Nintendo Switch WiFi Not Connecting... Can I Fix It? (Error Code 2110-1118)

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[@jonathanwhiteside6092]

Watching your vids gave me the confidence to repair my first Switch Lite 😃 I had to do do some micro soldering to repair trace damage in order to get the digitiser to work, and took a card reader connector from a donor board and replaced a damaged one, all working 100% now. Great vids, keep it up.

[@TheCod3r]

That's awesome mate. I'm glad to give people the confidence. Personally I believe repairing our own devices is something we all should learn at some point

[@jonathanwhiteside6092]

@@TheCod3r I totally agree, we should all be repair our stuff to some degree, we live in such a throwaway society, and we need to get better at making stuff last and recycling. Keep up the great videos, I've also repaired two PS3s and a PS4 that would have been scrap without the help and techniques you've shown. 😁

[@jarjarbinks77]

A resistor had moved off its pad and was touching another cap or something right below the WIFI chip, you should go back and check that.

[@kulilin3104]

I see it too, looks like a brown and a black one are soldered together long ways. Right on the bottom left of the WiFi chip in the video.

[@NinmarG]

There are two caps to the left of the cpu shield that are responsible for the wifi. Perhaps they were damaged during the previous opening. This often happens when the shield is removed.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah thanks bud, I may revisit this one once I speak to the customer today if he authorises it :)

[@mikeyp4690]

Exactly what happened to my switch. I was careless and knocked one of the little caps off. I lost WiFi but retained Bluetooth. I decided to replace the two of them and now it functions again :).

[@dlacicagaming4799]

Same problem happened to me

[@chayneyshuck5503]

I haven't experienced a replacement chip not fix the wifi if the switch is powering on.

[@dorsetguerrillagrower]

These are the videos i love so much detail, very explained ! Channel so under rated , Keep up the good work buddy

[@frijoles0007]

You should set a fixed focus point on the above camera as it keeps focusing in/out/in/out at very small amounts but constantly

[@andreasvanderheide1395]

Yesterday I replaced the wifi/Bluetooth ic and I buy them from aliexpress. They work perfectly so the are new. Good videos I learned a lot from you when I started 😊

[@pmyhill]

Great video Phil, hope you've been able to make some progress on the workshop with all the good weather 👍

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks buddy. Yeah I'm almost finished with the base and almost ready to start framing now 😎

[@colinboneham7387]

Yea I’d love to see you try some of the older consoles as they deserve some tlc of Phil the cod3r.

[@jonkingland6656]

interesting video and thanks for keeping it clean from language.

[@ajaks7636]

A Great attempt! You can't win them all. Take care of your hands Phil, and the rest of you too. Great Video! Thank You. 😀

[@TheCod3r]

Thanks buddy, much appreciated.

[@Awayze]

How can it be a prior repair attempt if the heat sink sticker wasn’t ripped or had any signs of it being previously removed and replaced or restuck on as it wasn’t ripped? It looks factory

[@TheCod3r]

The board was covered in flux around the chip. It definitely had a reball or a reflow at some point. It looks to me like it had been reflowed inside the housing which is not a good idea

[@craigreich8046]

What are the blue components with the dot next to the chip?

[@Noble_M12]

Given a blue screen of death is normally a cracked solder ball communicating between the CPU and RAM. Could this not be a cracked solder ball that deals with communication between the CPU and WIFI chip, and possibly a CPU reflow fix it?

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah that's very possible bud. Problem is I can't reflow the SoC without authorisation from the customer so I'll be calling him today to speak to him about it :)

[@SilverWolvesScarletForestSnow]

You should try fixing a YLOD PS3 or upgrading an OG Xbox to 128mb and a 1.4ghz CPU.

[@slickrx6908]

Wow...I'll never be able to use solder wick with a straight cut ever again. Angled from now on.

[@TheCod3r]

Sweet mate, glad you took something away from the video. Cutting it on an angle definitely allows more freedom when working around densely populated areas like the WiFi circuit here;)

[@LeapFrog_Radio]

Let's Go!

[@etilalkohol8002]

Update the Solder link please!

[@chrismclaren113]

Can you modify a Nintendo switch

[@slickrx6908]

If the customer doesn't want to pay the repair attempt fee then reball Apu and profit.

[@VividVibes299]

Oh man I tried repairing this issue. I tried heating the wifi card. I failed

[@TheCod3r]

It will likely need a new WiFi ic. Hopefully it isn't as bad as this one

[@VividVibes299]

​@TheCod3r Thanks for the advice. Keep up the good work.

[@kobs9636]

my nintendo switch v1 doesnt stay sleep mode. what causes this?

[@TheCod3r]

It could be a faulty power ribbon, which is pretty simple to replace, or it could be something to do with the light sensor which is soldered onto the board

[@kobs9636]

@@TheCod3r i got it. its the wifi chip to begin with. it keeps on communicating to controller. i replaced it and its all fine now.

[@anthonyhowson7165]

I never get a comment from any KZbin I was after a xbox one s disk drive never get a answer so I give up

[@saltyscorpion2151]

Have you stopped doing live streams?

[@TheCod3r]

For a little while yeah. I'll be back at it soon. I've just taken a break so I can refocus :)

[@lloydturney4084]

i have this issue on my switch, when i tried to remove the metal plate covering the apu and ram, i accidentally destroyed a two tiny bit of caps, then this issue occured,

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah someone else mentioned that. I may revisit it once I've spoken to the customer

[@lloydturney4084]

@@TheCod3r hope you'll fix it sir,

[@enchantededition6879]

It possibly shows a MAC address because location is on . Machine address and internet provider address. No internet no IP.

[@TheCod3r]

Yeah that's possible. I think maybe it has a connection issue between the cpu and WiFi ic so it allows it to read the MAC address but not find any devices. Either that or maybe it stores the last known address in the nand

[@enchantededition6879]

@@TheCod3r Yeah if you knew where it was stored on the device you would know that chip is probably good or at least being read. Not much help for this problem really I guess.

[@Finditfixitphilipit]

No lol

[@TheCod3r]

Yes lol

[@loveramesar9472]

Still no reply for my mails sent. Needed some ps5 parts.

[@SlickBuysModsandRepairs]

What parts do you need?

[@loveramesar9472]

@@SlickBuysModsandRepairs Hdmi ic , ram , wifi chip

[@TheCod3r]

I'll check today mate. I'm sorry. I've been incredibly busy lately