will last me until the new Switch 2 comes out in a few months hopefully because it would be a waste of money to buy one now.

[@Tarotakii]

I've had every iteration of the switch and have never ended up with stick drift. But then again... I also have an Xbox X Series and a gaming computer so I don't play my systems hardcore.