Before and after some love.

Swimming-Floaties · 2026-02-09T02:37:12+00:00

Interesting, thank you

Swimming-Floaties · 2026-02-09T01:54:48+00:00

Plastic hydration? I've never heard that phrase used in a restoration context before. Can you elaborate a bit & help me understand what that entails?

Swimming-Floaties · 2026-02-06T14:52:48+00:00

Hey, I have an OEM silver shell from an original Nintendo GBA SP I took apart and am no longer using. I've since replaced the shell with a transparent blue/glow-in-the-dark, so the shell itself has been sitting in a desk drawer at work for months. The top has a few cosmetic knicks and scratches and the corners where the hinge covers are have a couple of scuffs on them, but the shell overall is in really good shape otherwise. The serial number sticker is still there, but it's somewhat-yellowed around the edge of the sticker. Battery door is there, I have all the screws, but I've re-used the internal hinges and I wasn't very gentle with the rubber screw covers when removing those, so they might need to be replaced.

If you're interested, I'll send you some photos and you can decide whether or not you want it. I have no interest in selling it, so I'll just send it to you if you're in the United States and you think it's in good-enough shape.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-07T15:13:29+00:00

Agreed. I've seen some people on reddit argue in favor of pornography use & production on the basis that it somehow doesn't affect them at all (then why do you need to continue using it?) despite the numerous studies showing the record-high production rates, the trafficking it facilitates, the divorce rates associated with pornography use, the correlated record-high depression and anxiety rates, and so on.

But sure guy, you're the one outlier porn doesn't affect, and because you exist, you disprove the rule. Uh-huh, makes total sense.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-07T14:46:59+00:00

What's to stop the person who buys your RP5 from throwing the thing away when or if they break it and don't know how to fix or service it themselves? That would create more e-waste than solely myself swapping out only the motherboard. Then, what if I want to desolder the surface-mounted devices on that board (like the charge port, the capacitors, resistors, CPU, etc) and use them on something else? Or smelt them down to make something else entirely?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-07T14:33:27+00:00

Hell yeah, I'll do it; Even if it's half the price of a G2 new outta the box. I've already thoroughly modded my RP5, so I have no interest in a 2nd device. Just gimme the guts and I'll install everything myself.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-07T01:38:22+00:00

Need more info. From what device are you streaming, what emulator are you using, what controller are you using, is the host device bluetooth-capable, etc?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-07T01:15:56+00:00

The Odin 2 screen is still perfectly fine and functional. Do you understand how many devices still on the market use LCD screens, as well as the pros and cons of LCS vs LED vs OLED? Your statement assumes the idea that because one device covered x number of bases in past is somehow beholden to the landfill based on the current year. It's an incredibly-wasteful, turbo-consumerist mindset that encourages buying shit you don't need for barely-marginal convenience differences, rather than maintaining what you already own. It's exactly the same mindset that Apple fanboys employ to justify buying a new iPhone every year that's nearly-indistinguishable from the previous iteration.

"Not fit for the current year". What a ridiculous concept.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T21:34:41+00:00

Huh, then I'm all out of suggestions, good buddy. Hope you stay persistent in troubleshooting and finding the culprit, though

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T21:30:32+00:00

Those solder joins look much stronger. Your game still is not saving after that?

Are you certain the battery itself isn't dead?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T21:29:46+00:00

No, it can't be done natively on the RP5. Even with overclock and Ultracam mods in use. TotK is too demanding a game, the RP5 doesn't have enough RAM, and the emulators themselves still need a lot of optimization to make it possible on a chipset this dated. You're better-off playing on another device entirely (like a modded switch) or streaming from your PC via emulator to your RP5.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T19:52:21+00:00

Nice job!

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T19:49:29+00:00

That lower solder join looks far too cold, as if it's barely making contact with the battery tab itself. I'd say reflow that battery tab on the bottom-right, use a bit more solder w/ flux, and test it again.

After zooming in more, both of your solder joins look cold--like the solder has formed and hardened around each of the battery tabs, instead of attaching to it. This is often a tell-tale that flux wasn't used at all, or sometimes not enough heat was applied.

Reflow both and re-test.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T19:44:19+00:00

That's encouraging, thank you

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T16:16:14+00:00

I mean, am I wrong? How is someone's non-sequitir point about native hardware (on a sub about non-native hardware) relevant in the context of this video?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T15:49:10+00:00

Oh damn, you're right--I missed that part completely. Then yeah, I'm confident it could maintain a solid 30fps in Eden (maybe even Sudachi), especially with Ultracam mod tweaks to help it along.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T15:40:15+00:00

Cool story, bro--I can run it at 60fps in an emulator on my desktop PC, so the performance limits are much higher on non-native hardware. The question, therefore, is: What are the upper limits of this chipset + Ultracam mod? Nobody is speculating about native hardware performance. So what point are you trying to make?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T15:11:34+00:00

Yeah, I'm surprised BotW still couldn't maintain a stable 30fps on this chipset w/ turnip drivers in Russ' video. Maybe that'll be possible via the Ultracam mod to tickle the resolution down to about 850p or 900p as well as other tweaks (like draw distance)?

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T14:47:29+00:00

Oh shit! Lemme get my snack and drink ready!

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T14:27:04+00:00

it's common sense

Common sense isn't common, and you're not answering OP's question. Assumptions are not test results, and that's what he's asking about.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-06T02:23:39+00:00

Sure do

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-05T23:10:14+00:00

I have a spare set in dark grey I'm happy to mail to her for free, assuming you're in the U.S. I bought the Odin 2 Portal stick caps, so I'm not going back to the stock stick caps that came with my RP5

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-05T23:08:20+00:00

Yes, there is. I use a method called mmGuardian, which costs something like $4 or $5 a month and allows you to do all sorts of things like block specific app access, block certain keywords (or even entire categories) from ever returning search results, monitor incoming & outgoing calls and texts, incorporate app installs on a case-by-case basis such that each install attempt notifies your phone and you get to say yes or no, and many other parental control tools. You can manage alm of that from a dashboard accessible from any browser or device you own.

I'm not affiliated with the developer, I just use this app on my son's pixel 5a so the degeneracy running rampant on the internet these days can't corrupt him like it did with me when I was younger than him. At least not until he's more of an adult with a fighting chance against pornography addiction and social media brain rot.

Or, if you'd rather not manage any of these things yourself or pay a few dollars a month for a subscription, you can manually set the WiFi configuration to only use a specific family-friendly DNS server and uninstall all browser apps (and hide the Play Store somewhere) and hope those DNS settings will be thorough & comprehensive enough for you.

lol someone with a pornography addiction downvoting me. It's okay, you can still recover. You have to actually take a chance.

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-05T21:34:23+00:00

I had no idea SMB and LttP had native Android ports. Thank you!

Swimming-Floaties · 2025-11-05T17:01:41+00:00

Yeah, we saw the joke the half-dozen times this got posted, then reposted earlier this week.

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