My PS Vita DIED | Let's INSTALL a USB-C Port!

Sadly, the Sony PS Vita I fixed recently has stopped charging and is now dead. It gives me a great opportunity to rip out the old proprietary port and replace it with a shiny new USB C port.
This mod is the VitaC from Oxyll Mods and is available here: oxyllmods.square.site/
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
00:00 Intro
00:33 USB-C Kit overview and build
04:28 Annoying Patreon song and PS Vita disassembly
06:05 Old port removal
08:00 UCB-C Mod install
14:28 Test
16:14 Stupid game
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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[@jonathanmartin3375]

The tidiness of the wires is a thing of beauty.

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

I used to solder PS1 chips with my dad when I was a kid, it was a 1 hour job just to solder all these wires properly, we used shitty equipment and I was a complete noob which didn't make things easy for sure but oh man what an experience !

[@FartSmucker]

You'll be at 100 K in no time. Much deserved too by the way.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks FS! 👍

[@bartvantuijl1598]

I second that, really enjoy these videos. Keep it up!

[@AR21]

Wow flying x

[@Ironhide34100]

@@StezStixFix could I send you some Star Wars Sphero droids for a repair video?

[@VAL3NTIN3]

76k now wow

[@Fraxton]

Discovered your channel a few weeks back, been catching up on a lot of your older content and now I'm watching the new, despite knowing nothing about what your doing I still find it very relaxing and enjoyable content so please keep it coming, thank you!

[@ChristosKaps]

Have to say, I was a bit surprised in the earlier video, when that tired old port decided to play nice and work, but clearly it was on it last legs. Very nice upgrade/mod video and, as always, some lovely tunes to go with it :)

[@kayleas5328]

same, mine charges but can't communicate

[@cjhatesu]

Entertaining and extremely helpful. Up until now my only experience with soldering was tinning and joining wires and replacing the shoulder button on my Steam Deck. But I really wanted to do this mod and your video gave me the confidence and knowledge to do it. I'm still in a bit of disbelief that I was able to solder such small components with just a magnifying glass and $50 soldering station. I had to get a hot air station for desoldering the old port, but that's alright since this project really gave me the confidence to look for other modding projects that I had shyed away from due to the soldering work. Subbed and thanks again for documenting the install of this mod so well!

[@red13emerald]

I’m surprised the data connection worked that well, because D+ and D- are a differential pair and need to match in length, but I guess USB2.0 is quite forgiving in that regard.

[@root42]

Is it so fragile? These are mere millimeters, right?

[@red13emerald]

@@root42 Indeed. Even if you were to squeeze 10Gbit through a single differential pair, the signal itself is traveling 20 centimeters per bit, so even with a 5 centimeter mismatch the differential signals are clearly related to each other, but that’s not relevant. The whole point of differential pairs is that any interference will equally increase or decrease the voltage in both traces, meaning the voltage difference stays the same. If the traces aren’t length-matched, the differential signals will be shifted in phase, meaning the effects of the interference on each trace will arrive at the receiver at different times, so they don’t cancel each other out anymore. The higher the bandwidth, the more closely these lengths need to be matched because each bit is on the line for a shorter amount of time, so the receiver has less time to monitor the voltages and clearly discern the signal from the noise.

[@Lee_Essex]

Well edited video. I liked the chilled music while vos was on. Also nice close ups with the microscope. Very easy watching. Wish you would do more than 1 a week.

[@RyoHazuki1]

I only found your channel a couple of weeks ago and have already watched through the past year or so of brilliant vids. This one turned out a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be - nice work!

[@wanjockey]

Man I had no idea that this could be done. I love these mini hack videos. As always thanks for the great content Steve.

[@isellstolenchainsaws]

I know what I'll be doing soon! Previously have done a Micro USB mod to my OLED Vita years ago and with everything moving to USB-C it's nice to know that Oxyll makes a mod like this. Thank you for the video Steve!

[@Riley1524]

Love the videos, man! There's something about watching soldering that is soothing to me for some reason.

[@El_Bellota]

I second this.

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

Soldering is very soothing, it's like washing the dishes or hearing the sounds of a freshly built PC posting for the first time. Amazing moments !

[@yogibear2k220]

Funny, it always amused me when Steve does fixes like these and says the mod is in the description. I would love to mod my 3 Vita's, but I would not even dream of attempting to as I know I would ruin them. Even when I used to do this for a living (TV and video repairs,) I would not even attempt to solder surface mount components, or components you cannot solder with the naked eye. I just stuck to through hole stuff. I would leave this sort of work to to the experts like Steve ( even though for comedy reasons he pretends not to be.) Also, I never used flux either. Had to look it up when I saw Steve using it to see what it was!

[@Daffydubs]

I've learned flux is essential for soldering I used to think I was just terrible at it untill I started using it.

[@yogibear2k220]

@@Daffydubs Lol, my eyes are so bad now unless the pad is at least an inch square, I would not be able to solder anything onto it.

[@Daffydubs]

@@yogibear2k220 I hear that! Components are getting smaller everyday lol

[@TravisFabel]

Oh you're missing the secrets right in front of your eyes... Flux is magic. It creates just the right surface tension so you need absolutely no skill with the soldering iron. You just put the heat in the area and everything kind of melts works supposed to with surface mount stuff. But the eyes thing. I feel you man. That's why there's one other secret to everybody who does surface Mount things regularly. We don't look at it. We look at the big screen for the camera or microscope. I still can't do the hand soldering if I have too much caffeine but you can do hot air.

[@alexbrown1050]

Anyone can do surface mount work, just takes a bit of patience, practice and a microscope doesn't hurt. Believe in yourself! Also most people don't use flux because they use flux core solder, which is a more efficient method of applying flux at the same time as solder. It doesn't work if you wick your solder onto the tip and then touch the tip to the component though, so flux helps with that habit.

[@L1LCHR15]

Love the videos bud, I find it massively interesting just seeing all the inner workings and the fixing of them

[@johue2458]

Came across your channel just recently and it’s awesome! Love that you just try it, even when you‘ve „never opened one of these before“.

[@hellalike]

Steve, thanks again for another awesome video and another killer reference. We got Super Market Sweep across the pond too. They just brought it back again.

[@MagralhoPT]

Damn you Steve! You are amazing! I understand very little of what you doing but your videos are a delight to watch! been watching all your content for the past month and cant have enough! congratulations on your channel!

[@fatalstyx3389]

You're gonna be a huge channel and I'm glad I was here since you were at 20k. You deserve a mil

[@AngaarUriakhil]

Just did this mod using this video and it took me like 3 hours. I have to commend your skills. You make precise micro soldering look super easy. And such a clean, organized job too.

[@tylorpater4259]

Very glad KZbin recommended me this vid, cool to see how relatively easy someone made it to pop in a type c port as well!

[@andrewbarney5503]

Your skills have really improved. You are now a jedi master of electronics repair and modification. More usb-c mod videos are welcome.

[@Luigi64]

This is sweet, I love USB c mods. I just tried adding a USB c port to my mouse

[@chris-pike]

Good to see you install a usb c port to your vita and nicely soldered on too your certainly becoming a true wiz with the fixes there Steve - nice 1 👍

[@TheHanleyProject]

The solder work here was impeccable. Awesome job, great vid.

[@Daffydubs]

You have taught me so much man I appreciate all that you do!

[@purplecadence7390]

i love your sense of humor and the way you do things. earned a sub sir. would love to see more of your content.

[@ChrisTallant]

That fixit kit is brilliant. I picked one up the other day and already fixed two things with it. You really need some sponsors.

[@dabbindude7109]

Dude your supermarket sweep joke reminded me of a show I've seen one time in my life and now I know the name of the show. Omg thank you!! And very good soldering lol

[@kleuz713]

Holy moly your soldering is fantastic and so clean!!!!! I struggled with soldering some wires for a nerf gun and you make it look so easy and good! Amazing work!!

[@rambofan1]

I royally f’d up my charge port so I just ordered this mod thanks for the video man!

[@RedMushroomII]

There's something so soothing and entertaining about your videos man! Love them!

[@Ragerzin]

I'm new to this channel, but dude, what a terrific content you have. Hugs from Brazil.

[@Jungleju1ce]

tronicsfix gave you a mention in his video yesterday and well done on your success on youtube you are an inspiration to us all

[@wardy2002]

Well I tried to replace power supply port on my Acer tablet. Made such a mess of it. Now I'm too embarrassed to take it to repair man to do it properly. Nice to see someone who knows what they are doing. (cool music too) Well done Steve.

[@SCorpG22]

Repair guys see it all the time, I wouldn't let that put you off. I mean it might end up costing more to repair if you've lifted any pads, but I'd say go for it.

[@ShadowMaelstrom]

Find out who their competitors are and say they did a shoddy job

[@midohiopcs]

At least you attempted to repair it yourself. Even some professionals have issues. No need to be embarrassed.

[@iHD01]

Subscribed! Amazing video, especially the Patreon song, i like you! :D

[@Megajoe800]

Loving your vids man. Keep em up! Find them strangely relaxing.

[@RBKing80]

NICE mod Steve. Come on, get in !! Your videos get better each time !!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks RB! 👍

[@MjC7192]

@@StezStixFix ...Eeexceept for the singing I think my ears might not ever be the same....,ugh, 😭,lol . I do love your videos and was wondering if you might make some on the newer editions of the xbox1's or other phones?

[@davidweishahn5521]

Always enjoy watching your videos, Steve.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks David! 👍

[@mcgrog]

Havent found anyone that makes soldering this entertaining yet, keep it up! More device mods! More “Nice”!

[@fink32]

Wouldn’t be able to install this myself. So paid sombody to do it for me. Looks awesome and I feel better having watched you install it. Got the note 9 adapter aswell installed. You should get a psvsd (internal sd card) which replaces your 3g modem.

[@gregorioliveira]

"Nice!" LOL Congrats on the precise and careful job. And on the soundtrack as well.

[@onemanbanjo975]

You Make that look easy! I'll be trying my hand at this mod as soon as it comes in the mail. Wish me luck!

[@ollieduracell]

Dale Winton would be proud of this. Jokes aside, excellent job! Not sure how you ever came onto my recommendation videos but I've watched loads of your stuff now, great work

[@SquareGravy]

I used to watch Supermarket Sweep in the US back in the 90s... pretty sure it was over here before it was over there. Great video!

[@KaiEngelbrecht]

What a great mod, well done! I like how you tried to find an elegant way to route the wires! One question, what kind of UV-timer-lamp do you use to harden the solder mask? I could see it in older videos too, but never found a reference to it. Thanks - and please keep up the great work! Cheers, Kai

[@rafaelnardi4915]

Love your videos and your channel, Steve! Keep'em coming

[@TheOriginalNCDV]

That subscriber count keeps increasing, and rightly so! Great channel, always entertaining and educational!

[@ThySovereignLP]

You videos just keeps getting better and better. Never stop friend

[@matyuuu]

First time seeing you, I was totally focused in your video. Everything was good vibes

[@ramisaid99]

You just got shout out from TronicsFix in the latest video. You're doing a pretty awesome job keep it up

[@crushingriptide788]

I love watching your vids it's really satisfying and enjoyable. Apart from the singing I mute that but the rest is great 😉

[@KIDPRODIGY69]

one of the most creative videos of this type ive ever seen, U earned my sub!

[@bramvandenbroeck5060]

I bought a ps vita with a broken charge port for 50 euro's, and i didn't know that you could get a usb-c port for it, so i installed a micro-usb connector instead, but not where the original charge port was, but i installed it in place of the accessories connector. And i think it makes a bit more sence if you would like to use a regular playstation controller and charge the vita at the same time. Nevertheless a great video! The most annoying thing was to install those tiny data wires, i also used lacker wire and slightly bigger wires for the voltage side of things. But it works great and i used a quality port so i am happy with my result :) you earned a sub!

[@Jared-C]

This just made my afternoon. Thanks for the upload :)

[@saionteller9427]

My goodness the organization of the wiring and finishing touches 👌😗

[@jonathanbody3973]

Very clean & detailed work!

[@MedekTheOne]

Very unfortunate that you did this video just when the mod is out of stock for the rest of the summer, It got me very interested swapping the port just for the sake of it (getting rid of as much proprietary stuff as possible). I liked it though, like the rest of your videos, very well documented process and good editing. Keep it up!

[@user-zp8xm5wz5q]

the quite music the smooth job the humor = my first vid and im already liking this guy

[@awesomerbob]

Recently discovered you and I had to go back through your videos to find out who and what Dave is. Not disappointed to learn of the sad yet inspiring back story of Dave.

[@cunnyfunt30]

Hi Steve, I've just found your channel and love it, keep up the good work

[@AlinCosminTudor-ks9lp]

Steve, this video made me want to change the port in my PSVita 1004...it was a succes❤...thank you very much

[@lordnikonx]

I'm hoping to learn how to solder soon. You make it look really easy.

[@lazycomicgamer2313]

Great Video again Steve, I really Enjoyed it!

[@lifeisfuneh]

Entertaining and interesting in one package! Nice! :)

[@Teaneus]

Great video Steve!!

[@briangereau788]

Just saw you got a shout out from TronicsFix! Awesome!

[@Waxed_Ape]

Your sense of humor is solid gold. Thanks for all the entertainment.

[@kijjionlee]

Came here for something quick and found something genuinely golden! 🤝 have my sub fs

[@dummyzen02zen57]

You got me to sub when you start to sing along with the music.

[@simonlunt353]

Steve I have been watching you for sometime now and I enjoy your videos but you make me chuckle when you sing or rap nice 🤣 take care Steve 👍

[@thomasc4258]

You make the gritty/boring part of technology fun to watch, and learn! Thank you👍

[@voidvoidvoid7274]

The Patreon rap was WAY too good, sir ! 🤯 EDIT : 12:18 the "Niiice !"... you can feel the satisfaction. Make it a meme, it's so expressive ! EDIT 2 : A USB-C powered PS Vita being charged by a Nintendo Switch brick and cable. What a time to be alive !

[@SoftQuartz]

I rather enjoyed performing this mod as well, though I soldered to the trace for d-. I really appreciate how you did your jumpers though. Much neater than I managed. For the hot air gun, have you considered using kapton tape to shield the surrounding components? I found it did an excellent job protecting the headphone jack on my 3ds mod

[@pepealexandre]

Thank you for the video and for adding the microscope link on the video description. Was wondering what was that setup. 👍

[@kayanowtoo7593]

Hi Stez, loving your vids and as a result have developed an interest in dragging all of my dead electronics from the past 10 years or so out of the cupboards (can never bring myself to bin them). Decided to buy a microscope similar to your in the near future. Unfortunately can't afford £300 for a soldering iron on top of the scope and wondered if you or your followers had a more budget friendly option that you might consider suitable for micro work on PCB's possibly £100 - £150 available in UK. You might even consider recommending a budget starter kit for people who just want to work on their own gear. Your opinion would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[@michaelburns8073]

It's been a while since you asked, but if you are still looking, look into the pinecil soldering iron. It's about $26.00 US. Right now, it's out of stock, since they are releasing a new version, but should be back in stock in a few weeks. You can also get the Hakko FX-888D for about $100.00. KZbin channel EEVBlog has a video where he recommends a $330 electronics repair setup if you want to know how to get started on a budget. My advice is to start off with a good soldering iron, multimeter, solder, solder wick, and of course, the blue silicon mat :grinning_face: Then start to repair, and as you need stuff, buy it. You don't have to spend a lot of money to get into repair, at least initially. Good luck!

[@retro-life]

Nice Video, will definetly do this mod myself too :) Greetings from Germany ^^

[@heatedgamer2931]

Nintendo Cable? on a Sony Console? you will start a console war with this video lol, great to see a mod amongst all the repair videos. BTW is there any chance of competition happening between yourself, Vince(mymatevince) and Steve(tronicsfix)? something i think we all would love to see.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Gamer! I'd love to do some kind of repair competition! 👍

[@Leonvolt28]

@@StezStixFix Maybe you should also buy a Rolls-Royce 😜

[@Wenlocktvdx]

I’m using a Nintendo USB C cable to charge my PS5 controller as the Sony cable failed.

[@rezamahendra2522]

if you do like another DIY project like this u can also watch the korean guy modding psp with bigger battery capacity and with the amoled screen DIY DR.K and with korean thing

[@snorlax_mikox5289]

I have to say after all the videos I watched the singing is getting better and better

[@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co]

Can I express on this video how happy I am to have found someone who actually repairs electronics rather than just prettifying them up? I just watched a video where a KZbinr supposedly "restored" a non-functional PSOne. He spent fifteen minutes of the 20-minute video cleaning the outside of the console (with the wrong product, to crown the hilarity), one minute stabbing the circuit board randomly with a multimeter, and four minutes reassembling it and 'playing a game with it'. This despite the fact that he didn’t fix the actually broken power button, he didn’t even seem to check the giant malsoldered mod spidering across the circuit board, and he didn’t even try to hide the fact that the PSOne never actually turned on when he purported to show that it did. There's a place for superficial restoration (especially with respect to mechanical objects, where superficial restoration very often IS restoration - you can't use a rusted poppy seed grinder or a level with a rusted uneven edge), but I'm tired of electronics being prettified instead of properly restored. Thanks for not being one of those KZbinrs, and thanks for honesty. I’d rather see you fail than see one of these guys fake success any day.

[@LurkingCrassZero]

Another great vid. Be interesting to see what setup you use to create the amusing songs?

[@adamt1415]

Any chance you would show your game room tour? From the few videos it looks like you have a room with all of the systems passing through a wall to the TV? That's an awesome idea, if that is how it is. Thanks for the awesome videos! Keep it up!

[@habuflingo6888]

This man made a soldering video entertaining to watch. Respect

[@crazyfacejack2520]

I stumbled on your channel by accident but have hinged watched most of the videos and thoroughly enjoyed them, would you have any recommendations on where I could learn more about circuits and the various components so I know what it is your testing and why?? Many thanks 👍

[@BuyitFixit]

There's a channel called electronics repair school I think which may be useful to you. It's something I've been asked to do too.

[@crazyfacejack2520]

@@BuyitFixit thanks I'll have a look

[@mikethemusicman1978]

I'm really suprised you aren't sponsored by any company, you should be Steve, your fixes are amazing.

[@Modern-MiddelE]

Thanks for hearing my recommendation 👍

[@NexisTube]

could not click fast enough on this video! Love ur work!

[@XPbIM3]

PS Vita + USB-C mod? You earned a subscriber just in seconds!

[@yanni6556]

Awesome work with those solder joints that earned you a sub from me!

[@TariqYasiinProd]

Awesome 👍 you have great technique. I would love to own a Vita one day, Ive always been a fan but never got the chance to get the og one.

[@Bourbon_Blue_Devil]

I have 3 guys I watch fix stuff now. I just found you through Tronicfix or My Mate Vince. I don't remember which one mentioned your page. Love you humor!!

[@tommytron2000]

Props for your good taste in music on this one.

[@tenisviejos]

Finally, the mod with the care and polish that the vita deserves. Subscribed.

[@Gaming-Enthusiast]

Great job with the vita 👌👌

[@travisbonzpiercy2660]

Nice just found your channel. Supermarket sweep actually aired here in the us as well.

[@bgibson9060]

we had a 90s supermarket sweep here in usa. Idk what it was in uk, but here it was a weird show where people ran as fast as possible in a grocery store trying to fill their cart with the most expensive items.

[@phame1225]

This is perfect 2 am stuff to see while I am supposed to be sleeping.

[@wisher21uk]

Nice fix thank you

[@BuyitFixit]

Nice Job Steve. I thought the adapter pcb would have fit the same footprint of the original connector. Then it would have just been a matter of flowing some solder from the original pads to the adapter. Doesn't seem the best design that the PCB was slighly shorter then the original connector and you had to add additional wires.

[@woolfy02]

I have the 2nd gen of the Vita, with a wonky port (it has a micro usb charging port, I believe) and hoping that I can upgrade it as well. Yours did come out really.... nice though. Love the videos.

[@brandoncolemire4220]

Fantastic content!!! I have absolutely devoured the content on your channel, watching close to 40 videos in the past couple of days. I’ve taken things apart my whole life without any intention of fixing/putting it back together, but you’ve inspired me to give that a go. Bravo, Sir. Bravo.

[@ghengisdingus8644]

Supermarket Sweep was in the states as well, and boy did that make me feel ancient!