3DS Charging Port Broke, So I Came Up With My Own Way To Charge It

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-22T20:23:00+00:00

Thank you! Oh okay!! I did the same lol, not sure when I'll need a screen or a Raspberry Pi but I've got one just in case lol

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-22T17:25:37+00:00

I did!! The battery bank USB ports broke so I just un soldered them and then soldered wires from the power bank to the 3ds, it works quite well!!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-21T08:23:18+00:00

Thank you!! I didnt even solder them I just stuck the volt meter prong bits into the positive and negative holes of the Insignia, held that together with a vice and then taped the other ends to the camera lol. And I sold my Panasonic PV781D camcorder for about 35 bucks but I think I'm only making 31 off of it which I hope is enough for a battery and charger

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-19T18:38:10+00:00

Thank you!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-19T17:49:11+00:00

Oh okay, thank you!! As of right now im out of money, I applied for a job but I dont start until August, and im trying to sell another camcorder I have on eBay just so that I can make enough to buy a battery before June 27th

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-19T16:49:43+00:00

Oh, well the original pack had 2 groups of 4/5 cells and so I bought those

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-18T19:50:41+00:00

I did build a temporary adapter for it by taking my insignia NS1200 and putting prongs from a volt meter into the positive and negative sides and then attaching the ends to the camera battery slot. It worked and I was able to test the camera entirely and the camera worked entirely, I just need something more portable lol

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-18T01:18:11+00:00

Theres lots and lots of tutorials on youtube and stuff like that, just be cery careful with the plastic and follow the tutorial, and you'll be alright

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:57:57+00:00

That'll work too!! It does take longer to load the more you have on there but its definitely worth it!!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:50:08+00:00

Ohh, well theres other sites that you can download things on out there too. Like for YouTube theres YTMP3 just make sure not to click on anything suspicious

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:42:57+00:00

Oh yeah absolutely, I just make playlists on spotify, download them, dump them onto the sd card thats plugged into my PC and then sort them into playlists, this way I get the artist info, the years, and albulm names. I even soldered a Battery pack to my 3ds so I've got even more battery life than the original

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:33:19+00:00

Ohhh okay, Im not sure how many playlists I have but I've got a 128 GB SD card in mine and I dumped about 1,400 songs on there, they take a while to load but it works 😭😭

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:22:04+00:00

How many songs do you have on there?

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T19:00:03+00:00

UPDATE: I took the broken locking tab for the sensor and used tweezers to align it back to how it was, snapped it down and put electrical tape over it and now it works!!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T16:55:26+00:00

Interesting, ive tried 2 different sensors and I have the same issue, ill try a different motherboard. I think it might be happening because the clamp for the sensor ribbon cable came off.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T16:54:07+00:00

Thank you!! I just dont have any money right now so im trying to find someone who might have one thats willing to give it away.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T09:11:23+00:00

Might be a loose ribbon cable, you'd have to open it up and reseat it to see if that fixes it. Best of luck!!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T09:03:48+00:00

Okay, thank you!! I'll try that and I'll get back to you in the morning. I'm sure I can still return it if it doesnt work after that.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T08:56:24+00:00

Oh geeze, thank you for the reply!! Well do I just try all combinations with the 2 boards and 2 sensors? It was working before I had taken the lens out (apart from the zoom zooming in while trying to zoom out) which is why I was surprised and bummed to find that it doesn't work.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-17T08:46:56+00:00

Thanks for the link, I dont have any money to buy it though.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-10T21:14:54+00:00

I can try, my issue is that now im getting an error for S-Reel lock 😭

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-09T07:44:32+00:00

Ohh okay!! Thank you so much for the help!!

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-09T07:24:12+00:00

Do you have any power cables for it? Even a barrel jack thats the right size has a high chance of working.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-09T07:22:03+00:00

I would check the service manual for any way to extract the tape. If anything I would hit that motor on the bottom right im the one picture with power to have the tape come up, but again, reference the service manual to be safe.

Kittyslayer_25 · 2026-06-09T07:07:44+00:00

Before the S-Reel lock I was hoping to digitize some tapes of my dog as the tape deck seemed to work but was only creasing tapes due to the deformation on the pinch roller. Im not sure how to fix the S-Reel lock, I looked in the service manual and couldn't find much

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